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George Grand

You couldn't pay me to listen to Kind of Blue. I'm deaf and that recording is STILL like nails on a chalkboard to me. Time Out? Kind of played out by now no?

Diana Krall sells a billion records, Kenny Barron can't sell one. Justice?

I was tongue-in-cheek all the way on that first post boys.

sda2mike

i've been jamming miles davis 'porgy & bess', 'miles smiles', and 'in a silent way' for about a month....in between, i throws on some ted nugent or somenthing to kick it up!:D

seriously, i think 'porgy & bess' is a better starter of miles davis stuff then 'kind of blue'...i do however, have 'freddie freeloader' as my ring tone:cool:

Fongolio

George Grand wrote: »

You couldn't pay me to listen to Kind of Blue. I'm deaf and that recording is STILL like nails on a chalkboard to me. Time Out? Kind of played out by now no?

Diana Krall sells a billion records, Kenny Barron can't sell one. Justice?

I was tongue-in-cheek all the way on that first post boys.

I never get tired of Time Out it's....well...timeless. I really like Diana for really laid back stuff and Kind of Blue I have to be in the right mood. I know it was tongue in cheek George but great jazz is great jazz no matter how many times it's played. It is, however, always a matter of taste. I'm going to have to listen to some Kenny Barron now.

polkatese

Timeout's Take Five never gets old. I've had the album (first on cassette) since 1979/80 and to this day, one of the standards that has always cheered up my day.

fatchowmein

George Grand wrote: »

Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Dave Brubeck - Time Out
Oh and just anything by Diana Krall.

How'd I do fellows?

George Grand wrote: »

You couldn't pay me to listen to Kind of Blue. I'm deaf and that recording is STILL like nails on a chalkboard to me. Time Out? Kind of played out by now no?

Diana Krall sells a billion records, Kenny Barron can't sell one. Justice?

I was tongue-in-cheek all the way on that first post boys.

I chuckled when I saw your post because that was basically my journey. My first serious attempt at exploring jazz was with the release of Diana Krall's "All For You" back in 1996 when I picked up the cd at the local Barnes and Noble. That was followed by "Kind of Blue" and "Time Out". Now, here I sit listening to Barron's "Take the Coltrane" while I type this.

Some of us didn't grow up in musical families nor had uncles, aunts, or friends to guide us so it may take us a few years to get beyond Diana Krall or Norah Jones. Even after 10 years, I'm still a jazz neophyte but I've enjoyed my meandering ways.

So don't give up on us, George, even though we're playing "Popsicle Toes" and "Shoot the Moon". We'll eventually grow up.

rooftop59

John Scofield - he is all over the place, but I love uberjam if you like it funky, and Works for me if you want more traditional jazz combo. I also like pretty much anything he does with MMW, also one of my favs but all over the place

And all kidding aside, Diana Krall's love scenes dts cd is one of the best recordings I own...

DAGLJAM6

CHET BAKER- CHET (TRUMPET)
JOE PASS- ANY (GUITAR)
JIM HALL - CONCIERTO (GUITAR)
PAUL DESMOND- DESMOND BLUE (ALTO SAX)
GENE AMMONS- BOSS TENOR (TENOR SAX)
GERRY MULLIGAN -ANY (SAX)
STAN GETZ-ANY (TENOR SAX)
CAL TJADER-LA ONDA VA BIEN (VIBRAPHONE)
BEN WEBSTER- MEETS GERRY MULLIGAN (TENOR SAX)
THELONIOUS MONK- ANY BUT SOME AN AQUIRED TASTE MUCH LIKE COLTRANE'S LATER WORK (PIANO)

A smattering of styles and instruments, plug any name in at AMG and follow the supporting artists links embedded in the overviews of the artists you entered.
All of the above are mainstays in my Jazz library.

sda2mike

i'll go out on a limb and say i don't feel nothing from diana krall. cold perfectionism. same with norah 'sleepy-time' jones.

as far as chick jazz singers: i suggest madeliene peyroux...her first 2 cd's are great.

old school: if you don't fall in some feeling with anita o'day, check yer pulse, yer dead! mid 50s to mid 60s were her prime years. never afraid to take a chance. she had class and additude.

