# Jazz Lovers, Tell Me Where To Go. Modal Jazz(?) **URL:** \ **Category:** Music\ **Created:** [June 21, 2024, 7:28am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/jazz-lovers-tell-me-where-to-go-modal-jazz/37895 "2024-06-21T07:28:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mrcandude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c5a1d2/32.png) [@mrcandude](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/mrcandude)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 7:28am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/jazz-lovers-tell-me-where-to-go-modal-jazz/37895/1 "2024-06-21T07:28:26Z")
I like Jazz, but not all Jazz. Albums that I own and I like: Time Out Somethin’ Else Bags Groove Kind of Blue Coltrane Soultrane Joshua Redman Freedom In The Groove Ben Webster Live In Copenhagen Let Freedom Ring Jackie MacLean Yuko Mabuchi Trio Monty Alexander, Love You Madly Live at Bubba’s Erik Deutsch, Decades (An OR release) - I really like this one. Gabriel Mervine, Live at Nocturn (An OR release) - This one, not so much. A short list, I know. I did a bit of searching and it seems that my jazz tastes tends towards Modal Jazz, yes? Melodic and upbeat? I am not a fan of Bill Evans (too soft) and not too crazy about Jazz Fusion (Bitches Brew and the like). At this time, I am looking for more of the same. Quartets to orchestra playing the standard instruments. For Jazz artists I am not a completionist. I do not need to have every Miles Davis album in my collection. Based on the above, for more instrumental Jazz, please tell me where to go, next… What other albums should I be considering? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![lonson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/lonson/32/249792_2.png) [@lonson](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/lonson)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 8:42am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/jazz-lovers-tell-me-where-to-go-modal-jazz/37895/2 "2024-06-21T08:42:06Z")
Here are a few suggestions: Grant Green “Idle Moments” Paul Horn “Something Blue” Duke Ellington “Ellington Masterpieces” Orrin Evans “Liberation Blues” Joe Lovano “I’m All for You” Keith Jarrett/Gary Peacock/Jack DeJohnette “Standards, Vol. 1” Chick Corea and Origin “At the Blue Note” Stan Getz “Sweet Rain” Bob Gordon “Pee Wee’s Song” Kenny Burrell “Blue Lights Vol. 1” Stanley Turrentine with the Blue Sounds “Blue Hour” Greg Osby “The Invisible Hand” Wes Montgomery with the Wynton Kelly Trio “Smokin’ at the Half Note” Sonny Rollins “The Bridge” Ben Allison, Steve Cardenas, Ted Nash “Tell the Birds I Say Hello: The music of Herbie Nichols” Jose James “Yesterday I had the Blues: the Music of Billie Holiday” Joel Ross “Parable of the Poet” Emily Remler “Cat Walk” Artemis “In Real Time” Barney Wilen “Le Ca–The Place” aka “New York Romance” ---
**Author:** ![RonP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/ronp/32/213555_2.png) [@RonP](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/RonP)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 10:21am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/jazz-lovers-tell-me-where-to-go-modal-jazz/37895/3 "2024-06-21T10:21:46Z")
I would suggest you explore the following artists: Stan Getz Paul Desmond Dave Brubeck Chet Baker Art Farmer Clifford Brown Donald Byrd Sonny Clark Horace Silver Charles Mingus Oliver Nelson That should keep you busy for a while. And if you stream, it’s only time spent. Have fun! ---
**Author:** ![softlight64](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@softlight64](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/softlight64)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 1:53pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/jazz-lovers-tell-me-where-to-go-modal-jazz/37895/4 "2024-06-21T13:53:02Z")
Try this, good luck! [https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/22068507](https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/22068507) ---
**Author:** ![jazzbirder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e0b2c6/32.png) [@jazzbirder](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/jazzbirder)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 11:08pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/jazz-lovers-tell-me-where-to-go-modal-jazz/37895/5 "2024-06-21T23:08:59Z")
Milestones by Miles Davis. Also Milestones by Bill Evans “Live at the Village Vanguard” from 1961. I attended a graduate course at Penn to learn about the difference between modes and notes in 1976. ---
