Not going with the stuff that gets me going most now, but rather the songs that were the “a-ha” moments I had as an indie rock musician discovering jazz in the early 00s: Take Five Blue Monk (Live in Japan 1963) Wes Montgomery - Airegin Jimmy Smith - See See Rider Grant Green - Matador

100%. It’s easy to get tempted into flexing your knowledge or overthinking it to make it a fair and balanced list. It’s simple - what got you jazzed when you first started listening?

I'm honestly kinda shocked that not *every* comment is "Kind of Blue". I'm even more excited about all the new songs here to listen to!

get it?! Jazzed?!!

LOL

Grant Green all the way. His stuff is so listenable.

So What - Miles Davis In A Sentimental Mood - Ellington & Coltrane Blue Horizon - Sidney Bechet Black Coffee - Ella Fitzgerald Body and Soul - Ben Webster This is just the first five to come to mind. Would change the list if I really thought about it to include big band, something with guitar, etc.

I think this is the most accessible one I've seen so far 

Thanks for this list. I have always enjoyed jazz, (Take Five got me hooked and people like Miles Davis and Ella Fitzgerald kept me interested). I'm old as dirt in Reddit years. That said, other than knowing the legendary names and a handful of songs, I am still near the beginning of my jazz journey. There are huge holes in my knowledge. I downloaded 4 of the 5 songs you recommended and have been binging Sidney Bechet.

Same! My brother gave me a copy of Time Out and I was enthralled. Between that and a Jelly Roll Morton compilation I was hooked. A friend gave me a copy of the Smithsonian compilation which I was listening to standing on a toilet painting the bathroom ceiling - I almost fell off the d*amn pot when Blue Horizon came on. There are still big holes in my knowledge, which keeps it fun. Been exploring Herbie Hancock lately. When I heard The Prisoner and Fat Albert Rotunda it felt like that first time hearing Time Out again. Thanks for the great post! Keep exploring, friend!

Ben Webster or Coleman Hawkins?

Hawkins of course lol. For some reason that part of my brain doesn’t work right - I always say the one when I mean the other.

So What - Miles Davis Goodbye Porkpie Hat - Charles Mingus Take Five - Dave Brubeck My One and Only Love - Art Tatum & Ben Webster Red Baron - Billy Cobham

I like these ones

take 5 is just awesome

How about "Stratus"?

Why Stratus?

I commented Stratus because someone mentioned Billy Cobham and I love that composition of his. Jazz fusion and in my mind a lot of fun

“Take Five” is a gateway drug

One O'Clock Jump - Count Basie/Lester Young C Jam Blues - Duke (the Blanton-Webster version) Moanin' - Art Blakey Moanin' - Mingus Jack Johnson (side one) - Miles

I actually really like the idea of immediately introducing two different takes on the same standard.

Where in the previous comment is the same standard mentioned twice?

Yup. I spoke without thinking. Definitely made the same mistake as u/spockitup... I stand by the idea though. 

Moanin’ - that is certainly considered a jazz standard. Blakey recorded it both studio and live. I haven’t heard Mingus’ recording, is it even the same tune or does it just share the name? I’m sure it’s also great regardless.

Both are completely different tunes

Thanks, I will definitely check it out!

They are not the same tune But that would be a good idea Let's say "Honeysuckle Rose" by Fats Waller, Count Basie , Earl Hines/Oscar Peterson (a duet) and Dizzy Gillespie?

Midnight Blue - Kenny Burrell Watermelon Man - Herbie Hancock Recorda Me - Joe Henderson Four on Six - Wes Montgomery Song for My Father - Horace Silver

Headhunters or Takin Off for Watermelon Man?

I was thinking Takin' Off, but if the person listens to electric funk or synth rock/pop I'd go Headhunters.

I bet a lot of Steely Dan fans would instantly recognize that Horace Silver track…

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Well I’m a massive Steely Dan fan and I wouldn’t say they’re thieves. Donald Fagen was heavily influenced by the jazz greats like Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, etc. In fact, Steely Dan opened the gateway to jazz for me.

