Top 10 Jazz albums!
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Topic: Top 10 Jazz albums!
Posted By: andyman1125
Subject: Top 10 Jazz albums!
Date Posted: 06 Apr 2011 at 7:07pm
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I thought a good place to start off the Top 10s and lists category with the most basic of posts... What are your top 10 favorite jazz albums? All genres, all eras, all bands, all whatever! It's hard, but I'd say... 1. Kind of Blue (Miles Davis) 2. Blue Train (John Coltrane) 3. Crossings (Herbie Hancock) 4. Bitches Brew (Miles Davis) 5. Time Out (Dave Brubeck) 6. Exivious (Exivious) 7. Hot Rats (Frank Zappa) 8. Starke Stucke (Panzerballett) 9. Blow by Blow (Jeff Beck) 10. Heavy Weather (Weather Report) What's yours?  |
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Posted By: Matt
Date Posted: 06 Apr 2011 at 7:17pm
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Kind Of Blue by a nose hair with Blue Trane just missing out on the photo finish ------------- Matt |
Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: 06 Apr 2011 at 10:29pm
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I'll get back to you...
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Posted By: MarkFusion93
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2011 at 7:14pm
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1.Brand X - Unorthodox Behaviour 2.Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out 3.Iceberg - Coses Nostres 4.Return To Forever - Romantic Warrior 5.Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue 6.Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame 7.John Coltrane - Coltrane's Sound 8.Bruford - Feels Good To Me 9.Scott Mcgill - Ripe 10.Dixie Dregs - Free Fall
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Posted By: Abraxas
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2011 at 7:25pm
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I won't include Fusion, it would be too difficult to put together some fave fusion with some jazz faves: 1. A Love Supreme - John Coltrane 2. Karma - Pharoah Sanders 3. Kind of Blue - Miles Davis 4. Street of Dreams - Grant Green 5. Giant Steps - John Coltrane 6. Happy Frame of Mind - Horace Parlan 7. Time Out - Dave Brubeck Quartet 8. Empyrean Isles - Herbie Hancock 9. Heavy - Booker Ervin 10. My Favorite Things - John Coltrane
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Posted By: andyman1125
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2011 at 8:07pm
Nice list  ------------- 
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MarkFusion93 wrote:Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2011 at 8:09pm
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From my list of ratings:
../the-koln-concert%28live%29--edit-review.aspx?id=224787" rel="nofollow -
../keith-jarrett.aspx" rel="nofollow - KEITH JARRETT
- ../keith-jarrett--the-koln-concert%28live%29.aspx" rel="nofollow - The Köln Concert (Third Stream)
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../bitches-brew--edit-review.aspx?id=224793" rel="nofollow -
../miles-davis.aspx" rel="nofollow - MILES DAVIS
- ../miles-davis--bitches-brew.aspx" rel="nofollow - Bitches Brew (Classic Fusion)
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../the-ellington-suites--edit-review.aspx?id=224831" rel="nofollow - ../duke-ellington.aspx" rel="nofollow - DUKE ELLINGTON
- ../duke-ellington--the-ellington-suites.aspx" rel="nofollow - The Ellington Suites (Big Band)
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../sextant--edit-review.aspx?id=224860" rel="nofollow -
../herbie-hancock.aspx" rel="nofollow - HERBIE HANCOCK
- ../herbie-hancock--sextant.aspx" rel="nofollow - Sextant (Classic Fusion)
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../time-being--edit-review.aspx?id=224796" rel="nofollow -
../peter-erskine.aspx" rel="nofollow - PETER ERSKINE
- ../peter-erskine--time-being.aspx" rel="nofollow - Time Being (Classic Fusion)
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../peche-a-la-mouche%28compilation%29--edit-review.aspx?id=224797" rel="nofollow -
../django-reinhardt.aspx" rel="nofollow - DJANGO REINHARDT
- ../django-reinhardt--peche-a-la-mouche%28compilation%29.aspx" rel="nofollow - Pêche à la mouche (Swing)
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../northern-song--edit-review.aspx?id=224800" rel="nofollow -
../steve-tibbetts.aspx" rel="nofollow - STEVE TIBBETTS
- ../steve-tibbetts--northern-song.aspx" rel="nofollow - Northern Song (World Fusion)
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../mnemosyne-with-the-hilliard-ensemble--edit-review.aspx?id=224803" rel="nofollow -
