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DUBCC - Tha Connection => Outbound Connection => Topic started by: marky707 on August 21, 2007, 07:15:35 PM
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that "lounge club, lights low, sipping on something, piano/sax and real bluesy (but not exactly blues) vocals to it 8)" type of jazz (real specific, haha). wish i could give an example, its just i was going through radio stations and heard a song that gave me this imagery, so i'm trying to look into more of this, i know some real cultured dudes is out there, help me out
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no, I can't recommend any jazz artists... hip-hop is the only style of music worth listening to.
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no, I can't recommend any jazz artists... hip-hop is the only style of music worth listening to.
What the fuck ???
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no, I can't recommend any jazz artists... hip-hop is the only style of music worth listening to.
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not true
dizzy gillespie
charlie parker
sarah vaughan
Duke Ellington
hendricks lambert and ross
billlie holiday
count bassie
sammy nestico
benny goodman
Thelonious Monk
ella fitzgerald
charles mingus
art blakey
miles davis
sonny rollins
john coltrane
ornette coleman
just to name a few
then you got your crooners
frank sinatra
dean martin
tony bennett
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^ Add Grant Green to that list and you have plenty of material to enjoy Jazz
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dizzy gillespie
charlie parker
sarah vaughan
Duke Ellington
hendricks lambert and ross
billlie holiday
count bassie
sammy nestico
benny goodman
Thelonious Monk
ella fitzgerald
charles mingus
art blakey
miles davis
sonny rollins
john coltrane
ornette coleman
just to name a few
then you got your crooners
frank sinatra
dean martin
tony bennett
Really good list, but...
that "lounge club, lights low, sipping on something, piano/sax and real bluesy (but not exactly blues) vocals to it 8)" type of jazz (real specific, haha).
Only a few of the ones you mentioned actually use/are vocalists.
It's a rather tough question really, because usually the most enjoyable jazz is all instrumental (that's a matter of opinion however).
To that list, I would personally have added
Dave Brubeck (The Dave Brubeck Quartet)
Modern Jazz Quartet
Dexter Gordon
Herbie Hancock
Booker Ervin
Stan Getz
Lee Morgan
Bill Evans
Cannonball Adderley
Coleman Hawkins
Yusef Lateef
Art Pepper
Gigi Gryce
Pepper Adams
Bill Dixon
Joe Henderson
Hank Mobley
Wayne Shorter
Jackie McLean
Freddie Hubbard
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...shit, the list is damn near endless, but once again: most of these never use vocals. Hope this helps though.
As for the 'crooners' (nice mentioning, Don Jacob +1)- perhaps you'd have to look more into the direction of
Louis Armstrong
Nat King Cole
Bing Crosby
Bobby Darin
or even a Michael Bublé
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To that list, I would personally have added
Dave Brubeck (The Dave Brubeck Quartet)
Modern Jazz Quartet
Dexter Gordon
Herbie Hancock
Booker Ervin
Stan Getz
Lee Morgan
Bill Evans
Cannonball Adderley
Coleman Hawkins
Yusef Lateef
Art Pepper
Gigi Gryce
Pepper Adams
Bill Dixon
Joe Henderson
Hank Mobley
Wayne Shorter
Jackie McLean
Freddie Hubbard
...
So, let me get this right. All of the above-mentioned artists fit the description of "lounge club, lights low, sipping on something, piano/sax and real bluesy (but not exactly blues)" kinda music? Because that's also the type of music I was looking for. Was gonna make a thread about it as well.
It doesn't make any difference to me though whether it's 100% instrumental, or whether there are some vocals. I'm really looking for something loungy, background music while you're having dinner with your girl. Definitely not up-tempo. Who can help me out with this?
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To that list, I would personally have added
Dave Brubeck (The Dave Brubeck Quartet)
Modern Jazz Quartet
Dexter Gordon
Herbie Hancock
Booker Ervin
Stan Getz
Lee Morgan
Bill Evans
Cannonball Adderley
Coleman Hawkins
Yusef Lateef
Art Pepper
Gigi Gryce
Pepper Adams
Bill Dixon
Joe Henderson
Hank Mobley
Wayne Shorter
Jackie McLean
Freddie Hubbard
...
