The best-selling jazz album of all time, Kind Of Blue created a new musical language that was hugely influential not only in the jazz world but for numerous rock and pop musicians as well, assuring the albums rightful place at the head of any list of the greatest jazz albums in history. Coltranes Giant Steps and My Favorite Things are tied for Number 6. 40. 34. TRad? Now He Sings Now He Sobs. If the focus is on albums, then maybe it makes a little sense, since Parkers greatness isnt captured by one specific album. The Jazz Soul Of Oscar Peterson http://www.davehuntjazz.com/best-recordings/oscar-peterson.html This list is totally NOT the 50 greatest!!!!! The all-time best 50 list should have a wide scope for inclusion.By that count Chick Coreas The Romantic Warrior , Wayne Shorters Native Dancer(seldom has one heard a better Latino fusion jazz-featuring also Milton Nascimento & Herbie Hancock),Stanley Clarkes School Days,and Billy Cobhams Magic should also rightfully find their pride of place in the list! Key track: Infant Eyes, Though originally from Pennsylvania, tenor sax titan Stan Getz became associated with the cool, West Coast jazz sound in the 50s. Shorter fronts an ace quintet of his own here, comprised of Freddie Hubbard, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Coltranes then-drummer, Elvin Jones, and together they conjure up a memorable session featuring six songs composed by the saxophonist. 35. Though for health reasons he no longer plays his beloved tenor saxophone, this seminal 1957 album which gave Rollins his nickname reminds us of his unparalleled brilliance as an improviser. Gives people like me all sorts of new ideas to fill in the collection! A few of the greats include: Soft Machine Fourth. This is a damn fine list. I dont like that John Coltranes gorgeous Crescent isnt present. His set included both old and new material; the latter included the specially-written Festival Junction and Newport Up, though it was an old chestnut, Diminuendo And Crescendo In Blue, written in 1937, that stole the show. Gerald Wilson, Quincy Jones, Nelson Riddle, Artie Shaw etc. You are using an out of date browser. Excellent list, dont agree with them all. Hard to believe. and contained only two tracks; an epic 33-minute meditation called The Creator Has A Master Plan, featuring a mantra-like refrain sung by avant-garde singer Leon Thomas, whose resonant tones also reverberate on Colors, a slow, shimmering tone poem garnished with waves of sibilant percussion. Sadly, the concert represented the final time that the two bebop geniuses recorded together. A landmark album in contemporary big band jazz. Only a fool or a brave man would undertake to compile such a list, so I wont dispute the picks, except to question that Charlie Parker doesnt appear until number 20???. His greatest creation was this, his 1959 debut for Columbia, on which propulsive uptempo songs (Better Git It In Your Soul) were balanced with beautiful shimmering ballads (Goodbye Pork Pie Hat, an elegy for saxophonist Lester Young, who had died earlier in 1959). Key track: Everything In Its Right Place, Serving her musical apprenticeship with the legendary arranger Gil Evans in the 70s, this Minnesota-born composer, orchestrator and conductor rose to become the undisputed doyenne of large canvas jazz and has been leading her own orchestra since 1992. Please re-think your statement. The Louis Armstrong Hot 5 and Hot Sen discs are Number 1. An impossible task certainly, but with the exceptions of the fusion stuff it is pretty admirable. Nothing from Freddie Hubbard or Woody Shaw? The albums song titles Ghosts: First Variation, The Wizard, Spirits, and Ghosts: Second Variation serve to underline the otherworldly essence of Aylers unique musical universe. Indeed, their interplay reaches an almost telepathic level of communication. Founded in 2010 Whats Best Forum invites intelligent and courteous people of all interests and backgrounds to describe and discuss the best of everything. Thelonious Monk Genius of Modern Music vol.1 & 2. OP for goodness sakes. Recorded by the first of several incarnations of the band, The Inner Mounting Flame is undoubtedly The Mahavishnu Orchestras best album and still astonishes today. Billie and the other biggies mentioned above too. MPS, Exclusively for My Friends is probably my favorite. But as my old Grandpappy used to say One mans meat is another mans poison . Unlike some guitarists, Green never tried to overpower the listener with elaborate or flashy runs but preferred to pick out single-note melodies that stayed within the boundaries of good taste. I know many jazz fans look at their music Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, Billie Holiday, all not as good as some of the music you post here. The vest album for me is ALS. The first disc finds Shorter and his quartet participating in grandiose symphonic pieces with the Orpheus Chamber Ensemble while the remainder of the album is fleshed out with mind-blowing live performances that illustrate the incredible synergy that the saxophonist and his band generated on stage. I now listen to all forms of jazz & still really enjoy a lot of the music from the fusion movement started by Miles Davis There are others who I would have liked to have seen on here, but this was a good overview for those new to jazz. I stop at the soul station just to see Hank Mobley Lots of albums with big names on here but theres way better stuff (Koln Concert that high? No way Getz/Gilberto could stay in front of Dolphys masterpiece. thats ever the same list. Gunter Hampel The 8th of July, 1969 Please add from Lennie Tristano, Warne Marsh and Lee Knitz. