Also you have nothing of Jelly Roll Morton, Sidney Bechet and Bix Beiderbecke. With such a variety of styles to choose from and no shortage of musicians who have contributed several groundbreaking works to the development of jazz it quickly becomes clear that a mere handful of artists, or subgenres, could easily dominate the list. And wheres Jim Hall? Sonny Sharrock Ask the Ages (saw him at the old knitting Factory??? There are certainly 50 best for each decade or sub-genre, style, composer, voice, instrument and geographic region (USA and World-Wide). I dont like that John Coltranes gorgeous Crescent isnt present. Searching the Continuum Kurt Rosenwinkel & Bandit 65. and composer. Key track: Joy Spring, Andrew Hill recorded 13 albums for Blue Note between 1963 and 1970, but Point Of Departure is, without doubt, the best of them. Ive always much preferred Bremen-Lausanne to Koln Concert for a choice of a Keith Jarrett best album. Perhaps too early to tell about music out of England/Europe by: Evan Parker, Peter Brotzmann, Derek Bailey and their collaborators. The Lester Young-Count Basie discs (on Mosaic) are Number 2. So good, I cant choose which one to kick off to make room for Moran/Harris/ et als New Directions. Interesting list overall though. Those and the old stuff from the 20s and 30s as someone else said. I thought that was Miles Daviss second-strongest album. Released in January 1960, Giant Steps marked the first time that Coltrane had recorded an album of all-original material, and, significantly, two of the songs the classic title tune, with its mesmerizing descending melody over cyclical chord changes, and the gorgeous ballad Naima went on to become recognised as jazz standards. Thx to Kevin Amphan for creating the Spotify playlist http://open.spotify.com/user/pollysnack/playlist/5fOw8V2UL19QPEZwgiA6T2. 4 out of the top 5 in this list were released in 1959. George Coleman, Dexter Gordon MONK is Brilliant at every Corner Right. Key track: Pennies From Heaven, Harlem-born pianist Powell didnt live beyond his 41st birthday, but he made a profound impact that can still be felt in contemporary jazz. Key track: Duet Solo Dancers (aka Hearts Beat And Shades In Physical Embraces), From Fort Worth, Texas, Ornette Coleman made two albums for Lester Koenigs California-based Contemporary label before joining Atlantic in 1959, where this, his debut for the company, proved one of the most revolutionary albums in jazz. Very Tall Oscar Peterson with Milt Jackson Despite this, Pepper who claimed he hadnt touched his sax for several weeks prior to the session made a transcendent jazz record. 5. Fusing jazz with soul, blues and gospel flavors, Porter showed he had songwriting skills to match his rich mellifluous baritone voice. Hills compositions by turns frenetic and tranquil arent easy to play but the group render them beautifully and effortlessly. Define what you mean by a jazz album.You include Basie/ Goodman /Christian historical compilations, why not these? (She included an unknown Julian Cannonball Adderly). All recorded form 1970 to 2020. ? Key track: Youve Changed, Given that most of Reinhardts seminal recordings preceded the long-playing LP and came out as 78 rpm singles, the best way to appreciate the Belgian guitar-playing gypsys music is to seek out a compilation album. This earns its place among the greatest jazz albums of all time by being one of the best albums on Blue Note. Maybe not Top 10 in many eyes, but at least Top 50. Im a huge Miles Davis fan. Always love the conversations started by GOAT Jazz lists. LDS. Layers of the City Ben Allison. Point Of Departure was Hills fifth Blue Note album and it featured a sextet that included Eric Dolphy, Joe Henderson, Kenny Dorham, and a young Tony Williams on drums. In the Peterson tradition, Night Train is swinging and accessible. Mahavishnu Orchestra not that high either). Though Evans forte was lush romantic ballads, Sunday At The Village Vanguard shows that he could also swing with real verve. Nothing at all by Kieth Jarrett Standards Trio?? So many jazz aficionados, so many different lists of 50 Great Jazz Albums. Joe Henderson I play that one a few times a week. Grappelli. The session found Miles leading an all-star sextet that included saxophonists John Coltrane and Cannonball Adderley, as well as rising piano star Bill Evans. as rock moreso than jazz, but 1) Its jazz in structure, 2) they were & are hugely influential, & 3) they continued on where Miles Davis began in 69 & expanded the possibilities of electric jazz much to the chagrin of jazz snobs like Wynton Marsalis whose music I also like. Jazz Goes To Junior College Waltz For Debbys material was drawn from the same performance that yielded the Sunday At The Village Vanguard album, with Evans, bassist Scott LaFaro and drummer Paul Motian showing a high degree of empathy and symbiotic communication never before witnessed in a jazz trio setting. Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants is Number 7. Key track: Goodbye Pork Pie Hat, Released in 1959 the year that Ornette Coleman produced his game-changing free jazz manifesto, The Shape Of Jazz To Come California pianist Dave Brubeck proved that jazz didnt have to be wild and way out to be revolutionary and innovative. Im just getting into Jazz, with my only album being Kind of Blue, and its fantastic. JavaScript is disabled. These lists are always subjective and reflect the personal taste of compiler. John Scofield This Meets That. Albums include Night Train, We Get Requests, Key track: Part One: Acknowledgement, Topping our list of the 50 best jazz albums ever is this timeless, transcendent classic from the great Miles Davis. NOBODY SHOULD PROMOTE ANYTHING THEY ARE NOT INTIMATE WITH ON SOME LEVEL. I play in a latin jazz band. Another standout is the blithe and becalmed Dolphin Dance. Eminently accessible yet with an ear for what was cutting edge at the time, Maiden Voyage is the jewel in Hancocks Blue Note crown and was inducted into the Grammy Hall Of Fame in 1999. Key track: Cheese Cake, Considered a member of the Holy Trinity of female jazz singers along with Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday Sassy Sarah Vaughan entered the studio with rising trumpet god Clifford Brown to record this album, which many jazz critics believe to be her best. you should expand to a list of 100 Thats 69! Miles Davis Round About Midnight i have 27 of these, a very fine list. The rest of the album is devoted to standards, including a Latin-style take on Cole Porters Love For Sale. A self-confessed connoisseur of ballads, the saxophonist infuses his version of I Guess Ill Hang My Tears To Dry with a subtle soulfulness. Goodmans band is on fire, and an extra dose of fuel is added to the flames thanks to the addition of members from Duke Ellingtons and Count Basies bands. Ella? It wasnt his inaugural recording venture, but it was unequivocally his first significant album. The trio got tighter and more musical as the pressure for larger album sales increased from Verve, and sometimes the results were of the best trio in jazz playing dumbed-down songs to attract more listeners. Frsta utkom 1948-52 Copyright 1979 Sohlmans Frlag AB Stockholm(5bd) (about 5.000 pages). I would take Brown-Roach over Miles any day. Key track: Chitlins Con Carne, Regarded as the poster boy of jazzs west coast cool school, Oklahoma-born Baker rose to fame with the Gerry Mulligan Quartet in 1952, seducing listeners with a combination of his beautifully burnished trumpet melodies and languid, almost androgynous, vocal croon. Albert said to Ayler , no unity is better that Spiritual Unity An excellent list but youve got to find a way to include Charlie Parker with Strings. Innovative and influential. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic. Its a perfect record. Key track: Everything In Its Right Place, Serving her musical apprenticeship with the legendary arranger Gil Evans in the 70s, this Minnesota-born composer, orchestrator and conductor rose to become the undisputed doyenne of large canvas jazz and has been leading her own orchestra since 1992. Key Track: Boplicity, Nobody could drum like Art Blakey. http://open.spotify.com/user/pollysnack/playlist/5fOw8V2UL19QPEZwgiA6T2. It contained his signature tune, Un Poco Loco a remarkable showcase for Powells virtuosity, seasoned with Afro-Cuban flavors and the equally brilliant Bouncing With Bud. The album, which also featured a 19-year-old Sonny Rollins, is one of the best jazz albums by a pianist; it tore up the rule book and served as a memorable introduction to a phenomenal musical talent. Its impossible to limit Jazz to 50 greatest and please the diversity of its audience. Recorded in three separate sessions between 1963 and 64, the album featured two different incarnations of Silvers quintet, though its the four songs by the newer line-up (featuring trumpeter Carmel Jones and saxophonist Joe Henderson) that impresses the most. 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Indeed, their interplay reaches an almost telepathic level of communication. Pilgrimage was Breckers final solo album, recorded during 2006 in the stellar company of Pat Metheny, Herbie Hancock, Brad Mehldau, John Patitucci, and Jack DeJohnette. Key track: Bright Size Life, Six-time Grammy winning American arranger Vince Mendoza is renowned for his collaborations with pop and rock acts (Bjrk, Joni Mitchell) but hes also worked his magic with jazz performers. But it was Zawinuls chirpy opener, Birdland, that earned the most plaudits and became the groups most widely-known tune, spawning many cover versions. Cannonball Adderley Somethin Else.4 Charles Mingus Mingus Ah Um20. Rollins and Stitt are mightily impressive, but when Gillespie enters and blows them away, its evident that they still have much to learn. Plus Kenny Burrell Midnight Blue and a Django / Grapelli .. Nine better albums than Blue Train? 