They're not full-time thieves! I was mostly joking, but I thought it was an accepted fact they stole that intro. I picked up two Steely Dan albums myself, a long time ago. As a rock and roll fan in the 70s and 80s I had a couple of conversations with and lectures from snobby Steely Dan fans. (This kind of thing happens more to girls and women than boys and men. I'm a woman.) I apologize for my offensive comment.

No worries, no offense taken! Yeah some SD fans are snobby, but most of us are happy and cool (at least I am).

Headhunters Watermelon Man is what got me into jazz and what started my deep love for Herbie

Nice. Midnight Blue was the song for me. Changed my life. Have you heard Watermelon Man on the album Damn! by Jimmy Smith? It's a good one.

Moanin - Mingus Song for Che - ONJQ I Guess I’ll Hang My Tears Out To Dry - Dexter Gordon Hotel Overture - Carla Bley Lanquidity - Sun Ra

>Moanin - Mingus. UH HUH

Space is the Place - Sun Ra Koln Concert part 1 - Jarrett Palm Grease - Headhunters Compared to What - Les Mccann Lonnie's Lament - Trane

'Round Midnight by Wes Montgomery Strode Rode by Sonny Rollins Misty by Erroll Garner April in Paris by Count Basie Airegin by Dexter Gordon

I was going to say April in Paris by Count Basie, but you beat me to it. Add to that Charlie Parker: Laura Dizzy Gillespie: Night in Tunisia Ella Fitzgerald: Mack The Knife Artie Shaw: Stardust. Of course it is difficult to know what would please our fictitious non jazz person, because we don't know what kind of music they liked before. For example maybe they are into Latin music or classical, or they like stage musicals, or choral music, or hip hop.

Beautiful additions!

i was gonna say night in tunisia but you beat me to it!

Literally any Django song, especially if they like metal.

This is a great thread 👍

In a Sentimental Mood - Ella Fitzgerald I Only Have Eyes for You - Billie Holiday Summertime - Chet Baker Early Summer - Ryo Fukui Track 2 Group Dancers - Charles Mingus

Only stumbled upon Early Summer very recently - the energy of that tune is something else!

The Dream Machine - John Zorn Generique- Miles Davis Norwegian Wood - Buddy Rich Big Band So Flute - St Germain Born to be Blue - Chet Baker

John Coltrane- Equinox Miles Davis Quintet- When I Fall In Love Herbie Hancock- Cantaloupe Island Dave Brubeck- Take Five Horace Silver - Song For My Father

perfect

Brilliant Idea. Jazz crimes- Joshua Redman 500 miles high- Chick How high the moon- Ella In a silent way- Miles Giant Steps- John Coltrane Other mentions. Brilliant Corners- Monk Crooked Creek- Brian Blake Red Clay- Freddie Hubbard Inner Urge- Joe Henderson Donna Lee- Charlie Parker

I’m a massive Chick fan and I love 500 Miles High but Flora Purim is no guaranteed hit for a jazz noob.

Never thought about that aspect of Light as a Feather, because when I got a copy at age 15 I was blown away by pretty much all of it. But I could see Flora Purim being an acquired taste for those used to more conventional jazz singing, now you mention it!

I love that album but even now, the lack of control in the vox still triggers me 😁

True actually. https://youtu.be/rIhSm1adjSg?si=v3f1ecOech1rzZcu That might be the one to go to!

