Are There Any Jazz Lovers Out There?

[Westfield Charlie]

I know that supposedly only 5% of Americans listen to Jazz. I'm hooked on 1960's-1950's jazz in particular, but also listen to everything jazz, including a lot of the very modern stuff. At the moment, my favorite is Bill Evan's Empathy . Two newer all-time favorites are Charlie Haden, Keith Jarret's 2010 Jasmine, and Ahmad Jamal's 2011 Blue Moon.

Jazz lovers, what's your favorite 50's/60's and current jazz?

 

[swampyankee]

I've seen Toshio Akifumi and Stan Getz live. Fantastic!

Favorite? Probably Monk.

 

[Shinpachi]

About 40 years ago, I went to see Sonny Rollins and, on the other day, Earl Hines but loved Bud Powell and John Coltrane above all!
I still miss them.

 

[BikerBabe]

Oscar Peterson, Jan Johansson, various New Orleans jazz artists - that's my kinda jazz.

 

[Westfield Charlie]

Thanks for the responses, fellow 5% minority members.

 

[Shinpachi]

Thanks for a nice thread, Charlie.
There will never be another you

 

[Matt308]

I like Kazumi Watenabe. Have a couple of his CDs. Interesting jazz fusion.

 

[Shinpachi]

Kazumi and his brother Sadao are good too.

 

[Elvis]

I know that supposedly only 5% of Americans listen to Jazz. I'm hooked on 1960's-1950's jazz in particular, but also listen to everything jazz, including a lot of the very modern stuff. At the moment, my favorite is Bill Evan's Empathy . Two newer all-time favorites are Charlie Haden, Keith Jarret's 2010 Jasmine, and Ahmad Jamal's 2011 Blue Moon.

Jazz lovers, what's your favorite 50's/60's and current jazz?

Yeah, I like Jazz.
Not sure if I have an all-time, #1 player, song or album, but some people I enjoy more often than others would be Louis Armstrong, Stan Getz and Bill Evans.
Currently looking to pick up an Oscar Perterson album that featured Stan Getz.

...thinking about it a little more now, I guess if I had to pick one song overall, it would likely be Stardust...as played by Pete Fountain on a (now rare) album he put out in the early 60's.



Elvis

 

[Aozora]

Jazz from NZ or with a NZ connection:

Mavis Rivers - originally from Samoa
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACEKYz7Qqjw


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFrT44PJkVg

Matt Catingub (son of Mavis Rivers)
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGIwY2r4ea8


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5K6JZfuAjg


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_fYzbfir5I


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHtI1wcgG4A


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZrL6Kj3kfM
Solo Violin: Amy Schwartz Moretti
Violins, Jessie Fellows Cara Schlecker
Viola, Drew Forde
Cello, Rogerio Shieh
Bass, Kurt Muroki
Piano, Elizabeth Pridgen
Cajon, Steve Moretti

Getting into funkier territory...

Rodger Fox
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjdXjp9y-vA

The Quincy Conserve from the 1970s (NZ's answer to Blood Sweat Tears):


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3T5XjIKUYE

Rick Bryant
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPeFNuHo_SY

Gotham City Express:


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGTAVzU5j0A

 

[Elvis]

Pretty cool stuff, Aozora.

Just posting a quick little update - I got the Oscar Peterson/Stan Getz album, AND, Coltrane's My Favourite Things. I think I spent less than $15 for both CD's.
Money well spent. I highly recommend both.

..and now, Clark Terry Pepper Adams in Stockholm, 1978


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvT9EgkIFn8

...drummer is Egil Johansen, bassist is Sture Noirdin and pianist is Lars Sjosten.

Enjoy! =)

 

[Aozora]

Nothing like a well-worn sax!

I like listening to a wide range of music but tend to prefer Blues, Rock R&B. However, I can mellow out on jazz...

Always like reminding people that here in the Antipodes there's a lot of talent for relatively small populations (eg Australian jazz):


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUajYCZ_AbU


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sq_EXn_77HM

with lots of cross-Tasman fusion


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5f6J9sSeKg

 

[Elvis]

That Judy Bailey segment has a very early-Return-To-Forever vibe to it.
Nice stuff, thanks for sharing.

Thought that since this website is (in part) an ode to the Big Band era, why not play some of that music....And so, here's The King of Swing himself, Benny Goodman and his orchestra playing a little ditty called "Rattle and Roll"....

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5b2438KL-5s

 

[Stand am]

Buddy Rich Monster album. I played professionally for over 30 years and had the pleasure of knowing him. He was cool and generous. Really inspired me.

Stan

 

[Stand am]

Nice... Cats can blow . Thanks for the blast from the past!
Stan

 

[Elvis]

A couple of gems I recently ran across...

Polish pianist Marcin Grochowina on Fender Rhodes, playing Green Dolphin Street...


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnzICutH_sE

 

[Elvis]

...and the late great Don Shirley playing the hauntingly beautiful What is there to say...


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5Mvz88VShQ

 

[Old Wizard]

I'm listening to Akiha Nakashima playing A Night In Tunisia. This girl is a fab sax player.

 

[Elvis]

Thanks for the heads up, Old Wizard!
New to me. Searched youtube, found her doing this nice rendition of I'll remember April...


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYdOnY4Syfc




Elvis

 

[Old Wizard]

Glad you enjoyed her Elvis
You might enjoy a visit here: Big Friendly Jazz Orchestra (BFJO) PlayList.
The band was all girl for the first few years until some boys clued in that they were doing concerts and competitions all over Japan.