Nina Simone? Changeless – Keith Jarrett Check out this AMAZING new player https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRcnbSV4004. This is probably my favorite album, and it’s not even in the Top 50. you’re missing some good Wes Montgomery albums Dexter Gordon one flight up I believe Charles Mingus both albums are overrated good this is your list, There is always some crazy nutter adding all the albums to a spotify-list with other great jazz-albums. Marilyn Crispell – Gaia And so it is with jazz. If you include them, there should be Billie Holiday’s Complete Columbia, Duke’s Blanton-Webster Band. Index, what about one of the greatest jazz pianist, a Canadian, Oscar Peterson. Nevertheless, there are a whole lot of great jazz albums recorded in the past 50 years. Too few vocalists for me : besides Ella, the best, and Sarah, who’s there I’d have Billie Holiday and Carmen Macrae – and I’d certainly have an Ahmad Jamal on piano, though I adore Erroll and love Bill Evans, there are other great pianists – such as Fats Waller, Hey there, I think publishing such “lists” is a bunch of bunk and not worth effort! Kind Of Blue is the best-selling recording in his catalogue and the best-selling classic jazz album ever. I remember Chico Hamilton telling me that the most daring and truly improvisational jazz singer that he had worked with was her…….she never repeated herself…..not when she was scatting…….another was Carmen McRae. There are only two, I believe that are a little newer, Heavy Weather – 1977 and Koln Concert – 1975. Folks! Both superb Garner. Some of my personal favourites are; How ’bout some Jimmy Scott (a.k.a. Interesting list overall though. I even receive a GRANT in form of GREEN for my Idle Moments What!? Mingus – The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady, Mingus at Antibes Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans and Cannonball Adderley all have albums in this list. What about Oscar Peterson. Call me crazy but…for the best selling jazz record of all time…I think it is also the most overrated. If he was ugly, he was massively ugly.” Nevertheless, this is genius. Though Coltrane recorded several landmark albums both before and after A Love Supreme, this game-changing 1965 LP sealed his immortality and sits rightfully among the best jazz albums of all time. And Hutcherson is great with barron In The Vanguard. Where’s Milestones by Miles? 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. Unit Structures features four lengthy explorations in free-form sonics and finds Taylor assisted by six like-minded musicians, including trumpeter Eddie Gale, alto saxophonist Jimmy Lyons and drummer Andrew Cyrille. But this rocks (albeit quietly). I kept looking for Billie Holiday, Django Reinhardt, anything with Oscar Peterson on the piano. With trumpet sounds as light as a kite, and a voice that was always verging on the slightly “off” – there are those who’ll tell you that he should never have sung at all – Baker’s records were the perfect balance of sunshine and shade. You know that by American it was meant as North American and more specifically the United States of American rather than Canada, Central or South American. This collection was the brainchild of Norman Granz, the founder of Verve Records, who had been trying to sign the First Lady Of Song for six years. Includes “Round Midnight”, the most recorded jazz song of all times. All Time Top 1000 Albums is a book by Colin Larkin, creator and editor of the Encyclopedia of Popular Music.The book was first published by Guinness Publishing in 1994. No way Getz/Gilberto could stay in front of Dolphy’s masterpiece. And guess what? as rock moreso than jazz, but 1) It’s jazz in structure, 2) they were & are hugely influential, & 3) they continued on where Miles Davis began in ’69 & expanded the possibilities of electric jazz much to the chagrin of jazz snobs like Wynton Marsalis whose music I also like. what about On the Corner? Rollins references his family’s Caribbean roots in the jaunty, self-penned calypso-esque ‘St Thomas’ (which became one of his signature tunes) and contributes two more original songs in the shape of ‘Strode Rode’ and ‘Blue 7’. Personally I couldn’t deduce what the criteria were for inclusion – was it popularity, historical ‘significance’, musicianship, innovation? How can you not have a single album of Sun-Ra’s on the list? Taylor and his cohorts take no prisoners with their sound collages, which, to the uninitiated, are unremittingly intense and challenging. Key song: ‘Take Five’, Released in 1965, jazz mystic and saxophonist/composer John Coltrane’s four-part hymn to God remains deeply influential and is regarded as the album that birthed what became known as spiritual jazz. Not a single album from non-US musicians (well, Joe Zawinul is from Austria, but spent most of his musical career in the US). Weather Report was good or even a great group that made a lot of nice sounds with some interesting rhythms and harmonies, but nothing they played was revolutionary the way Bitches Brew was. Significantly, arranger Gil Evans also worked on the session, and