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    Posted: 17 Dec 2012 at 10:32pm
Hey all. I'm a newbie from Prog Archives like many. I will definitely be wanting suggestions but not of the usual "what to start with?" type. I grew up around Kind of Blue, Coltrane Plays the Blues, among other classics that are, for many, their introductory albums. I want to know your favorite jazz albums even if they are those albums (Kind of Blue ranks as one of my favs), but I'm not particularly looking for an introduction. Wink
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Welcome to the site, some favorites going way back include:
Sun Ra     "Angels and Demons at Play"
Jimmy Smith      "Root Down"
Les McCann         "Invitation to Openess"
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Welcome to the site. I want you to listen to Japanese jazz. Probably the Oriental melody believes that it is the unknown world and is fresh for you. WinkSmile
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Welcome Polymorphia! Hope you like it here - a few of my favs are:

Janko Nilovic - Rythmes Contemporains
Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
Herbie Hancock - Empyrean Isles


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Thanks all. I will be checking these out. I was surprised at the small amount of reviews compared to PA. I need to get some of my peers on here.
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Originally posted by Polymorphia Polymorphia wrote:

Thanks all. I will be checking these out. I was surprised at the small amount of reviews compared to PA. I need to get some of my peers on here.
 
Absolutely, bring some jazz fans, that'd be great!
 
Love to see a few reviews too, what's some of your other favourites?
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John Coltrane—A Love Supreme
John Coltrane—Om
Miles Davis—B's Brew
Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra—Consummation

I'll be working on reviews over Christmas.


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Originally posted by Polymorphia Polymorphia wrote:

John Coltrane—A Love Supreme
John Coltrane—Om
Miles Davis—B's Brew
Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra—Consummation

I'll be working on reviews over Christmas.



Great! Some classics there - what did you think of Ole Coltrane ?
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I may easily understand "Ole" if I can understand mind of "Om"....Joke.
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Haven't heard it, yet. I'm checking it out now.
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Originally posted by Kazuhiro Kazuhiro wrote:

I may easily understand "Ole" if I can understand mind of "Om"....Joke.


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Haven't heard it, yet. I'm checking it out now.


Cool, it's got a monster first track and I love Tyner's Aisha on it too
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Originally posted by Polymorphia Polymorphia wrote:

Haven't heard it, yet. I'm checking it out now.


Cool, it's got a monster first track and I love Tyner's Aisha on it too

Just finished it. Great album! Ole and Aisha were my favorites too.

Working on a review for KOB, but the ideas haven't crystallized in my head just yet. Any review-writing suggestions?
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Originally posted by Polymorphia Polymorphia wrote:

Haven't heard it, yet. I'm checking it out now.


Cool, it's got a monster first track and I love Tyner's Aisha on it too

Just finished it. Great album! Ole and Aisha were my favorites too.

Working on a review for KOB, but the ideas haven't crystallized in my head just yet. Any review-writing suggestions?


Fantastic - it's probably my second fav Coltrane album, love it :)

Hmmm... maybe a couple - first one being to check out a few of John's as they're all tops.

Maybe also discuss personnel a bit, ground the album historically/genre-wise and in the artists' own canon, and then discuss aspects you felt were successful/not successful. I'm biased against reviews that do a detailed blow by blow track review, but I personally mention most songs in my reviews, some only in passing though. Hope that helps, the suggestions are bit rambling I know!
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Originally posted by Polymorphia Polymorphia wrote:

Originally posted by dreadpirateroberts dreadpirateroberts wrote:

Originally posted by Polymorphia Polymorphia wrote:

Haven't heard it, yet. I'm checking it out now.


Cool, it's got a monster first track and I love Tyner's Aisha on it too

Just finished it. Great album! Ole and Aisha were my favorites too.

Working on a review for KOB, but the ideas haven't crystallized in my head just yet. Any review-writing suggestions?


Fantastic - it's probably my second fav Coltrane album, love it :)

Hmmm... maybe a couple - first one being to check out a few of John's as they're all tops.

Maybe also discuss personnel a bit, ground the album historically/genre-wise and in the artists' own canon, and then discuss aspects you felt were successful/not successful. I'm biased against reviews that do a detailed blow by blow track review, but I personally mention most songs in my reviews, some only in passing though. Hope that helps, the suggestions are bit rambling I know!


Thanks. I tend to be a bit picky when I write. I have to arrange and rearrange constantly. This will help a lot.
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