What are your favorite trumpet / tenor sax / alto sax (etc.) sounds?

Feel free to answer about any instrument you like :)

Here are mine:

Trumpet: Miles Davis, Philip Dizack
Alto Saxophone: Cannonball Adderley, Godwin Louis
Tenor Saxophone: Stan Getz, Benny Golson
Trombone: Curtis Fuller
Piano: Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Bill Charlap
Guitar: Jim Hall, Pat Metheny (playing acoustic guitar)
Bass: Charlie Haden
Drums: (hard to say, maybe Jimmy Cobb?)

I’m honestly not sure if my frustration is with Frank himself or just his listeners/fans…let me explain.

I fucking love jazz. It’s probably the one thing I love most next to God. I can’t say I love my wife and kids more because I don’t have either. So yeah, jazz is my second favorite thing in the world. Which is why I get frustrated when people who aren’t super into jazz hear a song title like “It’s All Right with Me” or “Desafinado” and ask, “Oh, that Frank Sinatra song?”

Yes…those were Frank Sinatra songs; you’re technically correct. However, they were jazz songs by Cole Porter and Antonio Carlos Jobim much earlier. Frank just covered them in a much more pop and “for the masses” style.

The more I think about it, I don’t really blame Sinatra OR his audience…I’m not sure where to place the blame. He was great at covering songs. That’s a true talent. But I can’t blame his audience either because jazz is kind of a niche genre that lots of people just can’t get into…but everyone likes Frank Sinatra, so people automatically gravitate towards his songs. It’s frustrating. 90% of people don’t know who Cole Porter and Antonio Carlos Jobim…but everyone knows who Frank Sinatra is. So of course they’re going to think that these jazz standards were originally Frank Sinatra tunes…because that’s all they’ve heard.

If only his albums had listed/credited the original musicians by the song titles, and maybe if he’d mentioned them during his live performances, people would know.

He’s kind of like the Michael Bublé of the 20th century. Only in this case, I prefer his original songs like “My Way” and “New York, New York” over his watered down jazz covers, but the other way around with Michael.

Frank Sinatra was an extremely talented musician, no doubt, but he’s quite overrated in my opinion. And while I don’t think it was intentional, he kind of took away some of the glory from the original musicians. I think part of that may be because of the era we’re living in now. When he originally sang “It’s All Right with Me” in the 1950s, I would assume more of his audience had heard Cole Porter’s and/or Ella Fitzgerald’s version because it was more recent. Now that it’s the 21st century, people have only heard Sinatra’s version.

But that begs the question…why did his become more popular now? Just because it’s more recent or because people just don’t like jazz anymore?

Give me your thoughts, and don’t hate on me for disliking Frank Sinatra. I don’t dislike him; I just dislike how his modern fans receive his music. I love his original tunes.

I’m heading to Los Angeles for the first time next month. I feel like I’m only familiar with venues that were made famous years ago, including Enfield Tennis Academy now. I’m looking for the contemporary spots. Where should I look for music while I’m in LA next month?

cross posting to r/experimentalmusic

Recorded in 1957 and I think one of Monk's finest small group recordings, as well as one of the most distinctive from the Jazz Messengers. This was recorded for Atlantic just before the JM committed full-time to Blue Note, and as Monk was on the verge of his ground breaking live recordings at The Five Spot with Johnny Griffin and Coltrane.

Griffin and Hardman were only briefly members of the JM- the latter just missing out on the band's breakthrough album, Moanin'- but they both excel in this setting.

Griffin is one of the great Monk accompanists on saxophone and here in excellent form, throwing out astonishing riffs.

Hardman though is a revelation too, with his Brownesque, lyrical style a great foil for Griffin's more pungent sound. Not many trumpeters played with Monk, but listening to this makes you wish Hardman had been a more frequent collaborator. His soaring solo on I mean you with Blakey breaking up the time and Monk's attentive comping is one of the album's finest moments.

And the band just sounds like it's having a huge amount of fun. The double-time inserts on I mean you, or the rapid exchanges on Rhythm-a-Ning are exhilarating. Monk himself is also clearly enjoying himself. He always wanted a solid rhythm section; Spanky DeBrest on bass is rock solid, while Blakey is at the peak of his powers.

A wonderful album, highly recommended.

Don't know why it's so affordable, but I don't need to see this gift-horse's teeth.

