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timwat
10-06-05, 01:13 PM
Well, "ever" is a long time, but the rap thread and the metal song thread got me thinking. Picking the best from an entire genre is never easy. If you have to go to four or five that's cool too. Before I vote for mine, I'm interested in yours. Fire away!

* jack *
10-06-05, 01:18 PM
Charles Mingus | Mingus Ah Um
Thelonius Monk | Monk's Moods
John Coltrane | tie: Blue Train/A Love Supreme
Miles Davis | Kind of Blue
Dave Brubeck Quartet| Time Out

OK... I tried to sneak in 6 :o
KingTermite
10-06-05, 01:30 PM
Charles Mingus | Mingus Ah Um
Thelonius Monk | Monk's Moods
John Coltrane | tie: Blue Train/Giant Steps
Miles Davis | Kind of Blue
Dave Brubeck Quartet| Time Out

OK... I tried to sneak in 6 :o
More Blues than Jazz to me. I know they "used" to be interchangeable...but not really anymore.


With "modern" Jazz I'd have to go with "Cross Currents" by Eliane Elias for one. Was into modern Jazz for a "phase" some years back, but haven't really been into it for a while, so I don't know if I'm qualified. But other artists I remember really liking: Spyro Gyra, Fatburger, Sade (though not "pure" Jazz....a little too mainstream), Al DiMeola, Ramsey Lewis (was AWESOME in concert).

linux_author
10-06-05, 01:31 PM
- Rippington's Sahara
- Double's Blue (OK, only one cut - The Captain of Her Heart - i have the CD!)
- Jean Luc Ponte's Aurora
RegularGuy
10-06-05, 02:07 PM
Charles Mingus | Mingus Ah Um
Thelonius Monk | Monk's Moods
John Coltrane | tie: Blue Train/A Love Supreme
Miles Davis | Kind of Blue
Dave Brubeck Quartet| Time Out

OK... I tried to sneak in 6 :o

But in those six you named my three: Love Supreme, Kind of Blue, and Time Out.
Fat Boy Biker
10-06-05, 02:16 PM
Miles - Kind of Blue
Chet Baker - My Funny Valentine
John Coltrane - Ballads
auk
10-06-05, 02:34 PM
Hmmm, a toughie for sure, but let's try.

Miles Davis-Cookin
Bill Evans-Waltz For Debbie
John Coltrane-Saxaphone Colossus
The LT
10-06-05, 03:06 PM
dave brubeck-time out
herbie hancock and the headhunters - headhunters(hey it fits into jazz in my book)
earl fatha hines - here comes
art tatum - I cant think of the album its got willow weap for me on it
CyLowe97
10-06-05, 03:40 PM
The desert islands are already here..... Kind of Blue and A Love Supreme.

How about something from the last decade or so? Can I throw Medeski Martin & Wood's "Combustication" or "Tonic" into the mix here?

Or Kenny G's Songbird? (JUST KIDDING!!!!)
timwat
10-06-05, 04:32 PM
Gorelick's not jazz, but he has his place.

On a desert island, you can use Songbird for tinder.
nick burns
10-06-05, 04:42 PM
Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus

Charles Mingus - Pithecanthropus Erectus

Eddie Harris - Plug Me In


Ok, maybe not the best three ever recorded, but they're three of my favorites. :)
sunninho
10-06-05, 06:18 PM
Classic Jazz
- Charles Mingus - Ah Um
- Sarah Vaughn - Misty
- John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
- Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
- Thelonious Monk - Straight, No Chaser
- Milt Jackson and John Coltrane - Bags and Trane
- Milt Jackson and Wes Montgomery - Bags Meets Wes!

Contemporary/Vocal Jazz
- Joe Sample and Lalah Hathaway - The Song Lives On
- Eliane Elias - Kissed By Nature
- Dianne Reeves - Dianne Reeves

Latin Jazz
- Cachao Master Sessions Vol 1, Vol 2 and Cuba Linda
- Fania All Stars - Rhythm Machine