GA Russell Posted April 22, 2005 Report Posted April 22, 2005 For the past few weeks I have been enjoying Wayne Shorter's JuJu, Jackie McLean's Jackie's Bag and John Coltrane's Ballads. So I have decided to pick up a couple of 1960s hard bop albums from YourMusic.com before the price goes up. I am thinking about Hank Mobley's Soul Station, which I gather is pretty good, and Joe Henderson's In 'n' Out, because McCoy Tyner is on it. Can you recommend any better from the YourMusic selection? I don't have a great many hard bop albums from the 60s, and I could use some ideas. I am especially interested in albums with McCoy Tyner or Tommy Flanagan on piano. Thanks! Quote
Guy Berger Posted April 22, 2005 Report Posted April 22, 2005 Soul Station is a classic of the mellow hard bop style. Definitely belongs in a top 50 BN recordings list. In'n'Out is very good as well but not as much as Inner Urge or Our Thing. I'm not sure what else is in the yourmusic catalogue. Guy Quote
Big Al Posted April 22, 2005 Report Posted April 22, 2005 What? You don't have Soul Station???? How good is this album? This is one of those album I use to define jazz to those who've never heard it. It's that good!!! Quote
Peggy-Ann Posted April 22, 2005 Report Posted April 22, 2005 Freddie Hubbard - Ready for Freddie has Tyner. Hub-Tones is very good. Quote
kulu se mama Posted April 22, 2005 Report Posted April 22, 2005 find a cd that you like, and then click on the similar artists that yourmusic recommends (unless you like jimmy giuffre in which case they state that kenny g is a similar artist). Quote
GA Russell Posted April 23, 2005 Author Report Posted April 23, 2005 127 views, yet only 4 responses. It looks like I'm not the only one who could use some help here! OK, you've sold me on Soul Station. I'll get that one for sure. Peggy-Ann, I already have Hub Tones. Thanks for the tip about Ready For Freddy. I think that I would benefit from seeing a McCoy Tyner discography. Unless somebody has a better idea, I'll get In 'n' Out when I get Soul Station. Quote
Aggie87 Posted April 23, 2005 Report Posted April 23, 2005 I just did a label search on BN at the BMG site, and extracted these titles from the list that came back: Andrew Hill - Black Fire, Dance of Death Art Blakey - Moanin, Night at Birdland 1/2, Indestructible, Night in Tunisia, Free for All Cannonball - Somethin Else Cecil Taylor - Conquistador Charlie Rouse - Bossa Nova Bacchanal Chick Corea - Now he sings, now he sobs Clifford Brown - Memorial Album Count Basie - Basie meets bond, Chairman of the Board Dexter Gordon - Go, Our Man in Paris, Doin Alright Donald Byrd - Free Form, At the Half Note Cafe Duke Ellington - Money Jungle Duke Pearson - Sweet Honey Bee Eric Dolphy - Illinois Concert Freddie Hubbard - Hub Tones, Hubcap, Ready for Freddie, Night of the Cookers 1/2 Grant Green - Am I Blue, Grantstand, Goin West Hank Mobley - Soul Station, Straight No Filter Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage Horace Silver - Song for my Father, Horace Silver Trio, Cape Verdean Blues, Serenade to a Soul Sister Jack Wilson - Easterly Winds Jackie McLean - Jackie's Bag, Right Now! Jimmy McGriff - The Worm Jimmy Smith - Sermon, Cool Blues, Rockin the Boat, Prayer Meetin, Home Cookin Joe Henderson - In and Out John Coltrane - Blue Train Johnny Griffin - Blowin Session Kenny Burrell - Midnight BLue Larry Young - Mother Ship, Of Love and Peace Lee Morgan - Sidewinder, Sixth Sense Lou Donaldson - Natural Soul McCoy Tyner - Real McCoy Miles Davis - Vol 1/2, Birth of the Cool Ornette Coleman - Golden Circle 1/2 Sam Rivers - Fuchsia Swing Song, Countours Sonny Clark - Cool Struttin Sonny Rollins - Newk's Time, Vol. 1 Stanley Turrentine - Blue Hour, Never let Me go Monk/Coltrane - Live at the Five Spot Monk - Genious of Modern Music 1/2 Wayn Shorter - Speak No Evil, JuJu Quote
GA Russell Posted April 23, 2005 Author Report Posted April 23, 2005 (edited) Great idea, Aggie. Thanks! Of course, I wouldn't want to disregard any worthy OJCs. I just don't know of any. So, of Aggie's list, are there any this group is particularly keen on? PS - What about Lee Morgan's The Sixth Sense? Does anybody like that one? Edited April 23, 2005 by GA Russell Quote
