Anyone listen to jazz/blues?

[speculative]

And I don't mean the "soft jazz" stuff of today... Blech!! :xpuke:

I mean stuff like song #2 off of Gerry Mulligan's "Night Lites." ;)

Anyways, one of my favorite professor's has a radio show here that features jazz/blues from the 50's thru the 80's. It's on every other Saturday. I really like the music he plays, but rarely catch it because usually I'm up to no good that time of the week. ;) So, was just wondering if anyone had suggestions to good, "peppy" jazz or blues.

No "smooth/soft jazz" please! After all, "It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing." ;)

[Gservo]

I am in to Big Band jazz, piano jazz, fusion, and basically anything made before 1965

the station i listen to is Jazz 88 (http://www.wbgo.org/) here in Newark, NJ (i can waltZ to the staion from my job) they have live streaming if you want to listen...

[speculative]

Hey thanks Gservo, I will check that link out, sounds good. :)

[jozzer]

Wow...a thread about Jazz and I wasnt here to see it!!!
You can listen to me and another ninja member "Timicom" at www.mp3.com/perfectfourth ....although we arnet that "soft" stuff like gerry Mulligan!(I love Gerry really)

[timiCom]

yeah just checked out jazz 88 on windows media player radio. quite hip.

me and jozzer play a lot of jazz... post-coltrane modal is our thing in the group, though I branch out into contemporary european styles, and joz has just escaped a lifetime of playing italian folk dance music in Piacenza. he he.

[NickBrownsFan]

If you like the Blues you have to like Buddy Guy. Any way check out this site for many of the Blues people you know and love. And dont forget to look up Buddy :)

http://www.blueflamecafe.com/index.html

Want a recommended first exposure to Buddy? "Buddy Guy Live, The Real Deal, with G.E.Smith & the saturday night live band. 5 of 5 in my book.

[Squeaky]

I think Buddy is brilliant too, certainly my favourite blues singer/guitarist :)

Jazz..i really don't understand Jazz (sorry guys :()

[speculative]

Originally posted by jozzer
Wow...a thread about Jazz and I wasnt here to see it!!!
You can listen to me and another ninja member "Timicom" at www.mp3.com/perfectfourth ....although we arnet that "soft" stuff like gerry Mulligan!(I love Gerry really)

Yup, thought I might catch you in here. ;) Cool, I'll check that out. :)

[jozzer]

Squeeks....you dont need to understand it....only the musician needs to understand it.....you just need to think of it like a train ride....let your mind ride the flow like a rollercoaster!
Almost as exiting as Unreal Tournament!!And multiplayer too:P
Let us know what you think spec!...We can take it!(jazz muzo's are thick skinned)

[timiCom]

i had a girlfriend who loved heavy 19th and 20th century literature but couldn't get jazz.

I tried to explain to her that to me, the music she listened to was like a badly drawn cartoon strip, and jazz at its best is a novel by a nobel prize winning author. She didn't buy that of course - but there's a grain of truth. The heavy novel is incredibly rewarding but only if you commit time and energy into figuring it out. same is true of jazz. It took me 3 years of listening to swing, boogie and big band before i could handle bebop, and another 2 years to dig coltrane. and i'm only just getting into free stuff now. so don't be surprised if it takes ages before you like it. But believe me: it's so worth it...

[NickBrownsFan]

Originally posted by Squeaky
I think Buddy is brilliant too, certainly my favourite blues singer/guitarist :)

Jazz..i really don't understand Jazz (sorry guys :()

Twice Ive tried to get myself out to legends if nothing else but to check the place out. I will get there. I have seen him live 2 times and after the first I was hooked even more than I was before. :D

[Gservo]

Jazz is not something you really understand, its something you enjoy if you like it. If there is a jazz song that comes on that you like,, YOU Just like it thats it. No need to understand. The great thing about jazz is that its so evolved. anybody is bound to run across a song they like. "JAZZ is like an ocean, its got many fish in it." We have different tastes and we are sure of finding the "fish" we like best.

[speculative]

Originally posted by timiCom
i had a girlfriend who loved heavy 19th and 20th century literature but couldn't get jazz.

I tried to explain to her that to me, the music she listened to was like a badly drawn cartoon strip, and jazz at its best is a novel by a nobel prize winning author. She didn't buy that of course - but there's a grain of truth. The heavy novel is incredibly rewarding but only if you commit time and energy into figuring it out. same is true of jazz. It took me 3 years of listening to swing, boogie and big band before i could handle bebop, and another 2 years to dig coltrane. and i'm only just getting into free stuff now. so don't be surprised if it takes ages before you like it. But believe me: it's so worth it...

To enjoy *any* good music, I would argue, you must listen with patience...

I find that on almost every single CD I own, the songs on side B of most albums are the best, or at least equal to the best ones.

Portishead, Dummy: "Glory Box"
Cranberries, No Need to Argue: "Yeat's Grave" and "Daffodil Lament"
Tori Amos, To Venus and Back: "1000 Oceans"
Pearl Jam, Yield: "In Hiding"
Smashing Pumpkins, Siamese Dream: "Mayonnaise"
Alanis Morisette, Jagged Little Pill: "Wake Up" and "Not the Doctor"
Alanis Morisette, Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie: "Joining You"

etc. etc. etc. I could go on forever. Usually, if I like the single the band has out, I will probably like the rest of their CD... So, I buy it *because* of their single, but not *for* their single. ;)

[***Soulgirl ***]

I am totally in awe of Johnny Mae Matthews "I Have No Choice" "Itty Bitty Heart" and Terry Callier "Ordinary Joe" "Look At Me Now"...

Excellent Blues and Jazz artistes!

Can I post a sample track here?

[Gservo]

Post away....

[***Soulgirl ***]

Ok... here's a hasty Terry Callier.. will do the others tomorrow ok.

Ordinary Joe - Terry Callier (http://www.thesoulgirl.com/TERRY CALLIER - ORDINARY JOE.rm)

And watch my Avatar smooch to this one :)