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Originally Posted by nostatic
"Jazz" is like saying "Rock" - lots of ground to cover.
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Giant Steps - Coltrane
Kind of Blue - Miles
Sketches of Spain - Miles with Gil Evans (one of my favorite albums of all time)
Ah Um - Charles Mingus
Find compilations for:
Herbie Hancock (earlier stuff)
Wayne Shorter
Charlie Parker
Theolonius Monk
Art Tatum
Django Reinhardt
Horace Silver
AC Jobim
Count Basie
Dizzy Gillespie
Duke Ellington
Dave Brubeck
Bud Powell
Jimmy Smith
Clifford Brown
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Great list. I totally agree with suggesting Django, Herbie, and Charlie Parker.
Im surprised about your enthusiasm for Sketches though, that album never really caught with me. The themes are spot on, but it seems like a movie soundtrack in some ways. Thinking about it, I guess my complaint is that its not pop enough for me, I can't think of a setting that I would put that record on...
Now "Porgy and Bess", another Gil collaboration, has my favorite 2 notes in all of music in it. Miles breaks my heart everytime I hear "I loves you Porgy". 2 notes is all it takes, changed my ideas about music forever with that song.