What are ur favorite Jazz tracks??
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What are ur favorite Jazz tracks??
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Many tracks by The Afro Blues Quintet and Afro Blues Quintet Plus One[["Liberation"), Eddie Harris [["Listen Here"), Jazz Crusaders, Jazz Messengers, Ramsey Lewis Trio, Young Holt Trio, Merced Blue Notes, Freddie Hubbard, Soulful Strings, ....
Listen Here - Eddie Harris
I'm An Old Cowharnd - Sonny Rollins
Wade In the Water - Ramsey Lewis
Bring It On Home To Me - Aretha Franklin
Hardwork - John Handy
Summertime - Miles Davis
Watermelon Man - Mongo Santamaria
Dead End Street - Lou Rawls
Over Easy - Booker T & the MGs
Two to Tango - Ray Charles & Betty Carter
Way Back Home - Crusaders
Fly Me to the Moon - Frank Sinatra and the Count Basie Band
For Love Of Ivy - Shirley Horn
- Ella Fitzgerals: "Agua de Beber"
- CTI All-Stars: "People Make The World Go Round"
- Freddie Hubbard: "Pavane"
- Michel Pedicin, Jr.: "Soncere"
- Stanley Turrentine: "Veracruz"
- O'Donel Levy: "Bad bad Simba"
- Luis Gasca: "Visions"
- Arturo Sandoval: "A mis abuelos"
- Jon Faddis: "La rosa y el sauce"
- Chick Corea: "La Fiesta"
- Chick Corea: "Crystal Silence"
- Chick Corea: "Return To Forever"
- Chick Corea: "Nite Sprite"
- MFSB: "Cheaper To keep Her"
- MFSB: "Ferry Avenue"
- Thad Jones / Mel Lewis: "For The Love Of Money"
- Cal Tjader: "Mambo Sangria"
- Jay Hoggard: "Days Like These"
- Montana: "One More Time, VMJ"
- Louie Ramírez: "Barrio Nuevo"
- John Coltrane: "A Love Supreme"
- Mongo Santamaría: "Cookie"
- Billy Paul: "Billy Boy"
- Billy Paul: "My Old Flame"
- Lou Rawls: "Let's Fall In Love All Over Again"
- Lou Rawls: "You're The One"
- Ramsey Lewis: "Jamaican Marketplace"
- Azymuth: "Valsa For Us"
- Neil Larsen: "Sudden Samba"
- Charlie Parker: "Tico-tico"
- Norman Harris: "Zack's Fanfare '80"
[[Many stuff by these same artists I consider more R&B, Funk, Fusion flavored than jazz and I don't includes here, only the most "100%" jazz if this expression were acceptable talking' about the most eclecthical musical style; like the stuff I have by Crusaders, jaco Pastorius, Airto, Deodato, herbie Hancock, george Duke, etc. are jazz-rock, jazz-soul but more rock or soul than jazz...)
This could take as much thought as the "Favorite Soul Albums" thread. Off the top of my head, I'll offer the following:
"Mister Magic" - Grover Washington, Jr.
"Soul Eyes" - John Coltrane
"Heliopolis" - Spyro Gyra
"Anthology" - Bob James' two-CD compilation
Grover Washington, Jr.'s "Winelight" LP
"Walk On" - Ozone
"Birdland" - Weather Report
"So What?" - Miles Davis
"Tropical Legs" - Earl Klugh
George Benson's "Breezin'" LP
Larry Carlton's "Breaking Ground" LP
"Wishful Thinking" - Earl Klugh
"It Doesn't Matter" - Spyro Gyra
"Killer Joe" - Quincy Jones
"Thembi" - Pharaoh Sanders
"Blues In The Night" - Ella Fitzgerald
"The Lady is A Tramp" - Ella Fitzgerald
"Lucky Ol' Sun" - Louie Armstrong
[[to be continued...)
