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Well I must be finally getting old. At least taste wise
in music. I was listening a public radio Piano Jazz station
last friday night. I really enjoyed how Melodic the music
was and talent level.

There was a time when it was Heavy Metal or Hard Rock
or nothing for me.

jackal wrote:Well I must be finally getting old. At least taste wise
in music. I was listening a public radio Piano Jazz station
last friday night. I really enjoyed how Melodic the music
was and talent level.

There was a time when it was Heavy Metal or Hard Rock
or nothing for me.

every genre of music has something good to offer (even though most songs, albums or artists of every genre sucks big time). No point in limiting ourselves.

Those who have an open mind...have far better lives than those who don't.

That's what I think anyways.

I love Heavy Metal, Rap, Rock, Pop, Classical, Emo, Reggae, just about everything except Opera.

(sorry Opera...not yet.)

Like everything but rap, opera, and Christian music.

sack me...

you just lost a lot of points with that evolve thing... ghey!


I've always had an ear for a wide taste in music.

Classic rock to country to hip-hop to thunderous classical.

As long as its pleasing to my ear, then hells yeah.

I've never gotten into jazz. It's always seemed too "elitist" for me. I couldn't tell you a single drummer for a jazz band is, but I can tell you what drink John Bonham was drinking the night he died...


When I moved down here to Austin I quickly learned that the radio stations here are terrible. There are 2 classic rock stations that play the same crap over and over. And they're getting into a lot of 80s music. And I'll tell you one thing. I HATE 80's music. (sure, call me names but I cringe every time I hear the Police, U2 or Springstein on the radio) I want classic rock. So I turned to an oldies station. Was fine for about a week when I realized they were worse then the classic rock stations. I heard the exact same songs every day. Couldn't take it. So I'd tune into the Classical station on NPR every once in a while. Because I knew they would play things I've never heard before...



(btw, I'm going to be starting a "music review" blog on my myspace page. I have some friends who do movie reviews. But they're bigger film nuts then I am, if it's possible. But, and they've told me this, I know a lot more about music then they do. So, I'm going to go with what fits me I guess.)

Cool light jazz ... yeah man; I'm with ya.

I have not evolved much in music, because I have liked a lot of music for a long time. Heavy Metal, British Invasion, Light Jazz, Classical, and even some Country.

I still don't like Jerry Lee Lewis type piano slamming, brassy Jazz and Blues, overly twangy Country, and overdone Opera.

I do like a lot of classical music that supported operas and ballet though.

If you like piano jazz then you should check out two guys in particular...

Vince Guaraldi, who composed all the music for the Peanuts TV specials, which happen to be very amazing jazz pieces.

Dave Brubeck. Start with the album Take Five. Amazing stuff. Paul Desmond's saxophone is so smooth it's like a fine bourbon.

If you'd like to check out more jazz (I tend to stay away from the more modern stuff, especially the Lite Jazz you seem to hear everywhere now), you may want to start with All Blues by Miles Davis and John Coltrane's ballads. They are really easy to get into.

Vocally, you can never, ever go wrong with Ella Fitzgerald, who I consider to be the greatest vocalist that ever lived. She made everything sound so easy!

BGM

[quote][/qVince Guaraldi, who composed all the music for the Peanuts TV specials, which happen to be very amazing jazz pieces.

Dave Brubeck. Start with the album Take Five. Amazing stuff. Paul Desmond's saxophone is so smooth it's like a fine bourbon.

If you'd like to check out more jazz (I tend to stay away from the more modern stuff, especially the Lite Jazz you seem to hear everywhere now), you may want to start with All Blues by Miles Davis and John Coltrane's ballads. They are really easy to get into.

Vocally, you can never, ever go wrong with Ella Fitzgerald, who I consider to be the greatest vocalist that ever lived. She made everything sound so easy!
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thanks for suggestions I have heard of Ella Fitzgerald before.

BGM wrote:If you like piano jazz then you should check out two guys in particular...

Vince Guaraldi, who composed all the music for the Peanuts TV specials, which happen to be very amazing jazz pieces.

Yes, that's great stuff.

Dave Brubeck. Start with the album Take Five. Amazing stuff. Paul Desmond's saxophone is so smooth it's like a fine bourbon.

I'll check it out!

Stan Getz recorded some great jazz albums. His collaboration with Joao Gilberto (which yielded the famous song, "Girl From Ipanema") is superb. It's the perfect album to kick back to on a summer afternoon.

The latin jazz of Willie Bobo is great too. His "Talkin Verve" collection is great (and it features a a cool version of the Sonny henry song, "Evil Ways", also recorded by Santana).

Jim