28. I myself could not be happy living without this chunk of music in the world. Queen Latifah?? He has, however, put out an album Bright Size Life. Ellington s Blanton Webster sessions !!!! The Incredible Jazz Guitar Of was his third album but the one that truly put the Indianapolis guitarist on the jazz map. I was 12 years old when I bought this album its the one that started me into jazz ! Oscar Peterson covered My Heart Stood Still, There's a Small Hotel, These Foolish Things, Reunion Blues and other songs. Key track: Idle Moments, This jazz aristocrats band was famed for its panache, dynamism, and unerring sense of swing, and all those qualities can be heard on this explosive 1957 recording. Key track: Tangerine, Hargroves death in November 2018 at the age of 49 robbed the contemporary jazz world of one of its leading virtuoso trumpeters. Cs | Critical Mass CS2s -> components, Isoacoustics -> speakers + subs | Adona Eris II rack w/ Herbie's titanium footers | Fully treated and dedicated 2 channel room. Great list. How is the classic Basie band 49 and behind a bunch of lesser lps like one by the Latter Basie band ,whos the fool who put this thing together ??? But the most glaring omission where are the women!? Key track: The Sidewinder, Originally from Plainfield, New Jersey, and of Welsh and Russian ancestry, Bill Evans amalgamated bebop and impressionistic classical music to bring a new sensibility to jazz piano playing. Cassandranite and Love Dance are both really solid albums. Barney Kessel. They were also released in 1959 and are in the Top 5 according to this list. Betty Carter with Ray Charles, Return to Forever, Jaco, Guaraldi, Deodato, Joe Williams, Joni Mitchell Mingus, George Benson, Al Jarreau, Stephane Grapelli, Jean Luc Ponty, so many to list!! It also helped to transform Astrud Gilberto into a star who then launched her own successful career. During his 28-year stint with Blue Note he produced many fine albums, but few as truly satisfying as Song For My Father, whose immortal title track is defined by infectious horn motifs and a loping intro (famously borrowed by Steely Dan for their 1974 hit Rikki Dont Lose That Number). Surely, Thelonious Monk is top 5 material: Coltrane, Monk, Mingus, Coltrane, and Davis I only have 36 of the 50. 26. Key track: My Mans Gone Now, Thelonious Monk was ahead of his time, which was why for many years his music was often misunderstood and even ridiculed. Miles Davis, MILESTONES! Sketches of Spain and Any Miles Davis and Gil Evans collaboration should be there. Other highlights of this immortal set include Cousin Mary and Mr PC, the latter a tribute to bassist Paul Chambers. This would have to be inclusive yet selective and objective! I knew that a Waltz for Debby could be great if played by Bill Evans Trio In the matter of Clifford Brown & Max Roach, the public finds in favor of Max Roach & Clifford Brown Need to broaden your 50 spectrum, and while there change some already in the list that could be swapped.. Ella. Miles Sketches of Spain Camp Meeting Bruce Hornsby. Bless you all jazz lovers. Key track: Angel Eyes, Largely ignored and selling barely 1,000 copies on its release in January 1976, the Missouri guitar magus debut jazz album gradually grew in stature and went on to be regarded as a post-bop masterpiece. Clifford Jordan The problem with many of these albums is of course the very poor sound quality. Petersons preferred setting was the jazz trio format, of which he was a pioneer, and which some believe reached its apotheosis on his 1963 LP, Night Train, where the pianist together with trusted collaborators bassist Ray Brown and drummer Ed Thigpen achieved a heightened sense of communion on a pitch-perfect collection of standards and blues. Love Supreme I think possibly the greatest recording of the 20th Century in any genre ! Ive got about 30 of the listed Albums on CD and Vinyl (Some of them in Both formats!) Web7 Essential Jazz Piano Albums. A Love Supreme was the first time that a musician had successfully used the language of jazz to explore deeper metaphysical concerns. Check out their eponymous debut album (2011). Call me crazy butfor the best selling jazz record of all timeI think it is also the most overrated. Cool Struttin' and