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Oh awesome, I had also been wondering why there's no jazz thread and was seriously considering spinning one up. Thanks for making this OP Here's a few recommendations: Live from Emmet's place is an awesome stream/YT/etc. led by Emmet Cohen, who brings on some awesome artists both obscure and internationally renown to play standards. I think it was first started during the beginning of COVID and quickly took off. You can pretty much click on any performance and it's guaranteed to be awesome. This is one of my favorites, which I think is also their most popular video, featuring the incredible Patrick Bartley with one of my all time favorite modern alto sax solos. I've probably watched this more than a dozen times at this point: Emmet Cohen w/ Bruce Harris & Patrick Bartley | After You've Gone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=984ksjle4YA Another popular thing: Lingus by Snarky Puppy, this has one of the coolest keyboard solos in the last few decades, very much worth watching for the insane musicianship from all involved: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_XJ_s5IsQc In terms of more classic records, here are a few albums that are required listening IMO, mostly just hard bop stuff: Miles Davis - Kind of Blue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDqULFUg6CY John Coltrane - Giant Steps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xy_fxxj1mMY Hank Mobley - Soul Station: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg7mJ3BwdABJB42JDMr1ueIe8viY5FgC8 Bill Evans - Portrait in Jazz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gByn-Orq9l8 There's so so much more out there to share but I think these link are all good starting points for anyone who might not be super familiar with jazz
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Unfortunately we just lost one of the most amazing jazz organists (who also played trumpet and saxophone (!!!)), Joey DeFrancesco. RIP  I got introduced to him through this video of him playing Sunny with Pat Martino (also RIP) and John Scofield: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8q742ZgZC28. Every solo in this video is incredible, but Joey's always stuck out to me for how memorable and exciting it was.
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Judgy Fucker posted:I am absolutely a jazz novice--I love jazz but don't know much about it. I dig Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Thelonious Monk, and would appreciate any recs based on that. Jazz is big about musicians intermingling and influencing one another, so it helps to look at the personnel lists of every album you like and seeing what else they've done. What John Coltrane do you like in particular? I'm going to assume his earlier hard-bop stuff, before he got into free jazz. So, for example, if you're a fan of the album Blue Train, you'll see that Lee Morgan is the trumpet player on that album. You can go listen to his own stuff where he recorded as a leader, like "The Sidewinder". Then from there you end up exploring Joe Henderson, Barry Harris, and it starts to spiral from there. You get the idea. Another few things that have helped me explore the huge world of jazz have been Spotify playlists based on some books by Ted Gioia (critic/jazz historian/musician). In particular these two have been awesome: History of Jazz: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7j7LIIbbD2pnKOMmzKSxUD?si=e1d45164797f432b The Jazz Standards: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1xvz50JtGUQdYuJLBMKA13?si=f1a8798379734565 The first one should be pretty self explanatory. Just throw it on the background and work your way through it. For the latter, if you find a standard you really like (e.g., Thelonious Monk's 'Round Midnight), you can use that playlist as a jumping off point to find other awesome interpretations and artists you might not normally come across. Stringent posted:also nobody's brought up sonny side up so This whole album is incredible. I've spent a bit of time on my tenor sax trying to learn the head and some of Rollins' solo off Eternal Triangle. Incredibly brilliant playing all over that album
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Kenny Barron just released his first solo album in many years a few weeks back. Absolutely worth checking out: https://youtu.be/0p4z_ihfjTI
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My favorite standards are mostly made up of ballads: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8s8rHrLcSts&pp=ygUdZGV4dGVyIGdvcmRvbiBkYXJuIHRoYXQgZHJlYW0%3D https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RvgRLfxolHU&pp=ygUSY29sdHJhbmUgbHVzaCBsaWZl https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=r594pxUjcz4&pp=ygUjaW4gYSBzZW50aW1lbnRhbCBtb29kIGpvaG4gY29sdHJhbmU%3D
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I’m a massive Stevie fan but have never seen him play Giant Steps before, that’s awesome! The world needs more Stevie Wonder flexing his jazz chops
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