I really dig this album by Coltrane, its very well balanced and is a great listen. I hate when people say "RIP Coltrane" he isn't dead, his music lives on forever.

Jazz is amazing! Could you please recommend me some jazz songs? My favorite singer it's Nina Simone ^~^

Miles Davis is fantastic. I would also recommend Ray Charles.

Mostly into contemporary Jazz right now. Artists I listen to include BADBADNOTGOOD and XD 7.

I'm getting into Ryo Fukui's stuff, he's a great jazz artist

It's been only Jazz for me for the past while.

Ya like jazz?

But no, seriosuly, I grew up listening to jazz, Japanese style jazz, especially. Nujabes is my soul food.

Jazz is pretty amorphous, as far as terms or genres go.
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That aside, I'm a sucker for swing a la Glenn Miller, and cool jazz with and wihout lyrics - artists like Chet Baker, and Miles Davis. I find I tend to prefer the more melancholic sorts of jazz (though there are some notable exceptions), like Mal Waldron, some Bill Evans, or the Lady herself - Billie Holliday.

> Specifically her penultimate album, Lady in Satin - it's one of my favorite albums (not just jazz albums) - every song just oozes melancholy and loneliness, such that lyrics that were ostensibly written as a love song can sound embittered and defeated.

(Not to mention other vocalists like Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald, or contemporary jazz musicians/composers like the great Yoko Kanno)