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10-26-2009, 02:27 PM
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 TOP 100 Jazz Guitar Albums I'm trying to get a Jazz Guitar Album Top 100 together and I need your help. I started below by adding 10 albums that I think should be in the list. I need your help to complete the list, so please post the records that you feel should be included in the TOP 100.
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#2
10-26-2009, 02:41 PM
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 My favs Hi,
holgit |
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10-26-2009, 02:59 PM
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| Birelli Lagrene - Standards |
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10-26-2009, 03:03 PM
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| Wes Montgomery- Smokin' at the Half Note (or any other) John McLaughlin- Extrapolation Barney Kessel- Poll Winners Three Grant Green- Idle Moments John Basile- The Desmond Project Pat Metheny- Question and Answer George Benson- Beyond the Blue Horizon Jim Hall & Ron Carter- Alone Together Jimmy Bruno- Burnin' Larry Coryell- Spaces |
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#10
10-26-2009, 03:09 PM
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| Grant Green - Live at Club Mozambique (Slammin' grooves, swingin' band, GG's most inventive and fun funk-fest. Maybe more funk than jazz, but any jazz guitarist will love what GG's up to here!) Pat Metheny - Day Trip/Bright Size Life (PM deserves more than one disc on this list, and for me, these are the 2 that I come back to repeatedly. The melodies are gorgeous, each trio band is tight, and Pat's playing is the exciting and expressive that it's ever been IMHO). Steve Kahn - The Suitcase (Live) (SK with an unbeatable rhythm section of Anthony Jackson and Dennis Chambers - fun, exciting, and the playing by all involved is exquisite. Some of the compositions tend to sound a bit alike, but when it's all this good, I don't mind a bit). Front Page (Birelli LaGrene, Dennis Chambers, and Dominic Di Piazza - probably my favorite modern trio recording, these guys simply cook. LaGrene and Di Piazza are true virtuosos, and for me this recording brings out the best of them both in ways that their solo recordings never consistently capture. And Chambers on drums - he's just a force onto himself, and he keeps this whole thing driving and kicking forward with thrilling momentum. For its compositions, playing, production values - really, every available category, this one's not to be missed!) There are more, I'm sure, but for now these get my vote! |
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10-26-2009, 03:17 PM
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| Burrell, Hall One towers above the rest: Kenny Burrell - Guitar Forms, with arrangements by Gil Evans. One of the most beautiful jazz albums ever recorded. Also Jim Hall, with Bill Evans - Undercurrents Genius x 2, communicating almost telepathically. Wes, Barney Kessel, Tal Farlow, Django Reinhardt, other Burrell - too many to choose from. (Someone said Earl Klugh. Was that a joke?) Last edited by Regats : 10-26-2009 at 06:16 PM. |
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10-26-2009, 03:20 PM
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| My favourites: all Emily Remler-albums: Emily Remler - Firefly Emily Remler - Take Two Emily Remler - Transitions Emily remler - Catwalk Emily Remler - East to Wes Emily Remler - This is Me. Larry Coryell & Emily Remler - Together Wes Montgomery - The Incredible Jazz guitar of Wes M. Pat Martino - Remember (Wes Montgomery) Barbara Jungfer - Berlin Spirits Kenny Burell - Midnight Blue |
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#20
10-26-2009, 03:21 PM
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| hey, i'll pick a few that are a little "off the beaten path" barry galbraith-- guitar and the winds (one of the few albums featuring the great barry as a leader) kenny wheeler-- angel song (possibly bill frisell at his finest) ahmad jamal-- chamber music of the new jazz (guitarist ray crawford shines here as the ultimate in understatement--a TRUE accompanyist) emily remler-- firefly (sure she sounds a bit like wes here, but it's TASTY) paul motian--garden of eden (3 guitarists!, including a rather subdued but still awesome ben monder) and a few "everyone who plays jazz guitar should have these" choices: jimmy raney-- wisteria, the master, raney '81, hell, ANYTHING he did on criss cross or steeplechase. phillip catherine-- thinking of you (a tribute to chet baker with tom harrell and hein van de gein. AWESOME) grant green-- green street and matador (for those who think grant was only good at playing over two chord vamps) wolfgang muthspiel-- real book tales (i think the title is right, i only have this as some swiped mp3's from a friend--sorry wolfgang, i'll buy it soon) nice, modern takes on some old chestnuts. ed bickert (with don thompson) at the garden party-- fantastic guitar/bass duos that really allow you to hear ed's genius. wes montgomery-- a dynamic new sound (this is old wes, but still my favorite...i love the 'round midnight on here about as much as any version i've ever heard) oh, one more! jim hall/art farmer: big blues (there's just something about this record) |
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#22
10-26-2009, 03:23 PM
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| Not sure if these would make everyone's top 100 but I have to mention... Tuck Andress - Reckless Precision Kurt Rosenwinkel - Deep Song Charlie Hunter - Bing Bing Bing (Not sure which album to choose for CH) Maybe something representative of more "far-out" players like Marc Ribot, Derek Bailey, or Ben Monder... |
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#23
10-26-2009, 03:24 PM
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| Top 100 - Barney Kessel: Kessel Plays Standards (must have) - Progressions: 100 years of jazz guitar (must listen to disc 2 and 3) - Pat Martino: All sides now (must learn I'm confessing) - Franco Cerri: Di Jazz in Jazz (must know the Italian old guy) - many others |
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#24
10-26-2009, 03:24 PM
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| Pat Martino's "El Hombre" (especially for "Just Friends") |
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#25
10-26-2009, 03:28 PM
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 Joe Pass - Virtuoso Joe Pass - Live at Montreaux Joe Pass and Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen - Chops Lenny Breau - Live on Bourbon Street John McLaughlin - After the Rain Keith Jarrett - Koln Concert Kurt Rosenwinkel - Deep Song Joe Henderson - So Near, So Far Wes Montgomery - Full House Theloneous Monk - Straight, no Chaser Miles Davis - Kind of Blue Crap...where do you stop? |
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#26
10-26-2009, 03:28 PM
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| Charlie Christian - Genius of the electric guitar Wes Montgomery - Smoking at the half-note Ed Bickert - Live at the Garden Party Jimmy Raney - Jimmy Raney : A Johnny Smith - Moonlight in Vermont (w. Stan Getz) Joe Pass - Virtuoso George Benson - Beyond the Blue Horizon Jim Hall - Alone Together (w. Ron Carter) Lenny Breau - Live at Bourbon St. Pat Martino - Exit Not too original, I guess. |
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#27
10-26-2009, 03:29 PM
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| Hello Hi from Lyons, France. Thank you for letting me share this moment with you. This the first time I take part in a forum and I'm an absolute beginner with smileys, icons or whatever. It's never too late. From a jazz guitar lover's point of view, If I can add two names in the list of guitar players I have already seen, I will say Django Reinhardt for many of his recordings and René Thomas for Greetings |
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#28
10-26-2009, 03:30 PM
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#29
10-26-2009, 03:30 PM
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| 100 jazz guitar recordings? Pat Metheny: Still Life Talking (third wind) Pat Metheny: Travels (live) Martin Taylor: Double Standards. Larry Coryell: Shining Hour Joe Pass: Virtuoso Larry Carlton: Strikes Twice Pat Martino: Footprints Chuck Mangione: Feels so good for Grant Geissman's amazing solo work Steely Dan: Aja Jimmy Bruno: Burnin' Al DiMeola: Elegant Gypsy ".....it goes up to Eleven....." Nigel Tufnel (Spinal Tap) |
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