Best j*** recordings of all time

of course Kind Of Blue and

John Coltrane Blue Train


Great Jazz, John inspired a lot of jazz musicians with this album

Keith Jarrett - Personal Mountains

I thought jazz died a few months ago.

Too obvious ...



... therefore ...

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Originally posted by Lontano:
I thought jazz died a few months ago.

It will outlive us all.

A great alive and kicking choice from Fred

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Originally posted by MilesSmiles:

Too obvious ... [Kind Of Blue]

I would have thought you'd suggest this:

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Originally posted by fred simon:

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Originally posted by MilesSmiles:

Too obvious ... [Kind Of Blue]

I would have thought you'd suggest this:

, love the title but it's not in my top ten Miles albums.

I consider myself very fortunate to have picked the following superb recordings for next to nothing:

Original Mono


Stereo early press

Op.111 firmly establishes Beethoven as the inventor of Jazz. Kovacevich lets it rip like few others...

EJ

The best jazz recording of all time imho is...

...the next jazz recording that I discover for the first time; or the well known jazz recording that I really uncover for the first time; or the jazz recording that I am playing right now...whatever it may be.

G

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My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence.
Edith Sitwell (1887 - 1964)

Two of my favourites are "We Get Requests" by The Oscar Peterson Trio and Jazz at the Pawnshop.

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Op.111 firmly establishes Beethoven as the inventor of Jazz. Kovacevich lets it rip like few others...

Absolutely. I remember being stunned the first time I heard Op 111 (Pollini's version). I thought Debussy had invented jazz!

My serious suggestion is the two albums Jimmy Giuffre recorded with Steve Swallow and Paul Bley in 1961, and later reissued as a double CD by ECM:



Vast and wide new vistas opened up for jazz with these recordings. And all without hype or fanfare - Giuffre was indeed a quiet revolutionary, but the likes of Manfred Eicher (founder of ECM) heard him loud and clear. Desert island music for me.

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Originally posted by ad10:
Two of my favourites are "We Get Requests" by The Oscar Peterson Trio ...

I second that and add Ben Webster's Soulville.

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Originally posted by Lontano:
I thought jazz died a few months ago.

No, it didn't die. That wing of the library has been closed to new entries, as everything worth saying this way has been said, and there is nothing new that is worthwhile. But it has many special entries I will revisit over the next few decades.

A dead art form that thrived and shined for two or three generations.

But that's just me :-)

Jazz and Latin (the language, not the music),
two of a kind. Both deader than a doornail, but filled with treasures ...

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Originally posted by mikeeschman:

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Originally posted by Lontano:
I thought jazz died a few months ago.

No, it didn't die. That wing of the library has been closed to new entries, as everything worth saying this way has been said, and there is nothing new that is worthwhile. But it has many special entries I will revisit over the next few decades.

A dead art form that thrived and shined for two or three generations.

But that's just me :-)

Jazz and Latin (the language, not the music),
two of a kind. Both deader than a doornail, but filled with treasures ...

Mike, we've already been through this ... you couldn't be more wrong. And it's much more than "just me" as you say.

Wrong, wrong, and wrong ... no other way to say it.

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Originally posted by fred simon:

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Originally posted by mikeeschman:

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Originally posted by Lontano:
I thought jazz died a few months ago.

No, it didn't die. That wing of the library has been closed to new entries, as everything worth saying this way has been said, and there is nothing new that is worthwhile. But it has many special entries I will revisit over the next few decades.

A dead art form that thrived and shined for two or three generations.

But that's just me :-)

Jazz and Latin (the language, not the music),
two of a kind. Both deader than a doornail, but filled with treasures ...

Mike, we've already been through this ... you couldn't be more wrong. And it's much more than "just me" as you say.

Wrong, wrong, and wrong ... no other way to say it.

Just a different point of view, at one moment in time. It's interesting to hear different points of view. I've certainly listened to yours.

It's not so serious. Friends often enjoy each others company and enjoy each others pleasures, even when they are on different wave lengths.

We're not talking about eternal truths here, but rather about the changes in appetites that occur when you listen for a long while.

So far, I think it's all good.

In matters of taste ...

And "Solo Monk" sounds as fresh as the first time I heard it.

Good post, discussions like these indicate precisely what matters to jazz, jazz is so much more comprehensive than most other musical styles. Everyone may have his or her idea about jazz, and everyone is right or is wrong. There is no absolutely truth in this.

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Originally posted by mikeeschman:

In matters of taste ...

No, Mike, I'm not arguing with your taste. This argument has got absolutely nothing to do with taste.

I'm arguing with your continuing pronouncements about the supposed "death of jazz," a phrase which served as title for not one but two topics you started in the last few months, claiming that jazz had "lost its way."

You don't like jazz after a certain era? Fine, then say that. Maybe you don't really like jazz at all? Fine, then say that. But please don't claim that jazz has "lost its way," or has died, or is a "dead art form," or is a dead language like Latin.

There are thousands and thousands of great musicians right now speaking a musical language very much alive, saying new things and putting their own spin on old things, whether you dig it or not ... if you don't, cool, but please don't piss in the pool that not only still gives enormous pleasure to so many, but that so many great musicians still make their livelihood from, every one of whom will tell you the same thing: you're wrong. I mean, really, Mike, it's become disrespectful.

Better yet, go ask Sonny Rollins if he thinks jazz is a dead art form ... see what he says.

Fred

Fred, I understand where you're coming from, but thou doth protest too much. Nothing is served by defending jazz with stats and figures.

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Originally posted by Thorsten_Lux:

Another classic.

Fred, it really is just a different point of view.

I am curious, does anyone else think "Solo Monk" is a terrific bit of music making?

Loving "Solo Monk" is a gut reaction for me. Since I was a boy, the sound of good stride piano has sent an electric shock through my body. It's not an intellectual thing, just natural love, pure and simple.

That delicate spirit is conveyed in such a relaxed and spontaneous manner on "Solo Monk" that from the first note, it has me completely in its grip.

I only wish more music grabbed me that way, it's so refreshing.

Take them where you find them :-)