OT: Music Thread

Post #1461 » by **ReasonablySober** » Sat Mar 18, 2023 10:42 pm

Touchpass wrote:
chonestown wrote:
ReasonablySober wrote:Anyone have a starter's guide for both jazz and classical? Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata is getting reps on my Spotify Like's playlist, and I just watched Whiplash for the 10th time.

Middle of the road jazz to get you going
Coleman Hawkins - Encounters Ben Webster
Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil
Art Blakey - Mosaic
Lee Morgan - Search for the New Land
Thelonious Monk - Live at Carnegie Hall with John Coltrane
Stan Getz - With Guest Artist Laurindo Almeida
Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Rip, Rig and Panic
Joe Henderson - Mode for Joe
Wes Montgomery - Smokin' at the Half Note
Oliver Nelson - Blues and the Abstract Truth

I think this all falls between 1955-1965 and is the most "jazz" of what neophytes would consider "jazz."

Can't help you out on classical.

Couple more if you need

Ramsey Lewis Trio - The in Crowd - Fun live set
Jimmy Smith - Back at the Chicken Shack - My favorite organ album
Pat Metheny - Bright Size Life

The more the better. Thank you!

Touchpass · Post #1462 » by **Touchpass** » Sat Mar 18, 2023 11:01 pm

Any Tortoise fans here? Had a friend take me to one of their shows about 20 years ago without hearing of them ahead of time. Been one of my favorites since.

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chonestown · Post #1463 » by **chonestown** » Sun Mar 19, 2023 12:56 am

Touchpass wrote:Any Tortoise fans here? Had a friend take me to one of their shows about 20 years ago without hearing of them ahead of time. Been one of my favorites since.

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Oh yeah, Tortoise is awesome. Members are great apart from the group as well. Jeff Parker's been on a terrifc run in the jazz world over the past decade. Good as place as any to post this.

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Badgerlander · Post #1464 » by **Badgerlander** » Sun Mar 19, 2023 12:51 pm

ReasonablySober wrote:Anyone have a starter's guide for both jazz and classical? Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata is getting reps on my Spotify Like's playlist, and I just watched Whiplash for the 10th time.

Always been a fan of Bach’s cello suites

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And of course the greatest sports themed movie theme ever

https://open.spotify.com/track/2EPyEPlEs59dQipisa47pz?si=cBzaCe6kQlGg5d6l1ve9tg

And more bach

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Post #1465 » by **ReasonablySober** » Sun Mar 19, 2023 12:56 pm

Y'all rule. Thanks for the killer playlist.

Badgerlander · Post #1466 » by **Badgerlander** » Sun Mar 19, 2023 1:05 pm

Paganini is also excellent

https://open.spotify.com/track/79HVlgV4Tulj4kSa1MDSfM?si=v7fEW23DSjqX8EVIu0sQNA

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LISTEN2JAZZ · Post #1467 » by **LISTEN2JAZZ** » Sun Mar 19, 2023 2:51 pm

ReasonablySober wrote:Anyone have a starter's guide for both jazz and classical? Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata is getting reps on my Spotify Like's playlist, and I just watched Whiplash for the 10th time.

For jazz the stereotypical "first record you need to buy" is Miles Davis, Kind of Blue. The thing that makes it so special is A: how well it was recorded for a 1959 record, and B: the degree to which each horn player is able to express their individuality. Miles is cool and terse. Coltrane brings the fire. Cannonball plays bluesy and soulful.

We lost one of the all-time best jazz musicians this month, Wayne Shorter. I can't reply to a jazz post without pointing out that his last band reached the absolute pinnacle of music. The albums I'm talking about are Without a Net, Emanon, Footprints Live. This music is abstract and harder to approach as a newbie, like diving straight into a 20+ year single malt as your first sip, but it's worth a try and then maybe coming back to later.

For classical, the centerpieces of the orchestral canon are the Beethoven and Mahler symphonies. The hard thing about getting into classical is that because the music is out of copyright, everyone and their mother can record it for free, and the market is flooded with mediocre recordings. The recording of Beethoven Symphonies 5 & 7 by the Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Carlos Kleiber are amazing though.

The best 20th century pieces (IMO of course) are Stravinsky's Rite of Spring (look for it under the French title Le Sacre du Printemps, Cleveland Orchestra conducted by Pierre Boulez), Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra (Chicago Symphony conducted by Fritz Reiner), and Messiaen's Turrangalila.

Hope that helps.

Post #1468 » by **ReasonablySober** » Sun Mar 19, 2023 2:57 pm

LISTEN2JAZZ wrote:
ReasonablySober wrote:Anyone have a starter's guide for both jazz and classical? Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata is getting reps on my Spotify Like's playlist, and I just watched Whiplash for the 10th time.

For jazz the stereotypical "first record you need to buy" is Miles Davis, Kind of Blue. The thing that makes it so special is A: how well it was recorded for a 1959 record, and B: the degree to which each horn player is able to express their individuality. Miles is cool and terse. Coltrane brings the fire. Cannonball plays bluesy and soulful.

We lost one of the all-time best jazz musicians this month, Wayne Shorter. I can't reply to a jazz post without pointing out that his last band reached the absolute pinnacle of music. The albums I'm talking about are Without a Net, Emanon, Footprints Live. This music is abstract and harder to approach as a newbie, like diving straight into a 20+ year single malt as your first sip, but it's worth a try and then maybe coming back to later.

For classical, the centerpieces of the orchestral canon are the Beethoven and Mahler symphonies. The hard thing about getting into classical is that because the music is out of copyright, everyone and their mother can record it for free, and the market is flooded with mediocre recordings. The recording of Beethoven Symphonies 5 & 7 by the Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Carlos Kleiber are amazing though.

The best 20th century pieces (IMO of course) are Stravinsky's Rite of Spring (look for it under the French title Le Sacre du Printemps, Cleveland Orchestra conducted by Pierre Boulez), Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra (Chicago Symphony conducted by Fritz Reiner), and Messiaen's Turrangalila.

Hope that helps.

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vital_signs · Post #1469 » by **vital_signs** » Sun Mar 19, 2023 3:41 pm

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emunney · Post #1470 » by **emunney** » Tue Mar 21, 2023 2:18 pm

Yooooooooooooooooo

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Get ready to be in 100 movie trailers

Badgerlander · Post #1471 » by **Badgerlander** » Fri Mar 24, 2023 12:18 pm

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If you’re into guitar gods instrumentals get you some Oluwatosin Abasi (Javier Reyes is a killer bassist too)

Badgerlander · Post #1472 » by **Badgerlander** » Fri Mar 24, 2023 12:21 pm

ReasonablySober wrote:Y'all rule. Thanks for the killer playlist.

Also if you like Yo Yo Ma check this out too

https://open.spotify.com/track/4jDp5q8rUV0CRc0y9AIqbm?si=gAg-gl4aSt--smQOjHkfKg

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CharityStripe34 · Post #1473 » by **CharityStripe34** » Fri Mar 24, 2023 1:45 pm

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Huge fan of The Doors, and this is one of their finest songs that--for whatever reason--was not included on the Soft Parade LP. Nice blend of bluesy and jazzy riffs. Great storytelling lyrics by Morrison. They played this live in late 68-early 69, including at the LA Forum and MSG (both shows have bootlegs) and the crowd seemingly gave it a lukewarm reception, which may have prompted them to keep it off the LP.