First of all, as a person who has listened to jazz for many years, I want to point out that jazz is a big family, which can be said to be all-inclusive music, not a single one. If you like, you can accommodate any kind of music in the world today, including national music. The people you mentioned all play jazz.

Then: Your question comes from other people's definition of jazz. As a jazz lover, I tell you clearly that jazz comes from my own definition of jazz. You can't blindly follow authority. Jazz is a process of rapid evolution, not a result, so you can't define it. You can be whatever you like. First of all, musicians like Nat King Cole and Johnny Hartmann belong to early jazz. Michael Bubble and amy winehouse have some songs with retro flavor. The most famous saxophonist in China is kenneth gorelick, whose home and jasmine flowers are deeply loved by everyone. But kenneth gorelick belongs to soft jazz. I don't quite agree that jazz must improvise. Songs like "Blue Moon" and "Fly Me to the Moon" can be nice without improvisation. But people who really like jazz are willing to listen to improvisation.

Again: My advice to you is to listen to different jazz music at different times, so that you can not only understand the sounds of different times, but also find your favorite "dishes", killing two birds with one stone.

Suggestions for your listening are as follows:

Swing: Voice (Ella Jane Fitzgerald) Saxophone (ben Webster)

Trumpet+Sound (louis armstrong)

Bebop or Pop: Saxophone (Charlie Parker) (dixit Gordon)

Cool Jazz: Saxophone (Paul Desmond)

Fink: Candy Duffy (Honda Yaya)

Posa Nova: Singing (Lisa Ono) Saxophone (Stan Gates)

Several of them are evergreen trees that have crossed many times, and they are also highly recognized by the masses.

For example, stan getz often listens to their music and has a general impression of jazz.

I don't mean Baidu, because my understanding of art has always been different.

I didn't add my own impression in advance.

When you listen to traditional jazz for the first time, you will find it very interesting. How can music be like this?

There is a saying in early jazz, this slogan (only for Fan)

Faced with people's doubts, people who love jazz will say (so what? )

Among them, there is a song from the platinum jazz album Blues.

This is the only album I recommend you to listen to.

Hope to adopt!

Ps: Define jazz in advance. It will be very painful for you to listen, absolutely! !