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Catcher10 ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 19 Apr 2011 Location: Emerald City Status: Offline Points: 142 |
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Since creating this thread 9yrs ago.....I'm proud to write my collection has been growing nicely, especially the past 2-3yrs. Second I walk into a record store I head for the Jazz section.
I have a good selection of styles but really focus on Hard Bop genre, that 1950s-1960s stuff really makes my turntable happy!
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My jazz collection....a work in progress.
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jazzaficionado98 ![]() Forum Newbie ![]() ![]() Joined: 08 Mar 2020 Location: California, US Status: Offline Points: 1 |
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My dad would listen to 88.1 (K-Jazz) in the car as a kid (and he still does). I've always liked both regular jazz and Latin jazz and I've liked it more and more as I've gotten older.
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fabiojazz ![]() Forum Newbie ![]() Joined: 03 Sep 2019 Location: Italy Roma Status: Offline Points: 12 |
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''What'' got me into Jazz has been ..this.. Live Music Show from 1968,!!
As 'young-student' I have seen this totally unknown to me,!! jazz-drummer..: Max Roach, to play a 'Drums Solo'.,!!. Well, from the 'day-after'..: jazz-drummers were in my 'mind'.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59RTAEhvV4g |
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Frederic_Alderon ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 25 Oct 2018 Location: Maiami Status: Offline Points: 100 |
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This video actually:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMQD3Bv5ZG4&t=1826s
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js ![]() Forum Admin Group ![]() ![]() Site admin Joined: 22 Dec 2010 Location: Memphis Status: Offline Points: 27463 |
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Louie Armstrong on saxophone?!?
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Frederic_Alderon ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 25 Oct 2018 Location: Maiami Status: Offline Points: 100 |
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For sure it was this genius of the saxophone - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Armstrong
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justfrank ![]() Forum Newbie ![]() ![]() Joined: 24 Jun 2018 Location: Los Angeles,CA Status: Offline Points: 7 |
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I listened almost exclusively to punk rock until I heard A Night in Tunisia, and was blown away that an album could start out with over a full minute of smashing cymbals and breakneck drums, and instantly fell in love with the genre
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JonesJazz Fan ![]() Forum Newbie ![]() ![]() Joined: 08 Jan 2018 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 2 |
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Strangely it was video games like Final Fantasy growing up, and anime. I didn't understand what was going on in the music, then my dad was playing a Larry Carlton record, and then I fell in love with the music. The rest is history. I try to incorporate that sound in my own music actually.
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jazzlover98 ![]() Forum Newbie ![]() ![]() Joined: 07 Jan 2018 Location: California, USA Status: Offline Points: 6 |
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My dad would always listen to jazz and latin jazz on the radio when I was a kid (and he still does) and we would drive around at night listening to jazz. Nothing better than listening to jazz while looking at the city lights at night.
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guido ![]() Forum Newbie ![]() Joined: 22 May 2017 Location: stow, ma Status: Offline Points: 7 |
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For me it was growing up in a household where Benny Goodman and Charlie Parker recordings were played when I was a baby. Wherever my tastes of the moment stray, I always come back to jazz.
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DustyFoot ![]() Forum Newbie ![]() ![]() Joined: 25 Jan 2017 Location: Halifax, NS Status: Offline Points: 1 |
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By 1999 I had mostly been a classic rock fan, with a smattering of classical, blues and 2 or 3 jazz CDs just to vary my collection a bit.
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Crackers ![]() Forum Newbie ![]() ![]() Joined: 24 Nov 2016 Location: West Mids, Engl Status: Offline Points: 3 |
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I am now 70 years old and have been a "Jazz" fan since my teenage years. I guess I found Jazz by myself none of my family or friends were into it.
The earliest piece that influenced me was Dave Brubeck's Take five which was often played on the radio in the early 60's it was a popular tune. The first 2 Jazz records I bought were Jaques Lousier's Play Bach and Mose Allison cant remember the record name, sad to hear of his death the other day, I have several of his records now. I guess my favourite Jazz is small group type favourites include; Kenny Wheeler, John Abercrombie, EST, John Coltrane, Miles Davies, etc. I also like classical music in the string quartet form. I guess the common link is that in small groups of musicians it is easier to follow the interplay between the different plays and follow the diverging patterns. That what engages me. I have in excess of 1,000 cds and am a regular listener to an American radio station (via the internet) JAZZ24, great channel no adverts, recommended. Crackers England |
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PopetherevXXVIII ![]() Forum Newbie ![]() ![]() Joined: 18 Mar 2015 Status: Offline Points: 28 |
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Thank you for the warm welcome.
And yeah Lisa Named one of her cats Coletraine. Learning about Jazz through the longest running animated show in America. |
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js ![]() Forum Admin Group ![]() ![]() Site admin Joined: 22 Dec 2010 Location: Memphis Status: Offline Points: 27463 |
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Welcome to the site, I like the jazz on vinyl too, also the Simpsons.