his friendship with the trumpeter would lead to future collaborations in the late 50s (on the albums Miles Ahead, Porgy And Bess and Sketches Of Spain). Over half a century after the event it is difficult to recapture the shock that greeted the arrival of this record, but it just gave me a headache. Any list that leaves joe SAMPLE and george BENSON off it must be questioned! Even Facing You comes before Koln IMHO. Of course there will always be omissions, but … no Oscar Peterson? The Duke Ellington discs of the Blanton-Webster Band are Number 4. Billie Holiday?, Bix? Key song: ‘Spanish Key’, At 88 years old, Sonny Rollins is one of the last surviving greats of jazz’s golden epoch. Tatum is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time, and was a major influence on later generations of jazz pianists. Sonny Sharrock – Ask the Ages (saw him at the old knitting Factory??? Stayed at the top of the charts for a long time. Jimmie Lunceford? I would have liked to have seen the Zoot and Sonny collaboration “interaction” on this list. Well done – those and 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. Instead – Collocutor. Gerald Wilson, Quincy Jones, Nelson Riddle, Artie Shaw etc. If A Love Supreme and Kind of Blue were switched, I would have no problems with this list’s top ten. Billy Harper Key track: ‘Goodbye Pork Pie Hat’, Released in 1959 – the year that Ornette Coleman produced his game-changing free jazz manifesto, The Shape Of Jazz To Come – California pianist Dave Brubeck proved that jazz didn’t have to be wild and way out to be revolutionary and innovative. Head Hunters proved to be a hugely influential album, transforming Herbie Hancock into a fusion superstar. The jazz singer’s jazz singer. Miles Davis Sketches of Spain should be there. Garner is accompanied by bassist Eddie Calhoun and drummer Denzil Best, and offers typically flamboyant renderings of standards such as ‘I’ll Remember April’, ‘Teach Me Tonight’ and ‘Autumn Leaves’. But the fun is in the discussions and very few would agree with everything, that is the glory of jazz. Well, of all the omissions, Ella Fitzgerald seems the most glaring to me. Key song: ‘My Foolish Heart’, A trumpet prodigy from Philadelphia who joined Blue Note when he was still a teenager, Lee Morgan rose to fame as a member of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers. No Ella Fitzgerald?? Pharoah Sanders – Summon Buckmun Umyun, not to have the early return to forever ” light as a feather or 500 smiles high ” is a very bad ovesight, No Grover Washington Jr? Shorter fronts an ace quintet of his own here, comprised of Freddie Hubbard, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Coltrane’s then-drummer, Elvin Jones, and together they conjure up a memorable session featuring six songs composed by the saxophonist. Not to mention numerous others they have listed above him. OK, I said it. There was a huge African influence too. In spite of this, they produced one of the finest British albums of the decade. During his 28-year stint with Blue Note he produced many fine albums, but few as truly satisfying as Song For My Father, whose immortal title track is defined by infectious horn motifs and a loping intro (famously borrowed by Steely Dan for their 1974 hit ‘Rikki Don’t Lose That Number’). No Ella Fitzgerald? Hard to believe that nobody has complained about the omission of the great Benny Carter. For me also Top 20 all-time classics. Some of us know. I would have included Mingus’ New Tijuana Moods, Armstrong’s Plays WC Handy, perhaps an Abdullah Ibrahim album (Voices of Africa?). If each and every one of you compiled your top 50, it would be a beautiful and diversified list. With a rhythm section of Ron Carter and Jack Dejohnet in Grovers pre smooth jazz days this album smokes And so Getz asked Gilberto’s 24-year-old Bahia-born wife Astrud to sing it for him. MONK is Brilliant at every Corner Earlier in the year, Trane had been fired from the Miles Davis Quintet for his heroin addiction, but by September 1957 he had quit drugs for good and began rebuilding both his life and reputation. After three years recording for the Prestige label, Nelson joined producer Creed Taylor at ABC-Paramount’s newly founded jazz imprint, Impulse!, in 1961. We can add a Django Reinhardt album or a Chick Corea LP, and we can subtract two for which we might be on the fence to keep the total at 50. I could go on, but this guy obviously doesn’t know Coleman Hawkins, Pee Wee Russell or anyone before 1945. Peggy Lee,Anita O’Day,June Christy,Diana Krall,Jackie Cain,how about ‘Sassy Sarah’..Chis Connors,And of course,Carmen McRae,Mildred Bailey….And of course…The First Lady of Jazz…Miss Ella Fitzgerald topping this list…. Hill’s compositions – by turns frenetic and tranquil – aren’t easy to play but the group render them beautifully and effortlessly. Which is exactly what I keep finding in live albums: bad versions of studio cuts. 1 and 2 should be flip flopped. Clifford Jordan Totally agree about “The Trio” recording on Pablo. I agree. TAKE FIVE, TIME OUT, TIME FURTHER OUT — BRUBECK Sketches. 