what kind of jazz?

[Sipher 0]

hi,

 

to those who have heard "Fourplay" before, what kind of jazz music is that?

also, can recommend me some CDs which are close to Fourplay kind of jazz?

 

Thanks

[N@Z 0]

Contemporary I guess. Spyro Gyra is similar & if you like guitar based jazz Acoustic Alchemy & Earl Klugh are good.

[yekim 0]

in jazz circles, its simply called 'smooth jazz' - fourplay is made up of some the best smooth jazz musicians including bob james, lee ritenour and others. im not much of a fourplay fan but 'heartfelt' is one of their better ceedees, imho of course, only because it is more improvisational than their work on other ceedees. the best place to read up on ANY kind of music or musician/group is www.allmusic.com

search for the artiste and read on

 

[tee 0]

i believe FourPlay also falls under the generic term of "Fusion Jazz". Other groups / artists with similar style are : Yellow Jackets, Dave Crusin, Joe Sample, Spyro Gyra, Richard Elliot, Bob James, Eric Marienthal, Rippingtons, Dave Koz, Larry Carlton, David Sanborn, etc.

[Sipher 0]

erm...they dont belong to a fixed genre?

so confusing

 

thanks for all the recommendations. i will check them out.

[cmk 0]

I believe tee is correct - fusion jazz.

[tee 0]

There are also other artists who straddle in dual streams, ie. excel in playing both fusion and mainstream jazz : Ramsey Lewis, Jeremy Monteiro, Herbie Hancock, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Chick Corea, Akoustic Band, Michael Brecker, etc.

 

Of course, there are also sub-division of the genre like bebop, progressive jazz, cool jazz, free jazz, swing jazz, and many others.

 

[Sipher 0]

music genres are sometimes very confusing.

 

is there a kind of jazz that focus on percussion instruments?

i like percussion instruments better than brass instruments (ie sax)

[Q00 0]

ooh...bebop is sooo hard to find, esp good older ones!!

[N@Z 0]

Any specific precussion instruments you are looking for Sipher?

[Sipher 0]

are there a lot of percussion instruments??

sorry i dont know alot of instruments, just those common ones

 

i like drums, all kinds of drums.

[tee 0]

Try Dave Weckl for solid jazz drum sessions.

 

 

Others to try :

 

provocative guitarist - Lee Ritenour.

 

romantic keyboardists - David Benoit, Dave Crusin.

 

thrilling vibraphonist - Bary Burtons

 

sexy sax player - Sam Riney

 

 

[Sipher 0]

thanks tee

[Braxton 0]

thanks tee

 

 

Hi,Fourplay is good too.

What i have are:

 

Fourplay [Journey 2004]

Fourplay [4 1998]

[The Best Of Fourplay 1997]

Fourplay [between The Sheets 1993]

Fourplay [Elixir 1995]

Fourplay [Fourplay 1991]

Fourplay [Yes, Please 2000]

Fourplay [Heartfelt 2002]

Fourplay [snowbound 1999]

 

And yes,do try out 'the braxton brothers', 'the rippingtons',they are good too.

For vocal wise,george benson & al jarreau are legends!Shakatak is cool.Hmm...do try out acid jazz too.

[Shiro MS08th 0]

Just got into jazz recently myself.

 

Bought several used albums of 2 artists/bands.

 

But never got time to listen to it all.

 

1) Chick Corea

2) Al Jarreau

 

Listen to some of Chick Corea albums, quite smooth and technical if I remember correctly.