Important music in jazz.?
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Start with Ornette Coleman, Henry Threadgill and John Zorn. They represent the beginnings, middle periods and current trends in avant garde jazz, respectively.
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Jazz (We've Got...) by A Tribe Called Quest?\nJazz by Bogus Blimp?\nJazz Music by GangStarr?\nJazz Thing? by GangStarr\nJazzy Belle by Outkast?\n\nAny more help?
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Wind Beneath my Wings is played a lot.  Also a lot of hymns or classical music without lyrics. Greensleeves and stuff like that.
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classical music be it western,hindustani,african....................
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i'd reccommend joe pass, ella fitzgerald, art blakey, monk, stan getz...\n\non the newest jazz, try "tourist" by st. germain and any album of "Pink Martini" (though this last one is not jazz but salsa with jazz touches)
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The Clash and hopefully include Joe Strummer's solo work as well.  This music is not only quality and quantity but traverses several different styles of music punk/folk/reggae/jazz/ska/hip hop/latin/african/rockabilly.\nThis is important because if that is all there is you're less likely to get tired of it.
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Music...i think the music is more important than the lyrics. the music tells the mood...
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Find some music by Mike Oldfield.  He is a zydeco/modern jazz composer.  His music is _perfect_ for that.  You can find his music by doing a search for his name.  You might remember "Tubular Bells" from his early days.  It was one of his first big hits.
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Swing/Big Band Music\nWWII stuff\nCigarette Glamour Girls
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Try the Modern Jazz Quartet or Lionel Hampton, best in the biz.
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The Boxer by Simon & Garfunkel. It's got some neat chord changes.
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John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Coleman Hawkins\n(It's tenor, not tennor)
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In New Orleans on Fat Tuesday! haha, but seriously check out the jazz section in your local cd store like FYE or Tower Records or something, you'll see loads of Mardi Gras music, but I would recommend instead of that one song to peruse some of Dr. John's music, you'll thank me later.
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Get a compilation of Latin Jazz... www.putumayo.com is a great source for great compilation.\nThere is even a wedding Jazz compilation from Verve:\nhttp://www.vervemusicgroup.com/product.aspx?ob=disc&src=art&pid=10957
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I would check on Limewire.com.  I've found a lot of different types of music there.
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They are right... you can find douzens of Jazz substyles. If you are a newbie to Jazz, I guess we can structure it in:\n- New Orleands Jazz or Dixieland (1920-1930s)\n- Big Band Jazz or Swing (1930s)\n- Bebop (1940s)\n- Cool Jazz (1950s)\n- Hard Bop (1950-1960)\n- Free Jazz (mainly 1960s)\n- Jazz Rock or Fusion (1970s)\n- Contemporary Jazz (now...)
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Places like Sam Goody and Tower Records sell Sheet Music. Check them out =)