Can anyone recommend me some chill music?

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tigerwoods99tigerwoods99
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
I sometimes listen to SmoothJazz.com on iTunes when I wanna just listen to laid back type stuff...and I love smooth jazz, but I wouldnt know any of the artists to save my life. The only radio station I ever listen to (usually just in the car) is 107.3 here which is Smooth Jazz. Can anyone recommend me stuff like this, specific songs or albums to get?
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  • Reply 1 of 34
    aquafireaquafire Posts: 2,758member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by TigerWoods99

    I sometimes listen to SmoothJazz.com on iTunes when I wanna just listen to laid back type stuff...and I love smooth jazz, but I wouldnt know any of the artists to save my life. The only radio station I ever listen to (usually just in the car) is 107.3 here which is Smooth Jazz. Can anyone recommend me stuff like this, specific songs or albums to get?



    You might like to try George Benson . " Breezin " is a great album to start with..



    Also Earl Klugh..smooth guitar work..all his albums are works of art.



    Oh and if you can find it..the soundtrack album " Regarding Henry"..IMO ...It is the most hauntingly beautiful album..great for 2 Am wind downs..& all the ladies like its...soft sultry tones... 8)
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    rick1138rick1138 Posts: 938member
    Benson is awesome. I'm not sure if it would be classified as "smooth" jazz, but some good mellow jazz is Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto. If you are interested in jazz that is not so smooth there is my favorite, John Coltrane.
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    1337_5l4xx0r1337_5l4xx0r Posts: 1,558member
    Some miles davis is so smooth... snag Miles Davis: Blue in Green (it's a track, not an album)... great track.
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    brbr Posts: 8,395member
    Rammstein - Du Hast
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    chu_bakkachu_bakka Posts: 1,793member
    check out Thievery Corporation...
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    moogsmoogs Posts: 4,296member
    Depends on whether you're more interested in jazzy stuff (what you might hear in a good downtown restaurant (in any big city)), or more urban stuff. I'm still learning the ropes myself after a decade of listening, but some excellent artists include:



    Old School Jazz: Miles Davis

    (Big bass, shifty percussion and that one of a kind trumpet - the best ever. Go out and OWN a copy of "Kind of Blue" - best jazz album you can buy... from any artist.)



    Modern Jazz: Pat Metheny

    (One of the most talented jazz guitarists and composers ever... covers a wide range of territory from orchestral jazz to duets to solo guitar. Key releases to look into: Pat Metheny Group; Offramp; Still Life (Talking); Secret Story; One Quiet Night.



    Downbeat / Trip-hop: Thievery Corp, Tosca, Massive Attack are all "all good"



    The best CDs from these three (based on my limited experience) are: Sounds from the Thievery Hi-Fi, Suzuki and Mezzanine respectively. All three are excellent in their own way. Massive Attack is definitely the more edgy of the three groups (though now disbanded)... more industrial sounding.
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    bungebunge Posts: 7,329member
    Gotan Project.



    Portishead.
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    moogsmoogs Posts: 4,296member
    I've heard of Portishead also: are they a lot like Massive Attack? I've heard they sort of got their roots from MA's style but I've not heard any of their stuff (to my knowledge).
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    bungebunge Posts: 7,329member
    I don't know Massive Attack, so I couldn't say. But...



    There seems to be a Portishead album on the iTMS.
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    ibrowseibrowse Posts: 1,749member
    Al Green.
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    sammi josammi jo Posts: 4,634member
    Watch the Weather Channel! Lotsa smooth bland wallpaper to chill to!
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    1337_5l4xx0r1337_5l4xx0r Posts: 1,558member
    Moogs: there is no way you have managed to get this far without hearing portishead. Just like there is no way you have gotten this far without hearing Beck's "Odelay" or whatever. Therefore, you have heard Portishead without knowing what it is. Haunting triphop with melancholy woman's vocals atop it. They're pretty good; if you like Massive Attack you will likely like PH.
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    kneelbeforezodkneelbeforezod Posts: 1,120member
    If you are not averse to laid back electronic stuff, you could do worse than to check out Boards of Canada. 'Music has the Right to Children' and the 'In a Beautiful Place...' EP are particularly worth checking out.



    If you would prefer more jazz influenced electronic stuff, the Kruder and Dorfmeister 'DJ Kicks' compilation is another gem, encompassing everything from soulful drum and bass to Spanish Gypsy flamenco (seriously) in a single mix.



    On the hip-hop tip, you won?t go wrong with DJ Krush's 'Strictly Turntablized.' It's sparse and minimal - sometimes consisting of just beats and effects laden scratches - but it is one of those records that you keep getting up to put it on again and again.
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    tigerwoods99tigerwoods99 Posts: 2,633member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by BR

    Rammstein - Du Hast







    Yea I know all about regular jazz, I'm a big fan of Miles Davis and Coltrane. And the weather channel does have some coo music lol...but thats only during local on the 8s!
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    kneelbeforezodkneelbeforezod Posts: 1,120member
    Just took a look some of the things on the SmoothJazz.com playlist, and have realized that none of my suggestions are even remotely like what you might be looking for...oh well.
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    chu_bakkachu_bakka Posts: 1,793member
    Kid Koala is really great too. As is DJ Shdaow.
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    kneelbeforezodkneelbeforezod Posts: 1,120member
    Whay can't I delete an accidental post?
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    gardenofearthlydelightsgardenofearthlydelights Posts: 963member
    It's not jazz, but my current chill out music is Norah Jones' "Come Away with Me" CD.
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    thuh freakthuh freak Posts: 2,664member
    i tend to think of Santana as chill music, like 'Black Magic Woman'. CSNY too, like '4+20' (its not as pot related as you might think).
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    superkarate monkeydeathcarsuperkarate monkeydeathcar Posts: 2,407member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by kneelbeforezod

    Just took a look some of the things on the SmoothJazz.com playlist, and have realized that none of my suggestions are even remotely like what you might be looking for...oh well.



    i was gonna say, how did we get to massive attack and portishead, who i would think tiger would be aware of anyway.



    i agree with the kind of blue suggestion, and the getz/gilberto is nice too.

    most of the bill evans (pianist on kind of blue) catalog is pretty nice, and all of paul desmond's A&M releases that featured guitarist jim hall are excellent.

    as for benson, breezin' about creatively killed him, someone told him he could be a singer and forget his jazz guitar skills....tsk...sk.

    the CTI recordings of benson are good (bad benson, and the other side of abbey road, i recommend) as is most of the CTI catalog from the 70's stanley turrentine, grover washington (mr. magic is excellent) the only newer group i can recommend is "down to the bone" although they get a little funky.
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