Best Jazz

Someone wanted some Coltrane?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOJj4YXWPLI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rd8wwlhe6Dw

I hope I am as interested in the diversity of music as most others. Sadly ,I enjoy a hint of a melody . Most melodies in Jazz seem to be a little ,er, absent to me and i can only hear a cacophony of “noise”.
This comedy sketch is close to portraying my thoughts. I can listen to almost anything but Jazz., reminds me of modern Art portraying a pile of bricks, as “innovative” .
There …i said it :yum:
Enjoy the clip for fun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TebUMhJAKSM

Now c’mon. You obviously haven’t even given jazz a chance. Over a hundred years of music and it’s reduced down to this sentence/sentiment?

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This is the one that usually converts nonbelievers to jazz. Hopefully it’ll work in @shiadoa’s case.

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That is , indeed, wonderful. However it is still a recognizable melody. Its strange , I can play Jazz but later stuff is more difficult to play for me. This , I hope I could play with no isssue.

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If I played an instrument well, I think I would be into jazz even more (especially the cacophonous stuff). The good improvisers were geniuses in my opinion (Charlie Parker has been rumored to work on a bit of calculus in his spare time), and I would imagine musicians can hear even more than I hear.

I do enjoy “jazzing up” the odd tune to make it more interesting but im reduced to electronic keyboards here. I have sent a festive pic of my keyboard and xmas tree :grin:
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To me, it’s a tragedy that there weren’t better recordings made of Parker’s music. A true musical genius if there ever was one.

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I’m digging the KTV lounge decor. :sunglasses:

Ha ha , Its difficult to find furniture in Taichung, not in this style . I know I know :face_with_raised_eyebrow:

Jazz with a melody woohoo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhWV3w4zlfI

I am on a roll. Excellent piano woohoo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qAg9p8QpG8

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The jazz didn’t kick in until around the solo at 1:45. Nice tune, but I would prefer something more along these lines:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH3GSrCmzC8

I highly recommend getting a glass of scotch or two in you first for the full effect. Your KTV living room would be perfect for the setting!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0KOzrMUt10

Nice. Can’t access the embedded video. No big deal. Here’s another classic/standard done by a fusion jazz musician.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXS4qSZS6zE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZKetCg9wPs

Kamasi Washington- Leroy and Lanisha

Some other good ones:

Madlib- Shades Of Blue (an artists rendition of the Blue Note Suite)
Yesterday’s New Quintet- Uno Esta
Mulatu Astatke- Chifara, I Faram Gami I Faram, Fikratchin, Mascaram

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zi-PqkNUo_Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhSBK8VaLss

Some wicked piano playing from Kenny Barron on this record

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