I guess Jazz Trombone never existed..typical. Key track: Strasbourg/St. -Terri Lyne Carrington The Mosaic Project (includes almost every significant contemporary female jazz musician) Discover Most Famous Hits by Oscar Peterson released in 2000. Seriously? A lot of the people mentioned have all made great music, worthy of any jaz list, but they made it in the pre-album age where EPs and 78s where the medium. Oceanic Suite Atlantis Jazz Ensemble. Plus Kenny Burrell Midnight Blue and a Django / Grapelli .. Nine better albums than Blue Train? I went to St. JOHN station to catch the COLTRANE, its got everyones Favorite Things Miles Davis, MILESTONES! Ive discovered so many great albums since I discovered this list about six months ago. Either of Monks big band concert albums or Monk Alone in San Francisco is Number 5. Key track: Take Five, Released in 1965, jazz mystic and saxophonist/composer John Coltranes four-part hymn to God remains deeply influential and is regarded as the album that birthed what became known as spiritual jazz. And if theyre gonna include compilations, then you MUST include the phenomenal CTI Records- The Cool Revolution. I traveled to the Far East of MONTGOMERY, just to see WES What a nice post..it did what you wanted, generate a great set of comments! The trio got tighter and more musical as the pressure for larger album sales increased from Verve, and sometimes the results were of the best trio in jazz playing dumbed-down songs to attract more listeners. Nevertheless, his two albums for the company were significant to the evolution of modern jazz. 36. Tattooed by Passion Matt Jorgensen. Key track: Part 1, A switch from Prestige to the bigger Atlantic label in March 1959 witnessed Coltrane upping his game with his debut for his new company. CU, Oscar, Good list, thank you, For me I miss Carla Bley: Escalator over the hill and Tropic apetites and Chet Baker LetsLets get lost. Id also consider one or two of his later albums in there, despite critics always focusing on the Blanton/Webster era. Bix. From silky ballads to energised uptempo numbers, Be Good revealed that Gregory Porter had substance as well as style. Aside from the more commercial-oriented title track, the remaining four cuts offered something different, showing the young 25-year-old musician exploring deeper jazz grooves such as Totem Pole and Hocus Pocus. Morgans foil is tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson, whose tone is robust and earthy in comparison with the trumpeters soaring, gilded sound. But to drop as much Coltrane in as they did and leave Sun Ra out makes the whole exercise seem like a lame Billboard Top Selling Jazz list, not a jazz aficionados best effort. The day Saint JOHN meets the MONK, at Carnegie Hall, all in attendance were truly sanctified. Thomaz Stanko Leosia -Frank Sinatra Queen Latifah?? LDS. Gives people like me all sorts of new ideas to fill in the collection! Helen Merrill 1954 with Oscar Pediford, Clifford Brown is still the best torch Jazz vocal LP ever. Key track: A Night In Tunisia, Bill Evans brought a fresh perspective to jazz piano playing by avoiding bebop clichs and drawing on the lush harmonization of French impressionist classical composers Debussy and Ravel. Thelonious Monk Genius of Modern Music vol.1 & 2. The fact that it has stimulated so much discussion is fantastic. Surrounding himself with simpatico sidemen pianist Tommy Flanagan (replaced by Wynton Kelly on Naima), bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Art Taylor Coltranes musical explorations took bebop to its greatest heights. But wise to leave Nigel Farage and His Tradmen off the list. with Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges on number one! This is a list of JAZZ albums, not easy listening. Elevated Michael Blake. ALL of these artists had albums that whould fit into the list!!! Most of the list reads like an audiophiles introduction into jazz to impress your friends with. Somewhere on the limmit to free form jazz(? The Jazz Soul Of Oscar Peterson http://www.davehuntjazz.com/best-recordings/oscar-peterson.html BTW, there is a 12 year old up for Two Grammy Nominations, just maybe he heard Jazz like me. Required fields are marked *. The 1968 compilation, Piano Starts Here, offers a rewarding snapshot of Tatums jaw-dropping technique and sparked a revival of interest in Tatums music twelve years after his death. At 15 years old I started listening to Jazz Music in my bedroom, my Dad heard the music and stopped and asked me You like this Music?, I replied, YES, its something about it Daddy that resonants with my Soul. Im 55 yrs old now, and I still