Help me build up a jazz album collection. Can you suggest a must have album?
Just got back into analog after not having a turntable for 38 years. That was a Thorens TD 320. Now I have a VPI. Building a jazz album collection now since jazz seems to be what I enjoy now. I have barely 12 albums from Miles Davis, Art Blakey, King Curtis, Ray Charles, John Coltrane, Ike Quebec and Illinios Jacquet. Can you suggest a must have album? I generally like great sax, and percussion and sometimes a good vocalist, but I am open to anything that sounds GREAT. Also, if there is a particular label, issue or type of album. Thanks in advance.
Adding to the many great suggestions… Definitely Chick Corea - Trilogy and Trilogy 2 live, and Chick Corea Akoustic Band Live are all great (Dave Weckl is crazy good on drums) If I remember correctly Chick wrote much of the music for Time Out? Oscar was mentioned many times, but We Get Requests is one of my faves and is really nicely recorded. That and Night Train.
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Many excellent suggestions already, but with one qualification, I'll add a few that haven't been mentioned. The qualification is that I listen to CDs and Hi-Red streaming, not LPs. But as the master recording is the key, these should all be available in finely made LPs. Charlie Mingus: – Mingus Ah Um Oliver Nelson – The Blues And The Abstract Truth Miles Davis – Porgy And Bess Hank Mobley – Soul Station Paul Chambers Quartet – Bass On Top Kenny Burrell – Midnight Blue |
@whipsaw "Ah Um" reminded me of Charlie Mingus "Mingus Plays Piano". Put it on immediately. So thanks. When I see lists like this I check everything I don't know and always pick a thing or two. Others do the same? |
