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[Bulsajo]

A term of endearment, sweetie.
(you didn't notice me using it in the Apollo thread? I did repeatedly)

[Rteacher]

The jazz albums that I was impressed with the most - way back when - would be the following: "A Love Supreme", "OM", "My Favorite Things" and "Kulu Se Mama" by John Coltrane..."The Creator Has A Master Plan" by Pharoah Sanders; some album of funural dirges by Gary Burton; some album by Larry Coryell that featured the tune "Sex"; some album by Charles Loyd featuring Keith Jarrett; "Tony Williams Lifetime: Emergency"; album by Blues Project featuring "Flute Thing"

... I think any discussion of great jazz (of course this thread just specifies "good" jazz...) also has to mention stuff by Sun Ra and the Solar Arkestra, Charlie Mingus, Thelonious Monk, Ornette Coleman, Wes Montgomery, Charlie Parker, Dexter Gorden, Cannonball Adderly, Modern Jazz Quartet, Dave Sanborn, Chuck Mangione, Wynton Marsalis, Yusef Lateef, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, and quite a few others...

Here's somebody's list of greatest jazz albums based on "originality, influence, instrumental quality, and creative inspiration:
http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_jazz/best_jazzalbums.html
1. Kind Of Blue - Miles Davis
2. A Love Supreme - John Coltrane
3. Mingus Ah Um - Charles Mingus
4. Brilliant Corners - Thelonious Monk
5. Time Out - Dave Brubeck
6. The Blues & The Abstract Truth - Oliver Nelson
7. The Incredible Jazz Guitar - Wes Montgomery
8. Song For My Father - Horace Silver
9. Out To Lunch - Eric Dolphy
10. The Shape Of Jazz To Come - Ornette Coleman
11. Virtuoso - Joe Pass
12. Giant Steps - John Coltrane
13. In A Silent Way - Miles Davis
14. Somethin' Else - Cannonball Adderley
15. Idle Moments - Grant Green
16. Inner Mounting Flame - Mahavishnu Orchestra
17. Sax Colossus - Sonny Rollins
18. Speak No Evil - Wayne Shorter
19. Heavy Weather - Weather Report
20. Sidewinder - Lee Morgan
21. Birth Of The Cool - Miles Davis
22. Black Codes (From The Underground) - Wynton Marsalis
23. Conference Of The Birds - Dave Holland
24. Monk's Dream - Thelonius Monk
25. Bright Size Life - Pat Metheny
26. Maiden Voyage - Herbie Hancock
27. My Favorite Things - John Coltrane
28. Spectrum - Billy Cobham
29. Percussion Bitter Sweet - Max Roach
30. Jaco Pastorius - Jaco Pastorius
31. Midnight Blue - Kenny Burrell
32. Birds Of Fire - Mahavishnu Orchestra
33. Go - Dexter Gordon
34. Return - Bill Connors
35. And His Mother Called Him Bill - Duke Ellington
36. The Real McCoy - McCoy Tyner
37. Romantic Warrior - Return To Forever
38. Milestones - Miles Davis
39. Hand Jive - John Scofield
40. Moanin - Art Blakey
41. Night Hawk - Coleman Hawkins
42. Django - Modern Jazz Quartet
43. Now He Sings, Now He Sobs - Chick Corea
44. Time Is Of The Essence - Michael Brecker
45. Supersonic Jazz - Sun Ra
46. Bird & Diz - Charlie Parker/Dizzy Gillespie
47. Blue Train - John Coltrane
48. The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady - Charles Mingus
49. Mister Magic - Grover Washington Jr.
50. One Of A Kind - Bill Bruford
51. Bumpin' - Wes Montgomery
52. Miles Ahead - Miles Davis
53. Elegant Gypsy - Al DiMeola
54. Headhunters - Herbie Hancock
55. Bitches Brew - Miles Davis
56. Maiden Voyage - Herbie Hancock
57. Cool Struttin' - Sonny Clark
58. The Great Summit - Duke Ellington/Louis Armstrong
59. Blues & Roots - Charles Mingus
60. Invitation To Openness - Les McCann
61. Rip, Rig & Panic - Rahsaan Roland Kirk
62. Soul Station - Hank Mobley
63. For Django - Joe Pass
64. Open Sesame - Freddie Hubbard
65. Play - Mike Stern
66. Ezz-thetics - George Russell
67. Point Of Departure - Andrew Hill
68. Living Legend - Art Pepper
69. Byrd In Flight - Donald Byrd
70. Life Time - Tony Williams
71. Solo Flight - Charlie Christian
72. Takin' Off - Herbie Hancock
73. Upfront - David Sanborn
74. Back At The Chicken Shack - Jimmy Smith
75. Study In Brown - Clifford Brown & Max Roach
76. Black Unity - Pharoah Sanders
77. Breezin' - George Benson
78. Caliente - Gato Barbieri
79. Gateway - Dave Holland
80. The Elektric Band - Chick Corea
81. Infinity - McCoy Tyner
82. Money Jungle - Duke Ellington
83. The Far East Suite - Duke Ellington
84. We Free Kings - Rahsaan Roland Kirk
85. Timeless - John Abercrombie
86. Secret Story - Pat Metheny
87. Out Of The Cool - Gil Evans
88. Pure Desmond - Paul Desmond
89. Moonlighting - The Rippingtons
90. Arbour Zena - Keith Jarrett
91. Blues Dream - Bill Frisell
92. Sketchbook - John Patitucci
93. Mosaic - Art Blakey
94. Unit Structure - Cecil Taylor
95. Crossing - Oregon
96. Snide Remarks - Bill Stewart
97. Thembi - Pharoah Sanders
98. Plays W. C. Handy - Louis Armstrong
99. Spaces - Larry Coryell
100. Unity - Larry Young

