Jazz albums everyone should own

[gdc_2008]

Broun Fellinis??? Dear lord no...Kenny Brooks is a pretty decent player, but the Fellinis...hmmm....

 

[edinatlanta]

no one has mentioned Sinatra/Jobim?

Epic fail.

BTW: Sinatra/Jobim.

 

[Connemara]

I think it was mentioned, but just in case: Stanley Turrentine (w/ Grant Green, Horace Parlan, George Tucker, Al Harewood) live album Up at Minton's. This is the best instrumental version of "Come Rain or Come Shine" I have ever heard. Such a sick bass groove.

 

[Ambulance Chaser]

Anything John Coltrane did is worth owning. Go ahead and get the Classic Quartet box set.

 

[asobu]

a few of my favorites:

Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - A Night In Tunisia
Bill Evans - The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings, 1961
Bill Evans & Jim Hall - Undercurrent, Intermodulation
Hank Mobley - Soul Station (<3 wynton kelly)
Sonny Clark - Leapin' and Lopin'
Jan Johansson - Jazz på Svenska (Jazz in Swedish)
Esbjörn Svensson Trio (E.S.T.) - From Gagarin's Point of View
Wayne Shorter - Juju
Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters

 

[smath]

Thanks for posting this! My only addition is Wes Montgomery and Wynton Kelly - Smokin' at the Half Note.

 

[life_interrupts]

Originally Posted by gdc_2008

Broun Fellinis??? Dear lord no...Kenny Brooks is a pretty decent player, but the Fellinis...hmmm....
I'm surprised it took someone this long to object. I like them a lot, but honestly wouldn't rank this as a must-have. I think for the average person, a "Best of" from one of the major recording labels (Blue Note, Verve, Chess, Columbia--not Sony; Atlantic) would provide the necessary jumping off point to cultivate a personal preference.