So, let me get this right. All of the above-mentioned artists fit the description of "lounge club, lights low, sipping on something, piano/sax and real bluesy (but not exactly blues)" kinda music? Because that's also the type of music I was looking for. Was gonna make a thread about it as well.
It doesn't make any difference to me though whether it's 100% instrumental, or whether there are some vocals. I'm really looking for something loungy, background music while you're having dinner with your girl. Definitely not up-tempo. Who can help me out with this?
Well, most of it is bebop or hard bop. Most of it isn't very slow but very 'cool' nonetheless - however I'm not sure whether it would fit a romantic dinner with your special lady ;).
All artists on that list do fit the description of "lounge club, lights low, sipping on something, piano/sax and real bluesy (but not exactly blues) kinda music, " but it's all well worth paying attention to - not just to have it playing in the background.
Anyway, I personally wouldn't be thinking of bebop-jazz for a romantic dinner - it's usually a bit too far over the top for that. Try some Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra or Michael Bublé instead, or maybe Miles Davis' "Kind Of Blue" or The Dave Brubeck Quartet's "Time Out" (both are albums).
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Alright, thanks a lot for the info. Really appreciate it bro. I've been meaning to get into the jazz genre for a while now, but there are so many artists/styles that I didn't really know where to start. Thanks for the heads-up!
I'll definitely check out those artists/albums you mentioned. +1 8)
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no, I can't recommend any jazz artists... hip-hop is the only style of music worth listening to.
you cant actually be serious?? can you?...
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no, I can't recommend any jazz artists... hip-hop is the only style of music worth listening to.
´that gotta be the most retarded shit i've read in a while
i've only listened to:
ella fitzgerald
louis armstrong
billie holiday
good stuff!
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I've never cared to listen to any of those names ya'll mentioned above... in fact, I only knew like one of those names, "Dizzy Gellespie" and that's just because Snoop dropped his name on the Doggystyle album on "G'z and Hustlaz".
I would never listen to jazz... I haven't even gotten around to listening to all the best hip-hop albums from 1996, and that was my favorite year in hip-hop. So first I would have to check out all the albums that fell below my radar that year, and then, after that I'd have to check out all the other years of the 90's, then, I'd need to check out all the underground stuff that I've missed recently, and I still haven't gone into all the late 80's golden age of hip-hop because I was too young back then and missed a lot of it.
....maybe after all of that I'll give jazz a chance... naw, never mind, fuck jazz.
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Without Jazz, Funk, Soul, Disco etc. there wouldnt be anything called Hip Hop music. You gotta respect those musicgenres..
I would understand if you just said that you dont like that kind of music, but its annoying when you say "hip-hop is the only style of music worth listening to" and "fuck jazz"
-1 to you
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Without Jazz, Funk, Soul, Disco etc. there wouldnt be anything called Hip Hop music. You gotta respect those musicgenres..
I would understand if you just said that you dont like that kind of music, but its annoying when you say "hip-hop is the only style of music worth listening to" and "fuck jazz"
-1 to you
I don't HAVE to respect anything, to be honest. Maybe the "fuck jazz" comment was a little over the top, but it wouldn't be the dubcc if we couldn't say whatever we wanted.
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Without Jazz, Funk, Soul, Disco etc. there wouldnt be anything called Hip Hop music. You gotta respect those musicgenres..
I would understand if you just said that you dont like that kind of music, but its annoying when you say "hip-hop is the only style of music worth listening to" and "fuck jazz"
-1 to you
I don't HAVE to respect anything, to be honest. Maybe the "fuck jazz" comment was a little over the top, but it wouldn't be the dubcc if we couldn't say whatever we wanted.
Damn I don't get how you can be so careless about jazz when you listen to hiphop!
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infinite is basically saying he doesn't like hip hop then.lol that's all rap is , it's R&B mashed up with jazz
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Am I supposed to say I like jazz so I can sound more eclectic and cultured? Fuck that. I bet ya'll ain't ever actually listened to half those names ya'll listed, and if you did listen it ain't nothin compared to your hip-hop cd's.
