🎷jazz that doesn't sound like homework

for people who think jazz is just noodling. sequenced so it clicks, not a canon dump

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Kind of Blue - Miles Davis

start here. no bad track, no drama, just sits right

title track gets stuck in your head for a week

Time Out - Dave Brubeck Quartet

5/4 time and you don't even notice, that's the trick

Blue Train - John Coltrane

Waltz for Debby - Bill Evans Trio

live at the Village Vanguard, you can hear the room

Somethin' Else - Cannonball Adderley

Miles is on this one too, everybody wins

Mingus Ah Um - Charles Mingus

Giant Steps - John Coltrane

skip this until the other 6 first, it's the final boss not a starter

The Sidewinder - Lee Morgan

Getz/Gilberto - Stan Getz & João Gilberto

bossa nova gateway drug. ipanema's on here but it's not even the best track

Head Hunters - Herbie Hancock

nobody tells beginners about this one, funk-adjacent deep cut that got me hooked. chameleon is 15 min, wastes none of it

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