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#1
03-22-2010, 09:14 AM
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 Must Have Jazz Albums? What are all the must have Jazz Albums to get if one wanted to have a near complete collection of all the must have Jazz Albums?     |
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#2
03-22-2010, 09:30 AM
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| jazz is a huge body of music. everyone's lists would be different, so i'll give you some advice i think is pretty effective. buy miles davis' "kind of blue." then by a record led by each of the sidemen on KoB. Then buy records led by the sidemen on those records. you'll have a damn fine jazz collection started by then, and you'll have branced into quite a few different kinds of jazz by then as well, likely. Then you can narrow your focus into what you really like and start pursuing it. |
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#3
03-22-2010, 09:37 AM
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| I think Mr. Beaumont's advice is good, though it doesn't help you with early jazz. Buy some Louis Armstrong. (Better, go to the public library and see what jazz discs are available: you should be able to find compilations of early jazz / swing era tunes and then make a list of who you like best and find more stuff by them...)
__________________ "I can not overemphasize how important it is to sing what you play or play what you are singing. You do not have to be a singer. You don't have to sing loudly, or even above your breath. Scatting, as this is sometimes called, directly improves your ability to play what you heard, which in turn sounds less like someone playing memorized patterns." Herb Ellis |
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#4
03-22-2010, 12:33 PM
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| very good point, mark. my method will take you forward in time pretty quickly, but moving backwards is a little harder-- and certainly no jazz collection is complete without some louis armstrong...and django! |
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#5
03-22-2010, 02:15 PM
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| One of the great things about Louis Armstrong is the way he sang. I enjoyed his duets with Ella (esp "They Can't Take That Away From Me") and even Bing Crosby ("Gone Fishin'" is as good as life gets) but also and more 'foundationally' his scat singing. That whole approach to improv as 'singing on / through your instrument' has no better ambassador than "Pops."
__________________ "I can not overemphasize how important it is to sing what you play or play what you are singing. You do not have to be a singer. You don't have to sing loudly, or even above your breath. Scatting, as this is sometimes called, directly improves your ability to play what you heard, which in turn sounds less like someone playing memorized patterns." Herb Ellis |
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#6
03-22-2010, 05:01 PM
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| Building a Jazz Library: Pick Your Top Ten - Jazz Bulletin Board BEGINNER - I NEED SUGGESTIONS - Jazzcorner.com's Speakeasy
__________________ "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." -- Aristotle www.randalljazz.com |
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#7
03-22-2010, 06:01 PM
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| The Ken Burns Jazz documentary is an awesome way to get into the history of jazz, and also good for taking a whole picture of Jazz to navigate to what you like best. It's something like a 17-hour documentary, but well worth a watch. If you have netflix, it's available to watch instantly from your computer. Check it out! |
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#8
03-23-2010, 05:34 AM
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| The "Penguin guide to jazz recordings" has a selection of 1000 records that is called the core collection, and some records are denoted with a crown (records we feel special admiration or affection for). I've never seen a list of these 1000 recordings or the crown recording, so you may have to read the "penguin guide" carefully to find those records (or maybe someone has already made that list and uploaded it to the internet). Also the records that are given 5 start in penguin guide would be important (that is more than 1000). Down Beat mag have published various lists that is interesting wrt must have jazz albums. The 100 jazz albums that shocked the world is one of the great ones. Last edited by gersdal : 03-23-2010 at 05:38 AM. |
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#9
03-23-2010, 05:41 AM
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| Quote:
Penguin Guide to Jazz: Core Collection List |
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#10
03-23-2010, 05:47 AM
