@@herbertvonzinderneuf8547 "Really good jazz"... well, it's a matter of taste, isn't it? If I were to provide you a set of criteria, it would be nothing more than my own preferences. Or, if I were to give you a list of examples, it would be just my favorites. Nothing more. Likewise from any "expert"... no matter how well educated, learned or experienced they consider themselves to be. As an evolving art form, it's not like the rules were divinely given to some dude on a tablet.
@@jips123for me it applies to any genre. You can hate everything you’ve heard from a genre, but I’m not sure how anyone can claim to hate a genre when there are so many subgenres and styles and artists.
Anything by Bill Evans I find absolutely sublime…especially The Tokyo Concert…i listen to everything from Rachmaninov to Mötörhead and make no apologies for doing so.
I'm with you 100%. They're all beautiful, but You must believe in Spring and the music and interview with Marian Mcpartland for piano jazz are perpetually rewarding.
@@greatloverofmusic1 It certainly is. Jade visions is magical. Look up Know what I mean if you don't already have. Bill with Cannonball Adderley. Definitely a treasure.
I'm a jazz who musician who grew up on rock and can still appreciate it. I took up jazz because I hate crowds. One recording that's high on my rotation right now is Pat Martino, Remember, a Tribute to Wes Montgomery. I'm gobsmacked every time I hear it.
I love jazz as much as I love rock. Five of my favorite jazz albums: Miles Davis: Kind Of Blue John Coltrane: Black Pearls Joe Henderson: In Japan Lee Morgan: Cornbread Pat Metheny: Watercolors
I listen to jazz every day. It has bolstered my appreciation for rock, pop, hip-hop, etc. To understand Jazz…you have to really listen…and read. Listening to a Jazz album while reading about it makes it really come to life.
Kind of Blue is a brilliant album and always seems to be on sale cheap in the UK. A friend bought some albums and asked me which of a series of discounted albums he should take as a BOGOF. I pointed to Kind of Blue. Miles’ late 60s/early 70s jazz-rock is great but far harder to like casually.
Jazz has been a huge influence on Prog. Check out Ornette Coleman's The Shape of Jazz To Come & Free Jazz. Miles: In A Silent Way & Bitches Brew, Mingus: Ah Um. Bill Evans: Sunday At The Village Vanguard. Lots of great Jazz fusion albums, Return To Forever, Weather Report, Mahvishnu Orchestra etc.
Genius. One of my most favouritest songs is June Tyler singing "Outer Spaceways Incorporated" from the film Space is the Place (the whole film is still on youtube).
My introduction to jazz was in 1971 at the age of 9 via Jethro Tull's debut album "This Was" which has the Roland Kirk number "Serenade to a Cuckoo" closing out side 1. I began familiarizing myself with Roland Kirk's work and discovered Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, Eric Dolphy and of course Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond. Many thanks to the Brooklyn Public Library for making that deep dive possible. I have been a big jazz fan since then while also keeping a keen interest in the Rock Music scene and all the many genres that it encompasses. Thank you for this little gem of a video. ☮
Can't argue with any of your choices Barry. If you're coming to jazz as a rock fan I would suggest these: Miles Davis - In A Silent Way + A Tribute To Jack Johnson Nina Simone - Pastel Blues Sun Ra - Out There A Minute Keith Jarrett - Koln Concert Herbie Hancock - Sextant Grachan Moncur - Evolution Eric Dolphy - Out To Lunch
Love OUT TO LUNCH...do you know its companion album, POINT OF DEPARTURE by Andrew Hill? Same time frame, pretty much the same personnel. Highly recommended!
Played and sang Jazz through high school and beyond, yet it was always a distant second to Rock 'n' Roll. Eventually graduated to a Celtic Rock band and loved every moment of it. Music is life! Without Jazz, there is no Big Band, no Jump Blues, and no Rock 'n' Roll. Not all of it is appealing, but when it speaks to me, it holds me close.
I think why I personally love jazz is its hard to pin down nature, and the fact that it morphed and shape shifted its way into so many different styles and forms over the years. Influencing the nature of improv in rock, early funk and soul, and how it made hip hop around the late 80s/early 90s sound even cooler. I'm more of a jazz fusion,jazz funk or jazz with a twist kind of lover, but whatever form its in, it's infectious. Loads of great great jazz still being made out there - my personal recommendation is the Jazz is Dead series of albums/collaborations.
I love jazz, but most people I know don't. I love the colours, the musical maths, the impenetrability, the freedom to wander (and wonder). I love the fact that two artists can interpret the same song differently. I love that there's always a song to match your mood. I've never been one of those types to try and explain it, one just comes across a bore. Jazz is like abstract art or Mrs Brown's Boys - it's either your thing or it isn't. If I may suggest a few classic and modern artists/albums, you might want to explore a little further - nothing too noodly... Chet Baker & Paul Desmond - Together Gerry Mulligan - Night Lights Matthew Halsall - Colour Yes Lee Ritenour - Rhythm Sessions
I've turned to jazz in my later years. After becoming thoroughly entrenched in rock music I found that to discover fresh and undiscovered music exploring jazz suited me best.
Good choice. Jazz is a very large and varied area of music and I came to jazz though the improvisational element of rock music . Jazz in its many forms contains improvisation in its structure from the harmonic to the completely discordant I love Jazz because it encompasses a freedom and spontaneity or intuitive response which I don't find so much in rock music
As a drummer playing mostly rock music I love to both listen too and play jazz. Rather than just playing a 2&4 backbeat at high volume it gives you a chance to stretch yourself and play more dynamically and musically. Whether it’s big band jazz such as Count Basie or smaller ensembles like the Dave Brubeck Quartet or Oliver Nelson (The Blues and the Abstract Truth is a wonderful album) jazz music has as many variations as rock music and if it hadn’t been for jazz and the blues there would have been no rock music as we speak of today!
