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Re: Help with jazz recommendations?
« Reply #45 on: December 28, 2011, 12:27:48 AM »
Stevie Wonder improvising over "Giant Steps":

Stevie Wonder - Improvising on Giant Steps
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Re: Help with jazz recommendations?
« Reply #46 on: December 28, 2011, 12:54:33 AM »
I'm a big fan of Bobby Hutcherson's "Happenings" album.
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Re: Help with jazz recommendations?
« Reply #47 on: December 28, 2011, 07:40:43 AM »
Quote from: sonicdork on December 28, 2011, 12:54:33 AM
I'm a big fan of Bobby Hutcherson's "Happenings" album.

Hutcherson's Montara (1975) is pretty good too, though it may rankle purists a bit with its eclectic 70's vibe. That's totally part of its greatness, though.

Bobby Hutcherson • Montara

If you are looking for some more straight-ahead hard bop stuff from artists working today, definitely check out Willie Jones III. I've seen him drum as a leader, but he's worked with Roy Hargrove, Milt Jackson, and Arturo Sandoval. His solo records are great: III and The Next Phase in particular.

Willie Jones III live
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Re: Help with jazz recommendations?
« Reply #48 on: December 28, 2011, 08:05:37 AM »
Quote from: cas-vik on November 08, 2011, 05:56:38 PM
Beautiful World has always got some great jazz stuff popping up in their new arrival bins!

So true. I try to make it there on Sunday mornings. I've been picking up a lot lately. BWS has so much jazz that I used to ignore and in now working its way into my stack. Highlights are the Mingus stuff, Coltrane and Jimmy Giuffre. Long in the Tooth has a great jazz section also but its so frustrating to spend 15 on a record that you see at BWS the next day for 5. Sometimes I force myself to buy the second copy as sort of a 'told you so' to myself. I have also been listening to Cannonball Adderley's Somethin' Else on Spotify. I love that one. Keep the rec's coming!
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Re: Help with jazz recommendations?
« Reply #49 on: December 29, 2011, 10:10:40 PM »


I got this album for Christmas. It's really good. Miles and the second great quintet in their prime. For you vinyl purists, it's available on LP for the low, low price of $133.17.
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Re: Help with jazz recommendations?
« Reply #50 on: January 12, 2012, 10:24:31 AM »
Quote from: cavorting with nudists on November 06, 2011, 05:10:31 PM
Of course, if you want to go a little further out there's always Sun Ra.  I know you said non-experimental, but an accessible way in is a compilation called Greatest Hits : Easy Listening For Intergalactic Travel.

I've always been meaning to check out Sun Ra. Do you have any other suggestions?
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Re: Help with jazz recommendations?
« Reply #51 on: January 12, 2012, 10:36:39 AM »
There's a 2-disc compilation of Sun Ra's singles, but as a good chunk of these are loud sloppy R&B songs of the sort beloved by The Hound/Dave the Spazz/Rex et al, the Greatest Hits one is a bit more representative of his jazz output.  The soundtrack to Space is the Place is another good intro.
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Rick in Salt Lake

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Re: Help with jazz recommendations?
« Reply #52 on: January 12, 2012, 03:35:22 PM »
Quote from: cavorting with nudists on January 12, 2012, 10:36:39 AM
There's a 2-disc compilation of Sun Ra's singles, but as a good chunk of these are loud sloppy R&B songs of the sort beloved by The Hound/Dave the Spazz/Rex et al, the Greatest Hits one is a bit more representative of his jazz output.  The soundtrack to Space is the Place is another good intro.

I shall keep this in mind and see what the library has...

Thanks for the info...
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Re: Help with jazz recommendations?
« Reply #53 on: January 12, 2012, 07:22:10 PM »
I really like this somewhat atypical, fusion-y Sun Ra album. Pretty moody stuff.

Sun Ra- Lanquidity
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Re: Help with jazz recommendations?
« Reply #54 on: January 12, 2012, 08:21:24 PM »
Quote from: Rick in Salt Lake on January 12, 2012, 10:24:31 AM
Quote from: cavorting with nudists on November 06, 2011, 05:10:31 PM
Of course, if you want to go a little further out there's always Sun Ra.  I know you said non-experimental, but an accessible way in is a compilation called Greatest Hits : Easy Listening For Intergalactic Travel.

I've always been meaning to check out Sun Ra. Do you have any other suggestions?
Space Is The Place.  Soundtrack and Impulse album.  Both ace and different.
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Re: Help with jazz recommendations?
« Reply #55 on: January 12, 2012, 10:25:43 PM »
Quote from: Rick in Salt Lake on January 12, 2012, 10:24:31 AM
Quote from: cavorting with nudists on November 06, 2011, 05:10:31 PM
Of course, if you want to go a little further out there's always Sun Ra.  I know you said non-experimental, but an accessible way in is a compilation called Greatest Hits : Easy Listening For Intergalactic Travel.

I've always been meaning to check out Sun Ra. Do you have any other suggestions?

Sound of Joy is a good listen. While it's not as eccentric as his later stuff, it's still pretty enjoyable.
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Re: Help with jazz recommendations?
« Reply #56 on: January 12, 2012, 11:52:34 PM »
You can't go wrong with Sun Ra's Jazz in Silhouette.
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Re: Help with jazz recommendations?
« Reply #57 on: January 13, 2012, 08:10:52 AM »
Quote from: B_Buster on January 12, 2012, 11:52:34 PM
You can't go wrong with Sun Ra's Jazz in Silhouette.

Right you are, Buster.

A tad more adventurous than Nec's suggestion.
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Re: Help with jazz recommendations?
« Reply #58 on: January 18, 2012, 10:52:55 PM »
Thank all of you for the Sun Ra suggestions. So you recommend BOTH the album and the soundtrack "Space is the place", huh? The library doesn't seem to have either of those. I'll see what I can find used in a local store...

The other suggestions I found...
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Re: Help with jazz recommendations?
« Reply #59 on: January 18, 2012, 11:08:57 PM »
Quote from: Rick in Salt Lake on January 18, 2012, 10:52:55 PM
So you recommend BOTH the album and the soundtrack "Space is the place", huh? The library doesn't seem to have either of those.
Do they have the movie, Rick?
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