Miles Davis Round About Midnight UNION DUES BLUES!!! You are using an out of date browser. Recorded in 1962, Go! Kind of Blue is truly great, but A Love Supreme is celestial! Peterson seemed to hit commercial and artistic peaks at the same time, and the early sixties was one of those periods. Taylor and his cohorts take no prisoners with their sound collages, which, to the uninitiated, are unremittingly intense and challenging. LaFaro, just 25, was tragically killed ten days later, though his genius is preserved in his amazing performances here. The album came out on Mingus own Debut label later that year, but not before he had re-recorded his bass lines, which were barely audible on the original recording. But the #1 jazz album that stands heads above the rest in my opinion is not even listed here. Considered by some as the greatest jazz concert of all time, Jazz At Massey Hall was officially recognized as one of the best jazz albums in history when it was inducted into the Grammy Hall Of Fame in 1996. It captures Parker at the peak of his powers before heroin addiction blighted his career. To do jazz justice you should compile a list of 50 greatest albums by instrument , there are glaring omissions here.I would suggest doing it to show evolutions from beginning to present day,and yes include big bands,and vocalists. Bill Evans Sunday school professor at the village Vanguard. Now that is completely wrong. Combining squelchy clavinet parts with astral synth lines both underpinned by Paul Jacksons anchoring bass and Harvey Masons taut but elastic grooves Hancock and his cohorts found themselves opening for rock acts like Santana. Albert said to Ayler , no unity is better that Spiritual Unity Together they helped to patent an unmistakable signature sound defined by throbbing swing rhythms, taut ensemble work, and incandescent soloing. Ten years from now their work may be re-considered. A Simple Thank You Virginia Mayhew. The rest of the album is devoted to standards, including a Latin-style take on Cole Porters Love For Sale. A self-confessed connoisseur of ballads, the saxophonist infuses his version of I Guess Ill Hang My Tears To Dry with a subtle soulfulness. John Scofield This Meets That. Cannonball Adderley is truly Somethin Else I wish they had simply pegged the Armstrong box set A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, for a fatter slice of the essential Louis of the 20s and 30s. Duke. In music and meditation we talk about being in the moment and In a Silent Way is a completely transcendent masterpiece. I agree with most of the list, great choices! But I do agree there is a lack of recordings by other significant jazz artists from outside of the States. a nice list, BUT really focused on the 1950s thru 1970s and lots of omissions even from that period (no Sun Ra, the Blakey band that had Shorter and Hubbard and Cedar Walton in it, Ray Brown discography Petersons preferred setting was the jazz trio format, of which he was a pioneer, and which some believe reached its apotheosis on his 1963 LP, Night Train, where the pianist together with trusted collaborators bassist Ray Brown and drummer Ed Thigpen achieved a heightened sense of communion on a pitch-perfect collection of standards and blues. Night Train was my first Oscar Peterson album and i was hooked. 45. Alan Silva Seasons;Treasure Box Thanks anyway for Jarretts Koln album Happy to know I am not the only one to Love this album ! MICHAEL BRECKER have a place for me but also CHARLIE PARKER WITH STRINGS is beautiful, right ? ), but I gave all my LP-records to my son hoping he would clean them its great musik! Every Soundgarden album ranked from worst to best From Superunknown to Badmotorfinger, we chart the recorded legacy of Seattle sound behemoths Soundgarden. The exact order is not so important. Key track: Well You Neednt, This 2013 compilation brings together all the sides that Basie recorded for Decca between 1937 and 1939, captured at the height of the swing era when big bands held sway. From silky ballads to energised uptempo numbers, Be Good revealed that Gregory Porter had substance as well as style. Its a disgrace to menchen a word like that in this context with these geniouses.But SHEPP was anything than that!!! Dave Brubeck: Take Five A pianist with phenomenal technique on the level of his idol, Art Tatum, Peterson's speed, dexterity, and ability to swing at any tempo were amazing. Very effective in small groups, jam sessions, and in accompanying singers, O.P. was at his absolute best when performing unaccompanied solos. Yes thats what happens when you are limited to 50 selections. Time Out by Brubeck is way too high up the list. I have most of them, just missing one an ommision I need to remedy, and will soon. KUDOS FOR PROMOTING JAZZ MUSIC BUT HOW ABOUT YOU ACTUALLY LISTEN TO THE RECORDS RATHER THAN COMPILE OTHER DATA? Call me crazy butfor the best selling jazz record of all timeI think it is also the most overrated. 8. No Chet Baker, Gerry Mulligan, Vince Guaraldis, Anita ODay this list is certainly lacking. Miles Davis Birth of the Cool At Newport is not Dukes best work, nor is Getz/Gilberto Stans. It was recorded during a weeklong engagement in the Copa Room at The Sands hotel in Las Vegas when Sinatra, as leader of the Rat Pack, was a regular in that town. Thank you. Seeing that there are a good deal of Oscar fans here, name your one favorite album..yes only one. Some musicians on Bitches Brew were also not American. Very Tall Oscar Peterson with Milt Jackson Gone, Just Like a Train Bill Frisell. 