New Song

I doubt if the day will ever come that I stop loving and listening to rock 'n' roll, but now that my year-long obsession with death metal seems to have come to an end, I find there's nothing out there that really lights a fire under my ass. So, while I'm lookin' for a new kinda kick, it's time once again to have a serious go at jazz (this is something I do every couple or few years). Don't get me wrong, I like jazz a lot. I've just never really been "infected" by it.

Anyway, this week I'll be listening to (what I believe are) some classic jazz albums that I'm somewhat familiar with (and that I like), just to get warmed up. For example,

• Herbie Hancock, Empyrean Isles
• John Coltrane, A Love Supreme
• Art Blakey, A Night in Tunisia
• Eric Dolphy, Out to Lunch
• Ornette Coleman, The Shape of Jazz to Come
• Dave Brubeck, Take Five
• Charles Mingus, Mingus Ah Um

among others... If anyone has any suggestions for for further listening, they would be gratefully appreciated.

Here's a cool tune by NOMO. It's not really "pure" jazz, but it's pretty jazzy:

NOMO-New Song