🎷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
2
title track gets stuck in your head for a week
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Time Out - Dave Brubeck Quartet
5/4 time and you don't even notice, that's the trick
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Blue Train - John Coltrane
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Waltz for Debby - Bill Evans Trio
live at the Village Vanguard, you can hear the room
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Somethin' Else - Cannonball Adderley
Miles is on this one too, everybody wins
7
Mingus Ah Um - Charles Mingus
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Giant Steps - John Coltrane
skip this until the other 6 first, it's the final boss not a starter
9
The Sidewinder - Lee Morgan
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Getz/Gilberto - Stan Getz & João Gilberto
bossa nova gateway drug. ipanema's on here but it's not even the best track
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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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