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. No Miles Silent Way, No Trane at the Vanguard, No Trane at Birdland, No Wes Bumpin, No Monk and Trane at the 5 Spot, and especially you cant put Pharoah Sanders Karma in the Top 50???. I miss Michel Legrands LeGrand JAZZ: Michel Legrand Dirige Les Gants Du Jazz American. And Dizzy Gillespie? Self indulgent BS. Dreams & Daggers is a masterwork that thrust McLorin Salvant into the pantheon of great jazz singers. I understand and totally agree ART TATUM has his place among the Gods, so he need not be listed with these mortals. Thanks again! Ive heard most of this list and Ive not listened to plenty of it for years, but I cant go more than a few months without listening to at least Columbias This Is Jazz #1. Always love the conversations started by GOAT Jazz lists. The Art Ensemble of Chicago Baptizum. While I am familiar with many on this list, I cannot honestly say I have listened to them all nor can I respond to many of the comments above this. If the name Jimmy Smith is not there,that means some thing is missing there or it is not enough. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAKOt4G7kLg&list=OLAK5uy_k7M-0PcT5vtPSusxNDlUYOkkVOJEwZ5vM&index=3, Another GREAT BLUES song from THE CHRIS NOWAK PROJECT!! I even named one of my rescue dogs after him. The Duke Ellington discs of the Blanton-Webster Band are Number 4. That shows you can buy jazz albuns all you want, listen to it all you want, but still dont hear the music. A Simple Thank You Virginia Mayhew. Leading a quartet comprising trumpeter Don Cherry, bassist Charlie Haden and drummer Billy Higgins, Coleman shredded the bebop rulebook by jettisoning orthodox notions of what constituted melody and harmony. Too many free jazz and avantgarde to my taste. What makes it special is the presence of Miles Davis in a rare sideman role (Adderley was a member of the trumpeters sextet at the time), while the contributions of the great Art Blakey on drums, along with excellent work from pianist Hank Jones and bassist Sam Jones, conspire to make this one of the best jazz albums recorded by a small-group ensemble. And what about drummer Shelly Manne, who set up one of the best jazz bands, and whose records at the Black Hawk are amongst the best jazz records ever ? Like. Key track: Red Top, A graduate of the formidable Jazz Messengers drummer Art Blakeys famous Hard Bop Academy New Jerseys Wayne Shorter recorded for Vee-Jay before joining Blue Note in 1964. Great list! Miles, Coltrane, Ben Webster, Paul Chambers, Bill Evans, Donald Byrd, Don Lamond, Osie Johnson just to name A FEW!! Though he was terminally ill at the time, Breckers playing is wonderfully vibrant and brimming with a life-affirming vigor. Ahmad Jamal: Live at the PershingBut Not For Me A Bird Called Parker can truly FLY like CHARLIE. African Exchange Student Kenny Garrett. Jelly Roll Mortons 1926/1927 recordings should be there, Where is Lady Day The fact that it has stimulated so much discussion is fantastic. The original album only contained five tracks, but it was expanded to a two-hour-long CD release in 2009. At 15 years old I started listening to Jazz Music in my bedroom, my Dad heard the music and stopped and asked me You like this Music?, I replied, YES, its something about it Daddy that resonants with my Soul. Im 55 yrs old now, and I still listen to Jazz, I am NOT a historian, but I did start a FB page The Jazz Preservation Society, it s not political but my intentions are to create a space where Young people and all Lovers of Jazz can listen and learn about Jazz. In mho great influential artists.. to name a few. No Ella. Change Chick Corea. Pilgrimage was Breckers final solo album, recorded during 2006 in the stellar company of Pat Metheny, Herbie Hancock, Brad Mehldau, John Patitucci, and Jack DeJohnette. The best album credited to Oscar Peterson taking into account any aliases or variations is Night Train by The Oscar Peterson Trio which is ranked number 3,043 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 503. etc. no Freddie Hubbard, Gato Barbieri, Dizzy Gillespie, Bill Evans Trio Portrait In Jazz Mings Samba and/or Ballads for Bass Clarinet should be on there. What resulted was a thrilling showcase for Methenys clear-toned, flowing virtuoso style which was defined by elliptical melodic filigrees, liquid improv and flights of untrammeled lyricism.