What started as a simple inventory taking exercise has now become a blog to express my gratitude to the many masters' music, which have given me so much pleasure over the years. For a starter, I'm listing my favorite jazz collection:
1. Miles and Monk at Newport [ Miles Davis Sextet - Davis, 'Cannonball' Adderley, Coltrane, Bill Evans, Paul Chambers & Jimmy Cobb, recorded live on July 3rd 1958. Thelonius Monk Quartet - Monk, Charlie Rouse, Butch Warren & Frankie Dunlop, with Pee Wee Russel, recorded live on July 4 1963. Monk And Pee Wee had never rehearsed or played together before this performance, but does it show anywhere? Mind blowing... ]
2. Miles Davis At Fillmore : Live at the Fillmore East [ Davis, Steve Grossman, Chick Correa, Keith Jarret, Dave Holland, Jack DeJohnette, Airto Moriera. Recorded between June 17th and 20th, 1970 ]
3. Dig - Miles Davis featuring Sonny Rollins [ Davis, Rollins, Jackie McLean, Walter Bishop, Tommy Potter, Art Blakey. Recorded October 5th 1951. Check out 'it's only a paper moon' and 'my old flame'... outstanding in a recording that itself is extraordinary ]
4. Miles Davis - A tribute to Jack Johnson : OST of a documentary film "Jack Johnson" made by William Cayton, as a tribute to the world heavyweight champion. Davis, Herbie Hancock, John Mclaughlin, Steve Grossman, Bill Cobham, Michael Henderson. Recorded April 7 and November 11, 1970 ]
5. Heart of things - John McLaughlin Live in Paris [ McLaughlin, Dennis Chambers, Gary Thomas, Mathew Garrison, Otmaro Ruiz, Victor Williams. Recorded November 4th and 5th 1998, Paris. Electric, that's the only word to describe this album ]
6. Ultimate Dizzy Gillespie, selected by Roy Hargrove [ The best of Dizzy Gillespie played between 1950 and 1964, selected by Roy Hargrove in a series called 'Ultimate Verve' where jazz specialists select their favorites from other influential jazz musicians featured in Verve catalogue, like: Bud Powell selected by Chick Correa, Lester Young selected by Wayne Shorter etc. ]
7. Louis Armstrong - Louis & The Big Bands, 1928-1930 [ Louis Armstrong leading huge orchestras featuring 8 to 10 or more artistes in recordings between 1928 and 1930 ]
8. Billie Holiday - Lady in Satin [ Billie Holiday teams up with Ray Ellis and his orchestra to record this superb album. Recorded February, 1958. As Ray Ellis says in the liner notes an anecdote : '... Looking back, I was very fortunate to be involved in this album. I never realised the impact it would have until I was in Madrid, Spain in 1990. A friend introduced me to a Spanish acquaintance of his. He couldn't speak English and I couldn't speak Spanish, but when he heard my name he replied, "Ray Ellis? Billie Holiday????" ]
9. Duke Ellington Centennial Edition - The best of the complete RCA Victor recordings 1927-1973 [ There is now way I can put in words what this album makes me feel... :) ]
10. Duke Ellington - Blues in orbit [ Recorded between 1958 and 1959, this is a classy album, a must have for any jazz fan ]
11. Louis Armstrong - This is Jazz series from Sony [ Earliest recording 1926, latest recording 1933... superb intro to Louis Armnstrong's music ]
12. The Essential Count Basie [ Recordings mainly from 1939, but of the recording done in 1936, all of them produced by John Hammond ]
13. Stan Meets Chet - Stan Getz and Chet Baker [ Getz, Baker, Jodie Christian, Victor Sproles and Marshall Thompson. Recorded February 16th, 1958. Amazing stuff. ]
14. Weather Report - 8:30 [ This is special... Live concert recordings from the 8:30 tour, The original line up of Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter, Jaco Pastorius and Peter Erskine are joined by Erich Zawinul on percussions. On disk 2, check out the song 'The orphan'... it has 10 members of the West Los Angeles Christian Academy Children's Choir accompanying Wayne Shorter, a very short piece, beautiful. ]
There are many more, but later...
