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10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Bird Up: The Charlie Parker Remix Project album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Bird Up: The Charlie Parker Remix Project
Jazz Related Electronica/Hip-Hop 2003
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Blue Note Plays Stevie Wonder album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Blue Note Plays Stevie Wonder
RnB 2004
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS New Orleans Brass Bands: Through the Streets of the City album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
New Orleans Brass Bands: Through the Streets of the City
Original New Orleans Jazz 2015
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Message To Attila - The Music Of Attila Zoller album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Message To Attila - The Music Of Attila Zoller
Post Bop 2015
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS REVIVE Music Presents: Supreme Sonacy (Vol. 1) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
REVIVE Music Presents: Supreme Sonacy (Vol. 1)
Eclectic Fusion 2015
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Jazz Loves Disney album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jazz Loves Disney
Vocal Jazz 2016
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Celebrate Ornette album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Celebrate Ornette
Eclectic Fusion 2016
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Monteverdi In The Spirit Of Jazz album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Monteverdi In The Spirit Of Jazz
Third Stream 2017
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS The Passion Of Charlie Parker album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Passion Of Charlie Parker
Vocal Jazz 2017
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Hendrix in the Spirit of Jazz album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Hendrix in the Spirit of Jazz
Jazz Related Rock 2017
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Sky Music: A Tribute To Terje Rypdal album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Sky Music: A Tribute To Terje Rypdal
Eclectic Fusion 2017
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Jazz Loves Disney 2 - A Kind Of Magic album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jazz Loves Disney 2 - A Kind Of Magic
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2017
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS We Out Here album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
We Out Here
World Fusion 2018
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS You & Explosion Band : The First (Lupin The Third OST) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
You & Explosion Band : The First (Lupin The Third OST)
Jazz Related Soundtracks 2019
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Tales Of Wonder - A Jazz Celebration Of Stevie album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Tales Of Wonder - A Jazz Celebration Of Stevie
Fusion 2020
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Island Sounds from Japan 2009-2016 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Island Sounds from Japan 2009-2016
World Fusion 2020
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS New Horizons album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
New Horizons
African Fusion 2020
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Blue Note Re:Imagined album cover 3.00 | 1 ratings
Blue Note Re:Imagined
Nu Jazz 2020
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Newvelle Presents : The New Orleans Collection album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Newvelle Presents : The New Orleans Collection
RnB 2020
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Cinevox : Tidbeats album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Cinevox : Tidbeats
Jazz Related Soundtracks 2020
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Afrikan Blood album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Afrikan Blood
Dub/Ska/Reggae 2021
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Silk Road : Journey Of The Armenian Diaspora (1971​-​1982) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Silk Road : Journey Of The Armenian Diaspora (1971​-​1982)
Exotica 2021
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Hemingway, A Film By Ken Burns And Lynn Novick. Original Music From The PBS Documentary album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Hemingway, A Film By Ken Burns And Lynn Novick. Original Music From The PBS Documentary
Jazz Related Soundtracks 2021
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS UNDP Collective - Esto Sí Se Llama Querer album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
UNDP Collective - Esto Sí Se Llama Querer
Latin Jazz 2021
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Relief : A Benefit for the Jazz Foundation of America’s Musicians’ Emergency Fund album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Relief : A Benefit for the Jazz Foundation of America’s Musicians’ Emergency Fund
Post Bop 2021
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Pink Floyd In Jazz : A Jazz Tribute To Pink Floyd album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Pink Floyd In Jazz : A Jazz Tribute To Pink Floyd
Nu Jazz 2021
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS One Night In Pelican : Afro Modern Dreams 1974-1977 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
One Night In Pelican : Afro Modern Dreams 1974-1977
African Fusion 2021
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Indaba Is album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Indaba Is
African Fusion 2021
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Lèspri Ka : New Directions in Gwoka Music from Guadeloupe 1981​-​2010 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Lèspri Ka : New Directions in Gwoka Music from Guadeloupe 1981​-​2010
African Fusion 2022
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Summer Of Soul (...Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Original Motion Picture Soundtrack album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Summer Of Soul (...Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Jazz Related Soundtracks 2022
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Black Lives - from Generation to Generation album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Black Lives - from Generation to Generation
Eclectic Fusion 2022
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Honoring Pat Martino, Volume 1 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Honoring Pat Martino, Volume 1
Hard Bop 2022
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Here It Is : A Tribute To Leonard Cohen album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Here It Is : A Tribute To Leonard Cohen
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2022
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Red Hot & Ra : Nuclear War album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Red Hot & Ra : Nuclear War
Eclectic Fusion 2023
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Black Jazz Records : The Complete Singles album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Black Jazz Records : The Complete Singles
Soul Jazz 2024

