I have discovered the secret to good jazz

[Pierre.Suave]

For it to be any good there has to be some sass and attitude in the way the instruments are played, and the words are sang. Without it, it seems as if the song is lifeless and boring.

Prove me wrong. I dare you.

[Pierre.Suave]

1. Doesnt anyone want to know it?

[Old and In the Way]

2. Check out Velma Middketon doing "Blue Skies"

with Louis Armstrong. An average person with a great voice....

[Pierre.Suave]

3. But does she sing with a bit of sass

and attitude?

[Starbucks Anarchist]

4. Lots of sass and attitude on this:

I was just listening to it, though I know there's some anti-free jazz types here.

[Pierre.Suave]

5. I will listen to it

Thanks for the rec.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

6. Although if you're new to free/avant-garde jazz, you should start with something else.

Ornette Coleman's "The Shape of Jazz to Come" or Eric Dolphy's "Out to Lunch" are great.

[Pierre.Suave]

9. I have to admit I do like the older stiuff

and not much of the new stuff.

[MonkeyFunk]

7. Yup! The Birth of the Sass

[Pierre.Suave]

8. HEY!

I am not so drunk that I don't remember that it was called, the Birth of the Cool...

Although I think everything newer than Charlie Parker and Miles Davis pretty much sucked.