Recommend me some Jazz please

DONZI97 · #1 11-23-2009, 07:46 PM

just got turned on to Medeski Martin and Wood, and i am really digging them. anybody have suggestions on some good basslines in jazz, or just good to listen to? i grew up on rock, and matured into funk, now its jazz.

lunarpollen · #2 11-23-2009, 08:16 PM

You can't go wrong with Duke Ellington & his Orchestra

gregmerrill · #3 11-23-2009, 08:17 PM

I feel that the walking bass line is one of the most important bass lines to learn because you utilize the entire scale and if you learn it you will truly know your harmony. Jamey Ambersold albums are good to study because you can isolate the bass for easy transcribing. Also the players on the recordings are always top guys like Carter or Reid to name a few. They have a useful Scale Syllabus that shows you when and where to apply the scales and arpeggios. Go to Jazz club and if you like the bassist take a lesson. Take a beginning college course in Jazz Improvisation. If you are in high school look for a night course at a nearby college. If you play electric don’t let anyone tell you that you have no business playing jazz as Anthony Jackson put Ron Carter in his place on that issue in an old Bass Player Magazine.

**lowendfriend** · #4 11-23-2009, 08:24 PM

Try Avishai Cohen album Continuo, As Is....Live at the Blue Note, and Gently Disturbed;

Weather Report ...Heavy Weather

Charles Mingus...Mingus, Ah Um

Allen Touissant....The Bright Mississippi

Brad Mehldau Trio...Live at the Village Vanguard

Jason Lindner....Live/UK

Phronesis.....Organic Warfare

Terence Blanchard....A Tale of GOd's Will

Thelonious Monk....Alone in San Fransisco

Jimmy Greene...Mission Statement

Curtis Fuller....Blues-ette

GrindYourMind · #5 11-23-2009, 08:28 PM

Machacek/Garrison/Sipe - Improvisation is breathtakingly beautiful and brutally visceral. Love love love it.

Chick Coreas Elektric Band - To The Stars

Janek Gwizdala - Live at the 55 bar.

LicknOnDaLoLo · #6 11-23-2009, 08:28 PM

A few that I like:

Greyboy Allstars
Down to the Bone
Lettuce
Galactic
Jazz Crusaders

southernrocker · #7 11-23-2009, 08:29 PM

Havona- weather report. Good bass solo.

edmidlifecrisis · #8 11-23-2009, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by gregmerrill

I feel that the walking bass line is one of the most important bass lines to learn because you utilize the entire scale and if you learn it you will truly know your harmony. Jamey Ambersold albums are good to study because you can isolate the bass for easy transcribing. Also the players on the recordings are always top guys like Carter or Reid to name a few. They have a useful Scale Syllabus that shows you when and where to apply the scales and arpeggios. Go to Jazz club and if you like the bassist take a lesson. Take a beginning college course in Jazz Improvisation. If you are in high school look for a night course at a nearby college. If you play electric don’t let anyone tell you that you have no business playing jazz as Anthony Jackson put Ron Carter in his place on that issue in an old Bass Player Magazine.

Steve Swallow does pretty well on electric, as does Christian McBride!! And Stanley!

groooooove · #9 11-23-2009, 08:46 PM

anything by-

critters buggin
jacob fred jazz odyssey
polar bear
das vibenbass
garage a trois
marco benevento
charlie hunter
robert walter
soulive
the philladelphia experiment

the list goes on.. these are my favorite "modern" guys. you should certainly dig into the classics as well- coltrane, charlie parker, miles davis, dizzy gillespie, fats waller, duke ellington, louis armstrong, ornette coleman, sun ra, art tatum, this list goes on as well..

jackotheclown · #10 11-24-2009, 04:45 PM

You should check out some fusion stuff as well, if your into your funk. A small list:

Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters, Thrust, Man Child
Return to Forever - The Romantic Warrior
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Inner Mounting Flame, Birds of Fire
Billy Cobham - Spectrum
Tony Williams - Lifetime stuff

Also check out some of Miles later stuff with Marcus real funky stuff even tho Miles' playing is a bit "weak" due to health and stuff. Also check some newer stuff thats going on in Jazz/Fusion. I'm really into Hiromi and Hadrien Feraud atm.

bebop1 · #11 11-24-2009, 04:51 PM

Miles Davis - Kinda Blue. My favorite.

