Can you recommend Jazz for some one that doesn't like Jazz?


Let me explain, I have tried to like jazz for over 30 years. I rarely find something I like. To me it sounds too disjointed, like everyone is trying to out do the others and they are all playing a different song. I know there has to be some good instrumental smooth jazz artists I am missing. If you have any suggestions of whom to try let me know. Some that are on my Jazz playlist is Pat Metheny-"It's for you"   Bill Frisell _"Heard it through the grapevine"  Holly Cole, George Benson... for an example of things I do like.

 

I'd love to have a 100 song Jazz playlist. So what'ch got for me?

Thanks

fthompson251

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fthompson251

Welcome to the Club!

I have tried to like Jazz for decades, as well, including a dozen deliberate weeks of "maybe this time", "maybe this group".  During the journey, I have found a few very good performers, but mostly duds.  Listening to 'giants' (Monk, Coltrane, Davis, etc.) was, mostly, painful.  I wish I could have these hours back...

With that perspective - I have some recommendations of Jazz performances that I truly enjoy and may be unique.

Getz/Jocbin

Boots Randolf

Henry James

Lenny Marcus - great Jazz transcriptions of Beethoven, plus some new pieces

Benny Goodman

Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey

Most of the Windham Hill artists - Montreux, Barbra Higbe, Daryl Anger, Michael Manring, Alex de Grassi, some Shadowfax, etc.

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