My (5) Kind of Blue / Miles Davis Take Five / Dave Brubeck Giant Steps / John Coltrane The Blues And The Abstract Truth / Oliver Nelson Speak No Evil / Wayne Shorter
Excellent choice of albums of course ! Maybe for many people jazz is to be listened to live. Because a live improvisation is so unique, and that’s what I identify with jazz as opposed to classical.
I wouldn't say I hate jazz, but the Fast Show's Jazz Club was really about as far as I was ever to get with jazz. Let's hear it for Jackson Jeffrey Jackson, Desolate Shore and the James Nance Quartet (with Clam on bass)
People forget about Larry Coryell. One of my favorite Lps is Fairyland a 1971 recording from Switzerland. Rough free style live jam w/ Coryell, Chuck Rainey ( bass ) Pretty Purdie ( drums ). Mind Blowin' Jams.
Though a casual Jazz listener myself, I would direct you also to the great Charles Mingus. Heavy Double Bass is an essential Jazz element, such as the album “Mingus Ah Um”. Also the solo work of Andy Summers for some Jazz guitar, the album “Green Chimneys” is good for that- Sting even appears on it!
I saw a programme a few years back on BBC4 I think it was which speculated that 1959 was the greatest year in jazz. It mentioned Dave Brubeck and Miles Davis, as well as Charles Mingus and Ornette Coleman. Have to say I'm more jazz inspired rather than a jazz fan per se. I found though that these four albums had a lot to offer. Indeed anyone who wants a good gateway from more commercial music into jazz can't really go wrong with Charlie Parker with Strings. Standards yes, though performed in a way no one else could have possibly have thought of.
Love it. One album becomes a rabbit hole for each player on it and branches out infinitely. Paul Desmond is my favorite player and albums I recommend are The Sidewinder by Lee Morgan and Moanin' by Art Blakey.
I don't understand jazz, but like art, I know what I like. Over a number of years now I have slowly built up a playlist, which is only around 100 now, but here in France, on these long, warm, summer evenings, it's just perfect. Even jazz hating friends I subject it to, agree that it's actually not bad.
I got introduced to jazz in high school back in the early 70's and have loved it ever since. Some of my favorite jazz albums are: Keith Jarrett - Koln Concert McCoy Tyner (my favorite jazz artist) - Trident McCoy Tyner - Atlantis Chick Corea - Return to Forever (the album, not the jazz fusion group he founded, though I love most of their music also!) Weather Report - Black Market John Coltrane - A Love Supreme John Coltrane - Afro Blue Impressions Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - Caravan Maynard Ferguson - M.F. Horn 4&5 - Live at Jimmy's Jan Garbarek & Bobo Stenson Quartet - Witchi-Tai-To
I have to admit I did not really "get" jazz until I was introduced to Miles Davis and spent some time listening to more of the classics. From then on, I got into the new wave of jazz . Jazz is better listened to live . Try The comet is coming great band.
@@classicalbumEarly on he was jazz then he became a bit more into Barry White / Michael Jackson territory. Listen to a late 60's or early 70's George Benson record for more jazz 😊
Benson, early on, absolutely a Jazz guitarist...and a very, very fine one. He eventually went down the commercial and mainstream road. BREEZIN' is an early "smooth Jazz" album...
@@classicalbum His earlier stuff before he took up singing is crazy good. He's regarded as one of the 2 or 3 best jazz guitarists of the 60's and 70's. It just so happens that he's a great singer too, Funny how that happens. He was lucky to get out of the pay bracket that even the most virtuosic jazz players are stuck in.
@@jazzpunk " Breezin' " is a great album. I think even some rock fans would enjoy that. It's not rock but certainly in style all kinds of people should be able to enjoy it. Not just jazz pureists.
For fans of this great channel looking for PSYCHEDELIC jazz albums, here are five that I would recommend: 1- Don Cherry’s “Brown Rice” 2- Pharoah Sander’s “Thembi” 3- Egberto Gismonti’s “ No Caipira” 4- Archie Shepp’s “Attica Blues” 5- Zakir Hussain’s “Making Music”
Great choices. My top six, in no particular order: Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady. Miles Davis: Nefertiti (everything he did, really). Coltrane: A Love Supreme. Ralph Towner: Solstice. Alice Coltrane: Journey in Satchitananda. Pharoah Sanders: Karma. And oh so many more.
I was introduced to Jazz by a friend who lent me Miles Davis's Tribute to Jack Jones. I loved it but probably, as a guitarist, because John McLaughlin played on it. I then bought Kind of Blue and Cookin at the Plugged Nickel. I love all of those but haven't developed a great love of the genre in general.
Appreciate the honesty! And quite some jazz to me also seems almost impenetrable, not being a musician myself. But I do like a challenge and there are so many astonishing players in jazz worth listening to... goes without saying really. Black Saint and the Sinner Lady from 1963 by the amazing Charles Mingus is another accessible album, a set of suites, bit of a concept album... fabulously orchestrated, played and recorded, a tour de force really. Very much recommended for a listen!
I love jazz. There seems to be so much crap new music that I find myself going back to jazz and classical music to find something to listen to.... I couldn't pick 5 albums. Time Out would certainly be there. And Kind of Blue is excellent....
Rock....three chords listened to by millions Jazz...millions of chords listened to by three Seriously some lovely stuff in such a wide genre and really we are all pedestrian listeners I would trust a jazz buff about as much as a wine buff It is all the emperor's new clothes
Some very accessible jazz albums: South Side Soul (1960) by the John Wright Trio. Midnite Blue (1963) by Kenny Burrell. The Exciting Daly Wilson Big Band featuring Kerrie Biddell (1972) - fab jazz funk with some vocals. Lanquidity (1978) by Sun Ra. Accessible complex jazz.
