Thank you both, this is eye (or ear, absolute and glorious KEK) opening. I had heard of modes, but they seem so hard to spot just by ears ... Crap I can't even recognize a key by ear so modes ? I guess it comes with practice haha
Thank you also for the links, will definitely check those out
I just realized that I've started listening seriously to jazz just like recommended doing, but all of these seem kind of advanced jazz standards that are maybe a little too complex to start with, do you have an album or an artist from the pre-letsfuckeverythingup era that I could listen to ?
Christian Gonzalez
They are the acclaimed albums, and tend to co inside with anything Yea Forums with suggest regardless of what they pretend to say. I would just get into it casually then go indepth, you have to kind of enjoy it before diving head first in you know. Why study EDM if you hate EDM, it's a waste of time. Just dive in and get your toes wet then go and read up on it and then your tastes will become more refined and you might appreciate albums you heard but didn't initially.
Chase Wood
You're right, I might be rushing things too much. I enjoy it a lot thought, no doubt on that. Thanks again
Jose Powell
I might be biased because I'm a jazz drummer, but I don't think that you need to know the theory to enjoy jazz. I do find theory super interesting, and it does help to appreciate the subtlety that make the "greats" great, but it's definitely not required for you to memorize modes in order to think "damn that sounds good." I'll recommend an album that I myself love, Ahunk Ahunk is my favorite song but the whole thing jams: youtube.com/watch?v=Ntcuk_Glke8&list=PL21Jq-zTrP0tJ5z3l4j6-8j6BL5blYbPQ
Chase Garcia
Shit if you enjoy it fucking rush right into it, you'll embody all that is bebop
Thomas Ramirez
Nah I'm not saying you need to know the theory, just putting in referemces if he's interested in it, jazz is best enjoyed without knowing theory. Or at least that's what Bill Evans believes
Lincoln Murphy
I think it's more authentic that way.
Jose Roberts
I can see that. It gets rid of the magic of it per se, it goes from "wow how is he playing those notes off the top of his head he sounds like he has this memorized" to "yea he has scales, modes, and phrases memorized on all 12 keys because he practiced 8 hrs a day for a year before being able to noodle in key."
Hunter Gonzalez
dunno. it sounds mostly like cars in traffic honking and ducks quacking
Zachary Bennett
The stuff I started with was Kind of Blue which is nice and easy. Bebop is more challenging, not that it’s better. Honestly sticking to the greats is nice for jazz. Personally, Thelonius Monk is my fav, but then again I’m a genre tourist.