I have a bunch of them, but limited on time right now, so, i'll throw this one out there for now:
Lazy Bird - Tom Browne
Tom Browne got hijacked into being an extra on his own records. "Funkin' For Jamaica" was such a huge funk hit, it overshadowed his talent. I bought his follow-up and there is an absolutely wonderful version of "God Bless the Child" on it that I wonder why he was cool within being a second-tier [[or third-tier) pop artist rather than known as an excellent trumpeter.
I'll start with the classics not mentioned as of yet.
All Blues---- Sir Miles Davis
Dominoes--- Donald Byrd
Listen Here--- Eddie Harris
JOS-------------- Jimmy Smith
Walk On The Wild Side---Jimmy Smith
Rainbow Seeker--- Joe Sample
more................................
Sorry, been offline for a minute...
As someone who listens to jazz every day all year round , I'd invite back Carpal Tunnel Syndrone trying to list all my favorite recordings. And where to begin?...
By era?..By Instrument?..
By style?...Male or Female vocalists...
Globally?...A lot of great stuff comes out of Britain, Brazil, Sout Africa, Ethiopia, Cuba,
Denmark and Canada as well as other places around the world like Japan...
Still, in the spirit of this thread I'll mention a few things I keep enjoying again and again
as well as some with a Motown or Detroit connection.....
Miles Davis: Flamenco Sketches [[not to be confused with Sketches of Spain)
Wes Montgomery: Giant Steps
Billie Holiday: Fine And Mellow
Les McCan and Eddie Harris: Compared To What
John Coltrane: I'm Old Fashioned
" " Stellar Regions
" " Summertime
" " After The Rain
actually I could listen to Trane alone for hours
Pharoah Sanders featuring Leon Thomas: The Creator Has A Master Plan
" " :Thembi
" " Japan
" " The Light At The End of The World
actually I feel the same way about "Little Rock" as I do Trane
Gary Bartz: The Song of Love and Kindness
Rene Marie: Just My Imagination [[yes, the Tempt classic which she takes to another level)
Regina Carter feat. Cassandra Wilson: Papa Was A Rolling Stone [[same beat....)
Alice Coltrane: Blue Nile
" " Turiya & Ramakrishna
" " Ptah, the El Daoud
" " Something About John Coltrane
[[I gues I have fixations...)
and Sun Ra: Sunrise
til later...
Somehow, I forgot Dave Brubeck's "Take Five"... Sorry for the omission. And really, 80% of the Crusaders' output. I'm amazed by how well those gentlemen worked together. Speaking of which, "Spellbound" and "U Turn". Also, Dave Sanborn's "Hideaway" and "Chicago Song".
And a special nod goes to Bob James, David Sanborn, and Al Jarreau's truly remarkable rendition of "Since I Fell For You", which I love so much I decided to share with you:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9H7jC8VxuM
"Friends and Strangers" - Ronnie Laws
"The Sermon" - Jimmy Smith
"Heart String" - Earl Klugh
"Angela" [[Theme from Taxi)" - Bob James
"It's You" - David Sanborn
"My Favorite Things" - John Coltrane
"Bitches Brew" - Miles Davis
"Lillies of the Nile" - The Crusaders
"Mr. Magic" - Grover Washington
"'Round Midnight" - Thelonious Monk
"Midnight Special" - Jimmy Smith
"The Look of Love" - Stanley Turrentine
Oh most definitely the Dave Brubeck Quartet and "Take Five".
Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 - Mas Que Nada
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I forgot to list "Take Five" by The Dave Brubeck Quartet, and just about anything by Stanley Turrentine.
Herbie Mann---Coming Home Baby
Art Blakey-- A Night In Tunisia [[The one with the killer drum solo intro)
Cannonball Adderly-- Autum Leaves , Country Preacher , Mercy Mercy Mercy
Lee Morgan--Sidewinder
Donald Byrd-- Cristo Redentor
John Coltrane-- Acknowledgement---My Favorite Things
Herbie Hancock-- Maiden Voyage
more...................
