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triceratopsoil ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 07 Apr 2011 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 488 |
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Hey everybody, I'm looking for suggestions for jazz circa World War II, especially the sorts of things from smaller groups (as opposed to big band). Anybody able to help me out?
I'm not sure such a thing is even findable Edited by triceratopsoil - 13 Apr 2011 at 7:53pm |
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darkshade ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 09 Mar 2011 Location: New Jersey Status: Offline Points: 1973 |
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Charlie Parker
Dizzy Gillespie Bud Powell these are good starters I think |
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darkshade ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 09 Mar 2011 Location: New Jersey Status: Offline Points: 1973 |
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I guess I should have put a "/thread" under my post
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triceratopsoil ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 07 Apr 2011 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 488 |
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![]() I picked up Gillespie's Afro, enjoyed it a lot although it's hardly straight jazz |
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darkshade ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 09 Mar 2011 Location: New Jersey Status: Offline Points: 1973 |
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is that one of his afro-cuban albums? i think i have it, and if so, yes, it's far away from "straight" jazz
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triceratopsoil ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 07 Apr 2011 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 488 |
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What are some of his more "straight" albums? JMA just has everything listed as bop
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js ![]() Forum Admin Group ![]() ![]() Site admin Joined: 22 Dec 2010 Location: Memphis Status: Offline Points: 34714 |
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We obviously need someone to fix the genre definitions on the Gillespie albums, all the same, "straight" is a genre I'm not aware of.
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triceratopsoil ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 07 Apr 2011 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 488 |
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Well yeah but you know what I meant. In his case, be-bop |
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js ![]() Forum Admin Group ![]() ![]() Site admin Joined: 22 Dec 2010 Location: Memphis Status: Offline Points: 34714 |
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I'd just go through the albums and look at the band members listed (which are probably also incomplete at this time). I like Dizzy, but I'm hardly an expert, but his albums seem to come in 3 varieties; Big Band, Latin/African and Be Bop. More than likely, but not always, the albums with small combos and no percussion will be the Bop albums.
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darkshade ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 09 Mar 2011 Location: New Jersey Status: Offline Points: 1973 |
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all the information I know about Dizzy is whatever is mentioned in the Miles Davis autobiography (which Ive read once, but now that I'm thinking about it, I'm going to pick it up again soon). The book has a lot of info, with member lists and etc... Charlie Parker is obviously mentioned a lot (as well as Bud Powell and also Max Roach, all musicians Miles worked with closely in his early years.)
It's hard to find good albums to check out, without them being compilations. |
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js ![]() Forum Admin Group ![]() ![]() Site admin Joined: 22 Dec 2010 Location: Memphis Status: Offline Points: 34714 |
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Yeah, unfortunately, a lot of old jazz is only coming out on compilations anymore.
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darkshade ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 09 Mar 2011 Location: New Jersey Status: Offline Points: 1973 |
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BTW, i think "straight" jazz refers to post-bop or hard-bop that isn't at all experimental. Be-bop (or bop) is usually faster and more aggressive and I dont think is usually associated with "straight" jazz. I dont really like the term too much.
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triceratopsoil ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 07 Apr 2011 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 488 |
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Me neither
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darkshade ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 09 Mar 2011 Location: New Jersey Status: Offline Points: 1973 |
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yea i feel like "contemporary" is like that too. Not necessarily "smooth jazz", but modern post-bop/hard bop that doesn't push the boundaries of jazz
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triceratopsoil ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 07 Apr 2011 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 488 |
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The word contemporary makes me think of elevators, though
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js ![]() Forum Admin Group ![]() ![]() Site admin Joined: 22 Dec 2010 Location: Memphis Status: Offline Points: 34714 |
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Pro jazz musicians will, use the term "straight ahead jazz", which means non-fusion and non-avant-garde, in other words, it usually refers to Swing or Bop.
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