Favorite Jazz Album?
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Topic: Favorite Jazz Album?
Posted By: MattGuitat
Subject: Favorite Jazz Album?
Date Posted: June 12 2012 at 00:09
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I'm recently getting into jazz and want to see what people's favorite jazz records are. Mine:
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Posted By: frippism
Date Posted: June 12 2012 at 00:12
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trad jazz? Modern jazz? Fusion? Avant-jazz? ------------- There be dragons |
Posted By: MattGuitat
Date Posted: June 12 2012 at 00:14
Any
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frippism wrote:Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: June 12 2012 at 00:19
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Hmm...good question. I really love these: Charles Mingus - Black Saint and the Sinner Lady, Mingus Ah Um, Cornell 1964 Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch, At the Five Spot Vol. 2 John Coltrane - A Love Supreme, Ascension, Live at the Village Vanguard Pharaoh Sanders - Karma Dave Brubeck - Time Out Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz to Come Music by Django Reinhardt Sun Ra - Magic City, Interstellar Low Ways Thelonious Monk - Monk in Action, Brilliant Corners etc. etc. etc. If I had to choose a favorite out of those (and there are many more I need to hear first), it'd probably be...wow, hmm...probably one of the Mingus albums. Maybe Cornell 1964 so I could get Dolphy in the mix as well. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Salty_Jon" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: frippism
Date Posted: June 12 2012 at 00:25
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hmmm toughy. I'm not too big into trad jazz. I like some fusion a la Mahavishnu, and Herbie Hancock (particularly "Thrust" that is an excellent album). But I'm gonna have to go with Soft Machine's "Third". I just started listening to it a lot again. Jazz in a way that wasn't really there at the time... EDIT: also Metal-O-Phone and Jean Louis are great.
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: June 12 2012 at 00:28
| Giant Steps at the moment |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: June 12 2012 at 00:45
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Jaga Jazzist - One Armed Bandit. A modern masterpiece. I haven't heard anything like it. It's flawless, consistently fresh, and quirky. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: June 12 2012 at 01:08
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Davis In A Silent Way
Jamal's Awakening Coltrane's My Favorite Things Adderley's Somethin' Else Holland's Conference of the Birds ------------- |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: June 12 2012 at 02:52
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Hate to go with the obivous, but... Coltrane - A Love Supreme ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Pastor Rex Cat
Date Posted: June 12 2012 at 05:06
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The Imagine Project by Herbie Hancock. My most recent jazz fusion discovery I'm quite pleased with
and now interested in finding more from this artist. ------------- http://revbookburn.blogspot.com/ http://www.youtube.com/user/rexcat http://www.myspace.com/prxcat Greetings! And Welcome to The Global Internet Church of Prog! Hail the Prog and Praise "Bob"! |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: June 12 2012 at 05:47
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Kind of Blue
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Posted By: dreadpirateroberts
Date Posted: June 12 2012 at 06:17
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Tough...right now, can't manage just one: Janko Nilovic's Mouvements Aquatiles is one of them Herbie Hancock's Empyrean Isles is another Mingus' Black Saint... Freddie Hubbard's Fight Light ------------- We are men of action. Lies do not become us. http://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/" rel="nofollow - JazzMusicArchives. |
Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: June 12 2012 at 15:20
Great topic/ question. Any genre? Oh, definitely The Inner Mounting
Flame by The Mahavishnu Orchestra; yeah, I know, Prog/ Fusion, but you
said any genre!  For pure Jazz, I'd probably go with Bird N' Diz by Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. Also, add In A Silent Way to that list as well.
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Posted By: lucas
Date Posted: June 12 2012 at 15:56
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Swing was the best era. After that, it became too much cerebral, sophisticated and "swollen" (although I may like some of its representatives...). Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Earl Hines, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller...those were some of the big giants of jazz. ------------- "Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood) |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: June 12 2012 at 16:59
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^I think the 30's were kinda exiting, while the 40's sound somewhat dull. Generally speaking of course. + I prefer Sidnet Bechet, Cab Calloway, Raymond Scott, Valaida Snow and of course The Duke, like yourself. Back on topic, I don't have one favorite jazzalbum, but plenty. Here's ten from the 60's: Eric Dolphy: Out to Lunch! Grachan Moncur III: Evolution John Coltrane: A Love Supreme Andrew Hill: Compulsion!!!!! John Coltrane: Olé Coltrane Miles DavisIn a Silent Way Pharoah Sanders: Tauhid Prince Lasha & Sonny Simmons: Firebirds Sonny Sharrock: Black Woman And ten from the 70's Herbie Hancock: Crossings Don Cherry: Don Cherry (Brown Rice) Miles Davis: Big Fun Alice Coltrane: Journey in Satchidananda Herbie Mann: Stone Flute Mal Waldron: The Call Jan Garbarek: Afric Pepperbird Steve Reid: Nova Julian Priester: Love, Love Miles Davis; Get Up With It And apart form Crossings, Herbie Hancock's - Empyrean Isles, Inventions and Dimensions, Maiden Voyage, Mwandishi & Sextant should all help you forget all about the Imagine project, pastor.
