Music from Matt- A Quick Jazz Run Down

Jazz...Jazz? What is this "Jazz"? This question has been asked many times. Some people ask me this question and I have asked others this question but either way there was no clear answer. Jazz is a type of music one must listen to in order to understand it. No matter how much one studies it, they can't feel it until they hear it. Here's a list of some different types of Jazz, artists and their albums for anybody who's curious. "Fusion" Miles Davis-In a Silent Way Return to Forever- Light as a Feather Pat Metheny- The Secret Story Fela Kuti- Confusion Bill Frisell- Bill, Ron, Paul; A Frisell EP Mahavishnu Orchestra- The Inner Mounting Flame "Avant Garde" or "Experimental" Marc Ribot-Party Intellectuals Nels Cline Singers-Instrumentals Jon Zorn- The Dreamers The Lounge Lizards- Live in Tokyo; Big Heart "Bossa" or "Lounge" or "Latin Jazz" Stan Getz- Getz and Gilberto Pink Martini- Hang on Little Tomato Flora Purim- Butterfly Dreams "Standard" Jazz John Coltrane- Giant steps or a Love Supreme Miles Davis-Bag's Groove or Birth of the Cool Charles Mingus- Ah Um or Pithecanthropus Erectus Dave Brubeck- Time Out "Modern" Jazz The Bad Plus- Give or These are the Vistas Banyan- Live in Perkin's Place Bela Fleck and the Flecktones- Ten From Little Worlds Dave Holland- Critical Mass I hope that's a good list for everyone if they wanna get down with some Jazz. Keep Groovin'