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Jazz with piano focus
#1
I'm searching for smooth lounge style jazz songs with a focus on piano.
This is a very vague phrasing, but I would be happy for any recommendations!

For example Miles Davis & John Coltrane - Kind of blue with less influence from the trumpet would be a perfect song for me.

Thanks in advance!
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#2
I don't either of those gents have been described as "smooth lounge" before *--mostly that's the "cool school" or "West Coast school" of jazz For starters, let me share Chet Baker, both trumpet and his laid-back vocals:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SGAcP7Zh6U and playing Flugelhorn with another laid-back master, Paul Desmond and an All-Time group: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgn7VfXH2GY
* Mine was not a criticism, merely an observation. To me, lounge is designed not to be closely listened to, but to evoke emotions; jazz no matter how soft provokes listening (get with nearly all of pianist Bill Evans' recordings). To some, a subtle difference; to me and others, profound.
Want some more? Just post to this Thread--I'll put my best man on the job (me).
A man accustomed to hear only the echo of his own sentiments, soon bars all the common avenues of delight, and has no part in the general gratification of mankind--Dr. Johnson
What he said. Amen, Bro--JazzboCR
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#3
Freakin Wrote:I'm searching for smooth lounge style jazz songs with a focus on piano.
This is a very vague phrasing, but I would be happy for any recommendations!

For example Miles Davis & John Coltrane - Kind of blue with less influence from the trumpet would be a perfect song for me.

Thanks in advance!

Here are some jazz pianists you might enjoy -

Giovanni Mirabassi - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o59r1I3-PSg

Shai Maestro - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqIqX3JMhKU

... and Eric Legnini -

[video=youtube;0sd-Jji857k]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sd-Jji857k[/video]
"The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us." ~ Bill Watterson
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#4
Thanks Ruby, this is exactly the kind of music I have been looking for!
What kind of search tags could I use that describe this kind of music? I need more of this!

jazzboCR Wrote:I don't either of those gents have been described as "smooth lounge" before *--mostly that's the "cool school" or "West Coast school" of jazz For starters, let me share Chet Baker, both trumpet and his laid-back vocals:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SGAcP7Zh6U and playing Flugelhorn with another laid-back master, Paul Desmond and an All-Time group: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgn7VfXH2GY
* Mine was not a criticism, merely an observation. To me, lounge is designed not to be closely listened to, but to evoke emotions; jazz no matter how soft provokes listening (get with nearly all of pianist Bill Evans' recordings). To some, a subtle difference; to me and others, profound.
Want some more? Just post to this Thread--I'll put my best man on the job (me).

Excuse my poor wording, I know nothing about jazz nor music in general. These are not the kind of songs I have been looking for, thanks for the fast resonse though!
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#5
Try this guy: http://www.allmusic.com/album/vapor-draw...0000650286 << and look at the 4 pianists mentioned at the end.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZy3aB-jFiY
A man accustomed to hear only the echo of his own sentiments, soon bars all the common avenues of delight, and has no part in the general gratification of mankind--Dr. Johnson
What he said. Amen, Bro--JazzboCR
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