Thread: jazz or swing music

Western Swing is fantastic but hard to find. Overall i think I like Miller the best but Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Benny Goodman and others are fantastic. Benny Goodman's "Sing Sing Sing" is (IMO) the best swing tune of all time.

I think one of the better but underrated modern swing bands was Indigo Swing but I don't think they are together anymore.

I don't have much use for jazz myself but I certainly can respect the contributions it has made to many other musical forms that I enjoy like rock and swing.

Thelonious Monk is my favorite be-bop artist. Also check out Bill Frisell's stuff - he's a sort of jazz americana rock country fusion type guitar player. Very tasteful. Very good.

For a nice chill jazzy type album check out Kenny Wheeler's "Angel Song". . .

Originally Posted by w12code3

Western Swing is fantastic but hard to find. Overall i think I like Miller the best but Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Benny Goodman and others are fantastic. Benny Goodman's "Sing Sing Sing" is (IMO) the best swing tune of all time.

I think one of the better but underrated modern swing bands was Indigo Swing but I don't think they are together anymore.

I don't have much use for jazz myself but I certainly can respect the contributions it has made to many other musical forms that I enjoy like rock and swing.

for some great western swing check out Bob Wills, and a newer band, The Hot Club of Cowtown. Amazing stuff.

i do agree about the "old skool" swing bands such as the late great glenn miller. i was exposed to this music by my father who was born in 1930. these bands were authentic and true musicians with real tallent. if you played a glenn miller lp or tommy dorsey lp or any of the other bands lp's and then went to hear them live ,you couldnt tell the dif. no electronic tweaking or stuff of that nature as today. but there are great musicians in the jazz and swing worl today the would have fit right in back in the day. thanks for listening to me rant on

Originally Posted by smokinstang65

Big Bad Voodoo Daddies are indeed good swing, but they are new swing. Look up some Glenn Miller (and go beyond In the Mood and Pennslyvanni 6-5000) The Secret Broadcasts 3-CD set is GREAT .
Try listening to some of these from him:

Moonlight Serenade
Pistol Packin' Mama
The GI Jive
By The Waters of Minnetonka
April in Paris
String of Pearls
American Patrol
Ciribiribin
Sentimental Journey
Stormy Weather
A Nightengale Sang in Barkley Square
Perfidia

Listen to the Andrews Sisters:
Beer Barrel Polka
Run, Rabbit, Run
I've Got No Strings
Donkey Serenade
Rum and Coca-Cola

Listen to Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, Al Dexter, Hellen O'Connell. To name just a few.


As you can tell, I'm much more into the old stuff, though I do certainly enjoy some of the new stuff. As for jazz, I never really got into it. I loved playing the trumpet and I loved brass and all, but I dunno, I stuck to swing.

Yes, I'm in to the old stuff, too. - especially, Benny Goodman!

BTW, trivia question: What was the 1st gold record (sales of over a million)?

* The top of your list, Glenn Miller's, "Moonlight Serenade"

I will not say anything about the comparison between new and old jazz/swing. I'll have to listen to the new first.

Steve

Okay - I went to www.pandora.com - I dialed up "Big Bad Daddy Voodoo"

I gave him a whirl, and I can honestly say, "I didn't care for him that much"!

BUT - I really like Pandora - I have dialed up Benny Goodman, Frank Sinatra, Dave Grusin (jazz of the 70's), etc..

I am presently listening to David Sanborn's "Acazar" - I love it!!

* I just put in a new computer with a Bose sound system *

Thanks fer the tip,

Steve

Shoot, Brian Setzer, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grappelli and Art Tatum are all I listen to in the jazz and swing genre.

The problem I've found with the new swing is that they focus on JUST the "In the Mood" style songs. All the upbeat get out on the dance floor "Swing Swing Swing" kind of songs. I enjoy those but I also really enjoy being able to sit back and listen to a nice slower song like Moonlight Serenade or the likes. Thats why I can only listen to Setzer and Voodoo Daddys for so long.

I love some good jazz man. We actually had a discussion on this in the chat last night, so here are some more suggestions:

Weather Report (Birdland - always a classic), Thievery Corporation (Check out Lebanese Blonde and Shadows of Ourselves), Yoko Kanno (anything from the Cowboy Bebop OST. She has some amazing jazz pieces.)

Originally Posted by Bledge

I'll chime in here! Top stuff. And I'll certainly have to try out that Pandora place.

EDIT: I just did, and they don't allow non-US visitors. Bummer.

Yes Pandora used to be just for Americans, but they would just ask for your Zip Code, so I lived in Beverly Hills

Now they do a lookup on your IP address to see where you are located, so you can't do that. It was a very sad day when I lost my station. There is a couple other sites that can be used for music ( thesixtyone is more of unheard of people. You post and give props to new artists and get to listen to different types of music).

As for the jazz or swing, I love my jazz. It really just chills me out after a long day of work, or when I am trying to code and just think about other things while trying to work.