1. Miles and Monk at Newport [ Miles Davis Sextet - Davis, 'Cannonball' Adderley, Coltrane, Bill Evans, Paul Chambers & Jimmy Cobb, recorded live on July 3rd 1958. Thelonius Monk Quartet - Monk, Charlie Rouse, Butch Warren & Frankie Dunlop, with Pee Wee Russel, recorded live on July 4 1963. Monk And Pee Wee had never rehearsed or played together before this performance, but does it show anywhere? Mind blowing... ]
2. Miles Davis At Fillmore : Live at the Fillmore East [ Davis, Steve Grossman, Chick Correa, Keith Jarret, Dave Holland, Jack DeJohnette, Airto Moriera. Recorded between June 17th and 20th, 1970 ]
3. Dig - Miles Davis featuring Sonny Rollins [ Davis, Rollins, Jackie McLean, Walter Bishop, Tommy Potter, Art Blakey. Recorded October 5th 1951. Check out 'it's only a paper moon' and 'my old flame'... outstanding in a recording that itself is extraordinary ]
4. Miles Davis - A tribute to Jack Johnson : OST of a documentary film "Jack Johnson" made by William Cayton, as a tribute to the world heavyweight champion. Davis, Herbie Hancock, John Mclaughlin, Steve Grossman, Bill Cobham, Michael Henderson. Recorded April 7 and November 11, 1970 ]
5. Heart of things - John McLaughlin Live in Paris [ McLaughlin, Dennis Chambers, Gary Thomas, Mathew Garrison, Otmaro Ruiz, Victor Williams. Recorded November 4th and 5th 1998, Paris. Electric, that's the only word to describe this album ]
6. Ultimate Dizzy Gillespie, selected by Roy Hargrove [ The best of Dizzy Gillespie played between 1950 and 1964, selected by Roy Hargrove in a series called 'Ultimate Verve' where jazz specialists select their favorites from other influential jazz musicians featured in Verve catalogue, like: Bud Powell selected by Chick Correa, Lester Young selected by Wayne Shorter etc. ]
7. Louis Armstrong - Louis & The Big Bands, 1928-1930 [ Louis Armstrong leading huge orchestras featuring 8 to 10 or more artistes in recordings between 1928 and 1930 ]
8. Billie Holiday - Lady in Satin [ Billie Holiday teams up with Ray Ellis and his orchestra to record this superb album. Recorded February, 1958. As Ray Ellis says in the liner notes an anecdote : '... Looking back, I was very fortunate to be involved in this album. I never realised the impact it would have until I was in Madrid, Spain in 1990. A friend introduced me to a Spanish acquaintance of his. He couldn't speak English and I couldn't speak Spanish, but when he heard my name he replied, "Ray Ellis? Billie Holiday????" ]
9. Duke Ellington Centennial Edition - The best of the complete RCA Victor recordings 1927-1973 [ There is now way I can put in words what this album makes me feel... :) ]
10. Duke Ellington - Blues in orbit [ Recorded between 1958 and 1959, this is a classy album, a must have for any jazz fan ]
11. Louis Armstrong - This is Jazz series from Sony [ Earliest recording 1926, latest recording 1933... superb intro to Louis Armnstrong's music ]
12. The Essential Count Basie [ Recordings mainly from 1939, but of the recording done in 1936, all of them produced by John Hammond ]
13. Stan Meets Chet - Stan Getz and Chet Baker [ Getz, Baker, Jodie Christian, Victor Sproles and Marshall Thompson. Recorded February 16th, 1958. Amazing stuff. ]
14. Weather Report - 8:30 [ This is special... Live concert recordings from the 8:30 tour, The original line up of Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter, Jaco Pastorius and Peter Erskine are joined by Erich Zawinul on percussions. On disk 2, check out the song 'The orphan'... it has 10 members of the West Los Angeles Christian Academy Children's Choir accompanying Wayne Shorter, a very short piece, beautiful. ]
There are many more, but later...
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BOTH JAZZ AND INDIA SUCK.
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