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10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS The New Wave In Jazz album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The New Wave In Jazz
Avant-Garde Jazz 1966
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Interpretations Of Monk album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Interpretations Of Monk
Avant-Garde Jazz 1994
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS The Savory Collection, Vol. 3 - Honeysuckle Rose: Fats Waller & Friends album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Savory Collection, Vol. 3 - Honeysuckle Rose: Fats Waller & Friends
Swing 2017
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Live Under The Sky '86 '87 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live Under The Sky '86 '87
Fusion 2018
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Joni 75 : A Birthday Celebration album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Joni 75 : A Birthday Celebration
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2019
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Gilles Peterson Presents : MV4 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Gilles Peterson Presents : MV4
Fusion 2020
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Not Two... But Twenty album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Not Two... But Twenty
Avant-Garde Jazz 2020
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Live from Band on the Wall album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live from Band on the Wall
Fusion 2020
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Вони не пройдуть - No Pasaran! (Ukraine support compilation) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Вони не пройдуть - No Pasaran! (Ukraine support compilation)
Avant-Garde Jazz 2022
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Outernational - Live from Studio Two Abbey Road Studios album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Outernational - Live from Studio Two Abbey Road Studios
Nu Jazz 2022
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS A Celebration of Keith Tippett album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
A Celebration of Keith Tippett
Avant-Garde Jazz 2023

