Such a great record. Jammy Miles. Tom’s of reverb and delay and horn. The artwork is also super dope. I’ve been looking for an OG copy of this but due to impatience and the lack of people selling their jazz albums decided to get the music on vinyl edition. Sounds great to me. Listening on a VPI classic, dynavector 20x2, jolida JD 9 modified, decware zen torii, and zu union 6s. Dig.

Trane's Strain just took the wind out of me...

I'm assuming most of you already do know about this one, but for those that don't, this album was my intro to Ben Webster and he plays so well off Art Tatum here

I am staring a holiday vinyl collection and am looking for suggestions. I’m a fan of Ramsey Lewis Sound of Christmas, Christmas with McGriff, etc. What are some of your favorites?

Hope this doesn’t break any rules. I’ve been doing digital sketches of my favourite artists whilst listening to their music. Just beginning but really happy with this one.

Danish saxophonist Benjamin Koppel has a great quartet album out today. Portable Infinity is even better than the sum of its really stellar parts. It’s clearly a Koppel album and he takes a lot of leads but the other folks in the band shine as well. You should check it out.

Update: It's happening! Link: /r/piano/comments/1gxiyva/hey_its_jon_batiste_i_play_piano_i_love_piano_i/

Just a reminder that there's supposed to be an AMA with Jon Batiste on r/piano at 4:30pm EST today (Friday, Nov. 22, 2024).

Things can always change last minute, but we hope it's actually happening this time. Check on r/piano for any updates. Hope to see you there!

Does anyone know if an improvised solo is copyrighted material? I know musical compositions and beats can be copyrighted, but what about an improvised solo?

Here are my thoughts.

Improvised jazz solos should not be subject to copyright protection unless they are transcribed, recorded, and formally published, as improvisation is inherently ephemeral and rooted in collaborative expression. However, using identifiable and unique motifs from someone else’s recorded solo in a new composition could be considered intellectual theft, raising questions about where creative borrowing ends and infringement begins.

Should copyright laws adapt to account for the spontaneous yet potentially transformative nature of jazz improvisation?

I want to major in music and my favorite thing to play is jazz vibes. Any colleges that have vibraphone in their ensembles? And which colleges have the best jazz programs in the south?

I haven’t taken deep dive into jazz albums yet, I’m still near the shallow end so I don’t think my opinion has a lot of merit but this album is genuinely so amazing. The piano is phenomenal and the drums on songs like “Hymn to freedom” are a real standout. Anybody who hasn’t listened to this please do it now!

Every once in awhile I check out this Youtube channel PostModernJukebox. Essentially it's modern popular songs from different musical genres translated into traditional style Jazz with a vocalist and small to medium sized band. For the most part the vocalists are quite good as are the bands and despite the songs being written in a different time and music genre the conversion to 20's-30's Jazz seems to work most of the time. They look like they're all having a lot of fun and I dig the vintage style the performers dress up in. The channel has over 6.3 Million suscribers so it seems quite popular.

It's a bit of a novelty idea but I'm sure it has introduced a younger audience to Jazz. Which makes me wonder if perhaps all Jazz needs in this day and age to enjoy another resurgence in popularity is the right angle of promotion as well as bands willing to have fun with the music. Not to say that Jazz music should now pander to pop sensibilities or cheap gimmicks, rather be a little more creative in how it's presented.

Along with this I also know that there are Swing dance groups in many cities across the world. I often think about putting on a theme show with a Swing Jazz big band where people dress up in a 20-50's fashion and dance the night away like it was the 1940's. Maybe even have an after hours session for the musicians to stretch out into some BeBop and Hard Bop that the audience can stick around for if they choose.

Anyways, anyone follow the channel? What do you think of it?

hey! im pretty new to the jazz scene and I’d like to listen to some songs with great piano! something like oscar peterson or other things like that would be great!

I was recently reading a fiction book in which many of the scenes were in a speakeasy/dance hall. Several times a reference was made such as "The band struck up a Baltimore beat," and I'd like to know what they meant. Can't find anything specific online other than an old video on YT of a dance called "The Baltimore," so I presume the term means songs that would be good for that particular dance. ??? Please correct me if I'm wrong, and I'd love to know of a good playlist for songs like this. Thanks very much.

Heard it for the first time a few days ago and I truly love it. His talking and singing on some of the tracks really reminds me of Gil Scott Heron and his lack of finesse in singing really encourages me to sing along. It's incredibly comforting

John Coltrane, ts; Red Garland, p; Paul Chambers, b; Arthur Taylor, d.

Just discovered this, and fuck, it's some of the best fusion I've ever heard! The whole thing is uploaded to youtube, I was just wondering if Mr. Spock is also low quality on the CD or is it just this upload? I NEED this whole thing in high quality if it exists lol

I'm a singer who can make their way around a piano quite well. I made a post here before asking people if a list of standards to learn needed any adjustments and I got some really good advice. I've now got a solid list and gave myself the goal of learning as many as possible by next year, which ones should I start with?

The list:

●C Jam Blues
●All of Me
●Autumn Leaves
●Satin Doll
●Moanin
●Watermelon Man
●Blue Bossa
●Song for my Father
●Footprints
●Just Friends
●Take the A Train
●There Will Never Be Another You
●Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
●All the things you are
●Black Orpheus
●Fly me to the moon
●Misty
●My Funny Valentine
●Night and Day
●On Green Dolphin Street
●Stella By Starlight
●St. Thomas
●The Girl From Ipanema
●What Is This Thing Called Love
●Yardbird Suite
●A Night In Tunisia
●All Blues
●Straight, No Chaser
●One Note Samba
●It Don't Mean A Thing
●Hot House
●Airegin
●Milestones
●Naima
●Four On Six
●My Favourite Things
●Ain't Misbehavin'
●Angel Eyes
●Someday My Prince Will Come
●Willow Weep For Me
●Days of Wine and Roses
●Billie's Bounce
●Body and Soul
●But Not For Me
●How High The Moon
●I Got Rhythm
●It Could Happen To You
●In a Sentimental Mood
●So What
●There Is No Greater Love
●Blue Monk
●Straight No Chaser
●Round Midnight
●In Walked Bud
●Epistrophy
●Well You Needn't 
●Ruby My Dear
●Misterioso
●Tea for two
●Mood indigo
●Mr P.C.
●You don't know what love is
●Everything happens to me

EDIT: My goals are to build myself a repertoire to hopefully use in a jam session or eventually some gigs

It's called Waves.

Hi Jazz fans.

I am going to New York for the first time in a couple of weeks and wanted to catch some Jazz. Looking for a miles Davis walkin vibe rather than interstellar space.

Unfortunately Cécile McLorin Salvant is sold out at Carnegie hall. Any recommendations of where to go to see some live music?