Favorite Jazz Era

[demnan]

Poll question: Favorite Jazz Era

Pick your favorite Jazz era I'll put in an "Other" so post if I've left your favorite out.

I'm not as knowledgable about Jazz so please post your favorite.

[King_Crimson]

1. I voted "Other"...

since the classification for "Smooth Jazz" wasn't listed. Several prominent rock musicians have ventured into this genre, including...Journey keyboardist Jonathon Cain who has 2 Smooth Jazz cd's...Springsteen keyboardist Danny Federici has one...and guitarist Rick Derringer has just released one!
And as I noted in a previous post, it's NOT elevator music!

[demnan]

2. I'm not sure whether I would call these a different

genre than later traditional Jazz, but I'll add the category if I can.

[King_Crimson]

6. Try...

http://www.Smoothjazz.com/ sometime if you've never heard it. EXCELLENT internet radio!

[bif]

7. It's what I cll Jazzak!

A combo of Jazz and Muzak

[bif]

3. And what's with the year 1957?

Seems like 9 times out of 10, when I hear some killer song, it was recorded in 1957. Can someone please explain this? Has anyone else noticed this trend?

[demnan]

5. Why, it's the year I was born

so it's special ;-)

[bif]

8. You must have had a positive influence on the music

without even knowing it!

[GOPisEvil]

4. I'm partial to the early Miles and Coltrane era...although...

...I'm a fan of Mingus and some of the newer free-form jazz out lately, too.

Kenny G must be smacked, repeatedly, please. Thank you.

[BurtWorm]

9. Everyone's a critic!

Where's be-bop?

[gottaB]

10. postbop

Because neither free jazz nor neotraditional covers all the bases


Other Suggestions, bebop --definitely it's own moment

Swing can be broken down, as "big band era" is slightly different. E.g., Django, Count Basie, Ladie Day, Benny Goodman, Lester Young--typically small ensemble, like three or four horns in the front line tops. And phenoms like Art Tatum. Even the Ellington band, which is like a history of its own, was typically not huge--he just orchestrated it to sound big, and that's something that continued with like Mingus, making six or seven pieces take up a lot of space.

"Third Wave," more of a genre blending, but also had its day

You could separate free jazz of the sixties from "alternative" jazz of Knitting Factory, Zorn and pals, etc.--but lot's of crossover, hmm.

It's tricky because you have genres emerging in a particular moment, being worked upon and reborn from time to time.

[gottaB]

11. left out modal jazz

eom

[mac56]

12. I agree with you, gottaB, about small group swing.

For want of a more accurate category, I voted for "big band". But most of my favorite music of the era was made by small groups (e.g. Goodman's groups).

[cprise]

13. I have several Pat Metheney albums

The 60's and 70's were both great times for jazz.

Oh... bought my first Return to Forever CD a few months ago. B-)

[King_Crimson]

15. Return to Forever...

have several excellent solo projects as well. That's the music that got me listening to smooth jazz. It was called fusion back in the mid-seventies. Pat Metheny has many good works available.

[Brucey]

14. I still listen to

Brubeck quite often, though fusion is interesting too.

[cprise]

21. Also, Tony Williams and Jean-Luc Ponty

...from that era. Wild stuff.

[ProfessorGAC]

16. Small Band Era, Post-Bop Especially

I'd rather listen to this era of jazz by a WIDE margin over any other. Some more modern stuff that is an extension of this concept is good for me too, but it's still post-bop that's been influenced by the passage of time and other music forms.

But, the whole mid 50's to early 60's is my cup of tea.
The Professor

[regularguy]

27. Me too. Post-Bop. Hard-Bop. Whatever you wanna call it.

Miles, Cannonball, Horace Silver,Herbie's early 60's stuff,Lee Morgan, Max/Clifford, Wayne Shorter, Joe Henderson, and on and on and on...

[noonwitch]

17. Miles, Coltraine and Parker. But I'm really loving Regina Carter's latest

She's a jazz violinist from Detroit. Her latest cd is called Pagannini...after a dream. She went to Italy to record a disc using the violin that he used, which is kept in a museum under lock and key. It's a Guanari del Gesu, one of the greatest violin makers ever. Some players prefer his violins to Stradivari's. The sound quality is amazing.

[gottaB]

23. I love Regina Carter

I think especially after fronting for Barron, and the duets. He really pushed her to a new level.

[markus]

18. Listening to Monk/Coltrane right now

It was painful, however, to vote against the alt free choice.

If I had to pick a favorite artist over all it would be Monk, very closely followed (however) by Pharoah Sanders.

And Zappa is is own categogy of music altogether.

[kwolf68]

19. Coltrane

with a Nod to someone you didn't mention...Metheny

[Japhy_Ryder]

20. Bossa Nova

Most notably Getz/Gilberto recordings. Love the latin infusions into jazz. great combination

[Bridget Burke]

22. Small Ensemble...

I've always felt guilty about not knowing more about jazz.

Was raised on Big Band, especially Glenn Miller (8th Air Force ancestry).

I did manage to catch Sun Ra (with his Arkestra) before he left the planet for the last time.

[zekeson]

24. Bill Evans (the piano Bill)

60's, Davis, Baker. Good.

[bif]

25. Bill=The God of the Piano

Amen.

[rbnyc]

26. Great Avant Jazz in Brooklyn tonight.

10pm at The Charleston in Williamsburg on Beford Ave. Between North 7th and North 8th.

World of Tommorow!