Great, Peter!! You STILL da man!!! Incidentally, RB told me that Blanton was the reason he played bass. And it wasn't his solos that lured him as much as his big fat groove. I think he first heard it on a juke box somewhere (vaguely recall him saying that). I remember when he made the duo album with Duke. he came back to LA and told me what a dream it was to make that album. He was on cloud nine when he came home from Vegas. Excellent choice, my man. All great choices. Dianne is my fav, as you know!!!
John!! Thanks for watching and for those RB recollections - priceless. I got to rehearse and play with him for one day, and it was one of my fondest and most enlightening musical encounters to date.
Great call with the Roy Hargrove album.... Some Great modern recordings IMO include Kenny Garrett "Songbook"....Joshua Redman "River Wide".....nic Payton "Payton's Place"...and my favorite jazz a l bum that seems to be always overlooked is Freddie Hubbard "Red Clay"....just some opinions.
My teacher in the early 1970's was the late, John Neves. He was so taken by the duo album "This one's for Blanton that He bought all the copies he could at the nearby used record store, Looney Tunes in Boston. He gifted them to some lucky students. I was one of the lucky ones. What a gem!
Peter! I feel honoured to be part of your REAL 10 Greatest list! Recording that session in 2002 with Roy & touring in the RH Factor Band was a serious boundary breaking musical movement! It's funny. All we were doing was having some fun sharing the music to the World & giving it ALL for the music ... as Roy did his entire life on this Earth! May his music & legacy live forever! Holla... Rh Factor Family
Hey man, you certainly gave the world a true work of art, which touches us deeply. Here in Brazil, we are big fans of you. I listen to Roy every day, it keeps me alive in music, it keeps me going with such difficulty. Thank you for breaking the barriers and transforming this world for the better!
Great comment! By the way, I was living and working in Dallas in 1988 (it must have been) and one night wandered into a small jazz club on a Sunday or Monday night only to find this young kid playing trumpet with some friends, and as a long time jazz fan I immediately knew he was an incredible talent. I chatted with him and Roy told me he was about to go to Berklee. So that must have been late summer 88. I remember it well. He was just a kid, but obviously hugely talented.
Dude .... picking the top ten jazz albums of all time is a damn stupid thing to do, but if you're still going to do it, at least do it right (because there are a lot of innocent people hanging around the net who tend to believe every damn thing fools like you say, and I don't think is a healthy contribution at all. By the way, have you thought about wearing a wig? It would be more real than your top ten albums, that's for sure.
Man. I'm SO glad you put Coltrane's "Crescent" on this list.
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With so much music out there to listen to, I now only listen to Coltrane once in a long while, and I used to own and listen to most of his discography on CD when I was younger. And when I feel like having some Coltrane, my first thought is alway "Crescent" (the title tune). The first few choruses have to be some of the best improvised lines in the history of music.
if pressed, I might say Crescent is the greatest jazz album ever for lovers of jazz. Not sure it's the #1 entry point to recommend, but if you're already a kool-aid drinker.....then yeah
Old guy here, stuck in the jazz classics. Love your list. Jazz needs to be fresh and new, and most of these are new to me. I used to have the Ellington/Brown album until somebody liked it more than I did. I remember trying to play the bass parts.
I was skeptical during the introduction when you were dismissing the usual selections for top 10 jazz albums of all time, but I have to say you really knocked the ball out of the park with your selections! This is a great reminder that there is so much great music out there beyond the tried and true selections, and that it is worth venturing off the usual path to explore the roads less travelled in the world of jazz. Thank you.
A beautiful list. Could easily be replaced with 10 different albums. The great thing about it is that even that list could be replaced with another list with completely different artists and still we could not argue. I love this.
Dude .... picking the top ten jazz albums of all time is a damn stupid thing to do, but if you're still going to do it, at least do it right (because there are a lot of innocent people hanging around the net who tend to believe every damn thing fools like you say, and I don't think is a healthy contribution at all. By the way, have you thought about wearing a wig? It would be more real than your top ten albums, that's for sure.
Dude .... picking the top ten jazz albums of all time is a damn stupid thing to do, but if you're still going to do it, at least do it right (because there are a lot of innocent people hanging around the net who tend to believe every damn thing fools like you say, and I don't think is a healthy contribution at all. By the way, have you thought about wearing a wig? It would be more real than your top ten albums, that's for sure.
Focus(Stan Getz).By Myself Alone(Ann Burton).Monk(Brilliant Corners).Art Pepper(Meets the Rhythmn Section).Oliver Nelson(Blues n the Abstract Truth).Jackie McClean(Bluesnik).Ike Quebec(Blue n Sentimental).Herbie Hancock(Maiden Voyage). Duke n Johnny Hodges(Back to Back).Ben Webster(Soulville). No particular order, just LPs that stir my soul.
My top 10 list: -Phil Woods; Live At The Showboat -Dexter Gordon; Go! 'Bill Evans: Alone -Ella Fitzgerald: Mack The Knife: Live In Berlin -Billie Holiday: Lady In Datin -Erroll Garner: Concert By The Sea -Crusaders At The Lighthouse -Oscar Peterson: We Get Requests -Ahmad Jamal: Live At The Pershing -Robert Glasper: Black Radio
I'm a 58 year old Classic Rocker who still knows very little about jazz. That said, Roy Hargrove's "With the Tenors of Our Time" is the first jazz CD I ever bought. I subsequently bought two or three more of his CDs. For me he was the perfect bridge into jazz, as his music was more accessible to my untrained ear than so much other jazz I had heard.
THAT Roy album is awesome. I got a chance to play all that music with Roy's quintet while touring with his quintet in 1994. I was young and ig-nant, but that experience shaped my musical life. Very weird to see this from that summer 1994--> ruclips.net/video/GgELdy4rmLc/видео.html
@@pianopeterPeter, can you make a top 10 video on your favourite Ray Brown records. I love "Way Out West" and "The Gifted Ones", apart from the Duke duo, what else should I check out?
So happy to see some love for Roy Hargrove; as you mentioned, 'Earfood' is probably one of my favorite jazz albums of the 21st century, and he is sorely missed
I'm a Zappaphite so I like shining the spotlight on some corners that makes me excited. Our library system in Pensacola has a Jazz Room stocked by the Pensacola Jazz Society. I drive Uber and check out different CDs all week long. I'm going to check this out.
Wonderful list. My top LPs " Ahmad Jamal at the Pershing" .... June Christy "Something Cool". .....Miles Davis "Relaxing" .... Brubeck "Jazz Impressions of USA" ... Coltrane and Johnny Hartman ....Pat Metheny "Bright Size Life" ..... Bill Evans "I will say Goodbye" ... Stan Getz in Stockholm .... Sinatra "Only The Lonely" ...... Dakota Staton "The Late late Show " So many from which to choose.
I kinda miss Chick Corea on this list cause I feel like out of all the greats he is the one getting the least attention or at least to little attention which is sad cause he was such a genius.
Yeah, if you've heard one of his most recent albums, hot house with Gary on the vibes. With chicks arrangements and the interplay between the two, it all together mashes up to be a superb album in my opinion - but as Peter said, this kind of is more an introduction to lesser known albums without disregarding other great ones, such as the one I mentioned.
I'm a musician, but not a jazzer (although with a huge admiration for jazz musicianship and improv). I'm just starting to try to get a feel for the "canon". Thank you SO MUCH for this list!! Every selection is fantastic and outside the 'usual suspects" friends and RUclips have recommended for me. But a special thanks for "This One's for Blanton". It immediately goes on my favorite albums of all time! Gorgeous recording, juicy lucid playing, so melodic, playful and fun. Maybe hardcore guys might say it's too simple, but man it hits a certain spot for me! I would love to see you do an extended list. Your insight and taste provide invaluable guidance for relative noobs like me. Sincere thanks again.
I clicked because I saw the Hargrove album cover. It’s one of my favs and how I started listening to him… but his Havana album became my fav fav, lol. Great list! Saw him play once… fantastic.
Hard Groove is utterly fantastic. I bought it not long after it was originally released. I was just thumbing through the CDs in my local music store and I saw the cover and thought: "Interesting". I'd never heard of Roy Hargrove at that point. When I got home and played it, it blew my socks off. A fantastic mix of soul/blues/rap/hip-hop inflected jazz. Simply superb.
Here's my "not that obvious" top ten jazz albums of all time: Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges - Back to back Paul Desmond and Gerry Mulligan - Two of a mind Gerry Mulligan - What is there to say Chet Baker - Peace Charles Lloyd - Voice in the night Ginger Baker - Coward of the county Rabih Abou-Khalil - The sultan's picnic Jacinta - A tribute to Bessie Smith Keith Jarrett and Charlie Haden - Jasmine Bernardo Sassetti Trio - Motion
Jimmy Giuffre deserves some recognition. His approach to jazz composition is quite unique. Western suite or The easy way are incredible albums that changed my way of understanding jazz. Another album that I really love is Paul Desmond - Glad tu be unhappy, with the unique Jim Hall at guitar.
I totally agree with you, Peter, about the Robert Flack album, especially Tryin' Times. Not only is it musically brilliant, but it is also an historical document that does capture the domestic strife of the 60's. When I was a science teacher at East Orange (NJ) high school during that period, I used this track at an after-school class to introduce kids to the blues, and to demonstrate how such a fundamental progression can be crafted into such sophisticated, soulful & meaningful art. So, thanks for highlighting it!