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10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Assorted Flavors Of Pacific Jazz - A Hi-Fi Sampler album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Assorted Flavors Of Pacific Jazz - A Hi-Fi Sampler
Cool Jazz 1956
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS My Pussy Belongs to Daddy album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
My Pussy Belongs to Daddy
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1957
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Jazz West Coast Volume N° 4 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jazz West Coast Volume N° 4
Cool Jazz 1958
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Blue Note's Three Decades Of Jazz - Volume 1 - 1959 - 1969 (aka A Decade Of Jazz Volume Three (1959-1969)) album cover 4.00 | 1 ratings
Blue Note's Three Decades Of Jazz - Volume 1 - 1959 - 1969 (aka A Decade Of Jazz Volume Three (1959-1969))
Hard Bop 1969
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS The Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Jazz album cover 5.00 | 2 ratings
The Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Jazz
Swing 1973
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Various ‎– The Progressives album cover 4.50 | 1 ratings
Various ‎– The Progressives
Fusion 1973
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS No Energy Crisis album cover 4.50 | 1 ratings
No Energy Crisis
Avant-Garde Jazz 1974
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Polish Jazz 1946-1956: Post-War Dance Bands Vol.1 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Polish Jazz 1946-1956: Post-War Dance Bands Vol.1
Big Band 1975
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Polish Jazz 1946-1956 Vol 3 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Polish Jazz 1946-1956 Vol 3
Swing 1976
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS ECM Sampler 2 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
ECM Sampler 2
Post-Fusion Contemporary 1979
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS This Is Acid Jazz Volume Three album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
This Is Acid Jazz Volume Three
Acid Jazz 1993
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Killer Funk album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Killer Funk
Funk 1999
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Blue Note: The Ultimate Jazz Collection album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Blue Note: The Ultimate Jazz Collection
Hard Bop 2006
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Duo Art: Creating Magic album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Duo Art: Creating Magic
Post-Fusion Contemporary 2014
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS VA - Le Meilleur de Blue Note album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
VA - Le Meilleur de Blue Note
Hard Bop 2014
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS V.A. - Salsa de la Bahia Vol. 2, Hoy Y Ayer album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
V.A. - Salsa de la Bahia Vol. 2, Hoy Y Ayer
Latin Jazz 2014
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Its Christmas on Mack Avenue album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Its Christmas on Mack Avenue
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2014
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Fusion Jazz in America album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Fusion Jazz in America
Fusion 2014
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS The Magic & the Mystery of the Piano Trio: Ballads & Lullabies album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Magic & the Mystery of the Piano Trio: Ballads & Lullabies
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10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Introducing M-Base album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Introducing M-Base
Eclectic Fusion 2015
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS The Complete Bee Hive Sessions album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Complete Bee Hive Sessions
Hard Bop 2015
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Cuba In America 1939 - 1962 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Cuba In America 1939 - 1962
Afro-Cuban Jazz 2016
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Jazz Haunts & Magic Vaults: The New Lost Classics of Resonance Records, Volume 1 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jazz Haunts & Magic Vaults: The New Lost Classics of Resonance Records, Volume 1
Hard Bop 2016
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS ECM Trumpets album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
ECM Trumpets
Post Bop 2016
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Spiritual Jazz 7 : Islam album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Spiritual Jazz 7 : Islam
Avant-Garde Jazz 2017
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS The Britxotica! Box album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Britxotica! Box
Exotica 2017
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS J Jazz – Deep Modern Jazz from Japan 1969-1984 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
J Jazz – Deep Modern Jazz from Japan 1969-1984
Post Bop 2018
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Disques Debs International Vol. 1 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Disques Debs International Vol. 1
World Fusion 2018
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Spiritual Jazz 8 Japan Pt 1 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Spiritual Jazz 8 Japan Pt 1
Fusion 2018
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Spiritual Jazz 8 Japan Pt 2
Fusion 2018
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Fania Goes Psychedelic album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Fania Goes Psychedelic
Latin Rock/Soul 2019
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS The Irishman (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Irishman (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Jazz Related Soundtracks 2019
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Afro Exotique : Adventures in the Leftfield, Africa 1972-82 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Afro Exotique : Adventures in the Leftfield, Africa 1972-82
African Fusion 2019
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Africa Airways Six (Mile High Funk 1974 - 1981) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Africa Airways Six (Mile High Funk 1974 - 1981)
African Fusion 2020
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS O Aperto Da Saudade album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
O Aperto Da Saudade
Latin Jazz 2020
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS West Meets East ~ Indian Music And Its Influence On The West album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
West Meets East ~ Indian Music And Its Influence On The West
World Fusion 2020
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Tchic Tchic - French Bossa Nova 1963 1974 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Tchic Tchic - French Bossa Nova 1963 1974
Bossa Nova 2020
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Studio One 007 : Licensed to Ska album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Studio One 007 : Licensed to Ska
Dub/Ska/Reggae 2020
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Underground London : The Art Music and Free Jazz That Inspired a Cultural Revolution album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Underground London : The Art Music and Free Jazz That Inspired a Cultural Revolution
Avant-Garde Jazz 2020
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Bowie (Crash Course For The Ravers) (The Mojo Bowie Companion) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Bowie (Crash Course For The Ravers) (The Mojo Bowie Companion)
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2020
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Color De Trópico Compiled By El Drágon Criollo & El Palmas album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Color De Trópico Compiled By El Drágon Criollo & El Palmas
Latin Jazz 2020
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Soul Love Now: The Black Fire Records Story 1975-1993 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Soul Love Now: The Black Fire Records Story 1975-1993
African Fusion 2020
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Cadence Revolution : Disques Debs International Vol. 2 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Cadence Revolution : Disques Debs International Vol. 2
World Fusion 2020
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Late Night Tales Presents Version Excursion : Selected by Don Letts album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Late Night Tales Presents Version Excursion : Selected by Don Letts
Dub/Ska/Reggae 2021
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS WAMONO A to Z Vol. II - Japanese Funk 1970​-​1977 (Selected by DJ Yoshizawa Dynamite & Chintam) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
WAMONO A to Z Vol. II - Japanese Funk 1970​-​1977 (Selected by DJ Yoshizawa Dynamite & Chintam)
RnB 2021
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Rolling Stones In Jazz album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Rolling Stones In Jazz
RnB 2022
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Studio One Music Lab album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Studio One Music Lab
Dub/Ska/Reggae 2022
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS This Is Flying Dutchman 1969-1975 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
This Is Flying Dutchman 1969-1975
Soul Jazz 2023
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS East Wind: Revolutionary Japanese Jazz in the 70s album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
East Wind: Revolutionary Japanese Jazz in the 70s
Fusion 2024
10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Ayo Ke Disco: Boogie, Pop & Funk from the South China Sea (1974​-​88) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Ayo Ke Disco: Boogie, Pop & Funk from the South China Sea (1974​-​88)
Funk 2024

