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  1. #101

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    1. Louis Armstrong ~ every note he ever played or sang
    2. Ella Fitzgerald ~ The Complete Song Book [Box Set]
    3. Nat Cole ~ take your pick
    4. Oscar Peterson ~ Exclusively for My Friends [Box Set]
    5. Jelly Roll Morton ~ Memoire du Jazz
    6. Thelonious Monk ~ Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington
    7. John Coletrane ~ A Love Supreme
    8. Walt Dickerson ~ Relativity
    9. Charlie Parker & Miles Davis ~ Bluebird
    10. King Pleasure ~ Moody's Mood for Love

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  3. #102

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    I don't think I posted here before. Anyway, I love and hate these types of lists at the same time: on the one hand, I find out how much I have never listened to (or even heard of sometimes), on the other hand, I am not a Bill Gates or I'd go get them ALL.

    Anyway, here are some of my top non-guitar listenings, in no order. My own favorites can change as soon as I get a new CD or hear something tremendous that I haven't heard before: which happens constantly.

    a) Miles -- Kind of Blue, Complete Birth of the Cool, Milestones, Miles Smiles, On Green Dolphin Street, Four and More.

    b) Coltrane-- Giant Steps, Love Supreme, Crescent, Impressions, Blue Train, Ascension, Ballads

    c) Lee Morgan-- Sidewinder, the one with Ceora on it (?)

    d) Dexter Gordon: Go!, Ballads

    e) Charlie Parker: Yardbird Suite collection, the Washington recordings, Bird with Strings

    Chick Corea: Now he Sings, Now he Sighs; Return to Forever, second Return to Forever albun

    Joe Henderson: Inner Urge

    Herbie Hancock: Maiden Voyage

    Keith Jarrett----Koln Concert, Standard Live, Still Live, Standards Vol.1

    Wayne Shorter: Juju, Speak No Evil.

    Clifford Brown :Alone Together

    Ella and Oscar

    etc...

  4. #103

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    These lists are great. You can truly see the giants of jazz' golden age. I'd add that almost anything by Chet Baker, esp from his Pacific Jazz years, would fit in nicely.
    One question - How did Mahavishnu make it onto the original list though? Wasn't the whole band built around John McLaughlin?

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    Many great albums on the list, though I do miss Lester Young a lot (not the frantic JATP efforts, but his recordings with Basie and his own recordings from the 1940s were great). I do miss Ella and Louis too. And only one Ellington album is not enough - he deserves at least 10 on the list .

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    A friend and I were recently discussing jazz greats that we saw and or met over the years who are no longer with us....might be an interesting detour for this topic.

    My Top Ten "I've Seen Dead People" List...
    - Count Basie
    - Sarah Vaughan
    - Joe WIlliams
    - Philly Joe Jones
    - Johnny Hartmann
    - Jay McShann
    - Benny Goodman
    - Teddy Wilson
    - Lionel Hampton
    - Oscar Peterson

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    as jaco said i am formally self taught.on composition anyone have tunes they have never finished then decided to just use the groove as a substraight and continually transmutate the song as a creative practice approach ? some tunes are finished and some will never be.just curious to see what kind of neurosis is out there.

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    My top ten non-jazz guitar albums would be (in no particular order):
    KIND OF BLUE - MILES DAVIS
    BEST OF WEATHER REPORT - WEATHER REPORT
    JS:B-3 - JIMMY SMITH
    STAN GETZ - SAX MOODS
    THE COLLECTION - STEPHANE GRAPPELLI
    THE SHEARING PIANO - GEORGE SHEARING
    PIANO MOODS - OSCAR PETERSON
    ERROLL GARNER - CONCERT BY THE SEA
    WALTZ FOR DEBBIE - BILL EVANS
    STANLEY CLARKE & FRIENDS - LIVE AT THE CREEK

  9. #108

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    Any album by the following:Stan Kenton Big Band 2.Oscar Petersen Trio 3.Count Basie Orchestra 4.Gerry Mulligan Sextet. 5.Modern Jazz Quartet. 6.Bob Bruckmeyer Quintet. 7.Art Tatum. 8.Maynard Ferguson Big Band.9.Art Blakey Jazz Messengers.10.The Swingle Singers(because of their fantastic voice harmonies).

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    Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Collosus
    Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
    Miles Davis - Porgy and Bess
    John Coltrane - Blue Trane
    Freddie hubbard - Red Clay
    Oscar Peterson - Night Train
    Wes Montgomery - Full House
    Stan Getz - Anniversday and Serenity
    Dexter Gordon - GO
    Cannonball Adderley - Somethin Else
    Lee Morgan - Corn Bread
    Charles Mingus - Ah Hum
    Wayne Shorter - Speak no evil
    Chet Baker - In New York

    So many more......

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    Charlie Christian - the genius of electric guitar
    john coltrane - blue train
    lee morgan - the sidewinder
    Wes montgomery - fullhouse
    herbie hancock - maiden voyage
    dave brubeck - time out
    pat metheny - bright size life
    john scofield - a go go
    gillespie, sonny stitt and sonny rollins - sunny side up
    hank mobley - soul station
    joe pass - joe pass guitar virtuoso 1,2,3 & 4
    Kenny Burrell - midnight blue
    Kenny burrell and john coltrane - Kenny burrell and john coltrane
    freddie hubbard - hub tones
    miles davis - kind of blue
    louis amstrong - complete hot fuve and hot seven cd1,2,3,4

    maybe not the greatest albums but defiantly the one's that most inspired me.

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    Some favs... a few of these might go under the radar of the usual top 100 list...

    Andrew Hill: Point of Departure
    Andrew Hill: Lift Every Voice
    Booker Ervin: The Freedom Book
    Chet Baker: And Crew!
    Larry Young: Unity
    Monk: Underground
    McCoy Tyner: The Real McCoy
    Eric Dolphy: Out to Lunch
    George Russell: Jazz Workshop
    Bill Evans: How My Heart Sings!
    Shelly Mann: West Coast Sound Vol 1
    Wayne Shorter: Et Cetera
    Coltrane: A Love Supreme
    Herbie Hancock: Maiden Voyage
    Miles Davis: Bags Groove
    Miles Davis: Modern Jazz Giants

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    Some of my favorites:

    Ella Fitzgerald - Complete Songbooks
    Keith Jarrett trio - Standards Series
    Dmitri Matheny - Starlight Cafe
    Ahmad Jamal - Okeh Sessions
    Wynton/Ellis Marsalis - Joe Cool's Blues
    Vince Guaraldi - Charlie Brown Christmas

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    Charlie Parker - Live at Massey Hall
    Diana Krall - All For You
    Diana Krall - Christmas Songs
    Fats Waller - Favorites
    Jamie Cullum - Twentysomething
    Michel Petrucciani - Power Of Three

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    Quote Originally Posted by french outsider
    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...
    I was reading through the lists and found them to be fairly straight forward until I reached this one.

    I wonder how a newbie interested in learning about jazz would react to Naked City, Sun Ra, Eric Dolphy, Old and New Dreams, Cecil Taylor, and Anthony Braxton. I enjoy most of these artists, but wouldn't dream of recommending them to someone with a tenuous interest in jazz in general.

