Jazz - What should I be listening to?

[Jason]

I'm looking to listen to some ass-kicking jazz. Gimme some artists worth checking out, please.

[za gophar]

i myself would not listen to straight up jazz, but 311 has some stuff with major jazz influence. try

311 - 8:16 a.m.
311 - space funk (very rare, find it at 311.com or 311heaven.com)

[ZeUs!!]

Not quite jazz but still chilled, check out Lemon Jelly - A Tune For Jack

[Malladrin]

Diana Krall (quite mainstream jazz, but cool enough)
Buck Turner, Jack Clayton

[Exotic]

my mom listens to Diana Krall ,the cd has some good songs on it

[genocidal]

not quite jazz but it's jazzy rock....try the band karate....original spies is a good song.

[ÆNIMA]

lol i think only one person gave him a real jazz group, i guess jazz isn't really as mainstream as it should be

here's my not totally jazz, but kinda group

Candieria (i thinkt hat's the spelling, that's the pronounciation)
They also do a lot of hardcore music (power cords and screaming) and hiphop, so if you have a lot of time to pick and choose...they're good with jazz

[Reepicheep]

You are all a bunch of fucking idiots, seriously. 311... jesus.

Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
John Coltrane - Blue Train

Start there, if you don't like that, well then you won't like any jazz.

[cundor]

Frank Zappa isn't always making jazz, but his music is Th@ bomb (not for wp tho)

[Spybreak!]

Here you go, all ya gotta do is...
click this magic link

[Galleleo]

I like Celtic music more. Like from braveheart, and LOTR

Donno much about jazz, tho we have the jazzfestival here in the city every year

[Dabram]

Hmm, some famous jazzartists:

Miles Davis, album: Bitches Brew, songs: Spanish Key, Miles Runs The Voodoo Down
John Coltrane, song: Blue Train
Charlie Parker, songs: Anthropology, Take Five

Some "experimental" jazz,

Tosca, songs: Busenfreund, Suzuki
Yesterday's New Quinlet
Madlib

If you want some (freaky) Jazzmetal, Crvenban is your man:

Liquid Tension Experiment
Mahavishnu Orchestra

Too everyone: don't give the man chilled music when he asks for jazz. jazz can be pretty tense when actually listening to it, it's only chilled as background music (but that's all background music).

[Webbb Llama v1.5]

Boney James & Rick Braun straight up jazz

[za gophar]

You are all a bunch of fucking idiots, seriously. 311... jesus.

i am 95 percent sure that you have not heard either of the songs i listed... probably havent heard any of their songs but the radio ones like amber..

[ConcreteSchlyrd]

Originally posted by Dabram
Miles Davis, album: Bitches Brew, songs: Spanish Key, Miles Runs The Voodoo Down
John Coltrane, song: Blue Train
Charlie Parker, songs: Anthropology, Take Five

Add:
Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain
Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
Rubén González - Sentimiento
Thelonious Monk - Underground

EDIT: Realized Reepicheep bested my Miles Davis selection--changed for added enjoyment/less calories.

EDIT #2: Tom Waits - Nighthawks at the Diner is fucking phenomenal.

EDIT #823: genocidal: Some Boots is a really good album. It's a shame their lyrics aren't better.