[RdTv]

Big Band Avant-Garde Free Cool Be-Bop Scat Ragtime Hard Bop Vocalist Acid Traditional Dixieland Fusion.

Discuss your favorite artists, albums and record labels on this here jazz thread.

 

 

 

 

[AllHandsOnTheBigOne]

Thelonoious fucking Monk bitches.

 

[terminal pharmacy]

I'm doing foldback for Herbie Hancock next week when he is in town to play with my states symphony orchestra, im excited as a mother fucker

hankcock is my all time jazz fav, followed closely by dolphy and blakey

[pantophobia]

 

 

 

 

[pantophobia]

 

 

 

unfortunatley it's the largest photo i could find of Sam, and i only found 3 total


and of course..........

Dr Funk

 

[Iain]

Sun Ra, Albert Ayler, Later period Miles Davis, Later period Coltrane, Eddie Gale, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Brotzmann, Kaoru Abe, Masayoshi Urabe, Otomo Yoshihide, Roland Kirk. Plus other things. Sorry, it's late. Too tired for detailed analysis right now.

[Massassinated]

My fave jazz albums are Ascension (best free composition ever), The black saint and the sinner lady, Free jazz and Les stances à Sophie (best jazz-soul tune ever with Thème de yo-yo).
Not very original but I'm really into 60s' jazz.

[Glice]

Originally Posted by pantophobia

 

I love Roland. Entirely absurd, entirely brilliant.

I saw a great jazz band last night, and as per usual, entirely neglected to get their name. Bunch of old guys, great guitarist, everyone being polite with their solos and a home-made bass... nice.

[Gulasch Noir]

The first jazz album I fell in love with was one by Alice Coltrane. I don't know the title of it now and I think it was kind of a compilation, if this can be possible. I fell in love with it while listening to it at the library. Another amorous jazz experience in the library dealed with Sun Ra's Cosmic Tones For Mental Therapy, especially the song "Moon Dance". This one is kind of an alltime favorite song of me.

Another favorite jazz album for a few years of mine was Dizzy Gillespie - live at Manteca (or something). Haven't listened to that one a long time. And another Dizzy Gillespie album comes to mind (I think it has something to do with soundtracks)

Charlie Mingus - Blues and Roots

and a few others. But all in all I'm not that much of a jazz aficionado.

[drrrtyboots]

Sun Ra and Coltrane have changed my life.

It will be even more so when I see Sun Ra Arkestra in a week.

[atari 2600]

Originally Posted by Massassinated

My fave jazz albums are Ascension (best free composition ever), The black saint and the sinner lady, Free jazz and Les stances à Sophie (best jazz-soul tune ever with Thème de yo-yo).
Not very original but I'm really into 60s' jazz.

If you don't already have it, then you'd love this:

 

page at Impulse!
http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/produ...=list&pid=9513

Originally Posted by cd universe

The John Coltrane Quintet: John Coltrane (soprano, alto & tenor saxophones, percussion); Pharoah Sanders (alto & tenor saxophones, bass clarinet, percussion); Alice Coltrane (piano); Jimmy Garrison (bass); Rashied Ali (drums). Recorded live at Shinjuku Kosei Nenkin Hall and Sankei Hall, Tokyo, Japan on July 11 & 22, 1966. Includes liner notes by Alice Coltrane, Michael Cuscuna and Masamichi Okazaki Disc 3 was previously released in the U.S. as LIVE IN JAPAN, all other material is previously unreleased in this country. The 1966 Japanese tour of John Coltrane and his quintet of Pharoah Sanders, Alice Coltrane, Jimmy Garrison and Rashied Ali marked not only the jazz master's only visit to the country but the advent of his provocative, challenging avant-garde work. Taken from two Tokyo radio concerts, JOHN COLTRANE LIVE IN JAPAN captures the freeform, kinetic performances of the saxophonist with the jagged accompaniment of this quintet; a striking visceral adjustment from Coltrane's usual quartet of McCoy Tyner, Garrison and Elvin Jones. This is probably not the place for Coltrane newcomers to begin; the recordings are demanding since basic rhythmic structure soon gives way to what may sound to untrained ears like cacophony, rather than an intense, emotional dialogue between musicians. The solid firmament of such Coltrane recordings as A LOVE SUPREME or GIANT STEPS are better introductions to the man's oeuvre. On LIVE IN JAPAN, hour and half-hour long jams like "Peace on Earth" and "Crescent" spiral off into bold, transcendental exchanges, breaking from established rhythms to free-spirited playing. Even the Coltrane staple "My Favorite Things" is deconstructed into an hour-long frenzy of abstract expressionism. A fascinating addition to Coltrane's remarkable catalogue, LIVE IN JAPAN is a fevered stroke of unpredictable genius.