11. The Webster/Blanton Sessions and Anniversary are far superior. 1. A well, whatever One thing I cant deny through all the discussion. Abdullah Ibrahim Ekaya What a ton of wasted effort on this inadequate list. Web891 71K views 2 years ago Discover the very best jazz recordings by Oscar Peterson. Are there no new Records? I Guess No Maynard No Blue Mitchell No Shelly Manne No Hubert No Turrentine No Chet?.No Woody Shaw And The List Goes OnIs Freddie on The List?? Duke Ellington Hot Summer Dance Track listing Side one That being said, I love the Plays Jerome Kern Songbook. so starting from this post on, lets see what your favorites are. Key track: Song For My Father, St Louis guitarist Grant Green was prolific during two separate stints at Blue Note and, as his 29 albums for the company reveal, he recorded in a wide range of settings. Good list. But what about Roland Kirk with Blackness, and Errol Garner on harpsichord in Paris Impressions? Tanjah and Spirit of our Ancestors Randy Weston. Jazz is a good barometer of freedomIn its beginnings, the United States of America spawned certain ideals of freedom and independence through which, eventually, jazz was evolved, and the music is so free that many people say it is the only unhapmpered, unhindered expression of complete freedom yet produced in this country.Duke Ellington, ? Some of us know. Key track: How High The Moon, Though the history of jazz can be heard in his trumpet playing from the brash ebullience of Louis Armstrong to the introspective melancholy of Miles Davis and the incandescent virtuosity of Dizzy Gillespie this New Orleans musician has created a unique and unclassifiable musical hybrid. New Directions Jack DeJohnette. I would rather see one of Trains blues records on the list. Miles Davis Sketches of Spain should be there. All of the trio recordings with Ed Thigpen and Ray Brown are for me, must haves. Gives people like me all sorts of new ideas to fill in the collection! In my books, this is the BEST MINOR BLUES ever composed!!!!! Too many free jazz and avantgarde to my taste. It doesnt offend me, it is an absurd comment. Not sure which I would pick for the particular recording, but a couple of jazz musicians that are among my top 5 that I think need to be represented on that list are McCoy Tyner and Michael Brecker. And of course Lester Yoiung! These lists are always subjective and reflect the personal taste of compiler. The ignorance expressed on this list is representative of our time. and composer. #1, Kind of Blue? Paul Desmond But you dont care. No Brecker, Corea,, Tatum, Tristano, Marsh, Tyner?? Oscar Peterson (1925-2007) was a jazz pianist. Key track: Part 1, A switch from Prestige to the bigger Atlantic label in March 1959 witnessed Coltrane upping his game with his debut for his new company. http://www.amazon.com/CTI-Records-Revolution-Various-Artists/dp/B003YVNZ2M/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1420035622&sr=1-2&keywords=cti+records+40th+anniversary+edition. Missing Tete Montoliu as a one of the top pianists. 39. Good music, not the 50 I would have chosen, but then every jazz fan is liable to have a very different list. 37. He would shake his head at your list. I only have 36 of the 50. my apologies. NO ALBUM BUT you can get THE CHRIS NOWAK PROJECT on YOUTUBE!!! Also, no Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, and only one listing for Bird (though it includes multiple recordings). Count Basie the Original American Decca Recordings So many jazz aficionados, so many different lists of 50 Great Jazz Albums. Jelly Roll Mortons 1926/1927 recordings should be there, Where is Lady Day Coltranes Giant Steps and My Favorite Things are tied for Number 6. It is always a pleasant day when Mr. Louis Armstrong came to my Town. I also believe that Jackie McLeans Let Freedom Ring deserves to be here, as does Larry Youngs Unity. Blue Sun Mark Isham. And it shows: there are 3 Coltrane albums on a 50 record list. You could argue that one of the greatest improvisors and most important figures in the history of jazz ever, Charlie Parker, only comes on #20, is a bit strange but again it depends on the definitions. A Bird Called Parker can truly FLY like CHARLIE. Weather Report! FURTHER PROOF THAT THE INTERNET IS LAZY. A landmark album in contemporary big band jazz. Quartet Humaine Bob James and David Sanborn. Also, in my opinion the list needs more women like Ella and (as a Swede Im obliged to say) Monica Zetterlund. He never did; they were full of sand cause of a dog.its a long story. Oscar Peterson Trio at the Stratford Shakespearean Festival 1. A Love Supreme was the first time that a musician had successfully used the language of jazz to explore deeper metaphysical concerns. Jazz Albums! Wynton Marsaliss Black Codes should probably be on this list. Of course it is just silly: nothing by David Murray! GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!! We Get Requests is my fave. Lots of albums with big names on here but theres way better stuff (Koln Concert that high? Thanks!!! A natural leader on the bandstand who combined both power and subtlety, he instinctively knew how to make a track swing but could also complement a soloist, employing his volcanic press rolls to create drama and offer inspiration. Ive loved jazz for 60 years and cannot imagine what a hole would exist without JC. Yet Bitches Brew is the worst album that Miles ever put out. Key track: Angel Eyes, Largely ignored and selling barely 1,000 copies on its release in January 1976, the Missouri guitar