Ge> I have a friend of mine who is curious about jazz and AJ, but is a
Ge> total newbie. He asked me for some titles & artists who made
Ge> excellent/revolutionary jazz albums.
Ge> First off I thought of "Kind of Blue" and "Bitches Brew" but what
"bitches brew" is kinda heavy to start someone off. the first time i heard
it i couldn't get to it... "in a silent way", "on the corner" or "man w/the
horn" is better
to introduce someone to miles electric stuff. everyone should own "kind of
blue".
Ge> other albums might you all reccomend to someone who wanted to get into
Ge> jazz with no experience?
"a love supreme" by coltrane is definitly in the revolutionary category, the
cti stuff (bob james "1"-"4", "feels so good" & "mr. magic" by grover
washington, etc.--on the funk end of things) is always good to have (that
stuff
gets sampled a lot). herbie hancock's blue note & columbia stuff. "empyrean
isles" (blue note) contains "canteloupe island" which became us3's
"cantaloop", and
"oliloquy valley", sampled by simple e and eric b. & rakim. "chameleon" from
"head hunters" (columbia/sony) is a jazz/funk classic, and "thrust"(columbia/
sony) simply must be owned, if you can find it--i have it on vinyl, don't know
if it's on cd, yet. there's always compilations, blue note has "blue note
breaks vol. 1&2" and "straight no chaser". impulse's "red, hot on impulse"
has some groundbreaking stuff. love & haight's "jazz dance classics" series
has always been their bread & butter. "fat jazzy grooves" (new breed) is
great
for acid jazz, as is instinct's "this is acid jazz", or "rebirth of cool"
(4th & Broadway). also check out the dorado label and eightball records. the
acid jazz label is ok, but i find them to be inconsistent...
dj t-bird
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