Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Some of My Favorite Things, Jazz That Is

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Some jazz favorites. I prefer mainstream jazz, mostly. Here are a few of my favorite things. Just a start.



Check these out from your local library.










Coltrane collaborates with one of the great jazz guitarists: Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane by Kenny Burrell and John Coltrane














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Or the classic: Mingus Ah Um by Charles Mingus










Get the message? Paris 1958 by Art Blakey Stomp your feet.








Before Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers there was Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers by Horace Silver.
















Blues-ette by Curtis Fuller (Achh! Not available on LinkCat!!)



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Diana Krall changed my listening habits. I used to avoid jazz vocals, but no more. Try her Live in Paris or go the 'best of' route: The very best of Diana Krall.



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Don't trust my slightly cattywampus judgment?

Go to this Amazon Listmania: Start Your Jazz Collection: A list by Jim Moler
Posted by Doug Wood on 3/24/2009

5 comments:

  1. AnonymousWednesday, March 25, 2009

    Allow me to recommend Stanley Turrentine and Gato Barbieri. Also, the Ramsey Lewis Trio's "Sounds of Christmas" album has been my favorite Christmas music since I was in eighth grade.

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  2. AnonymousWednesday, March 25, 2009

    Doug:

    Good to see you take time from the campaign trail to opine about one of America's three greatest inventions (baseball and the Constitution being the others...).

    What...no Miles Davis? OK, he can get over-indulgent at times, but I can name about a half-dozen of his recordings that are must-haves for any serious collection. Start with Kind of Blue, and go in either direction of his career from there.

    How about Lee Morgan? Plays trumpet on Coltrane's Blue Train, and one of the great hard bop tumpeters of all time. He gained popular fame with The Sidewinder, but I prefer Search for the New Land, which features a supporting cast of Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter and Grant Green -- not a bad band.

    I also think Hank Mobley is quite under-rated as a tenor sax player -- he always operated under the shadow of Coltrane (who wouldn't?), in part because Miles dumped him from his quartet when he recognized the genius of Trane. But Mobley recorded a number of very good albums for Blue Note, esp. No Room for Squares.

    I also like Johnny Harman as a vocalist -- his album with Coltrane is one of those desert island must-haves, a real treasure.

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  3. Doug WoodWednesday, March 25, 2009

    I've never been able to get into Miles, but I'll try Kind of Blue.

    I concur on Hank Mobley, Stanley Turrentine, Ramsey Lewis.

    I put Lee Morgan's Sidewinder on hold today.

    Another post is warranted - Dexter Gordon, Wynton Marsalis, Joe Pass, Sonny Rollins, and Charlie Parker deserve a mention.

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  4. AnonymousThursday, March 26, 2009

    kRall, she is wonderful. The christmas abulm from a few years ago was great.
    HP

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  5. AnonymousThursday, March 26, 2009

    Dexter Gordon... Mmm. You are making me nostalgic.

    I fell in love with Gordon's music as a freshman in college (maybe the best thing a sax-playing boyfriend ever shared with me).

    Gordon played at the "Blue Note" in Boulder, and I took a friend to see him. Seemed like he wore his soul like clothes. At the end of each number he held his saxaphone in front of him and bowed to it as the audience applauded.

    Thanks for this post. It sparked a warm memory.

    Heather

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