That’s a good list alright. I grabbed a few off Apple. Thank you. Tomorrow will be a grand day off:) Mine are (no order of preference) 1. Ellington - Money Jungle 2. Armstrong - Satch plays fats 3. Cuarteto Patria - Cubafrica 4. Ellington - Such sweet thunder 5. Monk - Plays Duke Ellington 6. Sarah Vaughan - Images 6. Miles - Kinda Blue 7. Jazz at the Pawnshop 1 & 2 8. Diana Krall - Love Scenes 9. Time out (of course) 10. The art ensemble of Chicago- Urban Bushmen
Great video. New music to discover. My top 10 in no particular order: Secrets - Allan Holdsworth Kiss My Axe or Soaring Through a Dream (toss up) - Al Di Meola The Audience with Betty Carter - Betty Carter Colors - Ornette Coleman & Joachim Kuhn America/Brasil - Herbie Mann Jazzin’ - Tito Puente & India Easy Living - Enrico Rava Suspended Night - Tomasz Stanko Flow - Terence Blanchard Tango: Zero Hour - Astor Piazzolla
The Ornette Coleman Trio, Live at The Golden Circle vol.1 Smack Up, Art Pepper Mingus at Antibes, Charles Mingus Thelonious Monk & John Coltrane at The Five Spot Decoy, Miles Davis Out to Lunch, Eric Dolphy Moanin', Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers Midnight Blue, Kenny Burrell The Bridge, Sonny Rollins Blues and the Abstract Truth, Oliver Nelson
Love this. This One’s for Blanton, Crescent, Interplay, Ascenseur Pour L’echafaud, Alone in San Francisco, First Take, all amazing. I’ll have to check out the others (I love Shirley Horn) Would be great to see a series of lists like this. Here’s ten of my lesser-known favorites: 10. Larry Young - Of Love and Peace 9. Gil Mellé Quartet - Quadrama 8. Pete La Roca - Turkish Women at the Bath 7. Sam Rivers - Waves 6. Randy Weston Trio with Cecil Payne - Jazz à la Bohemia 5. Jimmy Giuffre 3 - Thesis 4. Carmen McRae - Bittersweet 3. John Coltrane - First Meditations (for quartet) 2. Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Rahsaan Rahsaan 1. Art Farmer Quartet - Sing Me Softly of the Blues Honorable Mention - Cannonball Adderley Sextet in New York (with Nat Adderley and Yusef Lateef), Walt Dickerson Plays Unity, Herbie Mann & the Bill Evans Trio - Nirvana, Honi Gordon - Honi Gordon Sings, Ornette Coleman - Body Meta That order and list could change on a daily basis as I know I’m forgetting many more I’d like to include.
@@DavidRamsey1 thanks! Highlight track of Rahsaan Rahsaan has to be the Dvorak-Sentimental Journey-Rogers and Hart medley. Amazing what he does with the different melodies on his horns!
And Peter's pick is superb. Shirley didn't make bad albums, but "I Love You Paris" and "Close Enough for Love" really define the core of her art. To me they are the platonic ideal Shirley Horn albums.
The live RUclips stuff of Shirley is so great to have - I saw her live quite a few times throughout the 90's, and to have these video documents is priceless.
Speaking of lesser known jazz artists: I had never heard of Gil Scott Heron before I heard his song, “The Prisoner,” on Sirius XM radio one day. I haven’t listened to the entire album that that song is from yet, but I fully intend on doing just that….there were/are so many GREAT jazz artists, that it is mind boggling sometimes, to even think about listening to all of their work! (It probably can’t be done.)
Peter! Honored to be mentioned in this list, in Dianne's segment! I'll add ten that come to mind (in no particular order and admittedly piano heavy): Gnu High - Kenny Wheeler Mwandishi - Herbie Hancock Contours - Sam Rivers Thad Jones and Mel Lewis Live at the Vanguard Now He Sings, Now He Sobs - Chick Corea Data Lords - Maria Schneider Come to my Garden (not particularly a “jazz” album, but still extraordinary and with some jazz harmony in the general language) - Minnie Riperton (Charles Stepney, arr and prod) A World of Piano - Phineas Newborn Jr The Prisoner - Herbie Hancock My Song - Keith Jarrett
I usually hate top 10 lists, but you made a great case for these magnificent albums. The fact that they are lesser known is probably why I hate such lists in the first place. Thank you.
Spot On - John Coltrane’s Crescent and Lonnie’s Lament 🙌. All of the Roy Hargrove’s RH Factor output is killin ! You also named some others that I need to definitely pickup…. My Top Ten Acoustic Jazz - No Particular Order - There are so many…. Miles Davis - My Funny Valentine John Coltrane - Crescent Herbie Hancock - The Prisoner Wayne Shorter - Adam’s Apple Wynton Marsalis - Standard Time Vol. 3 Kenny Burrell - Midnight Blue Joshua Redman - Moodswing Carmen McRae - Sings Monk Lee Morgan - Search For Thé New Land Art Blakey - Indestructible
I was once walking through the city at night. It was drizzling, the lights in the apartment blocks along the harbor were providing some background lighting and Miles' Ascenseur pour L'échafaud was playing through my headphones. I couldn't have picked a better setting for this soundtrack. Goosebumps.
I bet that was a classic noir experience. I have done a similar thing sitting in my jeep with the window open just enough to allow the fresh air and hear the rain. I played a few tracks from the Round midnight sound track, Miles' Kind of Blue and Dexter Gordon's Ballads.
I love to put on those restoration vids of cities from back in the day and just mute it while I listen to music. The other night I was watching a video of a car driving down Los Angeles streets at night in the late-1950's while listening to Miles "Birth of the Cool". It seriously heightens the experience.
The legend says that Miles recorded the soundtrack directly while watching the movie, it's probably not true but i always thought it was a great story 🙂
Thanks for the reminders on these, Peter. Here's a Top 10 More: The Audience With Betty Carter (1980) The Hub of Hubbard (1969) In All Languages - Ornette Coleman (1987) Gettin' Together - Art Pepper (1960) Four For Trane - Archie Shepp (1964) The Peacocks - Stan Getz presents Jimmy Rowles (1975) Monk's Dream (1962) Alfie - Sonny Rollins (1966) Such Sweet Thunder - Duke Ellington (1957) Crescent - John Coltrane (1964) and one more for good measure - Eventuality:The Charlie Kohlhase Quintet Plays the Music of Roswell Rudd - Roswell Rudd/Charlie Kohlhase (2001)
This was very interesting. I added your list of songs to my spotify playlist and from there it was easy enough to click through and add the albums they're on. Everyone has his favorites (I certainly do and I have most of my collection burned to an SD card that I can play in my car), but a list like this is a gentle tap on the shoulder and a whisper...."Pssst! Take a look over here real quick." Nicely done.
I am very happy that you featured Roy Hargrove & The RH Factor album "Hardgroove." I instinctively bought the album back in 2007 because I thought the cover art was so unique. I didn't even know RH back then, but I'm hooked on him ever since. There are other hits in that album: Poetry, The Joint, Liquid Streets, Juicy, and The Stroke. RIP the best melancholic trumpeter. Roy Hargrove, you'll be missed. ❤
Quick T10 hit 10. The Nurturer - G. Allen 9. Dances and Ballads - WSQ 8. Expansions - D. Holland 7. The Prisoner - H. Hancock 6. Intermodulation - Evans/Hall 5. Broken Shadows - T. Berne 4. Village Vanguard Again - Trane 3. At the 5 Spot - Dolphy/B. Little 2. Live @ the Lighthouse - E. Jones 1. While the Gate is Still Open - G. Thomas
Very interesting list; I like where you go with it. I have to toss into the mix "The Music" by the Clayton Brothers: John Clayton (bass), Jeff Clayton (reeds), Jeff Hamilton (drums), and Bill Cunliffe (piano). The touch and emotion on that album from all four players is simply superb, and the programming of the record (a dying art) is masterful. If the album is unfamiliar, I would start with the song "I Concentrate on You".
Double Booked - Rober Glasper Coltrane - John Coltrane Quartet Seven Steps to Heaven- Miles Davis Heavy Weather - Weather Report The Black Saint and Sinner Lady - Charles Mingus Underground - Thelonius Monk The Awakening- Ahmad Jamal Blues and Abstract Truth - Oliver Nelson Journey in Satchindinanda - Alice Coltrane A night at the village vanguard - Sonny rollins
Markus Rutz - Blueprints 1 & 2 Chris Minh Doky - Scenes from a dream Bill Evans - Soul Insider Massimo Farao - A Drums Comes True Kenny Baron - Landscape Denise King - My 100 Souls
I think Crescent always gets overlooked because A Love Supreme came out so soon after, but it's certainly no less an album. Thanks for highlighting it.
Excited that Miles Davis' Ascenseur Pour L'échafaud gets some attention. Well deserved to be mentioned. I think, it is one of his masterpieces. Stunning record!
Interplay and Crescent I definitely agree they never got enough attention and deserve their spot. Roberta Flack I never really thought of as a jazz record, but I support it!!
1st time meeting you. My Big Bro was a Jazz fan from the 50s - 70's. So I heard it a lot and I remember. He would have loved your list! You nailed it. Thank you.
Yes -- Crescent! My favorite Coltrane album, and one of my very favorite jazz albums ever. And Ascenseur Pour L'échafaud is so great. But Roberta Flack's First Take is an inspired and unexpected choice.
I wanted to hate your list! But I love it! As a piano plodder (what I do could never be mistaken for playing) I am a huge Shirley Horn fan. The Miles & Bill Evans LPs you featured are simply brilliant. Great job!
10 off the top I really appreciate: Kenny Wheeler - Angel Song Dave Holland - Conference Of The Birds Cannonball Adderley - Know What I Mean? Miles Davis - Dark Magus Charles Mingus - The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady Eric Dolphy - At The Five Spot Hank Mobley - No Room For Squares Eberhard Weber - Fluid Rustle Duke Ellington - Afro Bossa Fats Navarro - Goin’ To Minton’s (a compilation but that’s all there is on him) There are so many great jazz performers and recordings a best of list cannnot do justice. An unsuspecting selection can yield a discovery of great beauty and creative genius. So many treasures have been offered for us!
I am blown away. I need to your process of reconsideration not only on my listening but also my reading and cooking. Your choices are gems. I have maybe 3 of them. Will have to dig up the rest.
There’s no doubt that these are 10 albums that should bring great pleasure to anyone who already appreciates jazz and could serve as an intro to jazz too. L’Ascenceur Pour L’Echafaud is a really good pick- going to have to listen to that again soon. My personal top 10 list would likely always include something by Tubby Hayes not because he’s necessarily one of the best purveyors of bebop but he’s the one who got me to appreciate it when I came to his music somewhat late in life.
Sadly, even Tubby admitted that he couldn't pull a melody out of all those fast changes, voice-leading, which makes his playing rather tedious after a while. I saw him several times at the Marquee, as a quartet. The atmosphere made it OK, but he was playing second fiddle to the brilliant Joe Harriott Quintet on a Saturday night c.1961, who could genuinely challenge for a place in the top ten.