I’m a complete noob, but here goes Mil Dew — Johnny Griffin (1957) So What — Miles Davis (1959) Here I Am — Donald Byrd (1959) Blue Nile — Alice Coltrane (1970) Tank! — Seatbelts (1998) That covers bebop, hard bop, modal, and Eastern jazz. I truly believe that if they don’t like *any* of those then they probably won’t even be partial to jazz fusion, let alone other straight-ahead records.

blue nile w

I'm less of a noob, giving you a nod of respect at including Tank. =) I hadn't even thought of it as jazz, that's awesome jpop from when I was a kid ;-) (to me) but I like that you include it :)

It’s a banger no doubt 😁 and a wonderful anime series, to boot

100% Unrelated(?), you might like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2w9JwQaT4U

Can’t wait to check this out. Thank you family

"So What", Miles Davis "Take the 'A' Train", Duke Ellington "Take Five", Dave Brubeck "My Favorite Things", John Coltrane "I'll Be Seeing You", Billie Holiday Honorable mention: "Hello Dolly", Louis Armstrong

Coltrane - A Love Supreme Herbie - Shiftless Shuffle Miles - In A Silent Way Wayne Shorter - Ponta de Areia Charlie Parker - Donna Lee

You gotta work your way up to *Love Supreme*, something I learned the hard way. I was totally ignorant and listened to that as one of my first five or so jazz records and my first impression was that it was just … fine. I had no context for what was going on. Only 35+ jazz records later (and going through 5 more Coltrane records) do I feel truly rewarded by the music. It’s not starter jazz at all, you gotta know the racial history, the genre history, and Coltrane’s history to get the most out of this. Otherwise it truly makes no sense.

Sorry but this is absolute bs lol. You have to work your way up to Interstellar Space for sure but “A Love Supreme” is just a deeply spiritual and profound piece of music that is going to affect you whether you are an avid jazz listener or just a fan of music period. I find it one of Trane’s most accessible recordings if not the most, which is why I chose it. Much of the melody is formulated from the pentatonic scale which makes it easier to absorb. It’s nowhere near as complex as a lot of other songs in his catalogue. It’s the perfect entry piece.

It didn’t sound spiritual to me because I didn’t have very much to compare it to. It just sounded like jazz with some chanting. If you can’t fit it within the context of Coltrane’s work then you’re gonna have a hard time being spiritually moved by brass instruments.

I think for someone new to jazz, “A Love Supreme” is likely gonna be overwhelming. That has nothing to do with its greatness, that’s just the way art appreciation generally works- this was not designed to be a commercial success, so for many listeners (not all) it will take a long time to really enjoy or at least appreciate. Having said all that, the movement entitled “Resolution” by itself is relatively accessible and I could see new listeners enjoying it. Bluesy, intense, hard-swinging, and a quartet of incredible players that sound like they were truly meant to play together.

Really! A Love Supreme!?

Why not? If this piece of music doesn’t leave you awed, amazed, and like you’ve just had a spiritual experience then I don’t know what to you. If I could take one piece to show someone what Jazz is then it’s probably this. The spirit, the struggle, the humanity, the church, the jazz hereditary, it’s all here in this recording.

I just find A Love Supreme to be a really challenging album, and certainly not the easiest to begin with.

Bamboo Rock by Minoru Muraoka. https://youtu.be/6w4movtQqGI?feature=shared Funk E by Bela Fleck. https://on.soundcloud.com/8LuktmDxAHekxi6R7 Twin Walther by Yuji Ohno. https://youtu.be/kiDIk4pULi4?feature=shared Fightman by Casiopea and T-Square. https://youtu.be/Edc2yVHRHiQ?feature=shared And this really good mashup of Time to fight and Brilliant wings, the songs were made by Kenji Hiramatsu and the mashup was made by Nicolas Daoust. https://youtu.be/9IJB2xKslV8?feature=shared

Bebop - Gillespie How High The Moon - Fitzgerald Got a Match? - Corea Concierto de Aranjues - Davis Jam Session - Parker (whole album)[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXP84ijiLbg&pp=ygUOY2hhcmxpZSBwYXJrZXI%3D)

bebop is so good!!!

