Your Favorite Jazz Records of the 1980s?

[soulpope]

[Peter Friedman]

Wow, where to start? Here are just a few to begin:

Cedar Walton - Cedar - Timeless

Teddy Edwards - Out Of This World - Steeplechase

Barry Harris - For The Moment - Uptown

Zoot Sims -  I Wish I were Twins - Pablo

Tommy Flanagan - Nights At The Vanguard - Uptown

[soulpope]

50 minutes ago, Peter Friedman said:

Teddy Edwards - Out Of This World - Steeplechase

A good one indeed ....

[sidewinder]

3 hours ago, soulpope said:

I would agree with that - it did cross my mind.

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[Larry Kart]

Al Cohn, "Rifftide" (1987, Timeless)

Roscoe Mitchell, "Snurdy McGurdy and Her Dancin' Shoes" (1980, Nessa)

Warne Marsh, "A Ballad Album" (1983, Criss Cross)

Lee Konitz/Gil Evans, "Heroes" and "Anti-Heroes" (1980, Verve)

Henry Threadgill, "When Was That?" (1982, About Time), "Just the Facts and Pass the Bucket" (1983, About Time), "Subject to Change" (1984, About Time)

George Wallington, "The Symphony of a Jazz Piano" (1985, Interface)



 

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, Larry Kart said:

Henry Threadgill, "When Was That?" (1982, About Time), "Just the Facts and Pass the Bucket" (1983, About Time)

Yep ....

[HutchFan]

10 hours ago, soulpope said:

Yeah, this one is on my list too !!!

 

12 hours ago, duaneiac said:

Stan Getz was on a roll in the 1980's.  Each of these albums is worthy of mention --

duaniac,

Totally agree on the Getz -- but you missed another top-shelf disc from this time:

Recorded in '82 but not released until '95.

 

Edited February 13, 2021 by HutchFan

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[duaneiac]

On 2/13/2021 at 4:18 AM, Pim said:

Abdullah Ibrahim - Water From an Ancient Well 

 

Absolutely!  Wonderful album.

19 hours ago, HutchFan said:

duaniac,

Totally agree on the Getz -- but you missed another top-shelf disc from this time:

Recorded in '82 but not released until '95.

 

I didn't wish to appear dogmatic!

[Peter Friedman]

Yes, every one of those StanGetz albums is stone winner!!!!!

[Matthew]

Bobby Hutcherson: Farewell Keystone

Bobby Hutcherson: Four Seasons

[Rabshakeh]

Some nice records in here. 

I'm going to try to get my choices in. 

[HutchFan]

On 2/13/2021 at 7:42 AM, soulpope said:

 

On 2/13/2021 at 2:23 PM, Larry Kart said:

Warne Marsh, "A Ballad Album" (1983, Criss Cross)

 

soulpope, Larry,

Interesting that you both chose Warne's A Ballad Album.  I've always preferred Star Highs. 

...But now you guys make me want to go back and re-listen to A Ballad Album.  Maybe I've been missing something!   

 

[Larry Kart]

Just now, HutchFan said:

 

 

soulpope, Larry,

Interesting that you both chose Warne's A Ballad Album.  I've always preferred Star Highs. 

...But now you guys make me want to go back and re-listen to A Ballad Album.  Maybe I've been missing something!   

 

Love them both, and would have picked both, but I thought "Star Highs" wasn't within the '80s time frame. I may have been mistaken on that.

[HutchFan]

Just now, Larry Kart said:

Love them both, and would have picked both, but I thought "Star Highs" wasn't within the '80s time frame. I may have been mistaken on that.

Per Wikipedia, Warne recorded Star Highs on August 14, 1982.  So it's 'in' timeline-wise.   

 

[Guy Berger]

The 70s and 80s were an extraordinarily creative/fertile time for jazz!  I'll have to think about my favorites, but there are a lot I love.

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[Peter Friedman]

[Larry Kart]

17 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Per Wikipedia, Warne recorded Star Highs on August 14, 1982.  So it's 'in' timeline-wise.   

 

OK -- add it to my list.

[soulpope]

btw the expanded edition

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