garymd Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 Nobody even mentioned Horace Silver's, A Song For My Father! That just shows you........... Should at least be in everyone's top 10. I'd hold off on the Coltrane/Monk Carnegie Hall album for a while. Not that it isn't great, but there are way too many others you should own before diving into that IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rplace Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 Nobody even mentioned Horace Silver's, A Song For My Father! That just shows you........... Should at least be in everyone's top 10. I'd hold off on the Coltrane/Monk Carnegie Hall album for a while. Not that it isn't great, but there are way too many others you should own before diving into that IMO. I am kind of new to the Jazz game...but maybe that is a good thing for the new to jazz types. Coming from a hard rock, classic rock and punk background I thought I would never like Jazz much. I was wrong. Since you already have a good start (Coltrane, Brubeck, Wes M.) throw these into the mix in no particular order Horace Silver - A Song for my Father (Gary beat me to the punch) Joe Henderson - Page One (Gets better every time I listen to it) Duke Pearson - Wahoo! (killer) Jimmy Smith - The Sermon (nice, very nice) Helen Merrill - Self Titled 1954 with Clifford Brown (luscious on the klipsch horns, like Gary's offer if you don't like it I will pay for it.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbert Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 Personally, I really dig the compilation put together by Allan. It is a very good start for beginners like me. I do like jazz, or at least a great majority of the songs Allan put to gether. But I think it would be even experienced if you could hear it live. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snilsen13 Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 For a newbie, there are some jazz recordings that'll really capture your heart. As you get into the genre, you're tastes will change and those may no longer be your top 5. These were my Top 5 traditional bop/post-bop recordings that got me started: Cannonball Adderly - Mercy Mercy Mercy Miles Davis - (too many, but if just one) In a Silent Way Charles Mingus - Ah Um Sam Rivers - New Directions (this was my avant-garde) John Coltrane - My Favorite Things Yeah, this could be anybody's random sample of great recordings, but my real suggestion is get yourself The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD and follow their advice. Eventually, you won't regret any of those buys. You could do really well in the used bins... lately though I've turned to LPs and have lost interest in my CDs... which number over 150 of just jazz (contempories like Frisell and Zorn going back to The Birth of Cool), and which I would be happy to let go of for the right price. Incidently, I started listening to cassettes, which are probably a super value to get initiated. Started with the cassette clubs. That's a great call BTW, join BMG or Columbia House (again) and get yourself a quick jazz collection on the cheap. Jazz really sounds amazing on Klipsch regardless of format. You'll love the genre twice as much because you'll really hear the horns sing. You'll love it two times more if you you use SET amplification, which seem to complement this genre perfectly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 For me, at least one of them would have to Diana Krall, which means that it would have to be the remade Stepping Out <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> Another would have to be Tom Scott (sax) CD, and a Ramsey Lewis (piano) CD Also Norah Jones has been in heavy rotation since I got her 2 CDs, so she would probably also have to be on the list Maybe also Dick Hymans Swing Time, unless I can call that a swing CD and do not have to include it in a jazz list OH NO! Thats five! OK, lets see, cant e without Diana, maybe some Getz, no, maybe some, oh forget it[H] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stovebolt6 Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 Years ago one one of the BB members created a link to what for a lack of a better description was "The Klipsch BB membership recomended TOP 100 jazz albums of all time" or somthing similar to that. I think that was back on the old forum. Does this link still exist? Who maintained it for us? Was it Allen? I wonder how it compares to the titles given in this thread! Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dflip Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 From a previous version of this list and suggestions from the members of this forum. I left in the names of some of the member associated with this list. Dave Brubeck Time OutMiles Davis Kind of BlueSonny Rollins Saxophone CollossusStan Getz & Joao Gilberto Getz & Gilberto Cannonball Adderley Somethin' ElseCount Basie Orchestra Complete Atomic BasieJohn Coltrane Giant StepsTito Puente Top Percussion (OK, I like Latin Jazz)Art Blakey Moanin'Gerry Mulligan and Ben Webster Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster - great synergy <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> Allan Songer Art Blakey & the Jazz Messegnerrs "Moanin'" Blue Note 4003Jimmy Smith "The Sermon!" Blue Note 4011Art Pepper "Meets the Rythym Section" ContemporarySonny Rollins "Saxophone Collosus" PrestigeThelonious Monk "Brilliant Corners" RiversideJohn Coltrane "A Love Supreme" ImpulseMiles Davis "Kind of BLue" ColumbiaLarry Young "Unity" Blue Note 4221Ornette Coleman "The Shape of Jazz to Come" AtlanticSonny Clark "Cool Struttin'" Blue Note 1588 Art Pepper "The Omega Tapes" (various reissues, most recently on the Mosaic label).John Coltrane "Africa/Brass" ImpulseLarry Young "Into Something" Blue NoteTina Brooks "Minor Move" Blue NoteThelonious Monk "Monk's Mood" ColumbiaJoe Henderson "Page One" Blue NoteClifford Jordan/John Gilmore "Blowing in From Chicago" Blue NoteHelen Merrill "Helen Merrill" EmarcySonny Rollins "Way Out West" ContemporaryOrnette Coleman "The Shape of Jazz to Come" Atlantic Garymd Duke Pearson, WahooLee Morgan, CornbreadArt Pepper, Art Pepper + 11Grant Green, Idle MomentsSonny Rollins, Live At The Music Inn (Teddy Edwards with Joe Castro on side 2)John Coltrane, Blue TrainTina Brooks, True BlueJimmy Smith, The SermonSonny Criss, This Is CrissBenny Golson, Groovin' With Golson Belongings Jan Garbarek/Keith Jarrett/Palle Danielson/Jon Christensen On Broadway, vol III Paul Motian Quintet (w/ Bill Frisell, Charlie Haden, Joe Lovano, and Lee Konitz)Mingus Joni Mitchell (w/ Jaco Pastorius)Organ Grinder's Swing The Incredible Jimmy SmithBluesnik Jackie McLeanIn A Silent Way Miles DavisStill Life (Talking) Pat Metheny GroupDream of You Helen MerrillSinatra at the Sands Frank Sinatra (w/ the Basie band and Quincy Jones arr.)The Power of Three Michel Petrucciani (w/ Jim Hall and Wayne Shorter) Clipped and Shorn Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage Clifford Brown - Study In Brown John Coltrane - Blue Train Cannonball Adderley - & Coltrane Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil Horace Silver - Song For My Father Dizzy Gillespie - Sonny Side Up Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue John Coltrane - Giant Steps J. 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Johnson - The Eminent Volume 1 Eric Dolphy - Out To Lunch Oliver Nelson - Blues & The Abstract Truth Lee Morgan - The Sidewinder Hank Mobley - Soul Station Miles Davis - Milestones Wes Montgomery - Smokin At The Half Note Lee Morgan - Cornbread Larry Young - Unity Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Collossus John Coltrane - Mainstream 1958 Mccoy Tyner - The Real Mccoy John Coltrane - A Love Supreme Johnny Smith - Moonlight In Vermont Paul Chambers - Chambers Music June Christy - Something Cool Dizzy Gillespie - Jazz At Massey Hall Art Blakey - A Night At Birdland Vol. 1 Dizzy Gillespie - Duets Bill Evans - Undercurrent Gene Ammons - Boss Tenors Kenny Burrell - & John Coltrane Miles Davis - 'Round About Midnight Erroll Garner - Concert By The Sea Miles Davis - Relaxin' With Miles Wes Montgomery - Incredible Jazz Guitar Joe Henderson - Page One Frank Rosolino - Free For All Wes Montgomery - Full House Art Farmer - Modern Art Carl Fontana - 5 Star Ed Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness Art Blakey - Moanin' Thelonious Monk - With John Coltrane Chick Corea - Now He Sings, Now He Sobs Freddie Hubbard - Open Sesame Bill Evans - Sunday At Village Vanguard Charlie Parker - Now's The Time Stan Getz - For Musician's Only Dizzy Gillespie - Groovin' High Dexter Gordon - Ballads Charlie Parker - Bird & Diz Joe Henderson - Lush Life, Strayhorn Music Freddie Hubbard - Red Clay Bill Evans - Waltz For Debby Kenny Dorham - Una Mas Lester Young - The President Plays W/The Oscar Peterson Trio Joe Henderson - In 'N Out John Coltrane - & Johnny Hartman Grant Green - Feelin' The Spirit Nancy Wilson - With Cannonball Add. Miles Davis - Cookin' Red Garland - Groovy Miles Davis - Steamin' With Miles Davis Johnny Griffin - A Blowin' Session Grant Green - Born To Be Blue John Coltrane - Ballads Johnny Hartman - I Just Dropped By To Say Hello Carl Fontana - The Great Fontana Grant Green - Idle Moments Art Blakey - Ugetsu Stanley Turrentine - Sugar Bill Evans - Intermodulation Art Blakey - A Night At Birdland Vol. 2 Freddie Hubbard - Hub Tones Hank Mobley - The Turnaround! Bud Powell - The Genius Of Lee Konitz - Subconscious-Lee Stan Getz - Stan Getz & Bill Evans Milt Jackson - Bags Meets Wes Jimmy Smith - Back At The Chicken Shack Sonny Rollins - Plus Four June Christy - The Misty Miss Christy Joe Henderson - Inner Urge Duke Ellington - Money Jungle Woody Herman - Keeper Of The Flame Chet Baker - Playboys Bud Powell - The Amazing - Vol 1 Oscar Peterson - Plays Count Basie Clifford Brown - Brown/Roach Inc. Stan Kenton - Duet Joe Henderson - Mode For Joe Horace Silver - Blowin' The Blues Away Clifford Brown - More Study In Brown Sonny Clark - Leapin' And Lopin' Blue Mitchell - The Thing To Do Johnny Griffin - Introducing Sonny Stitt - Constellation Slide Hampton - World Of Trombones Keith Jarrett - Standards Vol. 1 Miles Davis - Kind of Blue John Coltrane - Ascension John coltrane - My Favorite Things Duke Ellington - Okeh Ellington Miles Davis - The Birth of The Cool Thelonius Monk - Brilliant Corners John Coltrane - A Love Supreme Louis Armstrong - Complete "Hot Fives & Sevens" Billie Holiday - The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945-1959 Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz To Come John Coltrane - Giant Steps Ella Fitzgerald - 75th Birthday Celebration Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown Albert Ayler - Spiritual Unity Roscoe Mitchell Sextet - Sound The Modern Jazz Quartet - Lonely Woman Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out John Coltrane - Blue Train Bessie Smith - The Collection Lester Young - With the Oscar Peterson Trio Duke Ellington - The Blanton Webster Band Miles Davis - *****es Brew Charlie Parker - Yardbird Suite Count Basie - The Complete Atomic Basie Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um Dizzy Gilepsie - Shaw Nuff Art Blakey - Moanin' Sidney Bechet - Master Takes: Victor Sessions (1932-1943) Fletcher Henderson - A Study in Frustration/Thesaurus of Classic Jazz Benny Goodman - Sing, Sing, Sing Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus Clifford Brown - The Beginning & The End Sonny Rollins - Way Out West Max Roach - Percussion Bitter Sweet Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters . Sun Ra - Atlantis Fats Navarro & Tadd Dameron - The Complete Blue Note and Capitol Recordings Wardell Gray - Wardell Gray Memorial, Vol. 1 Sonny Stitt - Endgame Brilliance: Constellation & Tune-Up J.J. Johnson & Al Grey - Things Are Getting Better All the Time Coleman Hawkins - Body and Soul Dexter Gordon - Go! Phil Woods - Rights of Swing Clifford Brown/Max Roach - At <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Basin Street Horace Silver - Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers Art Farmer with Benny Golson - Meet The Jazztet Jackie Mclean - Destination: Out! Freddie Hubbard - Ready For Freddie Hank Mobley - soul Station Donald Byrd - A New Perspective Wes Montgomery - The Incredible Jazz Guitar of... Lee Morgan - The Sidewinder Cannonball Adderly - Somethin' Else Grant Green - Idle Moments Joe Henderson - Page One Horace Silver - Song For My Father Bobby Timmons - This Here Is Bobby Timmons Jimmy Smith - Back at the Chicken Shack Gene Harris - Introducing The Three Sounds Jack McDuff - Brother Jack McDuff Live! Shirley Scott - Soul Shoutin' Peggy Lee - Capitol Collectors Series, Vol. 1: The Early Years Willis "Gator" Jackson - Legends of Acid Jazz George Benson - Beyond the Blue Horizon Scott Joplin - His Complete Works Jelly Roll Morton - 1923-1924 King Oliver - Great Original Performances 1923-1930 Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band - Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band (1954) Johnny Dodds - 1926 Artie Shaw - Big Bands Lester Young and the Oscar Peterson Trio - S/T Bud Powell - The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1 Erroll Garner - Concert by the Sea Louis Armstrong and His All-Stars - Plays W.C. Handy Miles Davis - Round About Midnight Stan Getz - Sweet Rain Miles Davis - Miles Ahead Miles Davis - Miles Smiles Woody Shaw - Rosewood Sun Ra and his Arkestra - Live at Montreux Cecil Taylor - Unit Structures McCoy Tyner - Expansions Eric Dolphy - Out There John Coltrane - Live At The Village Vanguard Bill Evans - Sunday at the Village Vanguard Lionel Hampton - Hamp: The Legendary Decca Recordings Charlie Christian - The Genius of the Electric Guitar Earl Hines - Tour de Force Bix Beiderbecke - Bixology, 1924-30 Eubie Blake - Blues and Rags (1917-1921) Albert Ammons - The First Day Lennie Tristano - Descent into the Maelstrom Charles Mingus - Pithecanthropus Erectus Joe McPhee - Topology Don Cherry - Mu Mose Allison - The Sage of Tippo Butch Morris - Dust To Dust Kenny Burrell - Midnight Blue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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