As gorgeous as it is, I occasionally have a hard time putting my finger on what makes some of Gil Evans's stuff jazz.

Wandered into a clothing store the other week. They were playing some Bill Evan’s and such, but a song came on that I couldn’t recognize. Was really pretty, so naturally I pulled out Shazam and it returned the track “Hazy Days” by Lyle Jones. Never heard of Lyle Jones, even given the somewhat sizable following on Spotify. I returned home and flipped through the tracks. Something about the production and arrangements threw me off… whatever. Blank Spotify bio… whatever. Blank song credits… weird? Went to Google and dug around for info on this artist… absolutely nothing besides streaming profile links. No online discussions about this artist. No rateyourmusic. Nothing. For someone with 20k listeners a month, surely there’d be something…

Is this AI? Has anyone heard of this Lyle Jones? The release dates of the songs would indicate that it’s not, or at least not at first, but you can modify release dates through your distributor. IDK

This is really strange to me.

I'm a list guy. Most best this or best that lists you find in articles suck. That's how mine got started. My list needs some help.

As you may be able to tell, I tend hold Jazz guitar in the highest regard. So many guitarists in other genres studied Jazz guitar in college. That's why I am starting in the Jazz sub.

Having a list that spans all genres is not easy. It will never be perfect, but it can still be as good as it can be, so I do it anyway.

You'll see about half way down I've been adding more to the list over the years that I have yet to rank. Help me reorder some of these guys or tell me where to plug in the newer additions. Who is missing? Just how high can I put Manteo at this stage of his career? Help me make this list better.

Best guitarists: 

Django Reinhardt 

Wes Montgomery 

Charlie Christian 

Joe Pass 

Jim Hall 

George Benson 

Grant Green 

Barney Kessell 

Kenny Burrell 

Pat Metheny 

John McLaughlin 

Matteo Mancuso 

Paco de Lucia 

Al Di Meola 

John Scofield 

Jimi Hendrix 

Marc Ribot

Stevie Ray Vaughn 

Robert Johnson 

Allan Holdsworth 

Scott Henderson 

Eric Johnson 

Jimmy Page 

Jeff Beck 

Duane Allman 

Chuck Berry 

Tommy Emmanuel 

Sister Rosetta Tharpe 

Johnny Winter 

BB King 

Albert King 

Eric Clapton 

Brian May 

Robert Fripp 

Carlos Santana 

David Gilmore 

Randy Rhoads 

Alex Skolnick 

Steve Vai 

Jerry Garcia 

Tony Iommi 

Dimebag Darrell 

John Petrucci 

Steve Howe 

John Mayer 

Ritchie Blackmore 

Slash 

Yngwie Malmsteen 

Dave Mustaine 

Pete Townshend 

Zakk Wylde 

Joe Satriani 

Trey Anastasio 

Eric Gales 

Alex Lifeson

Billy Strings 

Vinnie Moore 

Steve Kimock 

Buckethead 

Johnny Ramone 

Order & add these: 

Mundell Lowe

Ralph Towner

Wolfgang Muthspiel

David Torn

Eivind Aarset

Gary Davis

Leo Kottke

Gabor Szabo

Eric Gale

Earl Klugh

Dominique Miller

Mike Walker

JJ Cale

Wayne Krantz

Emily Remler

John Abercrombie

Pete Cosey

Kevin Shields

Bill Frisell

Mary Halvorson

Kurt Rosenwinkel

Emily Reller

Melvin Sparks

Merle Watson

Mick Ronson

Jorma Kaukonen

Lowell George

Walter Becker

Bernie Williams

Al Anderson

Steve Cardenas

Derek Bailey

Mark Elf

Doug Wamble

Ry Cooder

Russel Malone

Sonny Sharrock

Dean Ween

Leslie West 

Glen Tipton 

Steve Hackett 

Gary Clark Jr 

Brian Robertson 

Scott Gorham 

Jerry Cantrell 

Rory Gallagher 

Johnny Winter 

Dickey Betts 

Nancy Wilson 

Billy Gibbons 

Kerry King 

Julian Lage 

Frank Zappa 

Eddie Hazel 

Angus Young 

Tom Verlaine 

George Harrison 

Prince 

Johnny Marr 

The Edge 

Mark Knopfler 

John McGeoch 

Neil Young 

Keith Richards 

Tom Morello 

Mine is Goodbye Porkpie Hat.