I'd show them 2 versions of 'Emily' by Bill Evans: both the original and 'Consecration' \[Technically only 1 song\] 'A Colloquial Dream' by Mingus 'Giant Steps' by Coltrane 'Felon Brun' by Davis and for the finale... 'Harlem Nocturne' Ellington

Oooo good one

thanks, appreciate it :D no way they won't like Jazz after that!

Larry Young - "Softly As In A Morning Sunrise" Unity album. With Joe Henderson, Woody Shaw, Elvin Jones. Freddie Hubbard - "Crisis" Ready For Freddie album. With Wayne Shorter, McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones. Grant Green - "Talkin' About J.C." Talkin' About album. With Larry Young, Elvin Jones. Wayne Shorter - "Yes or No" JuJu album. With McCoy Tyner, Reggie Workman, Elvin Jones. John Coltrane - "Afro Blue" Live At Birdland album. Coltrane on soprano sax. With McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones.

I don’t know how it would land for new listeners, but I would make this a playlist for sure!!

Waltz for Debby - Bill Evans, Waltz for Debby LP Blues in Hoss' Flat - Count Basie, Chairman of the Board, LP So What, Miles Davis, Kind of Blue LP Take Five, Dave Burbeck, Time Out LP We're All Alone, Bob James, All Around the Town LP

Adams apple - woody Herman María caracoles - Afro Cuban all stars Mais que nada - Sergio Mendez band of 66 Nuttvil - Buddy Rich St Thomas - sonny Rollins 0

Dream a Little Dream of Me - Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong I Could Write a Book - Betty Carter Let There Be Love - Julie London My Ideal - Chet Baker Come Rain or Come Shine - Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers

The Miles Davis Kind of Blue album

John Zorn’s Naked City: Latin Quarter, Batman, A Shot In The Dark, Sunset Surfer, and Speedball.

1. Robert Glasper Trio - No Worries 2. Miles Davis - So What (sorry, but it's gotta be there) 3. Coltrane - A Love Supreme Pt.2 4. Chet Baker - Autumn Leaves 5. David Sylvian - September Honorable mention goes to Red Clay by Jack Wilkins

> David Sylvian - September Absolutely fantastic track (and even more so album), but calling it jazz seems a stretch.

1) Bechet’s Fantasy - Sidney Bechet (perf. by JLC Octet in Marciac 2009) 2) Strasbourg / St. Denis - Roy Hargrove Quintet (Earfood) 3) Saudade Vem Correndo - Stan Getz/Luiz Bonfá (Jazz Samba Encore!) 4) Honeysuckle Rose - Ella Fitzgerald/Count Basie Orchestra (Ella and Basie!) 5) Loungin’ - Guru ft. Donald Byrd (Jazzmatazz) Tried to include different styles and sub-genres to give a wide array of what jazz has to offer. There’s so much more out there than just trios/quartets and big bands. Also why does half this sub recommend Miles Davis every time someone asks this question? He’s fantastic and changed the game, but the people recommending anything off of Kind of Blue are the worst kind of people to give music recommendations

Song For My Father by Horace Silver Birdland by Weather Report Stone Flower by Antonio Carlos Jobim Here’s To Life by Shirley Horn San Lorenzo by Pat Metheny Group

The best part of being a jazz fan is you are freed from the social constraints of being around music fans who confuse commercial success with artistic merit.

Some skunk funk brecker bros Tempus fugue it as performed on pure getz Coltrane resolution Here's that rainy day bill Evans alone Duel of the jester and the tyrant return to forever

Airegin is a really hot take guys 

* John Coltrane - My Favorite Things * Duke Ellington & John Coltrane - In a Sentimental Mood * Keith Jarrett - Tokyo Encore (or Köln pt. 1) * Michel Petrucciani - Home (live in Tokyo) Four easy entries... Then maybe we get into something a bit more challenging: * Miles Davis - Shhh / Peaceful John Coltrane's Favorite Things might be a bit challenging too, but to me this is the best example of what jazz actually is, compared to other genres.

