BruceH Posted October 11, 2012 Report Posted October 11, 2012 The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico Horace Silver - Finger Poppin' Duke Jordan - Flight to Jordan Quote
clifford_thornton Posted October 11, 2012 Report Posted October 11, 2012 "Like Someone In Love" ALWAYS hits the spot Yeah, that's a great one, though I do enjoy the Riversides quite a bit too. Still, they don't have Frank Butler and he kills on this LP. Quote
Steve Reynolds Posted October 11, 2012 Report Posted October 11, 2012 a few random thoughts............. Trio 3 - Live in Willisau Dennis Gonzalez - Stefan Ellery Eskelin - One Great Day (with Andrea Parkins and Jim Black) Thelonious Monk - Monk's Music AMM - Live in Allentown Spontaneous Music Ensemble - A New Distance Mats Gustaffson - Mouth Eating Trees and Related Activities (with Barry Guy and Paul Lovens) Keith Rowe - A View from the Window Minutemen- Double Nickels on the Dime Charles Mingus - New Tijuana Moods Joe Henderson - Inner Urge Husker Du - New Day Rising Mal Waldron - Mal, Verve, Balck and Blue Peter Brotzmann - Die Like a Gog - first recording - the Ayler tribute Wayne Shorter - Adam's Apple Sonny Clark - Cool Struttin' Hank Mobley - Workout Evan Parker - At The Vortex with Barry Guy and Paul Lytton Gerry Hemingway Quintet - The Marmalade King Anthony Braxton - Dortmund Quartet 1976 Andrew Hill - Shades Billy Bang - Valve # 10 Giant Sand - Is All Over the Map Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted Gentle Giant - Live Playing the Fool Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (by strategy) Quote
Alexander Hawkins Posted October 12, 2012 Report Posted October 12, 2012 "Like Someone In Love" ALWAYS hits the spot YES!!! I love that record. Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted October 12, 2012 Report Posted October 12, 2012 What an interesting thread. Not too many have looked at Soul Jazz musicians. Here's my list of my most played jazz musicians. GRANT GREEN – COMPLETE QUARTETS WITH SONNY CLARK REMEMBERING HOUSTON PERSON – UNDERGROUND SOUL DAVID NEWMAN – DAVEY BLUE HANK CRAWFORD – THE WORLD OF HANK CRAWFORD GENE AMMONS – GROOVIN’ WITH JUG LOU DONALDSON – ALLIGATOR BOGALOO LES MCCANN – SWISS MOVEMENT CHARLES EARLAND – LEAVING THIS PLANET WILLIS JACKSON – BAR WARS SONNY STITT – JUST THE WAY IT WAS: LIVE AT THE LEFT BANK STANLEY TURRENTINE – ROUGH ‘N TUMBLE JACK MCDUFF – THE HONEYDRIPPER JIMMY SMITH – HOME COOKIN’ RICHARD 'GROOVE' HOLMES – ON BASIE’S BANDSTAND JIMMY MCGRIFF – THE STARTING FIVE (just pipping The main squeeze) JOHN PATTON – THE WAY I FEEL LONNIE SMITH – TOO DAMN HOT THE DOCTOR IS IN DON PATTERSON – BROTHERS FOUR RAY CHARLES – GENIUS + SOUL = JAZZ LIVE PHAROAH SANDERS - REJOICE JR MANCE – BLUE MANCE SHIRLEY SCOTT – SOUL SONG SONNY CRISS - CRISSCRAFT KENNY BURRELL – MIDNIGHT BLUE SOUL CALL JOHNNY 'HAMMOND' SMITH – BLACK FEELIN’ KING CURTIS – LIVE AT SMALL’S PARADISE TEDDY EDWARDS – BLUE SAXOPHONE DEXTER GORDON – AT MONTREUX NAT ADDERLEY – WORKIN’ ILLINOIS JACQUET – THE SOUL EXPLOSION JAMES BROWN – PLAYS JAMES