The 5 Jazz Recordings You Would Take With You...

I just picked up a jazz CD by a bass player from Columbus, Ohio named Andy Woodson called "Catalpa" that is wonderful. Michael Cox plays soprano sax on several of the cuts and does an exceptional job. If I could only choose five recordings this would be one of them. Patricia Barber's "Cafe Blue" and "Modern Cool" would be two more I would choose. A CD by jazz drummer Toshio Osumi called "Go with the Swingin" would be number number four and Johnny O'Neil's "In Good Hands" would be number five.

1. Inner Mounting Flame - Mahavishnu Orchestra
2. Spectrum - Billy Cobham
3. Blue Train - Coltrane
4. Transition - Coltrane
5. Karma - Pharoah Sanders

No, I am not going to say Blue Train by Coltrane or Kind of Blue by Miles that would be too easy and a bit reduntant. So these are the five I would play the most till the grooves literally wore out.

BLUES WALK - Lou Donaldson
The Melody at Night With You - Keith Jarrett
Gerry Mulligan meets Ben Webster
Boss Tenor - Gene Ammons
Stan Getz/Kenny Barron - People Time

With these five I could hold out a long time, maybe FOREVER.

1. Sun Ra: "The Magic City"
2. Ornette Coleman: Atlantic box set (this might be cheating)
3. John Coltrane: "A Love Supreme"
4. Eric Dolphy: "Out To Lunch"
5. Cecil Taylor "Unit Structures"

'Sunday At The Village Vanguard' - Bill Evans Trio
'A Love Supreme' - John Coltrane
'Birth Of The Cool' - Miles Davis
'Saxophone Colossus' - Sonny Rollins
'Smokin' At The Half Note' - Wynton Kelly/Wes Montgomery