Who are your favorite alto players? Are we in the age of the alto sax? Consider all the alto saxophonists now who have unique sounds both as composers and players: Miguel Zenon Rudresh Mahanthappa Yosvany Terry Steve Lehman David Binney
There's so many fantastic players out there who don't make original music that I always default to older players. Its a habit I need to break but there are so many, its overwhelming
Logan Hall
What's the verdict on her? Heard her first album and really liked it, very energetic.
Jayden Turner
She's a decent player but I find her playing tasteless most of the time. She just plays too much and should edit herself better.
Cameron Lopez
Reminder that the shoes of the fisherman's wife are some jive ass slippers
Julian Thomas
>that mega archive wtf this is fantastic, thank you to whoever aggregated that
Art pepper is up there, he has such a terse and fun play style.
Asher Thomas
Recently heard Tipico, and then liked it so much I listened to his earlier stuff. Really liked it.
Cameron Nelson
Could you please recommend me some good jazz books? I'm looking for biographies of artists not so much for history books.
>good jazz books >biographies of artists which one do you want?
Carter King
Miles Davis autobiography to start with, some great insights into the jazz world and his musical outlook. It's great if you want to find more jazz artists to listen to, it helped me get into bebop a lot more
There's a book I have called Free Jazz that has a good document on players like Coltrane, Coleman and Sun Ra but it's maybe not as good for historical studies as it is for musical studies. Lots of transcriptions by the author and a breakdown of their playing styles, but nothing like interviews or biography. I think the best way to learn jazz history is to start with documentaries on players you like. There is one on Coltrane and Monk, plus interviews are great. Miles Davis has a lot of fascinating interviews on YouTube
Hudson Taylor
Biographies Thank you. I'll already wanted to start with Miles anyways.
Gabriel Richardson
Ascension by Eric Nisenson, it's about Coltrane.
Caleb Miller
Why have I never once seen Lee Konitz mentioned in a /jazz/ thread before?
Chase Wright
Sharp composition, very close chord changes five chords through a tone, melody trying to break the .. you know? just works
Daniel Howard
what are you trying to say exactly?
David Rivera
What are some noise jazz recs? I love stuff like Brotzmann Octet's Machine Gun.
I hear Sun Ra is like this but what albums should I look for?
Jayden Garcia
I usually don't dig monk but this is pretty good, thanks.
Ayden Brooks
Listening in pic again.
Joshua Lopez
Could I get some recommendations on some other albums like this? I've really been feeling albums with Gospel standards
Oliver Price
Which Miles Davis Second Quintet album do you like the most? Why?
Which ten (or 20) jazz recordings would you choose if you wanted to show how diverse the jazz genre is?
Jaxson Jackson
mingus's autobiography is some kind of weird surealist performance art. its like existential.
Colton Kelly
Louis Armstrong - Hot Five And Hot Seven Sun Ra - Atlantis Charles Mingus - The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady John Coltrane - Olatunji Iskra 1903 - s/t Miles Davis - Agharta Ornette Coleman - Dancing In Your Head Electric Masada - At The Mountains Of Madness Yosvany Terry - New Throned King Henry Threadgill - In For A Penny In For A Pound
Daniel Mitchell
If only his music was as interesting as his autobiography. It's just goofy gimmick shit that's as superficial as his autobiography.
