Some sweet guitar jazz here.

T@3

Any and all Charlie Parker recordings from the Royal Roost. Here's just one -- Ko-Ko, with Miles Davis and Max Roach (et al.) -- sublime!

And if you have 30 seconds check this out -- rare footage Charlie Parker laughing at Coleman Hawkins as Hawkins attempts to mime to his own playing for a film. Oh my damn, that's funny!

- swiss

I am quite obnoxiously particular about my jazz. I just cannot tolerate a lot of what many consider to be the great traditional jazz records. For example, I much prefer Miles' electric groove period ('68-'71-ish) to 'Kind of Blue,' which I find to be very plain. I love the late 60's and early 70's grooves that Horace Silver, Grant Green, Cannonball Adderly, and others were playing; Grant Green's excellent live albums from this period are great examples. Beyond that, I like very daring and experimental jazz minus the exhibitionist skronking that comes with a lot of modern jazz... I cannot tolerate 8+ minutes of chaotic noise coming from brilliant musicians' instruments. The jazz I like, I REALLY like, but holy Christ, make me listen to "smooth jazz" saxophone solos and I will behave like an overgrown toddler who has just had his lollypop stolen and replaced with a turnip. Perhaps I was dragged through the lingerie section of Montgomery Ward too many times as a child, but department store jazz makes me absolutely furious.

"Jazz" is a music type which I like only 'Live in Concert'. I remember, I've seen really great jazz concerts from artists like Al Jarreau, Dee Dee Bridgewater, the late Oscar Peterson, David Sanborn, Terence Blanchard and some others. And I've seen also a terrible concert by Pat Metheny, in which I must fled from the concert venue, because I couldn't hear it any longer.

William Holiday:

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I am quite obnoxiously particular about my jazz. I just cannot tolerate a lot of what many consider to be the great traditional jazz records. For example, I much prefer Miles' electric groove period ('68-'71-ish) to 'Kind of Blue,' which I find to be very plain.

What does something like this do for you? Cringe or Clap?!

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Love the Monk! My personal fave is Monk's Dream.

My favorite Alto Man

2 1 2 0

OK...in one websites opinion, the 50 greatest jazz vocal tracks of all time:

[www.jazz24.org]


What do you think of the list?
We encourage your comments below!
1. “Strange Fruit” by Billie Holiday
2. “Lush Life” by Johnny Hartman
3. “God Bless the Child” by Billie Holiday
4. “How High The Moon” by Ella Fitzgerald
5. “Mack the Knife (in Berlin)” by Ella Fitzgerald
6. "At Last” by Etta James
7. “What a Wonderful World” by Louis Armstrong
8. “My Funny Valentine” by Chet Baker
9. “Girl From Ipanema” by Stan Getz & Astrud Gilberto
10. “Fever” by Peggy Lee
11. “Lullaby of Birdland” by Sarah Vaughan
12. “Summertime” by Ella Fitzgerald
13. “Birdland” by Manhattan Transfer
14. “My One and Only Love” by Johnny Hartman and John Coltrane
15. “I Loves You Porgy” by Nina Simone
16. “A Tisket – A Tasket” by Ella Fitzgerald
17. “Every day I Have the Blues” by Joe Williams w/ Count Basie and his Orchestra
18. “Autumn in New York” by Billie Holiday
19. “Misty” by Sarah Vaughan
20.“Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered” by Ella Fitzgerald
21. “Feelin’ Good” by Nina Simone
22. “Fine and Mellow” by Billie Holiday
23. “My Baby Just Cares For Me” by Nina Simone
24. “Route 66” by Nat King Cole
25. “One for My Baby” by Frank Sinatra
26. “Blue Skies” by Ella Fitzgerald
27. “Something Cool” by June Christy
28. “Georgia on my Mind” by Ray Charles
29. “I’ve Got You under My Skin” by Frank Sinatra
30. “Sweet Georgia Brown” by Anita O’Day
31. “All of Me” by Billie Holiday
32. “Black and Blue” by Louis Armstrong
33. “The Waters of March” by Susannah McCorkle
34. “Fly Me To the Moon” by Frank Sinatra
35. “Good Morning Heartache” by Billie Holiday
36. “You Go to My Head” by Louis Armstrong
37. “Mumbles” by Clark Terry
38. “My Man” by Billie Holiday
39. “Peel me a Grape” by Diana Krall
40. “Unforgettable” by Nat King Cole
41. “Stardust” by Nat King Cole
42. “Let’s Get Lost” by Chet Baker
43. “Lover Man” by Billie Holiday
44. “Someone to Watch Over Me” by Ella Fitzgerald
45. “Autumn Leaves” by Eva Cassidy
46. “They Say It’s Wonderful” by Johnny Hartman & John Coltrane
47. “Compared To What” by Les McCann and Eddie Harris
48. “Cry Me a River” by Julie London
49. “Minnie the Moocher” by Cab Calloway
50. “Nature Boy” by Nat King Cole



