gdogus Posted March 25, 2006 Report Posted March 25, 2006 (edited) So, time to 'fess up - which major jazz artists are completely unrepresented (as leaders, let's say) in your music library? I mean, you have not a single disc by that jazz giant, and find it bewildering and shameful. I'll go first, tremble though I must, and admit that I have no recordings by Ornette Coleman. None. Zilch. I don't know why. Don't leave me hanging out here lookin' the fool all by myself - CONFESS! Edited March 25, 2006 by gdogus Quote
clifford_thornton Posted March 25, 2006 Report Posted March 25, 2006 Dexter Gordon, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holliday, the list is sadly quite long... I used to have a few Basie and Ellington sides, but not anymore. The others have never been represented at all. Quote
Claude Posted March 25, 2006 Report Posted March 25, 2006 (edited) I have never owned a Beatles record (or even listened to an entire Beatles album). In jazz, my collection (about 2000 CDs) is rather thin on singers and 1920-40 recordings. Only one Basie CD (Atomic Basie), one Billie Holiday CD (Songs for Distingué Lovers), and one Ella CD (Porgy and Bess). I also have no Mahavishnu Orchestra recording, although I like John McLaughlin. Edited March 25, 2006 by Claude Quote
garthsj Posted March 25, 2006 Report Posted March 25, 2006 SHAME! SHAME! All of you ... Go stand in the corner! Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted March 25, 2006 Report Posted March 25, 2006 (edited) Almost no Mingus (none before Spontoonious made me buy Changes 1 & 2 a few months ago, when we discovered them cheap ($6 each) out used disc hunting). Very little Monk (two leader dates, if I recall -- OK, three since the newly discovered Monk/Trane thing came out). The only two Parker recordings I own are Massey Hall, and the recently discovered Diz & Bird at Town Hall thing (which is really fantastic). Barely half a dozen Coltrane discs total ( ), and yet I have nearly every leader date that Joe Henderson ever did (probably 25 or more), plus probably 70% of Joe's sideman work. Very, very, very little of any jazz recorded before about 1955 or so. No Count Basie. Not much Ellington, though I do have almost all of his piano trio recordings for some reason. No vocalist-lead dates of any sort, and next to none with vocalists as sidemen/women (with some exceptions for some weird stuff from the 70's and very late 60's). There are LOTS of holes in my collection (includeding some REALLY big names), and then some more obscure names I have nearly complete collections for. Go figure. Edited March 25, 2006 by Rooster_Ties Quote
gdogus Posted March 25, 2006 Author Report Posted March 25, 2006 very little parker and mingus You can't lord it over the rest of us like that, GK, strutting around the thread with your fancy-pants "very little" this and that. Surely there is some jazz giant by whom you have nothing?? CONFESS!! Quote
paul secor Posted March 25, 2006 Report Posted March 25, 2006 Big bands. No Lunceford, Goodman, Herman, Thornhill, Shaw, Webb, Raeburn, and hardly any Fletcher Henderson in my collection. Maybe someone can steer me in the right direction. Quote
jazzbo Posted March 25, 2006 Report Posted March 25, 2006 (edited) I have only one Kurt Elling disc. . .. Only one AEC. Wow, I envy some of you. . . so much to discover! Edited March 25, 2006 by jazzbo Quote
BFrank Posted March 25, 2006 Report Posted March 25, 2006 Big bands. No Lunceford, Goodman, Herman, Thornhill, Shaw, Webb, Raeburn, and hardly any Fletcher Henderson in my collection. Maybe someone can steer me in the right direction. You could start by checking out Gerald Wilson. His latest ("In My Time") might even be one of his best. Missing for me: - All those older big bands that Paul mentioned above (except for Woody Herman) - Jimmy Smith (I know......shocking on this message board) - Gerry Mulligan Quote