../jan-garbarek.aspx" rel="nofollow - JAN GARBAREK
- ../jan-garbarek--mnemosyne-with-the-hilliard-ensemble.aspx" rel="nofollow - Mnemosyne (with The Hilliard Ensemble) (World Fusion)
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../sonic-codex--edit-review.aspx?id=224805" rel="nofollow -
../eivind-aarset.aspx" rel="nofollow - EIVIND AARSET
- ../eivind-aarset--sonic-codex.aspx" rel="nofollow - Sonic Codex (Nu Jazz)
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Posted By: andyman1125
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2011 at 8:15pm
I love Keith Jarrett's scat while he plays  -------------
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Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: 08 Apr 2011 at 6:35am
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Always and forever: Keith Jarrett - The Köln Concert Esbjörn Svensson Trio - Leucocyte Chick Corea & Bobby McFerrin - Play Return to Forever - Light as a Feather King Crimson - Lizard potential: Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch Cecil Taylor - Conquistadors! Peter Brotzmann - Machine Gun Herbie Hancock - Sextant Miles Davis - Live-Evil [ John Coltrane - Coltrane (surprise?)]
Over Officium?! ------------- 
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: 08 Apr 2011 at 6:42am
^ Vastly over. It's like supa vs. supa supei, or ciorba vs. ciorba reincalzita.  Welcome Rico!  You have to pay a visit to the newbie section, though  |
Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: 08 Apr 2011 at 6:44am
Hmpf! -------------
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Posted By: js
Date Posted: 17 Apr 2011 at 7:43am
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Angels and Demons at Play - Sun Ra Atlantis - Sun Ra Get up with it - Miles Davis Crossings - Herbie Hancock Speak Like a Child - Herbie Hancock Live at Monterrey - Don Ellis Santanna I - Santanna Big Fun - Miles Davis Agharta - Miles Davis
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: 17 Apr 2011 at 11:35am
| Is that only classic fusion, or did you squeeze something else too? |
Posted By: js
Date Posted: 17 Apr 2011 at 12:15pm
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There's some AG jazz in there too. I like almost every genre of jazz there is, but my favorite is psychedelic fusion and RnB, a lot of the best are from the 70s of course.
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Posted By: Abraxas
Date Posted: 17 Apr 2011 at 12:23pm
I wasn't aware that you were a big fan of that McLaughlin album! I discovered it this year and it's freaking fantastic.
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Posted By: js
Date Posted: 17 Apr 2011 at 12:25pm
Yeah, its McLaughlin without the bullsh*t  , plus Larry Young 
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Posted By: Abraxas
Date Posted: 17 Apr 2011 at 12:28pm
LOL, what bullsh*t? You're referring to Mahavishnu or to his later solo albums? Yes, Larry Young makes a big difference, especially on the title track.
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Posted By: js
Date Posted: 17 Apr 2011 at 12:41pm
| I was just kidding, but he has participated in some fairly pretentious projects over the years, not that I didn't enjoy most of them. |
Posted By: Abraxas
Date Posted: 17 Apr 2011 at 12:52pm
Ah, I see. Well, I think he has released stellar sutff in various projects, his early solo albums, the Mahavishnu records, with Miles Davis and with Shakti. All different, and yet all incredible showing the versatility of John, each time I hear one of those records I'm more convinced that he's one of the greatest guitarist ever.
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: 17 Apr 2011 at 1:33pm
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I also thought you might be referencing McLaughlin's rock playing style which some call "bluffing", John.
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Posted By: triceratopsoil
Date Posted: 17 Apr 2011 at 1:37pm
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I still don't think I could come up with a concrete list, but here are some things that would very likely be on it if I did: Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady Chick Corea - Now He Sings, Now He Sobs John Coltrane - A Love Supreme Miles Davis - Get Up With It Miles Davis - Big Fun Jean Louis - s.t. Weather Report - s.t. beyond that, haven't really given it any thought. It's also likely to have changed by next week. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/TullDerGraff" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: js
Date Posted: 17 Apr 2011 at 1:56pm
His playing with Miles is superb.
