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What jazz are you listening to right now?

Horatio Parker said:
No one says that there is nothing left for violins or orchestras to do, and that's a far older tradition.

I think Jazz's "problem" is no different than any other genre. Also, any fan can be elitist or snobbish about their music.

It's also typical for artists to seek inspiration from other sources.
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I'm not saying there's nothing left for them to do, necessarily, but at what point does the avenue for making music that appeals to the masses dry up? Eventually you're making sounds that are either stale, or within a small niche.
 
rousseau said:
Horatio Parker said:
No one says that there is nothing left for violins or orchestras to do, and that's a far older tradition.

I think Jazz's "problem" is no different than any other genre. Also, any fan can be elitist or snobbish about their music.

It's also typical for artists to seek inspiration from other sources.
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I'm not saying there's nothing left for them to do, necessarily, but at what point does the avenue for making music that appeals to the masses dry up? Eventually you're making sounds that are either stale, or within a small niche.
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Popular music is just that, popular. Doesn't make it good. I'm sure some artists prefer small audiences, and why not? I don't see what's good about appealing to the masses or what's bad about niches.
 
Horatio Parker said:
rousseau said:
Horatio Parker said:
No one says that there is nothing left for violins or orchestras to do, and that's a far older tradition.

I think Jazz's "problem" is no different than any other genre. Also, any fan can be elitist or snobbish about their music.

It's also typical for artists to seek inspiration from other sources.
Click to expand...

I'm not saying there's nothing left for them to do, necessarily, but at what point does the avenue for making music that appeals to the masses dry up? Eventually you're making sounds that are either stale, or within a small niche.
Click to expand...

Popular music is just that, popular. Doesn't make it good. I'm sure some artists prefer small audiences, and why not? I don't see what's good about appealing to the masses or what's bad about niches.
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I think we're parsing meanings a bit here. IMO, most of what was produced in the early years was appealing and good music, not just with mass appeal, so to speak, but generally speaking aesthetically pleasing music.

These days I don't seem to come across as many artists breaking new ground while being aesthetically pleasing, it's often more 'challenging'. Granted I got down to Ahmad Jamal and Omar Sosa in the past year, and I may just not have the breadth of listening under my belt these days.

So when I talk about a limitation of the instruments what I mean is that, at some point, maybe what is purely aesthetic has already been done. It's becoming increasingly difficult for jazz artists to be original. So toward your point as jazz artists explore this is just the direction it's going.
 
17th Feb
Rest In Peace Thellonius Monk

[YOUTUBE]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FOvKLvWuZjg&time_continue=42[/YOUTUBE]
 
Speaking of Thelonious Monk, I’d like to again push the pianist Jason Moran (I uploaded something of his somewhere up the thread). He is contemporary, very conscious of his jazz roots, original, and not impossible to listen to.

He is extremely influenced by Thelonious Monk. Here is his version of Monk’s Crepuscule with Nellie:

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That’s from his award winning 2010 album Ten.

Here, slightly more far out, is his version of Ain’t Misbehavin’ from his Fats Waller tribute album, All Rise: A Joyful Elegy for Fats Waller:

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Of course he also has a boatload of original compositions. His more recent stuff can be either fairly far out there or quite melodic. I can’t find any examples online and am uncomfortable streaming from my own server due to copyright concerns.
 
Man that full moon is huge tonight!

We're all searching for the rainbows end. Waitin' round the bend.
Danielle De Andrea (Gaha)
[YOUTUBE]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VgEhJtU5ELY[/YOUTUBE]
 
poster said:
Trying to decide which video of these three people to share and realizing that it really doesn't matter.

[YOUTUBE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFeouD2IWSA[/YOUTUBE]
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This video reminded me of a passage from Ted Gioia's 'How to Listen to Jazz'. He was saying that great bands can play fast, but masterful bands can play mid-tempo, hold it together, and stay in control of their sound. Not to slight your video, it's pretty cool, it just made me think of that.

I can recall hearing Tim Reynolds for the first time as a teen and being impressed:



Then I took a few guitar lessons and my teacher didn't have much trouble mimicking him. After reading Gioia's passage I now truly recognize the genius and skill of guys like Davis and Evans.
 
poster said:
I find this group of jazz musicians remarkably pleasant to listen to.

[YOUTUBE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRIk__zpYFY&list=RDQRIk__zpYFY&start_radio=1[/YOUTUBE]
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Nice vocals, at first I was trying to figure out if she was french or spanish, turns out spanish.
 
Andrea Motis singing Solitude. I believe she's 14 years old in this video. Her vocals, her style, her timing seems impeccable. Of course, the other musicians can't be overlooked for helping her do it, and Joan Chamorro is a remarkable guide for all these kids he's taken under his wing. A teriffic story. Enjoy!


 
Thanks for posting, I've been listening to her for most of the day. Even raised my wife's eyebrows.
 
Stephane Grappelli and Oscar Peterson (w/ Joe Pass, guitar) playing Django Reinhardt's Nuages:

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Nothing like a little Benny Goodman to lighten the mood. Apologies, I don't post anything interesting, I just top the thread in hopes for better material.
 
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