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100 JAZZ ALBUMS THAT SHOOK THE WORLD [ Lexman @ 11:16:23 ] - Algemeen 10-08-2006 Compiled from selections by Keith Shadwick, Jon Newey, Stuart Nicholson, Kerstan Mackness and Giles Quinnell. 1. Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue - Columbia 2. John Coltrane - A Love Supreme - Impulse! 3. Duke Ellington - The Blanton-Webster Band - RCA Bluebird 4. Thelonius Monk - The Complete Blue Note Recordings - Blue Note 5. Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um - Columbia 6. Louis Armstrong - Hot Fives & Sevens - Columbia 7. Charlie Parker - Complete Savoy - Master Takes-Savoy 8. Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus - Prestige/OJC 9. Eric Dolphy - Out To Lunch - Blue Note 10. Miles Davis - Bitches Brew - Columbia 11. Billie Holiday - The Legacy 1933-1958 - Columbia 12. Ornette Coleman - The Shape Of Jazz To Come - Atlantic 13. Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage - Blue Note 14. Bud Powell - The Genius of Bud Powell - Verve 15. Bill Evans - The Village Vanguard Sessions - Riverside/OJC 16. John Coltrane - Giant Steps - Atlantic 17. Art Blakey - Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers With Thelonious Monk -Atlantic 18. Albert Ayler - Spiritual Unity - ESP 19. Count Basie - Original Decca Recordings - GRP/Decca 20. Herbie Hancock - Headhunters - Columbia 21. Charles Mingus - Black Saint & The Sinner Lady - Impulse 22. Miles Davis - Sketches Of Spain - Columbia 23. Charlie Parker - The Quintet At Massey Hall - Debut/OJC 24. Jelly Roll Morton - Complete Victor Recordings - RCA Victor 25. Dave Brubeck - Time Out - Columbia 26. Weather Report - I Sing The Body Electric - Columbia 27. Dizzy Gillespie - Complete RCA Victor Recordings - Bluebird 28. Lester Young - Complete Aladdin Sessions - Blue Note 29. John Coltrane - Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Sessions - Impulse! 30. Wes Montgomery - Incredible Jazz Guitar - OJC 31. Oliver Nelson - Blues And The Abstract Truth - Impulse! 32. Mahavishnu Orchestra - Inner mounting Flame - Columbia 33. Andrew Hill - Point Of Departure - Blue Note 34. Clifford Brown And Max Roach - At Basin Street - EmArcy 35. Ornette Coleman - Free Jazz - Atlantic 36. Thelonious Monk - Brilliant Corners - Riverside/OJC 37. Coleman Hawkins - Body And Soul - RCA Victor 38. Gerry Mulligan - Gerry Mulligan Quartet With Chet Backer - Pacific Jazz 39. Miles Davis - Birth Of The Cool - Capitol 40. Archie Shepp - Four For Trane - Impulse ! 41. Roland Kirk - Rip, Rig and Panic - Emercy 42. Krzysztof Komeda - Astigmatic - Power Bros 43. John McLaughlin - Extrapolation - Polydor 44. Jan Garbarek - Afric P epperb ird - ECM 45. Ella Fitzgerald - Cole Porter Songbooks Vols 1 & 2 - Verve 46. Miles Davis - Files De Kiliminjaro - Columbia 47. Peter Brotzman - Machine Gan - FMP 48. Lennie Tristano - The New Tristano - Atlantic 49. Horace Silver - Song For My Father - Blue Note 50. Sun Ra - Heliocentric Worlds Of Sun Ra Vol 1 - ESP 51. Eric Dolphy - At The Five Spot Vols 1 & 2 - Prestige/OJC 52. Art Blakey - Moanin' - Blue Note 53. George Russell - Ezz-Thetics - Riverside/OJC 54. Roscoe Mitchell - Sound - Delmark 55. Hank Mobley - Soul Station - Blue Note 56. Duke Ellington - At Newport - Columbia 57. Keith Jarrett - The Koln Consert - ECM 58. John Coltrane - My Favorite Things - Atlantic 59. Art Tatum - Complete Capitol Recordings Vol 1&2 - Capitol 60. Chick Corea - Return To Forever - ECM 61. Charles Mingus - Pithecanthropus Erectus - Atlantic 62. Art. Pepper - Meets The Rhythm Section - Contemporary/OJC 63. Cecil Tay lor - Unit Structures - Blue Note 64. Ahmad Jamal - At The Pershing - Chess 65. Weather Report - Heavy Weather - Columbia 66. Larry Young - Unity - Blue Note 67. The Modern Jazz Quartet - Django - Prestige/OJC 68. John Handy - Live At Monterey Jazz Festival 1966 - Koch 69. Tony William's Lifetime - Emergency - Polydor 70. Lee Morgan - The Sidewinder - Blue Note 71. Charlie Haden - Liberation Music Orchestra - Impulse ! 72. Pat Matheny - Travels - ECM 73. Ganelin Trio - Catalogue: Live In East Germany - Leo 74. Stan Getz/Joao Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto - Verve 75. Jimmy Smith - Back At The Chicken Shack - Blue Note 76. John Zorn - Naked City - Elektra/Nonesuch 77. Charles Lloyd - Forest Flower - Atlantic 78. Woody Herman - Thundering Herds - Columbia 79. John Surman - The Road To St.Ives - ECM 80. Cannonball Adderley - Mercy, Mercy, Mercy - Capitol 81. Art Ensemble Of Chicago - Live At Mandel Hall - Delmark 82. Steve Coleman - T he Tao Of Mad Phat - RCA 83. Miles Davis - We Want Miles - Columbia 84. Herbie Hancock - Sextant - Columbia 85. Pharoah Sanders - Karma - Columbia 86. Wynton Marsalis - Black Codes From The Underground - Columbia 87. Sonny Rollins - The Bridge - RCA/Victor 88. Joe Harriot/John Mayer - Indo-Jazz Fusions - Redial 89. Gato Barbieri - Latino America - Impulse ! 90. Stan Kenton - City Of Glass - Capitol 91. Alice Coltrane - Journey In Satchidananda - Impulse ! 92. Billy Cobham - Spectrum - Atlantic 93. Michael Brecker - Tales From The Hudson - Impulse ! 94. Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil - Blue Note 95. Cassandra Wilson - Blue Light 'Till Dawn - Blue Note 96. Dexter Gordon - Go - Blue Note 97. Edward Vesala - Lumi - ECM 98. Donald Byrd - Blackbyrd - Blue Note 99. Zakir Hussain - Making Music - ECM 100. Yuri Honing Trio - Star Tracks - Jazz In Motion |
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#11
03-23-2010, 09:56 AM
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| I'd say download Spotify. Awesome for checking out new artists you've just discovered, and for pulling 30 different versions of On Green Dolphin Street, for example. Beyond that, I'd say something from each of the big names - Duke, Louis, Django, Wes, etc., etc. And the big four from '59 - Kind of Blue, Time Out, Mingus Ah Um, and The Shape of Jazz to Come. That'll see you pretty set for beginning an exploration of jazz. The more I listen to and play this music, the more I find waiting to be discovered. Enjoy the journey fam, it's gonna take a while (good thing there's so many great tunes to listen to in the car, then). |
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