Free Pony Theory ~ What is the best Jazz Album?

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1. Best over 200 or so best album
2. Indie jazz album
3. Jazz album that fits MdM program.

Joined: 23 Sep 2006 Posts: 1088

100 JAZZ ALBUMS THAT SHOOK THE WORLD

CORRECTION ! [Tuesday 2pm] having scanned the mag in a newsagent the correct list is definitely, the one listed on: be-jazz

1 Miles Davis Kind Of Blue
2 John Coltrane Love Supreme
3 Ornette Coleman Shape of Jazz to come
4 Bill Evans Trio Sunday at the Village Vangaurd
5 Sonny Rollins Saxophone Colossus
6 Thelonious Monk Brillant Corners
7 Charles Mingus Ah Um
8 Charlie Parker Savoy Recordings
9 Miles Davis Bitches Brew
10 Keith Jarrett Köln Concert
11 Coltrane Giants Steps
12 Eric Dolphy Out To Lunch
13 Louis Armstrong Complete Hot 5 and 7
14 Duke Ellington Blanton-Webster Band
15 Mahavishnu Orchestra Inner Mounting Flame
16 Albert Ayler Spiritual Unity
17 Herbie Hancock Head Hunters
18 Dave Brubeck Time Out
19 Ornette Coleman Free Jazz
20 Weather Report Heavy Weather
21 Ahmad Jamal But Not For Me
22 Jerry Roll Morton Volume 1
23 Frank Sinatra Songs For Swingin' Lovers
24 Wes Montgomery The Incredible Jazz Guitar
25 Modern Jazz Quartet Fontessa
26 Bud Powell The Genius of Bud Powell
27 Cecil Taylor At The Café Montmartre
28 Art Blakey Moanin'
29 Herbie Hancock Maiden Voyage
30 Getz/Gilberto Getz/Gilberto
31 Pat Metheny Bright Size Life
32 Jimmy Smith A New Sound
33 Jan Garbarek Afric Pepperbird
34 Woody Herman Thundering herds
35 Duke Ellington At Newport
36 Ella Fitzgerald Sings The cole Porter Songbook
37 Charles Mingus The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
38 Cannonball Adderley Somethin' Else
39 Lifetime Emergency
40 Billie Holiday At JATP
41 Chick Corea Return To Forever
42 Stan Getz Focus
43 Miles Davis Sketches of Spain
44 George Russell Jazz Workshop
45 John Coltrane Impressions
46 Andrew Hill Point Of Departure
47 Sonny Rollins The Bridge
48 Sun Ra Heliocentric Worlds
49 Dizzy Gillepsie Shaw Nuff'
50 Lennie Tristano Tristano
51 John Zorn Naked City
52 John McLaughlin Extrapolation
53 Pharoah Sanders Karma
54 Lester young Lester Young/Buddy Rich Trio
55 John Coltrane Ascension
56 Art Ensemble 0f Chicago A Jackson In Your House
57 Horace silver Song For My Father
58 Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet
59 Coleman Hawkins Body And Soul
60 Peter Brötzmann octet Machine Gun
61 Miles Davis Birth Of The Cool
62 Count Basie The Atomic Mr. Basie
63 Archie Shepp Four For Trane
64 Brad Meldhau Art Of The Trio vol.3
65 Gerry Mulligan Gerry Mulligan Quartet
66 Gil Evans The Individualism Of Gil Evans
67 John Handy Live At Monterrey
68 EST From Gargarin's Point Of View
69 Stan Tracey Jazz Suite Inspired By Dylan Thomas
70 Dollar Brand African Marketplace
71 Wayne Shorter Speak No Evil
72 Thelonious Monk Genius Of Modern Music vol.1
73 Roland Kirk Rip, Rig And Panic
74 Herbie Hancock New Standard
75 Oscar Peterson Night Train
76 Charles Lloyd Dream Weaver
77 Art Tatum The Genius Of Art Tatum No. 1
78 Betty carter An Audience With Betty Carter
79 Oliver Nelson Blues And The Abstract Truth
80 John Surnam Tales of Algonquin
81 Eberhard Weber Colours of Chloe
82 Steve Coleman and 5 elements Tao of Mad Phat
83 Diana Krall Love Scenes
84 Anthony Braxton For Alto
85 Kryztof Komeda Astigmatic
86 Steps Ahead Steps Ahead
87 Django Reinhardt Retrospective 34-53
88 Joe Harriot-John Mayer double Quintet Indo-Jazz Suite
89 Jackie McLean Let Freedom Ring
90 Charlie Haden Liberation Music Orchestra
91 MIC MIC
92 Sarah Vaughan Sarah Vaughan
93 Jan Johanssen Jazz Pa Svenska
94 Cassandra Wilson Blue Light Til Dawn
95 Wynton Marsalis Black Codes
96 Medeski,Martin and Wood Combustication
97 Tomasz Stanko Soul of Things
98 Courtney Pine Journey to the Urge Within
"...A pied piper who led British jazz out of the trough of despond after its brilliant flowering in the 1960s..."
99 The Bad Plus These Are The Vistas
100 Polar Bear Held On The Tips Of Fingers

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Joined: 23 Sep 2006 Posts: 1088

here ya go. another list for those who likes list.

