Any Jazz fans ?

[vernon]

i know almost nothing about jazz, but some of the stuff i've heard i really like :)

thats limited to "sweet & lowdown" by woody allen which has plenty of jazz music..... and the only jazz album i have is "gling-glo" which is a collection of the best icelandic jazz performers doing what they do best with bjork doin some vocals for them, its sounds a bit eccentric but it never fails to make me feel better after listening to it :)

could anyone give me some recommendations for good jazz stuff?
I hope to get some more!

[sickofhull]

I play Jazz myself but, bizzarely, have'nt listened to that much of it- only really recognising that what i was writing was chromatic recently ( yeah! i know - i'm weird! :D ) Van Morrison has produced some of the greatest popular jazz-
astral weeks & moondance being two of his best albums.
i've always liked diverse groups that are often hard to categorise.
Sonic youth are often seen as indie but the'yre best stuff has a strong jazz element as does My Bl**dy valentine.
I am going to start looking for more "classic" jazz ( when i've the cash spare)
i'll let you know if i find anything cool.
oh! - & Portishead are very jazz, they're Dummy album was brilliant!

It is strange how the music that influences you is'nt nessacarily the stuff you come up with yourself.

B)

[sickofhull]

Hi again!

Got some jazz out from library recently, really good!
I got Phelonious Monk ( guarantee mispelt), Charlie parker & Dhjango Rheinhardt c.d's.
I have heard some monk before & was always impressed- very strong style.
The charlie Parker was " with strings" - really nice chilled out, tunefull stuff.
Dhjango Rheinhardt was a guitarist & i really love his stuff- the best description i can give is - gypsy kooky- nice! B)
I'm going to look into some more- got the bug, so i'll post any good finds.
cheers!