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There's nothing wrong with swing Jazz! It could possible be one of the best! Don't say another word of it Zen!
I don't know any specific jazz artists as I'm not a huge fan of it, but I do like it. If it's being played I enjoy listening to it, it puts me in a relaxed mood.
Also, jazz is one of the most fun types of music to play on bass, second only to reggae in my opinion. I are = <3 playing jazz.
Also, jazz is one of the most fun types of music to play on bass, second only to reggae in my opinion. I are = <3 playing jazz.
I so will!PurpleRain post=18.71960.742711 said:
I just think there is too much sound going on. However with a small group, Drums, Bass, Keys and Sax you can hear what everyone is playing, instead of going "I wonder what the 2nd trumpet is playing there?"
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I agree! Im trying to play as much as I can with some people from uni. Im getting better at walking which is yeah.. Kind of important.. My solos are kind of.. Shit.. Still working on them hahah
My next animation will feature Manhattan Transfer's rendition of The Twilight Zone.
And while I'm talking jazz, BIRDLAND!! [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNSLCdXhmGA&feature=related]
And while I'm talking jazz, BIRDLAND!! [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNSLCdXhmGA&feature=related]
I am also a Davis/Coltrane type. I remember buying a nice copy of A Love Supreme and, after the first listen, thinking "What is this shit?!" Somehow I convinced myself to try it a second time. Lucky for me, because it's beautiful.
I tell you what, though, I was at a jazz concert last week and had to suffer through a jazz big band rendition of Eye of the Tiger. You'd think after having so many jazz masterpieces ruined by pop renditions that jazz types would realise that sometimes what works for one genre CANNOT work for another.
I tell you what, though, I was at a jazz concert last week and had to suffer through a jazz big band rendition of Eye of the Tiger. You'd think after having so many jazz masterpieces ruined by pop renditions that jazz types would realise that sometimes what works for one genre CANNOT work for another.
Jazz=Win..... I've only heard of someone once who said they couldn't stand jazz..... He was French, if that's any reason (yet, I've heard many other French people who like jazz- too bad, because I can't make a broad generalization now...)
Jazz was alive in the 20-50's. Big Band, Swing, Slow, Scat. Thems were the days. Now look what we have, Pop and Rap. But we have the internet and 360's as well. This level is so unbalanced.
Tank. I win.zen5887 post=18.71960.742724 said:
I used to be into Duke Ellington for a while, and then I flirted with French electro-jazz for a while. I don't listen it so much these days, what with my current fixation on the holy Trinity of The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Jimi Hendrix but every so often I take out the ol' Duke Ellington to freak people out at work.
Herbie Hancock & The Head-Hunters; pour a drink / roll a doob, put your feet up, press play and enjoy the music making love to your ears!
Played tenor for 'bout 7 yrs, still do sometimes, and a few of my friends start singing the Blue Rondo A La Turk thing whenever I'm around. Brubeck is awesome.
You want new, poppy jazz, mostly ballads but some with funk, pick up a Gerald Albright CD. It's not exactly classic, but its still sweet to hear what can be done with the sax.
EDIT: and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. Yeah, not jazz, but that swing feel will never die.
You want new, poppy jazz, mostly ballads but some with funk, pick up a Gerald Albright CD. It's not exactly classic, but its still sweet to hear what can be done with the sax.
EDIT: and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. Yeah, not jazz, but that swing feel will never die.
Brings back a quote by Otis Lee Crenshaw, Rich Hall's Country singer alter ego.
'Jazz? Jazz is what you get when you push a blues quartet down a spiral staircase.'
I do think jazz sure has an image problem, as if you ask most people who don't listen to it, I think you'd find most of them think its all like the wild, freeform stuff that doesn't seem to have any sense of tune or rhythm. (that's to an outsider btw).
I do think it's too easy to just cast aside a genre based on not much information tho, I know I did with jazz until I was about 25, and working in a music store, and we had this new guy start, about 17, really nice guy, kinda cool, then we find out he's just nuts about jazz, and we mean the old stuff,Ellington,Fitzgerald, etc.
Of course we ribbed him a bit, but because he was such a decent guy and didn't try to 'convert' us, we'd end up listening to the stuff sometimes. We had an unwritten rule that everyone gets to pick cds to play in store during the day.
I still have to say I wouldn't choose to put a jazz cd, and I think I have all of one jazz (ish) single in my collection, Cantaloop by US3, and I think that's a remix of someone else's stuff.
I guess the point I'm meandering towards, is keep your mind open, I think its kind of foolish to write off a whole genre, unless you've had someone who likes it recommend some things to you. For instance, if someone asked me for a good artist to start on to get into dance or electronic music, I would NOT say Aphex Twin, cos he's mental, he's very much seen as one of the legends of the genre, but he's not 'accessible', I'd probably send them away with some Chemical Bros/Orbital or the like.
It's all too easy to close yourself off, I used to be 'I only like metal lalala cant hear you' til I was about 20, then opened up, and I can't say there's a genre I hate anymore, even country was opened up to me by Johnny Cash, even tho it was his covers that drew me in originally.
'Jazz? Jazz is what you get when you push a blues quartet down a spiral staircase.'
I do think jazz sure has an image problem, as if you ask most people who don't listen to it, I think you'd find most of them think its all like the wild, freeform stuff that doesn't seem to have any sense of tune or rhythm. (that's to an outsider btw).
I do think it's too easy to just cast aside a genre based on not much information tho, I know I did with jazz until I was about 25, and working in a music store, and we had this new guy start, about 17, really nice guy, kinda cool, then we find out he's just nuts about jazz, and we mean the old stuff,Ellington,Fitzgerald, etc.
Of course we ribbed him a bit, but because he was such a decent guy and didn't try to 'convert' us, we'd end up listening to the stuff sometimes. We had an unwritten rule that everyone gets to pick cds to play in store during the day.
I still have to say I wouldn't choose to put a jazz cd, and I think I have all of one jazz (ish) single in my collection, Cantaloop by US3, and I think that's a remix of someone else's stuff.
I guess the point I'm meandering towards, is keep your mind open, I think its kind of foolish to write off a whole genre, unless you've had someone who likes it recommend some things to you. For instance, if someone asked me for a good artist to start on to get into dance or electronic music, I would NOT say Aphex Twin, cos he's mental, he's very much seen as one of the legends of the genre, but he's not 'accessible', I'd probably send them away with some Chemical Bros/Orbital or the like.
It's all too easy to close yourself off, I used to be 'I only like metal lalala cant hear you' til I was about 20, then opened up, and I can't say there's a genre I hate anymore, even country was opened up to me by Johnny Cash, even tho it was his covers that drew me in originally.
hahaHey Joe post=18.71960.743514 said:
No but seriously, jazz is alright in my book. Not a huge fan but I do find myself enjoying jazz on occasion.