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Roomful of Blues, good jump blues/jazz music.
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great thread. 8)
check out Keiko Matsui, she fuckin owns the piano.
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that "lounge club, lights low, sipping on something, piano/sax and real bluesy (but not exactly blues) vocals to it 8)" type of jazz (real specific, haha). wish i could give an example, its just i was going through radio stations and heard a song that gave me this imagery, so i'm trying to look into more of this, i know some real cultured dudes is out there, help me out
I don't want to reccomend you the "old" jazz artists because it's too obvious,so i give you some other names.
Recently i've bought two amazin "club-jazz" records from a japan band,believe me these dudes are on another level!
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/515FE1TS25L._AA240_.jpg)
(http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/511pCnTRjSL._AA240_.jpg)
These two records are awesome!!
If you wanna listen something,check out these links:
www.soilpimp.com/
www.myspace.com/soilandpimpsessions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYKVvysl-Mo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-5HiqvBsMY
This video is long (9 minutes) but is worth every second:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmAZHx0ZXpQ
Now i gotta go,but tomorrow i will post other jazz artists/groups if you want
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Without Jazz, Funk, Soul, Disco etc. there wouldnt be anything called Hip Hop music. You gotta respect those musicgenres..
I would understand if you just said that you dont like that kind of music, but its annoying when you say "hip-hop is the only style of music worth listening to" and "fuck jazz"
-1 to you
I don't HAVE to respect anything, to be honest. Maybe the "fuck jazz" comment was a little over the top, but it wouldn't be the dubcc if we couldn't say whatever we wanted.
Nobody said you even had to post in this thread. All a person did was ask for people here to reccomend jazz artists and you change the whole point of this discussion just to let people know you think you're the fucking hip hop referee or something. Your reputation must suck if you act like this in real life.
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I absolutely love that saxaphone soul. Damn, that get's me. So grown. So mature.
I don't know how loungey it is but it's real calm and real grown n sexy. I just saw the word sax and...lol. Here's some of what's in my rotation. Hope it can help you. I don't think it's really 'jazzy' though. I know you said with vocals but try these first 2. They so smooth.
Nigel Martinez - You're So Good
http://www.zshare.net/audio/3267925339253a/
Boney James - Sweet Thing
http://www.zshare.net/audio/32681065785c05/
Aaron Neville & Kenny G - Even If My Heart Would Break
http://www.zshare.net/audio/3268026058e7f3/
Freddie Jackson - You And I Got A Thang
http://www.zshare.net/audio/326796535bfb0b/
Gerald Alston - I've Waited All Night
http://www.zshare.net/audio/326798956eb604/
Keith Washington - Are You Still In Love With Me
http://www.zshare.net/audio/3268084bf1e0ca/
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Am I supposed to say I like jazz so I can sound more eclectic and cultured? Fuck that. I bet ya'll ain't ever actually listened to half those names ya'll listed, and if you did listen it ain't nothin compared to your hip-hop cd's.
no but it makes you look dumb. really dumb lol. it's like saying "red is the only color i like to wear" and then saying "i resfuse to work at target because i have to wear red"
and yes i have listend to those names....lol i took them right from my ipod. and some songs i like better than my hip hop songs on my ipod and visa versa.
music is music, you can't build walls around it. if it's good it's good. if it's not it's not.
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that "lounge club, lights low, sipping on something, piano/sax and real bluesy (but not exactly blues) vocals to it 8)" type of jazz
go cop some diana washington
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good look on all of these, ill check into them. but yeah, thats the kinda shit to put you and your girl in the mood, she likes r&b like ne-yo and chris brown, so i had to spin her in another direction as quick as i could, haha. but good looking on these, and to dude who said "fuck jazz",....come on.... ::)
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yo don't sleep on Miles Davis Kind Of Blue album...very laid back, slow, bluesy, but jazzy nighttime type of feel...I like this album alot...it puts u in a trance where u have this type of inner unshakable peace when listenin to this album...I don't know how to describe it...surprise no one mention this album let alone Miles Davis...