As Josh Jackson, a blogger on my radio stations website says:
Jazz has an incredible history and it has a pretty amazing NOW!
A relatively new cat on the scene whose been making a lot of noise here in New York is
Gregory Porter [[though the Library hasn't gotten hip to him yet). I am really feeling this
dude's sound and I haven't been moved by a male vocalist in jazz in quite awhile, only
the ladies have been getting to me. Anyway, here's a link to his latest...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HvpIgHBSdo
I'm not real big on titles in jazz,but...down here on the ground[wes montgomery]...take five[live version-dave brubeck]bitches brew[miles davis]are some that come to mind!
Coltrane & Hank Mobley/On It
Coltrane 10CD Box Set
Miles Davis/All Blues
CTI All Stars Live [[all albums)
Grover Washington Live at Bijou
Cannonball Adderley Live
Swiss Movement/Les & Eddie
This is too difficult and like many others here far to hard for me to list or remember exact titles without spending a day in the vaults, but I must mention the following artists who I favor:
Pharaoh Sanders, Crusaders [[Scratch), Stanley Turrentine , Hank Crawford, Jimmy McGriff, Jimmy Smith, Gene Ammons, Gary Bartz, Herbie Hancock, Illinois Jacquet, Earl Klugh, The Newport in New York series, Billy Cobham, Dexter Gordon, Clark Terry, Donald Byrd, Sonny Rollins, Von Freeman, George Benson, Wes Montgomery, Dizzy, and so many more, guess I'll have to dig out and some gems and post them later..........:p
My favorite artists include Grover, Trane, Sanborn, Crusaders, George Benson, Earl Klugh, Count Basie, and Bob James.
This subject is too broad. I forgot to mention "Goodbye Porkpie Hat" and "Gotta Get It In Yo Soul" and those are absolutely essential to my jazz collection. I'm sure there are others that I'm going to feel bad about forgetting.
I can listen to Gigolo by Lee Morgan for hours on end and pick up on something new every time I listen to this song. I especially love the ending of this song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHtIEMfBhss
Grover Washington, Jr.: "Inner City Blues"; "Mr. Magic"
Lou Donaldson: "Peepin'"
Eddie Harris: "Listen Here"
Kenny Burrell: "Chitlins Con Carne"
Eric Gale: "Oh! Mary Don't You Weep"
Jimmy Smith" "Back at the Chicken Shack"
Firsty, I see that some folks have listed not "favorite jazz tracks" but "favorite jazz ALBUMS" [[I listed "only tracks"). Here's my favorite jazz and jazz-fusion LP's that I likes as a whole thing, from the beginning to the end:
- The Bob Jame's "trhilogy" albums "One", "Two" and "Three" [[specially "Nautylus", "One Mint's Julep", "Woman Of Ireland" and the Sylistic's cover of "You're Right As Rain")
- Arturo Sandoval "Danzón [[Dance On)"
- The Crusaders "Chain Reaction"
- James Carter "Chasing The Gipsy"
- Herbie Hancock "Mr. Hands"
- Carmen Lundy "Devil Moon"
- Chick Corea "Return To Forever", the Verve compilation "Jazz Masters" and "My Spanish heart"
- CTI All-Stars "Live in L.A., Vol. 2"
- Cal Tjader "Mambo sangría"
- VV.AA. [[Neil Larsen, Buzz Feiten, David Sanborn, All jarreau & Randy Crawford, Mike Mainieri, Yellow Jakets, Larry Carlton) "Casino Lights. Live at Montreux"
- Chano Domínguez: "New Flamenco Sound"
- Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes "Visions Of A New World"
- Ramsey Lewis "Solar Wind"
Also I wanna say that I'm glad seen how many people like Jerry Oz likes the Bob Jame's music. I got also the "Double Vision" album, but my fave is not the one where sing Al Jarreau but the mellow track "Moon Tune"... I never tired herding it! Also got some stuff by David Sanborn solo, but i don't see nothing special except on one live track in the album I mentioned before, live on Montreaux, "Theme From Love Is Not Enough" with a nice part of fine vibes by Mike Mainieri. Another track in the same album is "Hideway" but i likes principally for the incredible bass solo by Marcus Miller. In some place I read that David Sanborn started with Joe Bataan playing sax in his cover of "The Bottle" that I got on a Salsoul compilation and the sax part is very good [[!!??). Other Bob James albums I have are one with Earl Klugh [["Cool"), "Joy Ride", "Lucky Seven" and "Magic Seven" but I see [[IMHO) lacks the magic of his three first albums on taipan Zee [[the above mentioned). By david sunburn only have his first self titled album [[nothing special for my taste) and another relatively "recent" [[1996!!), "Songs From The Night Before" wich more I heard more i likes... is in a very mellow feel.
