Jazz/blues/R &B reccomendations

BeNice said:

I'm trying to get into some older music. So much is forgotten today. Everybody I know seems to listen to angsty "I hate my mom/girlfriend/life" modern rock/new metal. Sometimes I just need to put on Booker T. and the MG's or something classic just to keep me in a good mood, but I keep playing the same stuff over and over. I've listened to some old, old stuff like Fats Waller, Scott Joplin, Blind Blake, Blind Boy Fuller, Rev Gary Davis, Django, etc and 50's-60's R&B a little bit... but not much more than Booker or Al Green and Coltrane..and some other stuff. I'm just trying to keep busy with listening to music. Anybody have any suggestions?

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if you want some newer stuff that ISN'T "i hate my mom/girlfriend/life" i have a huge amount of recommendations... try me, i'm like a dictionary

sticking with the jazz theme... you should try out jazzanova, de-phazz and st germain... also, take a look at the ninja tune website (they're a record label)... they have a huge pile of amazing artists, most of which build on classic jazz they're all electronic tho... just a warning heheh... and keep an eye out for things in and around the "acid jazz" genre if you're at all into that... it can be a mixed bag but every now and then i find a massive gem

if you like any of that let me know, i could keep you busy for years but a lot of people don't like it just because it's "electronic" (heaven forbid)