That Wonderful Music Genre...Jazz! - Page 3

Elfhelm · 12-24-2003, 12:41 PM

I'm going with Miles Davis 'Round Midnight as my favorite jazz album. Anyone else?

**Nurvingiel** · 12-28-2003, 05:04 AM

(Was this thread merged with another because I accidentally started a double? Sorry, I can only see about half the links on Entmoot right now. This computer is weird.)

***Khamûl*** · 12-30-2003, 02:28 AM

Yeah, I merged it about a week ago.

Hasty Ent · 12-31-2003, 12:47 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Elfhelm
I'm going with Miles Davis 'Round Midnight as my favorite jazz album. Anyone else?

not bad.... but my fave would have to be Birth of the Cool

**Nurvingiel** · 12-31-2003, 06:34 PM

I love the musical "Hair" which is heavily jazz influenced.

Insidious Rex · 01-02-2004, 09:46 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Elfhelm
I'm going with Miles Davis 'Round Midnight as my favorite jazz album. Anyone else?

Quote:

Originally posted by Hasty Ent
not bad.... but my fave would have to be Birth of the Cool

Kind of Blue

Starr Polish · 01-03-2004, 01:54 PM

IR, you rock.

katya · 01-04-2004, 01:11 AM

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Originally posted by IronParrot
[B]Jazz = probably the only real music left nowadays, the way things are going. I play piano and clarinet... and do a LOT of jazz improvisation on piano. So much, in fact, that I hardly bother reading music anymore - I just do everything by ear. Playing all the standards and such. I'll upload a recording sometime.

I like jazz more and more these days. I dis play clarinet in our school band (which is actually quite sucessful and was invited to Australia this year) but I ended up quitting. It wasn't fun anymore. That aside, what I really like to play is piano. I am very much classically trained though. My teacher, bless her heart, is actually pretty useless so I didn't learn that much from her. Anyway, I would really like to learn to play more jazz, you know? Do you have any advice/tips (don't be afraid of being too technical if that's what it comes to)?

Starr Polish · 01-04-2004, 04:04 AM

Most of jazz piano (as I have heard from my friends who play it) is basically "here are the chords that are in this song, play them where they sound right to you". I cannot remember for the life of me what it's called.

***Khamûl*** · 01-05-2004, 03:11 AM

You wouldn't happen to be reaching for "improvisation", would you Starr? Or maybe there is some other term... If it's not improv, I'll probably smack myself in the head when you remember it.

Mercutio · 04-26-2004, 08:53 PM

Why don't we wake this up?

Who's your favorite Jazz musician?

I like Arturo Sandoval (he was trumpet, and piano, and drums, and sax, and (well) everything) and Herbie Hancock is the best of the best of jazz pianists.

***Khamûl*** · 04-26-2004, 08:57 PM

I think his last name is spelled Sandoval. Yeah, he rocks. I was surprised to see him at the Grammys this year with Justin Timberlake.

Mercutio · 04-26-2004, 09:11 PM

Really? Wow.

We saw both those guys at the Clifford Brown (amazing jazz trumpetist, killed in a car accident in his twenties) Jazz Festival in Wilm., DE last year. That was so much fun! All jazz for 5 days or so.

s H m E i K s · 04-28-2004, 04:37 PM

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Oscar Peterson
Ella Fitzgerald
Harry Connick, Jr.
Diana Krall
Billie Holliday
Frank Sinatra
Benny Goodman
Artie Shaw
Louis Armstrong
Miles Davis

Harry Connick, Jr. = God

And, coincidentally, my favorite jazz album would be Blue Light, Red Light by Harry Connick, Jr.

***HOBBIT*** · 09-17-2004, 11:05 AM

Hmm - I'll resurect this.

I don't think that I posted in this

Recently, I have been liking jazz more and more. I have played the trombone in my school jazz band for the past two years.

My favorite jazz artists/bands:
Maynard Ferguson
Stan Kenton + His Orchestra
Mingus Big Band (charles mingus is dead though)
Arturo Sandoval
Louis Armstrong
J.J Johnson
Kai Winding

Anyone know those names?

