Billie H. Ella. Define what you mean by a jazz album.You include Basie/ Goodman /Christian historical compilations, why not these? ), but I gave all my LP-records to my son hoping he would clean them its great musik! Beyond the Missouri Sky by Metheny and Charlie Haden is a glaring omission. Billie and the other biggies mentioned above too. Must have. Unit Structures remains one of the best jazz albums to come out of the avant-garde. Probably a thankless task, unless the objective was to get some discussion going! So many jazz aficionados, so many different lists of 50 Great Jazz Albums. Agree with previous post that the omission of Hartman/Coltrane is a major oversight. Like I say a good list but changes need to be made! Key track: Journey In Satchidananda, Described by Duke Ellington as the Maharajah of the keyboard, Montreal-born Peterson was famed for a florid piano style that expanded the virtuoso aesthetics of his mentor, the great Art Tatum. The album spawned an unlikely hit single in 5/4 time (the jaunty, Desmond-written Take Five) and went on to sell over a million copies. Julius hemphill Dogon AD SHEPP at his best is an enormus power, everybody of you must listen to his records THE NEW WAVE OF JAZZ IS ON IMPULS, that was the slogan on these albums IMPULSE: LP-records of those days. Jazz Goes To Junior College Was hoping to see Freddie Hubbards Red Clay. BTW, there is a 12 year old up for Two Grammy Nominations, just maybe he heard Jazz like me. ALL of these artists had albums that whould fit into the list!!! One woman on the list. Missing Tete Montoliu as a one of the top pianists. Oscar Peterson In the process, he created a brave new musical language of free-form collective improvisation that shook the jazz world to its core. 1977s Heavy Weather was the groups eighth album and their second with fretless bassist extraordinaire Jaco Pastorius. The infectious title cut, penned by pianist Bobby Timmons, who laces his composition with churchy inflections, anticipates the soul jazz style that became popular in the 60s. I dont like that John Coltranes gorgeous Crescent isnt present. All the material was written by rising composer/arranger Neal Hefti, and features some dynamite brass charts. Kudos for re-launching this Dec/2014 post and the debate on the heels of #JazzAppreciationMonth, #InternationalJazzDay and #BillieHoliday100. Yes thats what happens when you are limited to 50 selections. Translators Note Oded Tzur. At the Grammy Awards of 1975, The Trio won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance by a Group. 41. 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.
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