I do, but I'm incredibly old fashioned.
Still I think most adults should like stuff like this...
Still I think most adults should like stuff like this...
Who still listens to jazz?
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I love jazz like Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, and so on. I liked the clip you posted but is that really even jazz?
I like jazz. Everything from big band to new orleans/delta jazz to Miles Davis.
I started appreciating jazz around 40 years old. Now I love it. It was intimidating at first, because I knew nothing about any artists, sub-genres, or time periods. There's a wide range of all of those. I'm much more familiar with those things now, but mostly I listen to what sounds good to me and fast forward what doesn't.
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Do you also love crazy sweaters, jello, and slipping mickies in ladies drinks?
I listened to what I guess you'd call smooth jazz a lot when I was younger. The Rippingtons, Spryo Gyra, Al Jarreau, Tom Scott, Chuck Mangione, Tim Weisberg, etc. Along with some of the more traditional jazz players, like Maynard Ferguson's old stuff.
Then for some reason, I just stopped.
But lately I've picked it back up and am enjoying it again. I love the Bill Evans Trio, for example.
I also listen to a lot of old crooner-type singers, who utilize a lot of jazz-style arrangements.
Then for some reason, I just stopped.
But lately I've picked it back up and am enjoying it again. I love the Bill Evans Trio, for example.
I also listen to a lot of old crooner-type singers, who utilize a lot of jazz-style arrangements.
No, yes, no - and to an earlier inquiry as to whether that Tuba Skinny clip is even jazz - yeah, I wondered that but won't pretend to be qualified to say.Milwaukees Best Light said:
Do you also love crazy sweaters, jello, and slipping mickies in ladies drinks?
We listen to jazz via alexa almost every night for a couple hours. Unfortunately we aren't very cultured so we just ask it to play a channel called jazz dinner party and it repeats itself very often. Would love some recommendations for artists.
My introduction to jazz came from the stage band at school, which I joined as a sophomore and continued through senior year. We had the opportunity to hear the UNT One O'Clock Lab Band and a number of other college jazz bands at festivals we attended.
I don't know if stage band is still a thing at a lot of schools. My kids' high school did not have one, although it had a fantastic band program. I think the focus on UIL marching competition in the fall has killed a lot of high school jazz programs.
I don't know if stage band is still a thing at a lot of schools. My kids' high school did not have one, although it had a fantastic band program. I think the focus on UIL marching competition in the fall has killed a lot of high school jazz programs.
I listened to Jazz a lot when going to A&M but got ridiculed. Quit listening and started leaning more towards New Orleans style particularly after going 30 years to The Jazz Festival. Some Jazz can be over the top so one should find their niche.
Bill Evans Trio is great. When I work from home, I have a Miles, Bill, Art Farmer, Art Blakey rotation going.
I listen to jazz sometimes, mostly jazz guitar: Wes Montgomery, Pat Metheny, John McLaughlin, etc.
There was a time in the '70s when a lot of pop music was influenced by jazz ... not only rock bands with jazz overtones like Steely Dan and Chicago but also jazz artists like Al Jarreau, Chuck Mangione and Grover Washington Jr. having pop hits.
Kenny Loggins' first solo album, for example, was produced by Bob James, the jazz pianist who wrote the theme for the TV show "Taxi." There was a lot of overlap between jazz and rock studio musicians.
Not sure jazz still has that kind of cultural influence. Shame, really.
Kenny Loggins' first solo album, for example, was produced by Bob James, the jazz pianist who wrote the theme for the TV show "Taxi." There was a lot of overlap between jazz and rock studio musicians.
Not sure jazz still has that kind of cultural influence. Shame, really.
I don't like jazz but I like jazz cigarettes
i started listening to jazz here and there several years ago. i'm not ashamed to admit the show Bosch helped expand my jazz listening as well. i didn't know who Art Pepper was before that show.
Bebo Valdes or his son, Chucho, are really good for Cuban jazz.
Huge jazz fan. I'll listen to anything from be bop to free jazz.
I like jazz. And watching Bosch has gotten my wife more interested in it too.
Kenny G is jazz…
aggiephoenix02 said:
Kenny G is jazz for soccer moms…
Fixed
Huge jazz fan here. Started listening in high school given I was in our jazz band and really haven't stopped. Still listen to all kinds of jazz regularly. Love listening to the big bands from decades ago - Stan Kenton, Maynard Ferguson, Buddy Rich, etc. Really love Goordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band from a more recent era. Will throw on more smooth jazz like Pat Metheny or Chuck Mangione regularly. Also, can't get enough of newer jazz fusion groups like Snarky Puppy.
Take the A Train, baby
Rebel Radio goin soft to The RainEclipseAg said:
I listened to what I guess you'd call smooth jazz a lot when I was younger. The Rippingtons, Spryo Gyra, Al Jarreau, Tom Scott, Chuck Mangione, Tim Weisberg, etc. Along with some of the more traditional jazz players, like Maynard Ferguson's old stuff.
Then for some reason, I just stopped.
But lately I've picked it back up and am enjoying it again. I love the Bill Evans Trio, for example.
I also listen to a lot of old crooner-type singers, who utilize a lot of jazz-style arrangements.