Great, diverse top 10 Peter. I think the Roberta Flack album is a great choice! Anyway - here's another 10 (in no particular order): Miles Davis - The '58 Sessions Aretha Franklin - Yeah!!! Jarrett Trio - Still Live Erroll Garner - Concert by the Sea Return to Forever - Light as a Feather Egberto Gismonti - Alma Michel Camilo - One More Once Getz/Gilberto Herbie Hancock - The New Standard Pat Metheny Group - Still Life (Talking)
@@pianopeter Yes - Green Dolphin is fantastic. As is the Love for Sale which I first heard on this weird, rather incoherent outtakes compilation called Circle in the Round. It's been my go to Love for Sale ever since ... just beautiful from start to finish.
So good to see Dianne Reeves appreciated (haven't seen anyone react to that selection as I scrolled thru comments). Got a chance to see her live early after her first LP and loved her ever since. I urge others to check out her catalog.
I first (unknowingly) listened to her because of her collaboration with Calder in "Ancient Source" (killer song, give it a chance if you feel like to) I recognized her almost immediately when I heard her in this list, I'll definitely check out for some of her catalogue later :)
One of my faves is Estate from that Shirley Horn album you noted before sharing your #10, so I decided to stick around and am glad I did. You just gained another subscriber who's eager to see what you generously share in '24. Thank you!
Thank you so much for this great inspiration, six of the albums are new to me, although having already a broad collection, here are 10 of my favourites (not ordered): Charles Mingus "Mingus Ah Um", Art Blakey & Jazz Messengers "The big beat", Herbie Hancock "Maiden Voyage", Miles Davis "ESP", John Coltrane "A love supreme", Wayne Shorter "Speak no evil", Andrew Hill "Point of departure", Thomasz Stanko "Litania", E.S.T. "Tuesday wonderland"
Great list Peter. I would add, if possible -- Anthony Braxton's Five Pieces 1975, Steve Swallow's Home, Ethnic Heritage Ensemble's Dance With the Ancestors, Larry Goldings' As One, and Lee Konitz/Albert Mangelsdorf's Art of the Duo.
@@nakim55 There's room for everybody and everything! I'm a big fan of Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington and Bobby Blue Bland but also Ornette Coleman, Andrew Hill and Sam Rivers as well : why not? It all flows from the same source.
The man may have a point! Peter, thanks for this list. The joy is in always getting new lists to listen to. I love the later albums by artists. It shows they have still grown. That is why Jazz is so great
Spot on bullseye list indeed. Great calls. I’m always in tears with Lonnie’s Lament, over the past 52 years to first hearing Crescent when I was 16. And #1 is a blow your mind bringing us back to when we were young and loved this , and Chapter 2!
Thanks for opening my eyes and ears to this selection. What a great selection of albums. A favorite of mine is Something Else by Cannonball Adderley. Miles' playing on this album is sublime
Something Else is very aptly named - a favourite of mine as well. Blues In Orbit, for me, is very much a companion album despite them not being connected. I'm sure you've heard it, but Kenny Burrell's Midnight Blue is up there with the other "Blue" album as far as I'm concerned - at least in terms of listenability.
Nice video. I love the Roberta Flack album and Miles is my favorite. What do think of Mose Allison’s music? The guy was the definition of cool ( 2nd to Miles )!
I gotta say Sam Rivers' "Contours" is an absolute bomb of an album. I hardly ever see it listed, don't know why. It's personal, surprising and fresh still today, imo.
Some that come to mind in no particular order: Young Jazz Giants, Self Titled (2004) -Stephen Bruner/Thundercat on bass and his brother Ronald Bruner on drums. Kamari Washington on sax, Cameron Graves on keys. conceptual, almost giving you a tour of jazz on their version of Giants Steps following the poem YJG. Interesting foreshadowing of artists who would go on to really occupy the cutting edge Butcher Brown - All Purpose Music (2014) Devonne Harris- keyboards, guitar, percussion Corey Fonville- drums, percussion Andrew Randazzo- bass Keith Askey- guitar Marcus Tenney - trumpet/flugelhorn/sax These guys communicate on such a high level and have excellent compositions to showcase their love of music. Incredible drumming and tasteful fusion of influences. Lots of groove here. Endorsed by and featuring Nic Payton DOMi and JD BECK - NOT TiGHT (2022) They’ve got a fresh perspective, polished musicianship, a cohesive vision, and plenty of well deserved support and collaboration from artists like Herbie, Busta Rhymes, Mac Demarco Kiefer - Happysad 2018 Lofi hip hop or jazz? Stretching the expectations of what might be on a list of jazz albums with this one. Listening to piano playing on a track like FOMO might soothe any anxieties about categorization Anomalie - Métropole (2017) Electronic music? Jazz? Electronic jazz? Very interesting, beautiful music and beautiful piano playing. Highly structured and very composed, even when performed live. Backbeat. Robert Glasper - Black Radio (2012) When I play with young piano playing peers of mine, Robert Glasper is often more of an influence on them than Herbie. His influence has personally reached me. Thundercat - Golden Age of the Apocalypse (2011) As much a songwriter as he is a bass player. Another musician who has touched my friends and I. Them Changes is a modern jazz standard. Not on this album, I know. Joe Henderson - Power to the People (1969) Gotta have some older deep cuts. Underrated saxophone player. Rhythmically intriguing. This album is tied with his album In n Out. Afrocentric is an insane song, piano playing by Herbie on that track beyond my comprehension but not beyond my appreciation. Same with Jack Dejohnette’s drumming. So glad the performance was captured on this record. Mike Lawrence the trumpet player, sadly was later taken by cancer early in his life. Ron Carter with an appearance on electric bass. Sun Ra - Atlantis (1969) Swinging but in such an unexpected way. Otherworldly, almost too apt a description. Inspired me to take risks. Best served with THC. Larry Young - Unity (1966) Hard to pick only 10. Larry Young is underrated and it’s a shame there’s not more footage of him playing live. Joe Henderson again, but with Woody Shaw playing in his sophisticated style. Intervalic trumpet playing that makes me rethink what’s possible on that instrument. The moontrane is an amazing song. Called at a jazz jam I was at once and the whole band had already been working on it individually. Miraculous! There’s many more but the agreement was 10.
Wow..This One For Blanton is real eargasm..Mister your channel is a cut above the rest.. preview of a track each no matter how brief really drives the point home..and the omissions of great but overhyped album is a welcome relief. And your clear voice goes over with great conviction..takes me back when i am working at Tower Records Jazz department. 😊
Crescent and Hardgroove! Woo so glad they made the list. Stoked to check the rest of these records out. Thank you for your channel and all the work you do to educate and inspire!
Etcetra by Wayne Shorter. What a masterpiece! Most would not put it onto Shorters top 5 or top 10 albums but believe me. If you havent listened to it yet - DO IT. You’re welcome! 😊
Well...that was excellent! Too many things to say, so I'll say this. I am always on the look out for new music. My tastes range wide and far, and yet I am also picky. There are at least five albums on this list that I'll now go and track down. Thank you so much!!
Hey, fabulous pointer to Roberta Flack, such a wonderful album, thank you :) Also, had the great pleasure to see Dianne Reeves in concert, supporting BB King; thanks for pointing me to Bridges, another great album.
Thank you for sharing this top 10, love it! I like the fact it was a bit outside the obvious ones, i love to discover new stuff. Here in Montreal, we're pleased to have the Jazz Festival: It's another chance to enjoy / discover music. I was lucky to get tickets in 2022 when the Brubeck Brothers came: It was in Gesù theater, inside a Church, great show! I'll try to get the albums of your top 10 i don't have (hope they are good recordings). As i am an audiophile too, i'm in heaven when i hear great jazz musicians on a well recorded / mixed / mastered all digital media! Great recording is a big plus. I'd say that in my record collection, Patricia Barber's albums are probably the best sounding ones i have. With my new DAC, it's simply MARVELOUS!
Dude .... picking the top ten jazz albums of all time is a damn stupid thing to do, but if you're still going to do it, at least do it right (because there are a lot of innocent people hanging around the net who tend to believe every damn thing fools like you say, and I don't think is a healthy contribution at all. By the way, have you thought about wearing a wig? It would be more real than your top ten albums, that's for sure.
Dude .... picking the top ten jazz albums of all time is a damn stupid thing to do, but if you're still going to do it, at least do it right (because there are a lot of innocent people hanging around the net who tend to believe every damn thing fools like you say, and I don't think is a healthy contribution at all. By the way, have you thought about wearing a wig? It would be more real than your top ten albums, that's for sure.
I pivoted into jazz because I’m a drummer. While these all sound very nice and relaxing (granted, I love the last two), my place in the jazz journey has recently landed me at 1) Buddy Rich’s “Big Swing Face” album, and 2) Bill Evans “At the Montreux Jazz Festival”. (likely neither of these are ‘under the radar’ picks; I’m a novice listener.) These are two recent finds I’ve had where I had to replay the album immediately because I was so thoroughly floored by the amazing talent and energy of the group. I’ll have to circle back to your list, when I’ve developed my ear a bit better. Cheers! P.S. Not sure about anyone else, but I’d love to see a list of “top ten jazz drumming albums” for folks who have already thoroughly sifted through the usual top 10 miles/coltrane/the usual picks.
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Man, you had me with your #6. That one says it all. Fantastic choice. My #1 Miles Davis album. Love your list. Your Bill Evans pick - great! Just not a big Dianne Reeves fan, although this sample I actually liked. Must be the Cohen song ;-) But love Roberta Flack much more. Chapeau! Miles Davis - Ascenseur pour L'echafaud Bill Evans - Everybody digs Bill Evans & Jim Hall - Undercurrent John Coltrane - Ballads Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays - As falls Witchita Keith Jarret - Köln Concert Dave Brubeck - Jazz goes to Junior College Jim Hall - Concierto de Aranjuez Miles Davis - Kind of Blue Grant Green - Idle Moments
Thank you, brother! Great list and indeed, not all of them would have been on my list! Will give them a good listen-to. I am a big sucker for scandinavian jazz. LOVE Esbjörn Svensson Trio - and here perhaps the most "Good Morning Susie Soho". Feelings, man! As well, one of my most listened to albums is from a Swedish saxophone player, Per "Texas" Johansson and here perhaps the album "Alla Mina Kompisar" ("all my friends"). This is where I fell in love with pedal steel guitar in jazz. Listen to "miljarder stjärnor" ("millions of stars"). FEELINGS, man!!!