Norm Apter

sda2mike wrote: »

i've been jamming miles davis 'porgy & bess', 'miles smiles', and 'in a silent way' for about a month....in between, i throws on some ted nugent or somenthing to kick it up!:D

seriously, i think 'porgy & bess' is a better starter of miles davis stuff then 'kind of blue'...i do however, have 'freddie freeloader' as my ring tone:cool:

As for Kind of Blue, my go to track is "All Blues." Simply stunning.

Thumbs up on both Miles Smiles and especially In a Silent Way. I've got the three-disc box set called The Complete In a Silent Way Sessions released in 2001. It includes outtakes from the In a Silent Way and the Filles de Kiimanjaro sessions. I prefer the tracks from these periods to to the much more highly touted **** Brew phase that would follow.

Personally, though, my favorite Miles album is a lesser-known album called '58 Sessions featuring Stella by Starlight with much of the same line up found on KoB. The tracks on that album are a mix of studio tracks and live cuts from The Plaza in NYC, including a blistering version of the Thelonious Monk composition, "Straight, No Chaser". Coltrane in particular just tears it up on that track (much better than the version on Milestones).

'58 Sessions was the second of fifteen Miles albums I've picked up over the years, but it remains at the top of my list. Its also very accessible. About 2/3 of the tracks on '58 Sessions were also placed on the second disc of the 2009 Legacy edition of KoB (along with a really nice live cut of "So What" recorded in Den Haag, Holland on April 9, 1960); that's why I recommended picking up the 2009 Legacy edition.

sda2mike

very cool /\:cool:

George Grand

Today I was listening to Lionel Hampton's Carnegie Hall concert. It's recorded in real stereo so it's at least '57 or '58. Not the greatest recording in the world but at times it does shine because of the hall's effects. What shines all the way through is that great big band. Arnett Cobb has a sax intro on "On The Sunny Side of The Street" that is awesome. "Flying Home", Hampton & the band's signature song is a gas. Maybe the second best party song of all time after Basie's "Jumpin' at The Woodside".

If you like "In A Silent Way" by Miles Davis, then you'll probably like the version by the guy who wrote it, Joe Zawinul. It is on his self-titled Atlantic album from about 1970. It's a real good album, and has a tribute song to Herbie Hancock (Dr Honoris Causa) on it too. Hancock is on the album as well.

I like a lot of Miles Davis but the Carter/Williams/Hancock rhythm section era was my favorite. Then he got into the wild stuff and I didn't care for it (**** Brew, On The Corner)

Fongolio

George Grand wrote: »

If you like "In A Silent Way" by Miles Davis, then you'll probably like the version by the guy who wrote it, Joe Zawinul.

Joe Zawinul went on to form Weather Report. Great musician.

George Grand

I think he's recently deceased as well. Mercy, mercy, mercy.

RIP Josef.

Okay, mini-roll. You know what's wrong with Headhunters, the monster Herbie Hancock album from that time period? I'll tell you what. I don't really like any of the songs except "Sly" which is so evil good, that drummer Harvey Mason would go on to never do ANYTHING like that again. No matter who he played with, or how much he got paid. On his own solo albums from back then he doesn't come close to matching that session. That's what's wrong with that album.

Polkersince85

Picked this one up in a pile of about 200 jazz albums from a local consignment shop. Book is a c note. Going to give it a spin in a little bit.

George Grand

Maybe Zawinul is on THAT one too. Nice grab Ken.

Polkersince85

The gang listed on the back shows: Nat Adderley, Ernie Royal, Cannonball, Jerome Richardson, Danny Bank, Jimmy Cleveland, Bobby Byrne, Junior Mance, Charlie 'Specs' Wright, and Keeter Betts.

I got the whole lot for the value of this one. There are more goodies in this stack.

George Grand

Good for you!

warren

George Lewis, Dixie land