Jazz!

[WannaWitness]

Just post anything jazz or related to jazz, any era, any sub-genre, instrumental or containing lyrics, by either Christian or mainstream artists. It can be straight jazz or it can be blended with other styles.

That's it!

Okay, I'll start....

 

[Pilgrim]

 

[WannaWitness]

I like that one! I have really come to appreciate Brubeck's work, especially his compositions written in odd time signatures (he seemed to be famous for that), which is really intriguing to me for some reason. I'm on the lookout for such stuff.

Don Ellis is another legend who was notorious for composing pieces of such nature. Below is an extreme case, written in 33/8 (Yes, it's quite rowdy and wild, but it grows on you!)

 

[Pilgrim]

 

[jayem]

Great cover of a 30s swing tune. Al's mute playing at about 1:35 is amazing. He kinda makes the trumpet talk. Very cool.

 

[WannaWitness]

Great cover of a 30s swing tune. Al's mute playing at about 1:35 is amazing. He kinda makes the trumpet talk. Very cool.

I like that! I enjoy the version with Shirley Temple and Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, from the movie Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (the year is wrong; it should be 1938). Great dancing, too!

 

[dedindi]

Chet! my most loved trumpeter

West Coast school of cool jazz: Chet Baker, hypnotic trumpeter with a divine voice

 

[WannaWitness]

Two from Manhattan Transfer:

 

[dedindi]

Finest tenor sax voice of the '30s silenced by fatal car crash

 

[brinny]

 

[brinny]

 

[brinny]

A friend just told me about this guy.

Phenomenal.

 

[jayem]

A couple of classics:

This was a #2 hit single in the early 60s. A Russian song, in a Dixieland arrangement, performed by a British jazz group. Now that's multicultural.

For my money, this is still one of the best jazz vocals on record. Love the minimalist arrangement--just bass, percussion, and finger-snaps.

 

[Lost_In_Nothingness]

Here’s a few I like.

The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble

Bohren & Der Club of Gore

St. Germain

Layo & Bushwacka

Malcolm McLaren

 

[brinny]

 

[brinny]

 

[WannaWitness]

Found this while on a search for odd musical pieces. Seeing how this isn't so odd, but just plain old classic jazz, I thought it better to post it here.

 

[chilehed]

Any thread about jazz needs to mention this release, and anyone not familiar with jazz owes it to themselves to listen to it:

 

[chilehed]

 

[BrAndreyu]

I have really come to appreciate Brubeck's work

I collect vinyl records, and I have a Brubeck one called "Jazz Impressions of New York City" which is fantastic. It really does capture the vibe of New York City in the era it was made pretty well (from what I can guess, it's a lot older than me)