Can we talk about jazz 4 a minute here? Cuz I know that some of ya'll must be JAZZ FREAKS. So, whats the JAZZ ALBUMs list that you rarely change?

Here are afew that I kinda dig(in no special order):

1.Swingin' Easy-Sarah Vaughan(The best recording from her ever)
2.Bitches Brew-Miles Davis
4.Blue Train-John Coltrane
5.Bird and Diz-Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie
6.Prelusion/Before The Dawn-Patrice Rushen
7.Monk's Dream-Monk
8.Echos Of An Era-Chaka/Stanly/Joe/Freddie/Lenny
9.Lady In Satin-Billie Holiday
10.Newport Jazz Festival-Duke Ellington

Whats yours?

Great, a jazz thread!

1.The Best of Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong (one of my all time favorite albums)
2. John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
3. Miles Davis - 'Round About Mignight
4. Etta James - At Last
5. Charlie Parker - Jazz at Massey Hall
6. Duke Ellington - The Far East Suite
7. The Quintessential Billie Holiday, Vol. 5
8. Charles Mingus - The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady
9. Duke Ellington - In a Mellotone
10. Len Bryant - It's Now Midnight (Len Bryant is a friend of my father's)

Oh, God! I can't believe I forgot Nneena Freelon! She's one of my favorite jazz vocalists, and her live album and Soulcall are amazing!

In no particular order...

"Poinciana"-Ahmad Jamal
"Once Upon A Time"-Ahmad Jamal
"What It Is"-Miles Davis
"My Favorite Things"-John Coltrane
"Body and Soul"-John Coltrane
"You've Got To Have Freedom"-Pharoah Sanders
"Kazuko (Peace Child)"-Pharoah Sanders
"In A Sentimental Mood"-John Coltrane and Duke Ellington
"'Round Midnight"-Dexter Gordon
"Chan's Song (Never Said)"-Bobby McFerrin and Herbie Hancock

Well, I think what I would define as jazz differs greatly from what you were looking for, so I’ll try and keep these jazz selections RELATIVELY straightforward, and avoid mentioning Prince.

Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
Miles Davis - On the Corner
Jaco Pastorius (self-titled)
Bela Fleck - Flight of the Cosmic Hippo
Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um
Thelonius Monk – The Columbia Years
Frank Zappa - Hot Rats
Buckshot Lefonque
Al Dimeola/Stanley Clarke/ Jean-Luc Ponty - Rite of Strings

You knew I was gonna bite on this thread didn't you.....Ya know I loves me some jazz.....like Sophia loves herself some HARPO.....

I recommend these jazz classics to anyone desiring to start and/or build a jazz library
ALL OF THESE JAZZ REOCRDINGS ARE VIRGIN TIGHT!!!!!


1. Miles Davis- Miles Davis And The Modern Jazz Giants

2. Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers- Free For All

3. Louis Armstrong- Satchmo At Symphony Hall Vol. 1

4. Jaco Pastorious- Jaco Pastorious

5. Freddie Hubbard- Life Flight (Currently out of print)

6. Thelonious Monk- Underground

7. John Coltrane- A Love Supreme

8. George Benson- Beyond The Blue Horizon

9. Rachelle Ferrell- First Instrurment

10. Grant Green- Alive!

1.Miles Davis- In a Silent Way
2.Freddie Hubbard-Red Clay
3. Herbie Hancock-Maiden Voyage
4.Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue
5. Freddie Hubbard- First Light
6. Herbie Hancock- HeadHunters
7.Ella & Louis (first LP)
8.Getz/Gilberto featuring Antonio Carlos Jobim
9.Dave Brubeck Quartet-Time Out
10.Herbie Hancock-Takin' Off

I am still a burgeoning jazz disciple, and these so far are my 10 faves, tho not all are pure LPs.

1. Cannonball Adderley -- Something Else (Blue Note)

2. Thelonious Monk -- Genius of Modern Music Vol. II (Blue Note)

3. John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman -- John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman (Impulse)

4. Horace Silver -- Horace Silver Trio (Blue Note)

5. Wayne Shorter -- Speak No Evil (Blue Note)

6. Art Blakey Quintet -- Moanin' (Blue Note)

7. Bill Evans -- Jazz 'Round Midnight (Verve)

8. Ella Fitzgerald -- Sings The Verve Songbook (Verve)

9. Miles Davis -- Kind of Blue (Columbia)

10. Duke Ellington -- Live At Newport 1956 (Columbia)

how about xpectation?


miles davis-in a silent way
miles davis-bitches' brew
idris muhammad-power of soul
herbie hancock-maiden voyage
john coltrane-giant steps
john coltrane-a love supreme
horace silver-song for my father
weather report-black market
lonnie liston smith-visions of a new world
the crusaders-southern comfort


left off the kind of blue..that's a given!!!

