@@fredtyu5723 Time Out came out the exact same year as Kind of Blue. Cool jazz was very popular into the '60s on the west coast with artists like Vince Garauldi who did, among many other great things, the Charlie Brown songs.
Bill Evans was doing fat r&b chords before r&b was a thing. Edit: Also worth noting he has witness to back up the fact that he actually wrote a ton of Miles Davis' blue in green and had beef with Miles for taking so much credit.
Petter Vos This comment is pretty funny to me bc I bought Bitches Brew when I was younger, only because I liked the cover art. It was my first jazz album and I can't lie it took a whiiiile to get into, but it got me into the genre
Jazz musician/student here, and huge fan of yours Anthony. I would say though that Coltrane's Ballads and Kind of Blue aren't really Cool Jazz albums strictly speaking, although obviously they are both incredible albums. Kind of Blue was such a revolution in Jazz in the sense that it really explored modal concepts of playing over static harmonies, which was wildly different to the far more common quickly-changing chord progressions which are commonplace in pre-modal styles like cool jazz and bebop. Cool Jazz was still firmly rooted in the harmonic movement of bebop; just without the intensity and fast tempos as you said. And in addition, I'd say Ballads is more of a hard bop album (despite the fact that the album does mostly consist of ballads, hence the name). The way Coltrane plays on the album and indeed in all of his material I would hesitate to call 'cool' in the way that cool jazz sax players on the list like Paul Desmond (who features on Time Out) and Ben Webster. It's much more rooted in a hard/post bop idiom. It's also important to consider that the cool movement was actually more of a callback to the swing era, as a rebellion against the aggressive, fast stylings of bebop. But putting that aside; excellent video and excellent albums!
ben webster isnt even a cool jazz musician hes a swing era musician. he was just playing some ballads in soulville. i feel like a lot of non jazz oriented people get ballads and cool jazz mixed up
Jim Hall's Concierto de Aranjuez ft. Chet Baker and Paul Desmond is my favorite cool jazz song. It's 19 minutes long, but it is just the best song to drive to. It's in my opinion a perfect example of jazz. The relationship and dynamics between the current soloist and the guys just accompanying and accentuating the current soloist is beautiful. And each transition from one soloist to the next is absolutely brilliant and unnaturally natural for it to be unscripted. I adore that song to death. I'd also suggest Bohren and der Club of Gore if anyone's interested in a noir sound of jazz. Those guys go above and beyond, their music is the epitome of noir jazz. Their Sunset Mission album on youtube is phenomenal. Walk listening to that downtown at night, you're in a noir movie.
You should maybe also do starter pack videos for artists or bands that have a very extensive discography, for example Swans, Bob Dylan, The Fall someone like that.
Swans: I like trying to recommend White Light from the Mouth of Infinity. It's a good album but that album title is so ridiculous and pretentious sounding. haha
Kind of blue is pretty much the Jazz album that got most of the Jazz fans into jazz . If you don't like Kind of blue jazz is not for you . Time out and Ballads are amazing albums too , I simply worship John Coltrane . Also , Do Progressive Rock starter pack
I've been branching out into jazz for the last year, but it's such a massive genre that I often don't know where to start beyond my local jazz radio station. Will definitely be listening to each of these albums in-depth. Looking forward to more jazz starter packs!
Nearly spit out my nuggets when you said Time Out. Been listening to that record again this week. "Blue Rondo à la Turk" goes so hard. Sounds like a boss battle theme in an RPG. But also, I'm playing Golden Sun for the GBA.
Been listening to a lot of Modern Jazz Quartet lately. Their "Django" album is such a great listen for cool jazz as well. Very easy to get into. Thanks for the other recommendations!
Thank you so much for this video! I actually have to write a paper on a jazz genre and, having no exposure to jazz prior to this semester, I was at a loss for a topic. But I really dig these albums, so I think I'll write up cool jazz! Thanks again!
I really love these starter pack videos. I watch a lot of your reviews to find new music and your starter packs really help out with that. Please do make more. One I'd love to see is Jazz fusion starter pack like what Herbie Hancock and Miles Davis were doing in the late 60's early 70's era of jazz.
Melon, if you haven't listened to Bill Evans' Conversations with Myself, you should. A great experiment in jazz that made Evans become one of my faves.
