There are so many. Most that haven’t even been suggested… Eric Dolphy, Mal Waldron, Gary Bartz, Jeff Palmer, John Abercrombie, Ron Carter, Sonny Rollins, Alice Coltrane, Andrew Hill, Max Roach, Donald Byrd, Kenny Dorham, Booker Ervin, Sahib Shihab, Woody Shaw, Tony Williams, Sam Rivers, Archie Shepp, David Murray… and on and on. I strongly suggest you follow the Jazz Bums on Youtube and join their discord server. You will learn that everything listed above (others and mine) is the just the tip of the iceberg. Know that jazz, like most things worth pursuing in life, can benefit an acquired taste. Have fun!
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.
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@tomxena . Love Jimmy
try Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf …. Weird but WONDERFUL album…NOT for beginners….
The original pressing is extraordinary. I plan to do a featurette on that album some time in future (FWIW 🫢😆) |
Fantastic list most in my collection due to posts like these here Chris Connor should be included - she recorded a lot and has many wonderful worthy recordings I would suggest checking out some Eastern European newer jazz bands- especially Polish. Marcil Wasilewski for example another great but not well known in the US is Trio Stendhal from Hungary the guitarist from trio Ferenc Snetberger has many solo albums and they are wonderful. Gabor Szabo would be another long deceased Hungarian jazz guitarist- his fusion of jazz and some gipsy tunes made him very unique Several Croatian and Macedonian guitarist could be added - while not strictly jazz their guitar mastery is world class - Vlatko Stefanovski, Miroslav Tadic and Goran Ivanovic just to name a few. Enjoy the journey and the great music! |
Grant Green - Green Blues - https://www.discogs.com/release/6725645-Grant-Green-Green-Blues Joe Henderson -Power to the People- https://www.discogs.com/release/30080530-Joe-Henderson-Power-To-The-People Lee Morgan - The Sidewinder - https://www.discogs.com/release/16312236-Lee-Morgan-The-Sidewinder Duke Ellington - And His Mother Called Him Bill - https://www.discogs.com/release/4299126-Duke-Ellington-And-His-Mother-Called-Him-Bill Ella Fitzgerald - Ella in Rome - https://www.discogs.com/release/8286327-Ella-Fitzgerald-Ella-In-Rome-The-Birthday-Concert |
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