You gotta get some of the second great Miles Davis Quintet - possibly the most worshipped group of musicians in all of jazz - Miles, Wayne, Tony, Herbie and Ron. Circle remains the most beautiful Miles ballad.


Sun Ra's catalogue is so immense that it can be very intimidating. This is a perfect place to start (just make sure you have lots of disposable income cos Sun Ra fans always turn into avid collecters!). Not to out there, but definitely different. Awesome space jazz, exotic landscapes, tribal drumming, big band jazz. Nifty.


Duke Ellington's discograpy is almost as big as Sun Ra's. This is a perfect staring place, this one properly clicked me on to Ellington and I since became a rabid fan. More of a laid back good times session this one


Just buy it! 4 disc set of exceptionally inspired Coltrane with Elvin, McCoy and mr Eric Dolphy!

But, of course! I agree wholeheartedly.

I ranked Out to Lunch as the #2 all-time behind Coltrane's MyFavorite Things recently, but somehow blanked-out on it today.

Horace Silver - A Song For My Father

Why? Well, nobody suggested it and it features a excellent mixture of blissful introspective piano joints and straight ahead movin' jazz. YOU WILL NOT BE DISSAPPOINTED!!!

what about happenin' noise jazz like scissor shock

You asked for one, so I'll respect that, but it's hard. I've done two radio shows, one where I played 4 hrs of just Sun Ra, and another where I played 6 hrs of same. But for one "Classic" Jazz Record, I'm going to go with Miles.

Lots of other people are covering Kind of Blue, so I'll take the other extreme: On the Corner. It was hated by jazz purists when it came out, because he fully embraced electronic instruments and funk beats. Decades later it was listed by many a punk/funk artist as a major inspiration, but it goes beyond that, and way beyond the "fusion" ghetto as well. It's actually quite melodic at times, though always rhythmic, and it takes the classic spirit of jazz and transports it to a whole new playground.

HOME COOKIN with Jimmy Smith

great great great jazz organ.


fuck

great

I second this even though I only have Back at the Chicken Shack, which is very good. Retarded nasty funk.

Yeah I love Crescent.

YES!

My favourite Miles Davis record.

I heard a two disc live album from this period today. I liked it a lot.

Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady



No-one dislikes this album.

No-one.

beautiful album. Thelonious's first truly massive accomplishment.
though the recording of the album was tension filled and strained, everything came out beautifully.
Bemsha Swing (in it's best incarnation, imo) is worth the album alone.
Brilliant Corners is a maze of a song, twisting and turning and landing on top of your head. etc etc.
great album, among Thelonious's other masterpieces.