Thank you for this. This plus a few of your other videos really helped me navigate into the world of Jazz.

Thanks for sharing your knowledge and passion. I have ordered everything you re viewed. I am very grateful

Thank you. I am now starting my journey along the Jazz path. So much of the music I already listen to has heavy jazz inspiration therefore; I am naturally intrigued.

Nice touch, throwing some Kids in the Hall midway through, ha ha, I skipped back and made it a double take. Think I’ll watch that documentary now, I believe this is the second time I hear you mention it, thank you. Lastly, thank you for the content you’ve put out, from hifi gear wisdom (which is what first caught my attention and got me watching your videos) to jazz insights and perhaps most importantly, for opening up the gate to the vinyl community, which I otherwise wouldn’t know existed. Happy New Year!

I realize that this is an older video and I know I watched it a long time ago...it popped up so I am watching again. I first stumbled across you channel 2 years ago when I started getting into jazz. Your channel really helped me as I like hardbop and do not care for free jazz. I decided to start making my own vids (probably half dealing with jazz). I don’t claim Iknow everything about rock but I was ready for something different (hey, I’m getting older!). How refreshing! Getting to know a new genre and finding my favorites (Blakey, Dexter, Sonny Rollins, Sonny Clark, Hank Mobley and the list goes on.) Like you, I try to give some information and convey my enthusiasm for jazz. Just thought I would thank you....

H Paul, Excellent job with this one. The albums that you showed were all top notch and ones that I would suggest to anyone just getting into jazz. I guess I can say that now because a short time ago I was one of those anyone's. I really liked your short blurb on Tower Records too. I had a few friends who managed the Boston and New York stores and at the time it was my go to commercial store. I would have loved to have gone into the Tokyo store like you and Be Bop Bobby Z did. Nice of you to dedicate the video to Bobby. Very enjoyable. You know your jazz my friend~ Rob/Boston

Great video Paul.... I guess I startet the right way. I have 3 of those albums. And I will definitely check the other two out when I decide to get more Jazz music in my collection. I'm still new to the Jazz genre, so this was very helpfull.

I agree that knowing the history is probably half of the appreciation when trying a new genre. I love learning about the process that created an album - the tracks, and I do read and absorb all of the liner notes. (I was like that with Soundtracks like West Side Story) So thank you very much for a teasing intro for those wishing to dip their toes into jazz. I am now off to watch the docos you have linked. Already bought two of the five albums you've shown, and you are right on the mark for inspiring others into Jazz.

The interviews with Lou Reed about "Shape of Jazz to Come" in the 1959 doc are spot on in my opinion. Early free jazz immediately resonated with me as a fan of rock bands like the Velvets, Television, and Yo La Tengo. For something more recent, I've been recommending the new Kamasi Washington record "The Epic" to people who aren't fully into jazz. His link to hip hop gets people interested and then they are blown away by that album.

Paul, you never cease to amaze me! Your choices are my all time faves too! I own the first reissue of Time Out (still with the six eyes label but Take Five is highlighted on the cover (which means the track became a hit single). It has 2BE on side A and 2CB on side B. I would like to believe it is a recent stamper compared to 1A but it still sounds amazing!

Love this video, Paul. Starting getting into jazz right around the time I started up with the VC... I was always a big Swing music fan, as well as lounge, so it wasn't much for me to get into it, but it did take some maturity to lose what you have in your teens and twenties of being not only a rock fan, but ONLY that... Now I listen 40/40/20 - Jazz, Rock, Other.

I just now found this. Outstanding. I have two, now I will get the other tree. My intro to this latter Jazz was Teddy's Vinyliscious channel.

Paul, I was introduced to Take Five by the kid that lived across the street from me back in ‘63, and I’ve had a copy ever since. I need to begin picking up some of those albums you recommend.

Top notch and informative video. There's so much greatness to discover out there but you can't go wrong with any of your picks. I would, however, add Vice Guaraldi's Charlie Brown Christmas as a prime dip your toe in the waters of jazz album. Mingus was crazy no doubt, but so good musically.

