I'm looking for good J*** quartet or Quintet records.

Stoik - let me know your current jazz tastes and email me on expatinoz-naim@yahoo.co.uk and I will see what I can do for you.

Adrian

There is such alot Jazz around.
Mind if I join in?

If OK e-mail me on geoff_phillipps at hotmail.com.

regards
Geoff

Jazz can mean lots of things to lots of people, but here are a few that I enjoy.
1 dr.john,cd's titled anutha zone,afterglow, & creole moon.
2 the gene harris quartet. cd titled its the real soul
3 esbjorn svensson trio. cd titled winter in venice
4 Bill evans (there is more than one bill evans in jazz) cd titled alone.
5 Jason rebello cd titled make it real.
As I said, there is a lot of difference between say herbie hancock, charlie parker,david sanborn & the yellowjackets, but you'll find them all filed under jazz.
all the best, matt.

My kind of Jazz is the kind found on records classics like Jazz At The Pawnshop. I don't like too much Jazz singers, i'm more a sax, trumpet, piano, bass, drum, guitar (electric or accoustic) and cello lover. I do like classic Jazz, modern or progressive one. Tinted with Blues, why not!

Thanks for your suggestions manicatel, those are now in my shopping list. Geoff and Expat in Oz, why not sharing this with other interested people in here?

Bye.

Stoik,

You live in the city which has, arguably, the best jazz festival in the world. I would suggest you attend as many performances as you can afford to this year and find what you like there.

Hehe, i didn't want to pump my head too much by telling that my city got one of the best Jazz festival in the world, but if you do first...

Bye.

Stoik,
If you don't mind going modern -- and by this I don't mean dissonant -- then you might like Avishai Choen's new album "At Home." He plays with his working trio and then is backed up by what he calls his ensemble -- confusing, but 6 of the 11 tracks are either quartet or quintet numbers featuring sax and flueglehorn or both, plus the standard rythm section. He also has a flutist, and while generally I don't like jazz flute, this woman's playing is different. The remaining 5 trio pieces are good in their own right and well worth the listening.

Also, there's John Zorn's Masada "Live at Middleheim" which has more Sax and Trumpet than some could probably bear. This is a great album with tracks alternating between wild, free-form dissonance and then more composed, melodic numbers with great groove.

cheers,
daniel

Two recent albums that I would recommend most highly are 'Heavy Juice' by Scott Hamilton and Harry Allen (Concord Jazz) and 'The Last Time I Saw You' by the Stan Tracey Trio with Peter King (Trio Records - available through Amazon Marketplace).

In an older vein there is my favourite jazz album - Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section - a brilliant album from 1957.

Nigel

Stoik,

Some good jazz to keep you going - some of these are trios and well worth listening to.I love all the european stuff - just leading the way in my eyes these days.

Paolo Fresu - Kosmopolites

Paolo Fresu - Melos - quintet - great Italian jazz

Baseline - Why Really (on Challenge records) Fabulous trio with hein Van dEr Geyn and John Abercrombie

Enrico Pieranunzi - Current Conditions - piano trio

Enrico Pieranunzi - Special Encounter -piano trio with Haden and Motian

Miles davis - Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel - 9 discs of heaven - all the 50's/60;s miles is fab

Dave douglas - Strange Liberation

Enrico Rava - easy living

Tomasz Stanko - Leosia

Tomasz Stanko - Soul of Things

Tomasz Stanko - Suspended Nights

Kenny Wheeler - What Now

Kenny Wheeler - Widow in the Window

Peter Erskine - Time Being

Jan garbarek - Rites - north european jazz

Jan Garbarek - I took up the Runes

Jan garbarek - Visible World

Jan garbarek - in praise of dreams

keith jarrett - my song

keith jarrett - belonging

keith jarrett - personal mountains

keith jarrett - still live - standards trio

keith jarrett - whisper not - standards trio

pat metheny group - travels

eberhard weber - colours of chloe

eberhard weber - yellow fields

charles lloyd - voice in the night

charles lloyd - hyperion with higgins

oregon - northwest passage

tord gustavsen trio - the ground

enrico rava - full of life

peter erskine - sweet soul

lots more where these all came from

adrian

Come on Stefan/Huwge - where is your list?

Not sure if still available, but Milcho Leviev "Blues for the Fisherman" is excellent - at Ronnie Scott's IIRC and Art Pepper on sax.

I would add Oscar Peterson - some great discs with Ray Brown and Herb Ellis.

Duke Ellington - "This ones's for Blanton" doesn't really qualify, but "Money Jungle" is enormous.

Miles Davis - the Coltrane years through the Jack Johnson sessions. These remastered box sets are just "must have" in any jazz colection - the evolution of a genius.

