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Post by snowmanomura on May 1, 2015 16:19:14 GMT -5
Pops where do you get your jazz news/reviews online? the guardian does has a lot of coverage, but I feel like their reviews can be really hit or miss. and so much stuff falls under the "jazz" umbrella I sometimes find it hard to sift through the newer stuff without running into David Sanborn type crap.
Pops where do you get your jazz news/reviews online? the guardian does has a lot of coverage, but I feel like their reviews can be really hit or miss. and so much stuff falls under the "jazz" umbrella I sometimes find it hard to sift through the newer stuff without running into David Sanborn type crap.
Yeah you're going to have that problem with most places. Downbeat Jazz is a good place to get jazz information, new releases and reviews. They also cover ECM which gets overlooked by a lot of the other jazz rags. The Brits do tend to do it better generally, Guardian, BBC and Telegraph namely, but yeah lot of wading. Jazz is bigger there than here right now. NPR has a decent little jazz area too. Jazz Times is ok, but they spread real thin to try and get more people into the umbrella. Which is fine but it leads to a lot of stuff I would call more world beat or R&B. All About Jazz doesn't have reviews per se, except what they pull in from other sources. But they have tons of information.
I'm not the most well versed on Jazz but I sure enjoy it. I'd say my favorite sub-genre of hip hop would be Jazz Hip Hop (Acts like A Tribe Called Quest, O.C.'s Debut "Word...Life", De La Soul, Gangstarr, etc.) Like many of you, I started with "Kind Of Blue" and Miles has remained one of my favorite Jazz artist.
If I had to give a summary of people I regularly listen to, it would be relatively short: Miles Davis John Coltrane Charles Mingus Herbie Hancock Chet Baker Charlie Parker Thelonious Monk
Hey Pops if you are around could you please recommend one jazz album to listen to today? I'll listen and post my uninformed impressions. Thanks!
Sure. Well I'll assume you want something beyond the obvious album classics like Kind of Blue or Time Out? If you mean you've never listened to jazz and you want any one - then I'd go with one of those two or Coltrane's Giant Steps.
If my assumption is right, I'd select the free jazz classic - Ornette Coleman's The Shape of Jazz To Come.
Hey Pops if you are around could you please recommend one jazz album to listen to today? I'll listen and post my uninformed impressions. Thanks!
If I may, I'll make a second suggestion: Injuries by Angles 9. My favorite jazz album from last year. It'll get ya.
Excellent choice. I really enjoy that album, but for me, I have to be in the mood for vibes and that album has a lot of Mattias Stahl on the vibraphone.
If one is looking for one album of current jazz and has about 3.5 hours to spare, then I'd highly recommend Kamasi Washington's The Epic. But you all knew that one already.
If I may, I'll make a second suggestion: Injuries by Angles 9. My favorite jazz album from last year. It'll get ya.
Excellent choice. I really enjoy that album, but for me, I have to be in the mood for vibes and that album has a lot of Mattias Stahl on the vibraphone.
Hey Pops if you are around could you please recommend one jazz album to listen to today? I'll listen and post my uninformed impressions. Thanks!
Sure. Well I'll assume you want something beyond the obvious album classics like Kind of Blue or Time Out? If you mean you've never listened to jazz and you want any one - then I'd go with one of those two or Coltrane's Giant Steps.
If my assumption is right, I'd select the free jazz classic - Ornette Coleman's The Shape of Jazz To Come.
Have fun.
Awesome, thanks. Yeah I'm fairly well listened in a lot of the classics, a lot of the 50s/60s Blue Note/Impulse records stuff, but I've somehow never listened to Ornette Coleman.
I might occasionally pop in here and ask for additional recommendations, I like hearing new stuff but jazz is so overwhelming.
Has anyone in these parts ever performed any jazz? I'd like to play a bit on the piano but I don't have nearly enough technical ability. I'm considering lessons, though, and I just found out Michael Jefry Stevens lives about 30 minutes away from here. And he gives lessons. So that's pretty cool.
If my assumption is right, I'd select the free jazz classic - Ornette Coleman's The Shape of Jazz To Come.
Listened to it twice. Great great great recommendation. I really need to listen to this at home instead of while trying to work. For the first two tracks I don't think I really got anything done work wise. A lot of mesmerizing stuff in here, my brain kept wanting to latch on to all the instruments. Particularly loved the rhythm, my focus with jazz always tends towards the bass and drums. But the brass was hypnotic as well.
Gunna head to the record store this weekend to see if I can snag a clean old copy of this on vinyl. Thanks for the education Pops!
Hey Pops if you are around could you please recommend one jazz album to listen to today? I'll listen and post my uninformed impressions. Thanks!
If I may, I'll make a second suggestion: Injuries by Angles 9. My favorite jazz album from last year. It'll get ya.
So starting my work day off with Injuries by Angles 9. I was a little worried with the vibraphone heavy intro to the first track, in the past I've generally not been a fan of that instrument in any context. But I pressed on and have really enjoyed the record so far, seems to cover a lot of ground genre wise. I particularly like the tracks that have a good swing to them, and the tracks that almost have a trad jazz new Orleans feel. I can see how this is a record that needs multiple listens to catch all the nuance.
Anyway good stuff, thanks for the education! Definitely keeping this in my library.
Has anyone in these parts ever performed any jazz? I'd like to play a bit on the piano but I don't have nearly enough technical ability. I'm considering lessons, though, and I just found out Michael Jefry Stevens lives about 30 minutes away from here. And he gives lessons. So that's pretty cool.
Hey sorry I just saw this, I'm essentially at lurker status now. I do play jazz piano myself at a reasonably high level, and have a few tips if you're still interested. First thing is I'm assuming you have some basic piano skills, nothing wildly impressive but you can sight read grade 1-2 sheet music. If not go ahead and just practice that for now. It will help you far more than anything else you could do. If/once you're there go ahead and buy the Real Book, a giant collection of lead sheets. They essential just contain the melody and denote whatever chord should go with it. From here work up 5-8 standards and use whatever voicing you want for the chords (I'll list some good standards at the end of the post). Look up minor and major blues scales, and relearn your regular major scales, at least the basics (D, G, C, F, Bb will go the furthest in jazz).
Now you're sorta jamming and getting a feel for it I'd go pay for a few great lessons with a focus on how to voice chords properly, maybe some alternative scales that will serve you well in specific chord progressions (Mr. PC has a cool portion where you can rock out with half-whole scale). There about 8 relatively common variations on each major or minor chord and the voicing them can be tricky. You don't want a linear voicing with all the notes because it's boring and flat. If I wanted to listen to parallel fifths all day I'd put Lean on Me.
Anyway here's the tracks I started with forever ago, and they cover a solid 2/3 of the chords you'll use. I tried to stick to standards because it's way more fun to play with someone else.
All of Me Blue Monk My Romance Come Sunday Mr PC My Funny Valentine Blue Bossa House of Jade Girl from Ipanema
Obviously pick songs you like, maybe even jazz up your favourite Beatles tune. Tinkering around is how you get good at melody and counter melody, practice is how you get good at voicing chords. Let me know if you have any other questions.
It's also missing Matana Roberts, Otomo Yoshihide + Roger Turner, and Maria Schneider. Not that it doesn't have good stuff, Synovial Joints is probably my favourite jazz album of the 2015 under 2 hours, but I think it missed some of the less traditional albums of the year.