listen to Jazz, I am NOT a historian, but I did start a FB page The Jazz Preservation Society, it s not political but my intentions are to create a space where Young people and all Lovers of Jazz can listen and learn about Jazz. Key track: Carlos, From Toledo, Ohio, the visually impaired Art Tatum set an impossibly high bar for jazz piano playing between 1933, when he made his first recordings, to his death in 1956. Instead Collocutor. Would like a list of peoples DIDs, perhaps stopping at 1,000. jOHN hANDY LIVE AT mONTEREY Mose Allison Sings Donald Byrd and Voices A New Perspective Blossom Dearie anything Dakota Stato The Late Late Show June Christy Something Cool Pharoah Sanders Karma Mc Coy Tyner Atlantis just off the top of my head. Key track: I Remember, Despite passing away at the age of 25 from tuberculosis, Texas-born Christian did enough during his short career to achieve immortality and earn a place in the pantheon of jazz guitar greats. Bop? Oscar Peterson originally did Medley: Perdido / Caravan, Summertime, I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night and Reunion Blues. I own 4,500 of them! Bobby Hutcherson Dialogue And one of my personal faves would have been in my top 20: Jazz Samba. Really?! A landmark album in contemporary big band jazz. The album also had a biting political edge thanks to the track Fables Of Faubus, which attacked Arkansas Governor Orval E Faubus, who resisted racial integration in American schools. and contained only two tracks; an epic 33-minute meditation called The Creator Has A Master Plan, featuring a mantra-like refrain sung by avant-garde singer Leon Thomas, whose resonant tones also reverberate on Colors, a slow, shimmering tone poem garnished with waves of sibilant percussion. a nice list, BUT really focused on the 1950s thru 1970s and lots of omissions even from that period (no Sun Ra, the Blakey band that had Shorter and Hubbard and Cedar Walton in it, His debut album was the magnificent The Blues And The Abstract Truth, on which Nelson led a stellar septet whose ranks included Freddie Hubbard, Eric Dolphy, and Bill Evans. Its a difficult list to do so congratulations is in order. Now He Sings Now He Sobs. Lots of albums with big names on here but theres way better stuff (Koln Concert that high? And so it is with jazz. Miles Davis: Kind of Blue Only a fool or a brave man would undertake to compile such a list, so I wont dispute the picks, except to question that Charlie Parker doesnt appear until number 20???. 18. The material played by Jamal and his trio (featuring the formidable pairing of bassist Israel Crosby and drummer Vernel Fournier) ranges from uptempo swingers (Surrey With The Fringe On Top) to dreamy nocturnes (Whats New) and includes a spellbinding reworking of the faintly exotic Poinciana, an obscure 1930s pop song driven by Afro-Cuban rhythms that became Jamals signature tune. Not a lot of modern stuff on this list either. My jazz collection of records went from ten to one hundred. None of his albums belong on this list, in my opinion. Good list. Missing Tete Montoliu as a one of the top pianists. They have been compared to the Buena Vista Social Club that rare and welcome push to re-evaluate a genre and (in this case) to revisit some favourite jazz standards as well as listen to fresh material from an unlikely and unexpected source. Here, Hill traverses a narrow tightrope separating advanced hard bop from full-on avant-garde jazz, but he does so convincingly. Maybe not Top 10 in many eyes, but at least Top 50. You are using an out of date browser. Where is Billie? 1985 Breakin' Out with George Shearing, Marvin Smith (Concord Jazz, Thank you for a great source for me that continues the conversation. A compelling portrait of two geniuses at work. But if you are going to include Miles, especially Birth of the Cool, then it is silly to leave out John Lewis or Mulligan, who were there from the start. Great list! Bounce Terence Blanchard. Offering solid support is the rhythm section, comprising Barry Harris, Bob Cranshaw, and Billy Higgins. In a recent interview, Diana Krall said that Oscar Petersons Night Train was the album that made her want to be a jazz pianist and specifically made her want to play with Ray Brown. I would place the singers male and female in their own grouping Stan Kenton certainly had some historic music: Kenton in Hi Fi was exceptional. ; Heikki Hltt, Pentti Mnnikk, engs. Its got that beautiful version of Three Views of Secret with Toots Thielemanss soulful harmonica lead. There are some great albums and I have got a lot of them, but everybody seems to have been listening in the other