I love Jazz... I am learning how to play Jazz... And the answer to you question in the title is.... Yes. Anyone can have their own reasons but it's perfectly fine if Jazz isn't someone's cup of tea. That being said if someone hates the genre just to trigger others... or to be a contrarian... well that someone might be missing out on very cool music. Jazz can be background restaurant and elevator music and at the same time the elite music for well versed musicians. Our reaction to music comes directly from the emotions and moods music gives us. Good or bad. From the listeners point of view... That's music's job. And it NEVER fails. From intellectual amazement to our daily soundtracks and all the way down to how some dress and cut our hair or put posters on our walls. There is music for everyone... Lots to choose from. Don't miss out on great music... give it a shot. Cheers!
Enjoyed watching this - I would add "Night Train" by the rather wonderful Oscar Peterson...but that said, the video has a good list. Maybe some Duke Ellington would be a worthy addition. have a great day
For a self-professed dabbler, you're pretty well researched! All good picks. Jazz has never been a constant presence in my listening habits, but every decade I'm inspired to do deep dives for a few months. A nice palate cleanser. Have you tackled Ken Burns' four hour Jazz documentary? Break it up into smaller chunks, and it's really engaging. Along with Kind of Blue and A Love Supreme, here's some of my picks in terms of albums. I love Armstrong, Parker, Dizz, Ellington, Basie, Holiday, etc., but those are in pre-LP collections. 1. Charles Mingus - The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (Impulse!, 1963) 2. Miles Davis - In A Silent Way (Columbia, 1969) 3. Eric Dolphy - Out To Lunch! (Prestige, 1964) 4. John Coltrane - My Favorite Things (Atlantic, 1961) 5. Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah-Um (Columbia, 1959) 6. Ornette Coleman - The Shape Of Jazz To Come (Atlantic, 1959) 7. Alice Coltrane - Journey In Satchidananda (Impulse, 1970) 8. Albert Ayler Trio - Spiritual Unity (ESP, 1965) 9. Cecil Taylor - Nefertiti, The Beautiful One Has Come (Freedom, 1962) 10. John Coltrane - Crescent (Impulse, 1964) 11. Oliver Nelson - The Blues And The Abstract Truth (Impulse, 1961) 12. George Russell - Electronic Sonata For Souls Loved By Nature (Soul Note, 1967) 13. John Coltrane - Giant Steps (Atlantic, 1960) John Coltrane - Ole Coltrane (Atlantic, 1961) Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out (Columbia, 1959) Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus (Prestige, 1956) Charles Mingus - New Tijuana Moods (Bluebird, 1957) Charles Mingus - Pithecanthropus Erectus (Atlantic, 1956) John Coltrane - Coltrane Plays The Blues (Atlantic, 1960) Thelonious Monk - Brilliant Corners (Riverside, 1956) Donald Byrd - A New Perspective (Blue Note, 1963) The Ornette Coleman Double Quartet - Free Jazz (Atlantic, 1961)
I love jazz! My favorite albums; Sketches Of Spain Miles Davis Libertango Gary Burton The Grand Wazoo Frank Zappa Cortex Vol. 2 Cortex Pieces Of A Man Gil Scott-Heron Headhunters Herbie Hancock Alot more but i just wanted to share
Re 'Dave Brubeck' Most Fabulous drummer 'Jo Morello' quite outstanding unlike in my opinion the massively egocentric not nice guy ego twat buddy rich look at me. Had the pleasurable experience back now in late eighties to meet 'Art Blakey' he shook my hand his vice a grip of Iron started talking to me like I was his equal such a genuine nice guy. Oh yeh (The Jazz Messengers) in my opinion has to be said! Me I'm a 60's MOD and proud so keep rockin !!!
Nice to see a video on jazz here. John Coltrane's Love Supreme is definitely one of the best jazz records ever made, although not my favorite Coltrane album. How do you like jazz-rock Miles? Or the "pop-Miles" from the 80's?
Jazz is more work to listen to and understand than many other types of music. Lots of people are lazy so don't like the effort involved. The same can be said about Classical music or other arts that evade popularity. If a person does make the effort these things can give a lifetime of enjoyment and reward unrealized by most people.
I have seen a reasonable amount of live jazz over the years from Buddy Rich to Snarky Puppy but rarely enjoy it on record. For more of a blues/blues rock/ guitar rock listener like me maybe: Midnight Blue by Kenny Burrell which is accessible because it sticks to blues forms. Kenny later employed in BB King’s band and it’s a very influential record. Below the Bassline by Ernest Ranglin, again simpler forms, great groove and a guitarist who is playing rather than showing off. Ask the Ages by Sonny Sharrock. Carlos Santana is a big Sharrock fan and that wailing guitar mixed with jazzier forms there is a point of crossover. But Sonny dabbled in no wave, avant garde, jazz metal oddness so he can be a difficult listen. But Ask the Ages is a Les Paul through a Marshall stack playing jazz melodies, taking the place of a sax in a small jazz combo.
We all hear things differently and some music such as jazz does take its time to grow and it took me to my late 20s to appreciate Jazz and its not for everybody but if you appreciate it you'll be well rewarded
Big fan of late 60s / early 70 "spiritual" jazz especially Alice Coltrane. Agree with the comment that prog took a lot from jazz not least the drumming styles (Bruford, Collins in Brand X, etc).
There are many types and you just have to find the type you like. For me I like quartet or so based late 50's early 60's and not free form minimal outings.
To be honest I was late to the party but jazz is a lot more interesting than prog rock which I liked as a teenager but grew out of quite quickly. As a guitarist who played classical music to a pretty high level I think of prog rock as music for people who don’t/won’t get classical music. Great choice of albums btw even if jazz ain’t your thing!
