I’m loving the beautifullest song thread. I hope we can get a collection of great jazz songs here. I’ll start with Birdland, which is probably too famous for its own good, but certainly one of the all-time bestestes of all time. [Edit: I’m building a playlist with the songs from this thread. I do…

Damn, he’s good. So we’re doing relatively unknown jazz drummers? Here’s my pick. [SPAIN - Chick Corea (Jesús Molina & Sarah Thawer)]

Was just listening to this today https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9w8Py9pcpY

Sometimes I love those guys and other times I can’t stand them. You heard Billy Cobham’s “Spectrum”? Tony William’s Lifetime? Soft Machine’s jazzier stuff? The Ginger Baker Trio? I can listen to all of those albums more consistently. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H4gfJaYqZY https://www.you…

[image] TimesThree: Sometimes I love those guys and other times I can’t stand them. You heard Billy Cobham’s “Spectrum”? I really, really love Red Baron from that album. And I think all fusion has that effect (of loving sometimes and hating at other times). The problem now is that nobody buys…

[image] marasan: The problem now is that nobody buys CDs and albums anymore so you don’t get to fall in love with a tune months and months after the initial purchase. Agreed. Also, most people just don’t have the attention span required for jazz. I got into a lot of jazz back when I was buy…

No to all! I’m not a huge jazz guy but I like a few things and listen occasionally. Will check these out, thank!

Great weekly jazz show out of UK. Podcasts here. Good for a listen anytime. [image] BBC Radio 2 - The Jazz Show with Jamie Cullum - Available now Available episodes of The Jazz Show with Jamie Cullum

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXZm7fXuEqA&ab_channel=MusicVoice Very nice! Would fit perfectly in a movie.

I contrasted this with Billie Holiday for my son, trying to make the point that “art” can take many forms. Then I found myself just blown away at exactly what I was trying to make a case against. Oh well. [Sarah Vaughan - Fly Me to the Moon]