BROWN TODAY & YESTERDAY RED HOLLOWAY – THE BURNER JIMMY PONDER – TO REACH A DREAM BLUE MITCHELL – SOUL VILLAGE JOHNNY LYTLE – PEOPLE & LOVE RUSTY BRYANT – FIRE EATER HANK MOBLEY - WORKOUT CHRIS CONNOR – CHRIS CRAFT HORACE SILVER - & THE JAZZ MESSENGERS EDDIE 'LOCKJAW' DAVIS – COOKBOOK (can I have the set?) CHARLES KYNARD – SOUL BROTHERHOOD PUCHO & THE LATIN SOUL BROTHERS – GROOVIN’ HIGH MELVIN SPARKS - SPARKLING ART BLAKEY – A NIGHT AT BIRDLAND FRED WESLEY – SWING AND BE FUNKY MONGO SANTAMARIA – MONTREUX HEAT JOHN COLTRANE – LIVE AT BIRDLAND GERALD WILSON – YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT BOOGALOO JOE JONES – SNAKE RHYTHM ROCK MILT JACKSON – SOUL BELIEVER NIGHT MIST FREDDIE ROACH – ALL THAT’S GOOD IDRIS MUHAMMAD – BLACK RHYTHM REVOLUTION JIMMY FORREST – SIT DOWN AND RELAX MACEO PARKER – LIFE ON PLANET GROOVE JAZZ CRUSADERS – LIGHTHOUSE ‘68 BOBBY TIMMONS – CHICKEN & DUMPLIN’S ROOSEVELT 'BABY FACE' WILLETTE – (all of them, but...) BEHIND THE 8 BALL HAMPTON HAWES – AT THE PIANO REUBEN WILSON – THE SWEET LIFE AZURE-TE CORNELL DUPREE – TEASIN’ ARNETT COBB – SMOOTH SAILING WES MONTGOMERY – BOSS GUITAR WILD BILL DAVIS – THE ZURICH CONCERT BERNARD PURDIE – SOUL TO JAZZ VOLS 1 & 2 IKE QUEBEC – HEAVY SOUL CANNONBALL ADDERLEY – MERCY, MERCY, MERCY GEORGE FREEMAN –GEORGE BURNS FRANTIC DIAGNOSIS PLAS JOHNSON – KEEP THAT GROOVE GOIN’ (with Red Holloway) CURTIS AMY - KATANGA ABDULLAH IBRAHIM – WATER FROM AN ANCIENT WELL ETTA JONES – MY BUDDY SONNY PHILLIPS – MY BLACK FLOWER JOE HENDERSON – CANYON LADY LARRY YOUNG – GROOVE STREET DONALD BYRD - BLACKJACK GEORGE BENSON – BEYOND THE BLUE HORIZON PEE WEE ELLIS – 12 AND MORE BLUES RANDY JOHNSTON – WALK ON GENE LUDWIG – SOUL SERENADE DON WILKERSON – (all of them – OK) THE COMPLETE BLUE NOTES GROVER WASHINGTON JR – MR MAGIC BILL HEID – WET STREETS HAROLD MABERN – KISS OF FIRE JOHNNY GRIFFIN – GRAB THIS MEL RHYNE - CLASSMASTERS DUKE ELLINGTON – PIANO IN THE FOREGROUND BOOKER ERVIN – THE BLUES BOOK MILT BUCKNER – GREEN ONIONS WINARD HARPER - FAITH LEE MORGAN – SONIC BOOM WYNTON KELLY – SMOKIN’ AT THE HALF NOTE DIZZY GILLESPIE – SWING LOW SWEET CADILLAC PAUL BRYANT – SOMETHIN’S HAPPENIN’ BILL DOGGETT – WOW! HORACE PARLAN – US 3 FUNK INC – HANGIN’ OUT FREDDIE MCCOY – LONELY AVENUE CHARLES MINGUS – AH UM BENNIE GREEN – WALKING DOWN BILLY BUTLER – NIGHT LIFE MG Interesting to revisit this list nearly 7 years later and see how much I would change... (new selections in red) Only 6, I see. Well, there are a dozen extra people now... HERMAN FOSTER - THE EXPLOSIVE PIANO OF HERMAN FOSTER VON FREEMAN - HAVE NO FEAR DAKOTA STATON - MADAME FOO FOO ERNIE ANDREWS - LIVE SESSION AL GREY - JATP 1983 COLEMAN HAWKINS - HAWK EYES BILLY LARKIN & THE DELEGATES - BLUE LIGHTS BUDDY TATE - MIDNIGHT SLOWS VOL 4 GEORGE BRAITH - MUSART MJQ - THE SHERIFF JOHNNY HODGES - IN ATLANTIC CITY RAY BRYANT - SOUL MG Quote
Stefan Wood Posted October 12, 2012 Report Posted October 12, 2012 (edited) Edited October 12, 2012 by Stefan Wood Quote
