Albums that must be heard LOUD

[White Lightning]

Some Jazz albums just ask for turning up the volume.

Any favorites?

[marcello]

Miles Davis - Agartha

Edited June 10, 2005 by marcello

[sidewinder]

ditto the above ( Miles insists that you crank it up in the inner sleeve, no arguments ) and 'Dark Magus'.

The Count's 'Atomic Mr Basie' is another.

[tonym]

Any of the Jack Johnson or Bitches Brew material.

I always have a penchant for listening to the opening track on Getz's 'The Steamer' at full chat; Blues for Mary Jane.

Other classic stuff includes the track Bag's Groove off that album. Actually there are many; 'Saxophone Collossus' is another -- the whole album.

[Alfred]

You hit the spot is my favorite tune here. One of my desert island LPs.

[Kevin Bresnahan]

[Ed S]

Matthew Shipp - Equilibrium

[Ed S]

Erik Truffaz - Walk of the Giant Turtle

[vibes]

An obvious one:

[brownie]

BELLS by Albert Ayler!

And the neighbors 'ld better shut up

[andybleaden]

I believe it has to be A night in Tunisia by Art Blakey etc on Blue Note

This does it for me ...every time....sometimes so much ...I stick it back on again and guess the ending!

The other one was a duo Art did with Paul Chambers...it was on a compilation years ago and then they stuck it on a lost session

I ve'got my love to keep me warm

with Art Blakey and Paul Chambers......sublime

and after you have heard all of them Plaza de Toros by Larry Young

or

Jimmy Smith...title track from Open House again on Blue Note

Last ...I promise

Keith Jarrett Koln Concert on ECM

bye

[CJ Shearn]

Pat Metheny: We Live Here, First Circle, Trio Live, The Way Up

Terence Blanchard: Flow

Blakey: Free For All

Jimmy Smith: The Boss

Kenny Garrett: Songbook

Jeff "Tain" Watts: Detained at the Blue Note

[B. Goren.]

[JSngry]

It comes with specific instructions, in fact.

[B. Goren.]

[WD45]

Pretty much all of Miles' plugged in material

And a second on this one:

[Brad]

Any Blakey album with any extended solo. Hell, yeah

[ralphie_boy]

William Parker - O'Neil's Porch

[Rosco]

Coltrane's Ascension!

[B. Goren.]

Coltrane's Ascension!

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[neveronfriday]

I love listening to the Basie Mosaics really loud. We're talking close-to-brain-hemmorage-loud. You gotta feel that drive.

Those bands had a wonderful punch.

Favourites when it comes to playing beyond the above-mentioned volume level are "Blues in Hoss Flat", "Corner Pocket", "Jumpin' at the Woodside" and "Battle Royal" from The Count Meets the Duke (Columbia). Those just scream for being played at full throttle.

It also silences the neighbours.

Yes, that loud.

Edited June 10, 2005 by neveronfriday

[clifford_thornton]

Cecil Taylor - Nuits de la Fondation Maeght (w/ Rivers, Lyons and Cyrille), all three volumes in succession!

[BruceH]

The Modern Dance comes to mind...

Oh, you mean JAZZ albums? How about Ellington's All-Star Road Band?

[medjuck]

The Count's 'Atomic Mr Basie' is another.

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I was just listening to this and it didn't seem very dynamic (the sound, not the music which is very dynamic.) I have what I think is the first cd version of it. Has it been remixed for later releases? Is it in stereo?

[RDK]

Not what you might expect "played loud," but this one works for me. Sounds like you're right inside the piano (or conversely that the piano's all around you)...

Edited June 10, 2005 by RDK