10 is just not enough but here goes.

Birth of the Cool - Miles Davis
Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
Bitches Brew - Miles Davis
A Love Supreme - John Coltrane
Giant Steps - John Coltrane
Maiden Voyage - Herbie Hancock
Thrust - Headhunters
At Basin Street - Clifford Brown, Max Roach, Sonny Rollins
The Johnny Smith Quartet - Johnny Smith
The Very Thought of You - Nat King Cole

Most of this list consists of material I always heard my dad and his friends playing and talking about (which at the time I didn't really appreciate). Thank goodness the tunes and musicians permanently set up shop in the subconscious section of my head.

Thanks for the great thread, Harlepolis.

Let me think



Holiday for Soul Dance - Sun Ra & the Astro infinity Arkestra

Masterpiece!!

John Gilmore and Marshall Allen at their finest! Gorgeous album!



Charles Mingus Quintet featuring Max Roach

Beautiful album, very dissonant. Eric Dolphy does some interesting stuff on here, 'Hatian Fight Song' is incredible!!




Don't know why I'm bothering posting this one, this is a required work in any Jazz fans collection. Title says it all. If anyone ever wanted to know what love sounded like, take a listen.



At the Pershing: But Not for Me Ahmad Jamal

Nice and simple, just the trio thing going on. Ahmad does a lovely version of 'Poinciana', you can totally here Miles theory of 'Notes and space' on this piece.




'My Goals Beyond' - John Mclaughlin

80% of the music on this album is solo acoustic guitar, very mellow, makes you want to light an incense and think about somethangs. The other 20% are 2 pieces that have a real eastern vibe. The title of these two tracks are 'Peace One' & 'Peace 2' and they are just what the title suggest. Complicated and very textured melodies with a blissful tenor & soprano sax, flute by Dave Liebman.



If you didn't know Oscar's the MAN!!



The Bridge - Sonny Rollins featuring Jim Hall

Sonny Rollin's saxophone and Jim Hall's guitar playing were a perfect pair. Very fine choice!!



This may be an odd choice to some, but Bill's playing and phrasing on this album is genius. He's a much slept on artist, but definitely someone to keep an eye on for he's a true innovator. A very intelligent player who always surrounds himself with the genre's elite. His music is straight jazz, it's jazz with a number of other influences.



Rip, Rig and Panic/Now Please Dont You Cry, Beautiful Edith
- Rahsaan Roland Kirk

Now this is Jazz for yo azz!! Not for the faint of heart, very aggressive!! LOVE IT!!

I have to think more about the 10th one. My entire collection is in a box it's been in boxes for the last 3 months

1. Eric Dolphy - Out To Lunch
2. Jesus Jazz - Jesus Jazz Breaks Loose*
3. Don Byron - Romance With The Unseen
4. John Coltrane - Expression
5. The Grassy Knoll - III
6. Ornette Coleman - Sound Museum
7. Greg Osby - Symbols Of Light (A Solution)
8. Don Cherry - Art Deco
9. Barondown - Tongue In Groove
10. Weather Report - I Sing The Body Electric

(*=self-produced - very limited edition! )

Well, I thought on it and one title that drifted into my head was this.



This is a soundtrack to a French New Wave film (of it's time) I haven't seen the movie but the recording is stunnning,

IMO, I think it's some of Miles best work. The tracks are extremely short which add to their charm.

IF you are a fan of 'Kind of Blue' you'll love this.

sinisterpentatonic said:

THANK
UUUUU

Mista Sinista!!!

i was just about to scream when i saw no1 mention Mr. Ra


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This is mine.....
Jaco Pastorius - "Jaco Pastorius"

John Coltrane - "A Love Supreme"
Stanley Clarke - "If This Bass Could Talk"
Miles Davis - "Kind of Blue"
Miles Davis - "In A Silent Way"
Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins, Sonny Stitt - "Sonny Side Up"
Dinah Washington - "What A Diff'rence A Day Makes"
Herbie Hancock - "Empyrean Isles"
Herbie Hancock - "Headhunters"
Al Jarreau - "Look To The Rainbow"
Grover Washington Jr - "Mister Magic"
Maceo Parker - "Roots Revisited"
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PusherMan said:

Isn't this the same cat who SWV stole the bassline to their hit "Rain"? I don't think they got sued or anything because the man was dead and he wasn't that well-known in the states.

okaypimpn said:

Yes "Portrait Of Tracy" was used by SWV for their 1997 hit "Rain".
[This message was edited Thu Mar 18 5:14:20 2004 by BRO915]

jazzvibrator said:

I did a thread on Roland Kirk last year here on this forum. The man was a super genius.

