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| Date: | 21-Apr-1999 08:17:28 |
| From: | Paul Abella |
| | 1. Ramsey Lewis: The best of...
2. Thelonious Monk: 5 by Monk by 5
3. Les McCann: Talk to the People (with the same note to the guys at rhino's reissue department)
4. Herbie Mann: At Newport (with a note to the guys at Rhino: REISSUE THIS ONE!!!!)
5. John Coltrane: Ballads
6. Art Blakey: The Big Beat
7. Cannonball Adderley: Lugano, 1963
8. Medeski, Martin and Wood: Friday Afternoon in the Universe
9. Keith Jarrett: Live at the Deer Head Inn
10. Miles Davis: Miles Smiles
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| Date: | 21-Apr-1999 08:18:20 |
| From: | C. Michael Bailey |
| | 1. Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers: Moanin', Blue Note 7465162. Hard Bop's shot over the bow of Cool Jazz. 2. John Coltrane: Blue Train, Blue Note 7460952. Appropriately, Coltrane's only Blue Note date as a Leader. A Masterpiece. 3. Miles Davis: Kind of Blue, Columbia 40579. The most exquisitely planned and executed high-wire walk in Jazz. Like the Eroica, music was never the same again. 4. Duke Ellington: Ellington at Newport, Columbia 40587. Essential because of Paul Gonsalves' "Diminuendo"; fun because of Johnny Hodges' silky slippery "Jeep's Blues". 5. Gene Harris: The Gene Harris All Star Big Band: Tribute to Count Basie, Concord 4337. Simple blues piano in a big band setting, just like Bill Basie. 6. Dexter Gordon: Our Man in Paris, Blue Note 7463942. A shaky Bud Powell is better than most other pianists playing perfectly. 7. Oliver Nelson: The Blues and the Abstract Truth, Impulse! 154. In Ellington's shadow, deserving his own. Look up "jazz" in the dictionary and this recording will be the example. 8. Charlie Parker: The Complete Charlie Parker on Dial, Jazz Classics 5010. Jazz Music's A Starry Night. If "Loverman" does not pierce you, you may possess alien DNA. 9. Art Pepper: Art Pepper + Eleven: Modern Jazz Classics, Contemporary 7568. Cover photo betrays the American Romantic Myth: Young, Promising, Doomed. In short, brilliant. 10. Oscar Peterson: The Trio: Oscar Peterson, Joe Pass, and Neils Pedersen, Pablo 2310701. The piano trio: Jazz Chamber Music, as exercised by its greatest practitioners.
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| Date: | 21-Apr-1999 08:19:24 |
| From: | Erik Barmack |
| | 1. Miles Davis --- Kind of Blue. The best Sunday-morning-drinking-great-dark-roasted-coffee album of all time. 2. Miles Davis --- Porgy and Bess. A testament to Gil Evan's genius; perfectly paced for Miles. 3. John Coltrane --- Giant Steps. Lyrical, bluesy and inventive. 4. John Coltrane --- Ballads. Timid compared to Coltrane's most inventive discs, this album showed how sweetly Trane could play. 5. Duke Ellington --- Blues in Orbit. There are albums that better display Ellington's compositional talents, but this disc is the most fun to crank on a sunny day. 6. Thelonious Monk --- The Genius of Modern Music. A testament to Monk's compositional skills. 7. Thelonious Monk --- Big Band and Quartet in Concert. Monk's tunes backed by brassy muscle. 8. Ben Webster meets Oscar Peterson. Smooth ballads and blues played by two masters who never waste notes. 9. Dexter Gordon --- Doin' Alright. Is there anything easier to enjoy than Gordon's sway?
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| Date: | 21-Apr-1999 08:20:08 |
| From: | Raul Bernardo |
| | 1. Oliver Nelson -- "Stolen Moments"
2. Thelonious Monk -- "In concert Big band and Quartet" 3. Art tatum Quartet -- "With Ben Webster"
4. Jo Jones -- "Jo Jones Special"
5. Sonny Rollins -- "At Village Vanguard"
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| Date: | 21-Apr-1999 08:20:33 |
| From: | Kim Berry |
| | John Coltrane --- A Love Supreme
Miles Davis --- Kind Of Blue
Lee Morgan --- The Sidewinder
Hank Mobley --- Dippin'
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers --- A Night In Tunisia
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers --- The Big Beat
Charles Fambrough --- The Proper Angle
Charles Fambrough --- Keeper Of The Spirit
The Doky Brothers
Wayne Shorter --- Speak No Evil
Kenny Barron --- Sunset To Dawn
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| Date: | 21-Apr-1999 08:22:19 |
| From: | Philip Bolton |
| | I've been listening to jazz since my early 20's (a short decade ago). I had to make an effort to ensure this list of 15 didn't consist of 6 or 7 each by Mingus and Monk... 1. Charles Mingus -- Mingus Ah Um
2. Thelonious Monk -- Brilliant Corners
3. Thelonious Monk -- Genius of Modern Music Vol. 2 4. Thelonious Monk -- Live at the it Club
5. Duke Ellington -- Live at the Blue Note
6. Coleman Hawkins -- encounters Ben Webster
7. Bud Powell -- The Amazing Bud Powell Vol.1
8. Billie Holiday -- At the Carnegie Hall (Nov,10,1956) 9. Mingus & Dolphy -- Live in Antibes (July,13,1960) 10. Miles Davis -- Kind of Blue
11. Duke Ellington -- & John Coltrane
12. Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers -- Moanin'
13. Brad Mehldau -- Art of the Trio Vol.1
14. Courtney Pine -- Modern Day Jazz Stories
15. Dave Brubeck -- Time Out
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| Date: | 21-Apr-1999 08:29:08 |
| From: | Michael Borshuk |
| | Can't resist passing my picks along... 1. Miles Davis --- "Kind of Blue" (what else?)
2. Bill Evans --- "Everybody Digs Bill Evans"
3. Keith Jarrett --- "Bye Bye Blackbird"
4. Thelonious Monk/Art Blakey --- "Thelonious Monk with the Jazz Messengers"
5. John Coltrane --- "Blue Train"
6. Sonny Rollins --- "Saxophone Colossus"
7. Dexter Gordon --- "One Flight Up"
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| Date: | 21-Apr-1999 08:31:41 |
| From: | Glen Brown |
| | As usual I could have chosen the usual classics, but there is so much music to chose from in my collection, I decide to go a different direction. 1. Richie Kamuca & Bill Holman: "WEST COAST JAZZ IN HI-FI"-HIGH FIDELITY RECORDINGS INC.-1959 2. Miki Kono: "FOR MY MOTHER"- 1997- MIKI RECORDS 3. David " Fathead" Newman: "MR. GENTLE, MR. COOL" -1994- KOKOPELLI RECORDS 4. Pete Jolly Trio: "YOURS TRULY" -1993-QUARTET RECORDS 5. The Bill Evans Trio: (featuring) Stan Getz: "BUT BEAUTIFUL" MILESTONE RECORDS-1996 6. Kirk Lightsey Trio: "GOODBYE MR. EVANS" EVIDENCE MUSIC-1996 7. Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges Play The Blues "BACK TO BACK"-1963-MGM RECORDS 8. Stan Getz & the Oscar Peterson Trio-VERVE RECORDS-1958
9. Tsuyoshi Yamamoto Trio: "MIDNIGHT SUGAR"-THREE BLIND MICE RECORDS-1974 10. Aldo Romano Quartet: CANZONI"-ENJA RECORDS-1997 11. Ray Charles & Milt Jackson: "SOUL BROTHERS SOUL MEETING"
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| Date: | 21-Apr-1999 08:36:53 |
| From: | Ron Casey |
| | 1. Tuck Andress - Reckless Precision
2. Jeff Beck - Blow By Blow
3. Lenny Breau - The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau Live! 4. Kenny Burrell - Kenny Burrell And John Coltrane
5. Ted Greene - Solo Guitar
6. Allan Holdsworth - i.o.u.
7. Allan Holdsworth - None Too Soon
8. Allan Holdsworth (w/Tony Williams New Lifetime) Believe It
9. John McLaughlin - Johnny McLaughlin, Electric Guitarist 10. Pat Martino - Joyous Lake
11. Wes Montgomery - The Incredible Jazz Guitar Of Wes Montgomery
12. Wes Montgomery - Portrait Of Wes
13. Pat Metheny - Bright Size Life |
| Date: | 21-Apr-1999 08:37:52 |
| From: | Rob Crave |
| | 1. John Coltrane "A Love Supreme"
2. Miles Davis "Kind Of Blue"
3. Cannonball Adderley "Somethin' Else"
4. John Coltrane "Coltrane"
5. John Coltrane "Giant Steps"
6. Charlie Parker "Yardbird Suite" |
| Date: | 22-Apr-1999 18:26:19 |
| From: | Martin (MRT@switchboardmail.com) |
| | 1. Kind of Blue, Miles Davis
2. Last Concert, Modern Jazz Quartet
3. Sunday at the Village Vanguard, Bill Evans Trio
4. Saxophone Colossus, Sonny Rollins
5. Heavyweight Champion, Complete Atlantic Recordings, John Coltrane.
6. The Blue Note Years, Joe Henderson
7. Song For My Father, Horace Silver
8. Brilliant Corners, Thelonius Monk
9. Great Paris Concert, Duke Ellington
10. Montmartre Collection Vol I and II, Dexter Gordon
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| Date: | 24-Apr-1999 11:38:17 |
| From: | Tomas Aba (unearth9@aol.com) |
| | While I love many jazz artists, there is one that i simply cannot live without.Miles.Miles.Miles. 1. Birth of the Cool
2. Milestones
3. Kind of Blue
4. E.S.P
5. Miles Smiles
6. Nefertiti
7. Filles de Killamanjaro
8. In a Silent Way
9. Bitches Brew
10. Live/Evil
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| Date: | 25-Apr-1999 11:44:05 |
| From: | Earl L. Dachslager |
| | 1. Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia
2. Art Tatum -- Group Masterpieces on Pablo
3. Louis Armstrong -- Hot Fives & Sevens
4. Ella & Louis on Verve
5. Sarah Sings Gershwin Live
6. Ellington -- And His Mother Called Him Bill
7. June Christy -- Something Cool (or Gone for the Day)
8. Trane and Hartman -- Lush Life
9. Frankie Laine and Buck Clayton -- Jazz Spectacular
10. Benny Goodman -- 1938 Carnegie Hall Concert
11. Errol Garner -- Concert by the Sea
12. Lester Young and Coleman Hawkins -- Classic Tenors
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| Date: | 25-Apr-1999 11:46:02 |
| From: | Jeroen de Boer |
| | 1. Allan Holdsworth -- Secrets
2. Dave Douglas -- Five
3. Dave Douglas -- Sextet
4. Hank Mobley -- The Turnaround
5. Eric Dolphy -- Out to Lunch
6. Oliver Nelson -- The Blues and the Abstract Truth
7. John Zorn -- Bar Kokhba
8. Allan Holdsworth -- Wardenclyffe Tower
9. Nucleus -- Elastic Rock
10. Nucleus -- We'll Talk About It Later
11. Nucleus -- Solar Plexus
12. Ian Carr's Nucleus -- Belladonna
13. New & Used -- Consensus
14. Hassidic New Wave -- Jews and the Abstract Truth
15. Klaus Koenig -- Reviews
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| Date: | 26-Apr-1999 12:52:47 |
| From: | Brian White |
| | This is fun....can I play ?
1.Kind Of Blue - Miles Davis (Had to be...)
2.Pat Metheny Group - Pat Metheny Group
3.Zoot Sims and The Gershwin Brothers - Zoot Sims
4.Promenade with Duke - Michel Petrucciani
5.Live in Copenhagen - Stephane Grappelli / Joe Pass
6.A Love Supreme - John Coltrane
7.Spirit Of Django - Martin Taylor
8.Trio '96 - Keith Jarrett
9.Plays Jerome Kern - Oscar Peterson
10.Moanin' - Marty Paich Orchestra
Peace to all... |
| Date: | 26-Apr-1999 17:48:17 |
| From: | jason simpson |
| | 1=SADE yall best reconize! |
| Date: | 30-Apr-1999 01:39:44 |
| From: | C. Glatzel (carlg@bantudesign.com) |
| | I will preface my list with this aphorism: If there is a
torture to perform on a jazz enthusiast, it would be to pose
just such a question.01. Bobby Hutcherson: Happenings
02. Bobby Hutcherson: Patterns
03. Bobby Hutcherson: Oblique
04. Bobby Hutcherson: Total Eclipse
05. Miles Davis: E.S.P.
06. Miles Davis: Sketches of Spain
07. Bill Evans Trio: Live at the Village Vanguard
08. Bill Evans: The Tokyo Concert
09. Wayne Shorter: The All Seeing Eye
10. Wayne Shorter: Super No |
| Date: | 01-May-1999 09:40:17 |
| From: | Kevin Byrdsong (trubomusic@email.msn.com) |
| | I would make a one tape with the following songs: 1. Smiling Billy Suite Pt. 2 (Heath Brothers)
2. Enchanted Lady (Milt Jackson)
3. Forty Days (Billy Brooks)
4. Jade East (Ramsey Lewis)
5. Tidal Wave (Ronnie Laws)
6. Rain Dance (Jeff Lorber)
7. Wind Parade (Donald Byrd)
8. Everybody Loves The Sunshine (Roy Ayers)
9. Melting Pot (Booker T& Mg's)
10. Hydra (Grover Washington Jr.)
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| Date: | 01-May-1999 09:44:59 |
| From: | Victoria Dixon |
| | 1. A Love Supreme -- John Coltrane
2. Kind of Blue -- Miles Davis
3. Blue Train -- John Coltrane
4. Birth of the Cool -- Miles Davis
5. Miles and Coltrane -- Miles Davis and John Coltrane (Are you starting to notice a pattern here??)
6. The Johnny Mercer Songbook -- Ella Fitzgerald
7. John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman -- Self Titled
8. What a Diff'rence a Day Makes -- Dinah Washington
9. Street Life -- The Crusaders (I think this was the first "jazz" record I ever bought that was recorded after I the year I was born.)
