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PrintableI'm not a hardcore jazz fan but
I do enjoy this pot of GUMBO: 
anyone else? recorded in 2 days I believe because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." | |
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DirtyChris said: I'm not a hardcore jazz fan but
I do enjoy this pot of GUMBO:
anyone else? recorded in 2 days I believe  | |
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Thelonious Monk & John Coltrane - Live At Carnegie Hall 1957
Albert Ayler - Live In Greenwich Village Horace Silver - Cape Verdean Blues Oliver Nelson with Eric Dolphy - Straight Ahead Mingus Ah Um John Coltrane - Sun Ship Archie Shepp - Fire Music Pharoah Sanders - Karma Grant Green - Idle Moments Jimmy Smith - I'm Moving On Those are some personal favorites that I would play for anyone who expressed an interest in learning more about jazz. | |
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dilwithers' list is on point. | |
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Harlepolis said: DirtyChris said: I'm not a hardcore jazz fan but
I do enjoy this pot of GUMBO:
anyone else? recorded in 2 days I believe Up on the wiiiiire I like to cliiiimb aaaaand plaaaaay with the sky The people far belooooow The air is clear And I can't receive The whole world is smilingggguuuuuh...  because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." | |
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What are the essential jazz albums
everything from Kenny G !!!! If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans. | |
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you better cut down a little then if your carrying on about him Eric.
obviously Miles Davis Sketches of Spain or Porgy and Bess plus Kind of Blue Bitches Brew three ways he changed the world. er, Live at the Village Vanguard - Sonny Rollins Louis Armstrong Duke Ellington because those two are so important to the very identifiers of what we call Jazz. I'd say John Coltrane is a must try Eric Dolphey too Charlie Parker with Dizzy Gillespie...this is be-bop Charles Mingus... strong compositions, it's his thing of the new stuff Weather Report, Wayne Shorter, Marcus Miller. honorable mention to Herbie Hancock, I think he is great and also Thelonius Monk because he heard it his way, Original. | |
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Let the record show that I was not the one to add a Norah Jones album to the list...
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The width of that question makes it difficult to answer concisely.
I'd have to agree with namepeace that Louis Armstrong would be a firm jumping off point. This gentleman, Piero Scaruffi, has put together a very extensive list: http://www.scaruffi.com/j...st100.html Outside of his Top 100, he's got other lists broken down by decades (from the 1940s-2000s) tA  Tribal Disorder
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theAudience said: The width of that question makes it difficult to answer concisely.
I'd have to agree with namepeace that Louis Armstrong would be a firm jumping off point. This gentleman, Piero Scaruffi, has put together a very extensive list: http://www.scaruffi.com/j...st100.html Outside of his Top 100, he's got other lists broken down by decades (from the 1940s-2000s) tA Tribal Disorder
http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431 That's very helpful. Thanks.  | |
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ThreadBare said: Let the record show that I was not the one to add a Norah Jones album to the list...
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moderatorPanthaGirl said: ThreadBare said: Let the record show that I was not the one to add a Norah Jones album to the list...
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namepeace said: other albums or collections that I believe are considered formative:
Bird and Diz -- Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie I have been listening to this along with other Bird and Diz stuff. Very exciting stuff... takes a bit of getting used to at first... | |
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ThreadBare said: Let the record show that I was not the one to add a Norah Jones album to the list...
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I've given this one a lot of thought. Essential jazz album? Very tough question! I like most of the classic jazz guys Miles, Monk, Bird etc. But as far as modern jazz I like
Boney James Gerald Albrigt Richard Elliott Euge Groove Paul Taylor Jazz Masters Art Porter Roy Ayers Kim Waters would love to see P hook up with Boney... | |
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I enjoy Flight Of The Cosmic Hippo, but I'm terribly sentimental about this album, and it's strong from start to finish. If you can get it, cherish it! 
Lovely to see some fellow Mingus fans here. Had to recommend Changes One and Two as well as those mentioned already. | |
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exenn said:
Lovely to see some fellow Mingus fans here. Had to recommend Changes One and Two as well as those mentioned already. Love both One and Two. For Harry Carney is incredible! | |
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namepeace said: other albums or collections that I believe are considered formative:
The Quintet (Roach, Powell, Gillespie, Parker, Mingus) -- Live At Massey Hall embarrassed to say, i never knew of this one. | |
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