direction. The Greatest Jazz Group of this Generationor any generationwas left off the top 50 Jazz Albums of all timeThe Pat Metheny Group..this list is rather skewed as many of the greatest jazz groups had multiple great albumssuch as The Pat Metheny Groupnot to mention that The Pat Metheny Group is the only musical group in history to have a record 7 consecutive albums as Grammy WinnersThe PMG had wonderful albums such asFirst CircleStill Life TalkingLetter form HomeAmerican Garageand The Groupwere all Grammy winnersso in all honestythis list of the Top 50 Jazz Albums of all time, couldnt be farther from the truth..Respectfully..James P. Drinkard. Two of a kind Gerry Mulligan and Paul Desmond, This is one of the greatest albums in modern jazz: http://www.allmusic.com/album/what-we-leave-behind-mw0002977654. WebLP Oscar Peterson Trio 83 user score (2) 1963 Night Train LP The Oscar Peterson Trio 90 critic score (1) 78 user score (40) 1962 West Side Story LP Oscar Peterson Trio 70 Like I say a good list but changes need to be made! Sketches of Spain and Any Miles Davis and Gil Evans collaboration should be there. 25. But I do agree there is a lack of recordings by other significant jazz artists from outside of the States. 1966 was, after all, the age of game-changing albums such as Revolver and Pet Sounds, but in the Copa Room, in Sinatras presence, none of that seemed to matter. Oceanos David Binney/Edward Simon. Duke. Though influenced by Sly Stone and James Brown, Hancock stumbled upon something unique that was simultaneously accessible and groundbreaking. A few others I like (that I didnt see mentioned) John Mclaughlin Extrapolation, Eberhard Weber Yellow Fields, Michael Brecker Tales From the Hudson, Frank Zappa Hot Rats, Roland Kirk Domino. Leading a quartet comprising trumpeter Don Cherry, bassist Charlie Haden and drummer Billy Higgins, Coleman shredded the bebop rulebook by jettisoning orthodox notions of what constituted melody and harmony. It may not display this or other websites correctly. If you dont have it (though many of you will have some individual songs), get it! Well done good choice what about diz and bird? How can anyone enjoy listening to musicians play when the musicians werent listening to the other players? Recorded in February 1964, Out To Lunch! Though Evans forte was lush romantic ballads, Sunday At The Village Vanguard shows that he could also swing with real verve. All those qualities can be found on Moanin, his 1958 LP with The Jazz Messengers. Support The Music, Jazz is so hard to pick the best its individual thats why we like it blue note top 50 would be hard but kind of blue yes its the real jazz album that got a lot of us interested. Its a perfect record. How is the classic Basie band 49 and behind a bunch of lesser lps like one by the Latter Basie band ,whos the fool who put this thing together ??? Key track: My Favorite Things, Though it was recorded on 16 January 1938, Benny Goodmans Carnegie Hall concert didnt surface until 1950. Compiled from recordings made in 1949 and 1950, The Amazing Bud Powell was the pianists first album, and it came out in 1952 when he was 28. I play in a latin jazz band. It was recorded during a weeklong engagement in the Copa Room at The Sands hotel in Las Vegas when Sinatra, as leader of the Rat Pack, was a regular in that town. Should have expanded to the top 100 !!! I wish they had simply pegged the Armstrong box set A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, for a fatter slice of the essential Louis of the 20s and 30s. Aided by the soulfully smoky effusions of tenor saxophonist Stanley Turrentine, Burrell digs deep into the blues, delivering tasteful solos where the balance between flawless technique and emotional expression is perfect. But this list is a great resource so thank you Back to Miles though..I truly think Kind of Blue is overrated. Capturing Garner in an assembly hall in Carmel, California, in 1955, Concert By The Sea began as an unofficial recording made by a local broadcaster for US armed forces radio. To do jazz justice you should compile a list of 50 greatest albums by instrument , there are glaring omissions here.I would suggest doing it to show evolutions from beginning to present day,and yes include big bands,and vocalists. In mho great influential artists.. to name a few. I am disappointed with the list overall:(. Dinah Washington, Betty Carter, Amina Claudine Myers certainly stand with Sarah Vaughan. Oscar Peterson : Best Ever Albums Well done on what is not an easy task. There are only four tracks but the 1957 session isnt short on quality; the soloing from the central