I’ve listened to a lot of different music over the years. I listen to music so much all day mostly as background noise… I recently moved to a new place, and the neighbor sometimes plays Jazz in the weekends. I seriously open the windows and turn off my own music. Something about it is just soo nice and chill. Something with the vibe, I don’t know. The closest genre I listen to similar to Jazz, is Downtempo. Here for reference: Youtube Music | Spotify
Okay, so I’m a very recent passenger on the jazz train. Went most of my life not enjoying it because the stuff I was hearing didn’t work for me. Then I ran across a gentleman, Abraham Laboriel that changed that. This video is of of the first I watched that flipped the switch in my head.
This is another favorite
See, I figured out after hearing that stuff that it was mostly jazz horn I wasn’t a fan of, though that’s slowly changing. I definitely like bass, drum, and piano forward stuff the best.
Just gonna drop a few links for your perusal at leisure. There’s no way to tell what you’ll like or not, so I’m just picking a handful of stuff that makes me groove with it.
https://youtu.be/gjDrEdEzfQc
https://youtu.be/dNXS7Zyda6Q
https://youtu.be/G4XhXVCF-oE
https://youtu.be/PHdU5sHigYQ
https://youtu.be/yHKl0euhZI0
But I think it’s important to note that jazz is a pretty big umbrella. The kind of smooth jazz that’s closest to the down tempo stuff you’re already into is even pretty broad in itself. My take is that jazz is less about clear delineations of style and more about the relationship between the player, their instrument, and the audience. When it’s a group, they sink in and follow each other around a theme, and that’s when jazz gets great.
When you find stuff like that where a group is in sync and flowing, I think you’ll eventually find that it calls to you even if it doesn’t fit what you already like.