Jazz

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while i like a lot of jazz vocalists like peggy lee, billie holiday, and nina simone, i admittedly know very little about the genre itself. i do, however, like acid jazz (thievery corporation, nujabes, bonobo etc). i'm always open to suggestions, though! jazz is pretty awesome.

Jazz has a pretty long and fucked up history that you can read up on if you want (it is very interesting). I can recommend a couple more jazz vocalists to you if you want (and there my knowledge of vocal jazz ends).





^ One of the best performances ever (also from saxophonist John Coltrane, of course)





Though I personally, along with basically every other jazz enthusiast, am not that big on vocals in jazz because usually it gets in the way of the improvisation. As for non-vocal recommendations I'd recommend some Miles Davis if you're not really into virtuosic playing; he has a very concise and no bullshit way of playing. His album "Kind of Blue" is arguably the most famous jazz album ever and unlike in other genres, that actually means quality most of the time, so give that a shot. Here's one of the tracks from that album (all of them are now standards):





You also may have noticed almost all of my recommendations are of John Coltrane's music (and my avatar is a picture of him) which is no coincidence; he really perfectly embodies everything that is positive (and unfortunately negative) about jazz and is one of the most inspiring people ever (my personal hero); you can't go wrong with one of his albums, he just hasn't made a bad one.