TOP 100 Jazz Albums

**Stein4** · 12-01-2009, 08:45 PM

1. "Belonging" with Jarret, Garbarek etc.
2. Any album by Billie Holiday
3. "Plastic sun" - Svein Finneruds trio

**mary803** · 12-01-2009, 09:46 PM

Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
Mingus Ah Um - Charles Mingus
Saxophone Colossus - Sonny Rollins
Oliver Nelson - Blues and the Absract Truth
Song for my Father - Horace Silver
Caravan - Art Blakey Jazz Messengers
Time Out - Dave Brubeck
Alegria - Wayne Shorter
Mysterious Traveler - Weather Report
Out to Lunch - Eric Dolphy
Straight No Chaser - Thelonius Monk
Swiss Movement - Les McCann and Eddie Harris

**juslernin** · 12-01-2009, 10:00 PM

Favorite albums? No Guitar?? .. well...

Relaxin' - Miles Davis

Solitaire - Errol Garner

Chet Baker sings - Chet Baker

Shelly Mann at the Blackhawk - Shelly Mann

Criss Cross - Thelonious Monk

Thelonious Monk at the IT club - Thelonious Monk

Red In Bluesville - Red Garland

Cannonball Takes Charge - Cannonball Adderley

Man From Two Worlds - Chico Hamilton

A Different Journey - Chico Hamilton

A Fickle Sonance - Jackie McLean

**sparkysings** · 12-01-2009, 10:14 PM

I could really get carried away with this list, as I'm you all could. Heres the best I can do. I would probably be better at the top 25

1. Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
2. Giant Steps - John Coltrane
3. Time Out - Dave Brubeck Quartet
4. Getz/Gilberto - Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto
5. Weaver of Dreams - Don Grolnick
6. Birds Are Returning - Marilyn Lerner
7. 8:30 - Weather Report
8. Electric Band - Chick Corea
9. Extra Extra - Manteca
10. Fast Forward - Spyro Gyro
11. Word of Mouth - Jaco Pastorius
12. The Real McCoy - McCoy Tyner
13. Speak No Evil - Wayne Shorter
14. John Patiticci - John Patiticci
15. Birth of the Cool - Miles Davis
16. Stella By Starlight - Miles Davis
17. Bitches Brew - Miles Davis
18. So Near So Far - Joe Henderson

**bakerbazi** · 12-01-2009, 10:17 PM

Here are just some other non guitar led jazz albums

Oliver Nelson - The Bues and the abstract truth
Charles Mingus - Ah Um
Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Collossus
Miles Davis - Relaxing with the Miles Davis Quintet
John Coltrane - Blue Trane
Sonny Rollins - The Bridge
Bill Evans - Explorations
Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch
John Coltrane - A love supreme
Chick Corea - now he sings now he sobs
Joe Henderson - Page one
Ornette Coleman - The shape of jazz to come
Cannonball Adderley - Soemethin' Else
Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage
Red Garland - Red Garlands' piano

**aschwartz12** · 12-01-2009, 10:18 PM

John Coltrane A Love Supreme and all the other posted to date

**AG129** · 12-01-2009, 10:19 PM

Sonny Rollins - The Bridge
Bill Evans - Conversations with Myself
Ferenc Nemeth - Night Song
Coltrane - Blue Trane
Coltrane - Soul Trane
Speak No Evil - Wayne Shorter
Swingin' Easy - Sarah Vaughan
Miles + Bird - Birdsong
Jaco Pastorius - Jaco Pastorius
Coltrane - A Love Supreme
Miles - Four and More

JUst a few cant name em all.

**Texas Bob** · 12-01-2009, 10:45 PM

I love all the selections but my favorite of all and no one has mentioned:
Duke Ellington - Afro Eurasian Eclipse - it's more than a religoous experience. Duke with a small band, sweet.

**duncm** · 12-01-2009, 11:14 PM

for the young cat who wants to sink his teeth in to or get started on the groove i would recommend bands such as weather report,steely dan.miles smiles.return to forever.art tatum to start. then grow from there.

**Kasperovich** · 12-01-2009, 11:15 PM

Hartman and Coltrane should be #1, #2 & #3
Bill Evans - any
Modern Jazz Quartet
Miles - Sketches of Spain
Joshua Redman
Nat King Cole
Sinatra (Crying in his beer period)- Songs for Swinging Lovers, In the Wee Small Hours; Sings fo Only the Lonely

**TruespinBoy** · 12-02-2009, 12:23 AM

These are 10 of my favourite albums. I don't care if they're original, historically important or not.

Charles Mingus - Ah Um
John Coltrane - Blue Train
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Bill Evans - Waltz for Debby
Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else
Chet Baker - Chet Baker & Crew
Keith Jarrett - Standards I (1983)
Miles Davis - Birth of the Cool
Nat King Cole - Unforgettable (best of)
Tony Bennett - The Tony Bennett / Bill Evans album

**TruespinBoy** · 12-02-2009, 12:24 AM

Originally Posted by Kasperovich

Hartman and Coltrane should be #1, #2 & #3

You Should listen to Kurt Elling's rendition, or rather reinterpretation of their work. It has its moments.

