Where should I start with jazz music?
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Where should I start with jazz music?
9 Albums to Help You ‘Get Into’ Jazz
- Time Out. Dave Brubeck Quartet, 1959.
- Kind of Blue. Miles Davis Sextet, 1959.
- Somethin’ Else. Julian ‘Cannonball’ Adderley, 1958.
- Ella & Louis. Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald, 1956.
- Portrait in Jazz. Bill Evans Trio, 1960.
- The Next Step.
- Perceptual.
- Duke Ellington and John Coltrane.
What bands were influenced by jazz?
Other rock artists such as Led Zeppelin, The Grateful Dead, The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, and The Allman Brothers Band have taken influences from jazz and jazz fusion and incorporated it into their own music.
How do you introduce someone to jazz?
Expose it! In my opinion the best way to introduce someone to jazz is to provide them with a musical setting that includes melodies that are familiar to them providing the basis for improvisation, and nothing too busy or up tempo to start with-sax ballads are great.
Who plays the best jazz music?
- Miles Davis, the trumpeter whose lyrical playing and ever-changing style made him a touchstone of 20th Century music, has been voted the greatest jazz artist of all time.
- The musician beat the likes of Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday – all of whom made the top 10.
What styles of music influenced jazz?
Jazz is a distinctively American style of music that developed in the early decades of the 20th century. Its roots include many Afro-American folk music traditions, such as spirituals, work songs, and blues. It also borrowed from 19th century band music and the ragtime style of piano playing.
What songs are influenced by jazz?
Songs influenced by jazz
- 13th Century Metal – Brittany Howard.
- A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got) – Fergie.
- All Night Parking – Adele.
- Amok – Atoms For Peace.
- Apricot Princess – Rex Orange County.
- Bang Bang – will.i.am.
- Bathed in Grey – King Krule.
- Birdland – Patti Smith.
How can I learn more about jazz?
10 important steps to learn jazz:
- Listen to recordings of the greats.
- Develop your instrumental technique.
- Transcribe solos.
- Learn jazz standards.
- Learn ‘vocabularly’ or licks.
- Learn scales and modes.
- Find a great teacher.
- Play with other students.