Jazz..

Does anyone know jazz composition? I would like to know about different modes and scales they use in jazz. Miles davis, Pat Metheny people like that.... Almost smooth jazz like. I play the guitar mainly but I like playing the piano as well.

Jazz anyone? no? wow.....

i guess potheads don't dig jazz

Yeah... thats crazy. Most jazz musicans are stoners. I think people today just dont understand what good music is. All this crap on the radio... it isn't music. Metal, Rap, Hip-Hop, that electronic dance, Reggaeton, Reggae, Pop, most Indie bands, and I'm sure I left out a lot.

I mean how the hell can you call yourself a musician if you dont know basic theory and composition? I'm sorry.. Just because you beat on a drum and shake your ass around doesn't mean it's music.

I take it you're a pretty big jazz fan. I've got a couple records but don't really know very much jazz. I'm more into indie, hip hop, reggae but try to expand my horizons with other styles as well. what would you recommend for someone who doesn't know lots of jazz?

Oh yeah I love jazz and blues music. If you want to listen to some good jazz...
Wes Montgomery, Kenny Burrell, Miles Davis, Pat Metheny, Brad Mehldau, Keith Jarrett, Michael Brecker, John Scofield... just to name a few.

what about blues? I'd really like to start listening to some old blues musicians. I just finished reading a Led Zep bio and it talks about how they were influenced by all this blues stuff, but I never know what to look for in record stores.

Louis Armstrong, Sam Taylor, Walter Davis... Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Doors took there sound from early jazz blues and post war blues musicians. If you want straight up blues then... look for country or kansas city blues. I don't listen to that stuff too much. Blue grass is a little weird for me...

Sam Taylor and Wes Montgomery shred that guitar... deffinetely check them out.

cool thanks man. I'll have to check out all these dudes!

Yeah man thanks for you interest. If you have any questions feel free to ask!

I listen to Chick Corea but thats about it, hes even got his own show on BET every friday morinings he plays some pretty chaotic piano passages. but jazz guitarests are too fruity for my tastes, I prefer flamenco as far as guitar virtuoso's go.

SilverRabbit said:

Oh yeah I love jazz and blues music. If you want to listen to some good jazz...
Wes Montgomery, Kenny Burrell, Miles Davis, Pat Metheny, Brad Mehldau, Keith Jarrett, Michael Brecker, John Scofield... just to name a few.

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are those in any particular order?

Nope... They are all just just really good jazz musicians.

kasuhit said:

I listen to Chick Corea but thats about it, hes even got his own show on BET every friday morinings he plays some pretty chaotic piano passages. but jazz guitarests are too fruity for my tastes, I prefer flamenco as far as guitar virtuoso's go.

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Chick is pretty tame now days,back in the day's or Return To Forever he was pretty out there.

Chick's old band,some fantastic shit.

YouTube - Return To Forever - Romantic Warrior

If you dig Flamenco check this out,3 guitar masters all in one session.

The album this set is from is named Friday Night In San Francisco & its by Al Dimeola,John Mclaughlin & Paco De Lucia.

YouTube - PACO DE LUCIA , John McLaughlin , AL DI MEOLA

Yeah thanks panhead I was actually just trying to ignore that fucking ass prick who said that jazz guitarist were gay. Also Flamenco and Jazz... yeah pretty much the same thing. Anyway this is a Jazz thread not a fucking Flamenco thread so if you want to talk about Flamenco then go start your own fucking thread.

farway said:

what about blues? I'd really like to start listening to some old blues musicians. I just finished reading a Led Zep bio and it talks about how they were influenced by all this blues stuff, but I never know what to look for in record stores.

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Some of the more main stream/classic style blues asrtists who had major influence on early rock.

BB King.

Johnny Guitar Watson.

Buddy Guy.

Bobby Blue Bland.

John Lee Hooker.

Albert King.

If you haven't been following the Allman Brothers for the last 30 years check out some of their newer albums,they've changed drastically from a rock/blues band to all blues on their last few albums,great sound in a classic blues style.

Check out the albums One Way Out & Hittin The Note,these are IMO 2 of the best blues albums ever recorded by anybody.

Here's a couple songs from the albums,i make my neighbors windows rattle with this shit .

YouTube - "Desdemona" - Derek Trucks Guitar Solo

YouTube - "Woman Across The River" - Allman Brothers

SilverRabbit said:

Yeah thanks panhead I was actually just trying to ignore that fucking ass prick who said that jazz guitarist were gay. Also Flamenco and Jazz... yeah pretty much the same thing. Anyway this is a Jazz thread not a fucking Flamenco thread so if you want to talk about Flamenco then go start your own fucking thread.

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gez man what crawled up your ass, I wasn't trying to start a war, I was just saying they arn't my particular taste. I never said they were gay, just "fruity"
sorry that you jump to conclusions homophobe.

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Also Flamenco and Jazz... yeah pretty much the same thing

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yea and I'm going to ignore how fucking ignorant that sounds, you should realy try and educate yourself, although we both know that will never happen. your probly one of these music nazi authorities that cramms his opinion of "that every jazz & blues guitarest is god" down everyone elses throat.

Flamenco composition is the same thing as Jazz composition. Oh and I didn't cram anything down anyones throat. Your the one who came in this thread so... you could get the fuck out... Also "fruity" means gay, queer, faggish.. so on.