10. Old Places Old Faces -- Joe Sample (I couldn't imagine being stranded anywhere without this guy.)
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| Date: | 03-May-1999 21:47:36 |
| From: | Andrew Rosenhack |
| | Miles Davis - Kind of Blue (as i'm listening to it now)
Medeski Martin and Wood - It's a Jungle in Here
Dave Brubeck - Time Out
Charlie Hunter and Leon Parker - Due (this has not left
my cd player since it
came out)
The Lounge Lizards - Queen of all Ears |
| Date: | 04-May-1999 15:08:09 |
| From: | andrew r. |
| | john coltrane-stardust sessions
miles-kind of blue
mingus-ah um
dave holland-points of view
coltrane- blue trane
keith jarett trio-bye, bye blackbird
charlie haden-quartet westnon-jazz
my bloody valentine-loveless
tortoise-millions now living will never die
steve reich-electric counterpoint
all-all
hum-downward is heavenward
afghan whigs-black love |
| Date: | 04-May-1999 17:59:02 |
| From: | Mike C. (Funkifized@aol.com) |
| | 1. Kind Of Blue
2. Wes Montgmery/Jimmy Smith "Dynamic Duo"
3. Jim Hall "Textures"
4. John Coltrane "A Love Supreme"
5. Garrison Fewell "A Blue Deeper Than Blue"
6. George Benson "Compact Jazz"
7. Pat Metheny/John Scofield "I Can See Your House From Here"
8. John McLaughlin "Electric Guitarist"
9. Sonny Rollins "Saxophone Colossus"
10. Miles Davis "The Complete Concert: 1964 My Funny Valentine + Four & More" |
| Date: | 05-May-1999 01:20:42 |
| From: | Jorge Madeira (ip222743@ip.pt) |
| | Duke Elington: The Blanton-Webster Band/ RCA (3)
Louis Armstrong: Hot Fives & Seven-Vol. II & III /JSP
Charlie Parker/D.Gillespie: Diz'n Bird at Carnegie Hall / Roost-Blue Note
Lester Young: Complete Keynote Recordings/Keynote-Polygram
Jelly Roll Morton: Birth Of The Hot-Classic Red Hot Peppers Ses.1926-27/Bluebird
Lennie Tristano:Live In Toronto, 1952 /Jazz Records
Stan Getz: Focus/ Verve
Chick Webb: Spinnin'The Webb/ Mca
Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster / Verve
Gil Evans: The Individualism Of G.Evans /Verve
Oliver Nelson: Blues and The Abstract Truth./Impulse
Miles Davis: Kind Of Blue /Columbia
John Coltrane: My Favorite Things / Atlantic
Joe Henderson: Inner Urge/Blue Note
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| Date: | 05-May-1999 01:21:27 |
| From: | Donna Gum (DGum2222@aol.com) |
| | 1. Miles Davis - Kind of Blue - Columbia
2. John Coltrane - Giant Steps - Atlantic
3. Charles Mingus - Mingus 5 - Impulse
4. Ornette Coleman - The Shape Of Jazz To Come - Atlantic
5. Sonny Rollins - The Bridge - RCA
6. Bill Evans - Everybody Digs Bill Evans - Riverside
7. George Russell - New York, New York - Impulse
8. Charlie Parker - The Complete Savoy Recordings - Muse (3 cd box set)
9. Charlie Parker - The Complete Dial Recordings - Stateside (4 cd box set)
10. Joe Henderson - Mode For Joe - Blue Note
11. Duke Ellington - Far East Suite - RCA
12. Thelonious Monk - Monk's Music - Riverside
13. Cecil Taylor - Jazz Advance - Blue Note
14. Eric Dolphy - Out To Lunch - Blue Note
15. Andrew Hill - Point Of Departure - Blue Note |
| Date: | 05-May-1999 01:22:12 |
| From: | Tony (Givi2mebab@aol.com) |
| | 1. Miles- Kind of Blue
2. Trane-A Love Supreme
3. Art Pepper-Meets the Rhythm Section
4. Ellington-The Blanton/Webster Band
5. Basie-The Complete Decca Recordings
6. Stan Getz-Best of the Verve Years 1 & 2
7. Bird-Dials 1 & 2
8. Monk-Genius of Modern Music 1 & 2
9. Sonny Rollins-Saxophone Colossus
10. Ella-As Many of the Songbooks as i could grab |
| Date: | 05-May-1999 01:23:49 |
| From: | Bob Mayho (Bob.Mayho@lga.gov.uk) |
| | John Coltrane - Complete Village Vanguard Sessions
John Coltrane - Oleo
Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Does Your House Have Lions
Charles Mingus - Ah Um
Jim Hall - Concierto
George Benson - In Flight
Frank Sinatra - Only The Lonely
Duke Ellington - Blues in Orbit
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| Date: | 05-May-1999 01:24:18 |
| From: | david futerman (david.tal@sympatico.ca) |
| | Charles Mingus-Mingus Ah Um
Betty Carter-Now it is My Turn
Jon Jang-Two Flowers on a Stem
Charlie Parker-Savoy Masters
Don Pullen-New Beginings
John Coltrane-Blue Train
Keith Jarrett Trio-Still Live
Sonny Rollins-Way Out West
John Mclaughlin-Extrapolation
Miles Davis-Milestones
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| Date: | 05-May-1999 01:24:58 |
| From: | Brian Alexander (bcalex@webtv.net) |
| | 1. Duke Ellington "Far East Suite"
2. Miles Davis "Miles Smiles"
3. John Coltrane "A Love Supreme"
4. John McLaughlin "Extrapolations"
5. Eric Dolphy "Out To Lunch"
6. Charles Mingus "The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady"
7. McCoy Tyner "Enlightenment"
8. Sun Ra "Jazz In Silhouette"
9. Sonny Rollins "Saxophone Colossus"
10. Duke Ellington "The Blanton-Webster Band" |
| Date: | 05-May-1999 01:25:45 |
| From: | regonald paetsch (paetsch.2@osu.edu) |
| | 1. coltrane giant steps
2. mingus box set (rhino)
3. colman hawkins night hawk
4. horace silver song for my father
5. bill evans waltz for debby
6. miles sketches of spain
7. dexter gordon (the one with cheese cake on it)
8. gil evans out of the cool
9. paul chambers bass on top
10. sam jones sam jones
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| Date: | 05-May-1999 01:26:59 |
| From: | Larry Koenigsberg (larryk@efn.org) |
| | Jelly Roll Morton -- "Winin' Boy Blues"
Art Tatum -- "Solo Masterpieces"
Charlie Parker -- "Savoy Masters"
Larry Young -- "Complete Blue Note Recordings"
Albert Ayler -- "Vibrations"
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| Date: | 05-May-1999 01:27:52 |
| From: | Doug Robinson (ADRobin@aol.com) |
| | My jazz collection consists of mostly hard bop, and post bop with a little bop, free, avant-garde, and neo-bop(contemp. bop) thrown in for good measure. When I started thinking about my desert island picks I realized that most of my favorites are concentrated in the post bop/ modal period from about 1960-65. Any way, here they are: 1. Joe Henderson - "Page One" - "Blue Bossa" and "Recorda Me" are two of my all time fav. latin grooves. McCoy Tyner's playing is what pushes this one over the top, although everyone involved is excellent. 2. Oliver Nelson - "The Blues and the Abstract Truth" - Blues with a twist, with the twist mainly provided by Eric Dolphy's wailing alto sax. Dolphy, Freddie Hubbard, Bill Evans, Paul Chambers, and Roy Haynes.....What a lineup!!! (Oliver Nelson is no slouch in his solos here either, even if he's not quite up to the level of the aforementioned talent). 3. Charles Mingus - "Mingus Ah Um" - One of Mingus' most accesible works and also one of his finest. The version of "Fables of Faubus" never ceases to blow me away. 4. Miles Davis - "Kind of Blue" - No surprise here. In spite of all the accolades and universal acclaim, it remains fresh and pertinent no matter how many times it is played. 5. John Coltrane - "Giant Steps" - Again, no surprise. Coltrane's frantic, raging chord changes are the highlight of this burner. Is it a coincidence that the two greatest tenor sax albums, this one and Sonny Rollins' Sax. Colossus, both feature Tommy Flannagan on piano?......I think not. The man knew how to play tastefully yet unobtrusively in a way that didn't hem in the freedom of the two tenor giants. 6. Bill Evans - "Sunday at the V.V./Waltz for Debby" - These live trio performances from the Village Vanguard with Evans, LaFaro, and Motian are simply the best examples of piano-bass-drums interplay in existence. 7. Thelonious Monk - "Brilliant Corners" - Brilliant, quirky music that's impossible to forget (but why on earth would you want to). The highlight of this album for me is in "Pannonica" where Monk comes in playing piano with one hand and celeste with the other. As good as Sonny Rollins is on this album, the less acclaimed Ernie Henry is even better. 8. Wayne Shorter - "Speak No Evil" - The Shorter penned tunes are hauntingly memorable and the improvisations by Shorter and Freddie Hubbard are truely inspired. What more could you ask for? How about Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, and Elvin Jones as a rhythm section. 9. Freddie Hubbard - "HubTones" - This album shows what a good composer Hubbard could be when he was inspired. The alto sax and especially the flute playing of the vastly underrated James Spaulding push this one over the top. 10. Harold Land - "The Fox" - Elmo Hope's compositions and piano playing make this a unique and electrifying date west coast date. Adding to the mystique of this set is the fact that Dupree Bolton, the trumpeter who played with such fire and invention on the album, faded into oblivion after this one recording date
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| Date: | 05-May-1999 01:28:29 |
| From: | craig pinson (gcraig@asu.uswest.net) |
| | My picks would be: Complete Jazz at the Philharmonic
Kind of Blue-Miles Davis
Duke Ellington & Ella Fitzgerald at Cote de Azur
Habana-Roy Hargrove
Passions of a Man-Charles Mingus
Return of the Candyman-Charlie Hunter
Cookin` at the Plugged Nickel {Box set}-Miles Davis
New Concepts in Jazz-Bill Evans
Night in the City- Charlie Haden & Kenny Barron
Colors-Ornette Coleman & Joachim Kuhn
Giant Steps-John Coltrane
Jazz at Oberlin-Dave Brubeck
The Trio-Oscar Petersen |
| Date: | 05-May-1999 01:29:06 |
| From: | Steve Duccilli (sduccilli@STPUBS.COM) |
| | Interesting question. I'm going to tackle this one assuming I'm going to need some variety on that island, so I'm not just picking my ten favorite hard bop releases. 1. Louis Armstrong--Hot 5s and Hot 7s, volume 2
2. Duke Ellington--The Blanton-Webster Years
3. Billie Holiday--The Essential (Columbia's three-disc series)
4. Charlie Parker--The Complete Dial Sessions
5. Miles Davis--The Complete Prestige Recordings of the Miles Davis Quintet ('55-'56)
6. John Coltrane--My Favorite Things
7. Cecil Taylor--The Complete Candid Recordings
8. The Mahavishnu Orchestra--The Inner Mounting Flame
9. Dave Holland--Conference of the Birds
10. Joshua Redman--Wish |
| Date: | 05-May-1999 09:09:06 |
| From: | Lab User (lab-user@mail.utexas.edu) |
| | Mingus at Antibes - Charles Mingus
Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
Blue Trane - John Coltrane
Saxophone Colossus - Sonny Rollins |
| Date: | 05-May-1999 09:10:59 |
| From: | Spiff (spiff@newsvendor.com) |
| | In no particular order: 1 Wayne Shorter - 'JuJu' (Blue Note) - the greatest tenor player, robbing Coltrane of his band.
2 Wayne Shorter - 'Speak no Evil' (Blue Note) - showcases Shorters astounding songwriting abilities
3 Miles Davis - 'ESP' (CBS) - his best band and his most underrated period.
4 Miles Davis - 'Miles Smiles' (CBS) - Ditto 5 Sidney Bechet - 'The Complete...Vols 5 and 6' (RCA Bluebird) - pure joy
6 Keith Jarrett Trio - 'Standards, vol 1' (ECM) - check out that bass!
7 Randy Weston - 'Tanjah' (Verve/Polydor) - African big band sound.
8 Dave Holland Quintet - 'Jumpin' in' (ECM) - pianoless!
9 Thelonious Monk - 'Monk's Music' (Riverside) - the best Monk album with horns.
10 Duke Ellington - 'Blues in Orbit' (CBS) - the first Duke I heard, and still my favourite
11 Charles Mingus - 'Mingus Ah Um' (CBS) - not a single duff track.
12 David Murray Quartet - 'Morning Song' (Black Saint) - one of many great albums for this label.
13 Dexter Gordon - 'Our Man in Paris' (Blue Note) - just for the sheer exuberance of Dexters playing.
14 Weather Report - 'Mysterious Traveller' (CBS) 15 Joe Henderson - 'Tetragon' (Milestone)
16 Jan Garbarek/Egberto Gismonti/Charlie Haden - 'Folk Songs' (ECM)
17 Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - 'Mosaic' (Blue Note)
18 Wes Montgomery - 'Full House' (Riverside)
19 Grant Green - 'Street of Dreams' (Blue Note)
20 Fats Waller - 'Fractious Fingering, Bluebird years vol 3' (RCA Bluebird)
21 Stan Getz - 'Sweet Rain' (Verve) that'll do...
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| Date: | 05-May-1999 09:12:49 |
| From: | David Gitin (dgitin@mbay.net) |
| | 1. The Legend of Tsumi - Laszlo Gardony (Antilles)
2. Satisfaction - John Tchicai (Enja)
3. A Memory of Vienna - Ran Blake/Anthony Braxton (Hat)
4. Alive in the House of Saints - Myra Melford (Hat)
5. Circular Temple - Matthew Shipp (Zo)
6. Celebrated Blazons - Cecil Taylor (FMP)
7. Masada two - John Zorn (DIW)
8. Tiny Bell Trio Live in Europe - Dave Douglas (Arabesque)
9. Just Before The Dawn - Marty Ehrlich (New World)
10.Willisau (Quartet) 1991 - Anthony Braxton (Hat)
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| Date: | 05-May-1999 09:15:15 |
| From: | Mr. Jackson (Mjacks49@aol.com) |
| | My desert island discs would be; in no particular order Miles Davis: Porgy and Bess;
John Coltrane: Meditations;
Charles Mingus: The Black Saint and The Sinner Lady;
Monk: Monk's Dream;
Duke Ellington: And his Mother Called Him Bill;
Cecil Taylor: Unit Structures;
Miles Davis: On the Corner;
Ornette Coleman: The Shape of Jazz to Come;
Louis Armstrong: Plays W. C. Handy;
Duke Ellington: The Popular Duke Ellington.
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| Date: | 05-May-1999 09:15:59 |
| From: | Matt Carpenter (sac26304@saclink.csus.edu) |
| | My picks (in no particular order): Blue Train - John Coletrane
My Favorite Things - John Coletrane
Mingus, Mingus, Mingus - Charles Mingus
Krupa and Rich - Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich
Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
Time Out - Dave Brubeck Quartet
Song for My Father - Horace silver
Birth of Cool - Miles
Tenor Madness - Sonny Rollins Quartet
Ella and Louis - Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong |
| Date: | 05-May-1999 09:17:30 |
| From: | Jon (jongbub@netsgo.com) |
| | No Particular order 1. The Quintet - Live at Massey Hall
2. Miles Davis - Sketches in Spain
3. Herbie Hancock - Headhunters
4. Jaco Pastorius - Invitation
5. Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
6. Dave Brubeck - Take Five
7. John Coltrane - Blue Train
8. John Coltrane - Interstellar Space
9. Miles Davis - In a Silent Way
10. Antonio Carlos Jobim - Wave
11. Miles Davis - Miles and Coltrane
12. Stan Getz - Pure Getz |
| Date: | 05-May-1999 09:18:23 |
| From: | Don Crocker (Don_Crocker/sec/psb@peelsb.com) |
| | These are the CD's I reach for most often. They would offer me enough variety for a long stint on an island. Miles Davis Kind of Blue
Miles Davis 'Round About Midnight
John Coltrane Blue Train
Keith Jarrett Live At The Blue Note
(if only to hear Autumn Leaves!)
Duke Ellington/
Johnny Hodges Back To Back
Charlie Parker The Very Best of Bird (Dial)
Art Tatum The Complete Capital Recordings
Charles Mingus Mingus Ah Um
Oliver Nelson The Blues and the Abstract Truth
Duke Ellington And His Mother Called Him Bill |
| Date: | 05-May-1999 09:19:44 |
| From: | stephen boocks (sboocks@pilot.infi.net) |
| | Coltrane-Meditations
Alice Coltrane- Journey in Satchidanada
Miles- Kind of Blue (obvious)
Randy Weston-Khepha (not sure howits spelled)
Coleman-Shape of Jazz to Come
Miles-Pangea
Ella Fitzgerald-Songbooks
Rough Guide to Classic Jazz
Bill Evans-Waltz for Debbie
Coltrane-My Favorite Things |
| Date: | 05-May-1999 09:20:11 |
| From: | John M (sardine@sentex.net) |
| | 1. Complete Blue Note Thelonious Monk
2. Complete Riverside Thelonious Monk
3. Travels (Pat Metheny Group)
4. Lyle Mays (Lyle Mays)
5. Urban Bushmen (Art Ensemble of Chicago)
6. Paul Desmond Quartet Live (w/ Ed Bickert)
7. Kind of Blue
8. Farewell to Mingus (Toshiko Akiyoshi/Lew Tabackin Big Band)
9. Complete Blue Note Herbie Nichols
10. RSP Jazz Quartet - Paul Pacanowski Plays J. Wyzuty |
| Date: | 06-May-1999 10:02:10 |
| From: | Joshua Levine (jm_levine@yahoo.com) |
| | In no particular order ...
John Coltrane: A Love Supreme
Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto: Getz/Gilberto
Herbie Hancock: Inventions and Dimensions
Sun Ra and his Arkestra: Jazz in Sillouette
Grant Green: Idle Moments
Miles Davis: Kind of Blue
Duke Ellington: Money Jungle
Sonny Rollins: Saxophone Colossus
Charles Mingus: Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
Thelonius Monk: Monk's Music
|
| Date: | 06-May-1999 10:03:02 |
| From: | Jason Kaufman (a-jkauf@microsoft.com) |
| | 1. Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
2. John Coltrane - Blue Train
3. Horace Silver - Song For My Father
4. Bill Evans - Sunday at the Village Vanguard
5. Oliver Nelson - The Blues and the Abstract Truth
6. Miles Davis - Miles Ahead
7. Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus
8. Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil
9. Thelonious Monk - Brilliant Corners
10. Bill Evans - Portrait In Jazz
11. Eric Dolphy - Out To Lunch
12. Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - Moanin'
13. Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage
14. Charles Mingus - Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus
15. Sonny Rollins Quartet - Tenor Madness |
| Date: | 06-May-1999 10:03:31 |
| From: | Jayanta Sengupta (rediffcal@giascl01.vsnl.net.in) |
| | 1. Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
2. Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
3. Charlie Parker - Complete Dial Sessions
4. Duke Ellington - Black Blue and Beige
5. Duke Ellington - New Orleans Suite
6. Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
7. Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um
8. John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
9. Ornette Coleman - Change of the Century
10. Eric Dolphy - Last Date
11. Anthony Braxton - Creative Orchestra Music
12. Vienna Art Orchestra - The European Song Book
13. Tony Coe - Canterbury Song
14. Brotherhood of Breath - Live at Willisau
15. Gobe Unity Orchestra - Compositions
16. Art Ensemble of Chicago - Urban Bushmen |
| Date: | 06-May-1999 10:04:14 |
| From: | Bill Straub (StraubB@SHNS.COM) |
| | 1. Mingus Ah Um -- Charles Mingus
wonderful interplay
2. Everybody Digs Bill Evans -- Bill Evans
had to. he learned to play in my hometown, Dunellen, N.J.
3. Kind of Blue -- Miles Davis
everybody else has it. why should i be different?
