kinuta Posted March 3, 2011 Report Posted March 3, 2011 Helen Merrill Complete EmArcy Eric Dolphy Complete Prestige Recordings Duke Ellington Centennial Complete RCA Victor The Beatles latest remasters The Stones just about everything. They seem to get a lot of play. Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted March 3, 2011 Report Posted March 3, 2011 (edited) You know, come to think of it -- earlier I said I really didn't have any?? Well, that's not entirely true. I have a few particular classical works that qualify... William Levi Dawson - Negro Folk Symphony (1934/52) Samuel Barber - Symphony No. 2 (1944/47), which Barber ordered destroyed in 1964 (and thus it because the much less known of his only two symphonies). Thankfully it was reconstructed in the 80's from a set of orchestral parts that were found in a warehouse (and previously thought to have been destroyed). Brahms - Piano Quartet #1, orchestrated by Schoenberg thusly (1861, orch 1937) Kurt Atterberg - Piano Concerto (1935), a HUGE neo-romantic work that gets a little bitonal in places, every bit as much an "integrated" symphony/piano-concerto "hybrid" as Brahms' first piano concerto. Edited March 3, 2011 by Rooster_Ties Quote
miles65 Posted March 4, 2011 Report Posted March 4, 2011 Artie Shaw 1939-1940 Classics 1087 This CD has: 'I didn't know what time it was' with Helen Forrest, 'Frenesi' 'Gloomy Sunday', 'My Fantasy', 'Don't Fall Asleep' with Pauline Byrne, a singer I like very much. She seems to not have recorded more. I can't find any more info about her. 'Dreaming out loud' and 'Now we know' with Martha Tilton. And Artie Shaw plays clarinet. Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted March 4, 2011 Report Posted March 4, 2011 Oliver Armstrong 5s and 7s Duke in the late '20s Jelly in Chicago Henderson w/Red and Hawk Bird Koko session Miles/Monk/Bags session Monk Brilliant Corners Newk - Worktime Diz/Rollins/Stitt sessions Ornette, Trane and Dolphy messed all this up for a while but I still pull out favorites. The rest expands on the above and become really personal as they guided my life. I did not mention specific issues 'cause my early versions do not equate to current packages in some cases. Quote
Sundog Posted March 5, 2011 Report Posted March 5, 2011 These immediately come to mind. John Coltrane Quartet- Coltrane McCoy Tyner- Atlantis Bill Evans- Paris Concert (First Edition) Andrew Hill- Dusk Thelonious Monk- Plays Ellington Wayne Shorter- Night Dreamer Quote
Shawn Posted March 5, 2011 Report Posted March 5, 2011 First 10 that popped into my head. Red Garland - All Kinds Of Weather Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis & Johnny Griffin - The Tenor Scene Ben Webster - Meets The Oscar Peterson Trio Kenny Burrell - The Tender Gender Duke Pearson - Wahoo Andrew Hill - Grass Roots Lee Morgan - Charisma Miles Davis - Someday My Prince Will Come Coleman Hawkins - Hollywood Stampede John Coltrane - Crescent Quote
Bigshot Posted March 6, 2011 Report Posted March 6, 2011 There is one recording that will always hold a special place for me. Cab Calloway's Some of These Days. I was in college and had gotten into "art rock" (which turned out to be neither). A radio station played Cab and my brain exploded. I wrote down the name of the track and ran straight to the record store. The song had everything- energy, skill, surprises, contrasts. I played it over and over and it eventually led to the entire world of music opening up to me. To he'll with prog rock when you can listen to jazz! Quote
jmjk Posted March 7, 2011 Report Posted March 7, 2011 Miles - both Milestones and Nefertiti (Nefertiti wins in frequency by an edge, though...) Burrell - Blue Lights 1 and 2 Paul Desmond - Easy Living Trane - Coltrane's Sound and Crescent Andrew Hill - Judgment! Bobby Hutcherson - Components Depeche Mode - Violator Quote
Utevsky Posted March 8, 2011 Report Posted March 8, 2011 I try to listen to "My Favorite Things" on or about every New Year's Eve. Quote
mjazzg Posted March 8, 2011 Report Posted March 8, 2011 Jimmy Giuffre - Thesis and Fusion Andrew Hill - Mosaic big box Van Morrison - Astral Weeks Quote
.:.impossible Posted March 8, 2011 Report Posted March 8, 2011 Miles - both Milestones and Nefertiti (Nefertiti wins in frequency by an edge, though...) Burrell - Blue Lights 1 and 2 Paul Desmond - Easy Living Trane - Coltrane's Sound and Crescent Andrew Hill - Judgment! Bobby Hutcherson - Components Depeche Mode - Violator jmjk... I don't think I've read anything from you in a while! Quote
jmjk Posted March 8, 2011 Report Posted March 8, 2011 Miles - both Milestones and Nefertiti (Nefertiti wins in frequency by an edge, though...) Burrell - Blue Lights 1 and 2 Paul Desmond - Easy Living Trane - Coltrane's Sound and Crescent Andrew Hill - Judgment! Bobby Hutcherson - Components Depeche Mode - Violator jmjk... I don't think I've read anything from you in a while! Yeah. I don't have as much time to read and participate in the O Forums as I used to. Two toddlers will do that to ya! Quote
