Into Jazz
I am so into Jazz these days, and easy listening.
Is this the harbinger of old age?
I don’t care, I are enjoying the sounds, especially Fourplay and Spyro Gyra and a little bit of Phil Collins and other selections from my Jazz sets.
I need new Jazz sounds though… have you got any suggestions?
see? told you so!
Mahmood,
Thanks very much for the link to Aziza Mustafa Zadeh!
I noted the reference to feeling old on some comments, and realized that some of the brand new music coming out is in a somewhat similar style, just as good, but listened to by the young hipsters! So–here’s the music the twenty-somethings are playing in the fashionable clothing stores!
Some examples might be:
–Zero Seven (the album “Simple Things”)
–Koop (the song “Waltz for Koop”)
–As someone mentioned earlier, Air (whose album “Moon Safari” was a wonderful mix of electronica and 70′s library music!)
–Someone also mentioned Laurent Garnier, who made an album called “Tourist” under the name St. Germain that is very good
–Eric Truffaz (French trumpeter from the later Miles Davis tradition; album “Bending New Corners” is nice)
–Record labels like Six Degrees, Quango, and the Frequent Flyer and After Hours series are making internationally minded chillout records that are worth a listen
–4 Hero, sort of drum’n'bass and a string quartet combined
–Compilations by folks like Gilles Peterson (or Peterson’s weekly Radio One BBC show, which isn’t smooth jazz at all but lots of music styles)
I know, I know, too much! But perhaps someone on here might like something on the list…
There is a small but good choice of Jazz at http://www.regnyouth.com