4. Go -- Dexter Gordon
introduced me to jazz. great stylist, very melodic
5. The Real McCoy -- McCoy Tyner
loved him with Coltrane. evenb more of a standout as leader
6. Giant Steps -- John Coltrane
best album by the greatest
7. Saxophone Colossus -- Sonny Rollins
would have loved hearing this stuff on the Williamsburg Bridge
|
| Date: | 06-May-1999 10:05:05 |
| From: | Bob Mayho (Bob.Mayho@lga.gov.uk) |
| | Jan Garbarek Rites
John Coltrane Complete Village Vanguard Recordings
John Coltrane Africa Brass
Charles Mingus Ah Um
Roland Kirk Kirk's Work
Guy Barker What Love Is
Wynton Marsalis Hot House Flowers
George Benson In Flight
|
| Date: | 06-May-1999 10:05:50 |
| From: | Tom Zugschwert (ZMOT@aol.com) |
| | 1.) Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
2.) Bill Evans - Sunday at the Village Vanguard
3.) Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus
4.) Jelly Roll Morton - The Pearls
5.) Dave Brubeck - Time Out
6.) Sun Ra - Jazz in Silhouette
7.) Thelonius Monk With John Coltrane - at the Five Spot
8.) Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage
9.) Stan Getz - Getz/Gilberto
10.) Benny Goodman - 1938 Carnagie Hall Concert |
| Date: | 06-May-1999 10:08:19 |
| From: | TV Life (TVLIFE@aol.com) |
| | 1. The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions, MILES DAVIS
2. The Heavyweight Champion Boxset, JOHN COLTRANE
3. Songbook, KENNY GARRETT
4. In A Silent Way, MILES DAVIS
5. Live in Paris '92, AHMAD JAMAL
6. Kind of Blue, MILES DAVIS
7. Word Of Mouth, JACO PASTORIUS
8. As Falls Witchita, So Falls Witchita Falls, PAT METHENY/LYLE MAYS
9. Still Life Talking, PAT METHENY GROUP
10. The Jazz Sides, ELLA FITZGERALD
11. Def Trance BeatsModalities of Rhythm, STEVE COLEMAN & FIVE ELEMENTSbecause I always travel with more than 10... Give me these and I am a starving, deserted, but happy bastard!! |
| Date: | 06-May-1999 23:23:39 |
| From: | J Colston |
| | A quick 10 (my wife is calling.) 1 Davis - Kind of Blue
2 Coltrane - Giant Steps
3 Davis - Bags Groove w/ Milt Jackson
4 Coltrane - Blue Trane
5 Rollins - Tenor Madness
6 Blakey - Moanin
7 Monk - Monk's Music
8 Mingus - Mingus Dynasty
9 McLaughlin - Friday Night in San Francisco
10 Davis - Sorcerer and then I would pray for a dingy to float up , loaded with more Davis, Coltrane, Rollins, Monk, Mingus, Etc. AND a lot of beer and no one to bother me! (except for my wife.)
|
| Date: | 09-May-1999 18:26:07 |
| From: | GARETH SIMMONS (gareth.simmons@ashford.gov.uk) |
| | 1. What's Goin On - Les McCANN
2. Vibrations - Buster Williams
3. Nature Boy - Ike Quebec
4. Sunny - James Brown (jazz version)
5. If your not part of the problem (live) - Joe Henderson
6. Una Mas - Kenny Dorham
7. MauelDeeGit - Cal Tjader
8. Early Riser - Les McCANN
9. Brother John - Yusef Lateef
10. The Serpent - Tubby Hayes
|
| Date: | 09-May-1999 22:25:32 |
| From: | Frenesi (frenesi@usa.net) |
| | (in random order):
1. F. Hubbard/W. Shaw - The Eternal Triangle
2. G. Mulligan - Re-Birth of the Cool
3. T. Monk - Thelonius Himself
4. J. Coltrane - My Favorite Things
5. B. Carter - Whatever Happened to Love
6. C. Baker - In New York
7. M. Davis - Kind of Blue
8. F. Hubbard - Bolivia
9. G. Mulligan - Night Lights
10. J. Coltrane - A Love Supreme |
| Date: | 10-May-1999 16:03:12 |
| From: | quinton j. icarus |
| | modern jazz quartet-the last concert
pharoah sanders-karma
john coltrane-giant steps
thelonious monk-japan 1963
jimmy smith-back at the chicken shack
miles davis-a tribute to jack johnson
nina simome-the blues
charles mingus-antibes '60
duke ellington-the far east suite
sonny clarke-cool struttin'
|
| Date: | 12-May-1999 01:54:31 |
| From: | Mark (Diblasio@webtv.net) |
| | 1. The Essential Charlie Parker
2. John Coltrane-Blue Train
3. Miles Davis-Kind Of Blue
4. Count Basie-Live At The Sands
5. The Genius Of Coleman Hawkins
6. Cannonball Adderley-Work Song
7. Maynard Ferguson-Message From Newport
8. Carl Wolfe-Reed Between The Lines
9. Doc Severinsen-Once More With Feeling
10.Buddy Rich-Mercy, Mercy, Mercy |
| Date: | 12-May-1999 22:25:07 |
| From: | Robert Longo |
| | Here goes: Chuck Wayne/Joe Puma: "Interactions"
Jimmy Raney Trio:"Wysteria" (w/Flanagan & Mraz)
Tal Farlow "The Swinging Guitar of Tal Farlow" (w/Eddie Costa & Vinnie Burke) Wes Montgomery "The Incredible Jazz Guitar" (w/Flanagan)
Grant Green "The Complete Quartets with Sonny Clark"
Attila Zoller "Overcome" (w/Kirk Lightsey)
Jimmy Raney "Visits Paris Vol.1" (w/Sonny Clark & Red Mitchell) Chuck Wayne "Tasty Pudding" (w/Zoot Sims & Brew Moore)
Kenny Burrell "Lotus Blossum" (w/Ray Drummond)
Kenny Burrell "Sunup To Sundown" (w/Cedar Walton)
These are my favorites. And yes, I do play guitar. The only one of these recording that isn't on CD is the Wayne/Puma record (Choice Records). I don't know what's the holdup but it is a masterpiece. |
| Date: | 14-May-1999 19:59:21 |
| From: | nicholas johnson (nickj@jps.net) |
| | 1. Unity-Larry Young(Blue Note)
2. Soothsayer-Wayne Shorter(Blue Note)
3. Love Supreme-John Coltrane(Impulse)
4. Mosiac-Art Blakey(Blue Note)
5. Solid-Grant Green(Blue Note)
6. Cape Verdean Blues-Horace Silver(Blue Note)
7. Rumproller-Lee Morgan(Blue Note)
8. Fat Albert Runtunda-Herbie Hancock(Columbia)
9. Blues and the Absract Truth-Oliver Nelson(Impulse)
10. Rastaman Vibration-Bob Marley(Tuff Gong)
|
| Date: | 14-May-1999 20:00:01 |
| From: | Dennis Keene (dennisk@sco.com) |
| | 1. Portrait of Cannonball - Bud Powell
2. Lady in Satin - Billie Holiday
3. Mercy, Mercy - Buddy Rich
4. My Favorite Things - John Coltrane
5. Things Are Getting Better - Cannonball Adderley
6. Miles Ahead - Miles Davis
7. Way Out West - Sonny Rollins
8. Ella in Rome- Ella Fitzgerald
9. Ray Charles Live
10. Milt Jackson/ Wes Montgomery |
| Date: | 14-May-1999 20:01:08 |
| From: | Brice A. Walz (walz@midusa.net) |
| | Dear Friends, Without much forethought, here are my ten. John Coltrane - Blue Train
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Greg Skaff - The Blues and Other News
John Nilsen - Above Me
Penguin Jazz Quartet - Penquin Jazz Quartet
Ben Webster - Soulville
Michael Gulezian - Distant Memories and Dreams
Hank Mobley - Soul Station
Joe Henderson - Lush Life
Cyrus Chestnut - Blessed Quietness Keep up the good work! |
| Date: | 15-May-1999 07:08:29 |
| From: | Wayne Dunow (dunow@camtech.net.au) |
| | Top Ten ( plus 1 ) in No Particular Order : Percy Jones With Tunnels - Percy Jones
Bing, Bing, Bing ! - Charlie Hunter Trio
Vital Tech Tones - Scott Henderson,Steve Smith,Victor Wooten
Inner Mounting Flame - Mahavishnu Orchestra
Live at the Royal Festival Hall - John McLaughlin Trio
Between the Lines - Mike Stern
Reality Check - Tribal Tech
Forty Reasons - Chad Wackerman
Show Me What You Can Do - Frank Gambale,Stu Hamm,Steve Smith
Cause and Effect - Larry Coryell,Tom Coster,Steve Smith
Speakeasy/Live at the Basement - Directions In Groove
|
| Date: | 16-May-1999 09:16:45 |
| From: | Cobi Reouven (cobir@exchange.microsoft.com) |
| | Miles Davis -KOB
Helen Merrill - Brownie
Helen Merrill - with Clifford Brown
Miles Davis - Miles Ahead
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
Ella Fitzgerald - Best of the songbooks
Cedar Walton - Composer
Johnny Hartman and John Coltrane
McBride/Payton/Whitfieild - Fingerpainting
Susannah Mccorckle - Songs of Johhny Mercer |
| Date: | 16-May-1999 09:18:10 |
| From: | Martin Tanz (mtanz@schwarzusa.com) |
| | Kind of Blue, Miles Davis
Last Concert, Modern Jazz Quartet
Sunday at the Village Vanguard, Bill Evans Trio
Saxophone Colossus, Sonny Rollins
My Favorite Things, John Coltrane.
Something Else!, "Cannonball" Adderly
Focus, Stan Getz
Coltrane Live at the Village Vanguard, John Coltrane
A Night at Birdland, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
Miles Ahead, Miles Davis and Gil EvansGreat Paris Concert, Duke Ellington
Our Man In Paris, Dexter Gordon
Art Tatum Group Sessions, Art Tatum |
| Date: | 16-May-1999 16:18:02 |
| From: | Gino (mumbles@bebop66.freeserve.co.uk) |
| | 1.Cannonball Adderley Quintet - Country Preacher. This album changed my life. From the moment I first heard the Jesse Jackson intro and the way Roy McCurdy and Walter Booker kicked in at the end of the "rough and tough in this ghetto, you gotta walk tall" speech, I was hooked on jazz. Here's the rest (no particular order, and I guess half would be different if I did this tomorrow): Count Basie - E=MC2
John Coltrane - Blue Train
Ben Webster - For the Guv'nor
Abdullah Ibrahim - Tintinyana
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Duke Ellington - Newport '56
Jimmy Scott - Lost and Found
Oscar Peterson - Ultimate
Budd Johnson - Mr Bechet
|
| Date: | 23-May-1999 16:47:08 |
| From: | Unearth9 (Unearth9@aol.com) |
| | all miles... 1) in a silent way
2) filles de killamanjaro
3) bitches brew
4) live/evil
5) nefertiti
6) esp
7) miles smiles
8) milestones
9) kind of blue
10) birth of the cool |
| Date: | 23-May-1999 16:48:47 |
| From: | Tony Hayes (thayes@pclc.com.au) |
| | 1. sweeney todd [sondheim],
2. everybody digs bill evans,
3. rough velvet [p.j.proby]
4. mingus live in paris
5. songs for a tailor [jack bruce]
6. steamin' [miles]
7. the unanswered question [ives]
8. live at glenferrie [polecats]
9. death and the maiden [schubert]
10. pacific overtures [sondheim] how do you like them apples mate?
|
| Date: | 23-May-1999 16:49:47 |
| From: | Jeff Balan (balanfam@earthlink.net) |
| | Giant Steps - John Coltrane
Birth of the Cool - Miles Davis
Gnu High - Kenny Wheeler
Witchi Tai Tu - Jan Garberak/Bobo Stenson
Bright Size Life - Pat Metheny
Blue Train - John Coltrane
The Sounds of Summer Running - Marc Johnson
Maiden Voyage - Herbie Hancock
Mode For Joe - Joe Henderson
The Sidewinder - Lee MorganI'm sure I could pick out 10 more on any other day! |
| Date: | 23-May-1999 16:50:53 |
| From: | Jan Törnros (jan.tornros@vti.se) |
| | John Coltrane: Coltrane jazz
John Coltrane: Cannonball and Coltrane
Miles Davis: At Carnegie Hall
Miles Davis: Miles ahead
Bill Evans: Everybody digs
Jan Johansson: 8 bitar Johansson/Innertrio
Charles Mingus: Mingus ah um
Modern Jazz Quartet: Modern Jazz Quartet
Modern Jazz Quartet: Odds against tomorrow
Sonny Rollins: Tenor madness/Saxophone Colossus
Lucky Thompson: Tricotism
John Lewis: Improvised meditations and excursions
Dizzy Gilllespie: At Newport |
| Date: | 23-May-1999 19:21:54 |
| From: | Ignatz T. |
| | I left out Bill Evans, Monk, Mingus, and John Coltrane because everyone else covered them. I'm focusing on post 1950's jazz: Eric Dolphy "Out To Lunch"
Ornette Coleman "The Shape Of Jazz To Come"
Jimmy Giuffre Trio "Free Fall" (w/Paul Bley & Steve Swallow) Lee Konitz Trio "Thingin" (w/Don Friedman & Attila Zoller)
The Julius Hemphill Sextet "Fat Man and the Hard Blues"
The World Saxophone Quartet "Revue"
Bill Holman Band "The Music of Thelonius Monk" Charlie Haden "The Montreal Tapes" (w/Paul Bley & Paul Motian)
Geri Allen "The Year of the Dragon"
Marty Ehrlich "Pliant Plaint" |
| Date: | 24-May-1999 12:55:52 |
| From: | Dean |
| | Here's another post-50's list: Tommy Flanagan "Sea Changes"
Kenny Wheeler "Angel Song"
Bill Evans & Jim Hall "Undercurrents"
Lee Konitz "Alone Together"
Kenny Barron "Live at Maybeck Recital Hall"
Cedar Walton & Ron Carter "Heart and Soul"
Kenny Burrell "Tin Tin Deo"
Chuck Wayne & Joe Puma "Interactions"
Kenny Drew "It Might As Well Be Spring"
Al Cohn & Jimmy Rowles "Heavy Love" |
| Date: | 26-May-1999 01:48:53 |
| From: | Abbasi (abbasi@mindspring.com) |
| | John Coltrane Crescent
John Coltrane Live at Birdland
Keith Jarrett My Song
Keith Jarrett Live in Norway
Kenny Wheeler Knu High
Miles Davis No Blues
Jack Dejohnette Irresistable Forces
Jim Hall Live in Berlin
Bill Frisell Where in the World
Allan Hollsworth Secrets
Peter Erskine Time Being
|
| Date: | 26-May-1999 07:57:19 |
| From: | Antonino D'Angelo (Antonino.DAngelo@iol.it) |
| | 1) Davis - Kind of blue
2) Coltrane - A love supreme
3) Hancock - Maiden voyage
4) Jarrett - At the Blue Note
5) Scofield - Meant to be
6) Blakey - A night in Tunisia
7) Adderley - Somethin' else
8) Mingus - Ah hum
9) Evans - At Montreux
10) Rollins - Saxophone colossus |
| Date: | 26-May-1999 07:58:18 |
| From: | alan k. richards (alanrichards@sprintmail.com) |
| | 1. Jazz Goes To College - Dave Brubeck Quartet
2. Firefly - Emily Remler
3. Nothing But The Blues - Herb Ellis
4. Meets The Rhythm Section - Art Pepper
5. Easy Living - Paul Desmond
6. And His Mother Called Him Bill - Duke Ellington
7. Rites of Swing - Phil Woods
8. To Swing Or Not To Swing - Barney Kessel
9. Music for Loving - Ben Webster
10.Sea Changes - Tommy Flanagan |
| Date: | 26-May-1999 14:38:44 |
| From: | Rocko |
| | A top ten of our time: Anthony Braxton "Eight (+3)Tristano Compositions"
Dave Holland "Emerald Tears"
Paul Bley and Gary Peacock "Mindset"
Red Mitchell & Warne Marsh "Big Two" (vols 1&2)
Marty Ehrlich & Ben Goldberg "Light at the Crossroads"
Bill Evans Trio "Live In Buenos Aires"
Harold Danko & Kirk Lightsey "Shorter By Two"
Lee Konitz & Bert van den Brink Trio "Dialogues"
Tommy Flanagan Trio "Sunset and the Mockingbird"
Ornette Coleman & Charlie Haden "Soapsuds, Soapsuds" |
| Date: | 26-May-1999 15:16:44 |
| From: | Michael Roberson (mrober@swbell.net) |
| | 1. White Gold - Love Unlimited Orchestra
2. Foreplay - Foreplay
3. The Games - John Tesh
4. The Best of David Benoit - David Benoit
5. Tourist in Paradise - The Rippingtons
6. Places and Spaces - Donald Byrd
7. Mango-Tango - Tom Grant
8. Trust - Boney James
9. Dream of the Blue Turtles - Sting
10.Leap of Faith - Kenny Loggins
|
| Date: | 27-May-1999 21:03:37 |
| From: | Regina Wilkens |
| | Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio "Finesse" (great band! Budwig/Hanna)
Frank Morgan "Listen To The Dawn" (w/Burrell)
Don Friedman "Live at Maybeck" (solo piano)
Hal McKusick "Now's The Time" (B.Evans, Farmer,etc.)
Bill Evans "Solo Sessions" (both volumes are excellent)
Conrad Herwig "The Latin Side of John Coltrane" (as
interesting as it sounds, big band)
Richard Wyands Trio "Get Out of Town" (subtle, bluesy)
Lee Konitz and Gil Evans "Heroes" and "Anti-Heroes" (duets
two CDs, emotional, intense)
Paul Chambers "Bass on Top" (w. Burrell & Hank Jones)
Art Farmer "Soul Eyes" (live quintet w/Keezer) |
| Date: | 27-May-1999 22:25:01 |
| From: | Ignatz T. |
| | His a modern jazz outlook to ponder: ANDREW HILL - POINTS OF DEPARTURE
JOHN CARTER - CASTLES OF GHANA
MARTY EHRLICH & MUHAL RICHARD ABRAMS - THE OPEN AIR MEETING
ORNETTE COLEMAN - CHANGE OF THE CENTURY
WORLD SAXOPHONE QUARTET - LIVE IN ZURICH
GEORGE RUSSELL SEXTET - EZZ THETICS (with Dolphy)
ERIC DOLPHY & GUNTHER SCHULLER - VINTAGE DOLPHY
DONALD MARTINO - A JAZZ SET (New World Records)
FRANZ KOGELMANN & LEE KONITZ - WE THOUGHT ABOUT DUKE
PAUL BLEY - HANDS ON (solo piano)
JULIUS HEMPHILL & WADUD & MOYE - RAW MATERIALS AND RESIDUALS |
| Date: | 28-May-1999 01:22:59 |
| From: | lyubo cholakov |
| | My picks on this deserted (where is it, by the way?), would be Quincy's "Back on the Block", Al Jarreau's live recording, New York Voices title CD and anything from Ella's greats!