Interesting that everyone is only talking about what used to be called 'modern jazz'. That ignores nearly a half century of great music and development of the genre. Here is some suggestions that are both great to listen to and historically significant: 1. Louis Armstrong - the Hot Fives and Hot Sevens 2. Sidney Bechet - the Victor Sessions 3. Duke Ellington - The Blanton-Webster Band 4. Count Basie - the Decca Recordings 5. Benny Goodman Small Groups w/ Charlie Christian
Ronnie Scott said that to some people Jazz sounds like a pet-shop on fire. It's not for everyone, some people prefer easy listening to something challenging, I know I do sometimes. It's not alright to hate any 'genre' though, it's snobbery.
It seems to me that you are being a bit modest about your understanding and appreciation of jazz. I think that for many people that there comes a point where it becomes so atonal that it falls off the edge i.e. there are - to me - some unlistenable jazz musicians. Here are three suggestions for albums worth a listen, starting from very accessible indeed and going out to my personal limit where I can still listen and enjoy: a. Midnight Blue by Kenny Burrell. (Bluesy, slinky.) b.Straight Ahead by Barbara Dennerlein. (The Jimi Hendrix of the jazz organ?) c. Genius of Modern Music Vol I by Thelonius Monk. (There ain't no words. You just have to listen.
Anyone that hates or dislikes Miles Davis hates life itself even though they may not realise it yet but some day they will meet the Dark Prince in the next world and god help them when that time comes!
@@TheD4VR0S I saw Miles' 1974 band with 3 guitarists, sax, bass, drums, African drums tambura and tabla . It was darker than anything Ozzy could possibly imagine.
Really good jazz can hit the same buttons that progressive rock does for me.
I totally agree. 👍
What criteria are used to distinguish "really good jazz" from other types?
@@herbertvonzinderneuf8547 it depends.
@@BenDowdy Could you be a bit more generic?
@@herbertvonzinderneuf8547 "Really good jazz"... well, it's a matter of taste, isn't it? If I were to provide you a set of criteria, it would be nothing more than my own preferences. Or, if I were to give you a list of examples, it would be just my favorites. Nothing more. Likewise from any "expert"... no matter how well educated, learned or experienced they consider themselves to be. As an evolving art form, it's not like the rules were divinely given to some dude on a tablet.
It's not OK to hate jazz. It's OK to dislike some jazz albums, but not the entire genre. Doing so will provoke a visit from the jazz police.
In sandals no doubt
Does this apply also to gangsta rapp as genre?
Kenny G doesn’t pretend to play jazz. He plays crap.
@@jips123for me it applies to any genre. You can hate everything you’ve heard from a genre, but I’m not sure how anyone can claim to hate a genre when there are so many subgenres and styles and artists.
I was arrested by the jazz police for using a capo 😅
Anything by Bill Evans I find absolutely sublime…especially The Tokyo Concert…i listen to everything from Rachmaninov to Mötörhead and make no apologies for doing so.
I'm with you 100%. They're all beautiful, but You must believe in Spring and the music and interview with Marian Mcpartland for piano jazz are perpetually rewarding.
Thank you. Sunday at the Village Vanguard is one of the best live recordings of any artist or band.
@@greatloverofmusic1 It certainly is. Jade visions is magical. Look up Know what I mean if you don't already have. Bill with Cannonball Adderley. Definitely a treasure.
@@greatloverofmusic1 Hell yeah.
I make apologies for my musical taste all the time.
As Keith Richard’s once said ‘jazz is blues that has fallen down the stairs’
Did he really say that?
@@hansmagnusmalcolmsen9354 Google says: "Jazz is like a great blues band that fell down the stairs. Michael Buble."
@@FuturePast2019 "The problem with quotes on the internet...." - Abraham Lincoln.
I think Keef was talking about himself ;)
@@Fastnbulbous1969 And why do you think that? Care to elaborate? I have never seen Keef say anything negative about jazz myself.
A guy named Johnny told me he hated jazz. I told him he'd shattered my dreams.
I'd turn back the clock but I don't want to be a hero
I laughed way too hard at this! :)
Nicely done Michael.
I'll bet, though, for all his philistinism about jazz, Johnny has 'A Heart of Gold'!...
Nice!
YES is one of your favorite bands. Huge jazz influence there between the playing of Steve Howe and Bill Bruford…
I'm a jazz who musician who grew up on rock and can still appreciate it. I took up jazz because I hate crowds.
One recording that's high on my rotation right now is Pat Martino, Remember, a Tribute to Wes Montgomery. I'm gobsmacked every time I hear it.
I love jazz as much as I love rock. Five of my favorite jazz albums:
Miles Davis: Kind Of Blue
John Coltrane: Black Pearls
Joe Henderson: In Japan
Lee Morgan: Cornbread
Pat Metheny: Watercolors
Great list but I would replace Pat Metheny with Sonny Rollins.
Jazz is like a car journey through the mountains. You don't know quite where you're going but around every corner there's a new view.
I listen to jazz every day. It has bolstered my appreciation for rock, pop, hip-hop, etc. To understand Jazz…you have to really listen…and read.
Listening to a Jazz album while reading about it makes it really come to life.
Eric Dolphy - Last Date is a great live album that captures the live jazz experience.
His albums with Mingus also. Cornell 1964 is a great favourite.
Excellent list. Honorable mentions: Duke Ellington Koko. Ella Fitzgerald live in Berlin.
Kind of Blue is a brilliant album and always seems to be on sale cheap in the UK. A friend bought some albums and asked me which of a series of discounted albums he should take as a BOGOF. I pointed to Kind of Blue. Miles’ late 60s/early 70s jazz-rock is great but far harder to like casually.
I prefer the Lp Miles Davis made just before Kind Of Blue called Milestones.
Jazz has been a huge influence on Prog. Check out Ornette Coleman's The Shape of Jazz To Come & Free Jazz. Miles: In A Silent Way & Bitches Brew, Mingus: Ah Um. Bill Evans: Sunday At The Village Vanguard. Lots of great Jazz fusion albums, Return To Forever, Weather Report, Mahvishnu Orchestra etc.
