I would guess to go for albums with diverse musical srrangements and more uptempo numbers to begin with. With that in mind iconic albums like Kind of Blue, A Love Supreme and Sunday at the Villiage Vanguard mightn't be the best ones to begin with. Good starter albums would include Relaxin With the Miles Davis Quartet, Mingus ah Um by Charles Mingus, Jazz Iin Silhouette by Sun Ra and Saxophone Colossus by Sonny Rollins. If you don't like albums such as these I think it's fair to say jazz isn't for you.
I would guess to go for albums with diverse musical srrangements and more uptempo numbers to begin with. With that in mind iconic albums like Kind of Blue, A Love Supreme and Sunday at the Villiage Vanguard mightn't be the best ones to begin with. Good starter albums would include Relaxin With the Miles Davis Quartet, Mingus ah Um by Charles Mingus, Jazz Iin Silhouette by Sun Ra and Saxophone Colossus by Sonny Rollins. If you don't like albums such as these I think it's fair to say jazz isn't for you.
I just got into Jazz recently and the two albums that got me was Kind of Blue by Miles Davis and Chet by Chet Baker. I think this is the direction you should go if you want Jazz that you can relax to.
I would try one of them, then try Relaxin' with the miles davis quartet or Bags Groove as a little more uptempo.
If you like funky stuff, Headhunters by Herbie Hancock is a nice jazz-funk fusion album that could start you off.
It took a few months before I got into Mingus, Coltrane, or Miles less accessible stuff like Bitches Brew, but once you get, its awesome!
For someone just getting into Jazz, Coleman Hawkins and Ben Webster are both very accessible. Their skills on sax are undeniable, but they tend to play standards.
This isn't very typical jazz, but I really enjoy Stan Getz's stuff, like Getz/Gilberto and Jazz Samba. But Getz's music is more samba and bossa nova than just straight up jazz. Basically if you're looking for like really mellow chill beautiful jazz, that's what you should listen to. _________________ These are my favorite albums right now.
Probably my favorite Jazz vocalist is Billie Holiday. Get a greatest hits collection and if her voice sounds young and sassy, you know you got a good one.
Then probably do a greatest hits of Louis Armstrong.
Another thing to realize when getting into Jazz is what kind of Jazz are you into?
There's some Jazz that is very accessible and kind the "hits" of the era if you will. This is stuff like Billie Holliday/Louis Armstrong, etc.
Then there's Free jazz which some absolutely love and, well, I have a hard time getting into.
It's kinda like asking how do I get into rock music or rap music.
If you were only given two albums to listen to from each of those genres and then expected to like rock or rap... chances are you wouldn't... make sense? Like if I were given a Nickelback or even Van Halen album to get in to rock, I probably would dismiss rock music altogether.
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