I like your channel.. I grew up in the 60s and 70s. .. was a young adult by 80. My parents were big jazz fans..my mom bought a lot of jazz albums thoughout the 50s and 60s. Many are original Blue Notes and Verve.. anyway, we recently discovered they are worth a lot of money. They're in their 90s and were stunned to find that out. LoL. I'm a classic rock guy.. but returned to jazz when I started listening to 2 channel stereo again a few months ago. It seems to be all I listen to lately. Mostly stuff I remember from being a little kid.. stuff my mom cranked up on a Magnevox stereo. I'm streaming through Tidal for the most part. Looking for a turntable to play old jazz albums I have. I like your Rega.. but will likely buy the Fluance RT81. Didn't really know there were so many young people into classic jazz. That's good to see.. especially now that autotune and terrible music prevail. I don't know what happened to music, or where it's going, but exept for folk, modern jazz, and a handful of rock artists, it seems creativity has taken a back seat. Maybe I'm wrong , and there's plenty of music being done that's good.. but it ain't on the radio. I enjoy watching your videos on the old jazz albums. It's fun to see young people talk about these old tunes. They were so common back then, and I'm not sure we realized just how they would stand the test of time. That genre is truly priceless. I'm realizing it now.

Very informative and enjoyable. Thanks.

the title of your video is exactly me. the only "jazz" I've ever owned was Michael Franks - art of tea and Sade's - Diamond life a cousin introduced me to back in the 80s. needless to say I've been curious about jazz ever since. after watching your video I bought Dave Brubeck - time out used vinyl. absolutely fell in love with it. today I went to my local record store and found a used copy of Miles Davis - round about midnight haven't heard it yet haven't made it home I hope it's a good one. thanks for the video.

Hey Paul, doing some research for jazz as I'm gonna focus on it for 2020 (much like I did for blues this year). Thanks for pointing to those documentaries - I'll check them out as I know context is a big help for me. :)

Great video for a classic rock guy like me who knows he needs to man up and get into jazz. Thanks. Btw, you’re like a mixture of Owen Wilson (accent) and Jeff Goldblum (mannerisms and facial expressions).

The Albums that got me Really Liking Jazz Music were: Bitches Brew & Kind of Blue by Miles Davis, and A Love Supreme by John Coltrane. I Love All 3 of those JAZZ Masterpieces!

nicevideo and your insight that i basically agree with , i also appreciate you adviseing people to listen in whatever devise they have, not a jazz vinly only snob, i love records but cds are fine also,thanks so much stay safe KTF.oh be nice to hear your spin on west coast jazz.

Great video, I am new to jazz music but been listening to blues for years. I started off with miles davis kind of blue album. Absolutely fantastic album.

Great intro. I think I have every LP you showed. I mentioned Lester Young in my new Tag vid. And Mingus and Evans.

Cannonball Adderley has a live album (well, more of a selected small group in a studio) called "Live from the Club" that's really alive and swingin.. I came to jazz from Classic Rock.. that particular album really had me.

I have to say i was impressed .I started listening to Jazz back in 1971 i was working in the old Post Office at the old Long Island Termial .I was 19 and working the midnight tour 11 to 8 .The clerk there would play Jazz All night long it would drive me crazy,lol .But i heard it all Coltrane,Davis etc,2 years of it .But it grew in me.That years later in 1987 i bought Atlantic jazz vol 1 n 2 .i have a large jazz collection now mostly on Cds.I was always into Rock ,But Jazz and Movie Scores and Classical .Hey i love music and listen to it on Albums,Cassettes,Cds,RtoR and car,radio lol...