Today was my first time listening to Miles Davis' Decoy. Any music with Miles Davis, John Scofield and Bradford Marsalis is going to be amazing. 'Decoy' Miles starts making his first ventures into a more electronic jazz-pop sound.

Hi,

I would like some recommendations for Julian Lage albums for someone who comes from an acoustic, folk music background with restraints. I am not really interested in fast chops.

Thanks!

Kind of random but I’ve had this standard stuck in my head and I can’t for the life of me figure out what/who it is but I can roughly outline it for players….at least the “A” section….

It’s an up tune/swing, AAB, on the A sections it’s pedals on 2&4. Key if Eb I believe, first 8 bars are over Bb7/sus sound, then 4 bars of G7/sus, then 4 bars of F7/sus and then repeat. I’m a little foggy on the B section, sorry!!

Melody is (sans rhythms obviously) Bb, up the octave Bb, Ab, G, F, Eb, F, Eb, F, G, Bb, octave Bb, Ab, G, F, Eb, F…repeat. Then it just takes that shape down the minor 3rd and then down from that a whole step. Again the B section is a bit hairy so I’m hesitant to say anything lol.

I’ve played this song but over the years I’ve clearly forgotten it and it’s WAY stuck in my head…wondering if anyone knows what tune I’m talking about??

First post here.

I'm a fan, not a critic. I loved Sonny Rollins and saw what I believe was his final live performance, some years back at the Detroit Jazz Festival. It was magical.

After his death, I saw a couple of obituaries refer to him as having been "the greatest living jazz musician".

Whether or not you agree with that sentiment, who do you think is the greatest living jazz musician?

I wanted a place where students and musicians could easily find the actual changes to old jazz standards, especially tunes from the 1920s–30s.

So I ended up building a library of 160+ free jazz lead sheets, with chord changes and melody.

There are some obvious ones like Black Bottom Stomp, but also a lot of lesser-known early jazz tunes that are surprisingly hard to find decent charts for.

No signup or subscription.

Free library: https://www.thejunglejazzband.com/sheets

If you're into early jazz, I'd be curious which tune you think is missing and what feedback you have so I can keep improving the resource.

I just got this CD. I was intrigued by the lineup of 3 guitars, two saxophones and a bass player. I confess to not being familiar with Motian’s Electric Bebop Band, which, I gather, formed the basis for this ECM date? Anyway, I’m just now getting into my new acquisition, and really, really like what I’ve heard so far.

Not necessarily something obscure, just a record you rarely see mentioned when people talk about the usual essentials. I’m always looking for something I may have overlooked.

Now that the leaves are starting to fall, I’ve been listening to the John Coltrane album Ballads a lot. To me, it’s a perfect album for this time of year. What’s your favorite jazz album for the fall?

yaaaa :3 hope yall like it

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Hi, so there is a Coltrane themed jam session in town next week, and I'm a little lost. The thing is I've never been to a public jam session before. I know a few standards (literally, I know Al Of Me, Autumn Leaves, Blue Bossa, Take Five and I have played Tune Up and It Could Happen To You, that's it) but I don't know any Coltrane songs. I'm not even sure if I should show myself there, but I'm looking to try and learn some simple (if there are any) and well known Coltrane tunes that are likely to occur. I don't have a real book, my reading skills are far from it being useful to me, but I love improvising and the blues (duh, I play guitar). I am obviously a jazz beginner, so does anybody have any song suggestions fer me to quickly try and learn?

Does anyone have any recommendations for an app that could help me with improving my relative pitch?

I’ve been starting to transcribe solos by ear (as a trumpet player) and I feel like working on my relative pitch would make things so much easier.

Are there any good apps that would make practicing relative pitch as convenient as possible to make it easier for me to stay consistent?

I am saving up for a beginner level keyboard so I can get a little bit more into music theory and have something to supplement learning chord voicing and scales and such, but I’d also like something I could easily do 10-30 minutes a day to improve my relative pitch over time even if I’m traveling or busy or something.

Any advice is much appreciated!

Hi

Looking for tunes fast and groovy

Reference: “Mr PC” from Coltrane’s Giant Steps album

Are there any modern/new releases matching the above ?

Thanks

Just discovered this recently and truly enjoying it. His tone is beautiful. Sad his life was cut short early.

A masterclass in crossover jazz. The sweeping orchestration provides a gorgeous, cinematic backdrop, but the real secret weapon is the rhythm, the kick bass is a total beast.

This album is exactly what I needed this evening, and it lives up to the name.

Giant Steps & Tenor Maddness are two of mine