Leapin and Lopin' are classics. There are no trombonists listed! Believe it or not, youll be cornered at Koln with Keith Jarrett performance. Renowned for patenting an idiosyncratic approach to composition, Shorters otherworldliness reached its apotheosis with Emanon, an esoteric triple album that also doubled as a graphic novel depicting the adventures of a superhero who traverses multiverses combating baddies. Nothing from Freddie Hubbard or Woody Shaw? 1986 Time After Time 1986 Oscar Peterson + Harry Edison + Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson He achieved it by having her explore the work of one of the Great American Songbooks preeminent composers over the course of a 29-track double LP. Just 24 at the time of its recording, Hancock was a rising star in the jazz world and was making his mark as a member of the celebrated Miles Davis Quintet (along with Ron Carter and Tony Williams, who also contribute to the album). Have to review the list and see which ones I still have to purchase. thank you , Wow what a great list! Agree with previous post that the omission of Hartman/Coltrane is a major oversight. to put my personal spin on this devils Island cast away listing or what LPs would accompany me on a trip to Mars. Like I say a good list but changes need to be made! Timeless John Abercrombie. But I didnt see any mention of Jacos Word of Mouth. Montgomerys sidemen (pianist Tommy Flanagan, Modern Jazz Quartet bassist Percy Heath, and his brother, drummer Albert Montgomery) offer sterling support on a varied selection of original tunes (Four On Six, West Coast Blues, and Mr. The incomparable Blue Hour by Stanley Turrentine and the Three Sounds should definitely be on here. Chick Coreas Inner Space should be somewhere on the list. What about Abdullah Ibrahim, Jan Garbarek, or Trilok Gurtu? Oscar Peterson wrote Hymn to Freedom, Slow Down, Wheatland and Land of the Misty The vest album for me is ALS. This list has some of the best music ever made! One of MY faves. There were THREE great jazz albums released in 1959; Brubecks Time Out, Daviss Kind of Blue, and Gerry Mulligans What is There to Say?, which was released before the other two and I believe is the #1 jazz album of all time. What a nice post..it did what you wanted, generate a great set of comments! And as for women, surely Carla Bley would qualify as well as all the great singers already mentioned? Weather Report! They also capture him at a notable juncture in his career, when he was developing his unique musical concepts. Eyeing new sonic horizons and showing an interest in rock and funk aesthetics, he began using electronic instruments and creating expansive grooves driven by a backbeat. 4. etc. fondest regards from the old world But, no Billie Holliday? Romantic Warrior Return to Forever GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!! Romantic Warrior for sure Chic, Stanley and the gang!! Its an important album, but I dont know if Id consider it the #5 jazz album ever. What about John Klemmer? 13. Sadly, Dolphy died, aged 36, of a diabetes-associated coma four months after recording one of the best jazz albums from the free jazz era. Jazz Albums! Key track: Imagination, Coltrane showcased his prowess on the relatively obscure and under-exposed soprano saxophone on this, his third album for Atlantic Records, recorded in March 1961 and released later that year. But then Alfred Lion of Blue Note Records heard Monk, recognised his unorthodox brilliance, and began recording singles with him in 1947. LIVE AT THE BLUE NOTE or ELLA AND OSCAR (now THERES killing two birds with one stone!) The Inner Mounting Flame needs to be moved up AT LEAST 30 spots. 4. Also..no Bill Evans portrait in jazz? Cannonball Adderley is truly Somethin Else Some musicians on Bitches Brew were also not American. No Dizzy or Oscar Peterson? Woody Shaw By the time the record was released, Brecker had passed away but this great jazz album stands as an enduring monument to his genius. Time to broaden your listening horizons folks. Key track: Diminuendo And Crescendo In Blue, A native New Yorker, pianist, and poet, the late Cecil Taylor, was pushing musical boundaries several years before Ornette Coleman introduced the concept of free jazz to an unsuspecting world. MFT just was released first so it became many peoples introduction to Trane. Herbie Hancock electric piano Many great players do not chose a public life on the road. (loved and hated with equal passion but those who get it really get it) What about Steamin, Workin, Cookin Relaxin with the Miles Davis Quintet? (So callled cool) or any kind later? Oceanos David Binney/Edward Simon. Though he rose to fame in the age of big-band swing (he first made his