Great video brother. Every album you mentioned is a jazz classic. My favorite period is also from the 50's to the 70's. One of my very favorite players is Coleman Hawkins who seems to be a little underrated to me. I'm also not a big fan of free jazz. I was wondering if maybe jazz fusion music might be easier for the curious rock fan to listen to at first. At least that's how it was for me. I was, and still am, a huge rock fan, but it was albums like "Bitches Brew" and bands and artists like Mahavishnu Orchestra, Return to Forever and Herbie Hancock that initially got me interested in jazz music.

Where can I find art Blakey and the jazz messengers blue note 4003 vinyl?

Saxophone Collosus is an incredible starter.. plus the sound quality is excellent.

Thank you for this! My knowledge of jazz is very thin...Yes, we al know the names of the heavy hitters, but that's not saying much. I haven't searched much further than my Dad's Dave Brubeck records (which i love) and the star studded cast of players in the Danny Kaye movie "A Song is Born" (Have you seen that movie?!?) but i would like to dig deeper. There is so much to learn.

One thing to note- and I’m sure you know this- a lot of the original pressings (especially Blue Note), will not have all the low end grunt due to the way RVG mastered the recordings back then. He kind of mastered them to play well on crappy turntables the vast majority of fans used, he kind of took it easy with the low frequency and bump up midrange a bit to compensate. So, when albums like Moanin or Blue Trane are reissued on Music Matters, or Mofi, they’re able to get a much better sound if master tapes are used. I’ve built quite a collection of Jazz these days and I think you picked out great starter albums for classic rock fans. I might add Giant Steps, The Rumproller, Brubeck’s Live at Carnegie Hall, and maybe Milestones (Davis).

Solid man, solid.

Great video! I have been getting into Jazz the last few years. I made the mistake of picking up "The Shape of Jazz to Come" and "Ella and Louis" Waxtime releases from Half Price Books not knowing what they were. My goal is to find a decent pressing of those one day. Are you a fan of Michel Camilo? I watched this jazz documentary years ago and I really like his music. Again love the videos!

I am your target audience. I am 65, have a reasonably good stereo (vintage and modern components), and lost more rock albums to divorce and hurricanes than I care to remember. I recently got back into vinyl, buying several hundred rock albums over a 6 month period. I wanted more. You can only listen to the same album so many times. Sometimes, it’s a LOT of times, but it has its limits. My wife suggested that we get some jazz albums. We have gotten a couple of dozen so far, many by the artists that you name in this video if not the exact album. My favorite artist that we have “discovered” so far is Art Pepper. I discovered him thru Harry Bosch books, the jazz loving L.A. detective. Why no love for Art? I have never seen him mentioned on your or any other jazz related KZfaq video.

Mingus Ah Um is probably my favorite out of the four "1959" titles.

I'm new to this Jazz music and enjoy this episode. As beginner, should I get Music Matter pressing vinyl or analogue production vinyl? Or do just stick with whatever label. For example, John Coltrane (Blue Train). Just got that album from Music Matter, I paid for over $70...what's your advise? Just focus on music? or both music and label? Thanks

Round bout midnight by Miles was the record that made me appreciate jazz. My first jazz cd was Giant steps.

My jazz entry point...there were a few but they're almost radio-friendly pop. Seawind's self-titled... Angela Bofill's "Angie" and "Angel of the Night"...Clarke/Duke Project...Mark Sherman's "A New Balance" ...David Benoit's "Stages" and on and on.

Those are some great jazz titles for ppl new to jazz. I'll be making a video on this subject soon. I nesrly bought the One Step of that Charles Mingus album but decided to save that money for other jazz vinyl records and CDs.

Hey there. have you 'Bird's best bop on verve' by any chance? It's the bomb.Came out in like '97? May be out on cd only...merry merry

The album that got me , as a rock fan, into jazz was Lee Morgan's Sidewinder.

Thank you!! Just getting into it and this was fantastic gasoline to start the fire

I did come across an original press of "time out" in a local antique store for 3 dollars..I show it in one of my videos.

I like all those records recoded at Columbia 30th street studios. Those albums sound full, rich warm and detailed. kind of blue and time out are two albums.

