1940's and 1950's Jazz Recommendations
99Problems
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Also, what I like to call "old man jazz". When you're in the mood what's the one "old man jazz" record you always reach for?I got this old Lester Young LP that's beatiful, I will post a pic of it in a few.
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Someone else on here recommended to me that Duke Ellington "Boss Nova" album which is also cool.
Bueller?
Do you have a favorite album that would fall in that category?
Also, my favorite is Bud Powell, but he's more hard bop.
I always hated that 40's big band swing stuff.
A dream team. Worth it for "Love for Sale" alone.
um yeah there's like a million albums from this period but i was just listening to Lee Morgan's "Candy," so,
that the name of the LP?
I love this album and it is super cheap and easy to find. His playing is really just perfect especially on the last song on the second side (I can't remember the title).
50s vocal jazz at its very best
Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster (1957)
Ben Webster -Soulville (1957)
Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson (1959)
Check out one of the more underrated figures in jazz:
Pee Wee Russell -Over the Rainbow (1958)
Forget everything you know about this guy:
Stan Kenton -City of Glass (1951) uncompromising weirdness courtesy of bonkersgenius arranger Bob Graettinger. If you like it, get This Modern World too.
And pick up whatever Louis Armstrong or Jack Teagarden comp you see that contains their lifechanging 1947 version of "St. James Infirmary". It'll convince you that Teagarden was one of the greatest jazz vocalists...
I clicked on this to mention Bud.
This old Sidney Bechet compilation my actual old man gave me when I was about 14 or 15. "Petite Fleur" is my shit - the real "Phone Tap" o.g.
I like me some Benny Goodman (even though he bit Fletcher Henderson) and Artie Shaw too, but I bet they gets no love in this thread.
Plus Benny gets namechecked all the time. Well, twice that I know of.