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Ask HN: How can I learn to appreciate jazz?
I'm fascinated about jazz but I'm quite sure I miss 99% of the thing. I don't have the musical knowledge and the keys to understand it properly.
Could you suggest me some books, sites, webradios, etc about jazz?
- chmielewski 10y agoListen to Daedalus and then check out the project he has with Jazz Quartet 'Kneebody' called 'kneedlus' or 'kneedless' He plays a kind of live improvisational electronic music.
- davidgerard 10y agoI liked this blog post on the subject. http://glassmaker.tumblr.com/post/137759512208/how-to-listen-to-a-jazz-song-with-miles-davis http://glassmaker.tumblr.com/post/137759512208/how-to-listen...
- FabHK 10y agoCool intro to the basics of the mechanics, short and insightful, thanks.
- FabHK 10y agoGood question. I've listened to "How to Listen to and Understand Great Music" from The Great Courses [1], and that did help me appreciate and enjoy classical music. Doesn't cover jazz, though. An equivalent for jazz would be great. They do in fact have a course "Elements of Jazz: From Cakewalks to Fusion", and it's only 8 x 37 minutes. I haven't listened to it, but from my experience with their courses, I'd recommend it (though don't buy it at the full price on their website, wait for a sale or check amazon/audible/...) [1] http://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/how-to-listen-to-and-understand-great-music-3rd-edition.html http://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/how-to-listen-to-and-... [2] http://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/elements-of-jazz-from-cakewalks-to-fusion.html http://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/elements-of-jazz-from...
- FabHK 10y agoAlso, check out the TV series History of Jazz by Ken Burns: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_(TV_series) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_(TV_series) (seems to be available on youtube)
- DrScump 10y ago"Jazz" is such a broad arena. It spans genres from Dixieland to Louis Armstrong to Django Reinhardt (not the web framework) to Pat Metheny to fusion to... You might sample an artist or two from each genre to narrow your interest. I daresay most fans of a given genre are not fans of all. For that matter, the boundary between jazz and blues or rock or even classical are porous (Bob James' version of Bizet's Farandole "L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2[0] immediately came to mind). My interest was sparked by two initial inspirations: my late brother-in-law (a musician himself) and a local FM radio station which played a broad spectrum of music (ironically, their license was eventually used for KFOG's South Bay version). One delimiting criterion is pure instrumentals vs. vocals; another is which instruments you favor (guitar vs. brass vs. keyboard emphasis). [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlskWL4SjGI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlskWL4SjGI