All times best selling albums
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Topic: All times best selling albums
Posted By: idlero
Subject: All times best selling albums
Date Posted: 29 Apr 2011 at 6:34am
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Which are the best selling albums in jazz? I guess that 'Kind of Blue' is one of them if not the best selling one(at least this is what a label says on my copy of 'KOB' ) I've read that 'Officium'(which is not 100% jazz) went over 1 million albums sold several years ago and that 'The Koln Concert' is the most sold solo piano album, but what about the others? ------------- I think the problem with a lot of the fusion music is that it's extremely predictable, it's a rock rhythm and the solos all play the same stuff and they play it over and over again ... Ken Burns |
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Posted By: Prog Geo
Date Posted: 29 Apr 2011 at 6:54am
| John Coltrane - Giant steps? |
Posted By: idlero
Date Posted: 29 Apr 2011 at 8:05am
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Any Kenny G in the top 10?
------------- I think the problem with a lot of the fusion music is that it's extremely predictable, it's a rock rhythm and the solos all play the same stuff and they play it over and over again ... Ken Burns |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: 29 Apr 2011 at 1:29pm
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Kind of Blue and Herbie Hancock's Headhunters, I believe, hold the record for most sales in jazz. I think Time Out and Giant Steps, A Love Supreme, and Bitches Brew are not far behind. But I'm just guessing, except for Miles and Herbie. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: 29 Apr 2011 at 3:55pm
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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: 29 Apr 2011 at 4:20pm
Why is Diana Krall so popular? I haven't heard her music but no one has given me a reason to either ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm |
harmonium.ro wrote:Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: 29 Apr 2011 at 4:36pm
Why is pop music so popular? Duh... 
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: 29 Apr 2011 at 4:47pm
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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: 29 Apr 2011 at 4:48pm
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I dont know what her music is, but I did assume it was along the lines of pop-jazz; and I guess that's what it is? Then why did she get picked out of the bunch? ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: 29 Apr 2011 at 4:50pm
Norah Jones had a big hit with that one song (the name escapes me though). What has Krall done that has brought her the popularity? ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm |
Posted By: Abraxas
Date Posted: 29 Apr 2011 at 5:34pm
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^Diana Krall came before Norah Jones, ahemm.,,, I don't know their work too well, but from what I remember, Krall, Jones and Winehouse are pretty different from each other. Oh, and the song you're talking about is 'Don't Know Why'.
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Posted By: triceratopsoil
Date Posted: 29 Apr 2011 at 5:35pm
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Winehouse isn't even famous for her music, so...
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Posted By: Prog Geo
Date Posted: 29 Apr 2011 at 5:47pm
Right!  |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: 29 Apr 2011 at 5:50pm
that's the song! I dont care enough about any of these artists to look up their bio's ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm |
Posted By: Abraxas
Date Posted: 29 Apr 2011 at 6:29pm
I don't care much either, but I still know about them since I used to be aware of some of the mainstream music going on, which actually was a good thing since I could really "debate". Now that I barely know what's going on the mainstream, I feel lost hehe. Not only that, in the house there is one or two Krall albums and Jones and Winehouse had one or two "hits".
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Posted By: idlero
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2011 at 2:18am
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I think Diana Krall's Concert In Paris is pretty good and I also like very much 'The Girl In The Other Room' ------------- I think the problem with a lot of the fusion music is that it's extremely predictable, it's a rock rhythm and the solos all play the same stuff and they play it over and over again ... Ken Burns |
Posted By: Stooge
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2011 at 1:33pm
| I'd guess that Weather Report's Heavy Weather would be at least gold in a number of countries. |
Posted By: Matt
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2011 at 3:53pm
The biggest selling song that we have here is Bing Crosby........"White Christmas" then The Frank Sinatra albums. Believe it or not, it was those Duet ones he did about 93 and 94  that sold the most and then the other biggies "Sings Only For the Lonely"," Come Fly With Me", "Strangers In the Night", "September Of My Years", "A Swingin' Affair", and still more. As for Instrumental it would have to "Kind of Blue" I would think but Brubeck's "Time Out" would be close------------- Matt |
Posted By: idlero
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2012 at 1:37pm
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one about I found out today: Aziza Mustafa Zadeh- Dance Of Fire, over 2.000.000 copies sold worldwide ------------- I think the problem with a lot of the fusion music is that it's extremely predictable, it's a rock rhythm and the solos all play the same stuff and they play it over and over again ... Ken Burns |
Posted By: dreadpirateroberts
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2012 at 7:26pm
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^ I've only recently heard her stuff but I did notice that it'd sold a few copies so I started with that one ------------- We are men of action. Lies do not become us. http://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/dreadpirateroberts%28member%29.aspx?reviews=all/" rel="nofollow - Reviews... |
Posted By: Frederic_Alderon
Date Posted: 03 Dec 2018 at 2:33pm
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Here is the list I found : Miles Davis Kind of Blue (1959) Herbie Hancock Head Hunters (1973) Weather Report Heavy Weather (1977) Herbie Hancock Future Shock (1983) The Dave Brubeck Quartet Time Out (1959) Ken Burns Jazz: The Story of America's Music (2000) [Compilation] Louis Armstrong What a Wonderful World (1988) [Compilation] Miles Davis Bitches Brew (1970) Louis Armstrong Hello, Dolly! (1964) Stan Getz & João Gilberto featuring Antônio Carlos Jobim Getz / Gilberto (1964) |