/jazz/

What music do you normally listen to?

I hate that these threads always go active at this time. 1 AM in Europe, only awake cuz I was working late.

Anyway best albums I've heard this week;
I'm revisiting old favorites and this week I've heard (amongst other things)

Max Roach - Percussion Bitter Sweet

This record is just sick, Clifford Jordan, bangning drums by Max Roach, Eric Motherfucker Dolphy. What more can i man want?

Another banger is Dexter Gordon - Our Man in Paris, just crazy good Tenor, even the ballads keep me at the edge of my seat.

a lot of different genres of rock music
old blues music
folk music

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Many rockfans like fusion, you could try Weather Report or some shit like that. I hate fusion but you might like it.

If you wanna go for more pure jazz I'd say listen to Miles and Coltrane + Blue Note stuff. Just pick any high rated Blue Note Hard Bop, most of it is great.

these are the most recent for me
Jackie McLean - Demon's Dance
Kenny Dorham - Afro Cuban
Johnny Smith - the New Johnny Smith Quartet
Noah Howard - The Black Ark

I've enjoyed them all quite a bit

you might find some interest in Coltrane Plays the Blues

Tyner is fucking god tier. Listen to "African Village" from "Time for Tyner".

thanks, i'll check these out

Whatever happened to that guy that was always blogposting about going to NA and shit? Did he finally overdose?

that's one of my favourite albums I own

unrelated but I've been really digging the WDR big band lately. They play in loads of different styles and sound so good on everything

>WDR big band
based

I think they must be the best current big band along with the JLCO

their concert with the brecker brothers (RIP) is insane

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Why does /classical/ hate jazz? Are they actually brainlets?

Mingus Big Band > JLCO

I’ve always assumed it’s mostly just /pol/ style racism from edgy kids who don’t even fully understand or appreciate the classical music they claim to love.

I didn't even realise they were still going

do you know who plays trumpet for them now? Lew Soloff passed away a few years ago and Ryan Kisor is with the JLCO now so I'm guessing he can't fit in both

I'm sure most of them don't

any real student of music will come to the conclusion that classical and jazz are the two most worthy genres

Laurindo Almeida's Brazilliance Vol. 1
rateyourmusic.com/release/album/laurindo-almeida-and-bud-shank/brazilliance-vol-1/
It's one of the best albums i've ever heard. Not a single second Wasted here.

>I hate that these threads always go active at this time. 1 AM in Europe

hear hear

these threads always die when I'm actually awake

I think Alex Sipiagin does. He’s popular with a certain crowd here on Yea Forums. I don’t know who else though.

oh yeah I forgot he plays with them. Definitely in safe hands then

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I've been listening to a lot of Elvin Jones recently. What are some other big jazz drummers or albums that have good drumming in that I should listen to?

Buddy Rich is pretty good. Check out Buddy and Sweets. Has Barney Kessell too

I listen to Buddy Rich - Big Swing Face which is pretty good. I'll have to check more of his stuff out along with Barney Kessell.

Okay so this is a long shot.
I used to have this album, which was absolutely fantastic. I can't remember the name nor the band and can barely recall the cover art. Anyway, I hope you guys can help me out.
The opening track is very iconic, so this should be enough to know what I'm talking about.

The opening track starts very playful, almost oriental sounding, trumpets, piano and drums are prominent. There's a lot of tempo switches and short pauses. I can't describe specific parts well enough because I can't put melodies or tempo into words. Anyway, there's an insane drum solo in the middle of the song where, I'm pretty sure, the guy literally taps his fingers on the skin of the snare (or tom). It then repeats the beginning of playful melody and temporization and pauses.

If you guys know this album PLEASE help me out, I've been trying to find it, but absolutely can't for the life of me.

Grant Green-Matador

Oh Barney Kessell is a guitarist not a drummer lol. Sorry I'm newer to jazz and don't know any of the names yet.

Shit, I forgot, there's flute being used as well to guide the entire piece.

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Try posting jazz in the thread and see how you get flamed by edgelords and brainlets

What do you expect posting jazz in a classical thread you retard?

is jazz criticism all just people trying to use random technical terms to try to justify their personal taste? it all seems like bullshit to me.

yeah maybe because posting jazz in a classical general would be considered posting off topic. it's like if you come into a jazz general and start posting aphex twin or something then someone's probably going to get made, even if it may be good music.

>random technical terms
I’m not sure what you’re referring to but I’d assume it’s easier to talk about the composition and theory of songs. In pop or rock people often talk about lyrics meaning and themes, or even worse use descriptions like “scary” (xiu xiu, daughters).

Isn’t that what all art ciriticism is? Obviously any critic’s personal taste will show through their criticism but imo the point of reading criticism is just to think about and consider music in new ways. Especially in jazz. Your tastes change as you listen to more music and listen to it in different ways. Reading about how other people listen to and enjoy music can sometimes speed up that process.

ill try it right now

Art Blakey, the man, the myth, the legend.

I've been leaning a lot to chordal duos in the last year or two, and it's honestly quite amazing. Accordion works surprisingly well here, especially with the guitar.

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