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Posted By: Pekka
Date Posted: 17 Apr 2011 at 2:52pm
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I'm a total newbie to jazz, just scraping the surface, but here are some of my favourites from the beginning of the journey: John Coltrane - Blue Train Miles Davis - On the Corner Miles Davis - Kind of Blue Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz to Come Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame John Coltrane - Interstellar Space Miles Davis - Bitches Brew Fab Trio - Live in Amsterdam Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um ------------- 
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Posted By: Abraxas
Date Posted: 17 Apr 2011 at 2:58pm
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Posted By: Pekka
Date Posted: 17 Apr 2011 at 3:02pm
Hell yeah -------------
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Posted By: triceratopsoil
Date Posted: 17 Apr 2011 at 4:19pm
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That's actually a Coltrane album I don't like as much. I prefer him with more of a backing band.
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Posted By: Abraxas
Date Posted: 17 Apr 2011 at 5:58pm
I prefer him when he's playing music.
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: 17 Apr 2011 at 6:32pm
Yeah, but Pekka's a true metal d00d 
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Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: 17 Apr 2011 at 6:42pm
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Not a concrete list by any stretch of the imagination, but it's a start while I get more acquainted with Jazz: Mingus - Black Saint and the Sinner Lady Mingus - Cornell 1964 Monk - The Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings Monk - Live at the 1964 Monterey Jazz Festival Dolphy - Out to Lunch Miles - Sketches of Spain Coleman - The Shape of Jazz to Come Coltrane - A Love Supreme Coltrane - Ascension Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus Fusion-free. Some others which may make it with more listens: Coltrane's Interstellar Space, something by Anthony Braxton, Peter Brotzmann, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Ayler, Cecil Taylor, etc. I'm definitely, definitely a fan of the freer side of jazz. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Salty_Jon" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: triceratopsoil
Date Posted: 17 Apr 2011 at 8:30pm
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I've actually yet to hear a Mingus album I don't love entirely to death
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Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: 17 Apr 2011 at 10:09pm
Same here. Same goes for Dolphy, but I've only heard one Dolphy album so far. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Salty_Jon" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2011 at 9:37am
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I can never be satisfied with any list, I know too many great jazz records. But for now, this is my list; in no particular order... Miles Davis - In A Silent Way Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue Miles Davis - Miles Smiles Dave Holland - Prime Directive John Coltrane - Giant Steps Pat Metheny Group - The Road To You Miles Davis - Big Fun Herbie Hancock - Empyrean Islands Miles Davis - Bitches Brew John Scofield - Loud Jazz I know I'm going to want to change this list, but I'll leave it ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm |
Posted By: peskypesky
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2011 at 4:23pm
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arghhhhh! I tried and gave up. Too many great ones. But one that definitely makes the list is: Oliver Nelson - The Blues & The Abstract Truth what an album! Killer compositions, and a ridiculous gathering of jazz greats:
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Posted By: triceratopsoil
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2011 at 4:58pm
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That is one hell of a lineup
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Posted By: Abraxas
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2011 at 7:46pm
That is one hell of an album.
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Posted By: cloviskoba
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2011 at 10:24pm
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Not exactly in this order
1: Elegant Gypsy - Al di Meola 2: Twin House - Larry Coryell & Philip Catherine 3: Electric Guitarist - John McLaughlin 4: Circense - Egberto Gismonti 5: Cosmic Messenger - Jean Luc Ponty 6: Blue Tattoo - Passport 7: Inner Conflicts - Billy Cobham 8: Blow by blow - Jeff Beck 9: Romantic Warrior - Return to Forever 10: Dregs of the Earth - Dixie Dregs |
Posted By: Noak2
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2011 at 6:41am
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Now that's a hard question. Charles Mingus-The Black Saint and The Sinner Lady (1963) Charles Mingus-Let My Children Hear Music (1972) The Jazz Composer's Orchestra-The Jazz Composer's Orchestra (1968) London Jazz Composer's Orchestra-Double Trouble Two (1998) William Parker-The Peach Orchard (1998) Esbjörn Svensson Trio-Live in Hamburg (2007) Peter Brötzmann-Machine Gun (1968) Cecil Taylor-One Too Many Salty Swift and Not Goodbye (1980) Alice Coltrane-Journey in Satchidananda (1971) Noah Howard-The Black Ark (1973) I've left out a lot of great albums. All of these are amazing.