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101. Blowin' Session - Johnny Griffin
102. Electric Guitarist - John McLaughlin
103. 1+1 - Wayne Shorter & Herbie Hancock
104. Hub Tones - Freddie Hubbard
105. Swing, Swang, Swingin' - Jackie McClean
106. This One's For Blanton - Duke Ellington & Ray Brown
107. Our Man In Paris - Dexter Gordon
108. I Can See Your House From Here - Pat Metheny & John Scofield

[dulouz]

David Sanborn Bob James - Double Vison
Very good, not real heavy. Good make out music.

[Satori]

I don't know much about jazz. I always liked Charlie Parker when he was on the stereo though.

[krats1976]

[The Bobster]

[IchiTK]

RTeacher pretty much nailed most of what I would have recommended.
I would just add:

--Chet Baker-- nice and smooth when you got some romance in the air or just want to chill.

---Grant Green is a phenomenal and often overlooked guitarist. Particularly "Idle Moments" and "Green Street."

Both of these are more on the cool jazz, West Coast tip...

[Manner of Speaking]

I've been listening to a lot of Bobby Timmons and Wayne Shorter recently, and trying to get into Ornette Coleman. The latter is interesting but hard to take in large doses.

Anybody know any good Korean or Japanese jazz groups? T-Square was popular here a couple of years ago, but they're a bit too "Kenny G" for me now.

[JongnoGuru]

Cab
Benny
Ella
Bunny
Bix
Glenn
Chick
Stans (K and G)
Count
Duke
Earl
Lena
Fats
Harry
Gene
Woody
Tommy
Jimmy
Billie
Lionel
Artie
Thelonius (what's he doing here? hmm...)
Fletcher
Joe
Louises (A and P)
Xavier
Rene
Tito
Dizzy
Ted
Jack

[Poor Lazarus]

Here are my 10 favorites:

1) Horace Silver "Song for My Father"
2) Big John Patton "Let 'Em Roll"
3) Charles Mingus "Mingus Ah Um"
4) Miles Davis "In a Silent Way"
5) Modern Jazz Quartet "Django"
6) Sonny Rollins "Saxaphone Colossus"
7) Herbie Mann "Live at the Village Gate"
8) Yusef Lateef "Eastern Sounds"
9) Jimmy Smith and Wes Montgomery "The Dynamic Duo"
10) Shelly Manne and His Men "Live at the Blackhawk"

Of course John Coltrane, Roland Kirk, Charlie Parker..... but these 10 (and the Shelly Manne is a 5-disc collection) are the ones I find myself listening to most often. I was lucky to have seen Modern Jazz Quartet when they played in Seoul in 1995 or 06, with the late great Ray Brown opening.

[whitebeagle]

2 essentials for me;
Miles Davis- Sketches of Spain
Gil (Not Bill!) Evans- The Individualism of Gil Evans.

Whoever mentioned the Lighthouse Family needs an emergency taste transplant operation

[B]