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Posted By: dreadpirateroberts
Date Posted: June 12 2012 at 17:08
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^ nice! Ole Coltrane - nearly forgot that one too ------------- We are men of action. Lies do not become us. http://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/" rel="nofollow - JazzMusicArchives. |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: June 12 2012 at 18:31
| ^Thanks! You're own selecton is pretty great. Never heard that Nilovic album, although I got quite a few of his. |
Posted By: dreadpirateroberts
Date Posted: June 13 2012 at 10:14
 It's an amazing album - Logan put me on to it, very, very happy to own it, diverse stuff - you know his style huh? But on that album he stretches out a little and gets into some longer songs, which is part of why I love it so much ------------- We are men of action. Lies do not become us. http://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/" rel="nofollow - JazzMusicArchives. |
Posted By: The Truth
Date Posted: June 13 2012 at 10:32
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Probably either The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady by Charles Mingus or Big Fun by Miles Davis. Not sure exactly. Or Get Up With It by Miles. ------------- http://blindpoetrecords.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: June 13 2012 at 10:49
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I. Cannot. Choose. There's too many favorites for me. Probably something by Miles Davis or Herbie Hancock, but Brand X and Dave Holland have a few too.
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Posted By: colorofmoney91
Date Posted: June 13 2012 at 11:46
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Maybe something by Nik Bartsch or Mathias Eick or Marcin Wasilewski Trio, or maybe something newer by Jizue or Mouse on the Keys. I can't really decide.
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Posted By: Mr. Mustard
Date Posted: June 26 2012 at 13:23
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A few of my favs: Kind of Blue - Miles Davis Getz/Gilberto - Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto Romantic Warrior - Return to Forever |
Posted By: MillsLayne
Date Posted: June 26 2012 at 22:57
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I'm fairly new to jazz myself and have only listened to a handful of albums. The one's I've enjoyed the most so far is Miles Davis' In A Silent Way and if we're throwing Soft Machine in this, Third. ------------- http://gamercards.exophase.com/xbox/user/MillsLayne/" rel="nofollow">  ht |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: June 27 2012 at 04:28
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I'm not a kind of guy who enjoys pure, abstract jazz. Different people will give you different answers on what jazz is all about. That said, I say The Softs' "Third" at this moment.
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: June 27 2012 at 05:33
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Again, I'll stay away from the 70's JR/F groups and albums, which would probably hog 9 out of 10 spots (except for Coltrane and Tyner
Jazz Artistes first:
Sooo I'll mostly stick to pre-67 jazz artistes and again in no particular order
Mingus
Coltrane (this includes McCoy Tyner and Alice, both of which will havev their best works in the 70's)
Davis
Lateef,
Brubeck
Shorter/Hancock (pre-70's)
Sun Ra
Eric Dolphy
Lionel Hampton
Satchmo Armstrong
Mentions to Ellington, Bird and Monk
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Now Jazz Albums
pre-67 jazz list of course
in no particulart order, btw
A Love supreme
Kind Of blue
Time Out (Brubeck)
Eastern sounds (Y Lateef)
Black saint & Lady Sinner (Mingus)
Sketches Of Pain (Miles & Gil)
Out O The Coll and The Individualism of Gil Evans
Village Vanguard (Coltrane)
Out to Lunch (Dolphy)
Africa/Brass (Trane)
The Nubians of Plutonia or Angels and Demons at Play (Sun Ra)
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I'll post a post-67 list ASAIC
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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: June 27 2012 at 06:05
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Pretty impossible to choose one here, though the first two that popped up in my head were Mingus' Black Saint and Pharoah Sanders Karma. Loved those for years. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Green Shield Stamp
Date Posted: June 27 2012 at 15:16
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Just one, eh? That's a very tough decision, but ultimately I would probably go for this one: 
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Posted By: frippism
Date Posted: June 27 2012 at 15:37
there were days where I loved this album ------------- There be dragons |
Posted By: Pastor Rex Cat
Date Posted: June 27 2012 at 15:45
The Cat by Jimmy Smith transformed me from an occasional listener to a consumer.
Blues based and Hammond driven this one.
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Posted By: Pastor Rex Cat
Date Posted: June 27 2012 at 15:50
For Latin jazz, anything by Cal Tjader.
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