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PopetherevXXVIII ![]() Forum Newbie ![]() ![]() Joined: 18 Mar 2015 Status: Offline Points: 28 |
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3 things
My dad exposing me to Big Band when I was 8. Watching The Cosby show as a kid, The Simpsons and Family Guy (didn't know who Mingus was until Quagmire mentioned him) as an adult. But what really got me into Jazz was when Cowboy Bebop got reissued and I fell in love with both IT and the Music and wanted to find more stuff that sounded like that soundtrack. So that's when I actively started researching Jazz and it was right around the time I got a turntable (a few months ago) so pretty much I've been grabbing Jazz on Vinyl like crazy for the last 3 months. |
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zwordser ![]() Forum Newbie ![]() ![]() Joined: 01 Dec 2013 Location: New Mexico Status: Offline Points: 4 |
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Wow, the question makes me realize I don't know for sure. Either it was a gradual process, or I've forgotten something; I don't remember any moment of finding jazz. In any case, I'm sure the jazz program on public radio that played every night where I grew up was instrumental in getting me to like jazz. By the time I was in my early 20's, I had moved away from rock for a while, and I loved both classical and jazz.
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js ![]() Forum Admin Group ![]() ![]() Site admin Joined: 22 Dec 2010 Location: Memphis Status: Offline Points: 27463 |
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When I say "jazz", I actually mean jazz.
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Argonaught ![]() Forum Groupie ![]() ![]() Joined: 08 Mar 2013 Location: Virginia Status: Offline Points: 53 |
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When we say "jazz", we mean contemporary (post-swing) subgenres, correct?
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badacid ![]() Forum Newbie ![]() Joined: 13 Nov 2014 Location: Black Country Status: Offline Points: 7 |
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14 years ago I was playing drums in a rock band at school. After a while I found that style of drumming a bit samey and decided to take to the internet - i think my search was for the worlds best drummers. Of course Buddy Rich was one of the first to pop up, and I ended up listening to the two "Burning for Buddy" tribute albums put together after his death. This was the first time I had properly listened to compositions by Duke Ellington, Miles Davis etc, and heard insane drumming by the likes of Max Roach, Joe Morello, Steve Smith etc. I also had that old "Encarta" programme on the PC and read up about jazz on there. There was a sound clip of Charles Mingus ripping it up on the double bass. I quickly picked up his Mingus Ah Um album and also Time out by Dave Brubeck. I had a brief era where I did not listen to so much music, but the last couple of years I have really got back into it - reading up on where it all started, picking up alot of the older essential albums and listening to the likes of Lee Morgan, Art Blakey, Horace Silver, Freddie Hubbard etc. I am truly hooked now and my CD collection has grown massively over the last year. I have also got back into playing drums after 14 years out! |
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Shrdlu ![]() Forum Newbie ![]() Joined: 31 Jul 2014 Location: Azerbazian Status: Offline Points: 36 |
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"Being hip isn't a state of mind. It's a fact of life." - Cannonball Adderley.
So, a person really has to be born with a liking for jazz. I've never been able to influence anyone into liking jazz. Before I forget, I'd like to say that we all should listen to any piece of music, in any genre, with an open mind, and, even if it's not the kind of music we want to listen to, be appreciative of good musicianship whenever it appears. For example, I'm not into Scottish accordion traditional dance music, but I think Jimmy Shand, the famous button-accordionist/bandleader, sounds terrific. His music served a purpose, and pleased a lot of people, and, the guy performed for about 60 years. Someone mentioned Lawrence Welk. His music was as corny as all get out, but one must agree that the band performed perfectly - no mistakes and everything in tune. And, it gave pleasure to a lot of people. Louis Armstrong liked it. What got me started on jazz was the fact that my Dad had quite a lot of jazz 78s when I was little. From about the age of 4, I was allowed to play them on our clockwork player. He had Fats Waller, Benny Goodman, Jack Teagarden, Billie Holiday, Sinatra, and others. My Dad had a good knowledge of swing era music, and an excellent memory for songs, including the "middle 8s" that one sometimes forgets. There was one piece, "Smoke Rings", for which he couldn't remember the "middle 8"; that turned out to be because it didn't have one. When I was 8, my Dad took me to a Louis Armstrong concert. That was his best "All Stars" group, with Trummy Young, the wonderful Edmond Hall on clarinet and the equally wonderful pianist, Billy Kyle. Back then, you could actually hear jazz on the radio, and the presenters were very knowledgeable. That helped to expose me to a variety of players. I can't remember when I first heard the Dave Brubeck Quartet, but I got into that group very heavily, and soon, having heard Paul Desmond on the alto saxophone, I wanted an alto so bad that I could taste it. I got a used Selmer Super Balanced action alto and started lessons. After about a year or so, I added the clarinet, and switched the lessons to it, because I thought that the clarinet was harder, and knowledge of it would cover both horns. (That isn't true, but that was my thinking.) There's a major point here: you have to want to play an instrument so bad that it hurts. You have to have a sound in your head. We also had a neighbor who was about 5 years older than me, and he used to bring round jazz LPs for me to borrow. These included "Bags and Trane", "The Cannonball Adderley Sextet In New York", and "Coltrane Live At The Village Vanguard". All along, there were several excellent jazz programs on the radio. Another major thing was being able to play at "blows" with other jazz musicians, and to sit in at gigs. Until I was about 30, there were many opportunities to do that. But many of you won't be players. You can enjoy music without being a player. It does help if you learn a bit about music: notation, chords, effects etc. Then you will appreciate what you are listening to a lot more. When I was about 20, I was lent a book about writing for dance bands, and that showed the ranges and keys of all the horns. It's good to know about instruments that you don't play yourself. I guess we should be discussing not only "What got you into jazz", but also "What keeps you in jazz", and for me, it has been constant performing, a regular supply of radio broadcasts, and an expanding collection of recordings, plus, the occasional concert by a major "name". |
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