Fun list! The one I'm especially on board with is that Monk album. It's always been an important & much loved album for me. The whole video reminds me of one of my favorite Norm McDonald jokes: I got stuck on a deserted island once, and I gotta say, those 10 CDs I brought with me didn't help a damn thing! XD
Thanks for turning us on to such a great selection of albums and songs. I listen to a lot of jazz, but am really happy to have found such a great collection that I wasn‘t aware of. 😀🎹🎸🎷
I love “open mind” experiences! That’s what happened when I clicked on this. At first I thought “Damn 10-Greatest click-bait BS!”, but I stuck with it and learned of some fabulous tracks - thanks Peter! Some alternatives - Abbey Lincoln w/ Cedar Walton - ‘The Maestro’ album (Castles) Carmen McRae - ‘Sings Monk’ album Duke w/ Mingus & Roach - African Flower Monk & Trane - At Carnegie Hall (Crespecule with Nellie!) Miles - anything with Charlie Parker to hear the budding young genius! Trane - Thanks for picking ‘Crescent’! Trane - ‘Bye Bye Blackbird’ live Bill Evans - ‘Affinity’ with Toots Theilemans and Larry Schneider (Sno’ Peas)
Loved the Shirley Horn and Bill Evans picks, but I would definitely have gone with the Roy Hargrove/Mulgrew Miller "In Harmony" recent release as my pick for any Hargrove related album. Those two create some magic that is rarely heard on any recording and as a duo they compliment each other perfectly.
I grow tired of sites 'being different " for the sake of being different, but i respect the effort. Calling it "my" greatest albums of all time would be a more genuine title.
Wow, totally love this. My list (not in ranking order): - The Keith Jarret Trio “Out-Of-Towners” - Louis Armstrong Hot Five “Potato Head Blues” (single) - Thelonious Monk “Solo Monk” - Charlie Parker “Charlie Parker With Strings” - Weather Report “Heavy Weather” - Chick Corea “Tones For Joan’s Bones” - Bix Beiderbeck “In a Mist” (single) - Everhard Weber “The Colora of Chlöe” - Pat Metheny Group “Speaking of Now” - Charlie Parker “Relaxin’ at Camarillo” (single) Just hat to include those singles as the songs are truly great amongst greats and not originally in an LP
Here are some of my top albums: Peter Sprague: The Space Between Two Thoughts Chick Corea: Leprechaun, Friends, My Spanish Heart George Benson: Bad Benson, White Rabbit Eddie Jefferson: The Main Man Buddy Rich: Live In London Tripp Sprague: Wall To Wall Jobim, Sergio, et al.
I wasn’t sure at first, but you stole my heart. Well done. It is always a beautiful thing to be taking on such a wonderful journey. Cheers Danny PS I’m a bari sax player…….may have to find one to add😂😂😂😂
Happy to see in the list Ascenseur pour l'echefaud by Miles. A great album and a remarkable landmark in my life (I discovered it in 1990, when I was young and still free to discover things). Thanks for the list, I did one similar for a blog in Italy, but it was meant to consider the 11 album which cannot be missed, so it is more classical. Hugs
I came upon this video by chance. I can't thank you enough cause now I'm a fan of Jazz forever. Your choice of favorite jazz recordings is personal but that's what probably made me think that it came from the very depth of your heart and that's what definitely bought me. Now I have 20 jazz recordings and won't stop on that. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Some wonderful, wonderful choices here: Creacent, Miles’ French film score, Reeves, First Take. Interesting all, but not Top Ten. Many of those summarily eliminated make Top Ten lists for good reason. Provocative to choose otherwise, but off the mark. Makes for a good click, though.
Also, a more modern but unknown classic: PERICO SAMBEAT - ADEMUZ. This must be the single most listened jazz recording I own. It more in the flamenco-jazz genre but it has absurdly good writing, arranging and soloing. Young Rosenwinkel feature makes it even more special
Very cool list, thank you! I especially like your picks for Monk & Bill Evans. For me, most noticeably absent is Eric Dolphy: “Out To Lunch.” Check it out y’all! ✌🏻
Great list, Peter, and encouraging to hear fresh and perhaps under appreciated works featured here, thank you. For me I would add: The Concert Jazz Band, Gerry Mulligan (outstanding ensemble work and arranging, & no piano to boot!); Word of Mouth -Jaco Pastorius; Water Babies - Miles Davis; Marsalis Standard Time mainly because of the masterclass that is the arrangement of “Caravan” feat Jeff “Tain” Watts and astonishing piano work by Marcus Roberts. And then I’d have to include Bitches Brew for it being so ahead and influential in so many ways.
Interesting list you have there Peter. Definitely some new things to look at and listen to for me on your list. I have two albums that are in my top ten that you didn't mention on your list or on the overstated list of albums you mentioned, and they are Ugetsu - Art NBlakey and the Jazz Messengers, and Somethin' Else - Cannonball Adderley.
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Great, Peter!! You STILL da man!!! Incidentally, RB told me that Blanton was the reason he played bass. And it wasn't his solos that lured him as much as his big fat groove. I think he first heard it on a juke box somewhere (vaguely recall him saying that). I remember when he made the duo album with Duke. he came back to LA and told me what a dream it was to make that album. He was on cloud nine when he came home from Vegas. Excellent choice, my man. All great choices. Dianne is my fav, as you know!!!
John!! Thanks for watching and for those RB recollections - priceless. I got to rehearse and play with him for one day, and it was one of my fondest and most enlightening musical encounters to date.
Nice, Peter!
Great call with the Roy Hargrove album....
Some Great modern recordings IMO include Kenny Garrett "Songbook"....Joshua Redman "River Wide".....nic Payton "Payton's Place"...and my favorite jazz a l bum that seems to be always overlooked is Freddie Hubbard "Red Clay"....just some opinions.
Wonderful community that gathers around these videos!
My teacher in the early 1970's was the late, John Neves. He was so taken by the duo album "This one's for Blanton that He bought all the copies he could at the nearby used record store, Looney Tunes in Boston. He gifted them to some lucky students. I was one of the lucky ones. What a gem!
Peter! I feel honoured to be part of your REAL 10 Greatest list! Recording that session in 2002 with Roy & touring in the RH Factor Band was a serious boundary breaking musical movement! It's funny. All we were doing was having some fun sharing the music to the World & giving it ALL for the music ... as Roy did his entire life on this Earth! May his music & legacy live forever! Holla... Rh Factor Family
Reggie! Thanks for checking out the vid, honored! 🙏🏼
Hey man, you certainly gave the world a true work of art, which touches us deeply. Here in Brazil, we are big fans of you. I listen to Roy every day, it keeps me alive in music, it keeps me going with such difficulty. Thank you for breaking the barriers and transforming this world for the better!
Great comment! By the way, I was living and working in Dallas in 1988 (it must have been) and one night wandered into a small jazz club on a Sunday or Monday night only to find this young kid playing trumpet with some friends, and as a long time jazz fan I immediately knew he was an incredible talent. I chatted with him and Roy told me he was about to go to Berklee. So that must have been late summer 88. I remember it well. He was just a kid, but obviously hugely talented.
não conhecia nada sobre esse canal ou seu apresentador mas a chamada ser esse album, fez eu correr aqui rapido. amem pelas indicações.
Oh yes shure, the most influential album in jazz for the last 25 years.
shaking your head at Take Five should be criminal. I don’t care how many times you’ve heard it it’s crazy good.
Plus, it's a fabulous recording to boot.
Exactly. I saw that and closed the video. This dickhead has nothing worth saying.
Why do we even care what Stanley Tucci thinks about jazz? It has gone too far!
Highly overrated.
It’s been overplayed to death
Out of the 10 albums on this list, 7 were new to me and I cannot thank you enough. Discovering "new" music is a joy of life
you're welcome, and I wholeheartedly agree - I'm amazed & inspired by the breadth of great music still to be discovered 💯
Dude .... picking the top ten jazz albums of all time is a damn stupid thing to do, but if you're still going to do it, at least do it right (because there are a lot of innocent people hanging around the net who tend to believe every damn thing fools like you say, and I don't think is a healthy contribution at all. By the way, have you thought about wearing a wig? It would be more real than your top ten albums, that's for sure.
Ffs. You’re welcome, not your welcome.
Thanks for sharing your good attitude.
@@judeirwin2222 Lookie here. We have a grammar school English teacher with nothing better to do, You can't even spell GED
Man. I'm SO glad you put Coltrane's "Crescent" on this list.
With so much music out there to listen to, I now only listen to Coltrane once in a long while, and I used to own and listen to most of his discography on CD when I was younger. And when I feel like having some Coltrane, my first thought is alway "Crescent" (the title tune). The first few choruses have to be some of the best improvised lines in the history of music.
Ole Coltrane
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if pressed, I might say Crescent is the greatest jazz album ever for lovers of jazz. Not sure it's the #1 entry point to recommend, but if you're already a kool-aid drinker.....then yeah
Old guy here, stuck in the jazz classics. Love your list. Jazz needs to be fresh and new, and most of these are new to me. I used to have the Ellington/Brown album until somebody liked it more than I did. I remember trying to play the bass parts.
I was skeptical during the introduction when you were dismissing the usual selections for top 10 jazz albums of all time, but I have to say you really knocked the ball out of the park with your selections! This is a great reminder that there is so much great music out there beyond the tried and true selections, and that it is worth venturing off the usual path to explore the roads less travelled in the world of jazz. Thank you.
Agreed, and thank you for your words.
I’d vote CAPTAIN BEEFHEART
CRAZY LITTLE THING 🌴😎❤️✌️👍
A beautiful list. Could easily be replaced with 10 different albums. The great thing about it is that even that list could be replaced with another list with completely different artists and still we could not argue. I love this.
thanks! exactly the spirit I was hoping to convey 🙏🏼
@@pianopeter Which begs the question: When is list B coming out? 😁
Dude .... picking the top ten jazz albums of all time is a damn stupid thing to do, but if you're still going to do it, at least do it right (because there are a lot of innocent people hanging around the net who tend to believe every damn thing fools like you say, and I don't think is a healthy contribution at all. By the way, have you thought about wearing a wig? It would be more real than your top ten albums, that's for sure.