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10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Blue Note Re:Imagined

Album · 2020 · Nu Jazz
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“Blue Note Re:imagined” is a two CD collection of tracks on which current UK jazz, hip-hop and RnB artists use classic Blue Note songs as inspirations for new creations. Taking a jazz song that was originally written in swing time and then slapping a contemporary backbeat on it does not always go well, so its fortunate that many of these artists often create creations that bear little resemblance to the original. Looking at this collection as a whole, if you are expecting some hip contemporary jazz leaning pop, then you will be happy with this, but if you expecting every track to be a heavy modern jazz statement, you may find yourself wanting, but all the same, there is some good contemporary, or ‘nu’, jazz to be found.

The best jazz cuts on here come from the artists who have the strongest reps, including Shabaka Hutchings, Alfa Mist, Blue Lab Beats, Nubya Garcia and Ishmael Ensemble. Of the pop tracks, Fieh’s “Armageddon” is a standout with its interesting chord progressions. Of the tracks that don’t work as well, Ezra Collective tries to place a hip-hop beat on Wayne Shorter’s “Footprints” and it totally undermines the mystical flow of the original. There is a saving grace on this one though via an amazing keyboard solo from Joe Amon-Jones. On the other hand, Nubya Garcia’s hip-hop reworking of “A Shade of Jade” is almost an improvement over the hard bop original. A surprise success is an odd wordless vocal rendition of “Maiden Voyage” by Mr Jukes that works really well despite what that idea would sound like on paper. I ended up making my own CD off of this two CD album by recording just the best tracks and leaving off the others, with a little editing like that you can end up with a very good collection of today’s UK nu jazz sound.

10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS No Energy Crisis

Boxset / Compilation · 1974 · Avant-Garde Jazz
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ABC Records compilation, “No Energy Crisis” , features one of the most unattractive and banal album covers ever, yet houses some of the hottest avant-garde jazz from that era. In fact, this may very well be the best compilation of early avant-garde jazz ever as it contains an all-star roster that leaves very few of the big names out. It also helps that almost every track is an absolute smoker as the players enthusiastically dig into the ‘new sound’ of the early days of free jazz. Free jazz is the tie that binds much of these artists together, but there is plenty of variety on here too. John Klemmer plays loose and noisy jazz rock, Gato Barbieri performs wild and chaotic Brazilian grooves, while Marion Brown backs his saxophone explorations with an African percussion ensemble. Side two of this four record set features some imaginative ensemble arrangements by Archie Shepp and Albert Ayler. At least four tracks on “No Energy Crisis” did not appear on any previous recordings, which furthers its value to the jazz vinyl collector.