|
| Date: | 29-May-1999 23:21:50 |
| From: | Jim Tausch (jetausch@olg.com) |
| | 1. Allman Brothers-Fillmore Concerts
2. Grachan Moncur-Evolution
3. Jimi Hendrix-Are You Experienced?
4. Jackie McLean-One Step Beyond
5. Stevie Ray Vaughan-Texas Flood
6. John Scofield-Loud Jazz
7. Mike Stern-Is What It Is
8. Hank Mobley-A Slice of the Top
9. Jazz Messengers-Free For All
10. Branford Marsalis-The Dark Keys |
| Date: | 30-May-1999 22:47:38 |
| From: | Sean O'Casey |
| | Do you sometimes get tired of being improved, of having your sensibility stretched, of having your musical boundaries challenged - well I have the list for you! Good old retro emotional/sensual jazz from the swing and pre-swing era. It's all about enjoyment!! Here goes: Johnny Hodges: VERVE JAZZ MASTERS 35
Flip Phillips: FLIP WAILS - BEST OF THE VERVE YEARS
Roy Eldridge: LITTLE JAZZ Dave McKenna: LIVE AT MAYBECK RECITAL HALL
Mark Shane: ON TREASURE ISLAND
Ruby Braff & Roger Kellaway: INSIDE & OUT
Bucky & John Pizzarelli: CONTRASTS Buck Clayton & Buddy Tate: BUCK AND BUDDY
The Budd Johnson Quintet: LET'S SWING
Harry Edison, Buck Clayton,
Red Allen, and Roy Eldridge: THE TRUMPET KINGS (2 CDS) |
| Date: | 01-Jun-1999 00:45:04 |
| From: | Eugene Norris |
| | OK let's lop off all of Bill Evan's albums before 1970 - all the classics that are usually mentioned. Seems to be an attitude that the later Evans doesn't equal the earlier. I say nonsense. If Evans had never recorded before 1970 he would have made his reputation as a major jazz artist with the following: ALONE * (solo piano)
ALONE, AGAIN (solo piano)
INTUITION * (duet with Eddie Gomez)
SINCE WE MET (w/Gomez & Marty Morrell) CROSSCURRENTS (w/Lee Konitz, Warne Marsh, Eliot Zigmund &
Gomez)
QUINTESSENCE (w/Harold Land, Kenny Burrell, Ray Brown, &
Philly Joe Jones) YOU MUST BELIEVE IN SPRING (w/Gomez & Zigmund)
I WILL SAY GOODBYE * (w/Gomez & Zigmund) HIGHLIGHTS FROM TURN OUT THE STARS (W/ Marc Johnson &
Joe LaBarbara)
LIVE IN BUENOS AIRES * (2CDs w/Johnson & LaBarbara) Since there is an over focus on the LaFaro work and the early Peace Piece work, the above have been grossly neglected. I love the early Evans but the great work didn't stop. All of the above are wonderful albums. The ones with astericks * are incredible. |
| Date: | 01-Jun-1999 14:22:09 |
| From: | Adam (rebadam@global2000.net) |
| | My desrt island jazz picks (in no particular order):
Dave Brubeck..."Time Out"
Sonny Rollins..."The Bridge"
Duke Ellington..."Live at Newport"
Miles Davis..."Kind of Blue"
Oscar Peterson..."Trio Plus One"
John Coltrane..."My Favorite Things"
Jimmy Smith & Wes Montgomery..."Dynamic Duo"
Stan Getz..."Getz and Gilberto"
Thelonius Monk..."Brilliant Corners"
Art Blakey..."Moanin'"d Gilberto"
|
| Date: | 01-Jun-1999 14:23:44 |
| From: | Adam (rebadam@global2000.net) |
| | My desrt island jazz picks (in no particular order):
Dave Brubeck..."Time Out"
Sonny Rollins..."The Bridge"
Duke Ellington..."Live at Newport"
Miles Davis..."Kind of Blue"
Oscar Peterson..."Trio Plus One"
John Coltrane..."My Favorite Things"
Jimmy Smith & Wes Montgomery..."Dynamic Duo"
Stan Getz..."Getz and Gilberto"
Thelonius Monk..."Brilliant Corners"
Art Blakey..."Moanin'" |
| Date: | 04-Jun-1999 15:13:06 |
| From: | WTKoltek |
| | Cecil Taylor, Silent Tongues
Cecil Taylor, Unit Structures
John Coltrane, Ascension
John Coltrane, A Love Supreme
Ornette Coleman, Free Jazz
Ornette Coleman, The Shape of Jazz to Come
Charles Mingus, At Carnegie Hall
Pharoah Sanders, Karma
Jazz at Massey Hall
Eric Dolphy at the Five Spot, Vol. 1 |
| Date: | 06-Jun-1999 02:01:50 |
| From: | Jeff Hubbard (jeff.hubbard@awl.com) |
| | Here it is, after at least a bit of thought: 1. Meant to Be - John Scofield
2. Speak No Evil - Wayne Shorter
3. Unity - Larry Young
4. Maiden Voyage - Herbie Hancock
5. Incredible Jazz Guitar - Wes Montgomery
6. Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
7. Song For My Father - Horace Silver
8. First Circle - Pat Metheny Group
9. The Bridge - Sonny Rollins
10. Far East Suite - Duke Ellington
11. Page One - Joe Henderson Hey, if Nigel Tufnel can have an amp that goes to "11," I can damn well have a top ten list that does, too. This list is a bit skewed - I limited myself to one release per artist; otherwise, this would've been my list of "desert island" John Scofield and Pat Metheny records. If I could've gone to 15, you would've seen Monk's "Brilliant Corners," Grant Green's "Idle Moments," Hank Mobley's "Soul Station," and Dolphy's "Out to Lunch!" |
| Date: | 10-Jun-1999 21:53:21 |
| From: | Kenneth Melton (kmelton@erols.com) |
| | It is difficult to just pick 10; but here goes:
1. Miles Davis...Kind Of Blue
2. Lee Morgan...The Sidewinder
3. Dexter Gordon...Ballads
4. Carmen Mcrae..Sings Monk
5. Joe Pass..Chops
6. Stanley Turrentine...Cherry
7. Cannonball...Live in Japan or cannonball and Coltrane
8. Charlie Parker...1945-1953 recordings
9. Chet Baker...The Last Great Concert
10. Chick Corea...Now He Sings Now He Sobs
I would also sneak Pat Metheny's As falls Wichita Falls cd along too.
|
| Date: | 12-Jun-1999 17:22:25 |
| From: | Lyle Brooks (LBrooks7@aol.com) |
| | derek bailey-improvisation 1 steve lacy-sands miles davis-on the corner john coltrane-love supreme bill evans-conversations with myself eric dolphy-out there tom waits-nighthawks at the diner duke ellington-money jungle charles mingus-presents charles mingus ornette coleman-this is our music jimmy smith+wes montgomery-dynamic duo roland kirk-i talk with spirits |
| Date: | 14-Jun-1999 02:04:32 |
| From: | Denis Storey (dkstorey@aol.com) |
| | 1) John Coltrane -- "A Love Supreme"
2) John Coltrane -- "Crescent"
3) Miles Davis -- "Sketches of Spain"
4) Miles Davis -- "Kind of Blue"
5) Art Blakey -- "Moanin'"
6) Cannonball Adderley -- "Somethin' Else"
7) Charles Mingus -- "Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus"
8) Thelonius Monk -- "Straight, No Chaser"
9) Hank Mobley -- "A Caddy For Daddy"
10) Billie Holiday -- "The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve"
|
| Date: | 14-Jun-1999 19:48:47 |
| From: | Colin (colin.thorn@iol.it) |
| | What about a real desert island jazz freaks' bash for the millenium year? (Inviting the top-voted still-living musicians too?) Good to know you're all out there!
Here's my humble offering (no particular order):
John McLaughlin - Extrapolation
Weather Report - Black Market
Oliver Nelson - Blues and The Abstract Truth
Keith Jarrett - Expectations
Wayne Shorter - Juju
Horace Silver - Song For My Father
Eric Dolphy - Out To Lunch
Bobby Hutcherson - Components
Bill Evans - Waltz For Debby
Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers With Thelonious Monk
Keep the faith! |
| Date: | 15-Jun-1999 21:02:24 |
| From: | Steve Levine |
| | A patently silly question, but one which will stir the natives. What's with all the Miles and Coltrane, when there is Clifford Brown, Prez, and Hank Mobley to consider--not to mention countless other greats? |
| Date: | 21-Jun-1999 10:10:20 |
| From: | Angela P. |
| | 1) Boney James- Sweet Thing
2) Rick Braun - Full Stride
3) Marcus Johnson - Chocolate City !!!!
4) Kirk Whalum - For You
5) Down to the Bone - Manhatten to Stanten |
| Date: | 21-Jun-1999 13:28:42 |
| From: | Nathaniel Crockett (364772@freewwweb.com) |
| | 1. Charlie Rouse, "Unsung Hero" cd
2. Charlie Christain and Benny Goodman cd
3. Charlie Ventura "Eurphoria" single
4. Count Basie "Night at el Morocco's"
5. Count Basie "Whirley Bird" cd
6. Clark Terry "Sharta" single
7. Artie Shaw's "Star Dust" single
8. Louie Bellson's "Air Mail " cd
9. Ornette Coleman "In All Languages" cd
10. Count Basie at Newport" cd Jasbo |
| Date: | 21-Jun-1999 13:29:43 |
| From: | j jansen (J.Jansen@kub.nl) |
| | My selection would be: 1. Jaco Pastorius -- Jaco Pastorius
2. Eric Dolphy -- Out to lunch!
3. Wayne Shorter -- Speak no evil
4. Wayne Shorter -- High life
5. Thelonious Monk -- Brilliant corners
6. Weather Report -- 8:30
7. Jaco Pastorius -- The birthday concert
8. Michel Portal -- Musique des cinemas
9. John Coltrane/Kenny Burrell -- New Jazz
10. Ben van den Dungen/Jarme Hoogendijk -- Run for your wife
11. Miles Davis - Miles smiles
12. Miles Davis - Four and more
13. Bobby Hutcherson -- Happenings
14. Carlos Ward -- Litho
15. Bobby Hutcherson -- Stick up! |
| Date: | 24-Jun-1999 09:01:05 |
| From: | Luis Barreto Xavier |
| | Bill Evans: You Must Believe inSpring
Keith Jarrett: Tokyo 96
Thelonious Monk: The Complete Riverside Recordings
Charles Mingus: Changes One/ Changes Two
"John Coltrane and J. Hartman"
Brad Mehldau: The art of the Trio - vol. 3 - Songs
Billie Holiday: Lady in Satin
Stan Getz/Kenny Barron: People Time
Charlie Haden/ Egberto Gismonti/ Jan Garbarek: Magico
Miles Davis: Cronicle - The Complete Prestige Recordings |
| Date: | 24-Jun-1999 09:21:08 |
| From: | Luis Barreto Xavier (II) |
| | Brasilian Desert Island Picks: João Gilberto: Amoroso
Milton Nascimento: Clube da Esquina
Elis Regina: Nada Será Como Antes
Caetano Veloso: Estrangeiro
Egberto Gimonti/ Nana Vasconcelos: Duas Vozes
Milton Nascimento: Sentinela
Elis Regina/ Antonio Carlos Jobim: Elis & Tom
Caetano Veloso: Livro
João Gilberto: Brasil
Milton Nascimento: Miltons
|
| Date: | 27-Jun-1999 08:20:37 |
| From: | Jon Bennett (jon@jtfbus.com) |
| | 1.Gong- Gazeuze (killer jazz/rock)-Buy this NOW!!!
2.Miles Davis- Live Evil
3.Tony Williams Lifetime-Believe It
4.John McLaughin-Extrapolation
5.Return To Forever-Where Have I Known You Before
6.John Coltrane- A Love Supreme
7.Pat Martino-Joyous Lake (reissued with Starbright on First Light)
8.Bill Bruford-One of a Kind
9.Tim Hagans-No Words
10.Steve Khan-The Blue Man |
| Date: | 27-Jun-1999 22:32:50 |
| From: | Craig Gaines (cgaines2@pilot.msu.edu) |
| | 1. Miles Davis: "Kind of Blue." There's a reason everyone
picks this one.
2. Oliver Nelson: "Blues and the Abstract Truth."
3. Oliver Nelson: "More Blues and the Abstract Truth." How
is it that these albums aren't ever mentioned?
4. Benny Carter: "The Urbane Sessions." It's worth it just
for the Roy Eldridge solo peices.
5. Ellington/Mingus/Roach: "Money Jungle." The most powerful
trio ever?
6. Basie/Ellington: "First Time Ever!" It's like having Da
Vinci and Picasso work on the same canvas.
7. Charles Mingus: "Antibes '60." If nothing else, it's
worth it for "What Love."
8. Gillespie/Peterson: "Oscar Peterson & Dizzy Gillespie."
9. Sonny Stitt: "Personal Appearance." The first jazz album
given to me.
10. Miles Davis: "Plugged Nickel Ses |
| Date: | 29-Jun-1999 22:39:42 |
| From: | Michael Rastall (astralecho@aol.com) |
| | 1.John Coltrane - Crescent
2.Pharoah Sanders - Tauhid
3.Lonnie Liston Smith - Expansions
4.Prince Lasha & Sonny Simmons - Firebirds
5.McCoy Tyner - Extensions
6.Stanley Cowell - Illusion Suite
7.Alice Coltrane - Journey to Satchidananda
8.Norman Connors - Dance of Magic
9.Gato Barbieri - Under Fire
10.Leon Thomas - Spirits Known and Unknown
10.Leon Thomas - Spirits Known and Unknown
10. |
| Date: | 30-Jun-1999 15:46:48 |
| From: | THOMAS RIKER |
| | 1) FIRST MEDITATIONS- JOHN COLTRANE
2) COMPLETE AFRICA/BRASS- COLTRANE
3) COMPLETE VILLAGE VANGAURD- COLTRANE
4) MAJOR WORKS- COLTRANE
5) TRIBUTE TO JACK JOHNSON- MILES DAVIS
6) BITCHES BREW- MILES
7) FILLES DE KILIMANJARO-MILES
8) IN A SILENT WAY-MILES
9) LIVE/EVIL-MILES
10) DOES YOUR HOUSE HAVE LIONS?- RAHSAAN ROLAND KIRK
11) BLACK SAINT AND THE SINNER LADY- CHARLES MINGUS
12) OUT TO LUNCH- ERIC DOLPHY
13) SPECTRUM- TONY WILLIAMS LIFETIME
14) LIVE AT PEP'S- YUSEF LATEEF
15) COMPLETE IMPULSE!LIVE- ALBERT AYLER |
| Date: | 02-Jul-1999 07:19:26 |
| From: | gal granov (galg@bigfoot.com) |
| | 1 - kinda blue / m.davis
2 - keith jarret / Koln
3 - H.Hancock / Cantalopue island
4 - E.pieranunzi - Seaward
5 - B. Mehldau - the art of the trio vol 2
6 - chick corea - light as a feather
7 - Kieth jarret - Still live
8 - M.davis - Nefertiti
9 - w shorter - speak no ecil
10 - billevans - sunday @ the village vanguard |
| Date: | 04-Jul-1999 15:44:02 |
| From: | James Shell (jgserge@aol.com) |
| | This is off the top of my head, without looking at my collection, but here are some picks that come immediately to mind: 1. Miles Davis: Kind of Blue. Possibly the most perfect jazz recording ever made.
2. Bill Evans: The Complete Riverside Recordings. If I could I would take everything Evans ever recorded to the desert island, but if I could take only one Evans set, this would be it. My favorite musician of all time.
3. Lennie Tristano: The New Tristano. Maybe the finest solo jazz piano album ever.
4. Charlie Parker: The Complete Savoy Recordings. Perhaps if I had the rest of my life on a desert island to study these recordings, I could finally fully understand the depths of Parker's genius.
5. John Coltrane: The Classic Quartet/The Complete Impulse Studio Recordings. I spent my college years listening to this music, so it has great nostalgic as well as musical value to me. And it still sounds great.
6. Thelonious Monk: The Complete Blue Note Recordings. The most delightful and original musician I've ever heard.
7. Cecil Taylor: Indent. Another musician of great originality.
8. Jimmy Giuffre: The Complete Atlantic Recordings. I have become increasingly fascinated by Giuffre over recent years; he is definitely one of the undersung heroes of jazz.
9. Stan Getz/Kenny Barron: People Time. A remarkable statement from a man on the verge of death and one of the great triumvirate of '50s/'60s tenor players, along with Coltrane and...
10. Sonny Rollins: Saxophone Colossus. Every track is a classic, from maybe the finest improviser who has ever lived. I'm sure I left some great ones out. |
| Date: | 07-Jul-1999 21:59:30 |
| From: | Jeff Grinnell (grinnell@pls.lib.ca.us) |
| | 1. Miles Davis -- Kind of Blue (Columbia)
2. Bill Frisell -- Nashville (Nonesuch)
3. Ruben Gonzalez -- Introducing Ruben Gonzalez (Nonesuch)
4. Bill Evans -- You Must Believe in Spring (Warner Bros.)
5. Weather Report -- Black Market (Columbia)
6. Ben Webster -- Soulville (Verve)
7. Art Tatum -- Tatum Group Masterpieces, vol. 8 (Pablo)
8. John Scofield -- A Go Go (Verve)
9. Ella Fitzgerald -- The Intimate Ella (Verve/Polygram)
10. Oscar Peterson -- Exclusively for My Friends (Verve)
11. Duke Ellington -- Blanton/Webster Band (RCA)
12. Art Pepper -- Winter Moon (Galaxy/Fantasy)
13. John Coltrane -- Ballads (Impulse)
14. Billie Holiday -- Legacy Box: 1933-1958 (Columbia)
15. Lester Young -- Complete Aladdin Recordings (Blue Note)
16. Count Basie -- Complete Decca Recordings (GRP)
17. Stan Getz -- Sweet Rain (Verve)
18. Chick Corea -- Return to Forever (ECM)
19. Archie Shepp -- Trouble in Mind (Steeplechase)
20. Louis Armstrong -- Louis Armstrong, vol. 4 (Columbia) |
| Date: | 09-Jul-1999 16:52:30 |
| From: | SEAN HIPKISS (NEWHALEN@MSN.COM) |
| | Ten albums to choose-Henry Kaisers webpage offers no less than Thirty Desert Island Picks,but seeing as this is just confined to the Jazz field here are my Ten that really hit the spot(In no order either!); 1)Stuttgart Aria - Jaco Pastorius/Birelli Lagrene:Punchy,vibrant and involving stuff
2)Gazeuse - Gong:Don't laugh,this is an enormous album!!
3)I.O.U. - Allan Holdsworth:In the form of his life on this
4)Public Access - Steve Khan:Steve can do no wrong for me, no matter what he decides to release,a cracking album.
5)First Album - Everyman Band:David Torn and pals make a fine debut album,Nuclear Suite the track that seals their selection amongst my Top Ten.
6)A Go Go - John Scofield:Recent release from the guitar legend,and the one I like most of his many albums.
7)Live - Bill Frisell,Joey Baron,Kermit Driscoll:Frisell has a sound of his own on that twangy guitar exerting such soulful expression with minimal effort it seems!
8)The Sound of Summer Running - Marc Johnson:Yet another recent release but I consider it to be his most accomplished work to date,a memorable album throughout.
9)Emerald City - Richie Beirach/John Abercrombie:A very interesting album conjuring up austere landscapes,could be as bleak as some Jan Garbarek albums which don't make the fray into this Top Ten.
