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But 50 records are only 50 records. I am surprised that Milestones is not on this list. I suppose subjectivity is inevitable when it comes to taste and naming the best 50 albums is impossible. Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans and Cannonball Adderley all have albums in this list. 1. 100% Agree with this !!! I was pleasantly surprised with some selections, especially your inclusion of John McLaughlin & The Mahavishnu Orchestras The Inner Mounting Flame. This is THE place where audiophiles and audio companies discuss vintage, contemporary and new audio products, music servers, music streamers, computer audio, digital-to-analog converters, turntables, phono stages, cartridges, reel-to-reel tape machines, speakers, headphones and tube and solid-state amplification. Have to review the list and see which ones I still have to purchase. Heavily influenced by the complex language of bebop, in the late 40s Powell transposed the innovations of Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie onto the piano. Name your favorite Oscar Peterson album. - Whats Best Lots of albums with big names on here but theres way better stuff (Koln Concert that high? There are many great albums but I would complete with Bill Evans Alone,Bill Evans last 6 album Consecration a mastework!And guitar forms Kenny Burell. Important and essential pioneers among many others of early jazz. Afro-Eurasian Eclipse Duke Ellington. Seriously? On the back of hits such as Heebie Jeebies and the influential West End Blues, Armstrong became a huge star and later assumed an ambassadorial role in the jazz world. Key track: Spain, A collaboration between bebop architect Gillespie and two Charlie Parker acolytes, Sonny Side Up pits the veteran trumpeter against rising saxophonist stars Stitt (alto) and Rollins (tenor) in an informal jam session context. Though he was terminally ill at the time, Breckers playing is wonderfully vibrant and brimming with a life-affirming vigor. 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NHOP in competition with Ray Brown at the Montreux Jazz Festival Oscar P. at the piano! While I am familiar with many on this list, I cannot honestly say I have listened to them all nor can I respond to many of the comments above this. Blue Note battled to get Monks music to a wider audience but without much success. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Please re-think your statement. with Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges on number one! Yes, there are some obvious omissions, but people shouldnt forget that it is a best ALBUM list. Miles Davis: Kind of Blue The complete version, with bonus material, was released in 1994. He never did; they were full of sand cause of a dog.its a long story. How can anyone enjoy listening to musicians play when the musicians werent listening to the other players? Great choices anyway. MICHAEL BRECKER have a place for me but also CHARLIE PARKER WITH STRINGS is beautiful, right ? My Favorite Things, 4. Warne Marsh All Music Like. A good ART Rhythm Section, could use a little PEPPER No Billy Holliday? Yet despite this, none of his earlier recordings make the list?!! Happy New Year for all you music lovers . The first would be Dizzys own last International UN band recorded live at the Royal Hall in London. I play in a latin jazz band. On the Town 3. His debut for the company found Hubbard in exalted company with sidemen of the caliber of saxophonist Joe Henderson, pianist Herbie Hancock, bassist Ron Carter, and 21-year-old drummer Lenny White. I was 12 years old when I bought this album its the one that started me into jazz ! John Coltrane made the Giant Steps, before Giant Steps were made. Joe Pass discography Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong collaborations Key track: When Can I Kiss You Again, Blessed with a sweetly soulful voice, this groundbreaking Miami chanteuse, born to a French mother and Haitian father, picked up Best Jazz Vocal award at the 2018 Grammys for Dreams & Daggers; an enterprising 34-track double album that contrasts live performances capturing her at New Yorks iconic Village Vanguard venue with studio recordings featuring a string quartet. But i Miss Nefertiti, i think is the best of his quintet albums (whatever quintet he played in). As it has short track 37. No Ella and Billie in top 50?? Glitter Wolf Allison Miller. Good music, not the 50 I would have chosen, but then every jazz fan is liable to have a very different list. Also, in my opinion the list needs more women like Ella and (as a Swede Im obliged to say) Monica Zetterlund. Oscar Peterson Plays the Cole Porter Song Book for me. This is a masterpiece that few of these records can compare to. Here comes the Head Hunter Herbie Hancock Sonny Rollins Saxophone Colossus Arguably his greatest album, Karma was Sanders second long-player for Impulse! ONLY one Louis Armstrong record listed! 