Jazz

Having read the intro on jazz, i need some help. Can you guys guide me in the direcion of fast upbeat jazz?

 

charles mingus- mingus ah um could be a good start, v.fast in places, one of my favorites. reading his autobiography at the moment wihich is a great insight into his sometimes manic personality.

 

Anything by Mingus rocks. Blues and Roots is another good one.

Any bebop would be a good place to start. Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie (in the 40s and 50s). Coltrane's Giant Steps. Just about any Blue Note and Riverside 1950s releases. If you get the bug there's thousands of records out there to feed the addiction.

-- Ian

 

There's not just bebop!
Check out Miles Davis early 70s stuff - Bitches Brew and Agharta for serious jazz/rock fusion.
And Herbie Hancock - Thrust and others around that period for properly funky jazz.
Then if you want something modern look into Bill Laswell stuff, like Hallucination Engine, or his Praxis project with Bootsy Collins...
Or for modern jazz-funk that's heavy on the funk and very light on the smooth, check out the Nils Landgren Funk Unit..
Or anything by Defunkt if you want vocals, and if you want off-the-wall try James chance (or White, same bloke) and the Contortions..
Or Arto Lindsay for strange guitar, Jonas Hellborg and Jamaaladeen Tacuma for serious bass-playing, or James Carter for ultimate sax heroics...
Then there's Weather Report, Mahavishnu Orchestra, James Blood Ulmer...
Seek and ye shall find!

 

just as a bit of research, does any one know any good jazz mp3 sites and would they use one if they did?

ps. i have a client that wants me to build them a site selling jazz and similar style mp3's

 

Avant-garde and free jazz mp3s here, a small selection but all good stuff:

http://www.epitonic.com/

Soulseek will find you just about anything you want.

-- Ian

 

Thanks guys thats agood few to try