Jack-Flash-Jr
Looking for some input on good jazz trumpet albums... got seriously into Chet Baker of late and would like more trumpet-centric jazz suggestions. I have all the major sax greats LPs so good to go on that side (I prefer my sax in service of rock 'n roll to be honest!)...
Keira-WitherKay
internationally ....for trumpet EVERYTHING by mile davis .....maybe start with the land mark cd "Kind of blue" but everything he did was awesome , he was the "hendrix " of trumpet ......
locally none other than EVERYTHING by hugh masekela, also he's been working internationally from the time of miriam makeba got one of his 1st trumpets directly from louis armstrong ( one of louis's old ones) and his recent work is awesome.
there thats enough to keep you busy for a while ?
Jack-Flash-Jr
Thanks Keira! I've got Kind of Blue and a dvd of Hugh Masekela at Monterey... I'm drawn to the lyrical, simple quality of Baker's playing... so that's the style I'm looking for (kind of minimalist?)...
FruitarGeek
Im not sure exactly what album it is, but I have this version of Art Blakely's "Moanin" where the sax/brass on that song is seriously outstanding.
It was the first standard where the sax blew my mind away, reasons being that the technique used was so out of this world, and so similar to many techniques I hear used for guitar. It was insane.
I got it off an album called: World's best Jass album or something like that.
Jack-Flash-Jr
Keira WitherKay wrote
internationally ....for trumpet EVERYTHING by mile davis .....maybe start with the land mark cd "Kind of blue" but everything he did was awesome , he was the "hendrix " of trumpet ......
locally none other than EVERYTHING by hugh masekela, also he's been working internationally from the time of miriam makeba got one of his 1st trumpets directly from louis armstrong ( one of louis's old ones) and his recent work is awesome.
there thats enough to keep you busy for a while ?
I see there's a two cd special edition of Kind of Blue... on order!
@Fruitargeek: sounds cool, I am always wary of the World's Best... sometimes the recordings aren't so great...
singemonkey
Well, the obvious ones. Do you have any Louis Armstrong, or Dizzy Gillespie?
FruitarGeek
Jack Flash Jr wrote
@Fruitargeek: sounds cool, I am always wary of the World's Best... sometimes the recordings aren't so great...
I'm with you. This is probably the first World's Best that I actually can kinda agree with. I will go home and have a look for you. It has such a broad selection which makes it even more tasty! ?
Bob-Dubery
Louis Armstrong is a must! An absolute giant of jazz.
Look out for Harry "Sweets" Edison who mostly played as a sideman with Count Basie and Ella Fitzgerald.
If you can get any recordings by Chris McGregor and The Blue Notes then you'll get to hear Mongezi Feza, as well as a very interesting band (Dudu Pukwana on alto sax, the mighty McGregor himself on the piano).
Ray
When I was a kid I had an John Mayall album - Jazz Blues Fusion. Loved it but I'm kinda partial to John Mayall stuff. There is a trumpeter on it called Blue Mitchell and for me he is pretty damned good. So I got another album of Blue Mitchell and I cant remember it's name becasue I was a kid you see and lots of stuff has gone thru the system since. But tAKe a listen to the album mentioned above and other Blue Mitchell stuff is great I think.
Jack-Flash-Jr
Thanks will check out Blue Mitchell and Harry Edison...
Louis and Dizzy, Clifford Brown... kings, but I feel like I've heard them too much, maybe I should relisten with my new enthusiasm :-\
Bob-Dubery
There was a name on the tip of my tongue earlier. Somebody I recall hearing was pretty interesting in a provocative kind of way.
The name has come to me now - Donald Ayler.
Worked a lot with his brother, sax player Albert Ayler.
I believe there's lots of quarter tonery and stuff going on here so probably not everybody's cup of tea.
make-and-do
Slightly off-topic, but slightly on-topic:
Jack F, check out Medeski, Martin & Wood (if you don't already know them), think you might like
them judging on other tunes you've mentioned before.
No major horns there, but an experimental NY Jazz trio (not in the classical sense, purists hate them).
Hammond/other keys, funky bass and drums. Amazing live band
Albums to start with:
Shack-man (1996)
Combustication (1998)
The Dropper (2000)
Jack-Flash-Jr
make and do wrote
Slightly off-topic, but slightly on-topic:
Jack F, check out Medeski, Martin & Wood (if you don't already know them), think you might like
them judging on other tunes you've mentioned before.
No major horns there, but an experimental NY Jazz trio (not in the classical sense, purists hate them).
Hammond/other keys, funky bass and drums. Amazing live band
Albums to start with:
Shack-man (1996)
Combustication (1998)
The Dropper (2000)
Hmmm... more than slightly off topic ? But who can argue with this bassline ?
make-and-do
Yip, his bass chops are pretty persistent - in a positive way of course.
Won't preach the gospel to the converted then 8)
arjunmenon
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
Wynton Marsalis - Black Codes
Also check out the incredible Brecker Brothers' (Michael - sax & Randy - trumpet) Return of the Brecker Brothers.
On saxophone, check out:
David Sanborn - Another Hand
Wayne Shorter - Any of the Weather Report stuff
Brandford (brother of Wynton) Marsalis - Scenes in the city
John Coltrane - Giant Steps; My favourite things; A love supreme; Monk & Coltrane @ Carnegie Hall.
There's many more but i'll dig around in my music cabinet before i post.
Happy listening.
Jack-Flash-Jr
Bitches Brew... too challenging for me! Will check out the others though...
I prefer early modal jazz to the hardcore wtf is going on stuff (funny I have no problem with Mars Volta or Mr Bungle)...
arjunmenon
? How about "Birth of the cool" & "Miles Ahead"
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+1 to all the suggestions so far! You need to listen to (read: own!) ever recorded by Miles, Chet, Dizzy, Louis, Art Blakely and friends. For some contemporary stuff, Wynton Marsalis is great, and for some 'local is lekker' check out anything with Marcus Wyatt - he's up there with the best of them IMO & plays a mean flugal horn too!
arjunmenon
MoreCowBell wrote
+1 to all the suggestions so far! You need to listen to (read: own!) ever recorded by Miles, Chet, Dizzy, Louis, Art Blakely and friends. For some contemporary stuff, Wynton Marsalis is great, and for some 'local is lekker' check out anything with Marcus Wyatt - he's up there with the best of them IMO & plays a mean flugal horn too!
+1 My fine cello playing friend ?
Black codes from the underground is brilliant.
Also surprisingly, here's a Miles Davis quote on W.Marsalis
"I've met Wynton and he's a great guy, maybe a little confused". ?
Highway-Chile
I have liked Jon Faddis since the early 70's.
And also Freddie Hubbard, I like him a whole helluva whole lot.
Some other (big band though) names are Maynard Ferguson and Doc Severinsen....... all about the high notes for these two guys, Murray Campbell is all about that school I feel..
Murray is a South African trumpet player and band leader. I worked for him for a year or more as 1st guitar player and leader of the rhythm section (which meant he had me doing transcriptions until my eyes were spinning in my head and I got the stink eye from him if something was not tight)...this was when it was The Murray Campbell Big Band.......usually 17 piece.
Anyway, I think you will like Jon Faddis and Freddie Hubbard.