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1. Charles Mingus: The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (Impulse!, 1963)
2. John Coltrane: A Love Supreme (Impulse!, 1964)
3. Albert Ayler: Spiritual Unity (ESP, 1964)
4. Sun Ra: Atlantis (Saturn, 1967)
5. Lennie Tristano: Descent into the Maelstrom (Inner City, 1952)
6. Cecil Taylor: Unit Structures (Blue Note, 1966)
7. Ornette Coleman: The Shape of Jazz To Come (Atlantic, 1959)
8. Don Cherry: Mu (BYG Actuel/Get Back, 1969)
9. Carla Bley: Escalator Over The Hill (JCOA, 1971)
10. Anthony Braxton: Saxophone Improvisations (America, 1972)
11. Miles Davis: Kind Of Blue (Columbia, 1959)
12. John Coltrane: Ascension (Impulse, 1965)
13. Art Ensemble of Chicago: Les Stances A Sophie (Nessa, 1970)
14. Eric Dolphy: Out to Lunch (Blue Note, 1964)
15. Lennie Tristano: Crosscurrents (Capitol, 1949)
16. Miles Davis: Bitches Brew (Columbia, 1969)
17. Charles Mingus Pithecanthropus Erectus (Atlantic, 1956)
18. Albert Ayler: Vibrations (Debut, 1964)
19. Thelonious Monk: Brilliant Corners (Riverside, 1956)
20. Charlie Haden: Liberation Music Orchestra (Impulse!, 1969)
21. Tim Berne: Fractured Fairy Tales (JMT, 1989)
22. Sun Ra: The Magic City (Saturn, 1965)
23. John Coltrane: My Favorite Things (Atlantic, 1960)
24. Ornette Coleman: Free Jazz (Atlantic, 1960)
25. Paul Bley: Open, To Love (ECM, 1972)
26. Anthony Davis: Lady of the Mirrors (India Navigation, 1980)
27. Charles Mingus: Mingus Ah Um (Columbia, 1959)
28. Pharoah Sanders: Karma (Impulse!, 1969)
29. Charlie Haden: Dream Keeper (Blue Note, 1990)
30. Anthony Braxton: Alto Saxophone Improvisations (Arista, 1979)
31. Cecil Taylor: Nefertiti (Freedom, 1962)
32. Sonny Rollins: Saxophone Colossus (Prestige, 1956)
33. David Holland: Conference of the Birds (ECM, 1972)
34. Modern Jazz Quartet: Fontessa (Atlantic, 1956)
35. Joe McPhee: Topology (HatART, 1981)
36. George Russell: Ezz-thetics (Riverside, 1961)
37. Henry Threadgill: When Was That (About Time, 1982)
38. Guillermo Gregorio: Ellipsis (Hat Art, 1997)
39. John Coltrane: Giant Steps (Atlantic, 1959)
40. Wayne Shorter: Speak No Evil (Blue Note, 1964)
41. Mahavishnu Orchestra: The Inner Mounting Flame (Columbia, 1971)
42. Weather Report: I Sing the Body Electric (Columbia, 1972)
43. George Lewis: Solo Trombone Records (Sackville, 1976)
44. Borbetomagus: Barbet Wire Maggot (Agaric, 1983)
45. David Torn: Best Laid Plans (ECM, 1985)
46. Butch Morris: Dust To Dust (New World, 1990)
47. Dexter Gordon: Go (Blue Note, 1962)
48. Butch Morris: Testament (New World, 1995)
49. George Russell: Electronic Sonata For Souls Loved By Nature (Soul Note, 1980)
50. Charles Mingus: Presents (Candid, 1960)
51. Andrew Hill: Point of Departure (Blue Note, 1964)
52. Leroy Jenkins: Solo Concert (India Navigation, 1977)
53. Sam Rivers: Streams (Impulse!, 1973)
54. Muhal Richard Abrams: Levels and Degrees of Light (Delmark, 1967)
55. James Newton: Mystery School (India Navigation, 1979)
56. Toshiko Akiyoshi: Desert Lady (Columbia, 1994)
57. Paul Bley: Dual Unity (1971) (Freedom, 1973)
58. Myra Melford: Even the Sounds Shine (HatART, 1994)
