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Any Reinhardt (Django, Lulo, etc) fans about? That's all I really know Jazz wise. Hoping to see Lulo Reinhardt in Bristol in September and should be going to the Django Reinhardt Festival in France next year.

Reply 941

ahq

Original post by TheDefiniteArticle

Can anyone recommend some recent free jazz? The wilder the better really. As a point of reference, think John Zorn's The Crucible.

Also, if anyone didn't hear this album and is interested in experimental jazz, this was the AOTY last year in my book (their new one is killer too):

Good recent free jazz - these guys are pretty intense:

[video="youtube;gYssV6BHQQQ"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYssV6BHQQQ[/video]

(edited 9 years ago)

Reply 942

Tiger Rag

Can anyone recommend Jazz for a beginner please? I have a vague idea that Tom Waits (who I was really into as a teenager) did some Jazz?

Reply 943

ahq

Original post by OU Student

Can anyone recommend Jazz for a beginner please? I have a vague idea that Tom Waits (who I was really into as a teenager) did some Jazz?

I like Tom Waits, but I wouldn't say any of the stuff I've heard from him is really jazz. :p:

Going with the classics is probably a good way for a beginner to go: performers like Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Charlie Parker, and so on. Composers: can't really go wrong with Gershwin & Gershwin. :h:

Reply 944

Tiger Rag

Original post by ahq

I like Tom Waits, but I wouldn't say any of the stuff I've heard from him is really jazz. :p:

Thanks.

I was currently trying to work my way through the Reindhardts; but I wanted something a bit more modern. :tongue:

Reply 945

Tiger Rag

Talking to a friend last night and asked if he could recommend anything, ideally something more modern. (no idea why I asked that - he did once say he's stuck in the 30s...)

So, I have spent last night and today listening to Rosenberg Trio and Angelo Debarre. Both of whom I quite enjoyed.

Reply 946

ahq

Original post by OU Student

Something good in the 'modern' department of jazzy stuff is the Robert Glasper Experiment. :yep:

[video="youtube;3-0JZlrk4xA"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-0JZlrk4xA[/video]

Reply 947

Devel

Discovered these guys recently.

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+ polarity -

[VIDEO="youtube;UBOk_s41uic"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBOk_s41uic[/VIDEO]

I'd only ever listened to the title track before, but today I gave the whole album a go :borat:

Sanctuary was a surprise :lovedup:

Reply 949

StainesMassif

Jazz Fusions Vol.1. Brilliant album with a very slight dance groove spanning most of the tracks.

Reply 950

Tiger Rag

I attended my first festival in the summer, which was a Django Reinhardt one. Very good! Disappointed that I may not be able to attend next year though. :frown:

Reply 951

Fingersmith

https://youtu.be/oDhaZElJ4Ho

https://youtu.be/D0UdkKH-0Es

Believe it or not I saw these guys in Hereford last week. Half of the band is still the same personnel and I got to meet them all in the bar at the interval.