JazzMusicArchives.com Homepage
Forum Home Forum Home >Jazz Music Lounges >Jazz Music Recommendations/Featured albums
  New Posts New Posts RSS Feed - wartime jazz
  FAQ FAQ  Forum Search   Register Register  Login Login

wartime jazz

 Post Reply Post Reply
Author
Message
triceratopsoil View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: 07 Apr 2011
Location: Canada
Status: Offline
Points: 488
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote triceratopsoil Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Topic: wartime jazz
    Posted: 13 Apr 2011 at 7:52pm
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
Back to Top
darkshade View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: 09 Mar 2011
Location: New Jersey
Status: Offline
Points: 1973
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote darkshade Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 13 Apr 2011 at 8:18pm
Charlie Parker
Dizzy Gillespie
Bud Powell

these are good starters I think
Back to Top
darkshade View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: 09 Mar 2011
Location: New Jersey
Status: Offline
Points: 1973
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote darkshade Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Apr 2011 at 6:10pm
I guess I should have put a "/thread" under my post LOL
Back to Top
triceratopsoil View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: 07 Apr 2011
Location: Canada
Status: Offline
Points: 488
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote triceratopsoil Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Apr 2011 at 6:15pm
LOL

I picked up Gillespie's Afro, enjoyed it a lot although it's hardly straight jazz
Back to Top
darkshade View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: 09 Mar 2011
Location: New Jersey
Status: Offline
Points: 1973
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote darkshade Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Apr 2011 at 6:17pm
is that one of his afro-cuban albums? i think i have it, and if so, yes, it's far away from "straight" jazz
Back to Top
triceratopsoil View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: 07 Apr 2011
Location: Canada
Status: Offline
Points: 488
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote triceratopsoil Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Apr 2011 at 6:23pm
What are some of his more "straight" albums?  JMA just has everything listed as bop
Back to Top
js View Drop Down
Forum Admin Group
Forum Admin Group
Avatar
Site admin

Joined: 22 Dec 2010
Location: Memphis
Status: Online
Points: 34042
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote js Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Apr 2011 at 6:49pm
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.
Back to Top
triceratopsoil View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: 07 Apr 2011
Location: Canada
Status: Offline
Points: 488
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote triceratopsoil Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Apr 2011 at 6:53pm
Originally posted by js js wrote:

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.


Well yeah but you know what I meant.  In his case, be-bop
Back to Top
js View Drop Down
Forum Admin Group
Forum Admin Group
Avatar
Site admin

Joined: 22 Dec 2010
Location: Memphis
Status: Online
Points: 34042
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote js Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Apr 2011 at 7:00pm
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.
Back to Top
darkshade View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: 09 Mar 2011
Location: New Jersey
Status: Offline
Points: 1973
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote darkshade Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Apr 2011 at 7:17pm
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. 
Back to Top
js View Drop Down
Forum Admin Group
Forum Admin Group
Avatar
Site admin

Joined: 22 Dec 2010
Location: Memphis
Status: Online
Points: 34042
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote js Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Apr 2011 at 7:33pm
Yeah, unfortunately, a lot of old jazz is only coming out on compilations anymore.
Back to Top
darkshade View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: 09 Mar 2011
Location: New Jersey
Status: Offline
Points: 1973
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote darkshade Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 Apr 2011 at 9:42am
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. 
Back to Top
triceratopsoil View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: 07 Apr 2011
Location: Canada
Status: Offline
Points: 488
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote triceratopsoil Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 Apr 2011 at 1:05pm
Me neither LOL.  It's just a convenient way to say "American sounding" I guess
Back to Top
darkshade View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: 09 Mar 2011
Location: New Jersey
Status: Offline
Points: 1973
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote darkshade Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 Apr 2011 at 5:17pm
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
Back to Top
triceratopsoil View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: 07 Apr 2011
Location: Canada
Status: Offline
Points: 488
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote triceratopsoil Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 Apr 2011 at 5:38pm
The word contemporary makes me think of elevators, though
Back to Top
js View Drop Down
Forum Admin Group
Forum Admin Group
Avatar
Site admin

Joined: 22 Dec 2010
Location: Memphis
Status: Online
Points: 34042
Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote js Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 Apr 2011 at 5:59pm
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.
Back to Top
 Post Reply Post Reply
  Share Topic   

Forum Jump Forum Permissions View Drop Down

Forum Software by Web Wiz Forums® version 10.16
Copyright ©2001-2013 Web Wiz Ltd.

This page was generated in 0.180 seconds.