Hey, can you make a starter pack for smooth jazz but it's just 10 minutes of you telling the viewer that their taste sucks for wanting to get into smooth jazz? Thanks in advance.
hey anthony, kool vid, to your comments about portrait in jazz i would add that the chemistry between bill evans, lafaro, and motion is the most attractive feature of the album. bill and his bassist especially combine in many beautiful and surprising ways that would make you think some of the improv was written beforehand, really adds another dimension to the music besides the complex moods
wow i wasn't expecting to see Death Grips on the list
Santiago Barrios Lets make a jazz rendition of Takyon.
Santiago Barrios why you gotta b8 me like that
Santiago Barrios death grips did jazz
ThatOneVinzkii on what album?
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thanks for the recommendations Melonius Monk
Underrated comment.
Made me laugh, 10/10
Melon musk
Bruh
Cool jazz was a response to bebop, the fast-paced and highly technical development from swing.
True. I was thinking the same when I was listening!
I wouldn’t call Kind of Blue, cool jazz either. Sure it’s super chill and laid back but cool jazz had fallen out of style by that time.
@@fredtyu5723 Time Out came out the exact same year as Kind of Blue. Cool jazz was very popular into the '60s on the west coast with artists like Vince Garauldi who did, among many other great things, the Charlie Brown songs.
@@Austin-gj7zj Kind of Blue was modal jazz
i would argue chet bakers self titled album ‘chet’ is cool jazz…
I love how Melon is wearing his Death shirt, recommending us jazz music
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Dean Ween huh
Now do Uncool Jazz
Kenny G?
Bee Movie
Lukewarm jazz
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Kenny G and Snarky Puppy
Fantano, I would love a starter pack for more up-tempo Jazz please and thanks. Also I would love recommendations
Kameron Hansen Milestones ya bish
naturally, Mingus ah Um is another to listen to
John Coltrane Giant Steps
Idk you sound like you'd like Charlie Parker too
James Marsh any recommendations for parker's catalog?
Every album collection needs a copy of Miles Davis' Kind of Blue.
Damn straight
What if I don't? Should I be punish?
@@zackzallie8735 Yes.
nah you probably meant Bitches Brew
That album is great, but IMO a bit overrated. I think most stuff art Blakey and the jazz messengers did was much better than Davis
Bill Evans was doing fat r&b chords before r&b was a thing.
Edit: Also worth noting he has witness to back up the fact that he actually wrote a ton of Miles Davis' blue in green and had beef with Miles for taking so much credit.
Was looking to get into jazz, thanks melon man
iStayNoided a great starter album is bitches brew by miles Davis, suuuuper easy to follow and relax to, definitely check it out
a great starter album is the magic city by sun Ra, suuuuper easy to follow and relax to, definitely check it out
Petter Vos I hope you're joking because I laughed.
Petter Vos This comment is pretty funny to me bc I bought Bitches Brew when I was younger, only because I liked the cover art. It was my first jazz album and I can't lie it took a whiiiile to get into, but it got me into the genre
AceOfSpades what do you mean? Bitches Brew is damn near MEDITATION MUSIC. It's like ocean sounds to me when I go to bed. I play it EVERY NIGHT. 🙏🙌💯
If you like the Bill Evans album, you should try his live at the village vanguard release, some incredibly beautiful performances there.
I've been thinking of getting into jazz this week. So this is just perfect!
William T finally ! A normal comment
DOOM uses some magnificent jazz samples, have a look for them.
Magnificent Man That's true, will check it out :).
Thank you!
VEND ETTA Haha yeah, Fantano's comment sections can be very questionable sometimes.
William T If you wanna get into some newer stuff listen to Christian Scott and Alfa Mist also
Jazz musician/student here, and huge fan of yours Anthony. I would say though that Coltrane's Ballads and Kind of Blue aren't really Cool Jazz albums strictly speaking, although obviously they are both incredible albums. Kind of Blue was such a revolution in Jazz in the sense that it really explored modal concepts of playing over static harmonies, which was wildly different to the far more common quickly-changing chord progressions which are commonplace in pre-modal styles like cool jazz and bebop. Cool Jazz was still firmly rooted in the harmonic movement of bebop; just without the intensity and fast tempos as you said. And in addition, I'd say Ballads is more of a hard bop album (despite the fact that the album does mostly consist of ballads, hence the name). The way Coltrane plays on the album and indeed in all of his material I would hesitate to call 'cool' in the way that cool jazz sax players on the list like Paul Desmond (who features on Time Out) and Ben Webster. It's much more rooted in a hard/post bop idiom. It's also important to consider that the cool movement was actually more of a callback to the swing era, as a rebellion against the aggressive, fast stylings of bebop. But putting that aside; excellent video and excellent albums!
ben webster isnt even a cool jazz musician hes a swing era musician. he was just playing some ballads in soulville. i feel like a lot of non jazz oriented people get ballads and cool jazz mixed up
Round about midnight is the best album of that decade for me
was lowkey expecting melon to say To Pimp a Butterfly
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nota smartman I get the joke, but If anything, I'd not say this album has cool jazz elements. Maybe post-bop or hard-bop, some shit like this? Idk
nota smartman more so bebop blood
Ymbert Bonaventure Dickens yeah no doubt
The album has jazz fusion, not jazz jazz, ya feel me?
