Which jazz tunes would make great ringtones?

[clifford_thornton]

"Ghosts."

[JSngry]

Any number of portions from Herbie's "Rain Dance"...but I've already got the original Monitor Beacon on there, so it would be a lateral move.

[mjzee]

Miles - the main riff from "Great Expectations."

[sidewinder]

'Ezzthetics'

[Neal Pomea]

My ringtone is the opening trumpet cadenza of Louis Armstrong's "West End Blues." My saxophone-playing colleague Ben Davis uses one perfect, isolated note by Steve Lacy as his text message alert.

The opening of New Orleans Wanderers, Perdido Street Blues!

[A Lark Ascending]

Not jazz, but I fancy the first 12 seconds or so of this:

[Pete C]

My ringtone is the opening trumpet cadenza of Louis Armstrong's "West End Blues."

Through the ensemble chord just before the main theme?

[Jim R]

I chose a ringtone that sounds like this:

I'm liking it. Reminds me of a simpler time.

[Chuck Nessa]

How about the opening phrase from Roscoe's Willisau performance of Nonaah!

[Larry Kart]

How about the opening phrase from Roscoe's Willisau performance of Nonaah!

Perfect!

[felser]

Mingus's "Haitian Fight Song" would be my first thought. I used Hancock's "Olilioqui Valley" and OTB's "OTB" as answering machine backgrounds back in the day.

[Neal Pomea]

Richard M. Jones, Good Stuff

http://www.npmusic.org/GoodStuffRingtone.mp3

[Noj]

I had this for a while. It would freak people out.

[JSngry]

I had this for a while. It would freak people out.

I like that a lot!

Here's Herbie's aforementioned Rain Dance...somewhat the same thing, only different:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RczWDQmKQtA

And of course, the Monitor Beacon in pure form: http://www.monitorbe...itor_Beacon.mp3

[WD45]

I replaced the startup sound on an old PC of mine with the first few seconds of Jackie McLean's "Blue Rondo" -- that would make a great ringtone, too.

I like the idea of Soul Sauce, as well.

[Neal Pomea]

New Orleans Wanderers, Perdido Street Blues

http://npmusic.org/PerdidoStBluesRingtone.mp3

New Orleans Bootblacks, Mad Dog

http://npmusic.org/MadDogRingtone.mp3

[Hoppy T. Frog]

Current: Haitian Fight Song.

Mine too! Amazingly, it was offered by my cell phone provider.

[robertoart]

I chose a ringtone that sounds like this:

I'm liking it. Reminds me of a simpler time.

They're my favourites. I always begin to feel strangely peaceful when I hear these go off.

If only for a fleeting moment

[Pete C]

Mingus's "Haitian Fight Song" would be my first thought.

II B.S. would be a much better choice.