I was fortunate to see both Maynard and Buddy in concert. Amazing musicians.Lavender Gooms said:
Maynard Ferguson, Buddy Rich, etc.
Being in jazz band was an amazing experience. My favorite part of band.
I hate jazz.
-Johnnie
-Johnnie
Charlie Halloran and the Tropicales. He is more caribbean/tropicalia, but he has played w/jazz bands and whatnot all over the world.
His homepage has a video w/him paying with Tuba Skinny from the OP as well.
One of the best random experiences I've had was last summer at Tales of the Cocktail in NOLA. We walked into the restaurant Frenchmen All Day, and Charlie was playing with a drummer/bassist/guitarist. We stayed there and had drinks for an hour just watching him play.
Awesome awesome music for poolside with rum drinks.
https://www.charliehalloran.com/
His homepage has a video w/him paying with Tuba Skinny from the OP as well.
One of the best random experiences I've had was last summer at Tales of the Cocktail in NOLA. We walked into the restaurant Frenchmen All Day, and Charlie was playing with a drummer/bassist/guitarist. We stayed there and had drinks for an hour just watching him play.
Awesome awesome music for poolside with rum drinks.
https://www.charliehalloran.com/
Staff - take out the trash.
Horrible, just horrible
My dad (BQ'38) was good friends with a big band drummer named Sonny Marx. One day, Sonny came to lunch at my parents' house and saw my drums set up in the living room. When he found out they were mine, he asked me to play for him. Then he ran me through all kinds of rhythms, such as waltz, Viennese waltz, fox trot, all the Latins, etc.
He asked me if I was working. I said "Yes, sir, I'm working for my dad in his oil distribution business." He said "No, I mean are you playing in a band anywhere?" I said "No, sir." He asked to borrow the phone, called big band leader John Sullivan in Houston, and said "John, I've found my replacement." It turned out that John had grown up with Harry James, and his band was made up of retired big band musicians who had settled in Houston.
Sonny was having to give playing for health reasons, I got the gig, and shared the stage with cats who had worked with Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Stan Kenton, Woody Herman, Red Nichols, etc. for ten years. We were playing their original charts, note for note.
I was a trombone player as a BQ, but "moonlighted" as a drummer with the Aggieland Orchestra and the Dukes of Aggieland. But those ten years with John and his brother Ed, who also had his own big band, were as good as it gets. And the guys were very welcoming to a young knucklehead from Dayton, Texas.
I apologize for the long story, but I guess you could call that jazz. I grew up listening to that music, and still marvel at the great writing and musicianship today. I feel truly blessed to have known some of those cats really well, and will always be grateful for that incredible opportunity.
He asked me if I was working. I said "Yes, sir, I'm working for my dad in his oil distribution business." He said "No, I mean are you playing in a band anywhere?" I said "No, sir." He asked to borrow the phone, called big band leader John Sullivan in Houston, and said "John, I've found my replacement." It turned out that John had grown up with Harry James, and his band was made up of retired big band musicians who had settled in Houston.
Sonny was having to give playing for health reasons, I got the gig, and shared the stage with cats who had worked with Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Stan Kenton, Woody Herman, Red Nichols, etc. for ten years. We were playing their original charts, note for note.
I was a trombone player as a BQ, but "moonlighted" as a drummer with the Aggieland Orchestra and the Dukes of Aggieland. But those ten years with John and his brother Ed, who also had his own big band, were as good as it gets. And the guys were very welcoming to a young knucklehead from Dayton, Texas.
I apologize for the long story, but I guess you could call that jazz. I grew up listening to that music, and still marvel at the great writing and musicianship today. I feel truly blessed to have known some of those cats really well, and will always be grateful for that incredible opportunity.
That's ****ing awesome.
EclipseAg said:I was fortunate to see both Maynard and Buddy in concert. Amazing musicians.Lavender Gooms said:
Maynard Ferguson, Buddy Rich, etc.
Being in jazz band was an amazing experience. My favorite part of band.
Buddy Rich was a huge influence on me as a young drummer growing up, and I got to see him in concert at least a dozen times.
Maynard and I became fairly good friends later in his career, and I knew some of the cats in his band, as well.
My BQ ol' lady and I went to see Chase in Houston, and bought Bill a drink and got to visit with him for a bit. A few months later, the plane went down, and he and most of those incredible musicians were gone.
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I know more about jazz than I probably should thanks to academic decathlon in high school. Hadn't really listened to it much since college but my wife has it on in the house probably 90% of the time.
I enjoy throwing her off now by switching it to Gojira or Pantera every now and then.
I enjoy throwing her off now by switching it to Gojira or Pantera every now and then.
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Great story
Love jazz, listen to it at least weekly.
Need more jazz vinyl though, I'm fairly limited there!
Need more jazz vinyl though, I'm fairly limited there!
Chipotlemonger said:
Love jazz, listen to it at least weekly.
Need more jazz vinyl though, I'm fairly limited there!
Any shop worth its salt will have some good used jazz vinyl for pretty cheap. If you're into the more avant garde stuff, ECP has an excellent selection of new releases on vinyl.
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue is one of the best albums ever made
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