Favorite Jazz LP's
mr.brett
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When I first started playing drums for my high school's jazz band, my teacher told me to get two albums. First was Kind of Blue, so I could play along with the first two tracks. The second was John Coltrane's "Live at the Village Vanguard" to get my mind blown. 
This album remains my favorite jazz lp more than a decade down the road. also
This album remains my favorite jazz lp more than a decade down the road. also
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the question isn't as absurdly broad as I first thought.
hmm ... absolute favorites ...
Money Jungle
Jazz at Massey Hall
Chu Berry "Sittin In'"
John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman
Tenor Madness
Out to Lunch
all the Stash drug-themed 30's jazz comps
Flood
Far East Suite
Chet Baker Sings
Mulligan Meets Monk
... no, fuck this. impossible to do. I've barely started.
grachan moncur - new africa
bill lewis & khan jamal - the river
horace silver - song for my father
tauhid
fire music
money jungle
archie shepp/philly joe jones - the lowlands
clifford brown - memorial album
eric dolphy - out there & out to lunch
coltrane - live at the village vanguard
Yeah, see? I dropped the ball only having "Money Jungle"
Can I just say, my favorite jazz album is Mingus himself?
I guess, if I haaaad to pick one ... um ... "Tijuana Moods?"
ugh. I hate these games.
The version of Dylan's My Back Pages is beyond words.
(the trio is with Paul Motian, who is
Olvier Nelson - The Blues and the Abstract Truth
John Coltrane - Giant Steps
Great idea. Let's BAN JAZZ TALK ON THE STRUT.
Bitches Brew
Thelonious Monk-misterioso
hahaha....i forgot tijuana moods. and the clown, and mingus ah um and....
ok Rob.
Realizing that my room DOES look like that had me reaching for the Noz-Noose.
hahaha....i forgot tijuana moods. and the clown, and mingus ah um and....
ok I'll join in on this...those mentioned and,
Blues and Roots
Live at Carnege Hall
Piecanthropus Erectus
Oh Yeah
Ah Um
...more as a sideman
is that Herbie Hancock?
Yeah. Live Japanese 2LP. I tried to
think of the Hancock/Headhunters era LP
I listened to the most, and realized
it was probably that one.
bahahahaha!
i know these kinds of threads are frequent but this is a nice reminder for me as i have been spending too much time with the rock music the last few months
miles davis-live evil
dave holland-conference of the birds
soft machine- three, five
Coltrane Live at the Village Vanguard
Mingus Ah Um
something else
out to lunch
song for my father
and mingus
and monk
Jan Johansson - Jazz p?? Svenska
- j
dolphy - out to lunch
davis - kind of blue
sun ra - we travel the spaceways
byrd - with voices
yogi jazz
sahib shihab - seeds/w. danish radio group
shamek farrah - first impressions
graham collier septet
but here's 8 off the top of my head from the early sixties ..
Wayne shorter -night dreamer
Curtis Counce- landslide
harold land -the fox
eric dolphy -live @ 5 spot vol 1
lee morgan -search for a new land
coltrane -ole
art pepper -smack up
soul of jazz percussion -booker little, byrd et al
.....and on and on....
Trane - A love Supreme
Sonny Rollins - Work Time
Archie Shepp - Fire Music
Mingus - Mingus Mingus Mingus
ahmad jamal - live at the pershing
and the monk & trane live at carnegie hall lp that came out 2 years ago is really high on my list as well. I love hearing them together.
Horace Silver-Further Explorations
Andrew Hill- Black Fire
Herbie Hancock-the Prisoner
Herbie Nichols-Complete Blue Note Recordings
that's just my fave Blue Note piano jazz records
impossible task to pick a fave jazz record for me
It's too hard to pick favorites in jazz, too broad, too many good things. Lots of good stuff mentioned here. Horace Silver - SFMF, plus Cape Verdean Blues, Dolphy - Out To Lunch, all the Mingus, , Duke - Money Jungle, all the Coltrane, Miles, etc. Also, Bobby Hutcherson - Stick Up!, Joe Henderson - In n Out, Archie Shepp - Fire Music, add Dolphy - Last Date (his version of Epistrophy is a total facemelter), Mal Waldron/Dolphy - The Quest, Oliver Nelson - Blues and the Abstract Truth, Ornette - Live at Golden Circle 1 and 2, Ahmad Jamal - Awakening......................
And I'm sorry, but if you're calling Simba by O. Levy one of your favorite jazz albums, you clearly don't like jazz. I like that album too, but come on... It has almost nothing to do with jazz music.
Hampton Hawes - At the Piano
Hampton Hawes - The Challenge
Monk/Coltrane - Live at the Five Spot
Coltrane/Cherry - The Avant-Garde
Eric Dolphy - Conversations
The Chico Hamilton Special - s/t
all of Nina Simone
Junior Mance - Touch
monk- (well- i like nearly all of his stuff that's recorded decently)
trane- ballads (recorded a few months after the amazing village vanguard sessions with eric dolphy)
miles- kind of blue
hank mobley- soul station
wayne shorter- speak no evil
elvin jones/jimmy garrison sextet- Illumination (been diggin this again lately)
ella- live in berlin
a few from the top of my head.. so many great ones though..
where's all the CTI?