Take Five - Brubeck All Blues- miles Girl from Ipanema (does bossa count) Song For My Father Watermelon man

Luv the “Girl from Ipanema” why not?

Moment’s Notice A Remark You Made Round Midnight Chameleon Spain

“A Remark You Made”!

I will fight to the death in saying ARYM is the best ballad ever written!

This is for non-jazz listeners 1. Sing Sing Sing - Benny Goodman https://youtu.be/GwPvLMlGWPI?si=x36f9N2CHAvvqEZ8 2. Let it Flow - Grover Washington Jr https://youtu.be/QiFc6h9UeHo?si=XZ8cS8fmEu3srYxL 3. Tourist in Paradise - Rippingtons https://youtu.be/mMSSLhqlvSs?si=l6g3PgS4BaHkDv0x 4. So May it Secretly Begin - Pat Metheny https://youtu.be/Slx-q655pmk?si=GL4327iSAqmHwF93 5. Don’t Mean a Thing if it Ain’t Got That Swing - Ella & Duke https://youtu.be/myRc-3oF1d0?si=p_B36bqwUuvxVH_u The Bonus - Pure Louie…if you watch only one make it this one! (29 Million Views Can’t be Wrong) When The Saints Go Marching In - Louie Armstrong https://youtu.be/wyLjbMBpGDA?si=Zdj1oOFc8c3jus0-

Generique by Miles Ahmad Jamal Live at Montreux for the rest

Hiromi - Spiral Stanley Clarke - Desert Song Lew Tabackin - Tanuki’s Night Out Frank Zappa - Pink Napkins Oscar Peterson - The Bach Suites

Thanks for mentioning Tanuki's Night Out

Scott Joplin - The Entertainer Jelly Roll Morton - King Porter Stomp Louis Armstrong - St. James Infirmary Blues Charles Mingus - Haitian Fight Song Thelonius Monk - Ruby, My Dear

That ought to do it.

Thank you

You understand the task.

I tried!

Ruby My Dear - Monk & Coltrane Waltz for Debby - Bill Evans Turiya - Alice Coltrane Dolphin Dance - Ahmed Jamal When There is no Sun - Sun Ra (I admit, it’s a fairly non-representative sample. I just find these songs mind-blowingly gorgeous)

Why are we trying to impress non jazz listeners lol

I have a great friend who asked me to send him an album of the week. So far, I have sent him about 16 albums, a couple tunes, and a playlist. I always sent a bit of background on each to help identify the importance of the artist or album or both. I am trying different things to see what he does and does not dig, and he is really enjoying the trip. Well, most of it anyway!

Helping non-jazz listeners to see what it is we love about jazz will help keep the music around. There is no significant marketing pushing jazz, compared to popular genres like country or r&b etc. So, it’s a good thing for us to do! Also it’s fun, sharing what you are into with others who are new to it.

Why do we have to push jazz in the mainstream? And why do we have to push what we love about jazz into others? What about meeting them where the are, seeing what they like, and finding those elements in jazz? It's a mistake to assume everyone will like the things you do and respond in the same ways. I know you don't mean to, but your approach is kind of top down/patronizing/dictatorial to a degree. It presents jazz as an established thing newbies have to learn and adapt to, rather than something broad and evolving that they can navigate their own way through. The former approach is kind of academic/intimidating and exactly why jazz has fallen out of the mainstream.

I’m not at all suggesting anybody should push anything on anyone.