And recently, I've been enjoying the Mike Vax Big Band - featuring Stan Kenton Alumni.

Starr Polish · 09-17-2004, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Khamûl

You wouldn't happen to be reaching for "improvisation", would you Starr? Or maybe there is some other term... If it's not improv, I'll probably smack myself in the head when you remember it.

No, it's not improv. It's vamping, or something. I can't remember.

***Khamûl*** · 09-19-2004, 11:48 PM

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Originally Posted by HOBBIT

Maynard Ferguson

My band (The Troy State University Sound of the South) played "Conquistador" in one of our halftime shows last year.

12-24-2003, 12:41 PM	#41
Elfhelm Marshal of the Eastmark Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 1,412	I'm going with Miles Davis 'Round Midnight as my favorite jazz album. Anyone else? __________________ cya

12-30-2003, 02:28 AM	#43
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	Yeah, I merged it about a week ago. __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

01-03-2004, 01:54 PM	#47
Starr Polish Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Slow down and I sail on the river, slow down and I walk to the hill Posts: 2,389	IR, you rock. __________________ “The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.” –Bertrand Russell

01-04-2004, 04:04 AM	#49
Starr Polish Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Slow down and I sail on the river, slow down and I walk to the hill Posts: 2,389	Most of jazz piano (as I have heard from my friends who play it) is basically "here are the chords that are in this song, play them where they sound right to you". I cannot remember for the life of me what it's called. __________________ “The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.” –Bertrand Russell

01-05-2004, 03:11 AM	#50
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	You wouldn't happen to be reaching for "improvisation", would you Starr? Or maybe there is some other term... If it's not improv, I'll probably smack myself in the head when you remember it. __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

04-26-2004, 08:53 PM	#51
Mercutio Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Narnia Posts: 1,656	Why don't we wake this up? Who's your favorite Jazz musician? I like Arturo Sandoval (he was trumpet, and piano, and drums, and sax, and (well) everything) and Herbie Hancock is the best of the best of jazz pianists. __________________ Mike nodded. A sombre nod. The nod Napoleon might have given if somebody had met him in 1812 and said, "So, you're back from Moscow, eh?". Interested in C.S. Lewis? Visit the forum dedicated to one of Tolkien's greatest contemporaries. Last edited by Mercutio : 04-26-2004 at 09:16 PM.

04-26-2004, 08:57 PM	#52
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	I think his last name is spelled Sandoval. Yeah, he rocks. I was surprised to see him at the Grammys this year with Justin Timberlake. __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

04-26-2004, 09:11 PM	#53
Mercutio Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Narnia Posts: 1,656	Really? Wow. We saw both those guys at the Clifford Brown (amazing jazz trumpetist, killed in a car accident in his twenties) Jazz Festival in Wilm., DE last year. That was so much fun! All jazz for 5 days or so. __________________ Mike nodded. A sombre nod. The nod Napoleon might have given if somebody had met him in 1812 and said, "So, you're back from Moscow, eh?". Interested in C.S. Lewis? Visit the forum dedicated to one of Tolkien's greatest contemporaries.

09-17-2004, 11:05 AM	#55
*HOBBIT* Saviour of Entmoot Admiral Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: NC/NJ (no longer Same place as bmilder.) Posts: 61,986	Hmm - I'll resurect this. I don't think that I posted in this Recently, I have been liking jazz more and more. I have played the trombone in my school jazz band for the past two years. My favorite jazz artists/bands: Maynard Ferguson Stan Kenton + His Orchestra Mingus Big Band (charles mingus is dead though) Arturo Sandoval Louis Armstrong J.J Johnson Kai Winding Anyone know those names? And recently, I've been enjoying the Mike Vax Big Band - featuring Stan Kenton Alumni. __________________ President Emeritus (2000-2004) Private message (or email) me if you need any assistance. I am here to help! "I'm up to here with cool, ok? I'm so amazingly cool you could keep a side of meat in me for a month. I am so hip I have difficulty seeing over my pelvis" - Zaphod Beeblebrox Latest Blog Post: Just Quit Facebook? No One Cares!

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