md655321 Posted March 25, 2006 Report Posted March 25, 2006 (edited) Not much of the the pre-Bebop guys. No Basie. Only a box each of Duke and Satchmo (hot 5s and 7s, blanton webster band), both criminally unlistened to. (well not UNlistened to, but definitely not enough.) Also low on vocalists, a couple Billie and Ella, one Sinatra, thats it. Otherwise im pretty proud of the small collection I have been able to accumalate over about 8-9 years of jazz fandom. Not a lot of depth, but the bredth (girth?) is there! Edited March 25, 2006 by md655321 Quote
montg Posted March 25, 2006 Report Posted March 25, 2006 No Ornette. No Bix. I'm missing some of the newer all stars, like Kenny Garrett. No Keith Jarrett. I'm not sure what underlying thread connects those holes, it's an odd mix. For those sans big band leaders, how about "First Time!" which combines the Basie and Ellington bands? You could fill two holes at once Quote
GregK Posted March 25, 2006 Report Posted March 25, 2006 very little parker and mingus You can't lord it over the rest of us like that, GK, strutting around the thread with your fancy-pants "very little" this and that. Surely there is some jazz giant by whom you have nothing?? CONFESS!! hmmmm.......absolutely nothing by Dizzy Gillespie and nothing by any of the vocalists. Also, I had an Art Tatum disc once but sold with a big bundle of discs that went in a trade-does that count? Quote
gdogus Posted March 25, 2006 Author Report Posted March 25, 2006 (edited) Not much of the the pre-Bebop guys. No Basie. Only a box each of Duke and Satchmo (hot 5s and 7s, blanton webster band), both criminally unlistened to. (well not UNlistened to, but definitely not enough.) Also low on vocalists, a couple Billie and Ella, one Sinatra, thats it. Otherwise im pretty proud of the small collection I have been able to accumalate over about 8-9 years of jazz fandom. Not a lot of depth, but the bredth (girth?) is there! PROUD?!? This is no place for pride, mister. This is a place of shame. No Basie, you say? Edited March 25, 2006 by gdogus Quote
BruceH Posted March 25, 2006 Report Posted March 25, 2006 No Keith Jarrett in my collection. But I don't consider this shameful or bewildering at all. Quote
md655321 Posted March 25, 2006 Report Posted March 25, 2006 No Keith Jarrett in my collection. But I don't consider this shameful or bewildering at all. That makes one of us! Of course, no Basie and 20+ Jarrett on my part might seem a bit odd. Quote
LAL Posted March 25, 2006 Report Posted March 25, 2006 No Keith Jarrett and no 'electric' Miles Quote
clifford_thornton Posted March 25, 2006 Report Posted March 25, 2006 I always forget that I have Money Jungle buried somewhere, so I guess that's my one stab at Ellington. Really hurting on the pre-50s stuff, or pre-bebop material. 'Course, if I thought it was that much of an issue, it would've been rectified by now... Quote
catesta Posted March 25, 2006 Report Posted March 25, 2006 This is most interesting. I missing some of the earlier big band leaders, although I do have a lot of them on compilations I bought when first exploring jazz. Fletcher Henderson Chick Webb Jimmie Lunceford.... Although I've got plenty of Basie and Ellington. Others that come to mind.... John Patton Albert Ayler Jack McDuff Larry Young I'm sure there are plenty more. The "only have a little of" would be a long list. Quote
Free For All Posted March 25, 2006 Report Posted March 25, 2006 Buddy Bolden. Oh, wait.....I forgot that old cylinder that I use as a doorstop. Quote
tonym Posted March 26, 2006 Report Posted March 26, 2006 Should I go buy some Roland Kirk? Or Archie Shepp?? Quote
rostasi Posted March 26, 2006 Report Posted March 26, 2006 (edited) Other than most of what passes as "smooth jazz," I have no idea... this will take some time... no Norah Jones? Oh! and no Wynton. (actually, he may be on a compilation...hmmm...) Edited March 26, 2006 by rostasi Quote
tonym Posted March 26, 2006 Report Posted March 26, 2006 However, I do have this so I must be exempt... kidding Quote
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