@@teebeecurl From funny!!! 💖
If easily then something is not...
I find the album Crescent and specifically the tune Lonnie's Lament so unbelievably beautiful and touching, thank you for mentioning it
Dude .... picking the top ten jazz albums of all time is a damn stupid thing to do, but if you're still going to do it, at least do it right (because there are a lot of innocent people hanging around the net who tend to believe every damn thing fools like you say, and I don't think is a healthy contribution at all. By the way, have you thought about wearing a wig? It would be more real than your top ten albums, that's for sure.
Wise One blew me away. That entire album is killer!
perhaps the most gratifying response to this video is the overwhelming outpouring of affection for Crescent
Focus(Stan Getz).By Myself Alone(Ann Burton).Monk(Brilliant Corners).Art Pepper(Meets the Rhythmn Section).Oliver Nelson(Blues n the Abstract Truth).Jackie McClean(Bluesnik).Ike Quebec(Blue n Sentimental).Herbie Hancock(Maiden Voyage).
Duke n Johnny Hodges(Back to Back).Ben Webster(Soulville).
No particular order, just LPs that stir my soul.
My top 10 list:
-Phil Woods; Live At The Showboat
-Dexter Gordon; Go!
'Bill Evans: Alone
-Ella Fitzgerald: Mack The Knife: Live In Berlin
-Billie Holiday: Lady In Datin
-Erroll Garner: Concert By The Sea
-Crusaders At The Lighthouse
-Oscar Peterson: We Get Requests
-Ahmad Jamal: Live At The Pershing
-Robert Glasper: Black Radio
Yes to Phil Woods at the Showboat
Thanks. I’m going to give them a listen.
I can’t appreciate you enough for putting Dexter Gordon GO on this !! absolute fire album
killer list sir, Ella Live in Berlin is a thriller
I'm a 58 year old Classic Rocker who still knows very little about jazz. That said, Roy Hargrove's "With the Tenors of Our Time" is the first jazz CD I ever bought. I subsequently bought two or three more of his CDs. For me he was the perfect bridge into jazz, as his music was more accessible to my untrained ear than so much other jazz I had heard.
What a great first album, one of my favorites!
THAT Roy album is awesome. I got a chance to play all that music with Roy's quintet while touring with his quintet in 1994. I was young and ig-nant, but that experience shaped my musical life. Very weird to see this from that summer 1994--> ruclips.net/video/GgELdy4rmLc/видео.html
@@pianopeter Thanks so much for the link! Who's that young dude on piano? ;) Wow, you're the REAL DEAL, man! Too bad Roy is no longer with us.
The first track of that album, "Soppin' the Biscuit," is _killin'!_
@@terrellholmes2726 I couldn't agree more. I still love the entire lp. So much legendary talent and is ultra swinging, soulful, and funky!!👍👍👍
Oh man that Duke and Ray Brown record is absolutely killer. Thank you! I may have never otherwise found it. I adore this album.
you're welcome. I don't remember who hipped me to it many years ago, but I remember how revelatory it felt when I first heard it
@@pianopeterPeter, can you make a top 10 video on your favourite Ray Brown records. I love "Way Out West" and "The Gifted Ones", apart from the Duke duo, what else should I check out?
So happy to see some love for Roy Hargrove; as you mentioned, 'Earfood' is probably one of my favorite jazz albums of the 21st century, and he is sorely missed
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His cuban album (“Habana”) is fantastic, too.
Oh! And “The Vibe”...
@@DarkeningSkies1 The VIBE! You're going back........a great place to go!
Crescent an atf for sure and well record! Some good stuff for me to dig into! Thanks!
Amazing! Lovely and Beautiful listening experience!!! Tha's my sh** 2!!
The Roberta Flack track blew me away. Thanks for introducing me to this!
I'm a Zappaphite so I like shining the spotlight on some corners that makes me excited. Our library system in Pensacola has a Jazz Room stocked by the Pensacola Jazz Society. I drive Uber and check out different CDs all week long. I'm going to check this out.
Wonderful list. My top LPs " Ahmad Jamal at the Pershing" .... June Christy "Something Cool". .....Miles Davis "Relaxing" .... Brubeck "Jazz Impressions of USA" ... Coltrane and Johnny Hartman ....Pat Metheny "Bright Size Life" ..... Bill Evans "I will say Goodbye" ... Stan Getz in Stockholm .... Sinatra "Only The Lonely" ...... Dakota Staton "The Late late Show " So many from which to choose.
Yes! Shout out to Coltrane and the great Johnny Hartman - amazing album
I’m going to listen to your recommendations. Thanks!
I kinda miss Chick Corea on this list cause I feel like out of all the greats he is the one getting the least attention or at least to little attention which is sad cause he was such a genius.
agreed - genius as a player and human. Miss CC. 🙏🏼
Agreed! Try 'Tones For Joan's Bones'. Fantastic album!
Agreed, musicmagic is a criminally underated album, such beautiful arrangements
Yeah, if you've heard one of his most recent albums, hot house with Gary on the vibes. With chicks arrangements and the interplay between the two, it all together mashes up to be a superb album in my opinion - but as Peter said, this kind of is more an introduction to lesser known albums without disregarding other great ones, such as the one I mentioned.
Totally agree
I'm a musician, but not a jazzer (although with a huge admiration for jazz musicianship and improv). I'm just starting to try to get a feel for the "canon". Thank you SO MUCH for this list!! Every selection is fantastic and outside the 'usual suspects" friends and RUclips have recommended for me. But a special thanks for "This One's for Blanton". It immediately goes on my favorite albums of all time! Gorgeous recording, juicy lucid playing, so melodic, playful and fun. Maybe hardcore guys might say it's too simple, but man it hits a certain spot for me! I would love to see you do an extended list. Your insight and taste provide invaluable guidance for relative noobs like me. Sincere thanks again.
You're welcome, and thanks for your kind words. I agree - "This One's for Blanton" is a revelation. Happy listening!
I clicked because I saw the Hargrove album cover. It’s one of my favs and how I started listening to him… but his Havana album became my fav fav, lol. Great list! Saw him play once… fantastic.
Thanks for being bold enough to do this. A fine public service.
your welcome 🙏🏼
Hard Groove is utterly fantastic. I bought it not long after it was originally released. I was just thumbing through the CDs in my local music store and I saw the cover and thought: "Interesting". I'd never heard of Roy Hargrove at that point. When I got home and played it, it blew my socks off. A fantastic mix of soul/blues/rap/hip-hop inflected jazz. Simply superb.
ah the days of flipping thru CD's at a local music store, and buying based on an interesting cover - I miss that! Thanks for sharing
Here's my "not that obvious" top ten jazz albums of all time:
Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges - Back to back
Paul Desmond and Gerry Mulligan - Two of a mind
Gerry Mulligan - What is there to say
Chet Baker - Peace
Charles Lloyd - Voice in the night
Ginger Baker - Coward of the county
Rabih Abou-Khalil - The sultan's picnic
Jacinta - A tribute to Bessie Smith
Keith Jarrett and Charlie Haden - Jasmine
Bernardo Sassetti Trio - Motion
Lament for Thelonious, from Chet Baker's Peace is a hidden gem
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Great post. Thank you for all the wonderful suggestions! Can't wait to listen.
Thanks for talking about these less often mentioned jazz gems! Introduced me to some GREAT albums I'd never heard of! Love the videos!
Jimmy Giuffre deserves some recognition. His approach to jazz composition is quite unique. Western suite or The easy way are incredible albums that changed my way of understanding jazz.
Another album that I really love is Paul Desmond - Glad tu be unhappy, with the unique Jim Hall at guitar.
I totally agree with you, Peter, about the Robert Flack album, especially Tryin' Times. Not only is it musically brilliant, but it is also an historical document that does capture the domestic strife of the 60's. When I was a science teacher at East Orange (NJ) high school during that period, I used this track at an after-school class to introduce kids to the blues, and to demonstrate how such a fundamental progression can be crafted into such sophisticated, soulful & meaningful art. So, thanks for highlighting it!
thanks for sharing this, so well said 🙏🏼
Thanks for helping to introduce kids to our most wonderful American export
Is Ms. Roberta doing the vocals on it too?
@@sheltonterry6589 Absolutely!! She's the best!
The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady would def be on my top 10
incredible album from top to bottom 🙏🏼
I agree !! So much
That and his solo piano record.
Charlie Mariano is unreal on that cut.
@@djtrendsetta5766Charlie Mariano is fucking awesome everytime. Give him a listen on "Dear John C.", a magnificent album by Elvin Jones.
That’s a good list alright. I grabbed a few off Apple. Thank you. Tomorrow will be a grand day off:)
Mine are (no order of preference)
1. Ellington - Money Jungle
2. Armstrong - Satch plays fats
3. Cuarteto Patria - Cubafrica
4. Ellington - Such sweet thunder
5. Monk - Plays Duke Ellington
6. Sarah Vaughan - Images
6. Miles - Kinda Blue
7. Jazz at the Pawnshop 1 & 2
8. Diana Krall - Love Scenes
9. Time out (of course)
10. The art ensemble of Chicago- Urban Bushmen
Great video. New music to discover. My top 10 in no particular order:
Secrets - Allan Holdsworth
Kiss My Axe or Soaring Through a Dream (toss up) - Al Di Meola
The Audience with Betty Carter - Betty Carter
Colors - Ornette Coleman & Joachim Kuhn
America/Brasil - Herbie Mann
Jazzin’ - Tito Puente & India
Easy Living - Enrico Rava
Suspended Night - Tomasz Stanko
Flow - Terence Blanchard
Tango: Zero Hour - Astor Piazzolla
The Ornette Coleman Trio, Live at The Golden Circle vol.1
Smack Up, Art Pepper
Mingus at Antibes, Charles Mingus
Thelonious Monk & John Coltrane at The Five Spot
Decoy, Miles Davis
Out to Lunch, Eric Dolphy
Moanin', Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers
Midnight Blue, Kenny Burrell
The Bridge, Sonny Rollins
Blues and the Abstract Truth, Oliver Nelson
That's what I'm talkin' 'bout! Finally some love for Ornette and Eric!
