Jazz artist/band recommendations?

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Jazz is an even bigger genre of exploration than even metal because it's well over a century old now. 

It really depends how deep you want to dig. There are dozens of subgenres.

It started with The Original Dixieland Orchestra in the 1910s so i highly recommend them.

Coltrane
 and Miles Davis are arguably the biggest jazz stars of all time but i 
totally recommend the following as a small sample just to begin to 
explore.

Charles Mingus (Hard Bop, Third Stream, Avant-jazz
Sun Ra (Avant and experimental jazz)
Pharoah Sanders (Spiritual jazz)
Herbie Hancok (Hard Bop, Jazz Fusion, Jazz Funk)
Ornette Coleman (Avant-jazz)
Dave Brubeck (Cool jazz)
Duke Ellington (Big Band)
McCoy Tuner (Post Bop)
Thelonious Monk (Hard Bop)
Peter Brotzmann (European Free Jazz)
Frank Sinatra (Vocal jazz)
Eberhard Weber (Chamber jazz, Third Stream, ECM Style jazz)
Cecil Taylor (Avant and Free jazz)

i could go on and on and on because jazz is one of my top 3 specialties after metal and progressive rock but i'll stop now.

Go to Rate Your Music and check out the highest rated albums and just start exploring. 
The popular consensus is fairly right on when it comes to jazz on that site :)

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siLLy puPPy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MMA Special Collaborator Prog/AG Team Joined: 06 Oct 2013 Location: SF, CA, USA Status: Online Points: 2739	Post Options Post Reply Quote siLLy puPPy Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Jazz artist/band recommendations? Posted: 16 minutes ago at 7:03pm
	Jazz is an even bigger genre of exploration than even metal because it's well over a century old now. It really depends how deep you want to dig. There are dozens of subgenres. It started with The Original Dixieland Orchestra in the 1910s so i highly recommend them. Coltrane and Miles Davis are arguably the biggest jazz stars of all time but i totally recommend the following as a small sample just to begin to explore. Charles Mingus (Hard Bop, Third Stream, Avant-jazz Sun Ra (Avant and experimental jazz) Pharoah Sanders (Spiritual jazz) Herbie Hancok (Hard Bop, Jazz Fusion, Jazz Funk) Ornette Coleman (Avant-jazz) Dave Brubeck (Cool jazz) Duke Ellington (Big Band) McCoy Tuner (Post Bop) Thelonious Monk (Hard Bop) Peter Brotzmann (European Free Jazz) Frank Sinatra (Vocal jazz) Eberhard Weber (Chamber jazz, Third Stream, ECM Style jazz) Cecil Taylor (Avant and Free jazz) i could go on and on and on because jazz is one of my top 3 specialties after metal and progressive rock but i'll stop now. Go to Rate Your Music and check out the highest rated albums and just start exploring. The popular consensus is fairly right on when it comes to jazz on that site :)


SalamiDickDeath Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Forum Newbie Joined: 24 Jul 2023 Location: MT Status: Offline Points: 10	Post Options Post Reply Quote SalamiDickDeath Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 4 hours 31 minutes ago at 3:29pm
	Check out Friday Night in San Francisco. Three monsters of jazz guitar all shred together. Its so goddamn good and Im not some super jazz fan either but holy shit. Paco de Lucia, Al Di Meola & John McLaughlin.

Psydye Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Forum Senior Member Joined: 22 Jan 2013 Location: PA, USA Status: Offline Points: 12526	Post Options Post Reply Quote Psydye Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 Sep 2023 at 1:11pm
	Thanks guys! Will do.

Nightfly Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Forum Admin Group Death, D/S/D, T/S/G Teams Joined: 07 Apr 2010 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 5063	Post Options Post Reply Quote Nightfly Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 Sep 2023 at 5:23am
	Just moved this to general music discussions. I'm no jazz expert but I have listened to a lot of fusion/jazz rock. For pure jazz you could give Thelonius Monk, Charlie Parker and Jackie Mclean a go. Only discovered the latter a few years back myself and if you like hard bop it's good stuff. Like metal though there's so many different sub-genres so a good starting point would be to visit our sister site, Jazz Music Archives here... https://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/

UMUR Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List MMA Special Collaborator Errors & Omissions Team / Retired Admin Joined: 25 Mar 2010 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 18231	Post Options Post Reply Quote UMUR Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 Sep 2023 at 4:48am
	Sorry I´m pretty much a novice in that area too. I usually find jazz grating on my ears (says the man who can fall aslepp peacefully while listening to Napalm Death ). I´ve listened to som jazz/rock like Mahavishnu Orchestra, Al Di Meola, Billly Copham and such, but seldom "real" jazz.
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Psydye Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Forum Senior Member Joined: 22 Jan 2013 Location: PA, USA Status: Offline Points: 12526	Post Options Post Reply Quote Psydye Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 Sep 2023 at 3:28am
	I really wanna explore jazz more as my experience is quite limited. The only jazz artists/bands I know of are John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Mccoy Turner, Snarky Puppy, Caravan Palace, and Diablo Swing Orchestra. If any of you guys have recommendations, I'm all ears!