Art Blakey later in his career had a trumpet player in his band, I think his name was Chuck Mangione

Thank You

well now there then. just one of the expressions from my youth (yob-1944). i lived through the introduction of rock n roll and later the melding of jazz with it. also, when playboy emerged from Esquire magazine and the advent of Mad Magazine (though i wasn't aware of it until the late fifties). Hugh Hefner asked for a raise at esquire but was denied; blue suede shoes was first released by Carl Perkins, then Elvis, both versions were close in execution and sold well. all genres of music came to us on essentially the same station so i heard Benny Goodman, Khachaturian (sabre dance), Patty Paige, Elvis, Vaughn Monroe, and everything else in the late 40s to the 60s. it seems like things began to slowly branch into separate entities like rock, conventional music (Frank Sinatra etc) and others. now the stations can be as specific as sub-genres with narrow foci. i was jazz-oriented because my father was a jazz musician and my mother's favorite tune was Boogie Woogie by Benny Goodman. the earliest jazz that i remember being hooked on was Ahmad Jamal's Poinciana which had the admiration of Miles Davis as i found out much later. Ahmad is STILL going to our benefit. one of the first marriages of jazz and rock that more or less begat fusion was Miles' Bitches Brew within which was the seeds of the group Weather Report which ended up being one of my very favored groups. i unfortunately never got to see them live nor Miles Davis and many others. i did, however, get to see greats like Ahmad, Bob Dorough, and oscar brown jr. at the Jazz Bakery in LA which is a fantastic city to live in for music. one of my influences has been ben sidran who was in on the beginnings of the steve miller band. he is a jazz historian and proponent that has an infectious appeal. chick him out. also, Eddie Harris grabbed me by the ears as one of my roommates in the USAF when i was in Guam and even before with first. Exodus To Jazz based on the movie theme Exodus. in Guam, it was The Electrifying Eddie Harris album containing Listen Here and There In Search of a Movie that had my attention. in my 8th grade period, there was jimmy smith with Kenny Burrell on Midnight Special that spoke to me via a visionary DJ on one of the rock stations in Buffalo NY. all the while i was listening to Duane Eddy and Link Wray (think Rumble). the sound of guitar went right to my bones so any dominant guitar grabbed me. you speak of compilations which can be a gateway to diverse avenues within any genre, i generally don"t buy them but for the ones put out by labels such as Concord or GRP that are well organized and presented. i think i have rambled on enough for now. ....hifitommy

I just found a 1965 Liberty Pressing of Blakey. It is a RVG, so I was grabbing it as soon as I saw it, LOL. $7. It was a steal for those who know how hard it it to find them anymore. Dam Blue Notes are hard to find, LOL

I'll have to get that art Blakey album. I just picked up a newbury comics exclusive of the kind of blue album the other day. I just picked up lee Morgan album search for the new land since it was on sale. Great albums.

Hi Paul, interesting video.I think it's very hard to introduce jazz to someone, since there are so many different styles within the jazz genre so i try to figure out if the person are familiar to dixieland, bigband, swing, bop, cool jazz, hard bop och more modern stuff. I'm not that much in to Coletrane and Miles Davis newer music so i think it's easier to know what expectations the other person have when it comes to the word jazz. However shopping jazzrecords in second hand is a very fun sport and hunt for that little extra that seperates a really interesting album from the mainstream lowbudget compilations that is in every fleamarket.

Tower Records in Shibuya is great! Went there on a recent holiday to Japan and spent way too much money there.

GodDAMN bro that is a set

As a hard rock fan, I took my first real steps into jazz a few years ago by getting SOMETHIN’ ELSE, MINGUS AH UM, KOB, TIME OUT, and THE COOKER on vinyl. I’ve upgraded all of them to better cuts except for AH UM, which I sold and THE COOKER, which I replaced with A LOVE SUPREME last week. Oddly, there was just about nothing that I liked about the Mingus. I’m weird.