**tonedeaf** · 12-02-2009, 12:43 AM

If I could only have one album it would be:
1) Jazz at the Santa Monica Civic '72
Ella Fitzgerald (at her prime, just amazing)
Count Basie
Oscar Peterson
Stan Getz
Roy Eldridge
Eddie Davis
Ray Brown
Harry Edison
Al Grey
Tommy Flanagan
Ed Thigpen
Keeter Betts

My favorite sing artist album (amazing artistry, musicianship, production, etc.)
2) Digital Works
Ahmad Jamal

**ChazM** · 12-02-2009, 02:54 AM

Here are five:

The Sermon- Jimmy Smith
Saxophone Colossus- Sonny Rollins
Live at the Village Vanguard- John Coltrane
Blue Train- John Coltrane
Coltrane- John Coltrane

**blackwingchai** · 12-02-2009, 03:27 AM

chick corea and the return to forever

**RichardFrance** · 12-02-2009, 04:16 AM

Randy Weston - Spirits of our ancestors
Dave Holland - What goes around
Chick Corea - Trio music live in Europe
Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage, Headhunters
Bill Evans - Village Vanguard
Mingus - Ah Um
All Billie Holiday - but I like the later, Verve sets (Lady in autumn etc)
Miles Davis - Bitches brew
Patricia Barber - Mythologies

**jelle99** · 12-02-2009, 04:28 AM

Hi guys,

I guess this is a good thread to do my first post. I'm actually a bass player... I hope that's okay! :-)

Kind of blue - Miles
Best of chet baker sings
Yardbird suite - Charlie (or Savoy and Verve)
Song for my father - Horace
Someday my prince will come - Miles
Genius of modern music - Monk
Bags meets Wes (does this count ?)
M² - Marcus Miller
Cool Struttin - Sonny clark
The inn crowd - ramsey lewis
Bud Powell - live at the blue note
Habana - Roy hargrove
Turn it out - soulive
Charles Mingus - Mingus ah um
Kenny Dorham - quiet kenny
Abdullah Ibrahim - Cape town revisited
Oscar Peterson - jazz round midnight
Chameleon - Herbie

StraightNoChaser · 12-02-2009, 05:04 AM

1.Miles Davis;Kind of Blue (anyone who does not have this,can't be really interested !)
2.Cannonball Adderley;Somethin' Else
3.Miles Davis All Stars;Walkin'
4.John Coltrane;Blue Train
5.Lee Morgan;Sidewinder
6.Hank Mobley;The Turnaround
7.Sonny Clark;Cool Struttin'
8.Cannonball Adderley;San Francisco
9.Jimmy Smith;Home Cookin.
10.Dexter Gordon;Go

These are just a few current but long standing Favorites.....of course we all have our own,and it can change to suit your life at whatever time or because you are chasing a particular tune

**joe pass jr** · 12-02-2009, 06:07 AM

Just a few that come to mind.

Karin Allyson - In Blue
Miles Davis - Kind of blue
Gary Burton - Good Vibes
Wayne Shorter - Speak no evil
Louis Armstrong - what a wonderful world
MJQ - Concorde
Sonny Rollins - Colossus & Live at the Village Vanguard
Joe Lane - Killer Joe
Dizzy Gillespie - Dizzy atmosphere
Joe Henderson - So near so far

**abracadabra** · 12-02-2009, 07:01 AM

Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Miles Davis - Bag's Groove
Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness
Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus
John Coltrane - Giant Steps
John Coltrane - Blue Trane
Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else
Charlie Parker - The Essential Charlie Parker
Getz/Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto
Thelonius Monk - Alone in San Francisco
Thelonius Monk - Brilliant Corners
Dexter Gordon - One Flight Up
Dexter Gordon - Our Man in Paris
Dexter Gordon - Go!
Lee Morgan - The Sidewinder
Modern Jazz Quartet - Concorde
Dizzy/Rollins/Stitt - Sonny Side Up
Lester Young - The Essential Lester Young

**french outsider** · 12-02-2009, 07:51 AM

ok ! here is my first post...

this are the first jazz albums that I really loved... they belong to my top 100 jazz albums favorites...

sun ra: the futuristic sounds of sun ra
miles davis: kind of blue
duke ellington: the far east suite
john coltrane: a love supreme
rabih abou-khalil : al jadida
art ensemble of chicago : nice guys
jon hassell: vernal equinox
charle mingus: ah uhm
old and new dreams: old and new dreams
charlie haden: the golden number
miles davis: on the corner
anthony braxton: 5 piece for orchestra
cecil taylor: conquistador
michel pilz quartet: melusina
naked city: absinthe
eric dolphy: out to lunch
ornette coleman: tone dialing
billie holiday: with lester young...
pharoah sanders tahuid
thelonious monk : misterioso
codona: codona.
miles davis: in a silent way.

ok, it's a already a lot of records...
I would like to add 3 more recent records...
Itaru OKI : paris-ohrai (with michel pilz, alan silva, and sunny murray)
paul motian: time and time again
terry riley : the padova concert.

the deal was no guitar leader on the list...

**Maxim** · 12-02-2009, 07:55 AM

John Coltrane - Giant Steps
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz to Come
Gary Thomas - Found on Sordid Streets
Tino Tracanna - 292
Joe Lovano - Landmarks
Sun Ra - Lanquidity
Kenny Wheeler - The Widow in the Window
Soft Machine - Fourth
M-Base collective - Anatomy of a Groove

**DMatthewsBand07** · 12-02-2009, 09:39 AM

No particular order...

Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Sonny Rollins - Saxaphone Colossus
The Quintet - Jazz at Massey Hall
Charles Mingus - His Final Work
Quincy Jones - Quintessence
Bill Evans and Jim Hall - Intermodulation
John Coltrane - Giant Steps
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage
Something Keith Jarrett. Don't know that I could choose.

**BigZed** · 12-02-2009, 10:52 AM

Live At the Hollywood Bowl - Chuck Mangione
Romantic Warrior - Return to Forever
If this Base Could Talk - Stanley Clark
Buena Vista Social Club - Ry Cooder
Flood - Herbie Hancock