Recommend me some jazz.

[Squirtlejazz]

Thanks much.

[Pele]

I can only recommend to not listen to it.

[Daphnia]

Swing is better. :l

LOUIS LOUIS

[LINK2K9]

I guess staring off with stuff like John Coltrane and Herbie Hancock would be good. I'm not the biggest fan of jazz, but I give them plays every so often among other jazz artists/musicians.

Maybe some of Jeff Beck's jazz influenced work such as Blow By Blow?

[Houdini]

Miles Davis. Kind of Blue is his best.

[Snorkel]

I second Houdini's recommendation. Coltrane is good, expecially if you like a lot of sax, and if you're REALLY looking for some amazing saxophonery, get Sonny Rollins' album Saxophone Colossus. Other good jazz to listen to is all of Art Pepper's projects, Wes Montgomery (especially if you'd like to sample some good jazz with guitar), Charles Mingus (a classic), Raymond Scott Quintet, and of course the well-known guys like Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, etc.

If you'd like to get away from strictly jazz jazz and more into rock/blues, Allman Bros.' album At Filmore East is priceless.

That should be enough to get you started.

[Houdini]

Yeah, get some Mingus.

[Squirtlejazz]

Thanks errebody. I like to play jazz, but I don't have any albums and I really want to listen to some so I can improve a bit ya know?

[Snorkel]

Thanks errebody. I like to play jazz, but I don't have any albums and I really want to listen to some so I can improve a bit ya know?

Yup. That's the best way.

I feel like you can go one of two ways when learning jazz and its scales and things -- actually learn all the scales and things, and think technically about what you're doing while you play your instrument. Or, you can spend your evenings listening to the jazz greats, and eventually just grow an inherent sense of which notes go together and what choices would lead to an awesome solo or progression.

It sounds a bit tacky, but that is actually what I believe has happened to me. 

[The artist formally known]

Pink Floyd, duh

[Houdini]

Pink Floyd, duh

Pink Floyd is mariachi music, dumbass.