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. Here are just a few of the albums that showcase the genius of legendary musician Paul Desmond. Petersons preferred setting was the jazz trio format, of which he was a pioneer, and which some believe reached its apotheosis on his 1963 LP, Night Train, where the pianist together with trusted collaborators bassist Ray Brown and drummer Ed Thigpen achieved a heightened sense of communion on a pitch-perfect collection of standards and blues. If I traveled far, I always find time to MINGUS with the Black Saint and the Sinner Lady, I knew could find Charles somewhere around. Gerald Wilson, Quincy Jones, Nelson Riddle, Artie Shaw etc. More Beautiful Than Death Either Orchestra. And His Mother Called Him Bill. Oscar Peterson Trio Plus One (Clark Terry) 27. You also are bebop centric. The exact order is not so important. Usually music lists have me swinging immediately out of the gate! Brubeck rated their interpretation of Take Five as the best cover he had heard.Jazz and All That (2013) follows up their debut with more standards. Timeless John Abercrombie. Much of the music was shaped in post-production, heavily edited by Miles producer, Teo Macero, but Bitches Brew became hugely influential, ushering in the age of jazz-rock. Both men, supported by bassist Ahmed Abdul-Malik and drummer Shadow Wilson, are at the peak of their respective creative powers, with Coltrane navigating Monks tricky melodies and unorthodox chord changes with consummate ease. Just Wrong. Also miss Lady day,George Russell and Peter Brotzmann. 26. No Chet Baker, Gerry Mulligan, Vince Guaraldis, Anita ODay this list is certainly lacking. What about Alice Coltrane?!?!? Like the great Duke Ellington before her, Schneider writes much of her music with specific band musicians in mind. Montgomerys sidemen (pianist Tommy Flanagan, Modern Jazz Quartet bassist Percy Heath, and his brother, drummer Albert Montgomery) offer sterling support on a varied selection of original tunes (Four On Six, West Coast Blues, and Mr. Searching the Continuum Kurt Rosenwinkel & Bandit 65. 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. Two of my favorite quotes: Jazz washes away the dust of every dayArt Blakey, Put it this way. Miles Davisdont think soChetBillie Holiday!!! etc. Herbie Hancock electric piano Also, no Conference Of The Birds, Virtuoso and Jaco Pastorious. creo debe aparecer en la lista Chick Corea !!!!! 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. Dolphy Out to Lunch. He is the only european artist, who belongs to top 50 of Jazz! Call me crazy butfor the best selling jazz record of all timeI think it is also the most overrated. Oh look, another top 50 list no different than any other. Thank you for this list. So where are all the great recordings? But the woeful Ayler and Dolphy are in there? Insatiable ME. Some would be in the top 50, others would be bubbling under A virtuoso trumpeter from an impoverished background, Armstrong played with King Oliver and Fletcher Henderson before forming his own Hot Five Band in 1925. And it shows: there are 3 Coltrane albums on a 50 record list. Mary Lou Williams Nite Life Recorded in February 1964, Out To Lunch! Oscar Peterson Trio: 1. The Art Ensemble of Chicago Baptizum. Im a Fusion headNo Birds Of Fire or Chaser ? An excellent list but youve got to find a way to include Charlie Parker with Strings. You must log in or register to reply here. The Webster/Blanton Sessions and Anniversary are far superior. 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. Joe Farrell 11.25 x 6.56. WebJackson, Johnson, Brown & Company (Original Jazz Classics, 1983) Soular Energy (Concord Jazz, 1984) One O'Clock Jump (Verve, 1984) Bye Bye Blackbird (Paddle Wheel, 1985) Don't Forget the Blues (Concord Jazz, 1985) The Red Hot Ray Brown Trio (Concord Jazz, 1987) rec. Either of Monks big band concert albums or Monk Alone in San Francisco is Number 5. Oscar Peterson: albums, songs, playlists | Listen on Deezer Herbie Hancock Man Child? And a comment on a comment, Coltrane played out of tune and doesnt belong on this list? 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, But you dont care. On any given day my top 50 might be different. WebThe Oscar PetersonTrio Released 1963 (1963) Recorded December 15 & 16, 1962 Venue Los Angeles, California Genre Jazz Length 67:40(1997 CD re-release) Label Verve Producer Norman Granz The Oscar PetersonTrio chronology Put On a Happy Face (1962) Night Train (1963) Bill Henderson with the Oscar Peterson Trio (1962) while ill agree about Parker, its a shame that when you get to the earlier recordings the quality can really suffer. When Ornette told Mr. Coleman about the Shape of Jazz to come, he meant business. Whenever I listen to Sarah, I have Vaughan And Sinatra listen to him as if he were a sax! Id say there are some others, as well. 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 Good Hope Dave Holland/Chris Potter. Change Chick Corea. There is one Dexter Gordon album, but should be at least two. Well be celebrating Ellas centennial in April of 2017. WebWith Oscar Peterson 1974 The Good Life 1975 The Oscar Peterson Big 6 at Montreux 1979 Night Child 1982 Face to Face, Peterson/ Freddie Hubbard 1983 A Tribute to My Friends 1983 If You Could See Me Now 1986 Oscar Peterson Live! Id love to introduce your jury to all of the extraordinary female jazz artists you didnt see fit to include. 14. fondest regards from the old world They were my house Gods those days. 