I could use some jazz mentoring.


I'm a relative newbie to jazz. I know what I like, but I can't find anymore of it. I figure this might be a good place to ask.

Generally, I think I like the sound of bluesy, laid back jazz.

My two favorite cds are:

Wynton Marsalis - Midnight Blues (it's the 5th in a series of cds he did)

Miles Davis - Kind of Blue

If you've heard both of these cds, I hope you can see the commonality between them in the same way I do. To me they are both moody, introspective, and romantic albums.

Thanks in advance for any advice. I'm really looking forward to discovering more of a great genre.

-Esfand
dubzilla
If you are looking for rather melancholy sax, try the Art Pepper CD "Ballads". It'll make you cry.
David,
If you like Art Pepper, Acoustic Sounds had(has?) great sounding test pressings for around $10. I bought the LP "Eleven"; it sounds amazing.
And the plain white label scares and confuses my friends...just a side benefit.

Cheers, Spencer
Try Paul Desmond, Stan Getz, or Gerry Mulligan. All sax players with amazing lyrical styles that tend toward mellow, bluesy music.

Sonny Rollins - "Way Out West", "Saxophone Colossus"
Art Pepper - "Meets The Rhythm Section"
John Coltrane - "Blue Trane"
Bill Evans Trio - "Waltz For Debbie", "Sunday At The Village Vangard", "Moonbeams"
Bill Evans - "Alone"
Ella Fitzgerald - "Clap Hands Here Comes Charlie"
Dave Brubeck - "Time Out"
Miles Davis - "Sketches of Spain"
Soundtrack from "Finding Forrester"
Louis Armstrong - "Satchmo Plays King Oliver"
Wes Montgomery - "Full House"