Top 5 Jazz albums

[Y Chwyldro Comiwnyddol Cymraeg]

What are your top 5 jazz albums, of any sub-genre

For me, in no order...

Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
Blue Train - John Coltrane
Songs for Distingue Lovers - Billie Holiday
Chet Baker Sings
Count Basie Live at Newport
HeadHunters - Herbie Hanckock

Well thats 6 but there all good:D

I would also like to mention an up and coming act, Jose James, good Jazz/Soul mix.

http://www.josejamesmusic.com/mp3s/music.htm

Park bench people is his best song

[Marsella]

Well, I haven't listened to too many Jazz albums, but Kenny Burrell's Midnight Blue is brilliant. The song 'Saturday Night Blues' on that album is awesome.

In fact, Chitlins Con Carne is one of the first songs I learnt to play. :)

[Rage]

my favorites (no order):
*****es Brew - Miles Davis
Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall - Monk & Coltrane
Left of Cool- Bela Fleck and the Flecktones (not strictly jazz, but jazz influenced and AWESOME)
The Complete Charlie Parker on Dial -Charlie Parker
Crossings-Herbie Hancock

-Fawkes

[Y Chwyldro Comiwnyddol Cymraeg]

Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall - Monk & Coltrane


That sounds good...:cool:

[Bazza]

I don't really have a very big Jazz collection, only around a dozen albums. Buty this is my top 5 -

1. Mingus Ah Um - Charles Mingus
2. Open Sesame - Freddie Hubbard
3. Birth Of The Cool - Miles Davis
4. Time Out - Dave Brubeck
5. Blue Train - John Coltrane

The Redskins did a great version of 'Move' which is the opening track on Miles Davis 'Birth Of The Cool'.

[eXacto]

Miles Davis feat. Sonny Rollins - Dig

This is my favourite jazz album atm .

[Gitfiddle Jim]

My favourites are Giant Steps by John Coltrane and Moanin' by Art Blakey.

[eXacto]

John Coltrane , i almost forgot about him! I'm listening too John Coltrane - John Coltrane at the moment. Other Free jazz hero's : Gerry Mulligan , Erroll Garner and Dave Brubeck. And i wouldn't classify Billie Holiday under Jazz , more like Blues ... No? She's cool:)

[Mujer Libre]

I just wanted to add Moanin' by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers.

[Y Chwyldro Comiwnyddol Cymraeg]

And i wouldn't classify Billie Holiday under Jazz , more like Blues ... No? She's cool:)[/quote]

MMM. Some of her songs are more blues, and others Jazz. Strange Fruit is blues, but most of her stuff is jazz. Songs for Ditingue lovers is Jazzy! i have a "Billie's Blues" album and a "JAzz Greats - Billy Holiday"....so in my opinion she is the border between Jazz and Blues.

[eXacto]

I see...i have to get some more Billie Holiday albums!

[MarxSchmarx]

yup yup, overlap with a lot of these lists.

5. Space is the Place (soundtrack) - Sun Ra
4. Talkin' Verve: Roots of Acid Jazz - Jimmy Smith
3. Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
2. A Blowing Session - Johnny Griffin
1. Interstellar Space - one of the last albums John Coltrane made. :thumbup1:

[Bazza]

yup yup, overlap with a lot of these lists.

5. Space is the Place (soundtrack) - Sun Ra

Talking of Sun Ra, has anyone seen this clip?
It's of Jerry Dammers (The Specials/Special AKA) tribute to Sun Ra.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5eQDvPLSBA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5eQDvPLSBA)

[Y Chwyldro Comiwnyddol Cymraeg]

Just played some Art Blakey...brilliant, even the drum solos were good!

[Pirate Utopian]

Jazz isnt really my thing but I love *****es Brew by Miles Davis.