Finbar Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 Who's Kenny G? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDreamInSound Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 Besides those first two tracks, Heavy Weather is probably the dullest fusion record I have heard and it really put me off from the genre. I really expected better from dudes like Zawinul and Shorter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddyRulz Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 QUOTE (IDreamInSound @ Dec 27 2007, 11:07 PM) Besides those first two tracks, Heavy Weather is probably the dullest fusion record I have heard and it really put me off from the genre. I really expected better from dudes like Zawinul and Shorter. I love the first two tracks, but also the two Jaco-penned tracks "Teen Town" (a chops buster!) and "Havona" (with a great bass solo, which even quotes Stravinsky). The other tracks are pretty good too, IMO... with the exception of that Manolo Badrena percussion thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
priest_of_syrinx Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 QUOTE (GeddyRulz @ Dec 28 2007, 10:09 AM) QUOTE (IDreamInSound @ Dec 27 2007, 11:07 PM) Besides those first two tracks, Heavy Weather is probably the dullest fusion record I have heard and it really put me off from the genre. I really expected better from dudes like Zawinul and Shorter. I love the first two tracks, but also the two Jaco-penned tracks "Teen Town" (a chops buster!) and "Havona" (with a great bass solo, which even quotes Stravinsky). The other tracks are pretty good too, IMO... with the exception of that Manolo Badrena percussion thing. Yeah, I'm not a fan of the track with the random yelling. Otherwise, I really like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 http://pixhost.eu/avaxhome/avaxhome/2007-10-01/yellow.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneStar Boogie Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 QUOTE (GeddyRulz @ Dec 19 2007, 11:50 AM) A Love Supreme - John Coltrane Time Out - Dave Brubeck Quartet More modern/fusiony: CDs by Jaco Pastorius, and any Weather Report albums with him playing on them. Chick Corea Electrik Band, Stanley Clarke, and Return to Forever are also great "contemporary/fusion" artists. Time Out is awesome!!! I love Dave Brubeck! Blue Rondo a La Turk!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneStar Boogie Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 QUOTE (1-0-0-1-0-0-1 @ Dec 19 2007, 12:12 PM) QUOTE (Ru5h F@n @ Dec 19 2007, 11:54 AM) Kenny G is great jazz I think. He plays a wicked saxophone. Kenny G isn't jazz. Not even close. He's a pop saxophonist. Some people call that music "lite jazz," but it isn't real jazz. He has good skills but he's a soulless player. 1001 laying the smack down on Kenny G.!!! Gotta love that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneStar Boogie Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 George Benson - Breezin' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakeHaste Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 Oh my god, I love jazz. All of this is good, everything that everybody is suggesting is genius! Especially stuff by Jaco. What a bass player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janie Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borough of Shmeng Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 QUOTE (CygnusX-1Bk2 @ Dec 19 2007, 08:31 PM) Anything by the Chick Corea Elektric Band, who regrouped and are doing a few weeks here and there. They were just here at Yoshi's in Oakland for the week, this week in LA and next week in NY. I highly recommend them. Chick is an astounding keyboardist and composer. The band features Dave Weckl on drums (quite possibly the best drummer on the planet right now), Frank Gambale on guitar and Eric Marienthal on sax. The regular bass player, John Pattitucci is replaced for these dates by Victor Wooten. Absolutely stunning. Also any Dave Weckl solo albums are interesting. Steve Smith (formerly of Journey, yes THAT Journey) has a band called Vital Information that is very good as well. Gambale was with them and left to rejoin Chick. Bill Bruford did some stuff back in the 80s with Kitaro, a Japanese guitar player along with Jeff Berlin on bass. They called themselves Spice of Life. That stuff is pretty good too. I saw the Elektrik band in 1990, with the original line up Chick, Dave, Frank Gambale, Eric Marienthal, and John Patitucci, they were totally awesome. Would love them to tour over here again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowdog Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 For smooth jazz, anything by Acoustic Alchemy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushbass Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 QUOTE (treeduck @ Dec 19 2007, 02:19 PM) One guy you need to check out is Miles Davis... QFT!!! Certainly can't go wrong there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSHMAN999 Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Anything by david sanborn plays great sax Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BL2112 Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 jaco pastorius heavy weather Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddyRulz Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 QUOTE (BL2112 @ Mar 17 2008, 06:19 PM) jaco pastorius heavy weather Anything with Jaco Pastorius on bass: his solo stuff, his stuff with Joni Mitchell, his stuff with Weather Report... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangy Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 QUOTE (Storm Shadow @ Dec 19 2007, 01:23 PM) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2a/Coltrane_Giant_Steps.jpg this is a good thread and that ^^^ is an amazing disc. been on a big jazz bender as of late. mostly miles, coltrane and parker. i saw the miles davis experience a few months back and it really opened my eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost In Xanadu Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 QUOTE (RUSHMAN999 @ Mar 17 2008, 02:27 PM) Anything by david sanborn plays great sax One on my favorite jazz albums is Double Vision with Dave Sanborn and Bob James. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Good,bad,andrush Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 QUOTE (treeduck @ Dec 19 2007, 02:19 PM) One guy you need to check out is Miles Davis... For modern jazz, Mahavishnu, Return to Forever, Herbie Hancock, Weather Report, etc. But one of the greatest albums of any genre in existence is a kind of blue by Miles Davis. An essential recording. Good god, the riff in So What, the squeal of the trumpet in Blue in Green. Gavin Harrison used to drum big band, awesome stuff. Buddy Rich. Yes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Good,bad,andrush Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Louis Armstrong, has anybody heard his music? I have yet to listen suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
They Bow Defeated Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 (edited) Wow, four year thread bump! I have to give a huge shout out to Blue Train: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/410BVK4BZAL._SL500_AA300_.jpg I rediscovered this a couple of weeks ago and can't stop playing it. Brilliant stuff, and probably a more accessible intro for Coltrane newbies than A Love Supreme (also brilliant). Also, another vote for Pat Metheny, especially his more out-there stuff: Bright Size Life, Offramp, 80/81, Rejoicing. But not Song X. Edited January 28, 2012 by They Bow Defeated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchetaxe&saw Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 QUOTE (tangy @ Jan 27 2012, 08:06 PM) QUOTE (Storm Shadow @ Dec 19 2007, 01:23 PM) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2a/Coltrane_Giant_Steps.jpg this is a good thread and that ^^^ is an amazing disc. been on a big jazz bender as of late. mostly miles, coltrane and parker. i saw the miles davis experience a few months back and it really opened my eyes. REVEREND! Superb disc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 I'm far from being a Jazz aficionado, but I do enjoy some from time to time. Kind of Blue used to be my favorite Miles Davis album, until I heard this: http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee138/ReRushed/miles.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangy Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 QUOTE (ReRushed @ Jan 28 2012, 09:52 AM) I'm far from being a Jazz aficionado, but I do enjoy some from time to time. Kind of Blue used to be my favorite Miles Davis album, until I heard this: http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee138/ReRushed/miles.jpg yet to hear that one. kind of blue is killer but i think i prefer birth of the cool, maybe it because i have heard so many more times? I recently started listening to we want miles and think its great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangy Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 QUOTE (Hatchetaxe&saw @ Jan 28 2012, 04:23 AM) QUOTE (tangy @ Jan 27 2012, 08:06 PM) QUOTE (Storm Shadow @ Dec 19 2007, 01:23 PM) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2a/Coltrane_Giant_Steps.jpg this is a good thread and that ^^^ is an amazing disc. been on a big jazz bender as of late. mostly miles, coltrane and parker. i saw the miles davis experience a few months back and it really opened my eyes. REVEREND! Superb disc. even my brother digs that disc! great energy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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