Cheers to all!
Manny, my first two jazz album purchases were "Skylarkin'" by Grover Washington, Jr. and "H" by Bob James. "H" is probably my favorite contemporary jazz LP and my favorite song on that album is "Brighton By The Sea" which had great interplay between James, Washington, and bassist Gary King.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrx62W3jOs8
hello again. I have an authomatical corrector in my new Mac, that writes what HE WANT [[and i should to well examine what I write or re-editing it after! for example, every time I write "wich", the program writes "with"....!)
Jerry Oz,
I well remember when and where I purchased my copy of "Skylarkin'". This was little after I got my copy of "Winelight" and I think Grover in Motown? this should be a little more older and old-school [[like his collaborations with Bob james)... and this album was posterior to "Winelight" as he have a contract with Motown before Elektra. ANyway I likes some tracks on this LP [[don't have my vynils here) but remember some nice arrangements and sound effects as something like brazilian's "Cuica" soundalike.
Another thing I remember clearly, despite I'm 50 years-old and this was on the 70's - first 80's!, is the first 8 - 10 jazz / jazz fusion albums I purchased and the exact order: 1) - Chick Corea's "Return To Forever"; 2)- George Duke's "The Aura Will prevail"; 3)- Ramsey lewi's "Solar Wind"; 4)- The Crusader's "Chain Reaction"; 5)- The Crusader's "Southern Comfort" 2 x LP; 6)- Bob Jame's "Three" [[here I discovered the late Grover Washington, Jr.); 7)- The Crusader's "Street Life"; 8)- Dexter Wansel's "Life On Mars" [[I consider this LP absolute jazz-fusion, except some track as "You Can Be What You Wanna Be" on the Instant Funk mould and some soul ballad); 9)- George Benson's "Livin' Inside Your Love" 2 x LP; 10)- Herbie Hancock's "Secrets". This was a time when practically the 95% of my vynil and k-7's acquisitions and the 95% of the time i dedicated to heard music was SOUL [[principally symphonic 70's soul, from Philly, Chicago, NY or anywhere...) and Jazz, symphonic rock [[jean Michael jarre, Mike Oldfield,...), classical, etc. the other music styles wich I approach to gradually, more eclecthical with the pass of years... until the present time, when I heard 50% soul and the other 50% of practically all the other genres.
Nice track this one. The sax intro recall me to "Come Morning"... and the bass line is very funky. A track for wich I have some devotion is in a jazz-funk compilation by Harmless from the Pulp Fusion Serie, "Knuclehead", by Washington, my absolute have on this CD.
Cheers to all
It is rather difficult to list my favorite Jazz cuts/tracks as there are so many. It's even sometimes hard to remember some of the Jazz greats I have met. I do recall meeting Stanley Turrentine in Boulder, Co at the Blue Note Club there in 1978, Miles Davis in the lobby of Minneapolis' Hotel Luxeford in 1991 and Bob James at NY's Blue Note in 1998.