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i mentioned miles.
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If you want some "modern" jazz,take a listen to this wonderful band from U.K.
http://www.nostalgia77.com/
They got a new album out and it's a blast
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Am I supposed to say I like jazz so I can sound more eclectic and cultured? Fuck that. I bet ya'll ain't ever actually listened to half those names ya'll listed, and if you did listen it ain't nothin compared to your hip-hop cd's.
Every single name I listed, I think is recommended. How would I know, had I not heard the music? Quit talking out of your ass, and realise there's people with a taste different from yours. Just about every single artist I listed I appreciate better than most of the hip-hop albums in my collection; the exceptions are rare. It's nothing about being cultivated and eclectic... Jazz is too damned trendy for the wannabe eclectic to jump into the popular stream of that.
I wish the less well-known jazz artists of today could put up with the big names of jazz history, because that would give the eclectic listener some drive to look for new horizons. Fact is, there's a whole lot of good jazz out today, but it's rarely amazing. That's why I mostly stick with the renowned names. Call that wannabe eclectic all you want, but it's really more like the opposite.
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well i didnt mean to start a whole discussion on jazz, but thats real good. dudes dropping intelligent and thought out opinions are on point, helps me out alot on deciding what to check out, and if you dont like jazz, then thats all you gotta say, or better yet....just stay away from topics about jazz ;D
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Okay... I read over your replies, and your right, I'm going to force myself to like and respect jazz even though I really don't because you guys say that a person shouldn't just like hip-hop. So I'm going to force myself to be the way you guys want me to be.
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Okay... I read over your replies, and your right, I'm going to force myself to like and respect jazz even though I really don't because you guys say that a person shouldn't just like hip-hop. So I'm going to force myself to be the way you guys want me to be.
Allah says that anyone who doesn't like jazz deserves to get their balls chopped off. Allah, in fact, is a very big fan of Miles Davis. Anyway, RUF lives by that philosophy as well, as we are fighting on behalf of the Nation of Gods and Earths. So you should like jazz because Allah says you must.
RUF is the future! Fuck with us (or say you hate jazz) and we slice off your nuts!
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Okay... I read over your replies, and your right, I'm going to force myself to like and respect jazz even though I really don't because you guys say that a person shouldn't just like hip-hop. So I'm going to force myself to be the way you guys want me to be.
don't play that card. you should find where your hip hop roots are with a non bias heart. that's what people's problems are they look for music that is what they are use to hearing or they judged music based upon what they like. music genres should be listened to with an open mind and unbias heart
on the real i HATED jazz for the longest time, i took a jazz appreciation corse and wakled away with it with a different feeling. i'll admit there's some jazz that doesn't sit right with me, but on the real there's a lot of Intelect in listening to jazz it challenges you, that's why a lot of intellectual circles listen to it. plus there's so many different genres of it, and like i said hip hop is basically jazz,lol. most REAL hip hop albums are really just simplified R&B/ jazz records when you think about it
one of my favorite jazz recordings is "sing sing sing"- bennie goodman , it's a very easy song to get into, and the drums are AMAZING. also the build ups and endings (and fuax endings) are BRILLIANT. i'd start there
also st. louis blues by ella fitzgerald is brilliant, when she starts scatting (freestyling cough cough hip hop cough cough) it gives me goosebumps everytime.
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Allah says that anyone who doesn't like jazz deserves to get their balls chopped off.
LOL!
This thread is most excellent. :D
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"Described by fans as 'Miles Davis meets Radiohead'"? YUCK, what a twisted combo..
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What are the best jazz albums of all time ? .. I listened to kind of blue from Davis , I liked it .. let's say your 10 favorite jazz albums ...
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My ten favorite jazz albums...
1. Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um
2. Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue
3. The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out
4. Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage
5. John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
6. The Five Corners Quintet - Chasin' The Jazz Gone By (not really among the greatest, but definately a personal favorite)
7. Lee Morgan - The Cooker
8. Bill Evans - Waltz For Debby
9. Charles Mingus - Mingus Dynasty
10.John Coltrane - Blue Train
Wow, just the names already give my mood a boost :D