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Thanks for putting that track up treaclefingers.

I always listen to a lot of jazz at this time of year,particularly on the way to work and back.It gets rid of the winter blues.It's like you step off the stresses of the planet for a while.

Currently listening to some British traditional jazz.Monty Sunshine's "Wise guy" a great carefree and laid back number.

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Thanks for putting that track up treaclefingers.

I always listen to a lot of jazz at this time of year,particularly on the way to work and back.It gets rid of the winter blues.It's like you step off the stresses of the planet for a while.

Currently listening to some British traditional jazz.Monty Sunshine's "Wise guy" a great carefree and laid back number.

It is of course my pleasure...and now, as we're entering the holiday season, please prepare yourself an Egg Nog latte supplemented with a Ginger Molasses cookie and sit back and listen to this:

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Wonderful treaclefingers,it warmed the cockles of my heart!Now,Which album is this on?

Thank you, teaclefingers. Very cool tunes.

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Wonderful treaclefingers,it warmed the cockles of my heart!Now,Which album is this on?

found it here stargroover...cd or download:

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Since it's that time of the year, let's pop this one by Mister Armstrong:

[www.youtube.com]

Oh, Xmas Eve in New Orleans one year. Ate at the city's oldest restaurant at that time, Tujacques. Exquisite meal. They comped us bread pudding with bourbon sauce for dessert. Told us it was a New Orelans traditional dish for Xmas. Wow! Had never had bread pudding before in my life, but I sure learned to make it and the bourbon sauce (dark rum sauce ain't bad as an alternative) after eating it at Tujacques. Give it a go yourselves as a holiday treat.

Here's another Armstrong Xmas classic:

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Nice to see some love here for jazz, Charlie would be proud. My childhood household always had Ella Fitzgerald playing during parties and now this music has been passed down to a 3rd generation.

Cheers treaclefingers!

Saw Mr Griffin at Ronnie Scotts a few years back,great!

Always enjoy this one from Les McCann and Eddie Harris



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Excellent record.

Love the direction this thread is going.

I'd like for us kool kats to start speaking to each other using beatnik lingo whilst on this thread, just to keep the vibe flowing.

ok daddio's?

Hey, all you cool kats and kitties. Am listening to a guitar player from back in the day I'd forgotten. Check out Gabor Szabo on utoob. Some very good music, but y'all gonna have to pick through his stuff to separate the wheat from the chaff. Here's a link to the first album by him that turned me on:

[www.youtube.com]

Check out Jazz Raga and The Sorcerer for another taste of his playing.

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Hey, all you cool kats and kitties. Am listening to a guitar player from back in the day I'd forgotten. Check out Gabor Szabo on utoob. Some very good music, but y'all gonna have to pick through his stuff to separate the wheat from the chaff. Here's a link to the first album by him that turned me on:

[www.youtube.com]

Check out Jazz Raga and The Sorcerer for another taste of his playing.

you are the absolute bees knees dmay! check it out y'all!

One of the best jazz fusion songs in my opinion.

Rock'n Roll Jelly-Stanley Clarke,Jeff Beck, and Carmine Appice

This album has scored a million selling in total in Japan only.