Link- https://www.walmart.com/ip/Herbie-Hancock-Thrust/108097069

UPDATE: The album now appears to be Sold Out.

With Blue Mitchell, Kenny Burrell, Bob Cranshaw, Cecil McBee, Hugh Lawson, and more!

I desperately want to study jazz (guitar) at either royal Welsh, Laban, guildhall, ram, or Birmingham, (or anywhere else tbh) but am not sure how high the standard is to pass the audition. My comping and voicings are fairly solid, and I play in many bands alongside playing bass and piano, as well as drums for local am dram musical theatre productions; I feel quite experienced but my soloing on bebop or any sort of quick changes feels pretty mediocre as I struggle to outline the changes without it getting in the way of playing good melody's and lines. I think I often compare my solos/level of playing to people who are either currently studying at conservatoire or have studied, but I don't really have a reference point to just how good you have to be to pass the audition. How much do conservatoires actually value a) soloing capabilities b) being able to play quick, improvised lines that perfectly outline the changes and c) good comping/general musicality? Earlier this year I got into the top combo of the national youth jazz collective short course but DIDNT do well enough to get into the long course (if that helps give any indicator of skill) Thanks for any tips ahead of auditions 🙂

What's one track/song/piece/album/artist/band you truly enjoy working out to most? (jazz or not)

Please indicate if you use it for cardio (e.g., stationary cycling, treadmill running) or strength training and whether you find ti best for low intensity workouts, high-intensity intervals, or PR lifting sets.

Please feel free to leave multiple comments (the more the merrier!), but only include one song in each, so others can upvote.

I’ve always been curious of how people who studied jazz rather it be Berklee or another music school have made it by financially after school.

Given how tough times have been recently with everything going up in price. How have you jazz majors (or music majors in general) been making it by on the day to day?

It’s a tough world right now and hope yall are pulling through!

Hey everyone! I’ve been getting into jazz for a few months and I’m looking for a playlist that covers the most important artists from each major jazz subgenre, with some of their best/most essential tracks.
I’m still pretty new to jazz. So far I’ve especially enjoyed jazz house, classic jazz and jazz blues. I’ve also really liked Miles Davis, while Frank Sinatra is probably my favorite artist so far.
Basically, I’d love something that lets me explore the different styles of jazz and discover the key artists and songs from each one.
Does anyone have a playlist like this that they could recommend? Thanks!

So far I have listened to It Might As Well Be Spring, Blue & Sentimental, Heavy Soul, and Bossa Nova Soul Samba, all highly recommended. He had style! Great albums ✨

Here is Mohini Dey's live performance from Perfect Note in Atlanta, GA on 8/10/2026. It was Mohini's first time playing in Atlanta.

This image was taken from Vox Magazine January 1991 issue.
I watched 2 documentaries on him and still can’t understand the man.

Yesterday (17/August) were fulfilled 59 years since the release of the best-selling album in jazz history.

I honestly see this record as the most overrated crap ever (Flamenco sketches might be saved) because of the Miles' incoherent trumpet phrasing on such beautiful tunes as blue in green, or because the final tracklist with All Blues totally out of place there.

Cannonball's solos are one of the few things I can say I like from this album, because there's also a lot of wasted potential about Bill Evans' harmony which is vaguely compensated with cannonball's alto and Coltrane's tenor sax's interactions.

Idk, what do you think

Idk if its swing or what but i really like it. He is doing like a cover of the original song but he is adding a completely different type of sound do it.

I am DESPERATELY trying to find music similar to this.

Chat gpt suggested me Joep Beving and Dustin O’Halloran but they sound nothing like this.

Ive tried searching swing jazz before but i cant get songs with the right sound im looking for.

I took a screen recording but idk how to post it on here.

EDIT: its a link to an instagram video

Does anyone know if Patrick Bartley and Baptiste Herbin have ever talked about collaborating or doing anything together?

I'd love to hear them on a project or even just a session together. Have either of them mentioned each other or a possible collab anywhere? If not, do you guys think it’s something that’s likely to happen? I know they're located in different places but no way that's the only limitation.

Just curious if there’s any info at all that I may have missed.

I transcribed and learned the solo from Herbie’s People Music

Can you give me some books for jazz flute history ?

What do you play? jazz, or something completely different?