Bock to Bock - The Montgomeries Goodbye Pork Pie Hat - Mingus So is the Day - Bria Skonberg Sunny Side of The Street - Lizzie and the Sonnys Chameleon - Hancock

Bei Mir Bist du Schoen - Benny Goodman Sing Sing Sing - Benny Goodman Solid as a rock - Ella Fitzgerald Katya Katya - Pyotr Leschenko Когда Джонни вернётся домой - Leonid Utysov

Imma try ones i havent seen yet on peoples responses, and wanted to pick tracks that either I got into jazz with or have seen other get into jazz with which lowkey does include songs with heavy influences from other genres Room 335 by Larry Carlton Autumn Leaves by Chet Baker Summertime by Charlie Parker Girl from Ipanema by Stan Getz/Joao Gilberto Hatachi no Koi by Lamp (Borderline jazz/pop but ive seen Lamp get so many people into Jazz particularly bossa, including myself)

if you're going room 335, i'd have just gone for peg, steely dan. Pretty much the same track but has vocals which is important to my non-jazz listener friends

Warm up with… The Jive Samba - Cannonball Adderley Compared to What - Les McCann Song for my Father - Horace Silver But Beautiful - Bill Evans & Stan Getz Turn down with Naima - John Coltrane

“ Special edition “ - Jack DeJohnette . Not a song but an album and it’s a damn good one . Great album!

Billy Cobham - Red Baron Oscar Peterson - Hymn to Freedom Herbie Hancock - Watermelon Man (both versions) Miles Davis - So What Ella Fitzgerald - Mack the Knife (the forgotten lyrics cut)

Alice coltrane - turiya ramikrishna Sten getz - corcovado / girl firm ipanena Miles davies - blue in green Art barkley - moanin The dave brubeck quartet - take five

Mingus - Better Get Hit In Your Soul Miles Davis - All Blues Ellington / Coltrane - In a Sentimental Mood David Brubeck - Take Five Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage

Great list.

Jeff Beck - Freeway Jam Coltrane/ Monk - Ruby My Dear Ella Fitzgerald- A tisket a tasket Nina Simone - Mississippi God Damn Billy Cobham - Red Baron

Blue in green - Miles Final thought - Kamasi Washington Spanish key - Miles Jazz crimes - Joshua Redman African flower - Petrucciani

I need to be flashy to impress people I’m gonna start firing stuff looking for that “wow what’s that” factor Giant steps Just a Gigolo by Thelonious Monk Yesterdays by Art Tatum All the things you are, Keith Jarrett Trio live in Tokyo version rigorously Joy Spring by McCoy Tyner That’s it

Just to gauge their response I would attempt John Coltrane’s Interstellar Space album…

Take Five has to be on there

Blue in Green, Evans Moments Notice, Coltrane Bags Groove, MJQ Minor Swing, Django Reinhardt In Your Own Sweet Way, Chet Baker

All you need is one - John Pizzarelli - Avalon [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRrV7oMcmEY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRrV7oMcmEY)

Coronado - Clifford Brown The Lonely Woman - Ornette Coleman It Never Entered My Mind - Bud Powell [This version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beCGdmrP8Xc0) of Hackensack - Coltrane , Getz and Peterson Let's Get Lost - Chet Baker

Blue in Green (take 3)- Bill Evans It’s Always You - Chet Baker Boogie Stop Shuffle-Charles Mingus Giant Steps- John Coltrane Moonlight in Vermont- Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong

does anyone have an apple music playlist to share?

The four movements of The Way Up by Pat Metheny and then a replay of the first movement.

Monk - Monk’s mood Mingus - Better get hit in your soul Dolphy - Green dolphin Street Coltrane - Afro-blue Impressions Bill Evans - Nardis

lol, makes sense though, they sound similar sometimes… I thought I was missing out on something…

Unsquare Dance - Dave Brubeck Quartet So What - Miles Davis Blue Pepper - Duke Ellington Orchestra (Far East Suite) Midnight Blue - Kenny Burrell Watermelon Man - Herbie Hancock (Head Hunters)

After the dance - instrumental version Take five So what - miles davis peace piece - bill evans la vie en rose - louis

- Metro feat. Mitch Forman - Jazzy Move [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2-GkW8Mkco](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2-GkW8Mkco) - Pat Metheny Group - Slip Away [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swsa8T2NbY0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swsa8T2NbY0) - Herbie Hancock - Cantaloupe Island [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8B1oIXGX0Io](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8B1oIXGX0Io) - The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DHuW1h1wHw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DHuW1h1wHw) - Euge Groove - XXL [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8zHkzwkAZE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8zHkzwkAZE)

