Jazz - Is it ok to Hate it? And My Top Five Jazz Albums

Jazz is a vast impenetrable forest popualted by strange men in sandals. In this video I ask if it is ok to hate jazz, and what my five favourite albums are.

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[bonecanoe]

Really good jazz can hit the same buttons that progressive rock does for me.

[SpaceCattttt]

It's not OK to hate jazz. It's OK to dislike some jazz albums, but not the entire genre. Doing so will provoke a visit from the jazz police.

[michaelchauvin]

A guy named Johnny told me he hated jazz. I told him he'd shattered my dreams.

[thatonedude]

I listen to jazz every day. It has bolstered my appreciation for rock, pop, hip-hop, etc. To understand Jazz…you have to really listen…and read.

Listening to a Jazz album while reading about it makes it really come to life.

[petershallis]

Anything by Bill Evans I find absolutely sublime…especially The Tokyo Concert…i listen to everything from Rachmaninov to Mötörhead and make no apologies for doing so.

[alanthorne]

As Keith Richard’s once said ‘jazz is blues that has fallen down the stairs’

[randydoak]

I'm a jazz who musician who grew up on rock and can still appreciate it. I took up jazz because I hate crowds.
One recording that's high on my rotation right now is Pat Martino, Remember, a Tribute to Wes Montgomery. I'm gobsmacked every time I hear it.

[thomasgrieve]

Eric Dolphy - Last Date is a great live album that captures the live jazz experience.

[BigCraig]

I've turned to jazz in my later years. After becoming thoroughly entrenched in rock music I found that to discover fresh and undiscovered music exploring jazz suited me best.

[jimjewell]

My introduction to jazz was in 1971 at the age of 9 via Jethro Tull's debut album "This Was" which has the Roland Kirk number "Serenade to a Cuckoo" closing out side 1. I began familiarizing myself with Roland Kirk's work and discovered Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, Eric Dolphy and of course Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond. Many thanks to the Brooklyn Public Library for making that deep dive possible. I have been a big jazz fan since then while also keeping a keen interest in the Rock Music scene and all the many genres that it encompasses. Thank you for this little gem of a video. ☮

[cameronlewis]

YES is one of your favorite bands. Huge jazz influence there between the playing of Steve Howe and Bill Bruford…

[patpatisserie]

Jazz is like a car journey through the mountains. You don't know quite where you're going but around every corner there's a new view.

[tatedavis]

I love jazz as much as I love rock. Five of my favorite jazz albums:

Miles Davis: Kind Of Blue
John Coltrane: Black Pearls
Joe Henderson: In Japan
Lee Morgan: Cornbread
Pat Metheny: Watercolors

[roopher]

As Spinal Tap said, " jazz is mistakes, they're playing it wrong, and getting applauded for it! "

[galifettetv]

Excellent list. Honorable mentions: Duke Ellington Koko. Ella Fitzgerald live in Berlin.

[paulwelch]

Jazz has been a huge influence on Prog. Check out Ornette Coleman's The Shape of Jazz To Come & Free Jazz. Miles: In A Silent Way & Bitches Brew, Mingus: Ah Um. Bill Evans: Sunday At The Village Vanguard. Lots of great Jazz fusion albums, Return To Forever, Weather Report, Mahvishnu Orchestra etc.

[georgemathie]

We all hear things differently and some music such as jazz does take its time to grow and it took me to my late 20s to appreciate Jazz and its not for everybody but if you appreciate it you'll be well rewarded

[Spgan]

Played and sang Jazz through high school and beyond, yet it was always a distant second to Rock 'n' Roll. Eventually graduated to a Celtic Rock band and loved every moment of it. Music is life!
Without Jazz, there is no Big Band, no Jump Blues, and no Rock 'n' Roll. Not all of it is appealing, but when it speaks to me, it holds me close.

[kennyfinger]

Yes, it’s okay to hate jazz. For some of us it’s a huge relief to finally accept that.

[makka]

I nearly got into jazz when I saw Michelle Pfeiffer draped on a piano in The Fabulous Baker Boys - Nice!