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. I disagree with a lot of the picks, but at least it got a bunch of jazzheads talking. But I didnt see any mention of Jacos Word of Mouth. There are several albums by Anthony Braxton that could have made the list. of Dave Brubeck: Five essential albums Wrong again. Love the selected Artists Like the (+) 50 others. Not a bad list ! While _Ellington at Newport_ is a fine document, if were only taking one Ellington, it really needs to be a collection from the Blanton-Webster years, no? But, no Billie Holliday? yeah i was really let down that didnt make the list. If you are to Speak No Evil, Trust me, a SHORTER note is WAYNE better. 24. And while Im at it, what about John Coltranes Ascension? Oh disappointed that there wasnt a Chet Baker album ! Amazing. Paul Desmond ? UNION DUES BLUES!!! It also became the title track of this live album recorded in June 1961 at the Village Vanguard in New York. Betty Carter with Ray Charles, Return to Forever, Jaco, Guaraldi, Deodato, Joe Williams, Joni Mitchell Mingus, George Benson, Al Jarreau, Stephane Grapelli, Jean Luc Ponty, so many to list!! Albert Ayer Village Vanguard Recordings And Hutcherson is great with barron In The Vanguard. Key track: Spanish Key, At 88 years old, Sonny Rollins is one of the last surviving greats of jazzs golden epoch. 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. I suggest it to individual new to the jazz world that Im trying to make fans. I always enjoy these lists despite disagreements.albums that should have been included arePaul Desmond Quintet and with voices from Fantasy.Cal Tjaders Several Shades of Jade, Sonny Clark Trio with Max Roach and George Duvivier, Modern Sounds..Eddie Bert, numerous others included recordings by Terry Gibbs, Buddy De Franco..next time. You have to Roll with this Sonny, youll see my point of view. In The Netherlands, Belgium, France, Poland etc.. Just check You Tube so you can blow your mind!! But where is Bix Beiderbecke? Paul Desmond Thats a pretty ordinary Weather Report album by the way Mysterious Traveller is probably better qualified. to put my personal spin on this devils Island cast away listing or what LPs would accompany me on a trip to Mars. We Get Requests is my fave. But the most glaring omission where are the women!? Though renowned for bravura displays of technique, Peterson also showed subtlety and restraint on an album that deepened appreciation for his undoubted genius. Ive loved jazz for 60 years and cannot imagine what a hole would exist without JC. Not sure In a Silent Way would be on my top 50, but your comment did give me a craving to listen to it since I havent for a long time. Key track: Solo Flight, In January 1957, when Art Pepper recorded this album alongside Miles Davis former rhythm section, comprised of pianist Red Garland, bassist Paul Chambers, and drummer Philly Joe Jones the 31-year-old West Coast alto saxophonist was struggling with drug addiction. Featuring the Brazilian singer Flora Purim, her husband, drummer/percussionist Airto Moreira, saxophonist Joe Farrell and double bassist Stanley Clarke, the band served up wonderful tracks in the shape of the ethereal title cut, the mercurial Captain Marvel, the trippy 500 Miles High and its epic closer, Spain, where Corea reconfigures the main theme from Spanish composer Rodrigos famous guitar concerto. The title track, with its funky undertow, was loosely based on the chord changes to Bobby Hebbs soul tune Sunny, and features mind-blowing solos by the two horns and Hancocks piano. For me also Top 20 all-time classics. Duke Ellington. New Orleans Suite and the Far East Suite would both deserve a place. Nuits de la Foundation Maeght. Clifford Jordan The groups harshest detractors damned them as pretentious and self-indulgent, but, amazingly, they achieved mainstream success, particularly in America, where they were wholeheartedly embraced. Great selections; however representation of female artists is blindingly small. I also would find a place for The Guitar of John Gray The New Wave which is my all time favorite jazz album. Thx to Kevin Amphan for creating the Spotify playlist http://open.spotify.com/user/pollysnack/playlist/5fOw8V2UL19QPEZwgiA6T2. 5. John McLaughlin electric guitar Garners manager heard the tapes and persuaded Columbia to release them as an album, whereupon it sold by the truckload (by 1958, it was estimated to have made over $1 million in sales). Here, Miles and his cohorts relinquish bebops febrile intensity for a looser, relaxed vibe to create a series of extended grooves that came to define modal jazz. Personally I couldnt deduce what the criteria were for inclusion was it popularity, historical significance, musicianship, innovation? These lists are always subjective and reflect the personal taste of compiler. Stan Tracey and George from Battersea ! Lenox Avenue Breakdown Arthur Blythe. The Inner Mounting Flame needs to be moved up AT LEAST 30 spots. There are, however, hundreds to choose from but Retrospective, a 3-CD set from 2004, is a career-spanning anthology that opens with Reinhardts seminal Quintette du Hot Club de France sides (with violinist Stephane Grappelli) from the 1930s