Name 3 Jazz Albums (only) You Must Own...
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mrt2
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Isn't it a little premature for you to make such a list? I disagree with the premise of the thread. Jazz is not exactly like rock, where you can point to a handful of all time favorite albums. And I can't pick just 3. Every time I come up with a list of, say, 25 or even 50 personal favorites, the list comes up different.
reggaenaut
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Are you interested in jazz albums one should have?
mrt2
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I am not too sure what the OP is looking for either. I am not comfortable saying that everybody should own any three jazz records. Where you choose to spend your hard earn money is entirely up to you.
I think there are jazz records anyone who likes jazz should hear, but there are way more than 3 of them, and the list extends way beyond Miles, Coltrane, and Brubeck.
Here is a more interesting experiment. Name three Brubeck records other than Time out and Time Further out.
Name three jazz trumpet records by someone other than Miles Davis.
reggaenaut
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I am going to recommend 3
Joe Henderson : Inner urge..........Blue Note
Sarah Vaughan: Sarah Vaughan....Verve
Gerry Mulligan: What Is There To Say.......Columbia
Joe Henderson : Inner urge..........Blue Note
Sarah Vaughan: Sarah Vaughan....Verve
Gerry Mulligan: What Is There To Say.......Columbia
eljr
Koyaanisqatsi
Either answer the op or skip the thread. Pontificating and attempting to hijack someone else's thread is uncool.
BTW in these regards jazz is no different than rock in spite of your unsought opinion.
ducati_EL34
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From the Brubeck Catalog: Impressions of New York, Brubeck goes to College, Then there is the Live performance of Brubeck, Desmond, and two others. I have this one on CD.
When the OP said "YOU" I took that to mean You personally, not what do you think others should own.
There have been other threads here talking about what a person looking to get into jazz should check out. The ones the OP talks about are among them. Not sure why thats a problem
As to other Brubeck albums other than Time Out and Time Further Out (Which I am spinning right now
) Of my small collection:
Gone with the Wind
Jazz Impressions of Eurasia (Coming up next this a.m.)
Dave Digs Disney
Goes to Junior College
As to other Brubeck albums other than Time Out and Time Further Out (Which I am spinning right now
) Of my small collection:Gone with the Wind
Jazz Impressions of Eurasia (Coming up next this a.m.)
Dave Digs Disney
Goes to Junior College
mrt2
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Transformation (The Speed of Love)----------David Sancious
Jeff Beck with the Jan Hammer Group Live-------------Jeff Beck With the Jan Hammer Group
Heavy Weather--------Weather Report
These selections may seem a bit unorthodox buy I am sure mrt2 will agree with them.
I am not a fan of Weather Report, haven't heard the Beck record or the Sancious record, so have no opinion of these. But hey, whatever floats your boat.
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mrt2
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As to other Brubeck albums other than Time Out and Time Further Out (Which I am spinning right now
Gone with the Wind
Jazz Impressions of Eurasia (Coming up next this a.m.)
Dave Digs Disney
Goes to Junior College
Thanks for the recommendations.
ducati_EL34
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Get some of Buddy Rich's albums. Swingtime is one of my favorites.
Drybasement
Hold the ketchup...
Daza, as you become more familiar with jazz those three picks you chose will be left behind and replaced with three more. And you'll replace those with three more. And you'll replace those... and so on.
If I'm reading your question correctly, you're asking ME what three jazz albums I MUST own if I had to choose. Well you're right, that's a hard question for me to answer. I'll play though.
1) Oliver Nelson - The Blues And The Abstract Truth
An excellent sextet session with Freddie Hubbard, (tp); Eric Dolphy, (as); Oliver Nelson, (ts); Bill Evans, (p); Paul Chambers, (b); Roy Haynes, (d). It swings, it sways, it's stylish and it's bluesy.
2) Clifford Brown and Max Roach - At Basin Street
I chose this album because not only do you have fine performances from Brown and Roach but you are also witnessing the evolution of one of the finest tenor saxophonists to have ever played the instrument in Sonny Rollins.
3) The Ray Brown Trio - Summerwind: Live At The Loa
Because I love piano trio jazz and especially the way Gene Harris tickles those ivories.
If I'm reading your question correctly, you're asking ME what three jazz albums I MUST own if I had to choose. Well you're right, that's a hard question for me to answer. I'll play though.
1) Oliver Nelson - The Blues And The Abstract Truth
An excellent sextet session with Freddie Hubbard, (tp); Eric Dolphy, (as); Oliver Nelson, (ts); Bill Evans, (p); Paul Chambers, (b); Roy Haynes, (d). It swings, it sways, it's stylish and it's bluesy.
2) Clifford Brown and Max Roach - At Basin Street
I chose this album because not only do you have fine performances from Brown and Roach but you are also witnessing the evolution of one of the finest tenor saxophonists to have ever played the instrument in Sonny Rollins.
3) The Ray Brown Trio - Summerwind: Live At The Loa
Because I love piano trio jazz and especially the way Gene Harris tickles those ivories.
mrt2
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:thmbsp: Well said.
daza152
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Either answer the op or skip the thread. Pontificating and attempting to hijack someone else's thread is uncool.
BTW in these regards jazz is no different than rock in spite of your unsought opinion.
Thanks eljr,
Transformation (The Speed of Love)----------David Sancious
Jeff Beck with the Jan Hammer Group Live-------------Jeff Beck With the Jan Hammer Group
Heavy Weather--------Weather Report
These selections may seem a bit unorthodox buy I am sure mrt2 will agree with them.
Cool choices m8 :yes:
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daza152
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As a newbie to Jazz how would I know about these bands you and others have mentioned and are there better albums than KoB?
mrt2
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I could give you a list, but such lists are out there on the web. Try AMG, or allaboutjazz.com website and forum. There is a newbies forum that has numerous lists of jazz recordings and it is an excellent resource.
As I said earlier, jazz is a little different than rock. Since improvisation is one of the basic parts of a jazz performance, each performance is different. Kind of Blue is a landmark recording, but it is just a snapshot in time of where those musicians were. It is somewhat against the spirit of jazz to hold up one, 10, or even 100 recordings up as the be all and end all to be played the same way for the next 30 years.
IMO, jazz is meant to be explored by both the musician and the audience.