10)Jigsaw - Mike Stern:Some very powerful guitar playing interspersed with some almighty saxophone courtesy of the inimatable Bob Berg,crunchy stuff! |
| Date: | 09-Jul-1999 17:25:37 |
| From: | Brent Baumann (bbaumann@hotmail.com) |
| | 1) Charles Mingus---BLACK SAINT AND THE SINNER LADY
2) Sonny Rollins---SAXOPHONE COLLOSSUS
3) Miles Davis---KIND OF BLUE
4) Ahmad Jamal Trio---CROSS COUNTRY TOUR 58-61
5) Horace Silver---SONG FOR MY FATHER
6) Herbie Hancock---MAIDEN VOYAGE
7) Cannonball Adderley---LIVE IN SAN FRANSISCO
8) Charles Mingus---MINGUS AT ANTIBES
9) Miles Davis---WALKIN
10) Bill Evans---EVERYBODY DIGS BILL EVANS These are the discs that stay in the cd player for months at a time, the kind of music that sounds different each time I listen to it. Most importantly I´m moved by this music. |
| Date: | 11-Jul-1999 21:59:40 |
| From: | Martyn Stewart (Stew@Jardiniereco.com) |
| | None of Sean Hipkiss's Picks. If you read his, you are deep into that crazy space between his ears! 1) Rod Stewart's Greatest Blondes
2) A night in Blair Atholl. Sean Hipkiss
3) 2 weeks in Bristol ... Sean Hipkiss
4) 1 week in a Skin Hospital . Sean Hipkiss
5) Mrs Mills at the Paladium
6) Chuby Brown
7) Rooy Griffiths at Sidney Opera House
8) Martyn Stewart Live in Spain
9) Jeff Beck, I Love myself
10)Drowsey Maggie. Lark in the Morning |
| Date: | 12-Jul-1999 21:11:56 |
| From: | Matthew Temple |
| | Miles David In a Silent Way
YoYo Ma Bach Concertos
Frank Sinatra Songs for Swinging Lovers
The Velvet Undergound and Nico
Orchesta Boabab Pirates Choice |
| Date: | 17-Jul-1999 07:39:45 |
| From: | Cor Burger (squawsome@yahoo.com) |
| | 1) Miles Davis: "Kind of bleu"
2) Thelonious Monk: "with John Coltrane"
3) John Coltrane: "Giant steps"
4) John Coltrane: "My favorite things
5) Miles Davis: "Porgy and Bess"
6) Al di Meola: "Di Meola plays Piazzolla
7) Charles Mingus: "Pithecanthropus erectus
8) Micheal Brecker: "Two blocks from the edge"
9) Dave Brubeck: "Time out"
10) John McLaughlin: "ExtrapolationI think I should swim back to my room to get a few other cds like:
11)Joshua Redman: "wish"
12) Dimeola, De lucia& Mclaughlin: Friday night in San Francisco
13) Eric Dolphy: "out to lunch"
14) Charlie Parker:"The 1945-1953 recordings You should all listen to this.
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| Date: | 17-Jul-1999 15:32:30 |
| From: | MARTIN PRITCHARD (FROM WOLVERHAMPTON) |
| | MY ALMIGHTY LIST WITH NO RESERVATIONS BEGINS HERE - O.K. 1) 3 - SOFT MACHINE
2)PANGEA - MILES DAVIS
3)AGHARTA - MILES DAVIS
4)DARK MAGUS - MILES DAVIS
5)ESCALATOR OVER THE HILL - CARLA BLEY
6)GAZEUSE - GONG
7)NIGHT PASSAGE - WEATHER REPORT
8)BEBE GODZILLA - PATRICK GAUTHIER
9)THE SINGLES - TERJE RYPDAL
10)FOLK SONGS - JAN GARBAREK
LISTEN AND LEARN PEOPLE!- MARTIN PRITCHARD
|
| Date: | 17-Jul-1999 16:30:00 |
| From: | Brad |
| | Imaginary Day - Pat Metheny
Live Evil - Miles Davis
Funky Thide of Sings - Billy Cobham
Spectrum - Billy Cobham
Birds of Fire - Mahavishnu Orchestra
Remember Shakti - John Mclaughlin & Friends
Shackman - Medeski, Martin & Wood
Jazz Is Dead - Jazz Is Dead
Jazz Mandolin Project - Jazz Mandolin Project
Surrender to the Air - Trey Anastasion |
| Date: | 19-Jul-1999 15:13:19 |
| From: | Sebastian Rios |
| | Hard, Cool, Latin Jazz 1- Thelonious Monk -- Underground
2- Thelonious Monk -- Monk's Music
3- Miles Davis -- Kind of Blue
4- Miles Davis -- Seven step to heaven
5- Pat Metheney -- Travels
6- John Coltrane -- Ballads
7- Gato Barbieri -- Tropico
8- Astor Piazzolla -- Tango hora cero (Tango Zero Hour)
9- Paquito D'Rivera -- Tico Tico
10- Danilo Perez -- Panamonk |
| Date: | 20-Jul-1999 12:37:33 |
| From: | Brian White (Brian @WhiteWB.freeserve.co.uk) |
| | I feel mine is distilled from all of the above,but I've enjoyed reading all of them.On my island...
Zoot Sims - "With the Gershwin Brothers" (includes Peterson,
Pass etc - superb standard jazz from the genius of Gershwin)
Pat Metheny Group - "Pat Metheny Group" ("San Lorenzo" is a true masterpiece).
Miles Davis - "Kind Of Blue"
"Miles Ahead" (Sorry,but these albums simply define jazz).
Stephane Grappelli - "Live In Copenhagen" (with Joe Pass and
Neils-Henning Orsted Pedersen...the greatest European jazz man.This album swings like crazy).
Errol Garner - "Live At The World's Fair in Seattle 1961"
(Garner grunts his way through classic trio album).
Wynton Marsalis and The Lincoln Centre Jazz Orchestra - "They Came To Swing"
(Great fun - the essence of swing).
Keith Jarrett - "Tokyo '96" (I saw this described as Jarrett for Jarrett haters !..brilliant and serious jazz.
Jack Teagarden - "That's A Serious Thing" (Big T had the warmest and bluesiest tone in both trombone and voice.This CD features Armstrong,and contains the roots of all jazz.Essential).
John Coltrane - "A Love Supreme" (The enigmatic and startling album which still gives me goosebumps).Isn't this just the most stimulating and life affirming music ?........Stay hip,everyone !
|
| Date: | 22-Jul-1999 23:16:09 |
| From: | Kenan Hebert (fluxion23@hotmail.com) |
| | These are just the ones that have gotten the heaviest rotation in the last six or so years of my life (I'm 25). 1. Miles Davis -- "Kind of Blue": It's nearly impossible to pick a favorite Miles album, but I have to go with the flock on this one. 2. John Coltrane -- "Coltrane's Sound": Incidentally, one of my favorite album covers of all time, as well. 3. Oscar Peterson Trio -- "Night Train": Put it on any night of the week, at any hour, and suddenly it's closing time, and you're finishing off your last cig under blue neon. Smooth and intimate. 4. Sam Cooke -- "Night Beat": Is it jazz? I'm not sure. Maybe it's mostly blues. But it's one of the strongest vocal performances I can think of. My comments for "Night Train" apply here as well. 5. Miles Davis -- "Someday My Prince Will Come": The Coltrane solo on "Teo" is chill-inducing. 6. Nat "King" Cole Trio -- "Complete After Midnight Sessions": He stares at me even as I write this, from an old postcard taped over my computer. He's saying, "Cavalier is the only way to be, my man." 7. Bill Evans Trio -- "Portrait in Jazz": I could've picked almost any of his albums, especially the Riverside stuff, but his version of "Blue in Green" ranks as one my personal jazz epiphanies. Perfect. 8. Herbie Hancock -- "Empyrean Isles": Ron Carter is a God, plain and simple. And let's never forget how impressive Freddie Hubbard is, as well. 9. John Coltrane Quartet -- "Crescent": In my own unestimable opinion, his best Impulse! album. Edges out "Love Supreme" with his unmatched tenderness on "Wise One." 10. Julian "Cannonball" Adderly -- "Somethin' Else": Another one that seems to make everybody's list. And, as with "Kind of Blue," I understand why. |
| Date: | 22-Jul-1999 23:21:28 |
| From: | Kenan Hebert (fluxion23@hotmail.com) |
| | I wonder how I forgot to mention "Monk's Dream." I also wonder how everyone else forgot to, as well. |
| Date: | 23-Jul-1999 14:56:41 |
| From: | dan patten (dpatten@mtt.ca) |
| | 1.zoot sims-gerchwin bros
2.eddie lockjaw davis-all of me
3.jimmy smith-home cookin'
4.joe pass-unforgettable
5.barney kessel-yesterday
6.stitt/gonsalves-salt and pepper
7.oscar peterson-northsea festival
8.davis/griffin-live at minton's
9.wes montgomery-so much guitar
10.joe venuti-with zoot sims |
| Date: | 23-Jul-1999 21:33:57 |
| From: | Sujit |
| | 1. Birds of Fire, Mahavishnu Orchestra
2. Heavy Weather -Weather report
3. Natural Elements - Shakti
4. Herbie Hancock and the Head Hunters
5. Elegant Gypsy - Al de Meola
6. Friday Night at San Francisco - MclAughlin, Al de Meiola, Paco
7. Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
8. Blue Train - Coltrane
9. Spectrum - Billy Cobham
10. School Days - Stanley Clarke |
| Date: | 24-Jul-1999 12:30:08 |
| From: | Thomas Riker |
| | coltrane- complete village vangaurd
ole' coltrane
first meditations
major works
dolphy- out to lunch
at the five spot vol.1&2
miles- filles de kilimanjaro
bitches brew
milestones
monk- brilliant corners
monk's music
mingus- black saint and the sinner lady
ah um
ornette- free jazz
shape of jazz to come
rahsaan- does your house have lions
ayler- complete imuse live
cecil- unit structures |
| Date: | 25-Jul-1999 08:50:43 |
| From: | Jeff Duperon |
| | Lee Morgan: Tom Cat (Blue Note)
Freddie Hubbard: Reddie For Freddie (Blue Note)
John Coltrane: A Love Supreme (MCA/Impulse)
Sonny Rollins: Tenor Madness (Prestige)
John Coltrane/Johnny Hartman: John Coltrane/Johnny Hartman (MCA/Impulse)
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers: The Jazz Messenger (Columbia)
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers: Art Collection (Concord)
Dinah Washington: First Issue (Emarcy)
Clifford Brown: Complete Blue Note And Pacific Recordings (Capitol)
The Verve Story: 1944-1994 The Verve Story (Verve) Jeff has programmed JAZZ for the past 13 years @ WWOZ 90.7 FM, New Orleans. He is now living in Philadelphia, and has taken residence @ WRTI JAZZ-FM 90.1. |
| Date: | 25-Jul-1999 08:53:21 |
| From: | Henry S. Wright |
| | 1."Stick Up!" by Bobby Hutcherson (Blue Note)
2."Mode for Joe" by Joe Henderson (Blue Note)
3."Nefertiti" by Miles Davis (Columbia)
4."Indestructible!" by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (Blue Note)
5."Ole Coltrane"by John Coltrane (Atlantic)
6."The Gigolo" by Lee Morgan (Blue Note)
7.Thelonious Monk: Complete Blue Note Recordings (Blue Note)
8."Stan Getz and Bill Evans" (Verve)
9."Dippin'" by Hank Mobley (Blue Note)
10."Yardbird Suite" (Best of Charlie Parker collection on Rhino)
11."Juju" by Wayne Shorter (Blue Note)Henry hails from Washington, D.C.
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| Date: | 04-Aug-1999 15:55:30 |
| From: | Brent Wheeler (bwheeler@xtra.co.nz) |
| | The ommissions are as interesting as the inclusions. I note the infrequent mentions of any Clifford Brown, Stan Getz, Louis, Bill Evans. These dudes are there but compared with say Miles or the Duke rather infrequently. I agree with the "a rough torture comment" Thanks. |
| Date: | 11-Aug-1999 08:04:55 |
| From: | Clifford Preiss (cliffdp@earthlink.net) |
| | It seems odd to me that no music before Charlie Parker's time was chosen by most of the "desert island" inhabitants. (OK; someone did pick Lester Young and a lot of people like 50's-era Ellington, but there's always exceptions to the rule). Anyway, here is a non-inclusive list of favorites, since CD's are small enough to tote way more than 10 or 15, if you jettison the jewelcases. I am listing LP versions of the earliest recordings, however, since good 78 tranfers to CD are rarer than they should be: 1. Louis Armstrong - and his Hot Seven - The Louis Armstrong Story (Columbia) Have you ever heard "Potato Head Blues?" If you haven't, you're missing out on some of the most thrilling sounds ever recorded by jazz's single most important artist. 2. Bix Beiderbecke - Bix & Tram - The Bix Beiderbecke Story (Columbia) Bix's melodious solos on the masterpieces like "I'm Comin' Virginia," "Singin the Blues," and "Cryin' All Day," are highlights. 3. Fletcher Henderson - Development of an American Artist (Smithsonian) A musical survey of the birth of an archetype for big band jazz. 4. Complete Commodore Recordings, Vols 1- 3 (Mosaic) - my first cheater box set selection (some 60 LP's!) It contains some of the best Pres, Hawk, Roy Eldridge, Lester Young, Billie Holiday, etc. 5. Duke Ellington - The Complete RCA Victor recordings (BMG) - I guess one more cheater box wouldn't hurt; more than 20 CD's of prime Duke, including the latter-day favorites like the "Far East Suite" and "And His Mother Called Him Bill..." but also many of the discs that forged his reputation, from the Jungle Band sides with the great trumpeter Bubber Miley to the revolutionary early 40's dates with Jimmy Blanton and Ben Webster. 6. Billie Holiday - The Complete Columbia Recordings (Sony). Now I am really cheating, because I'm listing a set that hasn't even been released yet, but I can't wait to hear what re-issue producer/sound engineer Phil Schaap does with the legendary small group material with Teddy Wilson; discs that are ultimate examples of swing and improvisitory genius. Hearing them makes me glad to be alive. 7. Art Tatum Group Masterpieces Vol. 8 with Ben Webster (Pablo) - Back to a single disc (and it's a cheap one, too!). A sublime jazz summit, with Webster, one of the greatest ballad interpreters ever, in top form. To never have heard their rendition of "Have you Met Miss Jones" would be a crime. 8. Charlie Parker "Complete Savoy Studio Recordings" Meaning the set remastered by Jack Towers and Phil Schaap on Savoy/Muse some years back, if only for the "Koko" session alone. 9. Miles Davis and Gil Evans - The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings. OK, another box, and producer Phil S., I tip my hat to you again, as this is a miraculous sound restoration of the essential jazz tandem; the final seconds alone of "I Don't Wanna Be Kissed" is one of the hippest examples of jazz writing ever, and Miles is inspired by Evans' incredible sonic backdrops to produce some of his best work. 10. Interpretations of Monk (4 CD's; DIW/Koch Jazz) From 1981; easily one of the best concerts of my lifetime. Although trumpeter Don Cherry was under the weather that day and plays way below form (I'd hate it if this was the listener's only exposure to this unique artist), Roswell Rudd, Steve Lacy, Charlie Rouse, Richard Davis, Barry Harris, Mal Waldron, etc. are well-nigh perfect in this tribute to the compositional genius of Thelonious Monk (don't worry, I'll find a way to get the boxed set of Monk's complete Riverside recordings to my island too). And of course there are other boxes to stow in the knapsack; Coltrane on Atlantic and Impulse, Ornette Coleman on Atlantic, Bill Evans on Riverside and Verve... These boxes would come in handy on a desert isle! Almost makes me wish I could leave everything behind and just listen.....
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| Date: | 17-Aug-1999 21:21:50 |
| From: | Anthony Davis (DADavissr@hotmail.com) |
| | My ten picks would have to be:
1. Miles Davis & Gil Evans: It Ain't Necessarily So
2. Miles Davis & Gil Evans: Summertime
3. Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald: April in Paris
4. Dave Brubeck: Take Five
5: Miles Davis Live at Carnegie Hall: So What
6: John Coltrane: Spiritual
7: Lena Horne: Never On a Sunday
8: Bird & Diz: Salt Peanuts
9: Thelonius Monk: Straight No Chaser
10: Wes Montgomery: Bumpin' On SunsetSelection are in no particular order
Anthony Davis from Washington DC
Home of Blues Alley and Takoma Station |
| Date: | 19-Aug-1999 08:38:11 |
| From: | Idris M. |
| | It's always a shame to only write down one's 10 or however many favorite recordings (and ranking them is a bummer); I'd love to give a big salute to every artist who's worked hard enough to get their sounds out and keep doing it. These are only ordered by the chronology of their coming to my mind, these seletions are pretty much a trip through "New Music" as I'm hearing it: Anthony Braxton-- Montreux/ Berlin Concerts
Alice Coltrane-- Ptah the El Daoud
Sonny Sharrock-- Ask the Ages
Derek Bailey/ Evan Parker-- Arch Duo
Sam Rivers-- The Quest
Dave Holland-- Extentions
Joe Morris-- Racket Club
Steve Coleman-- Curves of Life
Derek Bailey-- Guitar, Drums, 'n Bass
Praxis-- Transmutation Live
Spanish Fly-- Fly By Night |
| Date: | 24-Aug-1999 01:37:51 |
| From: | Stritch Manzello Jr. (kynoceph@yahoo.com) |
| | 1) Live At The Village Vanguard - The Master Takes - John Coltrane.
2) Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch
3) Pharoah Sanders - Tauhid
4) Rahsaan Roland Kirk - The Inflated Tear
5) Sun Ra - Space Is The Place
6) Journeys in Satchidananda - Alice Coltrane
7) The Shape of Jazz to Come - Ornette Coleman
8) Louis Armstrong - Hot Fives & Hot Sevens #2
9) JellyRoll Morton: 1939-1940
10) Cassandra Wilson - Blue Light Till Dawn
(hey, it would get lonely out there. Can I just bring her? Not the CD, her.)
