How did your passion for Jazz Music start?

[naveed]

How did your love for Jazz Music start?

 

[weathered]

Jazz is Ok but i'm into the blues sound more than the Jazz. Blues and Jazz is spiritual and personal i think. I love the old acoustic stuff. Simple and effective. I love it. needed an outlet to express myself through, i needed something to take my mind off of things. Guitar and the blues has been a blessing in my life.

Since I've Laid My Burdens Down Mississippi John Hurt - YouTube

 

[weathered]

Yup, what he said.

(caution, you may want to turn your volume down)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yh4jDZmuCis

 

[markb77]

Dave Brubeck's "Take Five" was the theme song for a TV show when I was a kid. I thought that was the coolest instrumental music I'd ever heard. I also dug the music Vince Guaraldi did for the Peanuts TV specials. Later on, when I was in college, I got hooked on a Sunday night radio show on a local station that introduced me to folks like Pat Metheny, George Winston, Weather Report, Miles Davis and John Coltrane.

 

[GreatExpectations]

I played saxophone in school and loved my jazz theory/history class. I was never a great player but have a huge appreciation for the music.

 

[islandpreacher]

When I was 12 years old my uncle gave me two cassette tapes, one by Hubert Laws and the other by Dave Valentin. He also payed for me to take flute lessons. When I was in college, I remember on my many trips to Orlando, FL wearing out the song Miss V on the Dave Valentin tape. I kid you not, I could see where the tape had become clear and the brown color disappeared! Playing the flute has been a blessing to me in some very difficult times. Since then, I've picked up the saxophone and love it as well.

island preacher

 

[Toasted Sandwich]

Similar to what someone else said. I played trumpet in school and loved what I played, so I sought out stuff for myself .....and fell in love with Jazz

 

[locrian93]

I started playing bass in seventh grade, just because I had to choose something to do in music class. A passion for music then started to develop. Later I discovered a music academy which happened to be led by the top Jazz musicians in the country. I started learning contemporary harmony and Jazz came here to stay Jaco Pastorius

 

[HonestTruth]

When did my passion for jazz begin? That happened so long ago that I cannot remember for sure but it was some time in the early 1960s.

Having grown up in Brooklyn, NY where there were so many jazz music radio stations and when 1930s and 1940s musicals were shown on Tv every week, one could not help but be a fan of this great genre.

 

[Jud3]

I play piano, so a little practice of jazz is always an advantage.

 

[Deacon Don]

Mine started when I first heard it LOL! I've been playing jazz
and classical professionally for the past 30+ years. I teach bass
and jazz improvisation at a local university and in my home
studio - a music room. I especially like Bill Evans. Check out
My Foolish Heart on You Tube.

 

[Gizmo Dynamo]

I don't really listen to Jazz, but I love Delta Blues. Real Delta Blues , Not the Blue Eyed Soul that made Rock Music.

 

[BeachSun]

My high school band director introduced us to a wide range of Jazz/Big Band performers. Our 'field trips' included concerts - Les Brown Band, Buddy Rich, Maynard Ferguson, Louie Belson.

But I had a whole new appreciation when I fell in love with a "Jazz season ticket" holder

 

[J.B.]

I am certainly a fan of jazz music. I nearly live and breathe jazz, in addition to classical, and some electronic music (especially Kraftwerk). However, my introduction to jazz began in earnest after having watched this for the first time:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6zDfxZ4NcE[/youtube]

It is a Japanese cartoon (Cowboy Bebop) that contains a lot of jazz and blues style music, and I think this is my earliest memory of listening to jazz music with a passion.

 

[Deacon Don]

I am certainly a fan of jazz music. I nearly live and breathe jazz, in
addition to classical, and some electronic music (especially Kraftwerk).
However, my introduction to jazz began in earnest after having
watched this for the first time...

Cowboy Bebop? Too funny.

I, too, love jazz and classical music. I was a bassist in a
professional orchestra for over 30 years. I'm still a jazzer.

Some of the Roy Rogers movies have some swinging music as
does the Honky Tonk troubadours like Hank Williams and Ernest
Tubb. Ahhhh, pick it Billy Bird.

Kraftwerk? You're showing your age. I sent a link to some
friends and one replied, "Don, step away from the computer.
You need a serious break." I dig Kraftwerk, Bohn Bohn, Bohn,
the Autobohn...

 

[Deacon Don]

I'm blessed with having a weekly jazz gig at a local restaurant.

 

[tobethebest]

How did your love for Jazz Music start?

From early on in my childhood, I was introduced to bands and performers who worked with big bands; Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Frank Fontaine, and then there were the ballad singers whose choice of material allowed for some interesting changes in chords; Nelson did a fine job with the writing of "Crazy" and others have done well with Holly's "True Love Ways",songs that inspire the flow of nice arrangements that so many musicians enjoy using even today. Larry Carlton has a beautiful style of jazz that makes him one of my favorites, if not the best of today........ Melodies make for a warmer approach to most any song. It truly puts "jammers" in their place where their talent isn't in the same ballpark. There are also those who perform yet can't come off the charts to save themselves. They are the chart and it takes away from the true heart of an individual's talent. Reading is a wonderful gift, just as having a God-given ear for music does for other great performers. I like chord melodies and the challenge of making songs come alive; whether the tune comes from the Wizard of Oz or a newly written melody, there is just so much that can be done to give any song the depth it deserves and it's all because of the development of jazz. IMO.

 

[stonetoflesh]

I was introduced to jazz in college. A sax-player friend recruited me for the junior college jazz band because they didn't have a drummer. They took me on and gracefully put up with my rock-ist tendencies and utter lack of jazz knowledge. From the big band I moved to playing drums and vibes in combos, which I liked much more.

 

[Tayhana]

My next door neighbors, who are like my older brothers, are some of the best high school jazz musicians in the country (not joking, they are/were in the best public high school band in the US.) When i started middle school, i joined the jazz band, and the next year i got into my schools top band. Now im going to be a freshman at my neighbors high school, so ive been doing jazz for three years and i loooove it!

 

[ImaginaryDay]

Interesting thread. One of my mom's favorite albums when I was growing up was the "Ramsey Lewis Trio - The 'In' Crowd". I always enjoyed that. Later on, one of the rock stations I always listened to at work went smooth jazz overnight. I couldn't stand most of it, but it kept me awake on midnights when I worked. But one song really piqued my interest - The Pat Metheny Group - Follow Me. It became part of their regular playlist for a while, and I thought the tune was rather catch-y, not like a lot of the smooth jazz nonsense. Then, on a special Sunday night program they played their song "Are You Going With Me?", and I was hooked! I went out the next day and bought their new CD (my namesake) 'Imaginary Day' and an a few older ones.

Through Pat, I was introduced to the likes of Michael Brecker, Jaco Pastorious, Charlie Hayden, and the like. But Pat will always be my hero of Jazz. No one like him!