What are the best jazz albums?

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[Big Guy and Rusty 99]

my choices in no particular order:

miles davis - kind of blue
charles mingus - black saint and the sinner lady
john coltrane - a love supreme
duke ellington - the webster-blanton years
the quintet - live at massey hall
sonny rollins - saxophone colossus
bill evans - live at the village vanguard

[BluesDuke]

In no particular order of preference...

Duke Ellington, The 1943 Carnegie Hall Concert
Miles Davis, Kind of Blue
Sonny Rollins, Live At The Village Vanguard Complete
Thelonious Monk, Genius of Modern Music Vols I-II
Count Basie, Sixteen Men Swinging
The Modern Jazz Quartet, No Sun In Venice
John Coltrane and Milt Jackson, Bags & Trane
Charles Mingus, Blues and Roots
Horace Silver, Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers
Duke Ellington, Masterpieces by Ellington
Thelonious Monk, Live At The It Club Complete
Wes Montgomery with the Wynton Kelly Trio, Smokin' At The Half Note
John Coltrane, Blue Trane
Miles Davis, In A Silent Way
Herbie Hancock, Maiden Voyage
Benny Goodman, The Famous 1938 Jazz Concert at Carnegie Hall (Complete)
Louis Armstrong, Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy
Dexter Gordon Quartet, Manhattan Symphonie
Dave Brubeck Quartet, Time Out
Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto, Getz/Gilberto
Sonny Rollins, Volume Two
Artie Shaw, The Complete Gramercy Five
Duke Ellington, Ellington At Newport
Miles Davis, Miles Ahead

....just for openers...

[Pinetop]

1."Kind of Blue" is out in front. 2. "A Handful of Modern Jazz" Parker, Davis & Gillespie (Baronet label) 3. "John Coltrane with Johnny Hartman"Coltrane, Johnny Hartman (vocals), and Teddy Wilson (piano) 4. Art Tatum "Solo Piano" 5. Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane (Verve, I think rereleased on Fantasy)

[condolinda]

When you say "Some Other Stuff" is out there, is it out there in like a Cecil Taylor/Ornette Coleman way(free), or out there in an Eric Dolphy way (i.e.-cross between hard bop and free)?
It kinda reminds me of Eric Dolphy's "Out to Lunch".

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

The problem is that rap and jazz are not musical. I just don't get it. I've tried, I just don't get it. The people who say they get it, are the same ones that can't clap to the music, or dance in time. They're music lovers, for sure, they just don't know why. ...oh, well...

Let me take rap out of this for a second - are you really saying that people who "get" jazz have no sense of rhythm, and that they love music but don't know anything about it? And jazz is "not musical"? Nah...couldn't be. (I'm a professional musician also - 25 years.)

If you're wondering if it's you, no offense, but it is.

[Big Guy and Rusty 99]

amazing album . . . Teo Macero did a great job producing that one.

[Lower55]

In almost all of the groups I've been with, when a player made a mistake and the others looked at him/her,.....the most consistent response to this reaction was....."JAZZ"

[BluesDuke]

"We've Only Just Begun", by the Carpenters.

Okay, what's the punch line? (That was a joke, right?)

[Big Guy and Rusty 99]

Do you have Wes Montgomery's fingerpickin'? GREAT ALBUM! I have the complete riverside set. It's worth the $200.

[Big Guy and Rusty 99]

anyone who says that has no idea what they're talking about.

[BluesDuke]

I only wish I could afford that set. Wes Montgomery remains my favourite jazz guitarist. And...the best news...he never forgot the blues!

[Lower55]

There's a differnce between jazz and real music played jazzed up. I can put ANYONE on piano in a jazz band and have them pound out ANYTHING and if they looked like they meant to do it, most 'jazz' fans would eat it up.

[Big Guy and Rusty 99]

all those albums are well produced. basically, they let the tapes roll and then eidted the 'best parts' together. There are almost no 'whole takes' on any of those albums.

[BluesDuke]

Bitches Brew, you're no Miles In The Sky...

[Lower55]

I doubt you'd want to compare your resume to mine. I did't say you shouldn't like jazz, I just said it's not musical. It makes no musical sense.