I like coleman. I have Beauty is rare thing 6 cd box set
Not forgetting Gong!
@@bernmahan1162 Beware of flying teapots !
@@paulwelch1992 I'm always on the look out!
Sun Ra! Cosmic yet puzzling...
Space - it affects us all, and it connects us all.
He was an alien, he's the exception
Genius. One of my most favouritest songs is June Tyler singing "Outer Spaceways Incorporated" from the film Space is the Place (the whole film is still on youtube).
Oh that's something else!!!!
Sun Ra, kind of an early prog. He was an astonishong musician.
My introduction to jazz was in 1971 at the age of 9 via Jethro Tull's debut album "This Was" which has the Roland Kirk number "Serenade to a Cuckoo" closing out side 1. I began familiarizing myself with Roland Kirk's work and discovered Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, Eric Dolphy and of course Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond. Many thanks to the Brooklyn Public Library for making that deep dive possible. I have been a big jazz fan since then while also keeping a keen interest in the Rock Music scene and all the many genres that it encompasses. Thank you for this little gem of a video. ☮
Can't argue with any of your choices Barry.
If you're coming to jazz as a rock fan I would suggest these:
Miles Davis - In A Silent Way + A Tribute To Jack Johnson
Nina Simone - Pastel Blues
Sun Ra - Out There A Minute
Keith Jarrett - Koln Concert
Herbie Hancock - Sextant
Grachan Moncur - Evolution
Eric Dolphy - Out To Lunch
Love OUT TO LUNCH...do you know its companion album, POINT OF DEPARTURE by Andrew Hill?
Same time frame, pretty much the same personnel. Highly recommended!
4 musicians playing 4 different tunes at the same time? What's not to love?
That is what I think. Or are they playing anything at all ??
Just like The Who 😂
@@rogerbaylor4340 I didn't say it was a bad thing. I love it!
@@jmack619 My point wasn't ironic.
As Spinal Tap said, " jazz is mistakes, they're playing it wrong, and getting applauded for it! "
Or as Ozzy Osbourne said about it, "The only impressive thing about a jazz band as far as I was concerned was how much they could drink."
@@rainonasphalt 😂Must say I hadn't heard that one before! 😆
Or as the Bonzos said... "Jazz, delicious hot, disgusting cold"
Stewart Copeland called jazz fans "the best fans ever. They just take it."
Played and sang Jazz through high school and beyond, yet it was always a distant second to Rock 'n' Roll. Eventually graduated to a Celtic Rock band and loved every moment of it. Music is life!
Without Jazz, there is no Big Band, no Jump Blues, and no Rock 'n' Roll. Not all of it is appealing, but when it speaks to me, it holds me close.
Jazz is the biggest cultural american gift to human race. Maybe, after Faulkner.
Africa
@@nikolic-sq5rx Well, yes and no. But good answer.
I think why I personally love jazz is its hard to pin down nature, and the fact that it morphed and shape shifted its way into so many different styles and forms over the years. Influencing the nature of improv in rock, early funk and soul, and how it made hip hop around the late 80s/early 90s sound even cooler.
I'm more of a jazz fusion,jazz funk or jazz with a twist kind of lover, but whatever form its in, it's infectious.
Loads of great great jazz still being made out there - my personal recommendation is the Jazz is Dead series of albums/collaborations.
I nearly got into jazz when I saw Michelle Pfeiffer draped on a piano in The Fabulous Baker Boys - Nice!
I love jazz, but most people I know don't. I love the colours, the musical maths, the impenetrability, the freedom to wander (and wonder). I love the fact that two artists can interpret the same song differently. I love that there's always a song to match your mood. I've never been one of those types to try and explain it, one just comes across a bore. Jazz is like abstract art or Mrs Brown's Boys - it's either your thing or it isn't. If I may suggest a few classic and modern artists/albums, you might want to explore a little further - nothing too noodly...
Chet Baker & Paul Desmond - Together
Gerry Mulligan - Night Lights
Matthew Halsall - Colour Yes
Lee Ritenour - Rhythm Sessions
You need to expand this list to include Wes Montgomery, who influenced so many rock guitarists.
I've turned to jazz in my later years. After becoming thoroughly entrenched in rock music I found that to discover fresh and undiscovered music exploring jazz suited me best.
One great thing about social media is UA-cam, you can really go down that Jazz Fusion rabit hole.
And better yet, my appreciation of jazz clicked my mind to other fine things. Like, Afrobeat, and Fela Kuti.
Good choice.
Jazz is a very large and varied area of music and I came to jazz though the improvisational element of rock music .
Jazz in its many forms contains improvisation in its structure from the harmonic to the completely discordant
I love Jazz because it encompasses a freedom and spontaneity or intuitive
response which I don't find so much in rock music
As a drummer playing mostly rock music I love to both listen too and play jazz. Rather than just playing a 2&4 backbeat at high volume it gives you a chance to stretch yourself and play more dynamically and musically. Whether it’s big band jazz such as Count Basie or smaller ensembles like the Dave Brubeck Quartet or Oliver Nelson (The Blues and the Abstract Truth is a wonderful album) jazz music has as many variations as rock music and if it hadn’t been for jazz and the blues there would have been no rock music as we speak of today!
That Oliver Nelson album is excellent!
Jazz for the most part is okay, but free jazz...shiver...
robbrannen...It's free in the sense that you don't have to pay for it.
Yes it can be scary and discordant. I love Birdyak though.
My (5)
Kind of Blue / Miles Davis
Take Five / Dave Brubeck
Giant Steps / John Coltrane
The Blues And The Abstract Truth / Oliver Nelson
Speak No Evil / Wayne Shorter
May I recommend Miles Davis In A Silent Way, Herbie Hancock Headhunters and John Coltrane My Favorite Things?