and goes right up to his 1950s electric guitar forays. The best-selling jazz album of all time, Kind Of Blue created a new musical language that was hugely influential not only in the jazz world but for numerous rock and pop musicians as well, assuring the albums rightful place at the head of any list of the greatest jazz albums in history. Duke Ellington is universally acknowledged as one of the greats of jazz, you could argue that he is woefully under represented here, it is a list of some great jazz albums, you could never chime with everyones ideal top 50 list and In a Silent Way can look after itself, it is an album that any self respecting jazz collector must have, simply because it is so ubiquitously and cheaply available, even if you are not sure if it is you thing it is better to have it than not. Box Set; 6 CDs with 111 tracks; soft cover companion book, 200 pages. Key track: Lonely Woman, The man who invented the improvised saxophone solo on his 1939 recording of Body & Soul, Coleman Bean Hawkins was 53 when he joined forces with fellow Missourian 48-year-old Ben Webster for a much-anticipated tenor saxophone summit in 1957. The Storyteller Uri Gurvich. Second is Offbeat of the Avenues by Manhatten Transfer. Incredible. A vivid example of Jamals less is more aesthetic, the tune was revived on the soundtrack to Clint Eastwoods 1995 movie, The Bridges Of Madison County. And wheres Jim Hall? Michel Petrucciani Further Definitions is both important and wonderful. Key Keith Jarrett album: The Kln Concert This is a kind of free jazz, in that it is a completely improvised solo piano concert. Key track: Youve Changed, Given that most of Reinhardts seminal recordings preceded the long-playing LP and came out as 78 rpm singles, the best way to appreciate the Belgian guitar-playing gypsys music is to seek out a compilation album. Stayed at the top of the charts for a long time. Folks! Thomaz Stanko Leosia As for Monk..Monks Dream is a top 5 for me. Three other standards made up the rest of the album, including a swinging uptempo take on George Gershwins Summertime and a poignant reading of Evry Time We Say Goodbye. The growth of Coltranes popularity in the early 60s was undoubtedly aided by Atlantic releasing a shorter version of My Favorite Things as a single to promote the album. You could argue that one of the greatest improvisors and most important figures in the history of jazz ever, Charlie Parker, only comes on #20, is a bit strange but again it depends on the definitions. Im new to jazz music but I would think Lester Young would be on this list. Sunday At The Village Vanguard is a tremendous live album from 1961 that shows how Evans, together with bassist Scott LaFaro and drummer Paul Motian, brought a new concept of collective improv to the piano trio aesthetic. All the material was written by rising composer/arranger Neal Hefti, and features some dynamite brass charts. Madeline Ghost Rhythms. I trade in all my SILVER possession just to see HORACE perform Wheres Milestones by Miles? Giant Steps Trane difficult indeed to make a list. The Best Jazz Pianists of All Time How about these: 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. Especially Inner City Blues? Wynton Marsaliss Black Codes should probably be on this list. 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 ??? But the #1 jazz album that stands heads above the rest in my opinion is not even listed here. This earns its place among the greatest jazz albums of all time by being one of the best albums on Blue Note. A Charlie Brown Christmas is one of the best of all times. Key track: Birdland, This live recording of Monk and Trane playing together for a charity benefit concert in November 1957 was thought lost until the master tape was discovered languishing in the vaults of the US Library Of Congress in 2005. Oscar Peterson (1925-2007) was a jazz pianist. Key track: Journey In Satchidananda, Described by Duke Ellington as the Maharajah of the keyboard, Montreal-born Peterson was famed for a florid piano style that expanded the virtuoso aesthetics of his mentor, the great Art Tatum. Thats crap. At Newport is not Dukes best work, nor is Getz/Gilberto Stans. A Superb Album with a Truly Magnificent All Star ensemble with a Remarkable number of The Greatest Jazz Performers of All time, as we know Today. John Coltrane Inside this Train, theres a lady called A Love Supreme. I would take Brown-Roach over Miles any day. [2] Key track: Lullaby Of Birdland, One of the earliest jazz supergroups, The Quintet comprised Charlie Parker who was originally billed as Charlie Chan for contractual reasons with Dizzy Gillespie, Charles Mingus, Bud Powell, and Max Roach. Kenny Burrell Midnight Blue As part of the Pablo roster, Pass recorded with Benny Carter, Milt Jackson, Herb Ellis, Zoot Sims, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, and Count Basie. Web891 71K views 2 years ago Discover the very best jazz recordings by Oscar Peterson. Oscar Peterson Albums: songs, discography, biography, I even receive a GRANT in form of GREEN for my Idle Moments I have a lot of these and it has made me get some LPs out that I havent listened to for ages.

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