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| Date: | 26-Aug-1999 16:27:37 |
| From: | Doug Ford (fdouglas@mailer.fsu.edu) |
| | 1. In a Silent Way--Miles Davis
2. Captain Marvel--Stan Getz
3. Matador--Grant Green
4. Black Market--Weather Report
5. Adam's Apple--Wayne Shorter
6. American Diary--Mike Mainieri
7. Massey Hall Concert--Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, et al
8. Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane--Monk
9. Tales from the Hudson--Michael Brecker
10. Friday Night in San Francisco--Di Meola, McLaughlin, De Lucia |
| Date: | 30-Aug-1999 12:02:15 |
| From: | John J. Bunton (bunton@reach.net) |
| | Frustrating to be limited to ten disks, but here goes,alphabetized by artist: 1. Louis Armstrong, "The Hot Sevens"
2. John Coltrane, "Giant Steps"
3. Ornette Coleman, "The Shape of Jazz to Come"
4. Miles Davis, "Kind of Blue"
5. Duke Ellington, "The Blanton/Webster Band"
6. Charles Mingus, "Black Saint and the Sinner Lady"
7. Thelonious Monk, "Monk's Music"
8. Charlie Parker, "The Dial Masters"
9. Art Pepper, "Meets the Rhythm Section"
10. Sun Ra, "Jazz in Silhouette" Here's a "non-Jazz" list of ten: 1. Leonard Cohen, "The Songs of Leonard Cohen"
2. Elvis Costello, "Get Happy"
3. Bob Dylan, "Blonde on Blonde"
4. Bob Dylan, "Highway 61 Revisited"
5. Bob Dylan, "Bringing it all Back Home"
6. Van Morrison, "Astral Weeks"
7. Van Morrison, "Moondance"
8. Graham Parker, "Heat Treatment"
9. The Rolling Stones, "Beggar's Banquet"
10. The Velvet Underground, "The Velvet Underground"
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| Date: | 01-Sep-1999 06:37:42 |
| From: | Jules Saul (Julian.saul@meespierson.co.uk) |
| | 1. Miles Davis - Kind of Blue 2. Together ! - Elvin and Philly Joe Jones 3. Roy Haynes - Out of the Afternoon (Roland Kirk's solos make me want to cry and Roy Hayne's drumming is superb as would be expected) 4. Dave Brubeck - Time Out 5. Lalo Schifrin - Bossa Nova Beat 6. Art Blakey - The Jazz Messenger/Midnight Session/Freedom Rider/Drum Suite - Bu's drumming is beyond superlatives on all of these recordings 7. John Coltrane - Coltrane 8. Sun Ra and his Allstars - Outer Reach Intensity Energy v1,v2 - Extremely rare Saturn recording that propels you at the speed of light into the stretched space time Mystery that is Mister-Ra 9. Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else 10. Wayne Shorter - Adams Apple |
| Date: | 03-Sep-1999 15:23:05 |
| From: | Donnis Howard (dhoward@technologist.com) |
| | 1. charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie (Bird and Diz)
2. Miles Davis (Kind of Blue)
3. Sonny Rollins (Sax col.)
4. John Coltrane (Blue Train)
5. John Coltrane (Ballads)
6. Wes Montgomery (Amazing Jazz Guitar)
7. Cannonball & Nancy Wilson
8. Thelonius Monk (brilliant corners)
9. Charlie Parker (the Charlie Parker Story)
10.charlie parker & dizzy gillespie (in case one breaks!) |
| Date: | 04-Sep-1999 21:14:33 |
| From: | James Birkett (housed@pinc.com) |
| | Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
Still Live - Keith Jarrett
The Best of Marvin Gaye - Mavin Gaye
Revolver - The Beatles
The Best of Crowded House - Crowded House
The Gentle Side of John Coltrane - John Coltrane
The Soul Cages - Sting
Plantation Lullabies - Me'shell Ndegeocello
The Best of Chet Baker Sings - Chet Baker
Live at The Lighthouse - Elvin Jones
Aja - Steely Dan |
| Date: | 12-Sep-1999 14:09:26 |
| From: | Bill Bush (b.bush@talk21.com) |
| | My tip top ten:
Stan Getz - Your'e Blase
Charlie Parker - Ornithology
Ben Webster - My Romance
Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue (have you heard of it?)
Dave Brubeck - Take Five
Martin Taylor - Spirit of Django
John Coltrane - Ballards
Getz / Gilberto - Getz / Gilberto
Herbie Hancock - Cantaloupe Island
Grappelli / Reinheld - Anything!!
Enjoy! |
| Date: | 14-Sep-1999 05:08:18 |
| From: | Christy Guinness (clubmail@xtra.co.nz) |
| | NO PARTICULAR ORDER Thelonious Monk "Genius of Modern Music"
Dexter Gordon "Go"
The Quintet "Jazz at Massey Hall"
Charles Mingus "Live At Antibes"
Jackie McLean "Swing Swang Swingin"
John Coltrane "Blue Trane"
Art Blakey "A Night At Birdland"
Jay Jay Johnson "The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson"
Bud Powell "The Amazing Bud Powell"
Sonny Rollins "Sazophone Colossus"
Milt Jackson "Bags Groove"
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| Date: | 14-Sep-1999 05:15:26 |
| From: | Christy Guinness (clubmail@xtra.co.nz) |
| |
The Quintet 'Jazz At Massey Hall"
John Coltrane "Blue Train"
Thelonious Monk "Genius Of Modern Music"
Bud Powell "The Amazing Bud Powell"
Charles Mingus "Live At Antibes"
Art Blakey "Night At Birdland"
Jay Jay Johnson "The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson"
Sonny Rollins "Saxophone Colossus"
Milt Jackson "Bags Groove"
Dexter Gordon "Go!"
Jackie Mclean "Swing,Swang,Swingin"
Roland Kirk "We Free Kings"Sorry, I can't count.... |
| Date: | 28-Sep-1999 19:53:28 |
| From: | Buddy Dearent (bdearent@compaq.net) |
| | 1. Focus-Stan Getz
2. Intuition-Lennie Tristano/Warne Marsh
3. Complete Bird on Savoy-Charlie Parker 4. The Amazing Bud Powell- on Bluenote (vol. 1& 2)
5. Chet Baker and Crew-Chet Baker Quintet
6. Getz/Gilberto-Stan Getz/Joao Gilberto
7. Big Band Bossa Nova-Stan Getz/Gary McFarland arr.
8. Waltz-Clare Fischer Big Band
9. The Paris Concert-Gerry Mulligan Quartet (w/Bob Brookmeyer
10. Miles Davis plus Nineteen-Miles Davis/Gil Evans |
| Date: | 28-Sep-1999 19:54:49 |
| From: | Alex W (alexwindsor@tuned2000.freeserve.co.uk) |
| | BeBop / HardBop / Modal Jazz 1 - Miles Davis - Milestones
2 - John Coltrane - My Favorite Things
3 - Bheki Mseleku - Timelessness
4 - Theolonious Monk with John Coltrane
5 - Joe Henderson - In 'n Out
6 - McCoy Tyner - The Real McCoy
7 - Charlie Parker - Best Of
8 - Herbie Hancock - HeadHunters
9 - Horace Silver - Song for my Father
10 - Tim Whitehead - Authentic |
| Date: | 06-Oct-1999 23:50:41 |
| From: | makosky |
| | Everybody puts Miles/Monk/Mingus/Trane etc., and generally
I would as well. However, to be different, how about 14 lesser known favorites? (in chronological order) 1. Yusef Lateef--Eastern Sounds--Prestige--1961
2. Grant Green--Feelin' the Spirit--Blue Note--1962
3. Donald Byrd--A New Perspective--Blue Note--1963
4. Sun Ra--Other Planes of There--Evidence--1964
5. Prince Lasha/Sonny Simmons--Firebirds--Contem--1967
6. Horace Tapscott/John Carter--West Coast Hot--Novus--1969
7. Woody Shaw--Blackstone Legacy--Contem--1970
8. Carla Bley--Escalator Over the Hill--JCOA--1967-1971
9. George Lewis--Homage to Charles Parker--Bl.St--1978
10. Leo Smith & New Dalta Ahkri--Go in Numbers-Bl.St--1980
11. Anthony Davis--Episteme--Gramavision--1981
12. James Newton--African Flower--Blue Note--1985
13. Mingus Big Band 93--Nostalgia in Times Square--Dreyfus
14. Ray Anderson--Big Band Record--Gramavision--1994
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| Date: | 07-Oct-1999 00:15:49 |
| From: | Makosky (tittle2@bellsouth) |
| | Top Ten I'd like to take, but can't find.
CAN ANYONE OUT THERE HELP ME?
1. Julius Hemphill--Dogon A.D.--Freedom--1972
2. Chico Freeman--Kings of Mali--India Nav.--1977
3. Chico Freeman--Peaceful Heart/Gentle Spirit--Contem--1980
4. Bill Dixon--Intents and Purposes--RCA--1967
5. Leo Smith--Divine Love--ECM--1978
6. Cecil McBee--Flying Out--India Nav.--1982
7. John Carter--Dance of the Love Ghosts--Gramavision--
8. Woody Shaw--Woody III--
9. Bennie Maupin--The Jewel in the Lotus--ECM--1974
10. Grachan Moncur--New Africa--BYG/Actuel??--1969
Grachan Moncur--Echoes of Prayer--JCOA--1974Can you make me a tape? Thank you. |
| Date: | 08-Oct-1999 13:08:10 |
| From: | Jamie K (basket_weaver@hotmail.com) |
| | 1. Paul Desmond - Take Ten
2. Paul Desmond - Bossa Antiqua
3. Paul Desmond - Late Lament
4. Duke Ellington - And His Mother Called Him Bill
5. Duke Ellington - The Far East Suite
6. Duke Ellington - The Ellington Suites
7. Dave Brubeck - Live at Carnegie Hall
8. Claude Bolling - Concerto for Classical Guitar and Jazz Piano
9. Sammy Nestico - Night Flight
10. Andre Previn - A Different Kind of Blues (featuring Itzhak Perlman) |
| Date: | 08-Oct-1999 15:00:31 |
| From: | Scott W. Weaver (scott_weaver@wbsaunders.com) |
| | Here's my desert island picks for this week. Next week I will probably have changed my mind. (I also cheated a little bit because the first four are boxes.) 1) Louis Armstrong: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Columbia/Legacy)
2) Duke Ellington: Giants of Jazz (Time-Life)
3) Lester Young: Giants of Jazz (Time-Life)
4) Charlie Parker: The Legendary Dial Masters (Stash)
5) Miles Davis: Kind of Blue (Columbia)
6) Herbie Hancock: Maiden Voyage (Blue Note)
7) Chick Corea: Three Quartets (Warner Bros)
8) Charles Mingus: Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (Impulse!)
9) Anthony Braxton: Five Pieces 1975 (Arista)
10) Charlie Haden & The Liberation Music Orchestra: Dream Keeper (Blue Note) |
| Date: | 12-Oct-1999 17:36:23 |
| From: | Kristopher Bell (kris@spie.org) |
| | One or two boxes (lovely loopholes)...no particular order...mostly giants (they're giants for a reason, you know) 1. Miles Davis--Kind of Blue
2. John Coltrane--A Love Supreme
3. Hank Mobley--Soul Station
4. Sonny Rollins--Saxophone Colossus
5. John Coltrange--My Favorite Things
6. Bill Evans--Sunday at the Village Vanguard
7. Bill Evans--Waltz for Debby
8. Rahsaan Roland Kirk--Dog Years in the Fourth Ring
9. Ornette Coleman--The Shape of Jazz to Come
10. Art Blakey--The Freedom Rider |
| Date: | 13-Oct-1999 23:35:41 |
| From: | DOMINIC SLOTH (CLUB.MAIL@XTRA.CO.NZ) |
| |
There must already be some Monk,Bird,Mingus,Miles,
Bill Evans and Coltrane on the island. They're everywhere.
Complete Clifford Brown/Max Roach
Milt Jackson on Blue Note
Sonny Rollins plus Four
The Amazing Bud Powell
Sonny Stitt Endgame Brilliance
Lucky Thompson Paris Sessions
Tina Brooks True Blue
Red Norvo Move
Jim Hall Live at the Village Vanguard
Hank Mobley Roll Call
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| Date: | 19-Oct-1999 02:24:41 |
| From: | Alexander M. Stern (mulder_1013@hotmail.com) |
| | Only ten, huh? I guess I'd go with: 1. Kind of Blue - Miles Davis (Predictable, I know)
2. Live at the Village Vanguard - The John Coltrane Quartet
3. Portrait in Jazz - Bill Evans
4. Song for My Father - Horace Silver
5. Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus - Charles Mingus
6. Saxophone Colossus - Sonny Rollins
7. Workout - Hank Mobley
8. Action! - Jackie McLean
9. Free for All - Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
10. Something Else - Cannonball Adderley |
| Date: | 21-Oct-1999 11:52:34 |
| From: | Mark Young (bubtrout@earthlink.net) |
| | Miles Davis - All Blues
John Coltrane - Giant Steps
Parker/Gillespie/Mingus/Roach - Jazz at Massey Hall
Oliver Nelson - Stolen Moments
Count Basie - Farmers Market Barbecue
Wynton Marsalis - In This House, On This Morning
Dave Brubeck - Take Five
Charlie Mingus - Nostalgia in Times Square
Gerry Mulligan/Chet Baker
Gillespie/Rollins/Stitt - Sonny Side Up
Cannonball Adderley - So What?
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| Date: | 27-Oct-1999 11:36:37 |
| From: | Thhhhrrrrumpb |
| | 1. Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers with Thelonius Monk. Blakey's rim shot madness on this recording perfectly complements Monk's idiosyncratic musings. An almost perfect album. 2. Roland Kirk - We Free Kings 3. Miles Davis - Kind of Blue 4. Art Blakey - Night in Tunisia As far as I'm concerned this is THE Version 5. John Coltrane - Coltrane 6. Art Blakey - The Jazz Messenger 7. Roy Haynes - Out of the Afternoon - Mr Snap Crackle and Kirk at their best. Henry Grimes is pretty damn good too. 8. Philly Jo and Elvin Jones - Together. The best drumming for drummers album I've heard yet. 9. John Coltrane - Live at The Village Vanguard 10. Lee Morgan - Leeway |
| Date: | 27-Oct-1999 12:01:26 |
| From: | Mr I Know nothing about Jazz but I'll list my stupid choices anyway |
| | 1. Sting - Any album by Sting - cooler than cool man 2. Spice Girls - Post 80's Modal Bop at its innovative best 3. Guns n' Roses - Axl Rose - The Reincarnation of Ella Fitzgerald 4. Phil Collins - An absolute collossus of drab middle of the road, easy listening, catchy million selling manure that anyone in their right mind would flush straight down the toilet---ONE OF MY FAVOURITES 5. Jimi Hendrix - A huge talent, a great guitarist, huge respect due to him....BUT JAZZ........... NO !!!! WHICH IDIOT DOPE ADDLED CAN'T DIFFERENTIATE ROCK FROM JAZZ EXCRETA FOR BRAINS INCLUDED HIM IN HIS LIST !!! 6. Brian Adams - French for 'Jesus Christ that lobotomised sickeningly mushy teeth grindingly awful dirge of a song was at the top of the charts for so f***ing long I'd cut off my own head and eat it just to make it go away' AN ALL TIME HERO OF MINE- NO JAZZ COLLECTION IS COMPLETE WITHOUT AN ALBUM BY THIS GENIUS OF MODERN MUSIC 7.8.9.10. Any highly selling American rock perpertrated by badly permed and bleached haired spandex wearing clones that you'd hear as background music on a straight to video Jean Claude Van Damme 'Actioner'. A DEFINITE JAZZ MUST HAVE ! |
| Date: | 31-Oct-1999 11:03:47 |
| From: | AJ |
| | Miles Davis- Kind of Blue
Horace Silver- Song for My Father
John Coltrane- The Complete Village Vanguard 1961 Recordings
McCoy Tyner- The Real McCoy
Bill Evans- Sunday at the Village Vanguard
Joe Henderson- Page One
Cannonball Adderly- Somethin Else
Thelonious Monk- Brilliant Corners
Charles Mingus- The Clown
Grant Green- Idle Moments |
| Date: | 08-Nov-1999 13:05:04 |
| From: | John Skinner |
| | 1. Ben Allison, Medicine Wheel
2. Steve Coleman, Genesis & The Opening of the Way
3. Joshua Redman, Moodswing
4. Herbie Nichols Project, Love is Proximity
5. Herbie Nichols, Complete Blue Note (okay, I'm cheating)
6. MMW, Combustication
7. Michael Blake, Kingdom of Champa
8. Thomas Chapin, Sky Piece
9. Brad Mehldau, Village Vanguard (the first one)
10. Zappa, The Grand Wazoo |
| Date: | 08-Nov-1999 20:21:18 |
| From: | Paul Hawkins (zigaboogaloo@bellsouth.net) |
| | 1. Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
2. Payton's Place - Nicholas Payton
3. My Favorite Things - John Coltrane
4. RootzBOP Melodies - Survival Soundz
5. Winelight - Gorver Washington
6. Bug Music - Don Byron
7. Pithecanthropus Erectus - Charles Mingus
8. Blues & Roots - Charles Mingus
9. Stolen Moments - Stanley Jordan
10. Giant Steps - John Coltrane |
| Date: | 09-Nov-1999 01:50:13 |
| From: | Adam in Trombone Land |
| | 1. Miles Davis "Cookin' at the Plugged Nickel"
2. Sonny Rollins "The Bridge"
3. Count Basie "On the Road"
4. Dexter Gordon "A Day in Copenhagen"
5. Joe Henderson "Mode for Joe"
6. Jack Teagarden "It's Time for T"
7. Chet Baker "Ballads for Two"
8. Charles Mingus "Mingus Ah Um"
9. Michael Brecker "Michael Brecker"
10. Roswell Rudd "Regeneration" |
| Date: | 10-Nov-1999 12:51:00 |
| From: | Bill Lawrence (Bill_Lawrence@pap.state.ga.us) |
| | I'm probably cheating with so many boxed sets -- there are 49 CDs represented here -- but this was tough. They're in approximate chronological order:
Jelly Roll Morton - Complete RCA Victor Recordings
Dizzy Gillespie -- Complete RCA Victor Recordings
Bill Evans -- Complete Riverside Recordings
Ornette Coleman -- Beauty Is a Rare Thing (Complete Atlantic Recordings)
The Count Meets The Duke! (Battle Royal)
John Coltrane -- Major Works (Ascension, Om, etc.)