You have 3 of my five on your list, and of course they are among the greatest ever.
I have some of these and agree. A good start. I found others by listening to a local jazz station during commutes. Lots to like.
Excellent choice of albums of course ! Maybe for many people jazz is to be listened to live. Because a live improvisation is so unique, and that’s what I identify with jazz as opposed to classical.
I wouldn't say I hate jazz, but the Fast Show's Jazz Club was really about as far as I was ever to get with jazz. Let's hear it for Jackson Jeffrey Jackson, Desolate Shore and the James Nance Quartet (with Clam on bass)
People forget about Larry Coryell. One of my favorite Lps is Fairyland a 1971 recording from Switzerland. Rough free style live jam w/ Coryell, Chuck Rainey ( bass ) Pretty Purdie ( drums ).
Mind Blowin' Jams.
Try Sarah Vaughan, Ella and Billie Holiday. I always return to them.
Sarah - the divine one.
I like your selections. If I might suggest, Carmen McCrae "Carmen Sings Monk." You won't regret it. Probably my favorite jazz album.
Excellent presentation! I wish I understood jazz better. Those “in the know” are in no hurry to explain it to the rest of us.
Came home from work last saturday night after an intense shift and put Kind Of Blue on my turntable. I've been doing that seven nights in a row now.
Though a casual Jazz listener myself, I would direct you also to the great Charles Mingus. Heavy Double Bass is an essential Jazz element, such as the album “Mingus Ah Um”. Also the solo work of Andy Summers for some Jazz guitar, the album “Green Chimneys” is good for that- Sting even appears on it!
I saw a programme a few years back on BBC4 I think it was which speculated that 1959 was the greatest year in jazz. It mentioned Dave Brubeck and Miles Davis, as well as Charles Mingus and Ornette Coleman. Have to say I'm more jazz inspired rather than a jazz fan per se. I found though that these four albums had a lot to offer. Indeed anyone who wants a good gateway from more commercial music into jazz can't really go wrong with Charlie Parker with Strings. Standards yes, though performed in a way no one else could have possibly have thought of.
Love it. One album becomes a rabbit hole for each player on it and branches out infinitely. Paul Desmond is my favorite player and albums I recommend are The Sidewinder by Lee Morgan and Moanin' by Art Blakey.
I don't understand jazz, but like art, I know what I like.
Over a number of years now I have slowly built up a playlist, which is only around 100 now, but here in France, on these long, warm, summer evenings, it's just perfect.
Even jazz hating friends I subject it to, agree that it's actually not bad.
France has historically been a refuge for American jazz musicians. Many had extended stays there because they were treated and paid better.
@@Fastnbulbous1969 indeed, I recall an exhibition a few years ago in Limoges about the American jazz musicians there.
I got introduced to jazz in high school back in the early 70's and have loved it ever since. Some of my favorite jazz albums are:
Keith Jarrett - Koln Concert
McCoy Tyner (my favorite jazz artist) - Trident
McCoy Tyner - Atlantis
Chick Corea - Return to Forever (the album, not the jazz fusion group he founded, though I love most of their music also!)
Weather Report - Black Market
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
John Coltrane - Afro Blue Impressions
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - Caravan
Maynard Ferguson - M.F. Horn 4&5 - Live at Jimmy's
Jan Garbarek & Bobo Stenson Quartet - Witchi-Tai-To
Nice picks and thoughtful commentary
Enjoyed this musical excursion into Jazz. Thanks for the video
Great and honest take on jazz for people to dip into and try it out. Thanks 🎉
Shout out to "In a Silent Way" by Miles Davis (which is almost an Ambient record), "Blues & Roots" by Mingus and "Head Hunters" by Herbie Hancock
I have to admit I did not really "get" jazz until I was introduced to Miles Davis and spent some time listening to more of the classics. From then on, I got into the new wave of jazz . Jazz is better listened to live . Try The comet is coming great band.
I strongly recommend Salute To The Sun by Matthew Halsall. Nothing pretentious, easy to get into and beautifully played. Almost prog in parts.
Kenny Burrell, Midnight Blue is a favourite of mine.
I was hoping for some Cecil Taylor, Ornette Coleman, Albert Ayler,.
...you're funny! 😊
Music is the Healing Force of the Universe. Best song ever imo.😎👍
1959 is such a monster year for jazz and that Nina Simone album is a big reason why
Good list. I would have included Idris Mohamed’s Power Of Soul on my list.
I give some love to George Benson!
Is he jazz...? Sorry, I'm probably showing my ignorance here.
@@classicalbumEarly on he was jazz then he became a bit more into Barry White / Michael Jackson territory. Listen to a late 60's or early 70's George Benson record for more jazz 😊
Benson, early on, absolutely a Jazz guitarist...and a very, very fine one.
He eventually went down the commercial and mainstream road. BREEZIN' is an early "smooth Jazz" album...
@@classicalbum His earlier stuff before he took up singing is crazy good. He's regarded as one of the 2 or 3 best jazz guitarists of the 60's and 70's. It just so happens that he's a great singer too, Funny how that happens. He was lucky to get out of the pay bracket that even the most virtuosic jazz players are stuck in.
@@jazzpunk " Breezin' " is a great album. I think even some rock fans would enjoy that. It's not rock but certainly in style all kinds of people should be able to enjoy it. Not just jazz pureists.
I like jazz when it's about music rather than musicianship.
For fans of this great channel looking for PSYCHEDELIC jazz albums, here are five that I would recommend:
1- Don Cherry’s “Brown Rice”
2- Pharoah Sander’s “Thembi”
3- Egberto Gismonti’s “ No Caipira”
4- Archie Shepp’s “Attica Blues”
5- Zakir Hussain’s “Making Music”
Great choices.