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2011 at 8:05am
Jeeeeezzzzz I'm not ready for this site .... It's going to take months before I adapt (well in terms of free time )
Plus I'd rather not mix JR/F with purer jazz in these kind of lists.
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Posted By: mystic fred
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2011 at 10:51am
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My top ten, though in no particular order...
1) Time Out - Dave Brubeck - big favourite still comes out to play, especially when testing my system, almost perfect sonically!
2) Miles Davis - Bitches Brew - groundbreakling on its release, still powerfully emotive.
3) Miles Davis - A Tribute to Jack Johnson - my coolest album ever.
4) Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters - always reach for this if in a Jazz mood.
5) Weather Report - Heavy Weather - classic stuff.
6) The Lounge Lizards - The Voice of Chunk - great sleazy NY sound.
7) Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch - great feeling on this album.
8) Art Blakey - Moanin' - brilliant title track, ace drummer!
9) John Coltrane - A Love Supreme - super cool.
10) The Bad Plus - Give - have all their albums, great sense of humour and clever crossover.
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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2011 at 12:45pm
I hate my list now 
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2011 at 9:56am
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Jeff Beck - Live at Ronnie Scotts
Jeff Beck - Blow by blow
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire
Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
Miles Davis - A Kind of Blue
Mahavishnu Orch - from nothingness to eternity
Chicago Transit Authority
Jeff Beck - Wired
Dean watson - Unsettled
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Posted By: The Manticore
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2011 at 5:41pm
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In no particular order:
Romantic Warrior - RTF
Black Market - Weather Report
Birds of Fire - Mahavishnu Orchestra
Friendship - Friendship
Like Minds - Gary Burton, Chick Corea, Pat Metheny, Roy Haynes
Spectrum - Billy Cobham
Imaginary Voyage - Jean Luc Ponty
The Grand Wazoo - The Mothers of Invention
Bitches Brew - Miles Davis
Elegant Gypsy - Al DiMeola.
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Posted By: Abraxas
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2011 at 7:03pm
Good album! Burton and Corea is always killer, add to that Metheny and Haynes, and you got a stellar line-up.
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Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2011 at 7:18pm
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I forgot to mention, Don Ellis also has a good chance of making it to my top 10. His stuff is pretty awesome.
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2011 at 5:36am
I'll have to make three or four lists, cos I don't want to compare pears and oranges
One for standard (pre-68) jazz
another for JR/F
another jazz-ralted (brass rock and these funky things)
and maybe one for more exterimental or free-jazz
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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2011 at 3:29pm
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^ I was thinking that after I made my list.
