I Want To Start Listening To Jazz

[Hosker]

I very much enjoy Kapustin who does a sort of fusion between jazz and classical:

 

[wolf thing]

well as a drum i listen to mainly drums but it could be a good place to start.
buddy rich
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HN9c-V76M7Q

gene kruper
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0KidPoeQ_c

papa jo jones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ziQkWyIwo4

 

[purf]

Jazz, you say?
In addition to all of the above[footnote]IMHO, there are remarkable exceptions - rule of thumb: Beware of the wanking that - more often than not - is "Fusion", beware of a lot of the sad shit many of Jazz' great artists have produced in the 80ies[/footnote], how about some more contemporary classics, like...

Spoiler: Black Hole Sun

Spoiler: Paranoid Android

Spoiler: Wonderwall

?? And while, for me, this guy's music can become a bit uneasy on the ear after some time, you could also check out

Spoiler: this album

Then there is (speaking of drums) stuff like

Spoiler: Mouse on the Keys

Spoiler: Contemporary Noise Quintet

At last, I'm picking up two previous mentions:

Spoiler: Miles Davis - In a Silent Way. Probably the biggest ear-opener I've ever experienced

Spoiler: Bohren und Der Club of Gore where genres borders dissolve. It is more like Doom Metal with a different set of instruments