Your Number 1 Favorite Jazz Album

[jazzloverfat]

it's really hard to pick just one, but i think i'll go with Dave Brubeck Quartet - Live at Carnegie Hall

[jumpnblues]

Waaayyyy too many to choose from. I pretty much like all forms of jazz but favor the traditional small group combos and solo chord melody players.

[charlieparker]

Bright Size Life

[mr. beaumont]

It might be this.

[Onesimus]

[Kirk Garrett]

It might be this.

Jeez, same here. And we disagree on everything else. Interesting.

[pamosmusic]

Probably Jim Hall “Jazz Guitar” and Quincy Jones “The Quintessence.” Hard to pick a favorite but if I could do a favorite album run, then the Miles second quintet albums … Miles Smiles, Nefertiti, Sorcerer.

Out of control, this album:

[d115]

I could reach far to be unique, but Kind of Blue woeld be my default.

[mr. beaumont]

Jeez, same here. And we disagree on everything else. Interesting.

Do we though? I don't think I ever noticed that.

[Bop Head]

I might still have somewhere the cassette in 80ies-ish pastel yellow an 8th grade classmate recorded me this album on from his parents' vinyl record collection, must have. So this is definitely the first jazz album I ever listened to (and a lot) on my cheap Sony walkman copy in 1987 on my way to school in the city center. And definitely time to revisit.

[Kirk Garrett]

Do we though? I don't think I ever noticed that.

I overstated, no doubt. Actually, I agree with all of your learning advice for jazz guitar, or I should say I try to learn from it myself. You do emphasize the importance of learning tunes above all else, but when I see you play solo guitar on YouTube, I can’t imagine approaching that level without a lot of fundamentals first. But I am definitely in love with the album in question!

[Bop Head]

It might be this.

Did not know that. Great album.

[palindrome]

Cannot make up my mind, but wow, what a flashback!

One of my all-time favorites is "Lady Coryell" by Larry Coryell.

It was one of the first "jazz" guitar albums I heard, the title track blew my mind when I was a teen. It spans all genres - from jazz, blues, psychedelic rock, and Jimmy Wyble like classical-country etudes. His acoustic rendition of "You Don't Know What Love Is" is elegant.

His singing is... not good, but the sheer eccentricity of it works on the track "Herman Wright."

Here it is on YouTube:
Larry Coryell - Lady Coryell - YouTube

This one I haven't heard in ages (has never crossed my mind either)!

Whereas THIS one has been playing constantly ever since, somewhere in the back of mind.

(Both were on the Essential album... I liked both, but memory doesn't seem to stick to any obvious rules...)

[Groyniad]

You can only choose one!!!

Mine is "Everybody Digs Bill Evans". I just think it has everything. "Portrait in Jazz" is also amazing, with Scott Lafaro, but somehow I find myself listening to EDBE more often and in more different situations.

mine is portrait in jazz

first jazz record I ever heard - and still unbeatable

(unless you count anything recorded by Bird or Bud Powell)