The 10 best jazz CDs ever!

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Dancing Divertimentian

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May 01, 2014, 11:50:24 AM Last Edit: May 04, 2014, 09:29:31 PM by Dancing Divertimentian
Sonny Rollins - Bridge
Ahmad Jamal Trio - Cross-Country Tour 1958-1961 (x2)
Charles Mingus - Blues & Roots
Thelonious Monk - Live at the It Club (x2)
Miles Davis - Live in Berlin
The Complete Norman Granz Jam Sessions (any one of the discs of the five)
Artie Shaw - Self Portrait (ditto)
Duke Ellington - Far East Suite




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Veit Bach-a baker who found his greatest pleasure in a little cittern which he took with him even into the mill and played while the grinding was going on. In this way he had a chance to have the rhythm drilled into him. And this was the beginning of a musical inclination in his descendants. JS Bach

Karl Henning

#21
May 01, 2014, 12:08:46 PM
Quote from: Dancing Divertimentian on May 01, 2014, 11:50:24 AM
[...] (any one of the discs of the five)

Oh, that has a sneaky whiff to it! ;)

Thanks for mentioning the Ahmad Jamal Trio;  looks very tempting.
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Dancing Divertimentian

#23
May 01, 2014, 12:27:48 PM Last Edit: May 22, 2014, 04:57:59 PM by Dancing Divertimentian
Quote from: karlhenning on May 01, 2014, 12:08:46 PM
Oh, that has a sneaky whiff to it! ;)

0:)

QuoteThanks for mentioning the Ahmad Jamal Trio;  looks very tempting.

It's an extremely fine outing through-and-through.


Veit Bach-a baker who found his greatest pleasure in a little cittern which he took with him even into the mill and played while the grinding was going on. In this way he had a chance to have the rhythm drilled into him. And this was the beginning of a musical inclination in his descendants. JS Bach

Dancing Divertimentian

#24
May 01, 2014, 12:29:55 PM
Quote from: mn dave on May 01, 2014, 12:11:40 PM
YEAH!  >:(

But I claim exemption on account of you can't FIND any of this stuff individually. Just tryin' to spread the word... :)


Veit Bach-a baker who found his greatest pleasure in a little cittern which he took with him even into the mill and played while the grinding was going on. In this way he had a chance to have the rhythm drilled into him. And this was the beginning of a musical inclination in his descendants. JS Bach

mn dave

#25
May 01, 2014, 12:31:50 PM
Quote from: Dancing Divertimentian on May 01, 2014, 12:29:55 PM
But I claim exemption on account of you can't FIND any of this stuff individually. Just tryin' to spread the word... :)

$:)

Dancing Divertimentian

#26
May 01, 2014, 12:37:18 PM
Veit Bach-a baker who found his greatest pleasure in a little cittern which he took with him even into the mill and played while the grinding was going on. In this way he had a chance to have the rhythm drilled into him. And this was the beginning of a musical inclination in his descendants. JS Bach

mn dave

#27
May 01, 2014, 12:38:27 PM
This has become a real nightmare.  :'( What have I gotten myself into?  ???

Brian

#28
May 01, 2014, 01:00:52 PM
Quote from: Dancing Divertimentian on May 01, 2014, 12:29:55 PM
But I claim exemption on account of you can't FIND any of this stuff individually. Just tryin' to spread the word... :)
Hell, you can't find that Norman Granz box as a box anywhere, anymore, it looks like! I just wishlisted the Ahmad Jamal album, though.

Dancing Divertimentian

#29
May 01, 2014, 01:40:42 PM
Quote from: Brian on May 01, 2014, 01:00:52 PM
Hell, you can't find that Norman Granz box as a box anywhere, anymore, it looks like! I just wishlisted the Ahmad Jamal album, though.

It's available through the Amazon link in my post above, but it ain't cheap. The MP3's price is high, too.