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Posted By: Hawkwise
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2011 at 6:24pm
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1. Coltrane Jazz John Coltrane 2. . Journey to Love By Stanley Clarke 3. Kind of Blue By Miles Davis 4. Somethin' Else By Cannonball Adderley 5. Song for my Father by The Horace Silver Quintet 6. Return to Forever By Chick Corea 7. Workin' with The Miles Davis Quintet/Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet,/Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet /Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet. 8. Blue Train By John Coltrane 9. Speak No Evil By Wayne Shorter 10. Soul Station By Hank Mobley. |
Posted By: triceratopsoil
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2011 at 6:28pm
Great album, especially that rendition of Autumn Leaves ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/TullDerGraff" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Hawkwise
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2011 at 6:34pm
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But then again my 10 might change tomorrow . also i have a top 10 fusion so 1. Journey to Love By Stanley Clarke 2. Shamal By Gong 3. Return to Forever By Chick Corea 4. Don Juan's Reckless Daughter By Joni Mitchell 5. Aurora By Jean-Luc Ponty 6. Hot Rats By Frank Zappa 7. Second Passport By Passport 8. Leprechaun By Chick Corea 9. Under the Sun By Nucleus 10. Apocalypse by Mahavishnu Orchestra |
Posted By: bigtiny
Date Posted: 23 Apr 2011 at 1:59am
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Trying to pick just 10 is always pointless, but it's a fun game so I'll try: (not necessarily in any order) - In a Silent Way - Miles Davis - One of the classic Bird/Dizzy things (can't think of the title - the one with Koko) - Cumbia and Jazz Fusion - Mingus - Mysterious Traveller - Weather Report - Deer Wan - Kenny Wheeler - Live in Dortmund (1976) - Anthony Braxton - Light as a Feather - Chick Corea and Return to Forever - Live at Jimmy's - Maynard Ferguson - John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman - Change of the Century - Ornette Coleman bigtiny |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: 24 Apr 2011 at 5:20am
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pre-67 jazz list
in no particulart order, btw
A Love supreme
Kind Of blue
Time Out
Eastern sounds (Y Lateef)
Black saint & Lady Sinner
Sketches Of Pain
Village Vanguard (Coltrane)
Out to Luch
Africa/Brass
The Nubians of Plutonia or Angels and Demons at Play (Sun Ra)
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Posted By: ConnorE
Date Posted: 24 Apr 2011 at 10:47pm
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My favorite material to listen to, and what I find myself playing off of on lots of gigs aswell: Clifford Brown & Max Roach A Love Supreme Undercurrent Whisper Not Nefertiti Eleven Wives Boss Organ Dexter Calling Blue Train
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Posted By: triceratopsoil
Date Posted: 24 Apr 2011 at 11:18pm
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^ Motherfuck, I know this guy
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Posted By: ConnorE
Date Posted: 25 Apr 2011 at 11:37am
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that be true ------------- http://www.reverbnation.com/connorellinger" rel="nofollow - |
Posted By: triceratopsoil
Date Posted: 25 Apr 2011 at 2:36pm
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Dexter Calling is so awesome.
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Posted By: Zarathustra
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2011 at 10:51am
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I'm cheating a bit, but here goes: 1. Bill Evans Trio Riverside live recordings from The Village Vanguard, 1959-60 (with Scott LaFaro)—Portrait in Jazz, Waltz for Debbie, Explorations 2. Jean-Luc Ponty, Stanley Clarke & Al DiMeola—The Rite of Strings 3. Joni Mitchell—Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter 4. Steely Dan—Aja 5. Miles Davis—Kind of Blue 6. Chick Corea—The Mad Hatter 7. John Coltrane—My Favorite Things 8. Diana Krall—Live in Paris 9. Shakti with John McLaughlin—Natural Elements 10. (tie) Astor Piazzolla—Nuevo Tango—Hora Zero Frank Morgan—You Must Believe in Spring |
Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: 28 Apr 2011 at 8:34am
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The Inner Mounting Flame - Mahavishnu Orchestra A Love Supreme - John Coltrane Maiden Voyage - Herbie Hancock Bitches Brew -Miles Davis Kind of Blue - Miles Davis Mingus Ah Um - Charles Mingus Sweetnighter - Weather Report Introducing The Eleventh House With Larry Coryell - Eleventh House Time Out - The Dave Brubeck Quartet Consummation - Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra |
Posted By: Drummer
