Noir album recommendations


New member, looking for recommendations for great Noir/Jazz/Film Noir albums, Vinyl or CD. I really enjoy Miles Davis' Ascenseur pour l'échafaud , Chinatown''s soundtrack and more recent artists like Paul Pritchard(Gumshoe Blues, Stool Pigeon) but I'm having a difficult time finding anything that isn't just general Jazz. Really interested in music that evokes that down on his luck Private Investigator in a corrupt city where its always raining and you just cant trust anyone, including the dame that just walked in with a "simple" job.

windywoodworker

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As @windywoodworker mentioned, there is an entire subgenre called 'noir jazz", or sometimes "dark jazz".

Some names to check out:

Trigg and Gusset

Alex North & His Orchestra

Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble

ØṔЁŦ

Dale Cooper Quartet and the Dictaphones

Heroin and your Veins

But there are plenty more to explore.