100 Greatest Jazz Vocalist Albums Criteria: These Jazz vocal albums, were chosen for their influence, impact, originality, and quality on the world of Jazz. And no Charlie Parker in the top 10? Recorded in February 1964, Out To Lunch! I also love Art Blakey’s “Backgammon”. 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. – wow – and bought this). I can honestly say that was the single most talented band I have ever seen put together. No Brecker, Corea,, Tatum, Tristano, Marsh, Tyner?? 36. What about Abdullah Ibrahim, Jan Garbarek, or Trilok Gurtu? Gordon had all the jazz problems - heroin addiction, alcoholism, too many wives. Probably a thankless task, unless the objective was to get some discussion going! Dave Brubeck: Take Five 20. New Directions – Jack DeJohnette. (/ˈteɪtəm/, October 13, 1909 – November 5, 1956) was an American jazz pianist. Hmmmmmm….tough task…but to not have one ECM produced session is criminal. ignoring this is a crime !! “Flirtbird”, written about the female lead Lee Remick, appears to have been inspired by her derrière. What does that say for the future? The truth is, jazz is a bit of everything, something that isn’t so surprising when you consider it was born out of marching bands, the blues, minstrel music and New Orleans creole. 1977’s Heavy Weather was the group’s eighth album and their second with fretless bassist extraordinaire Jaco Pastorius. A virtuoso trumpeter from an impoverished background, Armstrong played with King Oliver and Fletcher Henderson before forming his own Hot Five Band in 1925. It’s kinda sad that people don’t pay attention to the cats who create and perform NOW :_; What about Steamin’, Workin’, Cookin’ Relaxin’ with the Miles Davis Quintet? WTF is that??? 17. yeah i was really let down that didnt make the list. Just in case you didn’t know, this won the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for music, which is more than Kid A did. You forgot, “Like Minds”, Burton, Corea, Holland, Haynes, and Metheny….I’m sure it was just an oversight…. But the woeful Ayler and Dolphy are in there? No Eddie Lang, Sidney Bechet, King Oliver, Louis Armstrong, Freddie Keppard, George Lewis, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Bix Beiderbecke, Lonnie Johnson. It seems that only in the USA are outstanding jazz-performances! Dizzy Gillespie? Rather decent list granted with serious omissions noted: Chet B; Billie H; Ella F; Johnny H; Pat M.; Art B; Freddy H.; Frank S; Jaco P; Paul D; but few mentioned the late GREAT bassist Charlie Haden and to a lesser extent -Carla Bley and Shirley Horn. if you take away 47, 36,33,23,and 13 0ff the list as far as I am concerned they are rubbish compared to the stature of the other players, I have 41 of these albums and would not like to be with out any of those 41, the missing few I just haven’t bought yet. Not a lot of modern stuff on this list either. The problem with many of these albums is of course the very poor sound quality. 5. Mahavishnu Orchestra not that high either). Listen to Lady Day ; The Best of Billie Holiday. come on… “chet baker with russel freeman and strings” is intense. This is more if the 50 most popular than 50 greatest. Jarrett initially refused to play but eventually relented, sitting down to deliver 66 spellbinding minutes of solo piano extemporisation. He also kept an orchestra on the road his whole professional life, and in that respect resembled Bob Dylan (and his “never-ending tour”), a wandering journeyman. You may not be able to buy Jorge Ben’s 1972 masterpiece Ben (Philips) on CD right now, but there are plenty of other places to look for cracking Brazilian music. In Four years later, in 1951, Lion issued Monk’s first album, Genius Of Modern Music, which was followed by a second volume in 1956 (by which time Monk was recording for Riverside). Explore the The 50 Greatest Jazz Albums…Ever list by TwinPowerForce on Discogs. Obviously, jazz was “free” and difficult (mad-looking Belgians with crazy hair, billowing luminescent smocks and angular, clarinet-looking instruments) or else it was nostalgic (Harry Connick Jr et al). Oceanos – David Binney/Edward Simon. Soon I began compiling an imaginary list of the best jazz records of all time, a list that started to occupy my every waking thought. Trumpeter Ellis introduced mathematics to jazz, experimenting with so many time signatures it sometimes seemed as though he were trying to construct the world’s most convoluted equation. Albert said to Ayler , no unity is better that Spiritual Unity Would like to add David Murray and The Arts Ensemble of Chicago to this list. I’d love to know who your jury was. He plays one of my all time favorite sax solos on that song/album. 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. Sarah “In the Land of Hi-Fi”. Ella in Rome, the birthday concert or with Duke Ellington in Stockholm should SURELY be up high. And Iron Man should be on there as well. Key song: ‘Stolen Moments’, Famed for his florid, virtuosic keyboard style, Pittsburgh-born Erroll Garner was heavily influenced by Earl Hines and Fats Waller but managed to find his own distinctive voice on the piano.