Date Posted: 21 May 2011 at 8:19am
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The impossible question ... So, let's do it fairly, and let's see what are the ten jazz albums that comes to mind first : Herbie Hancock "Sextant" Sun Ra "Strange Celestial Road" The Art Ensemble of Chicago "Les Stances à Sophie" Archie Shepp "Blasé" Wayne Shorter "Speak No Evil" Terje Rypdal "Descendre" John Coltrane "Olé" Henry Threadgill "Carry The Day" Keith Tippett's Ark "Frames" James Blood Ulmer "Black Rock" ------------- http://enterpanopticon.blogspot.com |
Posted By: ProgressiveAttic
Date Posted: 23 May 2011 at 11:03pm
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1) Dave Brubeck Quartet's Live at Carnegie Hall 2) Chick Corea's Now He Sings Now He Sobs 3) Herbie Hancock's V.S.O.P. - The Quintet 4) Return to Forever's Romantic Warrior 5) Keith Jarrett's The Köln Concert 6) Miles Davis' Live Evil 7) Jean-Luc Ponty's Enigmatic Ocean 8) Chick Corea's The Mad Hatter 9) Billy Cobham's Spectrum 10) Mahavishnu Orchestra's Birds of Fire
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Posted By: MilesBeyond
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2011 at 5:19pm
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1) Smokin' At The Half Note - Wes Montgomery 2) Kind of Blue - Miles Davis 3) A Love Supreme - John Coltrane 4) Incredible Jazz Guitar - Wes Montgomery 5) Full House - Wes Montgomery 6) Live! - Jim Hall 7) Giant Steps - John Coltrane 8) Milestones - Miles Davis 9) Bitches' Brew - Miles Davis 10) Birds of Fire - Mahavishnu Orchestra (Had a tough time deciding this last one but I figured my namesake should appear on this list somewhere) A lot of repetition on there, but Wes Montgomery is required daily listening if you're a guitarist, and Miles is a genius. |
Posted By: dreadpirateroberts
Date Posted: 06 Jul 2011 at 8:20am
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Here goes, in no order: Miles David - Kind of Blue Freddie Hubbard - First Light Keith Jarrett - Koln Concert A Love Supreme - John Coltrane Herbie Hancock - Empyrean Isles Bill Evans - Everybody Digs Bill Evans George Benson - White Rabbit Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame Al Di Meola - Elegant Gypsy Santana - Caravanserai ------------- 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: Matt
Date Posted: 14 Jul 2011 at 4:23pm
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1.Miles Davis...Kind of Blue
2.McCoy Tyner.....The Real McCoy
3.Thelonious Monk.......Monks Music
4.John Coltrane......Blue Train
5.Louis Armstrong......Plays WC Handy
6.Art Blakey.......Moanin'
7. Sonny Rollins........Way Out West
8. Eric Dolphy........Out To Lunch
9. Dexter Gordon........A Swingin' Affair
10. Henry Threadgill.........Everybody's Mouth's a Book
Its like trying to drive 10 miles on a 9 mile road doing this......there are many missing
No Latin or vocalists..........they have they're own list
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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: 14 Jul 2011 at 4:28pm
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This thread hurts my head every time I visit it
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Posted By: Noak2
Date Posted: 22 Jul 2011 at 6:21pm
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Updated list: Charles Mingus-The Black Saint and The Sinner Lady (1963) Charles Mingus-Let My Children Hear Music (1972) The Jazz Composer's Orchestra-The Jazz Composer's Orchestra (1968) London Jazz Composer's Orchestra-Double Trouble Two (1998) William Parker-The Peach Orchard (1998 Peter Brötzmann-Machine Gun (1968) Cecil Taylor-One Too Many Salty Swift and Not Goodbye (1980) Noah Howard-The Black Ark (1973)' Masayuki Takayanagi-Mass Hysterism in Another Place (2006) Otomo Yoshihide-Out to Lunch (2005)* *Yes, this is a remake. And yes, even though I love the original, I think this is better. |
Posted By: stuccohomes
Date Posted: 05 Aug 2011 at 5:48pm
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it can change from day to day.....for today:
1. A Love Supreme - John Coltrane
2. Impressions - McCoy Tyner
3. Two Blocks From The Edge - Michael Brecker
4. El Jucio - Keith Jarrett
5. Boss Guitar - Wes Montgomery
6. illuminations - Carlos Santana and Alice Coltrane
7. Jaco Pastorius - Jaco Pastorius
8. Questions and Answers - Pat Methney
9. Water Babies - Miles Davis
10. Crazy People Music - Branford Marsalis
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Posted By: darkprinceofjazz
Date Posted: 21 Jan 2012 at 10:57pm
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1- Miles Davis Bitches Brew 2- Miles Davis Get up With It 3- Miles Davis Dark Magus 4- Miles Davis Kind of Blue 5- Miles Davis Porgy & Bess 6- John Coltrane A Love Supreme 7- Return to Forever Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy 8- Wayne Shorter Speak No Evil 9- Charles Mingus Blues and Roots 10 Ornette Coleman Science Fiction |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2012 at 5:45pm