**Author:** ![weedeewop](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/weedeewop/32/190064_2.png) [@weedeewop](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/weedeewop)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 3:13am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/jazz-lovers-tell-me-where-to-go-modal-jazz/37895/6 "2024-06-22T03:13:27Z")
Just a hunch, Miles Davis Presitge Series is most worthy, Workin’, Steamin, Relaxin’ and Cookin’. Then Walkin’ and Bags Groove. A bit more adventurous, and not modal, but fifties Charles Mingus can be most fun. Also consider Thelonious Monk. I should add many suggested below are not necessarily modal, but I’d like to think you would enjoy them all the same. If you don’t have it and wish to explore I’d consider a decent streamer and a Qobuz account. That should keep you busy. Once you land on what you fancy you may wish to follow-up with LP purchases. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/3X/d/d/dd36d811c6aa475b8e6cedb1b9420fb1da377259.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/3X/6/5/6527e41008081bb07c6db9be362a43dcfb5b75fa.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/3X/4/8/48c4cb69936d3e0d7d724fe1e1389f5f8bd3ca0d.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/3X/c/f/cf04cd5ee41d73139d1d074750a5f9b7d6bee09f.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/3X/6/5/658f8f7a3100e338c389205caaac3a9e975f771c.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/3X/3/9/397f6d524dcbff8fc177e0dc43b77e8421abac0f.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/3X/6/3/6356c9446757dfa47bd98cd36457278079fca27f.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/3X/6/c/6cb455cdc31df7109476bbe5fbb2e3985d7c6cce.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/3X/3/9/39fad9fb0619854c1dcb9091d34efb1e91d0cc37.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/3X/1/1/11f61b560068c3825d79b92455b863b5cbd067a3.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/3X/0/e/0e32f2f28017fd73045466d8b46837b88529d6f2.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/3X/d/2/d250c27092ff9821250bc47c5213d71c1d4c5bf0.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/3X/8/4/84119e2f60c1dff1567dc0302419f247f23790c9.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/3X/a/3/a3624007b634eafed3dd4bfdfe5f7fe550913b44.jpeg) Regarding Shelley Manne & His Men at the Blackhawk, I recommend the entire series, Vol. 1 - 5. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/3X/3/c/3cfef81e459a44bee4f6574ff182d7611d3443e8.jpeg) Keith Jarret’s Standards Trio with Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnete is an easy recommendation. ---
**Author:** ![weedeewop](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/weedeewop/32/190064_2.png) [@weedeewop](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/weedeewop)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 3:15am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/jazz-lovers-tell-me-where-to-go-modal-jazz/37895/7 "2024-06-22T03:15:00Z")
> [@jazzbirder](#): > > I attended a graduate course at Penn to learn about the difference between modes and notes in 1976 Now that would be fun! ---
**Author:** ![mrcandude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c5a1d2/32.png) [@mrcandude](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/mrcandude)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 6:35am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/jazz-lovers-tell-me-where-to-go-modal-jazz/37895/8 "2024-06-22T06:35:45Z")
Thank you to everyone, so far! To confirm, based on the list that I started with, Modal is what I am mostly after? I know that there can be crossover and bleed between different genres. @lonson - Appreciate it! @RonP - Please, if you have time and interest, could you name specific albums, if any different from the lists others have already provided in this post? @softlight64 - I opened the link and as I do not have a Qobuz account myself, the last four pieces are not listed. Please, if you don’t mind, could you let me know what they are? I like lists and I like them to be complete. 🙂 @jazzbirder - Nice! In junior high and high school I took Music as one of my options. I enjoyed it, but at the time, I did not take it as seriously as I should have or would have today. As they say, “with age…”. @weedeewop - Fun and adventure is par for the Jazz course. Thanks! I will check out all that you have recommended. Thanks again everyone! Anyone else reading these posts please feel free to add/update the lists. ---
**Author:** ![softlight64](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@softlight64](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/softlight64)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 10:48am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/jazz-lovers-tell-me-where-to-go-modal-jazz/37895/9 "2024-06-22T10:48:22Z")
![Screenshot 2024-06-22 at 6.47.15 AM.png](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/3X/3/a/3a3c3991c5e7ec8d60c593aa884b149a4e264871.png) Keep looking for pretty notes, good dogs, and tacos ---
**Author:** ![RonP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/ronp/32/213555_2.png) [@RonP](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/RonP)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 12:14pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/jazz-lovers-tell-me-where-to-go-modal-jazz/37895/10 "2024-06-22T12:14:47Z")
> [@weedeewop](#): > > Miles Davis Presitge Series, Workin’, Steamin, Relaxin’ and Cookin’. Walkin’ and Bags Groove. Round About Midnight These albums are essential in my opinion. An interesting work by Miles Davis is “Birth Of The Cool”. And try Oliver Nelson’s “The Blues And The Abstract Truth”–also an essential album. ---