Thelonius Monk - you can't go wrong with any of the Riverside recordings. Personal favourites are "Monk's Music," "Brilliant Corners" and "Live at the Blackhawk."

Although the recording quality can sometimes be dire - the Hot 5s and 7s from Louis Armstrong are also rather good.

i also have a soft spot for Milt Jackson's recordings on Pablo, in particular "Memories of Thelonius Sphere Monk (live at Ronnie Scott's, 1982).

A post like this is an easy way to lose your disposable income

Happy hunting
Huw

Check out anything by

Ben Webster
Dexter Gordon
Coleman Hawkins
Art Blakey
Clark Terry
Charlie Mingus
Oscar Peterson
Julian Canonball Adderly
Gene harris
Jimmy Smith
Dave Sanborn
Johnny Hodges
Erroll Garner.

OH and
Must try Bird and Coltrane and anything by anybody from the "Marsalis" family
.....I better stop there before I get carried away.

regards
GEOFF

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Originally posted by Expat in Oz:
Come on Stefan/Huwge - where is your list?

Your list is pretty much complete, Adrian I'd just add

Joe Lovano with various Quartets
Charlie Haden Quartet
Dave Holland Quintet
Kenny Barron Quintet

cheers
Stefan

Thanks guys, and keep them coming! I have to admit that i've now enough titles for the next year to come and jazz the Naim steady!

Bye.

Joshua Redman - Spirit of the Moment - Live at the Village Vanguard.

A fantastic live disc with atmosphere and fun.

Highly recommended.

Don't forget Miles Davis's Prestige recordings, particularly Workin' with the Miles Davis Quintet and Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet.

For a different take on things, you might want to check out Jimmy Smith's Midnight Special, Soul Meeting by Ray Charles and Milt Jackson and -one of my all-time favorites- Charlie Mingus's Oh Yeah.

Oh, I second the recommendation of Money Jungle.

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Stoik, in addition to the great recommendations others have made, you might also take a listen to some of the many fine jazz albums right here on the Naim label.

Maybe someone else here can tell you more about them.

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Stoik

If you could persuade yourself to listen to a "double quartet" or a "quintet plus three", do try to hear Miles Davis's "In A Silent Way". Quite different to anything else he did: Miles meets New Age some 20 years before anyone ever played "new age" music?

G

Personally I don't think you can go wrong with anything by miles davis. Graham, I agree about 'In a Silent Way', it's one of the most beautiful records ever made. However, if you stick to his early sixties records you should be fairly safe. In particular, 'The Complete Concert' dating from '64 is a wonderful double album of a live performance.

The verve had a good series of records along the lines of ****** meets oscar peterson, the ben webster one is especially good.

You might like to check out the Modern Jazz Quartet (MJQ), and 'Dedicated to Connie' is an excellent double album.

I know you said quartets and quintets but don't rule out the piano trio: I firmly believe you cannot go wrong with anything recorded by Bill Evans. In particular the 'Sunday at the Village Vanguard' and 'Waltz for Debbie' are outstanding, as are both 'paris concert' volumes (though not quite in the same league).


regards,

Tam

Now i'm feeling like in front of an all-you-can-eat chinese buffet with an empty plate in one hand and don't know what to choose first! LOL

But don't worry for me, i'll find my way. And thanks again for sharing your musical experience, it's greatly appreciated.

Bye.

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Originally posted by Stoik:
Now i'm feeling like in front of an all-you-can-eat chinese buffet with an empty plate in one hand and don't know what to choose first! LOL

But don't worry for me, i'll find my way. And thanks again for sharing your musical experience, it's greatly appreciated.

Bye.

Stoik - could you please let us know which CD's you buy and what you think of them.

Thanks

and you just must add to your list "Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges" Back to Back, and Side by Side. Mingus Ah-Um, Shelly Manne and his men live at the blackhawk

The Bad Plus (although a trio) are well worht the price of admission

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"Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges" Back to Back

I have this on Vinyl. It is a great recording. Clark Terry is also excellent on it.

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Originally posted by Expat in Oz:
Stoik - could you please let us know which CD's you buy and what you think of them.

Thanks

No problem, i surely doodeleedoo when i'll do. I have 3 Forcione's on their way, and i'm still rediscovering my little collection of pop music with my new speakers. The Montreal Jazz festival is held here from June 30th to July 10th, and i think this will be the perfect time for a little jazz shopping with the help i had from you guys!

I'll return here for my comments, i promise.

Bye.

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Originally posted by Tam:
You might like to check out the Modern Jazz Quartet (MJQ), and 'Dedicated to Connie' is an excellent double album.

I have got mid 50's mono vinyl of both "Pyramid" and "Skating in Cental Park" by MJQ and cannot recommend them highly enough. Great classic jazz albums.

Jono