I have to add 2 and removed 2 Billy Cobham - Spectrum
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Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: 08 Nov 2012 at 12:59am
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[erased] ------------- “… Miles often looked back but he always moved forwards. … Because the only thing you've got is your creative basis, your memory.” – Ian Carr (Miles Davis’ biographer). |
Posted By: wideopenears
Date Posted: 28 May 2013 at 12:14pm
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I don't understand that list at all.....^^^
Here's mine, as of right now, keeping in mind I'm looking for the enduring, continually inspiring, straight-up Jazz recordings, and I'm going to include Box Sets:
Kind of Blue
Coltrane Vanguard Box
Mingus Ah Um
Art Tatum-the Complete Pablo Solo Masterpieces
A Love Supreme
Ornette-Beauty is Rare Thing Box set
Miles Bootleg Series vol. 1-second great quintet
Andrew Hill-Point of Departure
Herbie Hancock-Maiden Voyage
Bill Evans-Complete Live Village Vanguard
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Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: 28 May 2013 at 1:22pm
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^ Fixed. I guess your thought was "this thread is not called 'Your favorite jazz-rock/fusion albums' ". ------------- “… Miles often looked back but he always moved forwards. … Because the only thing you've got is your creative basis, your memory.” – Ian Carr (Miles Davis’ biographer). |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 18 Aug 2013 at 2:26pm
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Hi, new guy to the forum and new guy to jazz, but I want to join in... 1 Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue 2 Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - 1958 Paris Olympia 3 Frank Zappa - Waka Jawaka 4 Thelonius Monk - Thelonius Monk Trio 5 Miles Davis - Bitches Brew 6 Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else 7 Louis Armstrong - Satch Plays Fats 8 Frank Zappa - Uncle Meat 9 Eric Dolphy - Out To Lunch 10 John Coltrane - Blue Train Like I say, a real beginners list. It will change!
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Posted By: Argonaught
Date Posted: 20 Oct 2013 at 10:52am
What a relief .. I am not the only one who lists the KC albums from LTiA through Red as jazz!
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Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: 20 Oct 2013 at 11:10am
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^ I mean there are jazz influences ... it's JRF, isn't it? I know that's a pretty stupid thing I said back there. ------------- “… Miles often looked back but he always moved forwards. … Because the only thing you've got is your creative basis, your memory.” – Ian Carr (Miles Davis’ biographer). |
Posted By: js
Date Posted: 20 Oct 2013 at 12:19pm
| At their live shows, the 70s version of Crimson was mostly a jazz-rock jam band. |
Posted By: Margatroid Derek
Date Posted: 24 Nov 2013 at 1:31pm
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Jizue - Novel Wolfgang Dauner - Dream Talk
Special Others - Good Morning Don Cherry - Symphony for Improvisers Keith Jarrett - Facing You Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz to Come Jaga Jazzist - The Stix sgt. - Stylus Fantasticus The Modern Jazz Quartet - Fontessa Dave Brubeck Quartet - Jazz Impressions of Japan |
Posted By: carlomuscat
Date Posted: 29 Nov 2014 at 4:48am
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Here is my list; although it does vary slightly with time, these albums are pretty much it for me: 1. Saxophone Colossus (Sonny Rollins) 2. Speak No Evil (Wayne Shorter) 3. In 'n Out (Joe Henderson) 4. Kind of Blue (Miles Davis) 5. Adam's Apple (Wayne Shorter) 6. Anniversary (Stan Getz) 7. Don Cherry - Featuring Ornette Coleman and Steve Lacy (Don Cherry) 8. Pilgrimage (Michael Brecker) 9. E.S.P. (Miles Davis Quintet) 10. 1 + 1 (Herbie Hancock & Wayne Shorter) If I had to include more contemporary albums, I'd certainly mention Kurt Rosenwinkel's 'Chords (Live at the Village Vanguard)', and 'Kids (Live at Dizzy's)' with Joe Lovano and Hank Jones. Both fantastic in very different ways. Cheers, Carlo. ------------- Carlo Muscat www.carlomuscat.com SoundCloud | bit.ly/11dCu7g YouTube | bit.ly/1UhEyUb Bandcamp | bit.ly/1Wp0HQH Instagram | bit.ly/1pkoFAI Twitter | bit.ly/1UYdGIQ |
Posted By: js
Date Posted: 29 Nov 2014 at 6:08am
| Nice list and welcome to the site, I was just listening to some of your music too. |
Posted By: Argonaught
Date Posted: 03 Dec 2014 at 9:58pm
Without postulating that these albums are "the greatest" in every sense:
Third Stream-wise:
For some reason, I have always respected, but never liked Miles Davis, John Coltrane or Mahavishnu Orchestra.