**251** · #12 11-25-2009, 07:55 AM

Consider any of the disks by; Jacob Fred Orchestra, The Bad Plus or Geoff Keezer.
+1 For Marachek, Sipe & Garrison. I really like 'Improvisation 2007'.
Christian McBride's recordings cover the spectrum of jazz from standards to contemporary electric. He is a bass player's bass player! You can't go wrong.

Enjoy.

countrybassist · #13 11-25-2009, 10:18 AM

Check out the Wes Montgomery album "Movin"

ugly_bassplayer · #14 11-25-2009, 10:19 AM

www.allmusic.com

WJGreer · #15 11-25-2009, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by LicknOnDaLoLo

A few that I like:

Greyboy Allstars
Down to the Bone
Lettuce
Galactic
Jazz Crusaders

All of those are great; none of them are jazz.

Check out Joshua Redman, a sax player whose music I find to be very accessible, easy to listen to, and yet integral. He's the straight-ahead guy I play when my wife is in the car.

There's lots of categories of jazz, but if you like MMW you might want to tune into the jazz from the close of the cool period into the hard bop period, maybe bleeding into the modal jazz period that was more free like MMW is - this stuff is the ancestor of today's acid jazz. Some examples:

Kind of Blue, Miles Davis
Blue Train, John Coltrane
Moanin', Art Blakey
Herbie Hancock Greatest Hits or "The New Standard"
Mingus Ah Um, Charles Mingus

Guys that are playing like that now include Chris Potter, Terence Blanchard, Christian McBride, maybe Dave Douglas.

Jazz is a whole wonderful world. Welcome. The wikipedia entry is pretty helpful too.

Philbiker · #16 11-25-2009, 11:57 AM

Cannonball Adderly: "Somethin' Else"
John Coltrane: "Giant Steps"
Charlie Mingus: "Mingus Ah Um"
Miles Davis: "Kind Of Blue"
Weather Report: "Heavy Weather"
Chick Corea Elektric Band (self-titled)
John Scofield: "LIVE Enroute"

Check your local library. Tough to go wrong with anything from these artists.

Bass_Thumper · #17 11-25-2009, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by WJGreer

Chris Potter .

Check out Chris Potter's Underground. There is no bass player because this group has an organ player that writes some very groovy basslines.

WJGreer · #18 11-25-2009, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Bass_Thumper

Check out Chris Potter's Underground. There is no bass player because this group has an organ player that writes some very groovy basslines.

Great record. He followed it up with a live recording, "Follow The Red Line" which, IIRC, has none of the same songs and sounds just as cool.

Dubadays · #19 11-26-2009, 01:14 PM

Duke Ellington
Sammy Nestico
Count Basie
Buddy Rich
Weather Report/Jaco

LicknOnDaLoLo · #20 11-26-2009, 01:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WJGreer

All of those are great; none of them are jazz.

Check out Joshua Redman, a sax player whose music I find to be very accessible, easy to listen to, and yet integral. He's the straight-ahead guy I play when my wife is in the car.

There's lots of categories of jazz, but if you like MMW you might want to tune into the jazz from the close of the cool period into the hard bop period, maybe bleeding into the modal jazz period that was more free like MMW is - this stuff is the ancestor of today's acid jazz. Some examples:

Kind of Blue, Miles Davis
Blue Train, John Coltrane
Moanin', Art Blakey
Herbie Hancock Greatest Hits or "The New Standard"
Mingus Ah Um, Charles Mingus

Guys that are playing like that now include Chris Potter, Terence Blanchard, Christian McBride, maybe Dave Douglas.

Jazz is a whole wonderful world. Welcome. The wikipedia entry is pretty helpful too.

How would you classify them then? Isn't "Jazz" a pretty broad umbrella with tons of sub-catagories?