Anyone recommend some cool smooth j***?

Coolest, smoothest place to start...


Miles Davis : Kind of Blue


John Coltrane : Blue Train

and his masterpiece



Dave Brubeck : Time Out


Jacques Loussier : Plays Bach (various editions)

All or most of these are available both on CD and vinyl.

Nice...

James

Also 'Ballads' by John Coltrane.

Rippingtons ,Lee Ritenour, Fourplay and Larry Carlton. My son calls it elevator music, but with some of his musical tastes what does he know?

John Coltrane- Blue Train
Freddie Hubbard- Hub-Tones
Staneley Turrentine-Hustlin
Cannonball Adderly-Something Else
Horace Silver-Song for my Father
Lee Morgan- The Sidewinder
Larry Young- Unity
Art Blakey- Moanin'
Stan Getz and Oscar Peterson- The Silver Collection
Oscar Peterson- Night Train

These are some of the discs I have in a very small collection of jazz. One day I will maybe buy more. I tend to like a lot of the Blue Note jazz.

If you listen to the Horace Silver dsic track 1. Yep it is the Rikki Don't Lose That Number- Steely Dan riff.

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Originally posted by JWM:
Coolest, smoothest place to start...


Miles Davis : Kind of Blue


John Coltrane : Blue Train

and his masterpiece



Dave Brubeck : Time Out


Jacques Loussier : Plays Bach (various editions)

All or most of these are available both on CD and vinyl.

Nice...

James

But to trump them all



Modern Jazz Quartet : Pyramid

I bought the original mono press vinyl in a charity shop today, gave it a clean on the Knosti (even the Knosti), and we gave this a spin this evening.

WOW!!! Flippin' 'Eck!! This lump of plastic is nearly 1/2 century old, and mono, and sounds absolutely phenomenol! Much better than some allegedly audiophile pressings of today. The sense of 'space' and dynamic interplay between the musicians on this mono pressing is incredible.

The coolest and smoothest track? 'Django'. That vibraphone is just pant-wettingly good.

James

For something different, try 'The Ground' by Tord Gustavsen - great piano trio music, very modern. Definitely not elevator music, and cool rather than smooth.

Nigel

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Originally posted by hungryhalibut:
For something different, try 'The Ground' by Tord Gustavsen - great piano trio music, very modern. Definitely not elevator music, and cool rather than smooth.

Nigel

I think TG trio would fit the bill perfectly. Any of their albums in fact. Not sure about Blue Train as it does lean rather heavily on the hard-bop idiom to get it's message across (if it has one....).

not what I'd classify as smooth ( actually a form of jazz I personally dislike - I too always think of elevator type noodling) but it's certainly a cool listen.

Another late night favourite of mine - some lovely ballards on here.

Another great selection -reeeaaal mellow

Ben Webster - Soulville




This is so smoooooooth and laidback he's practically lying down. Try anything by Ben he's great and I would probably think anything by Chet Baker, Art Pepper or Gerry Mulligan would be good calls as well.



Dean..listening to The Baker/Pepper Sextet - A Picture Of Heath.

This is all good stuff, most of which I have.

What I need though is something that drives cool and delivers smooth at the same time.

Greg Osby - The Invisible Hand

Bought last week. With samples available at Amazon.

Nigel

It's the best from two concerts, i believe. But very nice. Get it.

A friend has recommended some Abdullah Ibrahim. Any comments?

Ahmad Jamal may be worth investigating.
If you want some slightly more modern "wine bar type" saxophone jazz, then take a listen to
David Sanborns albums "Time Again" & "Closer".
Its a different type of thing to some of the previous recommendations, but still sounds smooth & cool to me.
Happy new year,
Matt.

Dave,

Ref Abdulla Ibrahim (AKA Dollar Brand)

Echoes From Africa (If you can find it)
Voice of Africa
A Celebration
African Sun
and Water From An Ancient Well are all excellent, but not exactly what I would call "cool smooth jazz". You may find what you want from any number of Stan Getz or perhaps even Grover Washington albums, it depends on how you define cool and smooth.

Regards

Nic

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Originally posted by Dave996:
A friend has recommended some Abdullah Ibrahim. Any comments?

Tord Gustavsen Trio: http://youtube.com/watch?v=HxuiWYPp6bw

More info and music samples here: http://www.tordg.no/trio/

I have managed to get a copy of Cape Town Songs by Abdulla Ibrahim and really enjoyed it. I will check out some of your other recommendations.

Thanks for the help and I welcome any further suggestions.

Try Art Pepper's 'Winter Moon'. Pepper with strings.

Nigel

All of the above and anything by Bill Evans.

Anouar Brahem, Le pas du chat noir

Claude

David Newton: "Eye Witness" and "Victim of Circumstance"
Martin Taylor "Change of Heart"
Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio
Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd "Jazz Samba"
Art Pepper meets the Rhythm Section

Simon

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Anouar Brahem, Le pas du chat noir

Very cool! I got a copy of this last week and really like it. 'Thimar' is very good too.

Nigel