mark in the Benny Goodman sextet alongside vibes maestro Lionel Hampton), the melodic and harmonic content of Christians solos anticipated the advanced musical vocabulary of bebop. Many found its visceral rawness and intensity sometimes Aylers sax resembles a chainsaw cutting into a bees nest deeply disturbing. Brubeck rated their interpretation of Take Five as the best cover he had heard.Jazz and All That (2013) follows up their debut with more standards. Come on. The album came out on Mingus own Debut label later that year, but not before he had re-recorded his bass lines, which were barely audible on the original recording. Harmonious Creatures Sarah Manning. Pat Metheny has never put out an album titled Bright Side Life as referred to in the article. la blague du sicle, rvisez vos classiques. I would place the singers male and female in their own grouping Stan Kenton certainly had some historic music: Kenton in Hi Fi was exceptional. WebThe following albums by Oscar Peterson are ranked highest in the greatest album charts: Sort by Overall Rank Num. Movements in Color Andy Sheppard. If A Love Supreme and Kind of Blue were switched, I would have no problems with this lists top ten. Solar Energy is one that comes to mind but he has so many. Time Out is a dreadful supper-club bowdlerisation as is Gilberto/Getz pales in comparison to Roots Bossa. I also believe that Jackie McLeans Let Freedom Ring deserves to be here, as does Larry Youngs Unity. The ignorance expressed on this list is representative of our time. 6. No Modern Jazz Quartet? Jackie McLean. After debuting in 1956, Evans quickly made his mark in the jazz world and, two years later, was recruited by Miles Davis, helping to shape the sound of his groundbreaking 1959 album, Kind Of Blue. The only Duke that matters to me is Ellington Why? The title song recast a key number from Rodgers and Hammersteins popular Broadway musical The Sound Of Music and transformed it into a 13-minute modal jazz waltz with Eastern overtones. There are many great albums but I would complete with Bill Evans Alone,Bill Evans last 6 album Consecration a mastework!And guitar forms Kenny Burell. But of course, we have all, our favorites, Mine, I must say, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis and Dizzy Gillespie, and A hell of others Great musicans! This is a great list. On trumpet is a 19-year-old Lee Morgan. Important and essential pioneers among many others of early jazz. Its an incredible session featuring Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, and Max Roach. Please re-think your statement. sorry, but this place would be for the first solo album recorded by K. Jarrett for ECM in 1973 ! NHOP in competition with Ray Brown at the Montreux Jazz Festival Oscar P. at the piano! YEAY!!! Whats Best Forum is THE forum for high end audio, product reviews, advice and sharing experiences on the best of everything else. A good list I would include some albums that made important contributions in the evolution of Jazz . Thank you for this list. Thanks for mentioning some of my jazz heroes. Key track: So What. Where is: 16. Consider the following: Monks Dream Key track: Carlos, From Toledo, Ohio, the visually impaired Art Tatum set an impossibly high bar for jazz piano playing between 1933, when he made his first recordings, to his death in 1956. Key track: Flight 19, After the experimental music of his early 70s Mwandishi band fell on deaf ears, Herbie Hancock reinvented himself as an afro-topped jazz-funk wizard with this 1973 blockbuster album, which hit No.1 on the US jazz charts. Many guitarists that followed in Christians wake among them Wes Montgomery, Grant Green and George Benson were indebted to the Texan fretboard genius. He leaves the listener exhausted the music can seem almost overwhelming due to its emotional intensity but also blissfully contented after the final chord has sounded. Key track: Prometheus Unbound, The virtuosic New Orleans-born trumpeter and former Jazz Messenger Marsalis an outspoken critic of jazz fusion and the avant-garde was heralded by some as contemporary jazzs savior in 1982 when his self-titled debut album sparked a revival in the straight-ahead, acoustic variety of the music. Here you have it, Mr. DAVIS have traveled several MILES, yet, here we are still felling KIND OF BLUE, Moses, thats a great analytic presentation in a very witty and entertaining fashion. What!? Major oversight. The Shape Of Jazz To Come was extremely divisive at the time, but its status as one of the best jazz albums in history is secure today; it gave birth to the free jazz movement that would gain momentum as a viable musical currency in the 60s.
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