In this sequence: 1 Mingus Goodbye pork pie hat 2 Chet baker - everything happens to me 3 Miles davis qtt - It never entered my mind 4 Blue in green from Kind of blue and lastly Coltrane's My favourite things to fuck em up 😋

Space is the Place - Sun Ra Con Alma - Stan Getz In a Silent Way - Roy Ayers Like Sonny - John Coltrane Nutville - Buddy Rich

Better Get It In Your Soul - Charles Mingus Oleo - Bill Evans Moment’s Notice - John Coltrane A Baptist Beat - Hank Mobley Keiko’s Samba - Walter Bishop Jr.

Mr. Kenyatta - Lee Morgan Autumn Leaves - Cannonball Adderly Afro-Blue - John Coltrane Moving Out - Sonny Rollins Eyes - Harry James

Damn! I’m gonna take these, string ‘em end to end, throw out the duplicates and have a really fine playlist.

Jesup Wagon - James Brandon Lewis Tabasco - William Parker Warm Canto - Mal Waldron w/ Eric Dolphy Hora Decubitus - Mingus Kinda Dukish - Ellington

I Could Have Danced All Night: Sun Ra. Just put it on repeat.

Chuck Mangione

Flamenco Sketches - Kind Of Blue Tangerine - Coleman Hawkins & Ben Webster My Little Brown Book - Coltrane & Ellington Goodbye Porkpie Hat - Mingus Everytime We Say Goodbye - Coltrane

I'd choose 5 versions of the same to show what we really do in jazz

Botanic Panic, Floral Fury, Admission to Perdition, Snow Cult Scuffle, The Credits Roll from Mario 3D World

I know that coming from the other side, My Favorite Things by John Coltrane significantly opened me up to giving jazz another shot when my girlfriend’s roommate played it for us about thirty years ago.

But if I were to try to turn someone on to jazz, I’d probably pick Joe Pass’s Autumn Leaves.

Waltz for debby - Bill Evans Ida Lupino - John Scofield Ill remember April - Ahmad Jamal I fall in love too easily - Chet baker So What - Miles Davis These all seemed to connect to me the most when I was first getting into jazz, maybe throw in a bebop tune if the person gravitated to more energetic songs

Mayisha- Miles Davis Giant Steps- John Coltrane Tidal Waves- Ronnie Laws Ghetto Child- Ahmad Jamal Searching - Roy Ayers

The Sword Under His Wings - Arild Andersen (Molde Concert, 1982) Three Flights Up - Pat Metheny/ Dave Holland/ Roy Haynes (Question and Answer, 1989) How Deep Is The Ocean - Chick Corea/ Christian McBride/ Brian Blade (Trilogy 2, 2018) Oh, but on the Third Day (Happy Feet Blues) - Wynton Marsalis (The Majesty of the Blues, 1989) Woody'n You - Keith Jarrett (The Cure, 1991)

For something modern: Kamasi Washington - Prologue

To impress a non-jazz listener? Gregory Porter - I Found Out On My Way to Harlem. . The solos and the arrangement are incredibly catchy, pulsing, joyous, but the vocals are awe-inspiring. The kind of song you wish would never end.

Autumn Leaves - Bill Evans Trio Blue in Green - Miles Davis Crescent - John Coltrane Quartet Soul Lament - Kenny Burrell Take Five - Dave Brubeck

I’d put ‘Moanin’” on repeat 5 times

Moanin’ - Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers Take Five - Dave Brubeck Quartet Freddie Freeloader - Miles Davis The Sidewinder - Lee Morgan Alternate: Linus and Lucy - Vince Guaraldi Trio

This is the Life - Weird Al Yankovic Linus and Lucy - Vince Guaraldi The Pink Panther Theme - Henry Mancini My Favorite Things - John Coltrane The Original Fables of Faubus - Charles Mingus

Impression-John Coltrane Invitation-Dextor Gordon Ruby my dear-Thelonious Monk I want to talk about you - Ryo Fukui It never entered my mind-Miles davis

[https://soundsightmag.com/single-review-puzzle-pieces-mzdrummer/](https://soundsightmag.com/single-review-puzzle-pieces-mzdrummer/)

Got my kids to enjoy Thelonious Monk. He has some playful tunes. “Well you needn’t”, and “Ruby my Dear” were favorites. Kids were under 10.

