In Reply to: Please help me expand my musical tastes... posted by joyous on February 21, 2007 at 10:53:40:
Some you may like;Brian Auger And The Oblivion Express, either Closer To It, Straight Ahead
Micheal Franks, Tiger In The Rain, The Art Of Tea, Sleeping Gypsy
Kenny Rankin, The KR Album or Silver Morning
Al Jarreau, All Fly Home, Look To The Rainbow, Glow
Joni Mitchell, Hejira, Court And Spark
Steely Dan, Aja
Hall & Oates, Abandoned Luncheonette
Roxy Music, Avalon
Traffic, Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys, John Barleycorn Must Die
George Benson, Breezin, In Flight
David Sanborn, As We Speak
Grover Washington Jr., Winelight, Mr. Magic
Some straight-ahead jazz LPs;
John Coltrane, JC And Johnny Hartman (a very accessible, beautiful album, and the one I'd recommend for those just starting out on Coltrane).
Chet Baker, Chet (should be able to find a nice OJC reissue LP of this).
Bill Evans, Waltz For Debby, Sunday At The Village Vanguard, Moonbeams (OJCs again), and his Verve stuff such as Empathy, A Simple Matter Of Conviction, Intermodulation.
Jim Hall, Concierto
Stan Getz, Getz/Gilberto
Modern Jazz Quartet, Django, Concorde (OJC)
Wes Montgomery, Incredible Jazz Guitar, Bumpin'
Kenny Burrell, Midnight Blue
Gerry Mulligan, Night Lights
Stanley Turrentine With The 3 Sounds, Blue Hour
McCoy Tyner, Nights Of Ballads And Blues
Should give you a good start. Try out sound clips at Amazon. You might check your local library for cds that can be checked out. A great FREE way to explore new music. And as always, make liberal use of All Music Guide, an AA sponsor that can be linked on the Music Asylum page. Good luck.
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Follow Ups
- Re: Please help me expand my musical tastes... - rrsands 06:57:07 02/22/07 (4)
- More Jazz Suggestions (and some pop too) - shersta 08:56:29 02/22/07 (1)
- Re: More Jazz Suggestions (and some pop too) - rrsands 10:44:24 02/22/07 (0)
- Wish My Library Had LPs! - Robertc88 08:48:31 02/22/07 (1)
- Re: Wish My Library Had LPs! - rrsands 10:51:55 02/22/07 (0)