59. Charles Mingus: Oh Yeah (Atlantic, 1961)
60. Gato Barbieri: Latin America (Impulse!, 1973)
61. Charles Earland: Black Talk (Prestige, 1969)
62. Anthony Braxton: For Alto (Delmark, 1968)
63. John McLaughlin: My Goals Beyond (Columbia, 1970)
64. Matthew Shipp: Circular Temple (Quinton, 1990)
65. Archie Shepp: Mama Too Tight (Impulse!, 1966)
66. Roscoe Mitchell: Sound (Delmark, 1966)
67. James Newton: Luella (Gramavision, 1983)
68. Max Roach: Freedom Now Suite (Columbia, 1960)
69. Coleman Hawkins: Body & Soul (RCA Victor, 1939)
70. Cecil Taylor: Conquistador (Blue Note, 1966)
71. Leo Smith: Mass on the World (Moers, 1978)
72. Bobby Hutcherson: Dialogue (Blue Note, 1965)
73. Julius Hemphill: Dogon AD (Freedom, 1972)
74. Michael Formanek: Wide Open Spaces (Enja, 1990)
75. Spontaneous Music Ensemble: Karyobin (Island, 1968)
76. Charles Mingus: Tijuana Moods (1957) (RCA, 1962)
77. Steve Lacy: Regeneration (Soul Note, 1982)
78. Bobby Previte: Claude's Late Morning (Gramavision, 1988)
79. Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool (Capitol, 1949-50)
80. Randy Weston: Blues To Africa (Freedom, 1974)
81. Sam Rivers: Crystals (Impulse!, 1974)
82. Dollar Brand: Sangoma (Sackville, 1973)
83. Albert Ayler: Witches and Devils (Freedom, 1964)
84. Maria Schneider: Evanescence (Enja, 1992)
85. Jeanne Lee: Conspiracy (Earthform, 1974)
86. Oregon: Distant Hills (Vanguard, 1973)
87. McCoy Tyner: Sahara (Milestone, 1972)
88. Steve Lacy: Scraps (Saravah, 1974)
89. Matthew Shipp: Pastoral Composure (Thirsty Ear, 2000)
90. Duke Ellington: The Far East Suite (RCA, 1966)
91. Sonny Rollins: Freedom Suite (Riverside, 1958)
92. Don Cherry: Symphony For Improvisers (Blue Note, 1966)
93. Rova Saxophone Quartet: Cinema Rovate (Metalanguage, 1978)
94. Marty Ehrlich: Traveller's Tale (Enja, 1989)
95. Don Byron: Tuskegee Experiments (Elektra/Nonesuch, 1990-91)
96. Sonny Sharrock: Ask the Ages (Axiom, 1991)
97. Pat Metheny: As Falls Wichita So Falls Wichita (ECM, 1980)
98. Paul Motian: Conception Vessel (ECM, 1972)
99. Henry Threadgill: Just the Facts (About Time, 1983)
100. Chick Corea: Inner Space (Atlantic, 1966)
101. Paul Rutherford: Gentle Harm of the Bourgeoisie (1974) (Emanem, 1976)
102. Terje Rypdal: Odyssey(ECM, 1975)
103. Franz Koglmann: Cantos I-IV (1993) (hatHUT, 1995)
104. Bill Frisell: Before We Were Born (Elektra, 1988)
105. Ralph Towner: Diary (ECM, 1973)
106. Lol Coxhill: Ear Of The Beholder (Dandelion, 1971)
107. Martial Solal: Four Keys (Pausa, 1979)
108. Guillermo Gregorio: Approximately (Hat Art, 1996)
109. Art Pepper: No Limit (Contemporary, 1977)
110. Lennie Tristano: The New Tristano (Atlantic, 1960)
111. Charlie Haden: Haunted Heart (Verve, 1991)
112. Oregon: Music Of Another Present Era (Vanguard, 1972)
113. Charlie Haden: Etudes (Soul Note, 1987)
114. Terje Rypdal: Eos (ECM, 1983)
115. Don Cherry: Orient (BYG, 1971)
116. Rova Saxophone Quartet: As Was (Metalanguage, 1981)
117. Maria Schneider: Coming About (Enja, 1995)
118. Rova Saxophone Quartet: Daredevils (Matalanguage, 1979)
119. Rova Saxophone Quartet: Invisible Frames (Fore, 1981)
120. Lennie Tristano: Wow (Capitol, 1950)