Making a jazz workout mix.

[Hardbopjazz]

If you were to make a jazz workout mix to listen on your i-pods or whatever you listen with, what would you include? Everyone always seems to just have rock mixes when they run or jog. Could a good jazz one be possible?

[jostber]

Here's a couple of suggestions that might inspire:

So, Blue So Funky:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000075M...5081221-3847962

Hard Bop and beyond:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00000IP3...5081221-3847962

- Jostein

Edited November 9, 2006 by jostber

[Bright Moments]

Cantaloupe Island - Herbie Hancock

[Dan Gould]

The only mix tape that I could see working would be the mix I made several years ago, "Sidewinder and Sons". Took Sidewinder and all of the Sidewinder-inspired BN singles and put them together. I'd expect it would keep your ass moving on the treadmill.

[clifford_thornton]

Man, between the birthdays and this, Tautou is killing me!

[JSngry]

Max Roach. He's a marcher, not a dancer, and if you want to do the exercise thing the way they do it nowadays, you gotta get into that marcher mentality.

[robviti]

for me, one of the joys of working out at the gym is having the chance to listen to one or two jazz albums uninterrupted. however, i don't choose the music based on what will pump me up or keep me going. i like a variety of tempos, since i typically vary my workout to include aerobics, strengthening and building exercises, etc. that being said, it's unlikely i'll listen to an ecm recording at the gym. instead, i look for something new that i haven't had much of a chance to listen to. othewise, i'm looking for passionate solos that i can focus my attention on, rather than the feelings of fatigue or discomfort that accompany this soon-to-be 50-year-old body.

[Bright Moments]

Man, between the birthdays and this, Tautou is killing me!

[DukeCity]

This one will help you squeeze out those last few reps...

[BERIGAN]

Gotta put the original Cottontail on the cd!!!

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Gotta put the original Cottontail on the cd!!!

AND "MAIN STEM"!

MG

[doubleM]

I've always thought that "Filles de Kilimanjaro" was good to sweat to. It has some good coolin' down tracks, too.

[marcello]

Max Roach. He's a marcher, not a dancer, and if you want to do the exercise thing the way they do it nowadays, you gotta get into that marcher mentality.

Almost anything where Bu gets into that deep groove.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Max Roach. He's a marcher, not a dancer, and if you want to do the exercise thing the way they do it nowadays, you gotta get into that marcher mentality.

Almost anything where Bu gets into that deep groove.

Very true - Grant Green's "It ain't necessarily so"

MG

[.:.impossible]

Max Roach. He's a marcher, not a dancer...

Hm. That is a fundamental divide that I had never really put my finger on. Kind of like: "There are two types of people in the world..."

It works in this example, actually. I think you might have nailed something that I had never boiled down.

There are two types of trapset players.

[Michael Weiss]

Trane at the Half Note - keeps me from leaving the gym too soon.

[Noj]

[PHILLYQ]

'Blues March'

'Freedom Jazz Dance'(Great Jazz trio version)

'Compared to What'

Lotsa soul-jazz

cuts from Tito Puente's 'Top Percussion'

Rebirth Brass Band/Kermit Ruffins

ragtime

'Hattie Wall'- World Saxophone Quartet(from Live in Zurich)

some Electric Masada

Naked City

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

I was just listening to some New Orleans jazz and thought of this thread. Louis Armstrong Hot Five - "Yes I'm in the barrel" would be a good 'un.

MG

[JSngry]

Max Roach. He's a marcher, not a dancer...

Hm. That is a fundamental divide that I had never really put my finger on. Kind of like: "There are two types of people in the world..."

It works in this example, actually. I think you might have nailed something that I had never boiled down.

There are two types of trapset players.

Well, yeah, and I think that's what Whitney Balliet meant with his ill-informed comment that Max didn't swing. Max swings like a mofo, but his is not a dance swing, although you can certainly dance to it. It's just that Maxhas always been more about the focused purposeful task-driven determination of the march than he has the recreational ritualistic result-driven relaxation of the dance.

And even that doesn't fully get to the crux of the matter, but you already know what I meant anyway, so hey.

[Patrick]

I've thought about this some, but haven't actually assembled such a mix. I often participate in a spin bike session which usually features rock, techno, motown (lots of U2, occaisionally the US3 hit). Thought about handing an all-jazz disc to the instructor and seeing what would happen (or alternatively use it when I spin by myself). Many of them are included because they provide a steady groove, a groove that may be a bit slow for runners.

Herbie Hancock- Cantaloupe Island, Watermelon Man, Chameleon [? hill climb]

Miles Davis- All Blues, Freddie Freeloader

Roy Haynes- Sneakin' Around

Yusef Lateef- Road Runner, Straighten Up and Fly Right, Head Hunters

Cannonball Adderley- Who Cares? Sticks

Nat Adderley- I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'

Wayne Shorter- Adam's Apple

Horace Silver- The Preacher, Doodlin' (as cooldown?)

Thelonious Monk- Misterioso, Thelonious

Art Pepper- Groovin' High, Move

Dee Dee Bridgewater- Permit Me to Introduce You to Yourself (as warmup?), Tokyo Blues, Nica's Dream (all from the Horace tribute album)

Carmen McRae- It's Over Now, You Know Who, Listen to Monk (all from the Monk tribute album)

Mose Allison- What's Your Movie? Josephine, Gettin' There (exhaustion starting to set in), I'm Alive

Organissimo- Stomp Yo' Feets, Clap Yo' Hands

Dave Douglas- Play It Momma

Joanne Brackeen- Everything She Wants, Fi-Fi Goes to Heaven

Don Bennett- Dance of the Night

Bad Plus- 1979 Semi-Finalist, And Here We Test Our Powers of Observation, Layin' a Strip, Dirty Blonde, Big Eater, 1972 Bronze Medalist, Flim

Tomasz Stanko- Suspended Variation II

Haven't sequenced such a mix, and one would definitely need to consider some Blakey, Dex, Trane.

Edited November 11, 2006 by Patrick