protagonists is awe-inspiring, particularly on the Stitt-penned The Eternal Triangle, a frenetic but lengthy bop number that allows the soloists to face off in a gladiatorial fashion that has echoes of the famous cutting contests of the 1940s and 50s. Ella Fitzgerald: Seven Essential Albums | Jazzwise In the matter of Clifford Brown & Max Roach, the public finds in favor of Max Roach & Clifford Brown Capping the list at 50 forces a fun debate of whats the best music of the last 100 years. Barney Kessel. The only Duke that matters to me is Ellington No Fats Waller, etc, etc. Little Big II: Dreams of a Mechanical Man Aaron Parks. I always view them more as a resource for new listening to treasures I may have missed. Joe Zawinul electric piano, organ Getz is the only American on the recording. This list is not nearly as bad as some of the other lists of its kind floating around the internet, but some items should be disqualified because they were not conceived and/or recorded as albums. If you take the term album in its strictest sense, that would disqualify everything made before roughly 1948. Key track: Part One: Acknowledgement, Topping our list of the 50 best jazz albums ever is this timeless, transcendent classic from the great Miles Davis. There are only two, I believe that are a little newer, Heavy Weather 1977 and Koln Concert 1975. Miles Davis/Gil Evans should be there somewhere, shouldnt they? A compelling portrait of one of jazzs most gifted musicians and improvisers. I consider that album full blown jazz as opposed to a popular label. MICHAEL BRECKER have a place for me but also CHARLIE PARKER WITH STRINGS is beautiful, right ? virtuoso. Sittin In: Oscar Peterson Trio with Sonny Stitt. The first would be Dizzys own last International UN band recorded live at the Royal Hall in London. It also became the title track of this live album recorded in June 1961 at the Village Vanguard in New York. 4. Oscar Peterson: albums, songs, playlists | Listen on Deezer Great selection otherwise. They came together for one night only on Friday, 15 May 1953, at Torontos Massey Hall. No Sarah Vaughn? Build your jazz vinyl collection with classic titles and under-the-radar favorites. Please add from Lennie Tristano, Warne Marsh and Lee Knitz. Founded in 2010 Whats Best Forum invites intelligent and courteous people of all interests and backgrounds to describe and discuss the best of everything. They all furthered the art of jazz!!!!! Even so, Holidays vocal imperfections are part of the albums allure, revealing a vulnerability that gives the album added poignancy. Timeless John Abercrombie. Exactly Right! Is Armstrong really the only early recording that makes the list? Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. With an incendiary and inspiring performance that wowed the Newport audience, however, Ellington and his band demonstrated that they could still deliver the goods while asserting that big bands still had a place in jazz. Lenox Avenue Breakdown Arthur Blythe. Beyond the Missouri Sky by Metheny and Charlie Haden is a glaring omission. My dad grew up in the South, used to sneak into all-black venues to hear the early jazz artists. Weather Report before many many many more.. a very short timeline for greatest jazz albums, there have been a few thereafter, am I wrong? GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!! 12. Cool Struttin' and Leapin and Lopin' are classics. No matter how many times I COUNT, I it always equal to BASIE Hows that Guys. But where is Bix Beiderbecke? Louis Armstrong (t, v), Ella Fitzgerald (v), Trummy Young (tb), Ed Hall (cl), Oscar Peterson, Billy Kyle (p), Herb Ellis (g), Ray Brown, Dale Jones (b), Buddy Rich, Lester Young ? John Coltrane Inside this Train, theres a lady called A Love Supreme. I must say , hell what y want? Folks! There are one or two other superb Monk albums not listed here. i have 27 of these, a very fine list. It also won him two posthumous Grammy awards. Where are Nina and Ella? Clifford Jordan Quartet Humaine Bob James and David Sanborn. Yes, I did see Getz/Gilberto, but even if most of the musicians on this recording were no US citicens, it was a very American production on a famous US label. Albums include Night Train, We Get Requests, Wynton Marsaliss Black Codes should probably be on this list. Please SUBSCRIBE for new videos every week: Show more that is my excuse for that mistake. There is no doubt in my mind that Time Out introduced more people to jazz than Miles ever did. MFT just was released first so it became many peoples introduction to Trane. Basie only makes #43, hello and no Basie and Sinatra Live at the Sands????