Charles Mingus -- Let My Children Hear Music
Cecil Taylor -- Silent Tongues
Modern Jazz Quartet -- The Last Concert [sic] (1974)
Art Pepper -- Complete Galaxy RecordingsAlso-rans: Louis Armstrong and King Oliver (Milestone); Ellington At Newport 1956; Complete Blue Note Recordings of Art Blakey's 1961 Jazz Messengers (Morgan, Shorter, Timmons, Merritt; a Mosaic set out of print, alas); Charles Mingus -- Complete Atlantic Recordings 1956-1961; Eric Dolphy -- Complete Prestige and New Jazz Recordings; Miles Davis -- Miles Smiles; Cecil Taylor -- The Eighth. |
| Date: | 18-Nov-1999 20:14:20 |
| From: | FATSOtung (fatsotung@hotmail.com) |
| | 1.Kind a Blue - Mile Davis
2.Bluetrain - Coltrane
3.Ah Um - Mingus
4.Bossa Nova - Getz Gilberto
5.Cafe Blue - Patricia Barber
6.When I look in u're eyes - Diana Krall
7.Jazz at the Pawnshop - Dominerius group
8.Live at the IT club - Monk
9.Jazz Saintgermain - Various
10.Bithches Brew - Miles Davis |
| Date: | 18-Nov-1999 20:14:32 |
| From: | FATSOtung (fatsotung@hotmail.com) |
| | 1.Kind a Blue - Mile Davis
2.Bluetrain - Coltrane
3.Ah Um - Mingus
4.Bossa Nova - Getz Gilberto
5.Cafe Blue - Patricia Barber
6.When I look in u're eyes - Diana Krall
7.Jazz at the Pawnshop - Dominerius group
8.Live at the IT club - Monk
9.Jazz Saintgermain - Various
10.Bithches Brew - Miles Davis |
| Date: | 18-Nov-1999 20:14:36 |
| From: | FATSOtung (fatsotung@hotmail.com) |
| | 1.Kind a Blue - Mile Davis
2.Bluetrain - Coltrane
3.Ah Um - Mingus
4.Bossa Nova - Getz Gilberto
5.Cafe Blue - Patricia Barber
6.When I look in u're eyes - Diana Krall
7.Jazz at the Pawnshop - Dominerius group
8.Live at the IT club - Monk
9.Jazz Saintgermain - Various
10.Bithches Brew - Miles Davis |
| Date: | 19-Nov-1999 18:39:56 |
| From: | Hot Lips |
| | 1. Miles Davis, Kind of Blue
2. Duke Ellington: The Webster/Blanton Big Band
3. Lester Young: The Aladdin Sessions
4. Sonny Clark: Cool Struttin'
5. Lee Morgan: Tom Cat
6. Booker Little: Victory and Sorrow
7. Bill Evans: Live at the Village Vanguard
8. Curtis Fuller: Bluesette
9. Cannonball Adderly: Somethin' Else
10. Eric Dolphy: Out to Lunch |
| Date: | 23-Nov-1999 13:49:08 |
| From: | Matt Reeder (mattreeder@hotmail.com) |
| | Parker and Gillepsie-Diz and Bird @Carnegie Hall
Miles Davis- The complete birth of the cool
John Coltrane- Live at the Village Vanguard
Stan Getz- the Ultimate Stan Getz
Charlie Parker- Bird of Paradise
Thelonius Monk- Monk Alone (Complete Studio 62-68)
Bill Evans Trio- Live at Montreux
Miles Davis- Bitches Brew
Louis Armstrong- The Great Chicago Concert
Count Basie-Live at the Sands |
| Date: | 02-Dec-1999 14:05:12 |
| From: | Mayo (female) (johnson.2015@osu.edu) |
| | 1. Kind of Blue (my first Miles Davis recording, I'm hooked
2. Anything by MILT JACKSON (R.I.P. 10/99)
3. Cassandra Wilson's Traveling Miles (tribute to
Miles Davis) I'm a relative new comer to the jazz world, any
suggestions? Email me...thanks! |
| Date: | 07-Dec-1999 22:28:23 |
| From: | Al B. (Albtruss@aol.com) |
| | 1. Anything by Lenny Breau
2. Early Charlie Parker
3. A Love Supreme by John Coltrane
4. Milestones and My Funny Valentine by Miles Davis
5. The Bill Evans/Scott LaFaro sessions
6. Anything by Lester Young
7. Ditto for Coleman Hawkins
8. Under Analysis by the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra
9. Stan Kenton's Westside Story
10. Anything by Dinah Washington
11. Anything by Gal Costa |
| Date: | 08-Dec-1999 11:57:12 |
| From: | Prabhu Ganesh (royalism@hotmail.com) |
| | I was thinking more like.... 1.Time Out - Dave Brubeck
2.The Promise - John Mclaughlin
3.Blue Train - John Coltrane
4.A Kind Of Blue - Miles Davis
5.My Spanish Heart - Chick Corea
6.Maiden Voyage - Herbie Hancock
7.Brilliant Corners - Thelonious Monk
8.Micheal Brecker - Micheal Brecker
9.After The Rain - John Mclaughlin
10.Pat Martino - East |
| Date: | 08-Dec-1999 12:02:09 |
| From: | Mahavishnu Ganesan (noveauxshakti@yahoo.fr) |
| | Fusion MAN! 1.Mahavishnu Orchestra - Inner Mounting Flame
2.Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters.
3.Return To Forever - Light As Feather
4.Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds Of Fire
5.Tony Williams Lifetime - Turn it over
6.Herbie Hancock - ManChild
7.Spyro Gyra - The Best Of Ten Years
8.Joe Sampel - Carmel
10.L.Subramaniam/Stephane Grapelli - Conversations.
|
| Date: | 13-Dec-1999 09:39:26 |
| From: | Thrassyvoulos Papadopoulos (stu32294@mail.uni-kiel.de) |
| | The order is not important.
1) Anything on Dial by Bird.
2) Tristano (Atlantic)
3) Monk vols. 1+2 (Blue Note)
4) Pithecanthropus Erectus by Mingus (Atlantic)
5) Free Jazz by Ornette (Atlantic)
6) Ascension (both editions) by Trane (Impulse)
7) Out for Lunch by Dolphy (Blue Note)
8) Looking Ahead by Cecil Taylor (Contemporary)
9) The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra vols. 1+2 (ESP)
10)Spiritual Unity by Albert Ayler (ESP)
11)Any early 70ies Art Ensemble of Chicago
12)For Trio by A. Braxton (Arista)Why only 10? I can carry 12 at least. |
| Date: | 13-Dec-1999 17:09:51 |
| From: | Curtis Waterbury (curtis_waterbury@citysearch.com) |
| | 1. Miles Davis, "All Blues"
2. John Coltrane, "Love Supreme"
3. Ahmad Jamal, "At The Pershing"
4. Charles Mingus, "Ah Um"
5. Sonny Rollins, "Saxophone Colossus"
6. Miles Davis, "In A Silent Way"
7. Stan Getz, "Getz and Gilberto"
8. John Scofield, "A Go Go"
9. Herbie Hancock, "Maiden Voyage"
10. Thelonious Monk, "Best Of" |
| Date: | 14-Dec-1999 16:16:13 |
| From: | M Schicker (LittlePan1@aol.com) |
| | TEN for a DESERT ISLE
1 Ahmad Jamal - Cross country tour 1958-1961
2 Betty Carter - Audience w/Betty Carter
3 Betty Carter - I'm yours, you're mine
4 Count Basie - Complete Decca Recordings
5 Mingus - Antibes '60
6 Mark Murphy/Benny Green - Dim the lights
7 Shirley Horn - Softly
8 Duke Ellington - Piano in the background
9 Kenny Werner - Live at Maybeck Recital Hall
10 George Shearing/Peggy Lee - Beauty & the beat!
|
| Date: | 20-Dec-1999 21:59:50 |
| From: | Mike Eben (trane12b@aol.com) |
| | 1. John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman - It doesn't get any
better...
2. John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
3. Miles Davis - Miles Smiles
4. Charles Mingus - Blues and Roots
5. Joshua Redman - Freedom in the Groove
6. Branford Marsalis - The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born
7. Dexter Gordon - Homecoming
8. Charles Earland - Cookin' with the Mighty Burner
9. Duke Ellington & John Coltrane - first track, In a
Sentimental Mood - sigh...
10. Art Blakey - Moanin'. No, Horace Silver - Blowin' the
Blues Away. No, Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt. Oh man, 10 is
not eno |
| Date: | 21-Dec-1999 09:35:45 |
| From: | Leo Scanlon |
| | These albums that have given me many hours of pleasure over the 45 years I've been listening to jazz. 1. Count Basie: The Complete Atomic Basie. The all-time best Basie album. 2. Dave Brubeck: Jazz Goes to College. Definitive Desmond throughout. 3. Miles Davis: Kind of Blue. The best jazz album ever. Period. 4. Miles Davis: Milestones. A close runner-up to KofB. 5. Duke Ellington: The Blanton-Webster Years 6. Errol Garner: Concert By the Sea 7. Thelonious Monk: Orchestra at Town Hall. Great all-star band, with amazing work from Phil Woods, Donald Byrd, and Pepper Adams. 8. Charlie Parker: Yardbird Suite. A 2-CD Rhino set with his best work from six different labels. 9. Art Tatum/Ben Webster: Pablo Group Masterpieces, Vol. 8. Just wonderful! After that, try Volume 7, with Buddy DeFranco. 10. Jack Teagarden: The Indispensable Jack Teagarden. A 2-CD set with many of Teagarden's most memorable tracks.
Runners-Up
1. Louis Armstrong: The Louis Armstrong Collection, Vol. 4: Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines. Some of Louis' greatest solos ever, especially "Tight Like This" (my favorite), "Weather Bird" (Louis' personal favorite), and "West End Blues." 2. Art Blakey: Night At Birdland, Vol. 1. Includes Clifford Brown's fabulous feature, "Once In a While." 3. Dave Brubeck: Jazz Goes to Junior College. Not available on CD, unfortunately. 4. Duke Ellington: Newport ‘56. The band was *pumped*! 5. Duke Ellington: Live At the Blue Note. Particularly for fantastic Johnny Hodges throughout. His "Passion Flower" will bring tears to your eyes. 6. Benny Goodman: 1938 Carnegie Hall Concert. 7. Coleman Hawkins: A Retrospective (1929-1963). Besides two versions of "Body & Soul," includes a wonderful "Say It Isn't So." 8. Gerry Mulligan: Meets Ben Webster 9. Oscar Peterson Trio: West Side Story. Or any of a half-dozen other Peterson albums. 10. Art Tatum: Standard Transcriptions (Music & Arts). Art Tatum is one of the few jazz musicians who came onto the scene in full blossom. Right from the beginning, he was head-and-shoulders above any other pianist before or since. (For evidence, hear his "1932-1934" album on the Classics label.) It's almost impossible to recommend any *one* Tatum album (they're all excellent), but this 2-CD set contains the jaw-dropping "I Wish I Were Twins." 11. Jimmy Witherspoon: The ‘Spoon Sessions. 1959 live sessions with Mulligan and Webster. I had to stop somewhere, and I restrained myself when it came to vocalists. I could have included lots of Ella, Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington, Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, and Frank Sinatra -- for starters.
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| Date: | 21-Dec-1999 10:51:20 |
| From: | irv chamberlain (icham@erols.com) |
| | It became obvious as I leafed through my CDs, albums, and cassette index cards that the criteria is as it's always been……. These final 15 would still need to have the power to move me more emotionally than the ones left behind. Has time dimmed the luster of some artists and their works? Surely the answer is yes to many, but all of the surviving 15 have enhanced my musical life for at least 30 years…. Attesting to their staying power. So here goes…. Only jazz instrumentals…..in alpha order, not any other ranking: Louis Armstrong Story…….the Columbia masters of the Hot 5/7 sessions….. still with such power and creative trumpet playing that was Louis' best. Clifford Brown w. Strings…… the melodies are standards and the 24-year-old played them more passionately than anyone (except Bird) ever has. Giant Steps (John Coltrane)……. Just blows with more originality than any other saxophonist (now them's fighting words!) Kind of Blue (Miles)……. The quintessence of a mood album, as it always draws me in to it's atmosphere. Perhaps the definitive album of having all musicians at the top of their game. And that fidelity! Live @ Fargo (Duke Ellington)…….The band at its most relaxed with the best personnel it ever had. Ellington Era 1927-1940 (Duke Ellington)……. The definitive collection from the band's growth period. Ellington Indigos (Duke Ellington)……. Haunting slow ballads in sensational fidelity. Live @ Blue Note (Duke Ellington)……. Three nights of classics in 1959. Explorations (Bill Evans)…….. Either his first or second album which introduced me to his unique chording that captivated me. Hawk Relaxes (Coleman Hawkins)……the best slow-tempo Hawk featuring stunning duets with Kenny Burrell. Bird @ St. Nicks (Charlie Parker)…….whatever he was on that night, well, it drove him at fantastic speeds and some of the longest solos I've heard. Pity about the fidelity, though. Bird Symbols (Charlie Parker)…… the definitive Dial sides from 46-47. All the classics (Bird of Paradise, Cool Blues, Embraceable You, Out of Nowhere, Don't Blame Me). King of the Blues Trombone (Jack Teagarden)…….Mr. T recorded with everyone in the 30's and 40s. This is the best small band set of that era IMHO. Jazz Giants '56 (Lester Young)……The best of latter day Prez, Wilson and Eldridge. Memorial Album (Lester Young)…….rivals the Teagarden above for small-group classics. Basie and his gang from 1937-1940. I really couldn't do without any of these. …. They've been so important to me for so long.
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| Date: | 29-Dec-1999 11:33:47 |
| From: | Mark Morelli (moe.relly@worldnet.att.net) |
| | Stranded on the Island of Manhattan forever: 1) A love Supreme - Coltrane
2) Mingus Ah Um - Mingus
3) Triplicate - Dave Holland, Steve Coleman, Jack |
| Date: | 29-Dec-1999 11:39:32 |
| From: | Mark Morelli (moe.relly@worldnet.att.net) |
| | Stranded on the Island of Manhattan forever: 1) A love Supreme - Coltrane
2) Mingus Ah Um - Mingus
3) Triplicate - Dave Holland, Steve
Coleman,Jack DeJohnette
4) Tony Bennett / Bill Evans album
5) Nefertiti - Miles
6) Rip Rig and Panic - Rahsahn Roland Kirk
7) Innervisions - Stevie Wonder (had to include)
8) Wanton Spirit - Kenny Barron
9) Steve Lacy - ANYTHING HE's DONE
10) LIKE FUN - LOREN DANIELS TRIO |
| Date: | 01-Jan-2000 07:15:30 |
| From: | Scott A. Sahl (ssahl69@earthlink.net) |
| | Where can I find the album "Road Games" by Allan Holdsworth?
I have been searching for many years and would like to purchase it. |
| Date: | 03-Jan-2000 09:09:31 |
| From: | Samba (misterno@verat.net) |
| | 1. JOHN COLTRANE - blue train
2. MILES DAVIS - milestones
3. PARKER & GILLESPIE - bird and diz
4. DEXTER GORDON - our man in paris
5. JOHN COLTRANE - coltrane
6. HORACE SILVER - song for my father
7. BILL EVANS - the bill evans album
8. SONNY CLARK - sonny clark trio
9. ART BLAKEY & THE J.M. - moanin'
10. MCCOY TYNER - together |
| Date: | 03-Jan-2000 19:33:01 |
| From: | donna (asmokey3) |
| | 1. Anything by Al Jarreau. Especially 'This time' and 'I'll Fly away'. This will be the first thing I take on my list. 2. Anything by Joe Sample. 3. Anything by the Crusaders. 4. Kirk Whalum's Afterthought from the cd 'floppy disk'. It will be played over and over and over again. 5. David Sanborn and Bob James 'Doublevision' 6. George Benson and Earl Klugh 'Collaboration' 7. The Jazzmasters 8. Micheal Franks 9. Anything by Grover Washington Jr. RIP 10. I once saw Miles Davis in concert and loved it. However after reading the other top 10 list, I am going to have to check out 'Kinda Blue'. If it's as good as the list suggest, it will end my top ten. |
| Date: | 05-Jan-2000 19:06:06 |
| From: | Brian (Brian.Rajski@m.cc.utah.edu) |
| | 1. Wayne Shorter - Speak no Evil
2. Wayne Shorter - Etc.
3. Andrew Hill - Point of Departure
4. Miles Davis - Miles Smiles
5. Bill Evans - Waltz for Debby
6. Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage
7. John Zorn - Masada 1
8. John Coltrane - Crescent
9. Charlie Parker - Yarbird Suite
10. Miles Davis - ESP |
| Date: | 07-Jan-2000 18:29:17 |
| From: | Jim H |
| | 10's not enuf...in no particular order
Horace Silver (Best ofs, Cape Verdean Blues,Finger-
poppin',Song for my Father,Tokyo Blues)
Duke Ellington..Far East Suite
Lee Morgan...60's stuff
Wayne Shorter...60's stuff
MJQ-4 cd boxed set, Blues at Carnegie Hall
T. Monk (Best ofs, Live at the It Club)
Claude Bolling (flute/piano suites 1 & 2, piano/
guitar one also)
Weather Report..Heavy Weather & Mr. Gone
The Gentle Side of John Coltrane
Miles Davis..Kind of Blue
G. Mulligan...Best ofs
Wes Montgomery..Impressions: the Verve Jazz Sides
Dave Brubeck...boxed set |
| Date: | 20-Jan-2000 07:58:09 |
| From: | Dario Birindelli (Barking_Pumpkin@excite.com) |
| | Right. Let's go:
1) A LOVE SOPREME - John Coltrane
2) THE ART OF THE TRIO VOL.3:SONGS - Brad Mehldau
3)KIND OF BLUE - Miles Davis
4)SUN SHIP - John Coltrane
5)HEART BEATS - The Keystone Trio
6)SONNY MEETS HAWK - Sonny Rollins/Coleman Hawkins
7)MY FAVOURITE THINGS - John Coltrane
8)VERY EARLY - Joe Locke
9)LIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO - Archie Shepp
10)THE COMPLETE CONCERT 1964 - Miles Davis |
| Date: | 22-Jan-2000 21:47:35 |
| From: | Ken Melton (kmelton@erols.com) |
| | This time I will go with something a little different then the norm. Check these out..they are smoking. 1. Ray Brown and Ralph Moore..Moore makes 4
2. John McLaughlin..Live at the Royal Festival Hall
Features Trilok Gurtu doing some fancy percussion...even dipping finger castanets and cymbals in buckets of water..cool!