Like most compilations, “No Energy Crisis” never made it to CD, or even vinyl re-issue, but it still shows up at used record resources for fairly reasonable prices. If you want to hear eleven of the biggest names in early avant-garde jazz history playing at their best, its all right here.

10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Various ‎– The Progressives

Boxset / Compilation · 1973 · Fusion
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Often label samplers have a few interesting songs and then the rest is just filler. This is not the case with this Columbia double LP from the early 70s. Almost every song on here is a complete gem full of high energy performances and very unique compositions. In the early 70s many talented performers and composers with backgrounds in rock and jazz began to merge these two idioms with the exploratory nature of 20th century concert hall music. The end result, as this record shows, was an infinite variety of sounds, structures and improvisations.

On Weather Report's "Unknown Soldier", Gregorian vocals alternate with Stravinsky meets Herbie Hancock horn and reed lines till they are interrupted by ominous warning sirens ala Edgar Varese. The whole song is driven by an understated but restless free jazz double time rhythm and has a middle section that allows Wayne Shorter to really go off.

"Sundance" by Keith Jarrett is a particularly fun and energetic piece by this often dour and introspective pianist. On this cut he gives us rock influenced free jazz somewhat similar to Miles at the Fillmore. The amazing rhythm section of Paul Motion and Charlie Haden, as well as the energetic guitar work of Sam Brown help add to the kinetic and almost chaotic atmosphere. "Jump Monk" features Charles Mingus leading a free wheeling avant big band through a great Ellington influenced old school noir jazz tune that is totally infectious in it's good time grooves.

Some of the album's rock highlights include "Knots" by Gentle Giant, an amazing piece that mixes pre-classical and 20th century composition with heavy progressive rock and avant - garde jazz. The song has a tight structure that doesn't waste a note in it's deliberate unfolding. On "Marchides", Matching Mole displays their odd take on jazz rock with a middle section that consists of a repeating whole tone pattern on electric piano topped by a bass solo.

Other top tracks include Ornette Coleman playing beautifully stark melodies backed by his own orchestrations, Don Ellis playing big band party funk in odd meters and Wendy Carlos' neo-classical composition played entirely on the Moog.

The only song that doesn't measure up on "The Progressives" is "Haida" by Paul Horn. It sounds like he is in a cove full of Dolphins and playing new age flute melodies while the Dolphins squeak and squawk and plead with him to leave them alone.

10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS Blue Note's Three Decades Of Jazz - Volume 1 - 1959 - 1969 (aka A Decade Of Jazz Volume Three (1959-1969))

Boxset / Compilation · 1969 · Hard Bop
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(This review is dedicated to Bobby Hutcherson, whose brilliant vibraphone playing on this record helps propel Eric Dolphy’s “Out to Lunch”) If you like to frequent places where used vinyl is sold, then you are likely to run into these Blue Note collections that came out in the late 60s and re-issued in the mid-70s. If you see the collection featured in this review, this one that features tracks from 1959 to 1969, then you will want to pick this one up because it is a treasure trove of classic 60s jazz cuts. First you get a heaping helping of funky hard bop soul jazz, including masterpieces of the genre such as Lee Morgan’s “Sidewinder”, Horace Silver’s “Song for my Father”, Jimmy Smith’s “Back at the Chicken Shack” and Kenny Burrell’s “Chitlins Con Carne”. As if that wasn’t enough, Blue Note tops off all that soul with the always interesting outside work of Eric Dolphy’s “Out to Lunch” and Ornette Coleman’s “European Echoes”, plus the exotic sounds of Donald Byrd’s “Christo Redenter”. Almost every cut on here is a genre defining pillar that continues to be important and enjoyable to this day. Possibly the only track that might not belong is Ike Quebec’s almost maudlin “Blue and Sentimental”, but it too is saved by Grant Green’s jaggedy guitar work.