felser Posted October 13, 2012 Report Posted October 13, 2012 I'll second that. Love Mingus, and think this album's about as gorgeous as any music ever created by anyone. Quote
John L Posted October 13, 2012 Report Posted October 13, 2012 (edited) Nice choice. If I had to choose only one, it would probably be this one: Edited October 13, 2012 by John L Quote
Stefan Wood Posted October 14, 2012 Report Posted October 14, 2012 (edited) An excellent Fela album, John. Some others: Edited October 14, 2012 by Stefan Wood Quote
paul secor Posted December 10, 2012 Report Posted December 10, 2012 Interesting to look at my choices from 7 1/2 years ago. If I were doing it today, I might make some changes and might even leave a few artists off the list, but there's nothing I'm ashamed of posting. Quote
JazzLover451 Posted January 27, 2013 Report Posted January 27, 2013 (edited) Chico Hamilton - Man from two worlds Dave Brubeck and Gerry Mulligan - Live at the Berlin Philharmonie Shelly Manne - Live at the Manne Hole vols 1 + 2 (Would have picked Complete Blackhawk but for the no box set rules) Art Ensemble of Chicago - People in Sorrow Paul Desmond - Bossa Antigua (Or anything with Jim Hall, really) Bill Harris - Bill Harris and Friends Thelonious Monk - Monk's Dream (Tough to pick only one) Coltrane - Afro Blue Impressions Miles - Workin with the MDQ (Would have picked Complete Plugged Nickel or Kind of Blue or Complete Silent Way, but the first track is the theme song I share with my wife) James Moody with Kenny Barron - Fly me to the moon ( a twofer from 62 and 63)(or Moody plays Mancini) Art Farmer - With Love from Sweden (Modern Art a close second) Mingus - Live at Cornell, 1964 Fred Katz - Zen Jimmy Smith - Prayer Meeting Lee Morgan - Search for the New Land Bud Powell - Time Waits (Tough to pick only one) Chet Baker - Sings (Pacific Jazz best of series)(That or best of Chet Baker plays, pacific jazz)(or maybe Blues for a Reason) Art Blakey - The Witch Doctor (or perhaps Roots and Herbs) Vince Guaraldi - A Charlie Brown Christmas Sonny Clark - Cool Struttin' Ella - Complete songbooks (Porter discs) Sinatra - Live with sextet in Paris '62 Jeremy Steig - What's New (with Bill Evans) Grant Green - Street of Dreams (This or Complete Quartets with Sonny Clark) Bobby Hutcherson - Stick up! (Very very hard to pick just one) Dexter Gordon - Gettin' Around Jackie McClean - Destination out! (This or One Step Beyond) Gerry Mulligan - Jeru (That or the Gerry Mulligan Round Midnight compilation) Gerry Mulligan Quartet with Chet Baker - Best of the Gerry Mulligan Quartet with Chet Baker (Pacific Jazz) Harold Land - In the Land of Jazz (that or Live in the Cellar) Curtis Amy / Dupree Bolton - Katanga Jimmy Guiffre - 1961 (Also a big fan of Western Suite) Billie Holiday - Early Decca stuff (compilation?) Herbie Mann - At the Village Gate Oliver Nelson - Blues and the Abstract Truth Lorez Alexandria - with Ramsey Lewis Trio (I forget the album title) Ahmad Jamal - Live at the Spotlight club (or Alhambra) Serge Chaloff - Blue Serge (this or Boston Blow-up) JJ Johnson - First Place (Absolutely LOVE this one!!)