magus debut jazz album gradually grew in stature and went on to be regarded as a post-bop masterpiece. Key track: Everything In Its Right Place, Serving her musical apprenticeship with the legendary arranger Gil Evans in the 70s, this Minnesota-born composer, orchestrator and conductor rose to become the undisputed doyenne of large canvas jazz and has been leading her own orchestra since 1992. Blue Note battled to get Monks music to a wider audience but without much success. Miles Davisdont think soChetBillie Holiday!!! With an incendiary and inspiring performance that wowed the Newport audience, however, Ellington and his band demonstrated that they could still deliver the goods while asserting that big bands still had a place in jazz.. Leading a quartet comprising trumpeter Don Cherry, bassist Charlie Haden and drummer Billy Higgins, Coleman shredded the bebop rulebook by jettisoning orthodox notions of what constituted melody and harmony. For those seeking an entry-level collection focusing on the rise of New Orleans jazz and the trumpeters early years, this retrospective cant be beaten. 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MFT just was released first so it became many peoples introduction to Trane. No Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster, Art Tatum,Lester Young, Teddy Wilson or Billie Holiday for starters! Id have to include Sweet Rain and Crescent in my list of great albums theyre among my Desert Island Discs (8 tracks). Julius hemphill Dogon AD And as Waltz for Debbie is an original issue taken from the Sunday at Village Vanguard sessions why list both? You have to Roll with this Sonny, youll see my point of view. One of MY faves. The complete version, with bonus material, was released in 1994. There are only two, I believe that are a little newer, Heavy Weather 1977 and Koln Concert 1975. By the time that the North Carolina pianist/composer recorded Brilliant Corners for Riverside in 1956, however, he was beginning to get the recognition and accolades he deserved. NOBODY SHOULD PROMOTE ANYTHING THEY ARE NOT INTIMATE WITH ON SOME LEVEL. Sketches of Spain. Even though his debut album, Water, was nominated for a Grammy, it was with his second long-player, 2012s Be Good that he began to build a devoted following. Nevertheless, his two albums for the company were significant to the evolution of modern jazz. I feel that it gets overlooked, being sandwiched between Live at Birdland and A Love Supreme, the latter of which I also believes deserves to top this list over Kind of Blue. Interesting that Ornette Colemans The Shape of Jazz to Come was #5. But as my old Grandpappy used to say One mans meat is another mans poison . Joe Pass discography Solar Energy is one that comes to mind but he has so many. So let me share this information with you. Sarah In the Land of Hi-Fi. Tony Williams drums. And wheres Jim Hall? Ive heard most of this list and Ive not listened to plenty of it for years, but I cant go more than a few months without listening to at least Columbias This Is Jazz #1. Stereophile.com I have been listening to Miles Davis In a Silent Way all week. Ornette Coleman at #5?? Joe Zawinul electric piano, organ 16. The trio got tighter and more musical as the pressure for larger album sales increased from Verve, and sometimes the results were of the best trio in jazz playing dumbed-down songs to attract more listeners. Key track: Four Winds, The Modern Jazz Quartets pianist John Lewis was an early champion of Ornette Coleman, the free jazz revolutionary from Fort Worth, but it was still a surprise that the group renowned for its elegant chamber jazz style influenced by classical music would make the Texan saxophonists Lonely Woman the title track of its 1962 LP. Carla Bley Escalator Over The Hill 7. These are nice choices. Though he rose to fame in the age of big-band swing (he first made his mark in the Benny Goodman sextet alongside vibes maestro Lionel Hampton), the melodic and harmonic content of Christians solos anticipated the advanced musical vocabulary of bebop. Peter Martin gives a highly subjective list of his top seven jazz piano albums, featuring Art Tatum, Herbie Hancock, Oscar Peterson, Keith Jarrett, But wise to leave Nigel Farage and His Tradmen off the list. Not to mention multiple members of the Mahavishnu Orchestra were not American, with only Goodman being American among the original members. I didnt realise there is huge world out there in Jazz. Great choices anyway. Looking for classic tunes, LP Power To The People, including the great classic piece Black Narcissus should be somewhere in the list. Dubbed The High Priest Of Bop, his idiosyncratic music, with its advanced musical vocabulary of asymmetrical melodies and dissonant cluster chords, was deemed too outr for mainstream tastes. No way Getz/Gilberto could stay in front of Dolphys masterpiece. What about John Klemmer? Homage Adam Niewood. Complete Columbia Recordings. Its got that beautiful version of Three Views of Secret with Toots Thielemanss soulful harmonica lead. This is THE place where audiophiles and audio companies discuss vintage, contemporary and new audio products, music servers, music streamers, computer audio, digital-to-analog converters, turntables, phono stages, cartridges, reel-to-reel tape machines, speakers, headphones and tube and solid-state amplification. The contrast between Scofields acerbic, gnarly guitar lines and the pointillistic detail of Mendozas orchestrations offers a juxtaposition of tones and textures that is thrillingly dramatic.