Bill Evans is how I got into jazz. And yes, it can be depressing XD
Yes, we need more of these starter pack videos.
I talk with the spirits! Best album ever and I think it is cool jazz!
Shoegaze shoegaze
Graham Jeffe YES YES
Ride - Nowhere
Slowdive - Souvlaki
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
The rest is trash, everyone knows that.
IDanceMyselfClean also our girl - whatever
IDanceMyselfClean sorry I meant Our Girl - Normally
Does Hum - You'd Prefer An Astronaut qualify?
Jim Hall's Concierto de Aranjuez ft. Chet Baker and Paul Desmond is my favorite cool jazz song. It's 19 minutes long, but it is just the best song to drive to. It's in my opinion a perfect example of jazz. The relationship and dynamics between the current soloist and the guys just accompanying and accentuating the current soloist is beautiful. And each transition from one soloist to the next is absolutely brilliant and unnaturally natural for it to be unscripted. I adore that song to death.
I'd also suggest Bohren and der Club of Gore if anyone's interested in a noir sound of jazz. Those guys go above and beyond, their music is the epitome of noir jazz. Their Sunset Mission album on youtube is phenomenal. Walk listening to that downtown at night, you're in a noir movie.
Brubeck fan here! Totally approve of Time Out being a jazz standard.
You should maybe also do starter pack videos for artists or bands that have a very extensive discography, for example Swans, Bob Dylan, The Fall someone like that.
Hadden Grainger I second this.
Hadden Grainger I third this.
Swans: I like trying to recommend White Light from the Mouth of Infinity. It's a good album but that album title is so ridiculous and pretentious sounding. haha
So artists like Merzbow and Buckethead
metalmikow stop
i’m very happy he mentioned portrait in jazz - bill evans trio, that album opened my eyes to the world of jazz, and i’ve never looked back since…
A melon recommending me Cool Jazz albums in a Death shirt.
blue in green is best song ever thanks
Do a cool melon starter pack
Bro has the best death metal band on his shirt
Kind of blue is pretty much the Jazz album that got most of the Jazz fans into jazz . If you don't like Kind of blue jazz is not for you . Time out and Ballads are amazing albums too , I simply worship John Coltrane .
Also , Do Progressive Rock starter pack
Larks' Tongues In Aspic yeah if kind of blue is to complex for you than you should just stick to Katy perry
Larks' Tongues In Aspic I could see someone liking Jazz Fusion like Weather Report, while also hating Kind of Blue.
Daniel Hernandez chill
I have the miles davis kind of blue cd and vinyl great album
Im a long time jazz fan and I would recommend listening to blueface(a jazz group from the 60', very good)
Anyone listening to Portrait in Jazz and enjoying it should definitely check out Explorations also by Bill Evans Trio.
Also check out Dave Brubeck's Jazz Impressions of Japan. It is an excellent cool jazz record inspired by folk melodies from Japan.
Portrait in Jazz is a great Sunday evening vibezzz album 👌
'Kind of Blue' is a great album. Love it
Also, bro can you do Acid Jazz / Acid funk starter pack- I want to move outside my comfort zone of DePhazz and St Germain and Jamiroquai
Bumpin John Coltrane up in my headphones, Gary Bartz & Mister Rub produce lovetones
Free form jazz starter pack
Miles David' Kind of Blue as a Starter for Jazz is great but also one of the greatest album ever.
I've been branching out into jazz for the last year, but it's such a massive genre that I often don't know where to start beyond my local jazz radio station. Will definitely be listening to each of these albums in-depth. Looking forward to more jazz starter packs!
Kind of blue is FANTASTIC!!!!!👏👏👏
Do more jazz! Including more contemporary stuff!
