Jazz thread.

[sirseansy 88]

I'm too dang lazy to see if this thread has already been made, and if it has I hope the two merge. I feel this is necessary, though.

 

Any kind of jazz is accepted. Modern, smooth, big band, swing, dixieland, latin, rock, etc.

 

I'll start off with the if-you-haven't-heard-this-you're-on-the-wrong-thread piece.

 

[OptimisticNeighsayer 479]

After classical music, my favorite genre. I'm quite inspired by the stride piano of James P. Johnson and Fats Waller, and folks like Oscar Peterson, Erroll Garner, and of course Art Tatum are awesome too.

 

Yeah, and I always feel energized when listening to some good New Orleans/Dixieland band stylings. Someday I got to get into the more recent things too, any recommendations?

[letterone 1,204]

I don't like jazz that much. This, though, is pretty nice:

It's kind of a jazz-metal fusion, and I really love it.

[Gizmo 206]

Hmm opening up with a Benny Goodman classic, nice. I still hold Artie Shaw above him though

 

http://youtu.be/1OixqPThDNE

 

I like his version of stardust better than most others because it just has that extra swing feel to it :3

[MetalGearP0n3 29]

Your taste in music is quite good I must say. Electro-Swing and now Jazz?

<3

Time for some Scat by Ella Fitzgerald!

[MVC NVMXD JVRXD 2,406]

Eh, I like jazz, but not in a "I'm bored, let's listen to jazz!" kind of way. I think it's a great way to learn scales/chords/strange time signatures for guitar.

My guitar teacher has an awesome Fake Book. But that's illegal, so I only have a Real Fake Book.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QtB6sU4D74

One of my favorite players.

[Treeboy 418]

My favorite jazz album of all time is this classic from the man himself, Charles Mingus. Absolutely untouchable.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sagdEu1WSyM

[sirseansy 88]

Your taste in music is quite good I must say. Electro-Swing and now Jazz?

<3

Time for some Scat by Ella Fitzgerald!

http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN0ww1OzEoY

 

this is freakin' fantastic. I love the stuff she did with Pops. Scat was really one of the things that ended up revolutionizing music as we know it.

[ScottishUnicorn 285]

I do like me some Jazz, but I've never really invested time in finding Jazz that I really enjoy. I usually just listen to the radio for jazz and take what I get. So I do appreciate some music.

[Miss Light Diamond 2,803]

This starts of slow and almost not jazzy but at about 2:49 it starts to pick up a bit

 

Its a jazz version of Toccata and Fugue

Edited August 2, 2012 by Flame Dancer

[I used to be a stranger 7,994]

Everypony

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One of my favorite symphonic pieces is the famous jazz-dressed-up-for-the-concert-hall, Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin.

[sirseansy 88]

A little thing from NPR I found a while back. Japanese jazz. really interesting stuff.

The guy mixed the Japanese bamboo flute (shakuhachi) with jazz and the results are just fantastic.

 

http://www.npr.org/2...-minoru-muraoka

 

This vid is just one of his pieces. There are a bunch more on the link above.

http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0VTc9tO43k

 

Everypony

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Just realized the Muraoka piece is a cover of yours.....

Edited August 2, 2012 by sirseansy

[A Blithering Div 247]

Ahh, Jazz. One of my favorite genres despite not having a lot of it. If only Shawn Lane were still around today.

 

Luckily I have some Weather Report as well. Classic track which Shawn Lane also did an excellent cover of:

[Envy 6,402]

It's a genre that I have not gotten into as much as I'd like to. Regardless, there are a few I LOVE.

 

 

That one is AWESOME. However, I have to say that I mostly listen to classic rock that is heavily influenced by jazz. That is my favorite style of rock, in fact. Here's a song I recently discovered:

 

Edited August 2, 2012 by Envy

[Treeboy 418]

Coin Coin Chapter One by Matana Roberts was the first jazz album I remember enjoying to a large extent. The buildup in this track is especially haunting.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FIVYIKzhzg

[sirseansy 88]

Here's an interesting one.

 

Sun Ra claimed to be an alien from Saturn sent to spread peace through music. He called his group the "Arkestra" and pioneered the use of electric keyboards in music. His music was meant to be very eccentric and "spacey" as the music he made was called "space jazz."

 

[Retro*Derpy 3,392]

I love me some good jazz music, helps beat hard times.

 

Here is one I really like, the overall upbeat since to it is quite enjoyable IMO.

 

[Lisa 5,553]

So here, I made a thread based around Jazz. Post any kind of Jazz music, either it be Fusion, Modern or Latin, post it here and share with people!

 

Have some Jazz Fusion. c:

http://soundcloud.com/highnote-savant-records/i-saw-stars-freddy-cole-from

Edited June 1, 2013 by ★Reverie★

[Scootaloodle 1,623]

How about some Jazz-Funk? I'm no expert of Jazz, but I love Jazz-Funk

 

Donald Bryd- Think Twice 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJHFc3Mv-4Y

 

 

Roy Ayres- Running Away 

 

 

Brothers Johnson- Streetwave

 

Edited June 1, 2013 by Asherdangerdash

[Kazuki Fuse 534]

I'm a jazz man myself. Miles, Coltrane, the list could go on really....

 

No but seriously, I don't listen to much jazz, or really know anything about it. Here's some that I like though.

 

http://youtu.be/WaVVdkVbYfA

 

And here's some weird avant-garde stuff.

[Le Kvlt Dawn 2,368]

I've been listeing to a bunch technical death metal jazz fusion, so I decided to give Miles Davis a try.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3GvznoiXSQ

I actually like it, I the complexity and the use of multiple instruments at once.

[NostalgicPony 310]

I enjoy Jazz It's relaxing and meditative to me, it's also stuff I listen to when I'm driving home at night. Also music I can just put on just to have some company when I'm alone.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRqHqxFcOr8

 

 

[An Old Head 4,816]

Jazz isn't a go-to genre of mine, but this one piece of smooth jazz that they had in Portal 2 always has me kicking back and enjoying. Smooth enough to use as a snooker ball!

 

[DND 2,355]

Oooo! I love Jazz! I was looking for a thread like this!

 

^ My favorite.

 

 

^This one is really popular so I'll post just for the funs and giggles.

[Envy 6,402]

Funny thing is that I probably love listening to music that is heavily inspired by jazz than I do jazz itself, but I still love jazz...

Especially this: