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Rocktopus
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Topic: All time top 100 jazz albums Posted: August 06 2006 at 06:08 |
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A very helpful thread. Sun Ra is brilliant. Isn't he one of the archive related artists on the list as well?
Listneing to Coltrane's Impressions right now. Impressive! |
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YYZed
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Posted: July 31 2006 at 08:58 | |
Giant Steps is top 5 in my opinion, so is Time Out.
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Dick Heath
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Posted: July 31 2006 at 07:46 | |
Oh yes I agree, what the hell has happened to this thread, why has it
been moved? This is mindless unnecessary movement. Surely jazz rock is
part of PA, and what will influenced prog music generally?
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Dick Heath
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Posted: July 31 2006 at 07:42 | |
Please don't shoot the messager - unlike a lot of top 100s posted
in Rolling Stone, Mojo, Classic Rock etc., Jazzwise offers you a chance
to challenge their selection.
They provide addresses for the following: "Write in with the recording that you think has been left out of the 100 Jazz Albums That Shock The World. Send your recommendation together with a word or two explaining why, (and of course your name & address) to :" Snails mail (for UK residents): The One That Got Away Freepost jazzwise 2(b) Gleneagle Mews Ambleside Avenue London SW16 6AE or email: [email protected] One or two of your favourites nominated above as being omitted, I will freely admit don't ring a bell, so the world shaking may have been very local....... One obvious album with a multi-national reputation that seems to be overlooked, is Carla Bley's Escalator Over The Hill. Edited by Dick Heath - August 06 2006 at 07:24 |
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Rocktopus
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Posted: July 31 2006 at 05:42 | |
Great! This list and discussion couldn't come at a more appropriate
time for me. I've been wanting to to get into more jazz for some time
now.
Been loving Soft Machine, Mahavanishnu, Magma etc... (and some jazzalbums like Bitches Brew, Time Out, A Love Supreme) a year or two, I will obviously find a lot more to love. Quite recently got: Dolphy's: Out to Lunch, Tony Williams: Emergency!, Mingus: Black Saint... and a couple of more. All fantastic! Can't wait to get into more stuff. I'll keep checking into this thread for more suggestions, and looking at the very useful list. BTW: The Tony Williams album is incredible. The production is just fine to my ears, and the singing is cool. Edited by Rocktopus - July 31 2006 at 05:43 |
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arnold stirrup
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Posted: July 30 2006 at 09:17 | |
And yet another essential top 100 choice:
Sonny Sharrock - Ask The Ages
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Intruder
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Posted: July 29 2006 at 21:47 | |
Heavy Weather at no. 20? Probably 'cause of its popularity but there are MUCH better Weather Report records....their first five for example. I love Jaco just as much as the next guy, but give the early band its due! |
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arnold stirrup
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Posted: July 29 2006 at 12:21 | |
I knew it would be just a short matter of time before this excellent thread was relegated to the obscure "everything else" bin.
Anyway, another disc that would be impossible to leave off is Egberto Gismonti's Sanfona, a double effort that features one disc of a quartet performance (guitar/piano, bass, reeds, percussion), and another of EG solo. Kind of like a Brazilian classical/folk rooted music meets jazz thing. For those not familiar with the Brazilian composer Gismonti, he is equally astonishing on both acoustic guitar and piano.
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micky
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Posted: July 29 2006 at 08:03 | |
I thought this thread might get moved.... Arnold... thanks a ton..... Tony Williams you say?.... say no more.... I'll keep my eyes out for this, and put it in my ....notebook hahah... of must have albums. |
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arnold stirrup
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Posted: July 29 2006 at 00:14 | |
OK, I'll give it a shot:
Avant-garde jazz with rhythmic complexity, odd time signatures, and eerily dissonant harmonies sometimes bordering on atonality.
Yet also strangely beautiful, melodic, and playful, with beautiful timbres created by all 5 musicians, but especially vibist Bobby Hutcherson, drummer Tony Williams, and Dolphy himself on bass clarinet and flute. Amazing interplay and freedom among the musicians as well.
Demands repeated listening, and stands the test of time with amazing revelations and rewards to those willing to put forth the effort.
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micky
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Posted: July 28 2006 at 22:53 | |
must admit to not having that Dolphy album.... care to serve up a mini review? Would be appreciated hahah. Thanks for the recommend. |
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arnold stirrup
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Posted: July 28 2006 at 22:51 | |
I own 30 of the albums listed, including numbers 1-12 inclusive. My own personal top 100 would include more electric Miles, Mingus, Monk, Coltrane, Dolphy, Montgomery, Mahavishnu, Return To Forever, Weather Report, and Bill Frisell, as well as albums like Shakti's A Handful Of Beauty and Joe Pass's Virtuoso. But that's just me.
The single absolutely unacceptable omission, however, is the lack of inclusion of anything by guitarist Lenny Breau. For shame.
For any newcomers to jazz though, I'd highly recommend any of the top 12, and for prog fans especially, Eric Dolphy's Out To Lunch.
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Sacred 22
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Posted: July 28 2006 at 20:55 | |
Where is Patricia Barber's Café Blue?????
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micky
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Posted: July 28 2006 at 19:15 | |
I agree ... on a first glance with non-expert eyes I thought the list looked pretty good. I wondered if the 'prog fan' in me was the one thinking that Time Out should be bit higher. Then again... you run into ...which albums would you drop down. |
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Moatilliatta
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Posted: July 28 2006 at 19:11 | |
No Al DiMeola?
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Dick Heath
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Posted: July 28 2006 at 19:06 | |
I think it shouldbe included, although my first introduction to Brubeck remains my favourite, the Carnegie Hall live set, but as to position?????????????????????? And personally I think Time Out is relevant to a lot of early Brit proggers - it is also the original home of Take 5. But Diana Krall coming in, in the 80's???? Kind Of Blue just makes it ahead of A Love Supreme to number one (Coltrane is on both!), perhaps on the basis of it being the best selling jazz album (and there is some good reason for that wrt its music) - apparently it is still selling 5000 units per week world wide! It need more consideration but on first glance the 100 has a reasonable balance, for instance fusion is there and the Europeans are pretty well represented, as well as the mainstream. I did wonder why Escalator Over The Hill didn't make either list. Edited by Dick Heath - July 28 2006 at 19:06 |
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micky
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Posted: July 28 2006 at 17:14 | |
hmmm... Dick you obvioiusly know your jazz better than me... I'm passionate about jazz but nowhere near an expert.
#18 for Brubeck's Time Out... accurate or a miscarriage of justice. |
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Dick Heath
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Posted: July 28 2006 at 16:55 | |
Also rans, I guess the next 25 (but not in any particular order): Bobby McFerrin: The Voice Ganelin Trio: Catalogue: Live In East Germany John Scofiled: Time On My Hands Wayne Horwitz & The President: Miracle Mile Anouar Brahem; Thimar Gary Burtion & Carla Bley: A Genuine Tong Funeral Alice Coltrane: Journey In Satchidananda Billy Cobham: Spectrum Nucleus: Elastic Rock Greg Osby: Art Forum Charlie Christian: New Solo Flight: The Genius Of Charlie Christian Erroll Garner: Concert By The Sea Larry Young: Unity James Carter: JC On The Set Ray Charles & Milt Jackson: Soul Brother Keith Jarrett: Belonging Joshua Redman: Moodswing Soweto Kinch: Conversations With The Unseen Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong: Ella & Louis Herbie Mann: Memphis Underground Miles Davis: Miles Smiles Soft Machine: Third Ralph Towner: Solstice Mose Allison: Back Country Suite Max Roach: Freedom Now Suite |
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Dick Heath
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Posted: July 28 2006 at 16:45 | |
Apologies for the errors, since I'm not copy-typist, but I've decided to give you the works:
Edited by Dick Heath - July 28 2006 at 19:07 |
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mystic fred
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Posted: July 28 2006 at 15:44 | |
Thanks for the tip, Dick, i'll look out for the "100 jazz albums that shook the world" edition, though i think "The Bad Plus" album you mention is brilliant and would feature high up on my top 100!!
also the "Lounge Lizards" !
Edited by mystic fred - July 28 2006 at 15:46 |
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