JOHN COLTRANE-A LOVE SUPREME

man just listening to that and i just know there is a god or a higher power..those opening chords are just musical perfection,

sounds brand new every time i listen-a perfect waking up album

absoulutly love this very special album

I'd have thought this was one of those impossible-to-answer questions. Expect a lot of Kind of Blue responses.

I'll go with Brubeck's Time Out album.

Giant steps

This answer may change from day to day, and one can't argue against albums like Kind of Blue or A Love Supreme. But those albums are otherworldly.

For today, and just for today, I'd pick something like:



or

(I just wanted to post it officially first. )

Second, in terms of contemporary jazz that grabbed me by the lapels and shook me like a rag doll, I'd have to go with this. I *still* listen to this album and shake my head. These cats don't have to release another album ... EVER ... as far as I'm concerned.

I would go with Miles Davis' "In A Silent Way"

For "So What" alone.

LuxuryBrown said:

"Kind of Blue" is the only Jazz album I owned.

I am not quite sure Terry Callier "Timepeace" counts as a Jazz, but its wonderful all the same..

i always end up buying cds after these threads-just off 2 buy bela fleck and the time out album-thanks

i love these threads!

jonylawson said:

Let us know what you think

I don't think Kind of Blue is the best jazz album of all time. Maybe one of the most accessible, hell, maybe even the definitive jazz album. But there are some things by Mingus, Coletrane (especially 'Trane), Dolphy, Hancock, McLaughlin that I would consider better written, more transcendent and supremely executed than KoB.


Davis did have the best band that ever existed - his first quintet is what God had in mind for a "band."

Finess said:

This song kills "So What" in my honest opinion. The album is the reason why I picked up the saxo-mo-phone!

BoraBora said:

Cool to see someone else rate this so highly.

FuNkeNsteiN said:

You read my F'N mind. I'd take this over all else.

NEWS by Prince? It's the only jazz I know!

I would pick this one:



But I think I'll choose this one as the greatest:



No other jazz album, probably with the exception of Mile's Kind Of Blue, has really put me in this spiritual mood that motivates me quite like A Love Supreme.
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sexxydancer said:

You must be starving.

ThreadBare said:

Not at all!!

Wow! Just one? Here's a few slightly less than obvious choices that always make me smile....

Miles - 'Miles Smiles' (Circle is just beautiful) and 'In A Silent Way'
Thelonious - 'Monk's Music' and 'Brilliant Corners'
Andrew Hill - 'Blackfire'
Herbie - 'Maiden Voyage'
Kenny Burrell - 'Midnight Blue' - so laid back it's untrue....
Cannonball Adderley - 'Something Else'
Duke Pearson - 'Sweet Honey Bee' (just plain and simple happy music!)

Loads more but I won't bore you! And of course, if you go with the Blue Note stuff you get some of the best cover art ever produced....

andyd said:

herb alpert-north on south st.
grover washington jr-skylarkin
quincy jones-you've got bad girl
stanley turrentine-pieces of dreams
george duke-liberated fantasies

I can't choose between these 2, musical perfection!







I think I'll go with Sketches cause my alltime fav Jazz piece is on it:
Concierto De Aranjuez.

BT11 said:

A most excellent choice. As, of course, is SofS

It features my favorite "cover art" among jazz albums.

The title track is exquisite, and IMHO, rivals, but does not match, "All Blues" or "So What."
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HA!

Chile, thats easy,,,,,


The very ultimate IMO

SPEAK NO EVIL-now theres a contender!!!!

namepeace said:

So would you prefer Kind Of Blue?

BT11 said:

I can't really say. Kind of Blue, in my mind, is otherworldly, so much so that it almost transcends jazz. Like I said earlier, it and A Love Supreme are in categories of their own.

Right now I´d choose

I like this one a lot.