YES!
My Dad was a huge Ornette Coleman Fan. I remember the Golden Circle recordings very well.
I need more music medicine thanks Doc😂 16:26
Love this. This One’s for Blanton, Crescent, Interplay, Ascenseur Pour L’echafaud, Alone in San Francisco, First Take, all amazing. I’ll have to check out the others (I love Shirley Horn) Would be great to see a series of lists like this. Here’s ten of my lesser-known favorites:
10. Larry Young - Of Love and Peace
9. Gil Mellé Quartet - Quadrama
8. Pete La Roca - Turkish Women at the Bath
7. Sam Rivers - Waves
6. Randy Weston Trio with Cecil Payne - Jazz à la Bohemia
5. Jimmy Giuffre 3 - Thesis
4. Carmen McRae - Bittersweet
3. John Coltrane - First Meditations (for quartet)
2. Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Rahsaan Rahsaan
1. Art Farmer Quartet - Sing Me Softly of the Blues
Honorable Mention - Cannonball Adderley Sextet in New York (with Nat Adderley and Yusef Lateef), Walt Dickerson Plays Unity, Herbie Mann & the Bill Evans Trio - Nirvana, Honi Gordon - Honi Gordon Sings, Ornette Coleman - Body Meta
That order and list could change on a daily basis as I know I’m forgetting many more I’d like to include.
fantastic list, thanks for sharing. Carmen McRae!! What an artist...🙏🏼
Great additional list. Rahsaan Roland Kirk. Haven't listened to him in a while, but now I have to go do it. Unique talent!
@@pianopeter anytime. Carmen McRae, my favorite singer! And really enjoying the Joni Letters today. Thank you.
@@DavidRamsey1 thanks! Highlight track of Rahsaan Rahsaan has to be the Dvorak-Sentimental Journey-Rogers and Hart medley. Amazing what he does with the different melodies on his horns!
deep list there. Thanks for the reminders and new recommendations! I've never listened to 7 of these, but will remedy that ASAP!
Glad to see Shirley Horn , she’s so underrated, I’ve been going through a rabbit hole of her live performances on RUclips just brilliance.
And Peter's pick is superb. Shirley didn't make bad albums, but "I Love You Paris" and "Close Enough for Love" really define the core of her art. To me they are the platonic ideal Shirley Horn albums.
Don't forget The Main Ingredient; one of my favorites!
The Miles album is a real gem. Listening now! Awesome as ever Peter.
The live RUclips stuff of Shirley is so great to have - I saw her live quite a few times throughout the 90's, and to have these video documents is priceless.
Speaking of lesser known jazz artists: I had never heard of Gil Scott Heron before I heard his song, “The Prisoner,” on Sirius XM radio one day. I haven’t listened to the entire album that that song is from yet, but I fully intend on doing just that….there were/are so many GREAT jazz artists, that it is mind boggling sometimes, to even think about listening to all of their work! (It probably can’t be done.)
Peter! Honored to be mentioned in this list, in Dianne's segment!
I'll add ten that come to mind (in no particular order and admittedly piano heavy):
Gnu High - Kenny Wheeler
Mwandishi - Herbie Hancock
Contours - Sam Rivers
Thad Jones and Mel Lewis Live at the Vanguard
Now He Sings, Now He Sobs - Chick Corea
Data Lords - Maria Schneider
Come to my Garden (not particularly a “jazz” album, but still extraordinary and with some jazz harmony in the general language) - Minnie Riperton (Charles Stepney, arr and prod)
A World of Piano - Phineas Newborn Jr
The Prisoner - Herbie Hancock
My Song - Keith Jarrett
I usually hate top 10 lists, but you made a great case for these magnificent albums. The fact that they are lesser known is probably why I hate such lists in the first place. Thank you.
You're welcome. Yeah, the lists for art is weird, so I tried to mix it up a little.
Spot On - John Coltrane’s Crescent and Lonnie’s Lament 🙌. All of the Roy Hargrove’s RH Factor output is killin ! You also named some others that I need to definitely pickup….
My Top Ten Acoustic Jazz - No Particular Order - There are so many….
Miles Davis - My Funny Valentine
John Coltrane - Crescent
Herbie Hancock - The Prisoner
Wayne Shorter - Adam’s Apple
Wynton Marsalis - Standard Time Vol. 3
Kenny Burrell - Midnight Blue
Joshua Redman - Moodswing
Carmen McRae - Sings Monk
Lee Morgan - Search For Thé New Land
Art Blakey - Indestructible
tbh "My Funny Valentine" is the Miles album I would take to an actual desert island if I can only take 1 😂....and Prisoner - YEAH!
@@pianopeter Totally Agree !!!
Ridiculous ! You don't know your business!
I was once walking through the city at night. It was drizzling, the lights in the apartment blocks along the harbor were providing some background lighting and Miles' Ascenseur pour L'échafaud was playing through my headphones. I couldn't have picked a better setting for this soundtrack. Goosebumps.
agreed
I bet that was a classic noir experience. I have done a similar thing sitting in my jeep with the window open just enough to allow the fresh air and hear the rain. I played a few tracks from the Round midnight sound track, Miles' Kind of Blue and Dexter Gordon's Ballads.
I love to put on those restoration vids of cities from back in the day and just mute it while I listen to music. The other night I was watching a video of a car driving down Los Angeles streets at night in the late-1950's while listening to Miles "Birth of the Cool". It seriously heightens the experience.
The legend says that Miles recorded the soundtrack directly while watching the movie, it's probably not true but i always thought it was a great story 🙂
Thanks for the reminders on these, Peter. Here's a Top 10 More:
The Audience With Betty Carter (1980)
The Hub of Hubbard (1969)
In All Languages - Ornette Coleman (1987)
Gettin' Together - Art Pepper (1960)
Four For Trane - Archie Shepp (1964)
The Peacocks - Stan Getz presents Jimmy Rowles (1975)
Monk's Dream (1962)
Alfie - Sonny Rollins (1966)
Such Sweet Thunder - Duke Ellington (1957)
Crescent - John Coltrane (1964)
and one more for good measure -
Eventuality:The Charlie Kohlhase Quintet Plays the Music of Roswell Rudd - Roswell Rudd/Charlie Kohlhase (2001)
This was very interesting. I added your list of songs to my spotify playlist and from there it was easy enough to click through and add the albums they're on. Everyone has his favorites (I certainly do and I have most of my collection burned to an SD card that I can play in my car), but a list like this is a gentle tap on the shoulder and a whisper...."Pssst! Take a look over here real quick."
Nicely done.
Bill Evens is a jazz god. He deserves so much more appreciation.
I love the 2 Paris concert recordings
@@gregarmada701 Thanks for the tip.
I am very happy that you featured Roy Hargrove & The RH Factor album "Hardgroove." I instinctively bought the album back in 2007 because I thought the cover art was so unique. I didn't even know RH back then, but I'm hooked on him ever since. There are other hits in that album: Poetry, The Joint, Liquid Streets, Juicy, and The Stroke.
RIP the best melancholic trumpeter. Roy Hargrove, you'll be missed. ❤
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Quick T10 hit
10. The Nurturer - G. Allen
9. Dances and Ballads - WSQ
8. Expansions - D. Holland
7. The Prisoner - H. Hancock
6. Intermodulation - Evans/Hall
5. Broken Shadows - T. Berne
4. Village Vanguard Again - Trane
3. At the 5 Spot - Dolphy/B. Little
2. Live @ the Lighthouse - E. Jones
1. While the Gate is Still Open - G. Thomas
This is a much more interesting list than Peters.
This is a delicious list! Never heard four of them - must remedy. Thanks!
Yes, Dolphy belongs on any list.
I miss 1, Chick corea - Return to forever , and 2 ,Patrica Beysens - Circels , and 3, Modern Jazz Quartet - Last Concert. 3 super albums to ☝🏻
Very interesting list; I like where you go with it. I have to toss into the mix "The Music" by the Clayton Brothers: John Clayton (bass), Jeff Clayton (reeds), Jeff Hamilton (drums), and Bill Cunliffe (piano). The touch and emotion on that album from all four players is simply superb, and the programming of the record (a dying art) is masterful. If the album is unfamiliar, I would start with the song "I Concentrate on You".
Double Booked - Rober Glasper
Coltrane - John Coltrane Quartet
Seven Steps to Heaven- Miles Davis
Heavy Weather - Weather Report
The Black Saint and Sinner Lady - Charles Mingus
Underground - Thelonius Monk
The Awakening- Ahmad Jamal
Blues and Abstract Truth - Oliver Nelson
Journey in Satchindinanda - Alice Coltrane
A night at the village vanguard - Sonny rollins
Markus Rutz - Blueprints 1 & 2
Chris Minh Doky - Scenes from a dream
Bill Evans - Soul Insider
Massimo Farao - A Drums Comes True
Kenny Baron - Landscape
Denise King - My 100 Souls
I love Duke Ellington's Afro-Eurasian Eclipse. It's totally underrated and needs to be heard more! What fantastic music.
Agreed. Late Duke is kinda overlooked...but killing!
a great one!
I agree
"Such Sweet Thunder" by Duke
I think Crescent always gets overlooked because A Love Supreme came out so soon after, but it's certainly no less an album. Thanks for highlighting it.
your welcome - and it's such stunningly different album from Love Supreme!
Yes, true. It's a great counterpoint to ALS - quietly introspective. In many ways I prefer it.
Both Crescent and Olé Coltrane deserve their flowers
Excited that Miles Davis' Ascenseur Pour L'échafaud gets some attention. Well deserved to be mentioned. I think, it is one of his masterpieces. Stunning record!
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It’s my favorite album
Thank you for spelling that out, so I can find it! I don't understand french.
Yes, but he should have also recommended seeing (Elevator to the Gallows) the movie, itself. A must see film, IMO. --Mind twisting.
@@histubeness - true!
Interplay and Crescent I definitely agree they never got enough attention and deserve their spot. Roberta Flack I never really thought of as a jazz record, but I support it!!
1st time meeting you. My Big Bro was a Jazz fan from the 50s - 70's. So I heard it a lot and I remember. He would have loved your list! You nailed it. Thank you.
