Any good jazz instrumentals?
Posted by adminOct 10
I’m just starting to get into jazz and I want to know is their any good jazz bands that do instrumentals? it doesn’t have to be completely instrumental but I wanna just hear the sounds of the instruments. And can you name a good amount of those jazz bands? it will be appreciated.
4 comments
Comment by joe.attaboy on October 10, 2010 at 10:26 am
Son, 95% of all jazz music is instrumental.
Start with:
Louis Armstrong and King Oliver.
Listen to the big bands of Duke Ellington and Count Basie.
From there, find these guys:
Charlie Parker
Thelonious Monk
Miles Davis
Bill Evans (the piano player)
John Coltrane
Cannonball Adderly
Bud Powell
Dizzy Gillespie
Sonny Rollins
Dexter Gordon
Eric Dolphy
Ornette Coleman
Oscar Peterson
Wynton Marsalis
Herbie Hancock
Freddie Hubbard
Pat Martino
That’s a good start…
Find some books on Jazz in the library. Ralph J. Gleason, Leonard Feather and Ira Gitler have written great books on the history of jazz. I strongly recommend them.
Comment by John on October 10, 2010 at 10:26 am
Louis armstrong is good. Miles Davis is also good. John Coltrane, Chick Corea, Stephane Grapelli, Jaco Pastorius, Jean-Luc-Ponty, Najee, Bela Fleck, JJ Johnson, Herb Ellis, Joe Pass, Paul Chambers, Ray Brown, Charlie Parker, Oscar Peterson,Joe Locke, Thelonius Monk, Django Reinhardt, Weather Report, Maynard Ferguson, Freddie Hubbard are all good, just to name a few.
This group reflects a pretty good diversification of instruments, as well. I recommend starting with the CD "Kind of Blue" by Miles Davis
Comment by Into The Wild on October 10, 2010 at 10:26 am
String Cheese Incident (they do some jazz songs, although they’re mostly a jam band)
Dave Brubeck (Take Five is his most popular)
Sonny Rollins
Comment by steelsink747 on October 10, 2010 at 10:26 am
More recent bands:
Spyro Gyra
Freeflight
Stanley Clarke
Vince Guaraldi
David Benoit
Earl Klugh
George Benson