jazz suggestions Options

[brooklyneast05]

is anyone into jazz music?


i wanna be. i listen to some and i want to get more into it but i don't really know what to start with. some stuff i already have is

brain simpson
chet baker
dave koz
john coltrane
najee
thelonious monk


there are a few others but i don't wanna open itunes to figure out which ones. so, i duno, i wondered around the jazz section at barns and noble today. i wanna buy stuff but i don't know what.

suggestions?

[superstitious]

Birth of Cool, by Miles Davis is a definite go-to jazz album.

Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie are fantastic. Try out the Yardbird Suite. It's a very good collection.

You commented once on music I had playing on my profile here. That was bossa nova jazz and the artist was Astrud Gilberto, one of my favorites. I really think you should delve into some bossa nova. Joao Gilberto (and Astrud, of course), Sergio Mendes, Antonio Carlos Jobim and Stan Getz are the artists you want to pay particular attention to.

There's far too many albums to name, but try to sample out some songs. If I get a chance, I'll try to get a playlist uploaded on my profile for some sampling.