Looking For Some 'Secret' Album Recommendation

[jamiehenderson1993]

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[Jimmy blue note]

Chet Baker Meets Space Jazz- Little Girl Blue
Feebles Fables and Ferns- Mick Goodrick and Fred Hersch
Solar Energy- Bill Goodwin (featuring John Scofield and Steve Swallow)
Bar Talk- John Scofield trio
Dancing on the Tables- Nils Orsted Henning Pederson and John Scofield
Sunscreams- Jerry Bergonzi with Mick Goodrick
At the Garden Party- Ed Bikert and Don Thompson
Songs We Know- Bill Frisell and Fred Hersch
Star of Jupiter- Kurt Rosenwinkel
Night- John Abercrombie with Michael Brecker
London Sessions- Thelonious Monk
Live at the IT Club- Monk
Monk - Miles Okazaki
Day After Day- Ben Monder


These are some of my most treasured releases that fly below the radar.

[AllanAllen]

Kenny Burrell:

1. When lights are low
2. À la Carte
3. Stolen Moments

Red Mitchell duos

1. Two way Conversation w/ Barney Kessel
2. Doggin Around w/Herb Ellis
3. Empathy w/Joe Beck

[Sam Sherry]

Straight-ahead: "Bob Brookmeyer Small Band" a/k/a "Live At Sandy's"

Here's one way to be exploratory without being skronky.
Beyond that, it's the Rosetta Stone of how to arrange for a small band to draw an audience into a performance.

Salsa: "Un Gran Dia en el Barrio" by Spanish Harlem Orchestra

Classic repertoire, contemporary energy, contagious joy
Also, this is one of the best-recorded discs I've ever heard. Want to test your hi-fi? Detail and cohesion right here.

Late-20th Century Classic, "Change" by Chick Corea & Origin

IMO this is the uncovered gem in Chick's ouvre. I hear his joyful answer to the question, "If Woody Shaw had lived . . ."

21st Century Classic: "Not For Nothin'" by Dave Holland Quintet

Where are we going? Don't know about you, but I am going to where I can hope to eat Chris Potter's dust as he ventures far ahead.

[mr. beaumont]

Can't say enough about those Bob Brookmeyer Small Band records.

To keep guitar in the mix, all of the stuff Chet Baker did with Doug Raney-- must hears

[Cunamara]

Theo Bleckman and Ben Monder "At Night."

[Strat-itis]

[Doug B]

Do those Bob Brookmeyer albums have Ed Bickert on guitar? (hope,hope!)

[mr. beaumont]

Do those Bob Brookmeyer albums have Ed Bickert on guitar? (hope,hope!)

No, Jack Wilkins--in top form.

[Bill C]

Mary Stallings “Live at the Village Vanguard”

Pat LaBarbera “Deep in a Dream”

two albums I’ve listened to again and again over the years

[joe2758]

Kind of Blue- Miles Davis

[John A.]

Jimmy Smith - Off the Top (with George Benson, Stanley Turrentine, Ron Carter, and Grady Tate)
Mike Bloomfield - Between the Hard Place and the Ground
Steps Ahead - Steps Ahead
Jan Hammer and Jerry Goodman - Like Children
Scary Goldings - The Ego Trap

[jamiehenderson1993]

Thanks so much everyone for these amazing suggestions - please keep them coming! There's so many albums here to check out - particularly interested in the Jimmy Smith Off the Top album!

Unsure if Kind of Blue qualifies as it's on every top 50 list (but I guess that was meant to be the joke?) Thanks anyway

[pamosmusic]

Quincy Jones, The Quintessence
Yes! Trio, Groove du Jour
Paul Desmond, Easy Living
Ed Bickert, Garden Party