I only found one Reddit comment mentioning this a decade ago so, I need to know if I'm way off base or not.

I was listening to the title track from "The Congregation" (1958) by Johnny Griffin, and I swear the vast majority of the Family Guy theme song was heavily inspired by this track, or it at least used many of the same inspirations and motifs.

Please take a listen and let me know what you think, thanks all!

This record holds a special place in my heart. On days like today when I feel beaten down and hopelessly burnt out, nothing soothes my nerves and loosens my shoulders like The Melody At Night, With You.

What albums do that for you on a rainy day? You get bonus points from me if it's a solo piano record lol.

Wanted the a copy on vinyl but thought this at £12 was a good price

Teddy Charles, Jimmy Giuffre, Shorty Rogers, Curtis Counce, and Shelly Manne, collecting 4 sides of Charles’ 10” “New Directions” records.
There was a lot of “jazz lab” stuff that, for awhile, was known as Third Stream (a term coined by Gunther Schiller) which was using jazz modes, sensibilities, and stylings to classical-like “composed” music. This sounds totally normal now but in 1956 it was revolutionary. The Modern Jazz Quartet made their careers of it, actually collaborating with Giuffre on a few things. But the music itself, swinging as it does between post-bop statement riffs and ECM-style space jazz, is revolutionary and fun (unlike some of Giuffre’s later output which was decidedly less so)(fun, that is).

I am by no means a critic and can't report on all the intricacies of the show but I have to say this was one of the best jazz shows I've ever experienced.They said they were just up there having fun, been friends and bandmates for years, yet it was so clean and composed. Francies is so dang talented, mesmerizing and elegant on that piano. Joel Ross and his xylophone added an extra tingle that made me smile and cry. I wish they recorded these shows.

I am new to jams: I went to a chill jam, I play keys, guy let me sit in, I sight read a bunch of songs (I am ass at jazz), I think the house band keys guy disappeared after a song or so. I just kept playing until someone else asked if they could play keys. maybe 5 songs?

I was wondering after the fact was that okay or if I am just overthinking it?

Original Dixieland Jazz Band – Bluin' the Blues / Sensation Rag (1918) 78 RPM shellac record

This early jazz, dixieland, fox trot style music recorded for dancing.

My particular niche is small band recordings from the mid-50s through the early 60s, this gem being from 1956, and Jack Montrose was a very active arranger and tenor man in that era. Note the top 2 names- when this album was being recorded, Bob Gordon and Clifford Brown were up-and-coming stars around the L.A. scene. Gordon was uncannily nimble, fingering a baritone sax as if it were an alto, and Brown was the equivalent of seeing a ball player in his rookie year and knowing he’ll be in the Hall of Fame- but in August of 1955 Bob Gordon died in a crash on his way to a Pete Rugolo gig in San Diego, and Clifford Brown suffered the same fate 10 months later. So this album was recorded in the summer of 1955, and both leads would be gone as it hit the shelves.
Very much worth tracking down on Discogs.

EXERPT: There are few times in life when you can look beyond the existential husk and know, “fuck, I love this,” while something is happening in real time. Someone didn’t turn you onto it; you found the water yourself and chose to dive in. Getting wet was the point. That was me with Jazz, Ken Burns’ 2001 documentary on the history of the music.

I love to hear some instrumental jazz when I'm working as a game developer, after trying so many music genres that was the most effective!

Now I want to hear jazz itself, not only as a background music, but I don't know where to begin with... I love music in general, with a little focus on soundtracks from games. But jazz itself is something i never explored too deep.

Maybe here I can get some help?? Sorry for any mistake on grammar, English is not my first language.

Here is the playlist I hear when I work (if it helps in anything) : https://open.spotify.com/playlist/60c0eJQl2QbGVkKwr7DaNy?si=zgWcwLbPRgKyz3R_LMxxqg&utm_source=copy-link

Lately, I've been really into practicing cells. I'll take 1-2-3-5 and play the pattern up and down whole tone & diminished scales where 1 is the root. So for example, I might play:

C D Eb G
D E F A
E F# G B
F# G# A C#

etc...up and down the whole tone scale. Which I could then superimpose over some changes or use over a modal tune. And of course, practicing different permutations of 1-2-3-5 (like 2-1-3-5 etc. whatever you can think of).

So my question is: Who are some good players or what are some specific recordings I could transcribe that use this technique?

I play trumpet, so I'm especially into how horn players might play this way, especially not super fast but more as a model for melodic playing.

Hope this makes sense. My brain has been buzzing about this lately.

A Pretty Ghoul is Like a Malady

just looking for recommendations, cause I know almost nothing abt jazz and it's genres, but I really love Donny McCaslin's music, which I found by total accident

I am solo trying to get into Blue Note for a sold out Amber Mark show tomorrow at 10:30pm. What are the odds of getting in?

I went to school for jazz for two years and to put what I’m saying most clearly I present this interaction:

During combo one day we began learning a Miles Davis song, I cannot remember which one unfortunately, and I suggested a slight alteration to our arrangement as I thought it’d sound better with the way we’d been playing it to which my teacher responded “do you really think you can come up with something better than Miles?”

Now maybe I couldn’t but I think Mr. Davis would respect it for trying to push something forward or even being willing to try. Whenever I’ve suggested that jazz can still be original and you can bring your own flair to it, I’m met with general responses of “okay but you need to respect the tradition..” and yes, you do, but since when was being creative and original not part of that? It’s not like I’m reinventing the wheel, I just do things slightly different.

I ran into this and similar arguments so many times that it created a genuine disliking for the way they teach jazz in school, at least that one. I also recall being told “we’re not here to make you artists, we’re here to get you a job” and it’s understandable but also extremely sad. Surely there’s a balance somewhere in there.

Like the title says I’m just looking for something new or old with that psychedelic jazz funk. Some of my favorites are MMW, Scofield, weather report, lettuce, soulive to name a few, thanks in advance!

So basically me and my friend played Javanaise by Claude Bolling together and we're looking for more duets to play for flute and piano.

Requirements:

The piano mustn't only be like accompainment and should do something other than chords

Must be a flute and piano duet or something that can be easily converted to a flute and piano duet

Must be awsome sauce like Bolling

Recently i gained an interest for jazz because i became obsessed with a lot of nikolai kapustin’s compositions. Im not sure if hes really considered jazz or more like classical jazz fusion? But i really really love his works, especially his eight concert etudes (my favourites are no1&3). Havent been able to find that in anything else, and every time i try to find for jazz playlists its always smooth jazz, which is great too but its not really what im looking for.

I find myself really really enjoying jazz music with little to no structure, and i really like it when it sounds messy/fast paced? The kind of music that is hard to snap to because you just cant really ever get the hang of the rhythm. I also do love a lot of dissonance in the music i listen to. I also enjoy bebop

Sorry if the descriptions are really vague but i genuinely know very little about the right words to search to find for recommendations that i would enjoy.