Yes -- Crescent! My favorite Coltrane album, and one of my very favorite jazz albums ever. And Ascenseur Pour L'échafaud is so great. But Roberta Flack's First Take is an inspired and unexpected choice.
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This is what jazz is all about: listening to music with fresh ears. This list is true "tour de force". Thanks a lot!
You're welcome, and I wholeheartedly agree on 'fresh ears'. 🙏🏼👂🏼
I wanted to hate your list! But I love it! As a piano plodder (what I do could never be mistaken for playing) I am a huge Shirley Horn fan. The Miles & Bill Evans LPs you featured are simply brilliant. Great job!
thanks for your words, appreciate them
10 off the top I really appreciate:
Kenny Wheeler - Angel Song
Dave Holland - Conference Of The Birds
Cannonball Adderley - Know What I Mean?
Miles Davis - Dark Magus
Charles Mingus - The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady
Eric Dolphy - At The Five Spot
Hank Mobley - No Room For Squares
Eberhard Weber - Fluid Rustle
Duke Ellington - Afro Bossa
Fats Navarro - Goin’ To Minton’s (a compilation but that’s all there is on him)
There are so many great jazz performers and recordings a best of list cannnot do justice. An unsuspecting selection can yield a discovery of great beauty and creative genius. So many treasures have been offered for us!
Oh yeah. Hank Mobley. Picked a good one.
I am blown away. I need to your process of reconsideration not only on my listening but also my reading and cooking. Your choices are gems. I have maybe 3 of them. Will have to dig up the rest.
There’s no doubt that these are 10 albums that should bring great pleasure to anyone who already appreciates jazz and could serve as an intro to jazz too. L’Ascenceur Pour L’Echafaud is a really good pick- going to have to listen to that again soon. My personal top 10 list would likely always include something by Tubby Hayes not because he’s necessarily one of the best purveyors of bebop but he’s the one who got me to appreciate it when I came to his music somewhat late in life.
Sadly, even Tubby admitted that he couldn't pull a melody out of all those fast changes, voice-leading, which makes his playing rather tedious after a while. I saw him several times at the Marquee, as a quartet. The atmosphere made it OK, but he was playing second fiddle to the brilliant Joe Harriott Quintet on a Saturday night c.1961, who could genuinely challenge for a place in the top ten.
Great, diverse top 10 Peter. I think the Roberta Flack album is a great choice! Anyway - here's another 10 (in no particular order):
Miles Davis - The '58 Sessions
Aretha Franklin - Yeah!!!
Jarrett Trio - Still Live
Erroll Garner - Concert by the Sea
Return to Forever - Light as a Feather
Egberto Gismonti - Alma
Michel Camilo - One More Once
Getz/Gilberto
Herbie Hancock - The New Standard
Pat Metheny Group - Still Life (Talking)
I had to look up that Miles record, and then remembered from listening many years ago - that Bill Evans intro on Green Dolphin 😘
@@pianopeter Yes - Green Dolphin is fantastic. As is the Love for Sale which I first heard on this weird, rather incoherent outtakes compilation called Circle in the Round. It's been my go to Love for Sale ever since ... just beautiful from start to finish.
That pat metheny record is top tier
You know your "S"
Discovered Light as a Feather in college - early 80’s; still one of my favorite albums
So good to see Dianne Reeves appreciated (haven't seen anyone react to that selection as I scrolled thru comments). Got a chance to see her live early after her first LP and loved her ever since. I urge others to check out her catalog.
Yes, I am with you. Dianne Reeves never gets a mention, even when people discuss female vocalists
I agree.
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I first (unknowingly) listened to her because of her collaboration with Calder in "Ancient Source" (killer song, give it a chance if you feel like to)
I recognized her almost immediately when I heard her in this list, I'll definitely check out for some of her catalogue later :)
One of my faves is Estate from that Shirley Horn album you noted before sharing your #10, so I decided to stick around and am glad I did. You just gained another subscriber who's eager to see what you generously share in '24. Thank you!
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Thank you so much for this great inspiration, six of the albums are new to me, although having already a broad collection, here are 10 of my favourites (not ordered): Charles Mingus "Mingus Ah Um", Art Blakey & Jazz Messengers "The big beat", Herbie Hancock "Maiden Voyage", Miles Davis "ESP", John Coltrane "A love supreme", Wayne Shorter "Speak no evil", Andrew Hill "Point of departure", Thomasz Stanko "Litania", E.S.T. "Tuesday wonderland"
Great list Peter. I would add, if possible -- Anthony Braxton's Five Pieces 1975, Steve Swallow's Home, Ethnic Heritage Ensemble's Dance With the Ancestors, Larry Goldings' As One, and Lee Konitz/Albert Mangelsdorf's Art of the Duo.
To avant garde for these people
@@nakim55 There's room for everybody and everything! I'm a big fan of Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington and Bobby Blue Bland but also Ornette Coleman, Andrew Hill and Sam Rivers as well : why not? It all flows from the same source.
The man may have a point! Peter, thanks for this list. The joy is in always getting new lists to listen to. I love the later albums by artists. It shows they have still grown. That is why Jazz is so great
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IMO...Dave Brubeck Take Five is absolutely the best and a must have...produced in 1959.
Talk about over played and tired…
@@primarycolorsvideo In your opinion of course.
Also they’re only “over played and tired” because they’re so good to begin with.
Spot on bullseye list indeed. Great calls. I’m always in tears with Lonnie’s Lament, over the past 52 years to first hearing Crescent when I was 16. And #1 is a blow your mind bringing us back to when we were young and loved this , and Chapter 2!
Alone in San Francisco one of my favorites along with bad Powell records
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@pianopeter i mean bud Powell. The autocorrector of Google xdd
Thanks for opening my eyes and ears to this selection. What a great selection of albums.
A favorite of mine is Something Else by Cannonball Adderley. Miles' playing on this album is sublime
Something Else is very aptly named - a favourite of mine as well. Blues In Orbit, for me, is very much a companion album despite them not being connected.
I'm sure you've heard it, but Kenny Burrell's Midnight Blue is up there with the other "Blue" album as far as I'm concerned - at least in terms of listenability.
Nice video. I love the Roberta Flack album and Miles is my favorite. What do think of Mose Allison’s music? The guy was the definition of cool ( 2nd to Miles )!
@al201103 thanks for the suggestion...I'll check out Blues in Orbit. The Kenny Burrell album is fantastic
I gotta say Sam Rivers' "Contours" is an absolute bomb of an album. I hardly ever see it listed, don't know why. It's personal, surprising and fresh still today, imo.
I've overlooked it in my personal listening...thanks for the reminder.
great one!
When it comes to Sam, I'll take "Fuchsia Swing Song."
Some that come to mind in no particular order:
Young Jazz Giants, Self Titled (2004)
-Stephen Bruner/Thundercat on bass and his brother Ronald Bruner on drums. Kamari Washington on sax, Cameron Graves on keys. conceptual, almost giving you a tour of jazz on their version of Giants Steps following the poem YJG. Interesting foreshadowing of artists who would go on to really occupy the cutting edge
Butcher Brown - All Purpose Music (2014)
Devonne Harris- keyboards, guitar, percussion
Corey Fonville- drums, percussion
Andrew Randazzo- bass
Keith Askey- guitar
Marcus Tenney - trumpet/flugelhorn/sax
These guys communicate on such a high level and have excellent compositions to showcase their love of music. Incredible drumming and tasteful fusion of influences. Lots of groove here. Endorsed by and featuring Nic Payton
DOMi and JD BECK - NOT TiGHT (2022)
They’ve got a fresh perspective, polished musicianship, a cohesive vision, and plenty of well deserved support and collaboration from artists like Herbie, Busta Rhymes, Mac Demarco
Kiefer - Happysad 2018
Lofi hip hop or jazz? Stretching the expectations of what might be on a list of jazz albums with this one. Listening to piano playing on a track like FOMO might soothe any anxieties about categorization
Anomalie - Métropole (2017)
Electronic music? Jazz? Electronic jazz? Very interesting, beautiful music and beautiful piano playing. Highly structured and very composed, even when performed live. Backbeat.
Robert Glasper - Black Radio (2012)
When I play with young piano playing peers of mine, Robert Glasper is often more of an influence on them than Herbie. His influence has personally reached me.
Thundercat - Golden Age of the Apocalypse (2011) As much a songwriter as he is a bass player. Another musician who has touched my friends and I. Them Changes is a modern jazz standard. Not on this album, I know.
Joe Henderson - Power to the People (1969)
Gotta have some older deep cuts. Underrated saxophone player. Rhythmically intriguing. This album is tied with his album In n Out. Afrocentric is an insane song, piano playing by Herbie on that track beyond my comprehension but not beyond my appreciation. Same with Jack Dejohnette’s drumming. So glad the performance was captured on this record. Mike Lawrence the trumpet player, sadly was later taken by cancer early in his life. Ron Carter with an appearance on electric bass.
Sun Ra - Atlantis (1969)
Swinging but in such an unexpected way. Otherworldly, almost too apt a description. Inspired me to take risks. Best served with THC.
Larry Young - Unity (1966)
Hard to pick only 10. Larry Young is underrated and it’s a shame there’s not more footage of him playing live. Joe Henderson again, but with Woody Shaw playing in his sophisticated style. Intervalic trumpet playing that makes me rethink what’s possible on that instrument. The moontrane is an amazing song. Called at a jazz jam I was at once and the whole band had already been working on it individually. Miraculous!
There’s many more but the agreement was 10.
Love Kiefer. Going to see him in february
Great selection... One of my favorites that is mentioned here is Charles Mingus' Ah Um.
Wow..This One For Blanton is real eargasm..Mister your channel is a cut above the rest.. preview of a track each no matter how brief really drives the point home..and the omissions of great but overhyped album is a welcome relief. And your clear voice goes over with great conviction..takes me back when i am working at Tower Records Jazz department. 😊
Crescent and Hardgroove! Woo so glad they made the list. Stoked to check the rest of these records out. Thank you for your channel and all the work you do to educate and inspire!
Your welcome 🙏🏼
Etcetra by Wayne Shorter. What a masterpiece! Most would not put it onto Shorters top 5 or top 10 albums but believe me. If you havent listened to it yet - DO IT. You’re welcome! 😊
I agree! Cecil McBee & Joe Chambers really complete it
@@arikayemusicyeah. Rhythm section is amazing. Soundscapes.