Guy Berger Posted April 23, 2005 Report Posted April 23, 2005 (edited) If I had to pick 10 favorites from this list, I'd say: The Real McCoy Now He Sings Now He Sobs Black Fire Genius of Modern Music Vol. 2 Ju ju Right Now Fuschia Swing Song Live at the Golden Circle Vol. 1 Midnight Blue Blue Train I recommend avoiding Grant Green's Am I Blue. It's not very good. Guy Edited April 23, 2005 by Guy Berger Quote
Dan Gould Posted April 23, 2005 Report Posted April 23, 2005 Soul Station is a classic of the mellow hard bop style. Definitely belongs in a top 50 BN recordings list. Top 50????? How about top 5? Quote
Guy Berger Posted April 23, 2005 Report Posted April 23, 2005 Soul Station is a classic of the mellow hard bop style. Definitely belongs in a top 50 BN recordings list. Top 50????? How about top 5? I definitely wouldn't put it in the top 5 or even 10. Not a diss against the album by any means; depends on what you like, I guess. Guy Quote
GA Russell Posted April 23, 2005 Author Report Posted April 23, 2005 Thanks for your list, Guy! I see that Ready For Freddie also has Wayne Shorter on it. I think I would benefit from seeing a Shorter discography as well as a Tyner. I didn't know that Shorter played on any albums other than Art Blakey's and his own during the mid-60s. Quote
Guy Berger Posted April 24, 2005 Report Posted April 24, 2005 Thanks for your list, Guy! I see that Ready For Freddie also has Wayne Shorter on it. I think I would benefit from seeing a Shorter discography as well as a Tyner. I didn't know that Shorter played on any albums other than Art Blakey's and his own during the mid-60s. He plays (and I mean PLAYS) on two Tyner albums, Expansions and Extensions. He matches wits with Sam Rivers on Tony Williams's Spring. And he also shows up on a few albums by Lee Morgan and Donald Byrd. I'm sure I'm missing one or two other BN sideman appearances. Guy Quote
vibes Posted April 24, 2005 Report Posted April 24, 2005 Thanks for your list, Guy! I see that Ready For Freddie also has Wayne Shorter on it. I think I would benefit from seeing a Shorter discography as well as a Tyner. I didn't know that Shorter played on any albums other than Art Blakey's and his own during the mid-60s. And there's the Miles Davis Quintet albums, of course... Quote
Uncle Skid Posted April 24, 2005 Report Posted April 24, 2005 And there's the Miles Davis Quintet albums, of course... Yes, and Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus is available there as well. I'm not sure if it would be considered "hard bop", but it is some great stuff! Quote
Big Wheel Posted April 24, 2005 Report Posted April 24, 2005 Thanks for your list, Guy! I see that Ready For Freddie also has Wayne Shorter on it. I think I would benefit from seeing a Shorter discography as well as a Tyner. I didn't know that Shorter played on any albums other than Art Blakey's and his own during the mid-60s. He plays (and I mean PLAYS) on two Tyner albums, Expansions and Extensions. He matches wits with Sam Rivers on Tony Williams's Spring. And he also shows up on a few albums by Lee Morgan and Donald Byrd. I'm sure I'm missing one or two other BN sideman appearances. Guy Only two, one of which was not released for quite awhile: Some Other Stuff and Lou Donaldson's Lush Life. Quote
GA Russell Posted April 24, 2005 Author Report Posted April 24, 2005 Thanks for your list, Guy! I see that Ready For Freddie also has Wayne Shorter on it. I think I would benefit from seeing a Shorter discography as well as a Tyner. I didn't know that Shorter played on any albums other than Art Blakey's and his own during the mid-60s. And there's the Miles Davis Quintet albums, of course... Of course! I usually think of Shorter with Miles in '66, but he joined in Sept of '64 I think, so that would put him with Miles squarely in the mid-60s. Quote
DMP Posted April 24, 2005 Report Posted April 24, 2005 Off by a couple of years, but there are the "K2" versions of "Monk's Music" and "Brilliant Corners." Quote
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