Recommend me some jazz

[SaikyoKid]

A lot of people here have already listed most of the artists that I would have suggested, so here's a mix up of Dave Brubeck and Radiohead.

 

[Shadowseraph]

Art Tatum

 

[ozium]

Charles Mingus, Herbie Hancock and ofcourse the smooth jazz version of Nyan cat.

 

[notbrennan]

Buddy Rich
Gene Krupa

 

[wolf thing]

buddy rich best drummer in the world ever period
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCcZYBJ3mNo

gene krupa is very good as well
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hN_QmwiwgYE

 

[Glademaster_v1legacy]

Anything by Benny Goodman.

Here is an example

 

[obex]

Morphine, they aren't pure jazz wikipidea has them as "Alternative rock, experimental rock, jazz rock" but allot of their songs make big use of the sax which give it a jazzy feel.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2lITsMb4rA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zw1Bli1jbc

 

[Devil_Worshipper]

Tomasz Stanko
Mingus
Jobim
Eric Dolphy
Sinatra

 

[SquidVicious]

I second the Morphine recommendation, one of the most underrated alternative groups of the '90's that nobody seems to talk about anymore.

I would also highly recommend Bohren & der Club of Gore. They're like ambient dark jazz highly reminiscent of the music associated with film noir.

 

[maninahat]

If you want something old fashioned and down to earth (read: unpretentious) jazz, you can't go wrong with Django Reinhardt, the seven fingered, gypsy guitar hero:

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[Moonpig123]

Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock and The Headhunters, Weather Report, Art Pepper, Charlie Parker

 

[Jonluw]

Listen to some Django.
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I second Dave Brubeck's take five and weather report's heavy weather record as some great jazz.
Return to forever has some great stuff.
There's a lot more, but I can't remember it at the moment.

Bloody ninjas.

 

[Spookimitsu]

I like the old school.... the Duke, the Count, that classic big band sound.
But then again the brazilian jazz sound a few decades ago was timeless too. I'm a big fan of a guy named Vincent Guaraldi as well, perhaps you've heard of him...

If you like Cowboy Bebop, then you want that Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker sound (bebop).

here are a few youtubers to go with what our peers have already posted -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEC8nqT6Rrk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hugIRAe2yvw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxibMBV3nFo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fth9UUa1Mfw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N090STPx-2M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVOeCV0X68M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMq8kp1nfso
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eegB1Zzm_FM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CeSrOAcTXI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CeSrOAcTXI

 

[boonryan]

lots of good suggestions thus far
heres my tupence:
Robert Glasper, pretty much a bad ass. youtube 'robert glasper live', go nuts.
Julian Lage, pretty much a prodigy
Bobby McFerrin, vocalist extraordinaire
Billy Cobham, drumming monster
John Pattituci, phenomenal bassist
Herbie Hancock, Herbie frikkin' Hancock
Michael Brecker, Eric frikkin' Dolphy

 

[coldasicedrummer]

Pretty much everything mentioned already -- though I'll mention Coltrane's "My Favorite Things" in particular), as well as:

John Coltrane - Live at Birdland (not to be confused with the song "Birdland," which is equally great)
The Tony Williams Lifetime - Emergency!

and anything with Max Roach, Art Blakey, or Elvin Jones on it.

 

[Spookimitsu]

Listen to some Django.
<youtube=uTlo809EIlo&ob=av2n>
I second Dave Brubeck's take five and weather report's heavy weather record as some great jazz.
Return to forever has some great stuff.
There's a lot more, but I can't remember it at the moment.

Bloody ninjas.

Django played all that with onlyl three fingers. What the fudge? long live the old school

here's a nice rendition of a old Jobim peice

and then we must bow before Paulinho for we are not worthy

 

[Spookimitsu]

I'll recommend Stanton Moore's work for some funk-jazz fusion. Also, try John Zorn if you're willing to take the leap into hardcore free jazz.

I'll see your Stanton Moore and raise you some Herbie Hancock

after which i'll just leave this here
and this here
oh yeah and this

listen to those twice a day and you'll stay cool all summer

 

[Obhraonian]

Thanks everyone you guys are awesome I'll be sure to give all these a try I'll loving what I've heard so far.

 

[TheRealJLars]

In addition to everything already said, I want to add Fletcher Henderson, Gerry Mulligan, Ben Webster, Booker Ervin, and Firecracker Jazz Band.

Seriously. Gerry was a monster.

 

[anthony87]

I belive somebody already mention Morphine so I'm gonna go ahead and second that dude.

Yeah, they're not strictly "Jazz" Jazz but they have a sound all their own that takes a lot from Jazz IMO.



Seriously OP, click play on that second video and give Souvenir a good listen. It's spectacular.