Thx melon loving these starter pack vids
Thanks for this vid melon! If youre unfamiliar with jazz music, Finding jazz artists you enjoy is pretty hard
Nearly spit out my nuggets when you said Time Out. Been listening to that record again this week. "Blue Rondo à la Turk" goes so hard. Sounds like a boss battle theme in an RPG. But also, I'm playing Golden Sun for the GBA.
Dave Brubeck always stays winning
oh yeah, sweet jazzzzz
That Dave Brubeck albummmmmm
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Do folk next please
Check /mu/ essentials chart for folk, it's pretty fucking good
Joni Mitchell - Blue
Im loving this starter pack series, it keeps amazing me how much music you know
Doesn’t get better than Time Out
Been listening to a lot of Modern Jazz Quartet lately. Their "Django" album is such a great listen for cool jazz as well. Very easy to get into. Thanks for the other recommendations!
Yassss. Thank you
Kind of blue is one of humanity's greatest achievements
I like that you’re giving tribute to the extremely underrated Cool Jazz band Death with that t-shirt.
THANK YOU FOR THE BEN WEBSTER ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
If you're new to John Coltrane, listen to "Om". It's an easy album for beginners.
Woah... Melon... NO CHET BAKER WTF?!
Thank you so much for this video! I actually have to write a paper on a jazz genre and, having no exposure to jazz prior to this semester, I was at a loss for a topic. But I really dig these albums, so I think I'll write up cool jazz! Thanks again!
Bill Evans was a genius.
I want to add that Bill Evans also takes alot of inspiration from classical music, Debussy in particular.
I really love these starter pack videos. I watch a lot of your reviews to find new music and your starter packs really help out with that. Please do make more. One I'd love to see is Jazz fusion starter pack like what Herbie Hancock and Miles Davis were doing in the late 60's early 70's era of jazz.
Melon, if you haven't listened to Bill Evans' Conversations with Myself, you should. A great experiment in jazz that made Evans become one of my faves.
ballads, best music ever
I love your reviews ! but I would say, isn't "Kind of Blue" by Miles Davis considered Modal Jazz?
Agree with all of them, Paul Desmond is a good one to check out too.
I love these types of videos! Really broadens my musical horizons
Shoulda put this on theneedledrop channel. Should be a great series!
Please review some all time bests that are typically unknown!
Pete la Roca - Basra
Art Blakey - Mosaic
Hey, can you make a starter pack for smooth jazz but it's just 10 minutes of you telling the viewer that their taste sucks for wanting to get into smooth jazz? Thanks in advance.
Great video
Thank you
Looking forward to hearing more segments like this, was a good time
Heck Yes!!!
Never clicked so fast in my .... wait not true. This is jazz, nobody is in a hurry for that.
Nice choices
Sometime down the road you should do a Post Bop starter pack
THANK YOU
Would love to see a Starter Pack on Southern/Delta Blues next.
More starter packs!!!!
I love the oxymoronic feel of Anthony talking about jazz while wearing a DEATH shirt…
Great video Anthony as always! This starter pack helped me find a new genre of music I like and one I'll be going back to many times in the future.🍉
I recommend adding Ahmad Jamal The Awakening to the list. Especially worth checking out if you're a hip hop fan.
Spanishdog17 Post-bop, not cool jazz
Nas illmatic
would also recommend Chet Baker Sings! Def a cool jazz record.
Time Out is the best jazz album
Great picks. If you're interested in some solo jazz piano, check out Thelonious Monk, specifically "Solo Monk" and "Thelonious Himself."
For me the Gateopener for Cool Jazz and Jazz in general was Chet Baker
lol i just subbed and this popped up
more starter packs PLEASE MELONDAD
West coast jazz like Chet Baker and Miles' Birth of Cool is definitely up there. I don't like when kind of blue is called cool jazz
A Charlie Brown Christmas
hey anthony, kool vid, to your comments about portrait in jazz i would add that the chemistry between bill evans, lafaro, and motion is the most attractive feature of the album. bill and his bassist especially combine in many beautiful and surprising ways that would make you think some of the improv was written beforehand, really adds another dimension to the music besides the complex moods
Watching fantano is like an intro to music college class
Please do more of these
thank you! just getting into jazz and i like the more chill stuff, this is super helpful
Thanks, your jazz recommendatuons have always been top notch!
This is a really awesome concept. I can't wait for other genres. This will help me expand my tastes!
hey anthony, this is a great series thanks for putting me on to some cool tracks. keep up the good work.
Cool section! Keep doing it with more genres! Love it!
I can also recommend Ben Webster's Sunday Morning at the Montmartre
*JUST CLANK SOME DAMN SPOONS!*