3. Bobby Shew with Chuck Findley..Trumpets No End
4. Cannonball Adderley.. What Is This Thing Called Soul?
5. Diana Krall...anything..she can sing and she is hot...not a bad pianist either
6. Chris Potter
6a. John Swana
7. Clark Terry...the Second Set
7a. Clifford Brown..anything.,.he is DA Man
8. Duke Ellington with John Coltrane
8a Hank Mobley..Soul Station....crystal clear drumming
9. James Carter..Jurassic Classic...check out his version of A Train..this is soo hot. Multiphonic screaming at its best. Sit Down Brecker..new guys in town
9a. Kenny Garret..Pursuance of John Coltrane
9b. Larry McKenna..My Shining Hour...Local Philadelphia Cat. Temple University Professor
10. Miles Davis and Sonny Rolling..DIg
10a. Sonny Rollins..Solo Sonny...nobody but Sonny..this is incredible.
10b. Stan Getz..Anniversary
10c Any Stan Kenton and Thad Jones Ok, so I picked too many. I was stranded on an islan with a Brinks truck loaded with cd's
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| Date: | 24-Jan-2000 13:15:19 |
| From: | Mike Cogley (mcogley@tir.com) |
| | I like many different players but if I had to be stranded for life I would only need a Bill Evans Collection. 1. Kind of Blue
2. Riverside Box Set - Bill Evans
3. Verve Box Set - Bill Evans
4. Fantasy Box Set - Bill Evans
5. The Secret Sessions - Bill Evans
6. The Warner Box Set - Bill Evans
7. Consecrations Box Set - Bill Evans
8. Miles Davis '58 Sessions
9. Denny Zeitlin - Cathexis
I wouldn't mind a couple of Johnny Hartman and Nancy Wilson CD's also.
|
| Date: | 07-Feb-2000 13:27:20 |
| From: | Pat Smith (pjazz@pacbell.net) |
| | 1. Jim Hall, Live.
2. Lenny Breau, Live at Bourbon St.
3. Keith Jarrett, Still Live
can you tell I like live records?
4. Bill Evans, Live at the Village Vangaurd
5. Frankie Live at the Sands
6. Coltrane, A Love Supreme
7. Charles Earland, Live at DuSable
8. Jimmy Smith, Live at Small's Paradise
9. Gene Harris, Live at San Chapel
10. Wes, Smokin the Half Note |
| Date: | 10-Feb-2000 22:58:22 |
| From: | Steve Pearl (SPearl2@gateway.net) |
| | Desert Island Picks:
Blue Note hard bop, Miles modal, Trane and
Sarah Vaughn (in no particular order) 1. Oliver Nelson Blues and the Abstract Truth
(1st jazz album I ever owned - 30 years
ago -taught me a lot!) 2. John Coltrane Africa Brass 3. Miles Davis Porgy and Bess 4. Freddie Hubbard Ready For Freddie
(Great Blue Note session with great
personnel including: McCoy Tyner,Elvin Jones,
I've been listening to this for 30 years
and it never gets old!) 5. Amost any thing by Sarah Vaughn (had the privelege of
seeing her at Newport) 6. Wayne Shorter Adams Apple (or most any other of
his Blue Note session of the 60"s) 7. Eric Dolphy Last Date
(At the end of the last cut Eric says: "After
you hear music when its over its gone, in the
air you can never capture it again!) 8. Dexter Gordon One Flight Up
(Very interesting session - combines hard bop
and modal pronounced Coltrane influence) 9. Miles Davis Kind of Blue |
| Date: | 16-Feb-2000 17:12:38 |
| From: | Per Bergquist (Bacco1954@aol.com) |
| | 1- Oscar Peterson and Joe Pass
'A la Salle Pleyel
2-9- Charles Mingus
Blues and Roots
Ah Um
Mingus Dynasty
The Clown
Pithecanthropus Erectus
The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
Changes One
Let My Children Hear Music
10- Wes Montgomery
The Incredible Guitar of Wes Montgomery
11-17- John Coltrane
Giant Steps
Blue Train
Lush Life
Live at The Village Vanguard
Impressions
Live at Birdland
A Love Supreme
18-19- Miles Davis
A Kind of Blue
'Round Midnight
20- Dave Brubeck
Time Out
21- Art Blakey
Moanin'
22- Ornette Coleman
The Shape of Jazz to Come
23- Mcoy Tyner
Trident
24- Jazz at Massey Hall
25- Art Tatum
The Group and Solo Masteroieces on Pablo Records
26- Gene Krupa w/ Roy Eldridge and Anita O'Day
Drummer Man
Well in no particular oder I limited my list to "just" 26
couldn't live without 'em |
| Date: | 19-Feb-2000 06:09:07 |
| From: | Sanjiv Srivastava (ambrosia4@hotmail.com) |
| | My best ten : The problem for me has been , which would be at No. 1 . Logically it ought to have been Kind of Blue - Miles and possibly as an album it would still be No. 1 but lately I've been absolutely enamoured by CONCEIRTO - Jim Hall .
Just the track Concerto - all 19.5 minutes of it are more than magic and for some unimaginable reason I don't find this album on these lists . Very surprisingly !!!!
So here goes : 1) Conceirto - Jim Hall
2) Kind of Blue - Miles Davis ( Flamenco Sketches )
3) Tribute to Clifford Brown - Helen Merrill
4) Night Lights - Gerry Mulligan
5) Koln Concert - Keith Jarrett
6) Stan Getz meets Astrud & Jao Gilberto
7) Gotta Pay the Band - Abby Lincoln
8) The Sermon - Jimmy Smith
9) First Circle - Pat Metheny
10) Ballads - John Coltrane Love to hear from you if you're into similar Jazz .And if you like art as well - exponentially the better Sanjiv |
| Date: | 19-Feb-2000 06:10:18 |
| From: | Sanjiv Srivastava (ambrosia4@hotmail.com) |
| | My best ten : The problem for me has been , which would be at No. 1 . Logically it ought to have been Kind of Blue - Miles and possibly as an album it would still be No. 1 but lately I've been absolutely enamoured by CONCEIRTO - Jim Hall .
Just the track Concerto - all 19.5 minutes of it are more than magic and for some unimaginable reason I don't find this album on these lists . Very surprising !!!!
So here goes : 1) Conceirto - Jim Hall
2) Kind of Blue - Miles Davis ( Flamenco Sketches )
3) Tribute to Clifford Brown - Helen Merrill
4) Night Lights - Gerry Mulligan
5) Koln Concert - Keith Jarrett
6) Stan Getz meets Astrud & Jao Gilberto
7) Gotta Pay the Band - Abby Lincoln
8) The Sermon - Jimmy Smith
9) First Circle - Pat Metheny
10) Ballads - John Coltrane Love to hear from you if you're into similar Jazz .And if you like art as well - exponentially the better Sanjiv |
| Date: | 19-Feb-2000 06:13:18 |
| From: | Sanjiv Srivastava (ambrosia4@hotmail.com) |
| | My best ten : The problem for me has been , which would be at No. 1 . Logically it ought to have been Kind of Blue - Miles and possibly as an album it would still be No. 1 but lately I've been absolutely enamoured by CONCEIRTO - Jim Hall .
Just the track Concerto - all 19.5 minutes of it are more than magic and for some unimaginable reason I don't find this album on these lists . Very surprising !!!!
So here goes : 1) Conceirto - Jim Hall
2) Kind of Blue - Miles Davis ( Flamenco Sketches )
3) Tribute to Clifford Brown - Helen Merrill
4) Night Lights - Gerry Mulligan
5) Koln Concert - Keith Jarrett
6) Stan Getz meets Astrud & Jao Gilberto
7) Gotta Pay the Band - Abby Lincoln
8) The Sermon - Jimmy Smith
9) First Circle - Pat Metheny
10) Ballads - John Coltrane Love to hear from you if you're into similar Jazz .And if you like art as well - exponentially the better Sanjiv |
| Date: | 20-Feb-2000 13:08:35 |
| From: | John (jpg@sirius.com) |
| | 1. John Coltrane- The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings
2. Ella Fitzgerald- The Complete Songbooks
3. Bill Evans- Sunday At The Village Vanguard
4. Thelonius Monk- Complete Blue Note Recordings
5. Steve Lacy- Plays Thelonius Monk
6. Eric Dolphy- Out To Lunch
7. Keith Jarrett- The Melody At Night, With You
8. Joe Lavano- From The Soul |
| Date: | 22-Feb-2000 02:43:23 |
| From: | Paul Dinkmeyer |
| | There is only one... ten times... Miles Kind of Blue |
| Date: | 22-Feb-2000 16:27:12 |
| From: | mark (maritchie@pol.net) |
| | DID's:
1)Kind of Blue-Miles Davis
2)John Coltrane Live at the Village Vanguard Boxset
3)Ornette Coleman Beauty is a Rare Thing Boxset
4)Miles Davis 60's CBS Boxset
5)Thelonious Monk-Genius of Modern Music Vols. 1 & 2
6)Sonny Rollins Prestige Boxset
7)Dexter Gordon Blue Note Boxset
8)Mingus Ah Um
9)Keith Jarrett Trio Live at the Blue Note Boxset
10)Stan Getz on Verve Boxset |
| Date: | 24-Feb-2000 08:32:23 |
| From: | Michael Adamson (ilSiciliano@cheerup.net) |
| | Gotta have Cool, Big Band & Ballads 1. Miles Davis - Kind of Blue (Suprise! Hope I didn't startle anyone)
2. Bill Evans - Jazz 'Round Midnight
3. Bill Evans Trio: With Symphony Orchestra
4. Bill Evans Trio - Waltz for Debby (Yes there is a pattern here, can't live w/o Bill)
5. Charlie Haden Quartet West - Now is the Hour 6. Scott Hamilton - With Strings
7. Diana Krall - All for You
8. Charlie Haden Quartet West - Always Say Goodbye
9. Count Basie Orchestra - Swing Shift
10.Patrick Williams Big Band - Sinatraland Still Gotta Have - Dave Grusin - Two for the Road; Grover Washington Jr. - All My Tomorrows; Shirley Horn - Jazz 'Round Midnight; Paul Desmond - Polka Dots and Moonbeams; Lee Ritenhour - Stolen Moments; Charlie Haden Quartet West - Art of the Song. |
| Date: | 25-Feb-2000 15:14:02 |
| From: | sondra e frazier |
| | 1. Coltrane A Love Supreme
2. Miles The New Miles Davis Quintet
3. Miles Someday my Prince will Come
4. Miles Jack Johnson
5. Keith Jarrett Changes
6. Pat Matheny Bright Size Life
7. Old and New Dreams Playing
8. Keith Jarrett Belonging
9. Bob Dylan Blonde on Blonde
10. Neil Young Live Rust |
| Date: | 29-Feb-2000 12:54:18 |
| From: | Matthew "Dook" Dunkle |
| | 1. Bill Evans, Interplay
2. Jim Hall, Conceirto
3. John Coltrane, Cresent
4. Thelonius Monk, Live at the 5 spot
5. Chet Baker, In Paris (#1)
6. Art Blakey, Live at Birdland
7. Barney Kessel, Poll winners ride again
8. Charlie Parker, Yardbird Suite
9. John Coltrane, Giant Steps
10.Miles Davis, Four and More |
| Date: | 09-Mar-2000 12:43:03 |
| From: | Tom Jaffe |
| | Hank Garland-Jazz Winds From a New Direction (Columbia)
Wes Montgomery-Smokin' at the Half Note (Verve)
Joe Pass-For Django (Blue Note)
Pat Martino-Live! (Muse)
George Benson-Blue Benson (Verve)
Charlie Christian-Solo Flight (Columbia) |
| Date: | 17-Mar-2000 21:14:19 |
| From: | Jim Newsom (fluteman@earthling.net) |
| | 10 picks for a desert island: Count Basie - Afrique
Van Morrison - Moondance
Yellowjackets - Dreamland
Chick Corea - Friends
Herbie Mann - Memphis Underground
Weather Report - Sweetnighter
Herbie Hancock - Speak Like a Child
Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um
Oliver Nelson - Blues and the Abstract Truth
John Scofield - Quiet
|
| Date: | 22-Mar-2000 20:21:58 |
| From: | swegman (swegman@pobox.upenn.edu) |
| | My desert island picks,not necessarly in order of importance. (1) Kind of Blue-M.Davis
(2) Blues and the Abstarct Truth-O.Nelson
(3) Black Saint and the Sinner Lady-C.Mingus
(4) Impressions-C.Coltrane
(5) The GreatLondonConcerts-Ellington
(6) Survivers Suite-Jarrett
(7) Bitches Brew-Davis
(8) Ornette Coleman's Double Quartet
(9) Monk Meets Mulligan-Monk
(10)Eric Dolphy/Booker Little live at the Five Spot |
| Date: | 22-Mar-2000 20:23:24 |
| From: | Kent Burnside |
| | Desert island picks Here are some for your "desert island picks" list: Wes Montgomery: Impressions: The Verve Jazz Recordings (includes the entire Smokin' At The Half Note plus lots of other great tracks) Kenny Burrell: Moon And Sand
Kenny Burrell With John Coltrane Joe Beck: Relaxin' (unbelievable chord work!) Howard Roberts: The Real Howard Roberts BTW, how will we play these if there's no electricity on the island? Just a thought.
|
| Date: | 23-Mar-2000 17:09:38 |
| From: | J.D. |
| | My top ten: 1) Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue (if one is gonna be predictable, this is the way to go.) 2) John Coltrane - Blue Train 3) Art Blakely - Moanin' 4) Joshua Redman - Live At The Village Vanguard 5) Miles Davis - Tribute to Jack Johnson 6) Liquid Soul - Make Some Noise! 7) Charlie Mingus - Live at Antibes 8) John Coltrane - A Love Supreme (couldn't leave it out!) 9) Theolonius Monk - Live at the "It" Club 10) Miles Davis - Steamin' With The Miles davis Quintet |
| Date: | 26-Mar-2000 16:20:23 |
| From: | David Beckett (djb@ballandway.freeserve.co.uk) |
| | My Top Ten for a desert island:- Dexter Gordon Our Man in Paris
Grant Green Born to be Blue
Jimmy Heath Triple Threat
Joe Henderson Double Rainbow
Hank Mobley Soul Station
Thelonious Monk Big Band & Quartet in Concert
Ike Quebec Blue & Sentimental
Spike Robinson Spring Can Really Hang You Up
Sonny Rollins Dancing in the Dark
Horace Silver Blowin' the Blues Away and no space for Blakey,Getz,Burrell,Sonny Clark,Frank Morgan,Miles and two great British jazzmen-Joe Temperley and Pat Crumly! |
| Date: | 30-Mar-2000 14:52:12 |
| From: | M Hobolth |
| | Miles Davis, Kind of Blue
The Grand Canyon of jazz recordings. Joe Pass, Virtuoso #2
This is a lovely series. Sometimes when I find that I'm not thinking about anything specific I suddenly realize that Joe's guitar is the voice in my head. In my opinion, the best of Joe. Marc Johnson, The Sound of Summer Running
A terrific collaboration among great improvisers. Keith Jarrett, Still Live
My favorite trio. This is a great performance of a wonderful collection of standards. Miles Davis, The Complete 1964 Concert
The summation of all of Miles' music to this point. Joe Henderson, So Near, So Far
The best of a different Joe. A wonderful tribute to Miles. Bobby Hutcherson, In the Vanguard
Great performances by Hutcherson, Kenny Barron, Buster Williams and Al Foster. Joe Lovano, Quartets Live at the Village Vanguard
Most best of Joe. John Coltrane, Ballads
A beautiful, albeit lamentably brief, collection of standards. Thelonious Monk, Thelonious Himself
Monk at his most reflective. Bill Evans, Waltz for Debby
Bill Evans, Sunday at the Village Vanguard
Indescribable. The performances and interplay of Evans, LaFaro and Motian are aptly legendary. John Coltrane, Giant Steps
The new release by Atlantic includes a number of alternative takes worth having and hearing. Most of the people on this post seem to agree that this is the Coltrane worth having.
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| Date: | 30-Mar-2000 15:11:00 |
| From: | Todd Gable (freelodr@hotmail.com) |
| | Wow! Can I bring a boxed set? If not, then I'll request
these:MILES-"Kind Of Blue" (where my email moniker comes from,
don't ya know?) & "Sketches of Spain" (which I've always
felt was perfect for hot, sultry weather) MONK-"At The It Club--Complete" (excellent performances all
around) TRANE-"Giant Steps" (which always fills me with wonder) &
"Crescent" (something from the later period, but not too far
out) BU-"Night At Birdland" (get Art, Clifford, and Horace in one
shot!) DUKE-"1943 Carnegie Hall Concert" (i think it's '43, but
definitely the one with "Black, Brown, and Beige") MMW-"Friday Afternoon In The Universe" (we do need something
modern, sans horns) ARCANA-"? (the one with the pyramid on the cover)" (have to
have some Tony Williams, plus this is some of his best work.
i only have a couple of songs on tape from a friend, but
they are the soundtracks to my wilder and weirder dreams) HERBIE-"Head Hunters" (some fusion funk from Mr. Hands will
round out the ten nicely) Well, I didn't even get to MINGUS or KIRKATRON, but maybe
they'll wash ashore some day. Later 8^) |
| Date: | 31-Mar-2000 21:49:47 |
| From: | Alan Blackman |
| | My ten best would be:
1. MIles Funny Valentine/4 and more
2. PeterErskine To Know ONe
3. Keith Jarrett Vienna Concert
4. Keith Jarrett Tribute live
5. Keith Jarrett Personal Mts.
6. Gonzalo Rubalcaba Live in Japan
7. Chick Corea Now he sings
8. Betty Carter Feed the Fire
9. Pat Metheny Group any
10. Wayne Shorter Speak no Evil |
| Date: | 01-Apr-2000 21:06:43 |
| From: | Brian (bphochman@amherst.edu) |
| | in no particular order 1. John Coltrane-"The Africa/Brass Sessions"
2. Wayne Shorter-"Night Dreamer
3. Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers-"Free for All"
4. McCoy Tyner-"The Real McCoy
5. Horace Silver-"The Tokyo Blues"
6. Charles Mingus-"Blues and Roots"
7. John Coltrane-"Live at Birdland"
8. Miles Davis-"Kind of Blue"
9. Wayne Shorter-"Speak no Evil"
10. Joe Henderson-"Inner Urge" |
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