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12/07/2005 07:09:20 AM · #1 |
I'm looking to increase my music collection and was wondering what you think are must have, essential, classic jazz albums and blues albums?
I already have a few of each (some of the crap ones like "The Greatest Blues Songs Ever"-which obviously aren't) and I also have some good ones (like Charlie Mingus presents Charlie Mingus), but I know I'm missing a lot of other good stuff.
If you can, list me your top five in each genre.
Thanks.
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12/07/2005 07:31:54 AM · #2 |
I have The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz (Digitally Remastered). I actually had to buy it for a college course. It is about the entire history of jazz with six CDs and a book on the history of jazz and bios on all the artists. They're all in there. It's fantastic. Scott Joplin, Jelly Roll Morton, Bessie Smith, Sonny Rollins, Wes Montgomery, Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, etc., etc., etc.
Message edited by author 2005-12-07 07:32:17. |
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12/07/2005 07:33:07 AM · #3 |
JAZZ:
Miles Davis: "Bitches Brew" is a must IMHO
Blues:
Muddy Waters
B.B. King
Bo Diddley
Doyle Bramhall: "Bird Nest On The Ground" (probably unknow to most people)
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12/07/2005 07:57:21 AM · #4 |
Dirt Floor / Chris Whitley
who recently died much too young for a bluesman to me is a must for everyone who has affection with blues
maybe not exactly in between the lines but that only adds
another must imo in the jazzsector and also a little out of the box
Jazzland / Bugge Wesseltoft
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12/07/2005 08:02:58 AM · #5 |
Jazz must haves:
Bitch's Brew by Miles Davis
A Love Supreme by John Coltrane
Time Out by Dave Brubeck
Black Market by Weather Report
Bashin': The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith by Jimmy Smith
Karma by Pharoah Sanders
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12/07/2005 08:35:15 AM · #6 |
Jazz: Diana Krall, David Sanborn, Candy Dulfer, Lizz Wright, Dave Koz to name a few.
Blues: Can't go wrong with B.B. King. Also, John Lee Hooker, Buddy Guy, Albert Collins, Robert Cray, Walter Trout (probably on of the best guitar players around), Eric Sardinas (evil, delta swamp blues), Anthony Gomes (funky blues), Shamika Copeland, Magic Slim and the Teardrops, Albert King (check out the Sessions cd he did with Stevie Ray Vaughn), Coco Montoya, Debbie Davis, Roomful of Blues, Bobby Blue Bland, Taj Mahal...to name just a couple. :-)
Happy listening! |
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12/07/2005 08:47:21 AM · #7 |
There are a few standards...
Miles Davis-Kind Of Blue (nice listening and terribly agressive)
John Coltrane-Blue Train (a jazz classic, also:My Favorite Things)
Mingus-Ah Um(loaded with classics)
Thelonious Monk- Find a Greatest Hits Compilation(I like his solo recordings with no back-up band...very sweet and personal)
Chalie Parker- Essential(should do the trick)
Pete Fountain- a great New Orleans clarinet player, full band, really movin.
Sonny Rollins - Collossus( this has the standard, "St. Thomas")
If you like Jazz Guitar...
Joe Pass, Wes Mongomery, Mark Whitfield, George Benson(old stuff...not new)
Blues
Stevie Ray Vaughn is/was one of the best contemporary players
Johnny Winter, Buddy Guy
Ragtime-Rev Gary Davis, Jorma Kaukonen.
There another very cool blues thing, that I'll try to find for you...
Message edited by author 2005-12-07 09:00:17. |
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12/07/2005 08:48:00 AM · #8 |
explore by...
Genre
on
allmusic.com
this could be a geat help to you - have been to my
villy
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12/07/2005 09:10:20 AM · #9 |
Some personal favorites...
Stevie Ray Vaughan "Texas Flood"
Chuck Mangione "Live at the Hollywood Bowl"
Buddy Rich "The Best of Buddy Rich - The Pacific Jazz Years"
Norah Jones "Come Away With Me"
Harry Connick Jr. "Lofty's Roach Souffle"
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12/07/2005 09:53:36 AM · #10 |
| Anything by Oliver Jones! |
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12/07/2005 10:16:37 AM · #11 |
it's worth saying again...