  16. #115

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    View the final list on the blog here: Top 100 Jazz Albums

  17. #116

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    Hm. Off the top of my head, those top albums most influential to me and what I feel personally are most important. In no rode, except the order for the order I thought of them:

    Miles Davis Quintet ’65-68
    Miles Davis Live 1958
    Miles Davis – Round Midnight
    Charles Mingus – Ah Um
    Charles Mingus – Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
    Charles Mingus – Blues and Roots
    Ornette Coleman – The Shape of Jazz To Come
    Eric Dolphy – Far Cry
    Eric Dolphy – Iron Man
    Dexter Gordon – The Apartment
    Dexter Gordon – A Day In Copenhagen
    Dexter Gorden - Generation
    Yusef Lateef – Psychicemotus
    Phineas Newborn Jr – A World of Piano
    Oscar Peterson – Sound Of The Trio
    Miles Davis – Kind of Blue
    Miles Davis – The Complete Savoy Recordings
    John Coltrane – Crescent
    John Coltrane - Soul Trane
    John Coltrane – Quartet Plays (Chim Chim Chere)
    Chick Corea – Now He Sings, Now He Sobs
    Chick Corea – Three Quartets
    Chick Corea – Time Warp
    Keith Jarrett – Koln Concert
    Keith Jarrett – Belonging
    Keith Jarrett – Still Live/Tribute
    Pat Metheny – Bright Size Life
    Pat Metheny - Still Life Talking
    Michael Brecker – Michael Brecker
    Michael Brecker - Don't Try This At Home
    Michael Brecker – Wide Angles
    Sonny Rollins – Way Out West
    Sonny Rollins – The Bridge
    Brad Mehldau – The Art Of The Trio Vol 4
    Wayne Shorter – Speak No Evil
    Herbie Hancock – Maiden Voyage
    Herbie Hancock – Speak Like A Child
    Bill Evans – Live at Montreaux II
    Cannonball Adderley – In Person
    Cannonball Adderley – The Dirty Blues
    Cannonball Adderley and John Coltrane
    Cedar Walton – Eastern Rebeliion
    Charlie Parker – Bird the complete on Verve
    Clifford Brown –Clifford and Max Roach Complete
    Weather Report
    Weather Report - I Sing The Body Electric
    Elvin Jones – Live at the Lighthouse
    Freddie Hubbard – Red Clay
    Jaco Pastorious
    Kenny Garrett – Songbook
    McCoy Tyner – The Real McCoy
    Nguyen Le – Tales From Vietnam
    Thelonious Monk – Live at The Five Spot
    Thelonious Monk – Live At Carnegie Hall
    Dave Holland – Conference of the Birds
    Anthony Braxton – Five Pieces 1975
    Miles Davis – Agarta/Pangea
    Miles Davis – Bitches Brew Sessions Complete
    Last edited by henryrobinett; 02-08-2013 at 05:00 PM.

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    Strange isn't it.
    There seems to be nothing after, roughly, 1980.

    I suppose Jazz as a progressive art form is finally dead.

    Sorry.

  19. #118

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    Quote Originally Posted by nu_mike
    Strange isn't it.
    There seems to be nothing after, roughly, 1980.

    I suppose Jazz as a progressive art form is finally dead.

    Sorry.
    No, that's not it for me. Those releases that are too recent I can't justify putting in a classic category. I was thinking about that. I'd gladly make a more recent list, but as far as the greatest of all time type list? Too close to tell.

  20. #119

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    I can appreciate the logic of a guitar list and a non guitar list but I would also have been interested in an all-inclusive list. Interested to know which jazz guitar albums people think are good enough to make a list alongside Miles, Trane, Monk etc

  21. #120

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    I don't like guitar alums nearly as much as I do, GENERALLY, as much as I do jazz albums overall. I actually do see them as two different categories. The first category is HUGH and full of wide ranging historical significance regardless of a specific instrument and the other is a tiny category involving an instrument that has been a relative minor figure in the size, significance and scope of the music as a whole.

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    My humble pics

    Miles- Kind of blue

    Coltrane- Live AT the vanguard 61

    And then the next ten albums or so are by Miles and Trane then...

    Bill Evans-Sunday at the village vanguard

    Then a few other Evans then

    Dave Holland- extended play

    Miles-Live in Europe 1969

    Hancock- Maiden voyage

    Iyer- Accelerando