[demonrail666]

Charles Mingus' Black Saint and the Sinner Lady is still one of my fave albums of all time.

 

[atari 2600]

The best of John Coltrane:

1 My Favorite Things (Atlantic, 1960)
2 Giant Steps (Atlantic, 1960)
3 Africa/Brass (Impulse!, 1961)
4 Coltrane (Impulse! 1962)
5 Lush Life (Prestige, 1960)
6 A Love Supreme (Impulse!, 1964)
7 Crescent/Impressions (Impulse!, 1964 & 1965)
8 Coltrane (aka First Trane) (Prestige, 1957)
9 Live at Birdland (Impulse!, 1963)
10 Blue Train/Soultrane (Prestige, 1957 & 1958)


Honorable mention:
(not specifically a Coltrane album, but The Avant-Garde was recorded by
Coltane, Cherry, Charlie Haden, Percy Heath and Ed Blackwell in 1960, and finally released by Atlantic in 1966.)


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The best of the later 'Trane:
(some of these were recorded years before being released)

1 Living Space (Impulse!, 1967)
2 Live at the Village Vanguard Again! (Impulse!, 1967)
3 Ascension (Impulse!, 1965)
4 Live in Japan (Impulse!, 1966)
5 Om (Impulse!, 1965)
6 Meditations (Impulse!, 1965)
7 New Thing at Newport (Impulse!, 1965)
8 Live in Seattle (Impulse!, 1965)
9 Sun Ship (Impulse!, 1971)
10 Interstellar Space/Stellar Regions (Impulse!, 1974)

[RdTv]

Honestly I'm suprised there wasn't a regular thread about jazz...

Far as Coltrane goes,I fancy his output on Impulse (what Atari has as the later Coltrane) my favorites are probably Cosmic Music EP, Interstellar Space, A Love Supreme, Africa Brass, Giant Steps.

[RdTv]

Originally Posted by demonrail666

Charles Mingus' Black Saint and the Sinner Lady is still one of my fave albums of all time.

 

Mingus is one of my favorite artists. Too bad his releases weren't as prolific as they could have been.....

[Massassinated]

Originally Posted by atari 2600

If you don't already have it, then you'd love this:

 

page at Impulse!
http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/produ...=list&pid=9513

Thanks, I'll try to check it out.
I have to hear this one-hour version of "My favorite things".

[afterthefact]

I like smaller jazz groups myself. The big orchestral groups can be cool, but I like a simple piano, bass, drums set up, and then a good sax or trumpet or something. Like some Thelonius Monk/Art Blakey type stuff.

[king_buzzo]

The Modern Jazz Quartet
Tsuyoshi Yamamoto Trio
Wes Montgomery
Dave Brubeck Quartet
Harry James & His Orchestra
Genne Ammons
Baden Powell
Al-Cohn & Zoot Sims
Joshua Redman & Pat Metheny
Miles Mavis
Coltrane
JoePass
Dexter Gordon
Sun Ra
Oscar Peterson Trio

[atari 2600]

top 20 (w/ no artist "repeats")

1 My Favorite Things - John Coltrane
2 Out To Lunch - Eric Dolphy
3 Live At The Plugged Nickel - Miles Davis
4 The Best of the Pablo Solo Masterpieces - Art Tatum
5 The Scene Changes - Bud Powell
6 We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite - Max Roach
7 The Black Saint & Sinner Lady - Charles Mingus
8 A Descent into the Maelstrom - Lennie Tristano
9 Empyrean Isles - Herbie Hancock
10 The Real McCoy - McCoy Tyner
11 Monk's Music - Thelonius Monk
12 Spiritual Unity - Albert Ayler
13 Atlantis - Sun Ra & His Astro Infinity Arkestra
14 Moanin' - Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
15 Release Record, Send Tape - Warne Marsh
16 The Shape of Jazz to Come - Ornette Coleman
17 The Avant-Garde - Don Cherry & John Coltrane
18 Hub-Tones - Freddie Hubbard
19 Unit Structures - Cecil Taylor
20 Art of the Trio, Vol. 3 - Brad Mehldau

[Everyneurotic]

where's derek bailey?