Veit Bach-a baker who found his greatest pleasure in a little cittern which he took with him even into the mill and played while the grinding was going on. In this way he had a chance to have the rhythm drilled into him. And this was the beginning of a musical inclination in his descendants. JS Bach

Ken B

#30
May 01, 2014, 02:52:02 PM
Quote from: Brian on May 01, 2014, 09:50:29 AM
Alphabetical (and after only 18 months of serious jazz listening, so this list is very early/provisional)


  • At Carnegie Hall, Dave Brubeck Quartet
  • Concert by the Sea, Erroll Garner Trio
  • Kind of Blue, Miles Davis & Co.
  • Money Jungle, Duke Ellington with Charles Mingus and Max Roach
  • Monk's Music, Thelonious Monk with Coleman Hawkins, John Coltrane, Gigi Gryce, Art Blakey, etc.
  • Nina Simone Sings the Blues
  • Tijuana Moods, Charles Mingus & Co.
  • Time Further Out, Dave Brubeck Quartet
  • The Witch Doctor, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
My favorite album is Brubeck Quartet at Carnegie Hall, which is a 2CD set (thus my list only has 9 albums).

Honorable mentions:
- Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk
- Bill Evans Trio at the Village Vanguard (3 CDs)
- It's Uptown (George Benson Quartet)
- Mingus Ah Um
Hmmmmm this is interesting. I own very little jazz. But I own 5 on your list!

Brian

#31
May 01, 2014, 04:01:40 PM
Quote from: Ken B on May 01, 2014, 02:52:02 PM
Hmmmmm this is interesting. I own very little jazz. But I own 5 on your list!

That's because you own the "Perfect Jazz Collection" 25 CD box, I assume. I only have about 110 jazz albums... of course, only on GMG would the number 110 be pitifully small. My wishlist has got another hundred, easily.

mn dave

#32
May 01, 2014, 04:05:02 PM
Quote from: Brian on May 01, 2014, 04:01:40 PM
... of course, only on GMG would the number 110 be pitifully small.

It's sad, really. That's a damn good-sized collection, Brian.

amw

#33
May 01, 2014, 04:08:12 PM
Quote from: Brian on May 01, 2014, 04:01:40 PMI only have about 110 jazz albums... of course, only on GMG would the number 110 be pitifully small.

>.> I have about 20...

Ken B

#34
May 01, 2014, 04:15:24 PM
Quote from: Brian on May 01, 2014, 04:01:40 PM
That's because you own the "Perfect Jazz Collection" 25 CD box, I assume. I only have about 110 jazz albums... of course, only on GMG would the number 110 be pitifully small. My wishlist has got another hundred, easily.
Yes. I have I guess 40 discs plus some swing discs. I have a few Brubecks and Ellingtons and am slowly adding Mingi.

Brian

#35
May 01, 2014, 04:25:54 PM
Real Gone Jazz is very useful for building up a collection. They're in the UK and exploit copyright expirations to package up classic albums in boxes for $1-2 a pop. You can find the sets on ImportCDs. So far I've gotten particular mileage out of the Art Blakey Vol. I and Oscar Peterson Vol. I boxes.

Do research, though. Like all somewhat dodgy labels, there are some releases that have errors or omissions or other serious problems.

Mirror Image

#36
May 01, 2014, 06:23:52 PM
My Top 10 Best Jazz CDs ever (in no particular order):

Bill Evans Trio: Waltz for Debby
Thelonious Monk: Monk's Music
Miles Davis: Miles Ahead
Stan Kenton: Portraits On Standards
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers: The Big Beat
Coleman Hawkins: At Ease with Coleman Hawkins
Stan Getz: Sweet Rain
Herbie Hancock: Maiden Voyage
Horace Silver Quartet: Song For My Father
Chet Baker: Chet

North Star

#37
May 02, 2014, 05:00:08 AM
Quote from: Brian on May 01, 2014, 04:01:40 PMI only have about 110 jazz albums... of course, only on GMG would the number 110 be pitifully small.
Well, perhaps not only at GMG  8)

I have only 88 :(
(I have of course heard quite a lot more than that though -- particularly a lot of 60s Blue Note releases)




Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers: A Night in Tunisia          (Morgan, Shorter, Timmons, Merritt, Blakey)
John Coltrane: Olé Coltrane                                                    (Coltrane, Dolphy, Hubbard, Tyner, Workman, Elvin Jones)
Grant Green: Idle Moments                                                    (Henderson, Green, Hutcherson, Pearson, Cranshaw, Harewood)
Herbie Hancock: Empyrean Isles                                           (Hubbard, Hancock, Carter, Williams)
Mingus: Ah Um                                                                       (Handy, Ervin, Hadi, Dennis, Knepper, Parlan, Mingus, Richmond)
Miles Davis: Nefertiti                                                             (Davis, Shorter, Hancock, Carter, Williams)
Thelonious Monk: Monk's Dream                                           (Rouse, Monk, Ore, Dunlop)
Wayne Shorter: JuJu                                                            (Shorter, Tyner, Workman, Elvin Jones)
Sonny Rollins: Saxophone Colossus                                      (Rollins, Flanagan, Watkins, Roach)
Hank Mobley: Soul Station                                                    (Mobley, Kelly, Chambers, Blakey)
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Brian

#38
May 02, 2014, 06:04:53 AM
Quote from: North Star on May 02, 2014, 05:00:08 AM
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers: A Night in Tunisia          (Morgan, Shorter, Timmons, Merritt, Blakey)
Oh man! I spent a looong time deliberating between this one and The Witch Doctor for inclusion on my list. I chose TWD because to me the title track of "A Night in Tunisia" outshines the rest of the album... although that's primarily because "A Night in Tunisia" is so amazing. I love trying to figure out just when, exactly, Art Blakey realizes he isn't soloing anymore. I think it's around the three-minute mark. Glorious!

Brian

#39
October 13, 2014, 07:53:13 PM
Quote from: Brian on May 01, 2014, 09:50:29 AM
Alphabetical (and after only 18 months of serious jazz listening, so this list is very early/provisional)


  • At Carnegie Hall, Dave Brubeck Quartet
  • Concert by the Sea, Erroll Garner Trio
  • Kind of Blue, Miles Davis & Co.
  • Money Jungle, Duke Ellington with Charles Mingus and Max Roach
  • Monk's Music, Thelonious Monk with Coleman Hawkins, John Coltrane, Gigi Gryce, Art Blakey, etc.
  • Nina Simone Sings the Blues
  • Tijuana Moods, Charles Mingus & Co.
  • Time Further Out, Dave Brubeck Quartet
  • The Witch Doctor, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
My favorite album is Brubeck Quartet at Carnegie Hall, which is a 2CD set (thus my list only has 9 albums).

Honorable mentions:
- Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk
- Bill Evans Trio at the Village Vanguard (3 CDs)
- It's Uptown (George Benson Quartet)
- Mingus Ah Um

UPDATED VERSION


  • At Carnegie Hall, Dave Brubeck Quartet
  • Everybody Digs Bill Evans, Bill Evans Trio
  • Exclusively for My Friends, Oscar Peterson and Trios (box set)
  • It's Monk's Time, Thelonious Monk Quartet
  • Jazz as Played at an Exclusive Side Street Cafe, Nina Simone Trio
  • Kind of Blue, Miles Davis & Co.
  • Mingus Ah Um, Charles Mingus & Co.
  • Money Jungle, Duke Ellington with Charles Mingus and Max Roach
  • Monk's Music, Thelonious Monk with Coleman Hawkins, John Coltrane, Gigi Gryce, Art Blakey, etc.
  • Somethin' Else, Cannonball Adderley, Miles Davis, Hank Jones, Sam Jones, Art Blakey
Honorable mentions:
- Nina Simone Sings the Blues
- Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk
- Bill Evans Trio at the Village Vanguard (3 CDs)
- Time Further Out
- The Sidewinder (Lee Morgan)
- Chanchullo (Ruben Gonzalez) and Introducing Ruben Gonzalez
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