How to Like Jazz in 10 Easy Steps!
by 
JulianR 
Have you ever wanted to get into Jazz, but you just don't know where to start???
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Infomercial jokes aside, this is a chart that condenses a bunch of different styles of jazz into an easily digestible chunk, so that you can find what you like. I will qualify that with the statement that this chart focuses on what is often considered the artistic heyday of jazz, from the late 50's to early 70's. It also happens to be the era of jazz that I know best. I have tried to cover a lot of different subgenres here, and others have been inevitably left out, but hopefully it is diverse enough to give you a full picture of what Jazz is.
I often find when approaching a totally new genre, I have to just listen to stuff until I find that one album that clicks. When I first got in to jazz, that album was Miles Davis' "Bitches Brew". With Hip-hop, it was Kendrick Lamar's "Good Kid MAAD City". It's different for everybody, though. Because of this, I tried to include many different styles, and some places you can go from there if you liked a certain album. I would recommend listening to the chart from top to bottom though, just to get a feel for a couple different styles, and then going back and checking out the other recommendations based on what you liked. The order isn't really a science, but I did try to make it so that you can kinda progress to more challenging things from the beginning. I would really urge someone to not get discouraged even if they don't find something they like in even the first 9 of 10; Jazz is well worth the effort to get into it! Who knows what that album that finally clicks will be, it could just as easily be the 10th as any of the first 9.
I've made this chart assuming that you're coming from a background in rock, as most people on this site seem to be. I'm not sure that it would be much different for someone with a background primarily in hip-hop or something else. If it's hip-hop, I guess just listen to the Low End Theory and Untitled Unmastered first.
If youre a jazz-head, suggestions are quite encouraged! Tell me what I'm missing. My jazz knowledge isn't tiny, but it is still limited.
Have Fun!
-Julian
- Chart updated: 09/26/2018 19:15
- (Created: 02/22/2018 03:12).
- Chart size: 11 albums.
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Jazz-Funk / Jazz-Fusion
Herbie Hancock was one of the pianists on Miles Davis' best fusion records, and made some similarly great, but much less widely appreciated fusion himself. However, he later took the fusion genre in a new direction, with this album that incorporates funk into jazz. I personally like his earlier fusion records more, but this one is pretty great too, and many think it's his best. If you haven'f found a sound that you like yet, this could be it.
Further Listening:
Miles Davis - On the Corner. The guy seriously did everything.
Freddie Hubbard - Red Clay. A great record that maybe deserves a spot on here if there was room. Its a little less funky, but is wonderful all the same. [First added to this chart: 02/21/2018]
Herbie Hancock was one of the pianists on Miles Davis' best fusion records, and made some similarly great, but much less widely appreciated fusion himself. However, he later took the fusion genre in a new direction, with this album that incorporates funk into jazz. I personally like his earlier fusion records more, but this one is pretty great too, and many think it's his best. If you haven'f found a sound that you like yet, this could be it.
Further Listening:
Miles Davis - On the Corner. The guy seriously did everything.
Freddie Hubbard - Red Clay. A great record that maybe deserves a spot on here if there was room. Its a little less funky, but is wonderful all the same. [First added to this chart: 02/21/2018]
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How to Like Jazz in 10 Easy Steps! composition
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 4 | 36% | |
| 1960s | 5 | 45% | |
| 1970s | 1 | 9% | |
| 1980s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1990s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2000s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2010s | 1 | 9% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| John Coltrane | 3 | 27% | |
| Miles Davis | 2 | 18% | |
| The Dave Brubeck Quartet | 1 | 9% | |
| Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie | 1 | 9% | |
| Herbie Hancock | 1 | 9% | |
| Charles Mingus | 1 | 9% | |
| Pharoah Sanders | 1 | 9% | |
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ddeeddles64 04/15/2018 06:08 | #212898
I loved this chart for its intention, the fact that you worked hard to keep it short, the helpful comments and the great selections. For me it was late '50s Coltrane that 'clicked' - I'd been expecting something intellectual and daunting, but what I heard was so open, fluent and powerful. Great stuff!
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