John Tapscott Posted March 8, 2011 Report Posted March 8, 2011 (edited) I am with those whose collections have grown so much that I don't listen to any one recording all that often. But from my earlier days of collecting (30+ years ago, gee, more like 35 +) here are some that sounded good to me then and still sound good to me now. John Coltrane - Blue Train Hank Mobley - Roll Call Miles Davis - Miles Ahead Miles Davis - Miles Smiles Modern Jazz Quartet - Last Concert Charlie Parker/Dizzy Gillespie - Bird and Diz Thelonious Monk - Monk's Music Thad Jones - Mel Lewis - Presenting the Jazz Orchestra Woody Herman - Woody '63 (now part of the Mosaic Select) Duke Ellington - The Great Paris Concert McCoy Tyner - Enlightenment Edited March 8, 2011 by John Tapscott Quote
Matthew Posted March 8, 2011 Report Posted March 8, 2011 In season, out of season, no matter what mood I'm in, when I get discouraged, when I want to express happiness, get over sorrow, start to feel good about life again, get over tragedy, celebrate good times, there is one recording throughout my life that I have returned to again, and again, and again, and again,.... Marvin Gaye: What's Going On. Quote
Neal Pomea Posted March 8, 2011 Report Posted March 8, 2011 I return to these often: King Oliver Louis Armstrong Hot 5s and 7s Henry Red Allen and his New York Orchestra Chocolate Dandies Fletcher Henderson Orchestra 20s Duke Ellington late 20s Bennie Moten Clarence Williams' small groups Richard M. Jones Jelly Roll Morton Jabbo Smith Missourians Bix Django Miff Mole and His Molers among the singers, Bessie Smith, Clara Smith, Ma Rainey, and Ethel Waters Quote
Chicago Expat Posted March 8, 2011 Report Posted March 8, 2011 I try to listen to "My Favorite Things" on or about every New Year's Eve. Heh, that's one that me and my wife play as part of our unconventional christmas playlist (The Who's "Tommy" gets played, too) at home before we head to the big family get together. Quote
gmonahan Posted March 8, 2011 Report Posted March 8, 2011 Albums? Like another poster I come back to "First Time: The Count Meets the Duke" a lot, also "Oscar Peterson Trio Plus One" with Clark Terry, Gillespie's "Birks' Works: Complete Big Band Recordings" on Verve, Basie's "Lil' Ol' Groovemaker" also on Verve, Sinatra's "Only the Lonely" and "Jazz for Swingin' Lovers," Pepper's "Winter Moon," Bill Evans/Toots Thielemans, "Affinity," and Ellington's "New Orleans Suite." Invidivual tracks? Teagarden/Armstrong, "St. James Infirmary," Rosolino's "Star Dust" Basie's "Easin' It" and "Moten Swing" from the Roulette years, Miles's "Round Midnight," Coltrane and Hartman's "Lush Life." And a lot of others! gregmo Quote
jmjk Posted March 8, 2011 Report Posted March 8, 2011 In season, out of season, no matter what mood I'm in, when I get discouraged, when I want to express happiness, get over sorrow, start to feel good about life again, get over tragedy, celebrate good times, there is one recording throughout my life that I have returned to again, and again, and again, and again,.... Marvin Gaye: What's Going On. Great choice! I love this record and need to re-visit it more. Quote
zootsi Posted March 10, 2011 Report Posted March 10, 2011 (edited) I haven't been on this forum in a while, but this is a fun topic. I typically like to play my own eclectic mixes, but here are a few lesser known cd's I'm always playing: Gene Harris Quartet - At Ste Chapelle Winery Akiko Tsuruga - Sweet and Funky (very listenable B3 stuff with Eric Johnson doing some very nice guitar work) Jimmy Rivers and the Cherokees - Brisbane Bop (Rivers was an amazing western swing guitarist) Doug Sahm and the Last Real Texas Blues Band (A live recording, very tasty covers of r&b classics) Greg Piccolo - Homage Edited March 10, 2011 by zootsi Quote
Shawn Posted March 10, 2011 Report Posted March 10, 2011 "Oscar Peterson Trio Plus One" with Clark Terry That one almost made my list, such a joyous session, I never tire of it. Quote
mellowT Posted March 13, 2011 Report Posted March 13, 2011 I haven't been listening and collecting jazz for very long, but here are the albums/sets I routinely never tire of and have played the most often: Quote
Big Al Posted March 14, 2011 Report Posted March 14, 2011 Not a month goes by without me pulling out Hugh Masekela's HOME IS WHERE THE MUSIC IS. Thank you Verve for reissuing this, but no thanks for the crappy pressings. Gonna get this on vinyl eventually! Quote
Shawn Posted March 14, 2011 Report Posted March 14, 2011 Heard John Bonham's intro to "When The Levee Breaks" first thing this morning, that is perfection. Quote
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