There would definitely be a Wayne 60s Blue Note album on my list if I made a list like this, possibly Adam’s Apple
no doubt. A def some Newk! @@jazzfan7491
Well...that was excellent! Too many things to say, so I'll say this. I am always on the look out for new music. My tastes range wide and far, and yet I am also picky. There are at least five albums on this list that I'll now go and track down. Thank you so much!!
your welcome 🙏🏼
Hey, fabulous pointer to Roberta Flack, such a wonderful album, thank you :) Also, had the great pleasure to see Dianne Reeves in concert, supporting BB King; thanks for pointing me to Bridges, another great album.
Thank you for sharing this top 10, love it! I like the fact it was a bit outside the obvious ones, i love to discover new stuff.
Here in Montreal, we're pleased to have the Jazz Festival: It's another chance to enjoy / discover music. I was lucky to get tickets in 2022 when the Brubeck Brothers came: It was in Gesù theater, inside a Church, great show!
I'll try to get the albums of your top 10 i don't have (hope they are good recordings). As i am an audiophile too, i'm in heaven when i hear great jazz musicians on a well recorded / mixed / mastered all digital media! Great recording is a big plus. I'd say that in my record collection, Patricia Barber's albums are probably the best sounding ones i have. With my new DAC, it's simply MARVELOUS!
Montreal Jazz Fest is indeed a great event, and a fantastic city - cheers!
for me Black Radio (2012)by Robert Glasper is the album that changed the panorama and sound of current jazz worldwide, it’s the best of all time
Dude .... picking the top ten jazz albums of all time is a damn stupid thing to do, but if you're still going to do it, at least do it right (because there are a lot of innocent people hanging around the net who tend to believe every damn thing fools like you say, and I don't think is a healthy contribution at all. By the way, have you thought about wearing a wig? It would be more real than your top ten albums, that's for sure.
Dude .... picking the top ten jazz albums of all time is a damn stupid thing to do, but if you're still going to do it, at least do it right (because there are a lot of innocent people hanging around the net who tend to believe every damn thing fools like you say, and I don't think is a healthy contribution at all. By the way, have you thought about wearing a wig? It would be more real than your top ten albums, that's for sure.
I pivoted into jazz because I’m a drummer. While these all sound very nice and relaxing (granted, I love the last two), my place in the jazz journey has recently landed me at 1) Buddy Rich’s “Big Swing Face” album, and 2) Bill Evans “At the Montreux Jazz Festival”. (likely neither of these are ‘under the radar’ picks; I’m a novice listener.) These are two recent finds I’ve had where I had to replay the album immediately because I was so thoroughly floored by the amazing talent and energy of the group. I’ll have to circle back to your list, when I’ve developed my ear a bit better. Cheers!
P.S. Not sure about anyone else, but I’d love to see a list of “top ten jazz drumming albums” for folks who have already thoroughly sifted through the usual top 10 miles/coltrane/the usual picks.
All drummers..navigate to other yt channels
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I find the cripple drummer yt channel complete for us rhythmatists ..as does Barnard Castiglionis channel
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the correct title for this video is 10 great jazz albums you may have overlooked.
Agreed it's a very interesting list but a poor title, it will probably get more traction on youtube though because of it
@@fredericxicluna2036 exactly, but then the channel isnt taken seriously.
Totally agree. It’s a great list of overlooked albums. Based on the title, the greatest jazz record of all time is by … Roberta Flack? Doesn’t work.
@@robertpietrusko4545 yeah. for sure.
Man, you had me with your #6. That one says it all. Fantastic choice. My #1 Miles Davis album. Love your list. Your Bill Evans pick - great! Just not a big Dianne Reeves fan, although this sample I actually liked. Must be the Cohen song ;-) But love Roberta Flack much more. Chapeau!
Miles Davis - Ascenseur pour L'echafaud
Bill Evans - Everybody digs
Bill Evans & Jim Hall - Undercurrent
John Coltrane - Ballads
Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays - As falls Witchita
Keith Jarret - Köln Concert
Dave Brubeck - Jazz goes to Junior College
Jim Hall - Concierto de Aranjuez
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Grant Green - Idle Moments
Muy interesante Top, gracias por compartirlo 🙌🏽
gracias 😀
Thank you, brother! Great list and indeed, not all of them would have been on my list! Will give them a good listen-to. I am a big sucker for scandinavian jazz. LOVE Esbjörn Svensson Trio - and here perhaps the most "Good Morning Susie Soho". Feelings, man! As well, one of my most listened to albums is from a Swedish saxophone player, Per "Texas" Johansson and here perhaps the album "Alla Mina Kompisar" ("all my friends"). This is where I fell in love with pedal steel guitar in jazz. Listen to "miljarder stjärnor" ("millions of stars"). FEELINGS, man!!!
Fun list! The one I'm especially on board with is that Monk album. It's always been an important & much loved album for me.
The whole video reminds me of one of my favorite Norm McDonald jokes: I got stuck on a deserted island once, and I gotta say, those 10 CDs I brought with me didn't help a damn thing! XD
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Norm! 😆
Thanks for turning us on to such a great selection of albums and songs. I listen to a lot of jazz, but am really happy to have found such a great collection that I wasn‘t aware of. 😀🎹🎸🎷
your welcome! happy listening
My friend. Judging by the songs.This is a whole new World to me. Great to find this list. Let’s listen to it.
Wonderful.
I love “open mind” experiences! That’s what happened when I clicked on this. At first I thought “Damn 10-Greatest click-bait BS!”, but I stuck with it and learned of some fabulous tracks - thanks Peter!
Some alternatives -
Abbey Lincoln w/ Cedar Walton - ‘The Maestro’ album (Castles)
Carmen McRae - ‘Sings Monk’ album
Duke w/ Mingus & Roach - African Flower
Monk & Trane - At Carnegie Hall (Crespecule with Nellie!)
Miles - anything with Charlie Parker to hear the budding young genius!
Trane - Thanks for picking ‘Crescent’!
Trane - ‘Bye Bye Blackbird’ live
Bill Evans - ‘Affinity’ with Toots Theilemans and Larry Schneider (Sno’ Peas)
Loved the Shirley Horn and Bill Evans picks, but I would definitely have gone with the Roy Hargrove/Mulgrew Miller "In Harmony" recent release as my pick for any Hargrove related album. Those two create some magic that is rarely heard on any recording and as a duo they compliment each other perfectly.
I grow tired of sites 'being different " for the sake of being different, but i respect the effort. Calling it "my" greatest albums of all time would be a more genuine title.
Yes,you are Wright
It’s all subjective. I’d much rather listen to someone’s actual favorite albums that they’re passionate about than an academic list
Interplay is actually one of my top five favorite jazz albums, glad to see it in number 2. Undercurrent is also a masterpiece.
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Wow, totally love this.
My list (not in ranking order):
- The Keith Jarret Trio “Out-Of-Towners”
- Louis Armstrong Hot Five “Potato Head Blues” (single)
- Thelonious Monk “Solo Monk”
- Charlie Parker “Charlie Parker With Strings”
- Weather Report “Heavy Weather”
- Chick Corea “Tones For Joan’s Bones”
- Bix Beiderbeck “In a Mist” (single)
- Everhard Weber “The Colora of Chlöe”
- Pat Metheny Group “Speaking of Now”
- Charlie Parker “Relaxin’ at Camarillo” (single)
Just hat to include those singles as the songs are truly great amongst greats and not originally in an LP
Here are some of my top albums:
Peter Sprague: The Space Between Two Thoughts
Chick Corea: Leprechaun, Friends, My Spanish Heart
George Benson: Bad Benson, White Rabbit
Eddie Jefferson: The Main Man
Buddy Rich: Live In London
Tripp Sprague: Wall To Wall
Jobim, Sergio, et al.
I wasn’t sure at first, but you stole my heart. Well done. It is always a beautiful thing to be taking on such a wonderful journey.
Cheers
Danny
PS I’m a bari sax player…….may have to find one to add😂😂😂😂
Feel proud that two of these albums are on my “can’t live without” list. Crescent, and River: Joni Mitchell letters
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Happy to see in the list Ascenseur pour l'echefaud by Miles. A great album and a remarkable landmark in my life (I discovered it in 1990, when I was young and still free to discover things). Thanks for the list, I did one similar for a blog in Italy, but it was meant to consider the 11 album which cannot be missed, so it is more classical.
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grazie mille! 🙏🏼
I came upon this video by chance. I can't thank you enough cause now I'm a fan of Jazz forever. Your choice of favorite jazz recordings is personal but that's what probably made me think that it came from the very depth of your heart and that's what definitely bought me. Now I have 20 jazz recordings and won't stop on that. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Some wonderful, wonderful choices here: Creacent, Miles’ French film score, Reeves, First Take. Interesting all, but not Top Ten. Many of those summarily eliminated make Top Ten lists for good reason. Provocative to choose otherwise, but off the mark. Makes for a good click, though.
I love how gracious and articulate everyone is in this comment section.
Also, a more modern but unknown classic: PERICO SAMBEAT - ADEMUZ. This must be the single most listened jazz recording I own. It more in the flamenco-jazz genre but it has absurdly good writing, arranging and soloing. Young Rosenwinkel feature makes it even more special
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Very cool list, thank you! I especially like your picks for Monk & Bill Evans. For me, most noticeably absent is Eric Dolphy: “Out To Lunch.” Check it out y’all! ✌🏻
Great list, Peter, and encouraging to hear fresh and perhaps under appreciated works featured here, thank you. For me I would add: The Concert Jazz Band, Gerry Mulligan (outstanding ensemble work and arranging, & no piano to boot!); Word of Mouth -Jaco Pastorius; Water Babies - Miles Davis; Marsalis Standard Time mainly because of the masterclass that is the arrangement of “Caravan” feat Jeff “Tain” Watts and astonishing piano work by Marcus Roberts. And then I’d have to include Bitches Brew for it being so ahead and influential in so many ways.
Interesting list you have there Peter. Definitely some new things to look at and listen to for me on your list. I have two albums that are in my top ten that you didn't mention on your list or on the overstated list of albums you mentioned, and they are Ugetsu - Art NBlakey and the Jazz Messengers, and Somethin' Else - Cannonball Adderley.