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I've got to run but just a couple more ones that I truly love: Sun Ra - Languidity. Ra has like 100000 albums but this one seems right up your alley. Eroc Dolphy - Out To Lunch is widely lauded and also helped me get into the jazz I love now. Rahsaan Roland Kirk's album Prepare Thyself To Deal With A Miracle is something I discovered only last year but love intensely. Ornette Coleman's Shape of Jazz To Come is impossibly important, if not my favorite of his... that might be Science Fiction. and uhh I don't want to overload you with stuff! These are all albums that helped turn jazz from something I appreciated to something that I loved. If you wanna get really far out, I'll definitely have more!
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One very big favorite of mine is Charles Mingus' Black Saint and the Sinner Lady - it's a sort of ballet, almost, but super groovy and psychedelic, and works in a similar way to A Love Supreme, while sounding totally different. Another essential: Don Cherry - Brown Rice. It's atmospheric and immediately accessible, then veers off into really trippy realms that remind me of Can's Aumgn or some of the floatier Terry Riley pieces. If you like the gentler side of things, be sure to listen to Marion Brown's Sweet Earth Flying. That one's in the spiritual jazz realm.. speaking of which, Alice Coltrane is one of my favorites. Journey in Satchidananda is probably her best known and maybe her best. It swings hard and it features Pharaoh Sanders prominently. Annnd finally, I'll recommend Pharaoh Sanders himself! Check out Karma, the main track Creator Has A Master Plan is god-tier stuff, catchy and weird... and his Black Unity is groovy in a way like Dilla's Donuts - continuous waves of rhythm
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Okay, so it's awesome you're into Silent Way! Kind of Blue is often the primer jazz album for many, many people. Not only is it accessible, but it's a stone cold masterpiece that I still listen to and find new ways to appreciate. Bitches Brew was my second Miles album, and the key to enjoying it for me was Spanish Key - the whole second disc has more of a structured, rock sound and is easier to wrap your head around. If you can handle some truly long songs, I can't recommend Big Fun enough. And although it's possibly his weirdest, Get Up With It is another one I'd recommend. It's got ambient, blues, and all sorts of weirdness that might be familiar to a Can fan. It might not be your thing though, but give it a try. As for other jazz artists that really, really strike me: John Coltrane's A Love Supreme is a pure masterpiece, one of my favorite 30 something minutes of music, ever. It's very catchy at first, even! He's got several essential albums but that is the most essential.
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Hey, I'm always happy to share my favorites! Especially jazz, which is so often misunderstood or ignored these days. I'm at work so I'll share more as soon as I'm home, but: which Miles Davis have you heard? Seeing that you're into Can, I think you'll have an easy time grasping certain parts of his work... check out In A Silent Way and Bitches Brew. If you have already heard those, go for Big Fun, and then On The Corner, I suppose. sorry, I'll have more for you in a bit.
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