My top six, in no particular order:
Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady.
Miles Davis: Nefertiti (everything he did, really).
Coltrane: A Love Supreme.
Ralph Towner: Solstice.
Alice Coltrane: Journey in Satchitananda.
Pharoah Sanders: Karma.
And oh so many more.
I was introduced to Jazz by a friend who lent me Miles Davis's Tribute to Jack Jones. I loved it but probably, as a guitarist, because John McLaughlin played on it. I then bought Kind of Blue and Cookin at the Plugged Nickel. I love all of those but haven't developed a great love of the genre in general.
Listening to Keith Jarrett Köln Concert. The story behind it is as jazz azz the gig itself.
Barely know of any jazz but this I really like 👌
did Coltrane find God… or was it the other way around?
God was calling, Coltrane answered, but it's still a matter of debate who spoke first.
"Trane [John Coltrane] was the father. Pharoah [Sanders] was the son. I was the holy ghost." Albert Ayler
@@carlosabstruso5956 There is an actual Church Of St. John Coltrane in San Francisco, established shortly after his death.
Appreciate the honesty! And quite some jazz to me also seems almost impenetrable, not being a musician myself. But I do like a challenge and there are so many astonishing players in jazz worth listening to... goes without saying really.
Black Saint and the Sinner Lady from 1963 by the amazing Charles Mingus is another accessible album, a set of suites, bit of a concept album... fabulously orchestrated, played and recorded, a tour de force really. Very much recommended for a listen!
I love jazz. There seems to be so much crap new music that I find myself going back to jazz and classical music to find something to listen to.... I couldn't pick 5 albums. Time Out would certainly be there. And Kind of Blue is excellent....
Rock....three chords listened to by millions
Jazz...millions of chords listened to by three
Seriously some lovely stuff in such a wide genre and really we are all pedestrian listeners
I would trust a jazz buff about as much as a wine buff
It is all the emperor's new clothes
Your thumbnail made me laugh, and that’s good enough for me!
Some modern Jazz to check out:
Alfa Mist: Keep On
The Bad Plus: Seven Minute Mind
Scott Henderson: Tore Down House
Nice
Jazz, pfft! They just make it up as they go along. I could do that...
Some very accessible jazz albums:
South Side Soul (1960) by the John Wright Trio.
Midnite Blue (1963) by Kenny Burrell.
The Exciting Daly Wilson Big Band featuring Kerrie Biddell (1972) - fab jazz funk with some vocals.
Lanquidity (1978) by Sun Ra. Accessible complex jazz.
I love Jazz... I am learning how to play Jazz... And the answer to you question in the title is.... Yes. Anyone can have their own reasons but it's perfectly fine if Jazz isn't someone's cup of tea. That being said if someone hates the genre just to trigger others... or to be a contrarian... well that someone might be missing out on very cool music. Jazz can be background restaurant and elevator music and at the same time the elite music for well versed musicians. Our reaction to music comes directly from the emotions and moods music gives us. Good or bad. From the listeners point of view... That's music's job. And it NEVER fails. From intellectual amazement to our daily soundtracks and all the way down to how some dress and cut our hair or put posters on our walls.
There is music for everyone... Lots to choose from. Don't miss out on great music... give it a shot. Cheers!
Some jazz sounds like the band are just warming up to start playing together properly. I always say “ok lads ready when you are”😂
Great picks. The top 4 rank high for me. Here are 2 to check out:
Spellbinder Gabor Szabo 1966
Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery 1960
Enjoyed watching this - I would add "Night Train" by the rather wonderful Oscar Peterson...but that said, the video has a good list. Maybe some Duke Ellington would be a worthy addition. have a great day
The problem is you are trying to figure out what jazz is while listening to it. Just sit back, relax and enjoy.
For a self-professed dabbler, you're pretty well researched! All good picks. Jazz has never been a constant presence in my listening habits, but every decade I'm inspired to do deep dives for a few months. A nice palate cleanser. Have you tackled Ken Burns' four hour Jazz documentary? Break it up into smaller chunks, and it's really engaging.
Along with Kind of Blue and A Love Supreme, here's some of my picks in terms of albums. I love Armstrong, Parker, Dizz, Ellington, Basie, Holiday, etc., but those are in pre-LP collections.
1. Charles Mingus - The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (Impulse!, 1963)
2. Miles Davis - In A Silent Way (Columbia, 1969)
3. Eric Dolphy - Out To Lunch! (Prestige, 1964)
4. John Coltrane - My Favorite Things (Atlantic, 1961)
5. Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah-Um (Columbia, 1959)
6. Ornette Coleman - The Shape Of Jazz To Come (Atlantic, 1959)
7. Alice Coltrane - Journey In Satchidananda (Impulse, 1970)
8. Albert Ayler Trio - Spiritual Unity (ESP, 1965)
9. Cecil Taylor - Nefertiti, The Beautiful One Has Come (Freedom, 1962)
10. John Coltrane - Crescent (Impulse, 1964)
11. Oliver Nelson - The Blues And The Abstract Truth (Impulse, 1961)
12. George Russell - Electronic Sonata For Souls Loved By Nature (Soul Note, 1967)
13. John Coltrane - Giant Steps (Atlantic, 1960)
John Coltrane - Ole Coltrane (Atlantic, 1961)
Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out (Columbia, 1959)
Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus (Prestige, 1956)
Charles Mingus - New Tijuana Moods (Bluebird, 1957)
Charles Mingus - Pithecanthropus Erectus (Atlantic, 1956)
John Coltrane - Coltrane Plays The Blues (Atlantic, 1960)
Thelonious Monk - Brilliant Corners (Riverside, 1956)
Donald Byrd - A New Perspective (Blue Note, 1963)
The Ornette Coleman Double Quartet - Free Jazz (Atlantic, 1961)
I love jazz! My favorite albums;
Sketches Of Spain
Miles Davis
Libertango
Gary Burton
The Grand Wazoo
Frank Zappa
Cortex Vol. 2
Cortex
Pieces Of A Man
Gil Scott-Heron
Headhunters
Herbie Hancock
Alot more but i just wanted to share
Re 'Dave Brubeck' Most Fabulous drummer 'Jo Morello' quite outstanding unlike in my opinion the massively egocentric not nice guy ego twat buddy rich look at me. Had the pleasurable experience back now in late eighties to meet 'Art Blakey' he shook my hand his vice a grip of Iron started talking to me like I was his equal such a genuine nice guy. Oh yeh (The Jazz Messengers) in my opinion has to be said! Me I'm a 60's MOD and proud so keep rockin !!!
