Any recommendations for blues/jazz music?

[jameshetfieldkirkhammet]

Hi guys,

Recently I've grown very bored with my current music playlist... Been exploring other genres, mostly blues and jazz.

I'm really not sure about the sub-genres and it's really not important to me. (eg. thrash, speed, black, nu-metal etc) I've also found hundreds of subgenre while surfing itune's music store.

Anyone can recommend me some blues or jazz music? mainly i really want it slow, soft and soothing music. something which can be played in the background, while reading a book etc.

something like BB King's "The Thrill is Gone", "Three o'clock Blues"

Jazz... maybe something with soft piano and saxophone in it. something like Kenny G. sorry for being a noob but some jazz music on the itunes store sounds quite upbeat. with this constant bassline. i find it quite irritating. :mrgreen:

so if any1 has any recommendations, pls share ya? thanks a lot in advance!!

 

[mrforum]

you could try some of Jamiroquai, Brand new heavies, jazzanova, incognito, st.germain.

the ones i recommend are jazz with those Deep bass, its the kind of music u get form from work to make you relax =)

 

[fuzztremecho]

Jazz

Miles Davis-some kind of blues album
John Coltrane
Pat Martino
Pat Meheny

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJSemoMujQY&feature=related

 

[Phil]

When I think Jazz, I think Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan etc.

I've some select Jazz albums for sale, you might want to check them out.

http://soft.com.sg/forum/others-music-related-buy-sell/71316-great-music-cd-clearance-sale.html

 

[ac]

You should try vince guaraldi & bill evans.

zero sax in those though but mui relaxing for background music.

 

[JDesigner]

I think you can try the new album from Oscar Peterson. It is very relax and below link you can listen to some trial
http://www.geetune.com/geetune/SearchedAlbum.aspx?id=00602517621367

 

[pf]

I think you are looking for Smooth Jazz.

 

[jameshetfieldkirkhammet]

omg... so sorry i didn't reply guys.

neck deep in project and school work. thanks for replying and for the suggestions. will definitely check them out once i clear those @)*(@#$%_$*5 projects.

Spot on pf! I just found out the type that im looking for is smooth jazz. lol. any suggestions?

 

[e4t3n]

hmm for smooth jazz you can try 'lee ritenour'. hes a kickass jazz guitarist, and he has some amazing tunes.

cheers

 

[KeDraiv]

erm, dunno if i'm hyjacking ur thread by doing this but

which jazz guitarist would you'all recommend to listen to?

to me, so far, i've always been searching for jazz basissts ( since i'm lyk a bassist, duh!)
so now i want to lyk listen to the guitaring of jazz to understand it more.

any recommendations?

 

[pf]

No suggestions for smooth jazz. I'm listening to funk jazz at the moment. http://www.joncleary.com/av/index.htm

But I have this http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000047VD/ref=ord_cart_shr?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glance
in my Amazon cart. Just waiting to gather more stuff and before geting them shipped together.

Just go to Gramophone and listen to those on display. Can find some pretty good stuff from not-so-famous-bands.

I got this http://www.orangemusicnet.com/catalogue/album.html?id=223
while I was browsing. Its not smooth jazz (don't be fooled by the title) but its fab! I like this album a lot.

I like John Pizzarelli for jazz guitarist. His P.S. Mr. Cole is my most long time fav album. Got it for maybe 8 years already. Still lovin' it.