Any jazz lovers here ? I recently found out that I enjoy it. However, I am totally ignorant about it. Given the following appreciation (5 being what I enjoy the most), please guide me to some good stuff :
I’m a big fan of Miles Davis Kind of Blue and Dave Brubeck Time Out–fairly accessible and all time classics. Also, if you are looking for more variety, the Ken Burns Jazz CD series gives a good flavor of many different eras and styles.
Jazz is very different depending on what time period you start in. Every person looking to get into Jazz could benefit from a Louis Armstrong greatest hits cd. This covers many of the “jazz standards” which are common songs played by just about every famous jazz musician. Most famous jazz musicians weren’t usually composers (Duke Ellington being the exception). The Ken Burns documentary is very useful. It will give you a pretty good appreciation for jazz up until about Miles Davis but it really falls flat after that. It really mostly focuses on Armstrong and Ellington.