Looking for good Instrumental Blues and jazz

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Looking for good Instrumental Blues and jazz

Postby Propyro » Thu Jul 10, 2003 8:21 pm

I'm looking to broaden my musical horizons, i'm wondering of you guys can tell me about any good instrumental blues and jazz. I'm particularly interested in good guitar palying. I don;t mind vocals, but jazz and blues vocals never really did it for me. Any suggestions?
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Postby Propyro » Fri Jul 11, 2003 5:32 pm

well thanks a lot ... you guys don't even have the courtesy to tell me to fuck off ...


man that sounds weird ...
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Postby AbsoluteDestiny » Fri Jul 11, 2003 5:38 pm

It's a very large spectrum of music you want recommendations on there, that's the problem.

I think the easies thing is to say "I heard this and I liked it, can you think of something similar?"
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Postby post-it » Fri Jul 11, 2003 5:51 pm

sorry, I was out ^^;;;
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Postby Propyro » Fri Jul 11, 2003 7:20 pm

it's ok ... AD is right.

Hmmm instrumental Blues or jazz, preferable showcasing good guitar work. I'd say i've heard this and i like that ... but I'm not sure... I guess if you wan't to call Colling james blues, i've heard his song "why do you lie" and i liekd the guitar work there... well i guess thats a start.
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Postby Bebop0083 » Fri Jul 11, 2003 11:23 pm

doesYoko Kanno count? she did the music for Bebop and that was mostly jazz/blues.
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Postby Hoeya » Fri Jul 11, 2003 11:39 pm

*smacks Bebop0083 with a frying pan.*

I cant give you any real advice, not listening to jazz and blues myself, but I can give you a warning.

If you hear smooth Jazz, you do like we do. Run. You run your ass off.

Its just glorified porn/elevator music.
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Postby Bebop0083 » Fri Jul 11, 2003 11:41 pm

Hoeya wrote:*smacks Bebop0083 with a frying pan.*

I cant give you any real advice, not listening to jazz and blues myself, but I can give you a warning.

If you hear smooth Jazz, you do like we do. Run. You run your ass off.

Its just glorified porn/elevator music.


i dont care for jazz blues myself only some. *ouch feels pain* grabs lamp. urge to kill rising.
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Postby requiem907 » Mon Jul 14, 2003 6:38 pm

If your looking for a good jazz band with some kick ass instrumentals look into the Dave Matthews Band. Some of his later work is more smooth rock but Crash one of their later albums, made in the late 90's had a jazzy feel to it. The instruments in the bad include Violin, gutiar, bass, saxaphone, and flute. And as far as the lyrics go they are amazing. This guy should have been a poet. Hope this reply helped you out! :wink:

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Postby DiemondDagger » Mon Jul 14, 2003 11:53 pm

If you want good Jazz, I tell you one band my friend.


Nat King Cole
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Postby Propyro » Wed Jul 16, 2003 6:42 am

ok, i'll give hem a shot
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Postby madmallard » Wed Jul 16, 2003 6:50 pm

depends on what you think is jazz. Is jazz something that is played on the radio station in business in banks?

Is jazz the easy listening station?

Is jazz played in smokey bars in low light?

Most of the seatbelts work IS NOT traditional jazz, but has jazz heavy influences. Bad dog no biscuit is decidedly Ska, black lion is tribal, etc. . .

it just depends on your tastes tho. . .for newer jazz, try David Benoit or Norah Jones. For older jazz, try Louis Armstron or Erroll Garner, cab calloway (jazz blues).

I say screw it and listen to what you like.
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Postby Arctyc » Wed Jul 16, 2003 8:15 pm

The Seat Belts work could probably be squeezed into the 'contemporary jazz' category with a little shoe-horning, with maybe a song or two bumping over into 'scratch jazz' or 'eccentric'.

Man, I'm getting rusty though, I'm having a hard time thinking of too many examples. Search back for that 'best guitarists' thread, lots of great stuff in there.

Also a good idea is to hit up some of the jazz magazines websites, they often run bios and polls of groups and instruments.
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Postby Otohiko » Wed Jul 16, 2003 8:24 pm

From up my alley of music obscurity...

While this is drum-oriented rather than guitar (though does feature good guitar) - you can try some real acoustic jazz from Bill Bruford's Earthworks and some more electric stuff from Bruford-Levin: Upper Extremities (BLUE)
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Postby Propyro » Wed Jul 16, 2003 8:36 pm

ok ... when i have time i'll give it a go ... man that sounds wrong
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