**Author:** ![weedeewop](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/weedeewop/32/190064_2.png) [@weedeewop](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/weedeewop)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 3:06pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/jazz-lovers-tell-me-where-to-go-modal-jazz/37895/11 "2024-06-22T15:06:06Z")
As you explore give us all a bit of feedback on your experience. I’ll emphasize for a small fee, less than the cost of a new CD or LP for a month’s access, a Qobuz account is hard to beat IME. [Qobuz](https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/discover) ---
**Author:** ![weedeewop](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/weedeewop/32/190064_2.png) [@weedeewop](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/weedeewop)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 3:13pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/jazz-lovers-tell-me-where-to-go-modal-jazz/37895/12 "2024-06-22T15:13:26Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/3X/3/3/33d84e69c54c93c972d24d2cf69dd4d6b878a8ee.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/3X/6/0/606b0a21f409c6964db911bf897ba90e801954b6.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/3X/2/a/2a7b149748c44684a90bd264ec518f8d51fa57e6.jpeg) I neglected an essential one, basically similar to **Miles Davis** _Kind of Blue_, also essential and an easy recommendation as well, **Cannonball Adderley** _ **Somethin’ Else** _ ---
**Author:** ![scotte1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/scotte1/32/147_2.png) [@scotte1](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/scotte1)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 3:19pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/jazz-lovers-tell-me-where-to-go-modal-jazz/37895/13 "2024-06-22T15:19:37Z")
> [@weedeewop](#): > > **Cannonball Adderley** _ **Somethin’ Else** _ This is a particular favorite of mine and many others. It’s a little “off beat” at times but I think you might enjoy it. ---
**Author:** ![mrcandude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c5a1d2/32.png) [@mrcandude](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/mrcandude)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2024, 6:33am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/jazz-lovers-tell-me-where-to-go-modal-jazz/37895/14 "2024-06-23T06:33:14Z")
My streaming account is with Apple Music. I know, maybe not the best, and going through some of the albums and the Qobuz playlist that @softlight64 provided, I am starting to see some holes in the music that Apple has. More on that in a bit. So far, starting at the top of the list from @lonson I have only had the chance to hear two: **Grant Green “Idle Moments** ” - A good one. More Bop than Modal? I am not a big fan of the poetry of the artist speaking during a piece. But was only one song. Off the top of my head, I think Coltrane does the same in Soultrane? **Duke Ellington “Ellington Masterpieces”** - This is great. Leans more to Big Band, IMO, but how tight and in synch they were! And Rockin’ In Rhythm - If you don’t start tapping your toes, check yourself for a pulse! For the Qobuz list. FYI, you have Without a Song in the list three times. I could not find Your Mind Is On Vacation, Holly Cole but I did find, Your Mind Is On Vacation, Dana Gillispie. Same? Or are there other, better versions to consider? I could not find, Indifférence, Les Doigt De l’Homme 1910 or, Mama’s Blues, Jordan Officer. Other versions worth considering? I thought The Paul Horn album was not there, but it is, under Paul Horn Quintet. Thanks again! I will keep this post posted. 🕶 ---
**Author:** ![mrcandude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c5a1d2/32.png) [@mrcandude](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/mrcandude)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2024, 6:43am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/jazz-lovers-tell-me-where-to-go-modal-jazz/37895/15 "2024-06-23T06:43:55Z")
> [@softlight64](#): > > Keep looking for pretty notes, good dogs, and tacos Wondering if this is code for other things? 😜 On the surface, noble pursuits. Thank you for the rest of the list. ---
**Author:** ![softlight64](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@softlight64](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/softlight64)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2024, 10:38am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/jazz-lovers-tell-me-where-to-go-modal-jazz/37895/16 "2024-06-23T10:38:14Z")
Your Mind Is On Vacation is a Mose Allison original, his version is highly recommended. I have the Jordan Officer songs listed because of his phenomenal guitar playing, a shame you cannot access those. Glad you are having some positive experiences with the musical expiration you’re pursuing, keep it up! ---
**Author:** ![mrcandude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c5a1d2/32.png) [@mrcandude](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/mrcandude)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2024, 10:53am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/jazz-lovers-tell-me-where-to-go-modal-jazz/37895/17 "2024-06-23T10:53:15Z")
Thanks! There are other Jordan Officer albums accessible in Apple. I will also check through YouTube.