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue |
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12/07/2005 11:52:43 AM · #12 |
It's worth saying a 4th time....Miles Davis, Kind of Blue.
Ted Hawkins was one of the last real Bluesmen. His voice is like a mix between Ray Charles, Harry Belafonte and Muddy Waters...with a dash of Howlin Wolf. he has a very cool story and for what it's worth my favorite tune that he does is called Strange Conversation.
Years ago Virgin Atlantic and a few other stores offered Jazz Classics Series which were 10 cut compilations of all the top Jazz artists through history. All were very good and comprehensive.
Did anyone mention Louis Armstrong? |
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12/07/2005 11:56:05 AM · #13 |
Steve,
I'm a huge blues (1st) and jazz (2nd) fan. I'm going to look up this thread tonight when I get home from work and pop my .02 in. I look forward to others' replies also. |
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12/07/2005 11:56:44 AM · #14 |
To be nitpicky, blues is a form of jazz.
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12/07/2005 12:11:01 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by cpanaioti:
To be nitpicky, blues is a form of jazz. |
shouldn't that be jazz is a form of blues!?
but thats just nitpicky ;-)
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12/07/2005 12:13:27 PM · #16 |
Originally posted by messerschmitt:
Originally posted by cpanaioti:
To be nitpicky, blues is a form of jazz. |
shouldn't that be jazz is a form of blues!?
but thats just nitpicky ;-) |
No. Jazz is the broad category which includes swing, bebop, blues etc.
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12/07/2005 12:21:49 PM · #17 |
hmm.. thats confusing to me
because when i say blues i dont mean jazz ant backwards
but i meant first there was blues and than as a derivation out of blues came jazz
but i might be wrong ofcourse im not an expert on the theorie i just love both genres and everything in between |
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12/07/2005 12:28:09 PM · #18 |
Blues far precedes jazz and jazz was without question born out of the blues.
Guys like Jelly Roll Morton and Scott Joplin to name a few, pretty much started jazz and were blues based musicians.
Message edited by author 2005-12-07 12:30:40. |
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12/07/2005 12:35:11 PM · #19 |
| Those distinctions are of interest only to purists or historians. Rock'n'roll grew up out of blues, but they're still two distinctive styles of music. Same with jazz and blues. |
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12/07/2005 12:36:07 PM · #20 |
I'm no expert either. That's just how I remember it from school and could be wrong.
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12/07/2005 12:37:44 PM · #21 |
When someone says they like blues I know exactly what they are referring to. When someone says they like jazz I always ask what type since jazz covers a broad spectrum.
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12/07/2005 12:39:59 PM · #22 |
Jazz is such a personal thing.
Any recommendation depends on what type of music you like, meaning, if you like:
Instrumental... Miles, Dizzy, Brubeck, one of my favorites MJQ (Mordern Jazz Quartet), Chuck Baker
Vocal..... Ella Fitzgerald, Mel Torme, Diana Krall, Holly Cole, Etta James, Chuck Baker
Also, jazz is where you find it, one of my favorite CD's is the soundtrack from "Bridges of Madison County"
As far as blues goes, a relatively new voice is Keb Mo.
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12/07/2005 12:41:22 PM · #23 |
hmmmm
Message edited by author 2005-12-07 12:41:58.
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12/07/2005 12:41:29 PM · #24 |
As an avid Jazz sax player, I think that one must have a decent remastering of both Charlie Parker and Johnny Hodges. And don't forget Louie and Ella.
If you're into big band, You need some Buddy Rich and Woody Herman. Maynard Ferguson's older stuff is good (his newer stiff is corny) as well as the older Big Bad Voodo Daddy recordings for something relatively new.
I also really like the Marsalis family. Branford (sax) Wynton (trumpet) and Ellis (piano) are all really incredible.
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12/07/2005 12:42:43 PM · #25 |
My favourites are Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington.
.. also Stephan Grapelli and Yo Yo Ma. Yes, they do jazz.
Message edited by author 2005-12-07 12:49:11.
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