(Blue Trombone would be a close second) Jai and Kai - The Great Jai and Kai... (impulse)(or maybe that 10" they released with In Wee Small Hours on it) The Jazztet - Big City Sounds (or Now and Then) Sarah Vaughn - After Hours Oscar Peterson - Night Train (that or Plays Porgy and Bess, the trio version, not the one with Joe Pass [although that one is quite good, too]) Stan Getz - Getz a go go (or But Not For Me) Cannonball Adderly - With Bill Evans (or At the Lighthouse) Bill Evans - Sunday at the Village Vanguard (Riverside edition) Keith Jarret - Complete Live at the Blue Note (vol. 5 if I had to pick one) Charles Lloyd - Lift Every Voice Jelly Roll Morton -JSP box set (vol. 1, 1926 stuff) Benny Goodman - Complete Small Groups with Kupra, Wilson, and the vibes guy, I'm forgetting his name ATM) Joe Lovano - From the Soul John Scofield - Meant to Be (hard to pick just one) George Russell - Jazz in the Space Age (That or Ezzthetics) Herbie Hancock - Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel double album (not his as a leader, but I'll use up his slot with it) Louis Armstrong - Hot fives and Sevens, vol. 1 (JSP) Django Reinhart - JSP box set (vol. 1) Segovia - Bach Transcriptions, Segovia box set (vol. 4) (Deustche Gramaphone) Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch (this or his live stuff with Trane in Europe in 61) Sonny Rollins - LIve at the Village Vanguard (double cd) (that or Saxophone Colossus, or Way out West) Wes Montgomery with Wynton Kelley - Smokin at the Half Note (reissued complete show). Horace Silver - Live in 58' (That or Jody Grind, or Song for my Father) Simon and Garfunkel - Live in 69 Wynton Kelley - Kelley Blue Kenny Drew - Undercurrent Duke Ellington - Afro-Eurasian Eclipse (that or Far-East Suite) Joe Henderson - LIve at the Village Vanguard Andrew Hill - Passing Ships Pete La Roca - Turkish Women at the Bath (or Basra) Ramsey Lewis - Down to Earth Basie - The Atomic Basie Freddie Hubbard - Ready for Freddie Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil (again, hard to pick only one) John Patton - Got a good thing going! Tony Scott - Music for Zen Meditation Teddy Wilson - My Way Grachan Moncur - Evolution (or Some Other Stuff) Carl Fontana - The Great Fontana Jim Hall - Folk Jazz Jimmy McGriff - Electric Funk Tony Williams - Lifetime Hank Mobley - Dippin' Ray Charles - Yes, Indeed! Stevie Wonder- Talking Book (That or Songs in the Key of Life) Tommy Flanagan - Overseas Wycliffe Gordon - Dig This! Wynton Marsalis - Citi Movement Larry Young - Lawrence of Arabia (That or Unity) McCoy Tyner - Real McCoy Charlie Parker - Jazz at Massey hall (That or his early Savoy stuff) Coleman Hawkins - The Hawk Flies High Edited January 30, 2013 by JazzLover451 Quote
Bright Moments Posted January 28, 2013 Author Report Posted January 28, 2013 some interesting choices JazzLover451! Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted August 23, 2013 Report Posted August 23, 2013 Hey, that's cheating! How was this cheating? Quote
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