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Turnabout Jazz Soul
https://youtu.be/nCOuGrLtsoU

DOMi & JD Beck - NOT TiGHT

These two young prodigies are something else... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANPbOxaRIO0

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Just listen to Giant Steps 5 times.

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DOMi & JD Beck - NOT TiGHT

These two young prodigies are something else... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANPbOxaRIO0

BowflexPeloton posted...

DOMi & JD Beck - NOT TiGHT

These two young prodigies are something else... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANPbOxaRIO0

i saw them with thunder cat on adult swim it was rad i will listen to this

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yes

wanderingshade posted...

Just listen to Giant Steps 5 times.

yes

Time Out is all you need

noisetank posted...

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This as well as, 'Round About Midnight.

Johnny Hates Jazz

oh wait nvm

https://youtu.be/YHesqaMhh34

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touchdown_(Bob_James_album%29

One of my favorite saxophone artists is Boney James. His album Futuresoul (2015) is great, especially the title track

https://youtu.be/16PKev5OAG0

Going into Acid Jazz, I really enjoy Incognito and their album 'Beneath the Surface' (1996). Here's my favorite from the album, Shade of Blue

https://youtu.be/T8RCoSgLcv8

And then, going in a completely different direction, I love a band called Kyle Athayde Dance Party. Their self titled Album, Kyle Athayde Dance Party (2017) is all big band jazz covers of video game and anime music. My favorite is the Title Theme from Mario Kart 64. The sax solo is great

https://youtu.be/EJG4FMSSprw

Freddie Hubbard - First Light
Miles Davis - Filles De Kilimanjaro
Charles Mingus - Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
The Individualism of Gil Evans
Art Blakey - Free For All

nice

Thundercat

In A Silent Way
Kind of Blue
Live-Evil
Workin' with the Miles Davis Quintet
Take Ten

Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um
Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters
Miles Davis - Jack Johnson
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
Art Blakey - Moanin'

John Coltrane - Giant Steps
https://youtu.be/xy_fxxj1mMY

i dont have enough room on my ipod nanno for all of these

You might have to buy another one.

Art Blakey Quintet featuring Clifford Brown - A Night at Birdland, Volume 1
Notable for many things; among them being that it is one of the earliest recorded concerts, as well as one of the first recordings that can definitively be called "Hard Bop". the playing is excellent all around. I particularly like the version of "Split Kick" (a contrafact of "There Will Never Be Another You") and "Wee Dot" (a blues).

Sinatra at the Sands
the single best recording of Frank Sinatra, bar none. recorded with the Count Basie Orchestra, many of his best-known recordings are from this album. it's also notably referenced in one shot in Blazing Saddles. there's another album recorded by the Basie Band called Live at the Sands (Before Frank)
which is also great.

V.S.O.P - The Quintet
Miles Davis' second quintet, but with Freddie Hubbard on trumpet instead of Miles Davis. it was essentially a live band. only recorded one studio album, but like 4 live albums. all of it is great. some excellent post-bop stuff.

Wynton Marsalis - Live at the Village Vanguard
this one is a doozy. the amount of music on here is staggering. it was recorded during Wynton Marsalis' septet's stint at the Village Vanguard in the early 90s. there are 7 discs, each featuring recordings from a different day of the week. amazing continuity despite frequently being completely different bands from track to track. mix of standards and originals.

Hiromi and Edmar Castaneda - Live in Montreal
This one was recorded at the Montreal Jazz Festival in 2017. I bring this up because I was there. Castaneda spent several minutes tuning his harp in between each tune, specifically because they were recording. Two virtuoso instrumentalists interacting at a very high level. my memory is a little fuzzy, but I recall a standing ovation about halfway through the set, then two more at the end, each followed by an encore. it was one of the best concerts I've ever attended

Grover Washington Jr's Mister Magic is a must.

Jaco Pastorious and Thelonius Monk are two artists with some damn great albums.

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Cowboy Bepop OST. Especially the "Space Lion" track. Thank me later.

DJ Okawari - Kaleidoscope
Funky DL - February (Nujabes tribute)
Kait Dunton - trioKAIT

Duke Ellington - Caravan

StormSignal posted...

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Fucking Hell Ya!!

Snoopy Music is other level good.
I don't know how Charles Shultz got that done, but he did.
Absolutely tremendous soundtracks.

Also, the two songs from The Royal Guardsmen are great.

Kamasi Washington - The Epic:

https://open.spotify.com/album/2j2q2ySuVk43eHB8wI5XQj?si=PudCBHDTT3GuJwA9YePymw&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A2j2q2ySuVk43eHB8wI5XQj

it may be over 3 hours long but trust me, its well worth it!

Arcanine2009 posted...

Cowboy Bepop OST. Especially the "Space Lion" track. Thank me later.

This, and I think the other is "Blue", melt my soul into a delicious puddle.

Alice Coltrane - Journey in Satchidananda

Completely forgot about anime soundtracks, but the one for 'Baccano!' is great too. The opening song especially

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_F5459jCtuM

And 'Kids on the Slope' is another anime with a great Jazz soundtrack

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BNRENSEV0g

My top five favorite jazz albums are:

Freddie Hubbard & Kirk Lightsey - Temptation
Charles Mingus - Three or Four Shades of Blue
Brad Mehldau - Art of the Trio Vol 2
Pat Metheny - From This Place
Bill Evans - Interplay

jazz rules

the latest issue of Downbeat is good. great final interview with Wayne Shorter. Eric Reed comes out as bisexual. Dave Liebman does the blindfold test.