What’s the song playing in the beginning?

I also think credit should be given to the LP format which now allowed jazz artists more time to express themselves, not rushed or restricted to the width of a 78 (3 minutes) or even the radio DJ's 45 (7") playing time limit, and so you get slower, relaxed improvisations leaning towards Blues, and lasting over 10 minutes if need be. This also added to the Jazz exposure of 1950s.

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As a rock lover I'm also big fan of Chuck Magione especially Children of sanchez album ( I have 2 lp albums ) it's a very ambitious album with amazing dynamics . My favourite is Stan Getz golden 50 years album , Miles Davies has amazing early albums, Brubeck is fantastic album and I listen Time out very often ( take five , thirty song one side A ;) ... Good choice of albums... check Stan getz and Bil Ewens form Unrelise

Personally, I would have started a rock fan with something a little lighter. Herbie Hancock's Head Hunters? I grew up listening to everything (long story) so I never had to be converted. Most rock fans tend to be a bit antsy. You're suggesting some heavy shit for people who aren't used to sitting still. I love your selections. I just never needed to be converted.

7:56 LOL, Kids in the Hall!!

Eric Dolphy.. Out to Lunch.. avant garde but such a fun album to jump to after getting your feet wet

thanks I was educated

Brubeck Six Eyes, I have a few originals, LOL

Black Saint and The sinner lady is what got me into jazz by Charles mingus. I actually read an interview with this rock bassist. And she said it sounded like a porn that she really wanted to see but was never produced.

I’ve given it a serious try a few times but I can’t get into it. I love all genres of music but Jazz & classical music are about the only two that I just can’t dig.

Agree with all of these apart from Mingus Ah Um. That is really not very accessible. Dexter Gordon's Go is a perfect introduction to jazz instead.

OMG. I am getting SO tired of so many jazz experts telling me what a good starter collection should be or a top 10 jazz albums are. Know what? All these artists are dead and gone. yes they are seminal but we newbies also want to know about current jazz artists setting the reference points for others. Tell us about... Hiromi Uehara Claude Bolling Charlie Mariano Pete King Yellowjackets Just for starters. The stuff done by the dead artists will never change, plenty of time to dig into it. for now I want to keep up with the changing world of jazz evolved by living artists. So pay attention and do your job.

When I first saw the thumbnail I assumed you were British

Charlie Parker is going to disappear. Nobody talks about the greatest jazz improvisor of all time.

Suggestion....My all-time favorite jazz album, and a great one on this topic (albums rock fans will like) is: Avishai Cohen - "Continuo" (released 2006) kzfaq.info/sun/PLoxhDWWBCgefXsfrPmbktRpAmreYVgOGy This album is an absolute masterpiece from start to finish.

... and finally, a video response! ;-) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ZrSUndqnl9nWd5s.html Cheers, Tom

as a rock fan, i don't agree with this Coltrane Album, I don't like it, but I like very much, lot of tracks wich are not on this LP !!! "love" "compassion" from "first meditation", "Olé" from "Olé", and also "Afro Blue", "Spiritual", "The damned don't cry", "Africa", "my favorite things", "wise one", "lonnie's lament"," India", "Afro Blue", Spiritual", "living space", "dearly beloved" .... none of them are on "Blue Train" ! Strange ? no, I think, the problem is that you take rock fans for people having very simple tastes, and of course, some of them have.

I lurv Kind of Blue but I think a better introduction to jazz for rock fans is Bitches Brew.

Maybe it’s just me, but those kinda records are a turn-off and a wrong angle to a rock listener. U want something heavy. Maybe Soft Machine’s Third, Miles Davis’ Agharta (holy shit) or something mystic like Alice Coltrane’s Journey In Satchidananda. Yea it’s not ’real jazz’ but it’s fun to listen to unlike dudes in suits being serious

Ken Burns? His 'Jazz' series is f'ng atrocious!