Introducing: Jazz

[Justin]

How does a beginner start to learn about jazz?

In exploring the great masters of the music, it is wise to begin with recordings from the six immortal giants who virtually invented large aspects of the music: Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis and John Coltrane.

A few tips for getting started:

If one is coming to jazz through r&b or pop music, try some Grover Washington Jr. and David Sanborn first and then progress to John Coltrane and Chick Corea.

Listeners who enjoy the sound of rock should explore Weather Report, John Scofield, Jean-Luc Ponty and fusion-era Miles Davis before reaching Coltrane and Ornette Coleman.

Classical fans can enter the jazz world through Bill Evans, the Miles Davis/Gil Evans recordings of the 1950s and the Modern Jazz Quartet.

Enjoy current dance music with catchy melodies and funky rhythms? Try Lee Morgan's The Sidewinder, most Horace Silver albums and records by the Stanley Turrentine/Shirley Scott group of the 1960s.

15 Recommended Jazz Recordings to Start With:

Louis Armstrong, Plays W.C. Handy (Columbia - 1997 version)
Benny Goodman, Sing, Sing, Sing (Bluebird)
Billie Holiday, The Quintessential, Vol. 5 (Columbia)
Count Basie, The Atomic Mr. Basie (Roulette)
Duke Ellington, Uptown (Columbia)
Charlie Parker, Yardbird Suite (Rhino)
Dizzy Gillespie, At Newport (Verve)
Dave Brubeck, Time Out (Columbia)
Miles Davis, Kind of Blue (Columbia)
John Coltrane, My Favorite Things (Atlantic)
Stan Getz, Getz/Gilberto (Verve)
Wes Montgomery, The Incredible Jazz Guitar (Original Jazz Classics)
Lee Morgan, The Sidewinder (Blue Note)
Weather Report, Heavy Weather (Columbia)
Wynton Marsalis, Blue Interlude (Columbia)


I'll link you later on, cause i have no source for the current time.

So who listens to jazz music???

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[The Lizard King]

Seems no one listens to Jazz music bil forum :P

i my self big fan of Jazz though it can be divided into many categories that were developed through ages from 1900 till our time.

from Ragtime jazz back in 1900 to folk jazz and blues in new orleans and kansas city all the way to the swing, funk, soul, mainstream, fusion, and lately Rhythm and Blues (R&B) or what some people like to call Smooth Jazz.

I had the chance to watch the legend himself Dizzy Gillespie - (Bebop) and the all star band in Baalbeck Festivals 2005. it was like heaven

btw today wed 07/10/09 starts the lebanese Jazz Festival in down town beirut. Lebanese bands will be performing the best original and Jazz covers, i actually going to attend ARTHUR SATYAN QUARTET on saturday the 10th this man is a Jazz genius and one of the best in the world and the his band members are the finest.

Abboud Saadi (Bass Guitar)
Arthur Satyan (Keyboards)
Raffi Mandalian (Rhythm Guitar)
Fouad Afra (Drums)