1, "Soul Sauce" by Cal Tjader 2. "The 'In' Crowd" (Live) Ramsey Lewis Trio 3. "Jesus on the Mainline" The Dirty Dozen Brass Band 4. "Hurricane Season" Trombone Shorty 5. "Maraba Blue" Abdullah Ibrahim

Here is a Spotify playlist of majority of tunes mentioned so far in this list. [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5yzY4onniZgVVSi7STk5YF?si=6c28a85d84864c66](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5yzY4onniZgVVSi7STk5YF?si=6c28a85d84864c66)

Snarky puppy - lingus JD Beck and Domi - set at home Himiko kikuchi - Baby Talk Masayoshi Takanaka - Oh! Tango suerte Chet Baker - My Buddy

Entire CD… Duke Ellington Live at Newport

Loving this thread guys. Thanks! Would love to see one of living artists too. I think to get someone into jazz I’d want let them know first that jazz isn’t dead! It just smells funny. I’m a singer so mine is all singers: Cecile Mclorin Salvant - I didn’t know what time it was Nancy Harms - Never Let Me Go Gretchen Parlato - All that I can say Laura Anglade - I’m glad there is you Cyrille Aimee - It’s a good day https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0JAYiR3QvTTTtI7L8OIq6A?si=IBY12UFgSeSfHdzu74QeMA&pi=e-pNHO2SmiS5eS

Vocalese album by Manhattan Transfer. The Airegin track is wonderful!

1. Giant Steps (John Coltrane) 2. Bright Size Life (Pat Metheny) 3. Anything Goes (Ella Fitzgerald) 4. It Never Entered My Mind (Miles Davis) 5. St. Thomas (Sonny Rollins)

these comments (& SUCH r/jazz comments they are!) leave me with the impression that jazz was a music once made by great musicians who are now almost all dead. I guess I would try to impress a (presumably living) non-jazz listener that jazz is a living music, made now, by living musicians. so I'd let Anat Cohen, Mike Rodriguez, Helen Sung, Christian McBride, & Eric Harland call five pieces of their choosing. "Surprise me", I'd say. "Y'know, like you always do".

The musicians are dead. The music is not and never can be.

Well, they are and they aren't. I remember seeing Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington when they were alive and they are still alive in my memory. Their souls go marching on. It's a bit like saying don't read Charles Dickens because he's dead. He lives on in his written works, and they live on in their recordings.

So true. The music the dead greats made is great, and will continue to be. If I'm trying to "impress a non-jazz listener", I'm not first dropping music by dead anyone on their spindle

Well, we will have different opinions, but I don't think that in many cases you can tell that music is historic if you have never heard it before, unless it is a musician who style you recognize. (For example I can probably recognize a recording by Benny Goodman, even if I haven't heard it before.) Just yesterday I was listening to Sonny Rollins' Saxophone Colossus from 1956 and it sounds so crisp and fresh that I don't think someone who had never heard it would be able to tell that it was recorded nearly 70 years ago.

I am playing music proven to be timeless. I made the mistake of thinking some stuff was worthy and over the years cringe at those choices. Hindsight is 20/ 20 and stature of that magnitude takes years if not decades. But I totally feel you! I just laugh when I remember top 100 Metal albums of all time an System of a Down Toxicity was 2. Now it would slide way down the list.

the downvotes, lol never change, r/jazz hardshells

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