Kinda Gettin Into Jazz

[awakefie]

Ok, so I've recently picked up the new Tal Wilkenfeld CD. I like it alot. So I picked up Heavy Weather at the CD Tradepost. I can't believe I've never listed to Jaco before.

You guys are expanding my horizons.

Anyway, given that I'm starting to get into this whole jazz/fusion thing, can anyone recommend other CDs/albumns I should check out?

This is purely for listening pleasure. (I'm not nearly good enough to play it yet.)

[CatfishStudios]

I recommend going to "Pandoras radio" http://www.pandora.com/ they have a nice setup where you can customize stations, say add a name like Jaco, and it will play selections from him and also similar artist....from there you can start to really explore in the direction you prefer, as there is a lot of flavors in the jazz world. Good luck...bug bit me a few years ago as well... Im a Jazz/Funk junkie now.

[Silaxian]

Anyway, given that I'm starting to get into this whole jazz/fusion thing, can anyone recommend other CDs/albumns I should check out?

Oh yes, indeed.

Duke Ellington Solos, Duets, and Trios

Oscar Peterson Trio Night Train

Miles Davis Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet

Stanley Clarke (eponymous)

Charlie Haden & Pat Metheny Beyond the Missouri Sky

Bill Evans Trio Sunday at the Village Vanguard

Michael Manring Drastic Measures

Edgar Meyer, Yo-Yo Ma & Mark O'Connor Appalachia Waltz

Charles Mingus Mingus Ah Um

Victor Wooten A Show of Hands

and since you just got Heavy Weather, you might seek out Black Market as well

Happy listening!

[gwx014]

Esbjorn Svensson Trio - Tuesday Wonderland
Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters
Hiromi - Time Control, Spiral, Beyond Standard
Janek Gwizdala - Mystery to Me, Live at the 55 Bar
One of my new favorites is Aaron Parks Invisible Cinema

[fleabee]

we're in the same boat OP..I started out with Tal and worked my way into the above mentioned guru's

[Equin]

Jazz is...GREAT. INCREDIBLE.

Some recommendations:

Esbjorn Svensson Trio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VLuR7nly0I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7N2d1...eature=related
-this ones a bit harder to get into because it very intricate stuff..

Esbjorn recently left this world...scuba diving accident =(. I had just discovered them too! Amazing musicians. I love all their stuff, what I linked is just a taste of their greatness.

youtube is down, will edit with more links later.

[awakefie]

I'm lovin the suggestions.

I'll definitely check out the radio thing.

I'll have to scrounge through TradePost for some of the names. I have a bunch of trade credit built up (mostly from 80s hair metal, lol).

[CatfishStudios]

Type those names into pandora's...and you can hear them all...legal and free, no downloads...I LOVE pandoras

[Silaxian]

Originally Posted by CatfishStudios

Type those names into pandora's...and you can hear them all...legal and free, no downloads...I LOVE pandoras

I just tried Pandora tonight, about 15 minutes ago in fact. Very, very cool.

[shatterd]

I'm taking bass lessons online at workshoplive.com. Some of their instructors over there are incredible players. Anyway, one of the jazz guitar teachers over there is Jody Fisher. He's also a recording artist. I downloaded his CD from iTunes and was really impressed. It's titled..'Old Song New Licks' You can hear the bass cutting thru on the tunes. Their all instrumentals.

One more to check out...

The New Mastersounds

I have their CD titled 'This is What We Do'. It's funky as hell. Kinda a fusion album...jazz, funk, soul. The bassist kicks butt. These are some incredible talented musicians.

As an aside...workshoplive.com has a jazz course for bass. I've been really impressed with this site, sponsored by National Guitar Workshop. I'm making good progress. I'm not using a private teacher at present.

[scootron]

Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior

[j.a.e.r.i.p]

Night Train-Oscar Peterson Trio
Strenght EP-RH Factor
Standard Time-Wynton Marsalis
Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus-Charles Mingus
Oh Yeah-Charles Mingus
Live at Cornell in 1964 w/ Eric Dolphy-Charles Mingus Sextet
Miles Smiles-Miles Davis Quintet
Live at Birdland-John Coltrane Quartet
Mosaic-Art Blakey and the Jazz Messagers
Roll Call-Hank Mobley
Speak No Evil-Wayne Shorter
Erykah Badu-Live

Check all that out ASAP

[Joe Gress]

Check out The Bad Plus. Jazz trio with rock influences. There version of tom sawyer is awesome.

[EclecticElectrk]

Jaco Pastorius- Word of Mouth

[rhix]

Gary Willis! Listen to his album "bent".

[tom once dead]

DeathJazz, or Jazzcore.


Sorry I couldn't help myself, see Brutal Bassists thread.

[lm183902]

Anything by Charlie hunter or Medeski, Martin & Wood

Christian McBride - Live at Tonic

John Scofield - Uberjam,Up All Night

That's just a few very accessible albums that are a good gateway to jazz. Once You get into stuff like these, then move on to more straight-ahead jazz. Classics like Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis and Giant Steps by John Coltrane are a good start.

[selfblessed]

Jaco self titled album
Most Weather Report...Miroslav Vitous, Alphonso Johnson
Miles Davis any and all
theres more...

[Baryonyx]

A few more fusion reccomendations:

Weather Report-Weather Report (1982)
Weather Report-Night Passage
Jonas Hellborg/Shawn Lane/Apt Q-256-Personae
Stanley Clarke-The Toys Of Men
Bunny Brunel/Dennis Chambers/Tony MacAlpine-CAB
John Mclaughlin Trio-Live at the Royal Festival Hall

[DaneB]

Herbie Hancock! Headhunters, Thrust, anything really.

Hiromi is excellent, get everything by her.

Jeff Berlin