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Posted By: chrijom
Date Posted: 20 Sep 2015 at 10:25am
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Here's 10 in no particular order: Miles Davis - In a Silent Way Ray Russell - Dragon Hill Masayuki Takayanagi - 850113 Joe Morris - Underthru Alice Coltrane - Journey In Satchidananda Tisziji Munoz - Breaking the Wheel of Life & Death Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch John Mclaughlin - Extrapolation Pierre Dorge - Ballad Round the Left Corner Michael Gregory Jackson - Gifts
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Posted By: js
Date Posted: 20 Sep 2015 at 10:48am
| Nice list, I would imagine mine has changed a bit from the one I listed years ago. |
Posted By: chrijom
Date Posted: 20 Sep 2015 at 11:58am
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Mine would probably change if I did it again now!
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Posted By: Frederic_Alderon
Date Posted: 13 Nov 2018 at 4:31pm
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Miles Davis Kind of Blue John Coltrane A Love Supreme Eric Dolphy Out to Lunch The Dave Brubeck Quartet Time Out Lee Morgan The Sidewinder Bill Evans Trio Waltz for Debby Herbie Hancock Maiden Voyage Cannonball Adderley Somethin' Else Wayne Shorter Speak No Evil John Coltrane Blue Train
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Posted By: Steve Wyzard
Date Posted: 08 Nov 2022 at 10:24am
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1. Miles Davis: In a Silent Way (1969) 2. Ralph Towner/Gary Burton: Matchbook (1975) 3. Mike Mainieri: Wanderlust (1981) 4. Tomasz Stanko Quartet: Suspended Night (2004) 5. Chick Corea/Gary Burton: Crystal Silence (1973) 6. Enrico Rava: The Plot (1977) 7. Stan Getz: Blue Skies (1995) 8. Jan Garbarek/Bobo Stenson: Witchi-Tai-To (1974) 9. John Abercrombie: Current Events (1986) 10. Old and New Dreams: Playing (1981)
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Posted By: Mssr_Renard
Date Posted: 02 Feb 2023 at 3:21am
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It is impossible to have a definitive top 10, as it might change each day. But I can certainly post a list of 10 favourite albums, wich I keep playing with utmost enhousiasm and pleasure. Alice Coltrane - Journey into Satchidananda John Coltrane - Crescent Wayne Shorter - Adam's Apple Clifford Jordan - Glass Bead Games (!!!) Eric Dolphy - Out There Lee Morgan - Search for the New Land McCoy Tyner - Expansions Maisha - There's a Place Pharoah Sanders - Karma Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Ugetsu Non-Jazz: Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick Allman Brothers Band - Brothers and Sisters Gov't Mule - First Album / Dose / Life Before Insanity Barclay James Harvest - Octoberon and Once Again Camel - Snow Goose Lynyrd Skynyrd - Pronounced Moody Blues - Seventh Sojourn
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Posted By: Drumolator
Date Posted: 23 Oct 2023 at 4:04pm
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Carl Allen - Testimonial Cyrus Chestnut - Natural Essence Joey DeFrancesco - Trip Mode Kenny Garrett - Pushing the World Away Jimmy Greene - While Looking Up McCoy Tyner - with Stanley Clarke and Al Foster Peter Erskine - Dr. Um Jimmy Herring - Lifeboat Yellowjackets - Timeline Jing Chi - Supremo Peace and goodwill.
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