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Sean Trane 
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 Posted: 21 Apr 2011 at 5:36am |
I'll have to make three or four lists, cos I don't want to compare pears and oranges
One for standard (pre-68) jazz
another for JR/F
another jazz-ralted (brass rock and these funky things)
and maybe one for more exterimental or free-jazz
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SaltyJon
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Posted: 20 Apr 2011 at 7:18pm |
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I forgot to mention, Don Ellis also has a good chance of making it to my top 10. His stuff is pretty awesome.
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Abraxas
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Posted: 20 Apr 2011 at 7:03pm |
Good album! Burton and Corea is always killer, add to that Metheny and Haynes, and you got a stellar line-up.
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The Manticore
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Posted: 20 Apr 2011 at 5:41pm |
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In no particular order:
Romantic Warrior - RTF
Black Market - Weather Report
Birds of Fire - Mahavishnu Orchestra
Friendship - Friendship
Like Minds - Gary Burton, Chick Corea, Pat Metheny, Roy Haynes
Spectrum - Billy Cobham
Imaginary Voyage - Jean Luc Ponty
The Grand Wazoo - The Mothers of Invention
Bitches Brew - Miles Davis
Elegant Gypsy - Al DiMeola.
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AtomicCrimsonRush
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Posted: 20 Apr 2011 at 9:56am |
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Jeff Beck - Live at Ronnie Scotts
Jeff Beck - Blow by blow
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire
Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
Miles Davis - A Kind of Blue
Mahavishnu Orch - from nothingness to eternity
Chicago Transit Authority
Jeff Beck - Wired
Dean watson - Unsettled
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darkshade
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Posted: 19 Apr 2011 at 12:45pm |
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I hate my list now
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mystic fred
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Posted: 19 Apr 2011 at 10:51am |
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My top ten, though in no particular order...
1) Time Out - Dave Brubeck - big favourite still comes out to play, especially when testing my system, almost perfect sonically!
2) Miles Davis - Bitches Brew - groundbreakling on its release, still powerfully emotive.
3) Miles Davis - A Tribute to Jack Johnson - my coolest album ever.
4) Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters - always reach for this if in a Jazz mood.
5) Weather Report - Heavy Weather - classic stuff.
6) The Lounge Lizards - The Voice of Chunk - great sleazy NY sound.
7) Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch - great feeling on this album.
8) Art Blakey - Moanin' - brilliant title track, ace drummer!
9) John Coltrane - A Love Supreme - super cool.
10) The Bad Plus - Give - have all their albums, great sense of humour and clever crossover.
 nice web site!Edited by mystic fred - 19 Apr 2011 at 10:56am |
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Sean Trane
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Posted: 19 Apr 2011 at 8:05am |
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Jeeeeezzzzz I'm not ready for this site
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Plus I'd rather not mix JR/F with purer jazz in these kind of lists.
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Noak2
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Posted: 19 Apr 2011 at 6:41am |
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Now that's a hard question.
Charles Mingus-The Black Saint and The Sinner Lady (1963) Charles Mingus-Let My Children Hear Music (1972) The Jazz Composer's Orchestra-The Jazz Composer's Orchestra (1968) London Jazz Composer's Orchestra-Double Trouble Two (1998) William Parker-The Peach Orchard (1998) Esbjörn Svensson Trio-Live in Hamburg (2007) Peter Brötzmann-Machine Gun (1968) Cecil Taylor-One Too Many Salty Swift and Not Goodbye (1980) Alice Coltrane-Journey in Satchidananda (1971) Noah Howard-The Black Ark (1973) I've left out a lot of great albums. All of these are amazing.
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cloviskoba
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Posted: 18 Apr 2011 at 10:24pm |
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Not exactly in this order
1: Elegant Gypsy - Al di Meola 2: Twin House - Larry Coryell & Philip Catherine 3: Electric Guitarist - John McLaughlin 4: Circense - Egberto Gismonti 5: Cosmic Messenger - Jean Luc Ponty 6: Blue Tattoo - Passport 7: Inner Conflicts - Billy Cobham 8: Blow by blow - Jeff Beck 9: Romantic Warrior - Return to Forever 10: Dregs of the Earth - Dixie Dregs |
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Abraxas
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Posted: 18 Apr 2011 at 7:46pm |
That is one hell of an album.
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triceratopsoil
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Posted: 18 Apr 2011 at 4:58pm |
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That is one hell of a lineup
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peskypesky
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Posted: 18 Apr 2011 at 4:23pm |
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arghhhhh!
I tried and gave up. Too many great ones. But one that definitely makes the list is: Oliver Nelson - The Blues & The Abstract Truth what an album! Killer compositions, and a ridiculous gathering of jazz greats: Edited by peskypesky - 18 Apr 2011 at 4:25pm |
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darkshade
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Posted: 18 Apr 2011 at 9:37am |
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I can never be satisfied with any list, I know too many great jazz records. But for now, this is my list; in no particular order...
Miles Davis - In A Silent Way Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue Miles Davis - Miles Smiles Dave Holland - Prime Directive John Coltrane - Giant Steps Pat Metheny Group - The Road To You Miles Davis - Big Fun Herbie Hancock - Empyrean Islands Miles Davis - Bitches Brew John Scofield - Loud Jazz I know I'm going to want to change this list, but I'll leave it |
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SaltyJon
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Posted: 17 Apr 2011 at 10:09pm |
Same here. Same goes for Dolphy, but I've only heard one Dolphy album so far.  |
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triceratopsoil
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Posted: 17 Apr 2011 at 8:30pm |
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I've actually yet to hear a Mingus album I don't love entirely to death
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SaltyJon
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Posted: 17 Apr 2011 at 6:42pm |
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Not a concrete list by any stretch of the imagination, but it's a start while I get more acquainted with Jazz:
Mingus - Black Saint and the Sinner Lady Mingus - Cornell 1964 Monk - The Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings Monk - Live at the 1964 Monterey Jazz Festival Dolphy - Out to Lunch Miles - Sketches of Spain Coleman - The Shape of Jazz to Come Coltrane - A Love Supreme Coltrane - Ascension Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus Fusion-free. Some others which may make it with more listens: Coltrane's Interstellar Space, something by Anthony Braxton, Peter Brotzmann, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Ayler, Cecil Taylor, etc. I'm definitely, definitely a fan of the freer side of jazz. Edited by SaltyJon - 17 Apr 2011 at 6:43pm |
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harmonium.ro
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Posted: 17 Apr 2011 at 6:32pm |
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Yeah, but Pekka's a true metal d00d
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Abraxas
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Posted: 17 Apr 2011 at 5:58pm |
I prefer him when he's playing music.
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triceratopsoil
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Posted: 17 Apr 2011 at 4:19pm |
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That's actually a Coltrane album I don't like as much. I prefer him with more of a backing band.
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