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Jazz albums everyone should own

post #1 of 52
4/7/09 at 10:36pm
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In the vein of Vito's Somethin' Else thread. I'm working through Blue Hour: The Complete Sessions by Stanley Turrentine & The Three Sounds. I feel that Turrentine's tone is unmatched, particularly on Blue Hour. Turrentine does not leap out in front and lay down the law as you may expect him to; rather, he blows in a somewhat subdued way. But when your tone is as varied and rich as Turrentine's, you can do that. The blues-infused songs bring out the best in all four musicians. 5/5 stars.
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post #2 of 52
4/7/09 at 10:39pm
Kind of Blue.

And that's all I have.
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post #3 of 52
4/7/09 at 10:42pm
Time Out [/whiteguy]
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post #4 of 52
4/7/09 at 10:45pm
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Bill Evans' The Last Waltz: The Final Recordings Live. This (along with the other live concerts recorded right before his death, Consecration and Turn Out the Stars) is the most emotional jazz I've ever come across.
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post #5 of 52
4/7/09 at 10:51pm
John Coltrane: Interstellar Space
John Coltrane: Live at the Village Vanguard Again!
Louis Armstrong Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings
Miles, live, early 70's - fuck Kind of Blue
Eric Dolphy's Five Spot records
Bix Beiderbecke, the complete recorded works of
Duke Ellington '56 Newport concert
Duke Ellington Blanton-Webster years
Sun Ra stuff
Those two Blue Note albums by Sidney Bechet
Dexter Gordon live at Montmartre Jazz Club, Copenhagen 1967 - three CD set on Black Lion recorded in July which is beautiful and single CD on Blue Note called The Squirrel recorded in June which is rockin'!
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post #6 of 52
4/7/09 at 10:55pm
John Coltrane A Love Supreme John Coltrane Live at Birdland Weather Report Heavy Weather
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post #7 of 52
4/7/09 at 11:05pm
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Originally Posted by Thomas View Post
Kind of Blue.

And that's all I have.

Lulz. When I saw the thread title I thought the exact same thing. It may be the only album that I may actually know the name of even though I like many other musicians.
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post #8 of 52
4/8/09 at 12:01am
Thelonius Monk, Brilliant Corners
Miles Davis, Bitches Brew
Eric Dolphy, Out to Lunch!
Sonny Sharrock, Seize The Rainbow

And everything else already mentioned and will likely be mentioned. I'm not a Weather Report fan, though.
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post #9 of 52
4/8/09 at 12:07am
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Originally Posted by Thomas View Post
Kind of Blue.

And that's all I have.


Did you read the homage to this album in last Saturday's WSJ? I went and listened to the tracks immediately after reading the article.

My favorites 10 are:

Native Dancer - Wayne Shorter
Maiden Voyage - Herbie Hancock
You Won't Forget Me - Shirley Horn
Bright Size Life - Pat Metheny
So Near, So Far - Joe Henderson
The Jaco years - Jaco Pastorious
Song For My Father - Horace Silver
Priestess - Gil Evans
The Age Of Steam - Gerry Mulligan
Haunted Heart - Chrlie Haden Quartet West
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post #10 of 52
4/8/09 at 12:23am
Anything by Hank Mobley, Horace Silver, Joe Henderson, Cannonball Adderley, and McCoy Tyner. The Miles Prestige Recordings-really any early Miles is superb, I even like his funk period now. Coltrane's Blue Train and Giant Steps and Love Supreme. Bobby Timmins is really good as well.
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post #11 of 52
4/8/09 at 12:35am
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I maintain that Oscar Peterson's The Trio Live from Chicago (w. Ed Thigpen and Ray Brown) is one of the seminal live jazz albums.
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post #12 of 52
4/8/09 at 12:47am
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Originally Posted by Connemara View Post
I maintain that Oscar Peterson's The Trio Live from Chicago (w. Ed Thigpen and Ray Brown) is one of the seminal live jazz albums.

It's very good. I also like We Get Request by the Oscar Peterson Trio.

I would also recommend Count Basie if you like Big Band jazz and there are numerous Duke Ellington recordings done well and superbly musical.
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post #13 of 52
4/8/09 at 12:47am
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Time Out

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Considered one of the best jazz albums ever. Time Further Out is outstanding as well.
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post #14 of 52
4/8/09 at 12:55am
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Originally Posted by Nananine View Post

Eric Dolphy, Out to Lunch!



+1

prior to hearing my roomates copy of this album I was pretty intimidated by Jazz as a genre. It is a great album, very easy for people not that into jazz.
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post #15 of 52
4/8/09 at 9:09am
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Originally Posted by Connemara View Post
In the vein of Vito's Somethin' Else thread.

I'm working through Blue Hour: The Complete Sessions by Stanley Turrentine & The Three Sounds.

I don't own that album, but thanks for the recommendation. I especially like Turrentine's playing on the Kenny Burrell album "Midnight Blue" -- the guitar/sax/bass/percussion combination is pretty amazing.
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