I would imagine there were some at Blue Note who might have wanted to separate the more experimental fare from the other tracks, but fortunately they didn’t do that. Instead, everything is lumped together which gives the album a much more interesting flow as abstract pieces segue way into blues and back again. If you have been into jazz for very long at all, then you probably already recognize at least three or four of these tracks. Since re-issues of this album can be found at a low price, pick it up, this is an excellent overview of 60s jazz, albeit with an accent on soul jazz/hard bop, but with enough other stuff thrown in to keep things interesting and lively.

10000 VARIOUS ARTISTS The Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Jazz

Boxset / Compilation · 1973 · Swing
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This review is written using the original Smithsonian Collection of Jazz issued on 6 LPs that came in a box with an excellent 46 page booklet. If you are looking for a good way to get an overview of jazz history from New Orleans up to the early 60s, you couldn’t do much better than this one. Almost all of the important players are here and arranged in very logical chronological order, or sometimes grouped by genre and/or instrument. Much effort was made in assembling this package to present jazz as it grew and changed over the years. There are a few omissions and those will be covered later in this review.

This collection starts where it should, in New Orleans in the early 20s, and finally ends with John Coltrane’s “Alabama”. In between you get several cuts by major innovators like Ellington, Parker and Armstrong, and at least one cut from anyone else who was important. A top highlight of this collection comes early on when Scott Joplin’s version of “Maple Leaf Rag” is followed by Jelly Roll Morton’s, and it becomes clear what this new “jass” was all about. From the beginning jazz was a nuanced musical language whereby “hipsters” could transform pop tunes and make them personal creations in a way that was difficult to imitate and in a manner that left “squares” clueless. It’s this attempt to always stay one step ahead of the imitators that has fueled most of jazz’s innovations. Another similar juxtaposition comes when the collection follow’s Benny Goodman’s version of “Body and Soul” with Coleman Hawkin’s version. No doubt Goodman was a major talent, but no one could transform a melody like Hawkins.

Another highlight in the chronology occurs when Ellington makes his first appearance. The Basie cuts preceding Ellington are great energetic rockin swingin numbers, but when the first couple bars of Ellington’s “East St Louis Toodle-Oo” come slinking into the picture, its obvious we have entered a whole new universe. Actually the first couple bars of that tune almost sound like a ‘Knitting Factory’ band in NYC’s 21st Century, but when the tune proper kicks in, there is no doubt that this is Ellington in the late 20s, a couple centuries ahead of his time, and still so today. This whole new universe effect happens again when Parker and Gillespie show up, and once more when Cecil Taylor unveils “Enter Evening”.

This is an excellent collection, but there are some omissions. The most glaring is that nothing is included from Coltrane’s hard bop years, particularly the groundbreaking album “Giant Steps” and even more particularly, the hugely influential title track. Possibly still the most influential tune in modern jazz, the fast moving and difficult chord changes to “Giant Steps” continue to be a holy grail for young saxophone players who want to prove their skills. It was probably hard to include every major player, but if I had to pick the one most missed it would be Eric Dolphy, one of the few musicians who seemed capable of expanding on what Parker had established. Although there is an attempt to show the roots of jazz with one ragtime tune and a couple early blues numbers, it would have been nice to hear even earlier music that demonstrates the relationship between traditional African music and pre-jazz brass bands. Recordings of rural Louisiana brass bands, as late as the 1950s, playing in a very African style that preceded jazz, do exist.

There is a CD re-issue of this collection that corrects a few other omissions, particularly the Bill Evans Trio and Wes Montgomery. The CD collection also quite slyly jumps a decade and a half at the very end to feature one cut from 1979 by The World Saxophone Quartet. The implication being that the fusion/smooth jazz years were merely a diversion, the real innovations in jazz will be coming from guys like Julius Hemphill, Oliver Lake, Hamie Bluiett and David Murray.

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