You're absolutely right about Buddy Rich, the guy was a dick.
Nice to see a video on jazz here. John Coltrane's Love Supreme is definitely one of the best jazz records ever made, although not my favorite Coltrane album.
How do you like jazz-rock Miles? Or the "pop-Miles" from the 80's?
Glad you included Brubeck. Joe Morello looked like an accountant but drummed like a beast.
Jazz, nice.
John Coltrane (Blue Train) / Lee Morgan (Sidewinder) / Art Blakey (Moanin) / Art Pepper (Meets the rhythm section) / Miles Davis (Kind of Blue)
Charles Mingus - Let My Children Hear Music
Pat Metheny - Off Ramp
Miles Davis - In A Silent Way
Johnny Hammond - Gears
Stanley Clarke - S/T
You just knew Kind of Blue would be No1..I’d have to have one of Chet Bakers in there as well..
Keep the metaphors coming. I swallow them like pints when my head is all jazz.
Jazz is more work to listen to and understand than many other types of music. Lots of people are lazy so don't like the effort involved. The same can be said about Classical music or other arts that evade popularity. If a person does make the effort these things can give a lifetime of enjoyment and reward unrealized by most people.
I have seen a reasonable amount of live jazz over the years from Buddy Rich to Snarky Puppy but rarely enjoy it on record.
For more of a blues/blues rock/ guitar rock listener like me maybe:
Midnight Blue by Kenny Burrell which is accessible because it sticks to blues forms. Kenny later employed in BB King’s band and it’s a very influential record.
Below the Bassline by Ernest Ranglin, again simpler forms, great groove and a guitarist who is playing rather than showing off.
Ask the Ages by Sonny Sharrock. Carlos Santana is a big Sharrock fan and that wailing guitar mixed with jazzier forms there is a point of crossover. But Sonny dabbled in no wave, avant garde, jazz metal oddness so he can be a difficult listen. But Ask the Ages is a Les Paul through a Marshall stack playing jazz melodies, taking the place of a sax in a small jazz combo.
We all hear things differently and some music such as jazz does take its time to grow and it took me to my late 20s to appreciate Jazz and its not for everybody but if you appreciate it you'll be well rewarded
I also walk the syncopated road while also taking in the sights and sounds of the classical world.
Big fan of late 60s / early 70 "spiritual" jazz especially Alice Coltrane. Agree with the comment that prog took a lot from jazz not least the drumming styles (Bruford, Collins in Brand X, etc).
There are many types and you just have to find the type you like. For me I like quartet or so based late 50's early 60's and not free form minimal outings.
To be honest I was late to the party but jazz is a lot more interesting than prog rock which I liked as a teenager but grew out of quite quickly. As a guitarist who played classical music to a pretty high level I think of prog rock as music for people who don’t/won’t get classical music. Great choice of albums btw even if jazz ain’t your thing!
Nice video - apart from the bloody Grateful Dead tee shirt…😂
I'm a fan of jazz-tinged rock (jazz fusion?) Zappa, Steely Dan, that kinda stuff. Take Five is alright. I'm a dabbler I guess.
Interesting that everyone is only talking about what used to be called 'modern jazz'. That ignores nearly a half century of great music and development of the genre. Here is some suggestions that are both great to listen to and historically significant: 1. Louis Armstrong - the Hot Fives and Hot Sevens 2. Sidney Bechet - the Victor Sessions 3. Duke Ellington - The Blanton-Webster Band 4. Count Basie - the Decca Recordings 5. Benny Goodman Small Groups w/ Charlie Christian
Ronnie Scott said that to some people Jazz sounds like a pet-shop on fire. It's not for everyone, some people prefer easy listening to something challenging, I know I do sometimes. It's not alright to hate any 'genre' though, it's snobbery.
It seems to me that you are being a bit modest about your understanding and appreciation of jazz. I think that for many people that there comes a point where it becomes so atonal that it falls off the edge i.e. there are - to me - some unlistenable jazz musicians. Here are three suggestions for albums worth a listen, starting from very accessible indeed and going out to my personal limit where I can still listen and enjoy:
a. Midnight Blue by Kenny Burrell. (Bluesy, slinky.)
b.Straight Ahead by Barbara Dennerlein. (The Jimi Hendrix of the jazz organ?)
c. Genius of Modern Music Vol I by Thelonius Monk. (There ain't no words. You just have to listen.
Great review but you should check out Thelonious Monk the blue note series volumes, one and two. I’m sure you’ll dig them!
Anyone that hates or dislikes Miles Davis hates life itself even though they may not realise it yet but some day they will meet the Dark Prince in the next world and god help them when that time comes!
Ive seen him in concert twice the Dark Prince (ozzy) not Miles Davis
Capitalize God. I seriously dislike Miles Davis. I will take my chances
@@TheD4VR0S I saw Miles' 1974 band with 3 guitarists, sax, bass, drums, African drums tambura and tabla . It was darker than anything Ozzy could possibly imagine.
Just listen to Ian Carr's Nucleus on the album, 'We'll Talk About It Later'. Staggering musicianship and as dynamic as any rock band.