New to Jazz but here's my list

Grant Green - Alive

Art Blakely - Everything

Miles - Bitches Brew, Jack Johnson sessions

Medeski, Martin and Wood - Everything

Jimmy Smith - Everything

Ramesy Lewis - Everything

What do you guys think of Artie Shaw & Teddy Wilson? They're pretty underrated IMO, I love their solo stuff and their work with Billie Holiday!

Slave2daGroove said:

I just picked up the box set, very nice

The linear notes are impressive & Johnny Mac, is tearing it up on some of those tracks.

jazzvibrator said:

At least there's one person here who's looking at the clock!

i think i gotta divide mine up between jazz and vocal ...
here's just a sampling of what i dig cause my collection is insane.i'm listing some of the more obscure projects here and there that i like because alot of folks have some of the same things as favorites that i like as well:

VOCAL- janis siegel "slow hot wind"
janis siegel "i wish you love"
ella fitgerald " ella fitzgerald songbook"
carmen mcrae "carmen mcrae & friends"
nancy wilson - pick an album
anita o'day " jazz on a summer's day"(excerpt featuring tea for 2 & sweet georgia brown)
manhattan transfer "vocalese"
anca parghel " indian princess"
diana krall "all for you"
eden atwood
holly cole "don't smoke in bed"
diane schuur- "diane schuur live with the count basie band"
cassandra wilson- traveling miles
frank sinatra- "live at the sands with count basie and his orchestra"
nicole yarling- nicole yarling live (w/joe williams)


INSTRUMENTAL- keith jarret - pick any album
jaco pastorius- the birthday concert
miles davis- tutu
miles davis- kind of blue
john coltrane- giant steps
pat metheny- an imaginary day
bela fleck- acoustic planet
ahmad jamal- ponciana
john pattatucci-another world
marcus miller & miles davis- siesta
django rheinhardt- the complete django rheinhardt


and to these you can add a whole slew of most any recordings from duke ellington, count basie, dizzie gillespie, sonny stitt, buddy rich, stan getz, max roach, chet baker, and anything from the songbooks of cole porter and antonio carlos jobim.

oh, and about vocalists-
can anybody out there shed some light on jane monheit? i see she's immensely popular, but i'm funny about my jazz singers. when it comes to investing in jazz vocalists, i've never been a one-time buyer, and i don't plan on becoming one now. is monheit worth my $$$ and lifelong devotion to her work...or not really?

ReeseStrongnight said:

I've been meaning to check this album out, thanks for the reminder.

I've heard 'The Chicken song' from this album, yeah it's MAD ILL!!!
Can't wait to hear the rest.

okaypimpn said:

I don't know about the song you're referring to, but Jaco was very well-known among Jazz fans. Since his death he became more well known among bass players in general too. Jaco is pretty much to electric bass what Hendrix was to electric guitar.

Supernova said:

[This message was edited Wed Mar 17 18:57:06 2004 by sinisterpentatonic]

Oscar Peterson Trio -- The Canadian Suite

Jacques Loussier Trio -- Plays Bach

Miles Davis -- Kind of Blue

Bela Fleck & the Flecktones -- Flight of the Cosmic Hippo

Marcus Miller -- Tales

Bob James -- Grand Piano Canyon

The YellowJackets -- Like a River

Brad Mehldau Trio -- Songs

Birelli Lagrene -- Acoustic Moments (his take on Jaco's "3 views of a secret" is LUSH)

The Crusaders -- Healing the Wounds

sinisterpentatonic said:

Ah yes. Great pick
My best friend played trumpet with the Arkestra for a spell.
I've got a message in to him as to exactly what time period.
He's has some amazing stories about the gigs and Sonny in particular.

Bill Frisell is someone i've got to check out.
I heard him on Mike Stern's "Play" cd.
Sounds like he's got his own thing goin' on.
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theAudience said:

I'd love to hear some of those stories

I've only witnessed Mr. Ra live twice and it was a magical experience to say the least. I have that biography on him, but have yet to find the time to crack it open.

About Bill Frisell, yeah investigate!! He's had an interesting career. A lot of side projects. one of my true favorites by him is:


Where in the world

There's some incredible guitar work on here.
I wouldn't neccessarily call it jazz though it certainly possess some jazz characteristics. It' one of them things you can't label. Another one of my fav's by him is:



Is that you?

Awesome!!

Supernova said:

I couldnt agree with you more....