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your top 5 jazz LPs by decade

hammertimehammertime 2,389 Posts
edited November 2005 in Strut Central
by "top" i mean favorites, all-time or at the moment. Also five is impossible so I cheated and included a sixth! 80s, 90s, and 00s will need some thought.1950s:Ornette Coleman- The Shape of Jazz to ComeJohn Coltrane- Giant StepsSonny Rollins- A Night at the Village VanguardThelonious Monk- Brilliant CornersCharles Mingus- Mingus Ah Um(John Coltrane- Blue Train)1960s:Eric Dolphy- Out to LunchLarry Young- Of Love and PeaceCecil Taylor- Conquistador!John Coltrane- MeditationsPharoah Sanders- Tauhid(Miles Davis- Bitches Brew)1970s:Alice Coltrane- Ptah the El DaoudJoe McPhee- Nation TimeDave Holland Quartet- Conference of the BirdsRashied Ali Quartet- New Directions in Modern MusicSun Ra- Space is the Place (OST)(Frank Lowe- Black Beings)1980s:Jemeel Moondoc- Nostalgia in Times SquareDavid Murray- Recording NYC 19861990s:Charles Gayle- Touchin' on Trane2000s:Roy Campbell- Ethnic Stew and Brew
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