I envy you, Marv. My brushes with greatness are few and on a much lower level of esteem.
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I'm very impressed with the taste in Jazz of so many posters here. many of my favourite Jazz tunes were mentioned here. In my previous experience, many of the Soul fans I've come across weren't Jazz fans at all. Many had had little or no connection to Jazz, or knowledge of that genre of music. Admittedly, many of them were British Northern Soul fans, and others had come to Soul from general Pop Music, Rock & Roll, Hard Rock, and some even from Punk.
You gots to get outta Ohio Jerry! LOL! I can say that purely from experience. I've met many, many more I am just going off the top of my head at the moment. I spent a whole day with Clark Terry at the Louis Armstrong Museum at Queens College back in 2000. That was a lot of fun. I made him do that "Mumbles" song for me after a lunch break, hehehehehehehe.......
Robb, I know what you mean. For myself, growing up in an African American household with both parents big music lovers, the appreciation of Jazz came easy. The same with Blues. Soul & Pop music was most popular because that is what we heard regularly on the radio and television. Soul music was born out of Jazz, Gospel and the Blues.
Here's another of my favorites. "Killer Joe" by Quincy Jones:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zqh8VSxm9Hw&feature=related
One I could never leave off my list........Ramsey Lewis Trio "Wade in the Water"
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Like you, Marv, I started listening to Jazz, Blues R&B and Gospel/Spiritual music at an early age [[2 or 3), as my parents played it constantly in our house.
Count Basie ~ Dickie's Dream
Count Basie feat Jimmy Rushing ~ I Left My Baby
Dexter Gordon ~ I Guess I'll Hang Out My Tears Out To Dry
Max Roach ~ Lonesome Lover
John Coltrane ~ Alabama
Miles Davis ~ So What
Oliver Nelson ~ Stolen Moments
Duke Ellington& John Coltrane ~ In A Sentimental Mood
Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus and Max Roach ~ Fleurette Africaine
Helen Merrill feat. Clifford Brown ~ Don't Explain
Gil Evans ~ La Nevada
Roy Eldrige & Orchestra_ ~ I Remember Harlem
The Milton Jackson Quartet ~ Love me, Pretty Baby
Archie Shepp ~ Call me By My Rightful Name
Next to my love of[soul-r&b]is jazz,nothing relaxes me more than the cool sounds of jazz[wes-miles-brubeck]it's just...c-o-o-l!!!
I remember one of my best friends in high school insisted that I listen to "Westchester Lady" by Bob James. He found the part of the song [[which was nearly 10 minutes long, BTW) where James incorporated a string section to build the sound, very subtle and easy to miss, and my buddy loved that. I grumbled, saying that I still didn't like jazz. Well, he played it when I was over his house anyway.
One day, I'm up at OSU's campus shopping at a record store when "Look-Alike" by Bob James came over the speaker. I recognized James' piano play and song construction [[nothing like a good Bob James song, y'all) and asked if that was the artist. When told that it was, I purchased Washington, Jr.'s "Skylarkin'" and James' "H" before leaving and I've been a fan of jazz ever since.
It took me another 5-6 years to start listening to classic jazz but I like Trane, Satchmo, Basie, Ellington, Ella, Dinah, Billie, Benny Goodman, and Mingus as much or more than any artists of any time in any genre now. I'm one of those guys that can't help but focus when Hamp and Christian play their solos on "Flying Home".
Some of my favorite Jazz tracks include...
Jimmy Smith - Midnight Special
Gerry Mulligan - Festive Minor
Wes Montgomery - Bumpin' On Sunset
Wayne Shorter - Adam's Apple
Lee Morgan - The Sidewinder
Lou Donaldson - Blues Walk
Gene Ammons - Jungle Strut
Stanley Turrentine - And Satisfy
Gary Bartz NTU Troop - Celestial Blues
Kenny Burrell - Chittlins Con Carne
Herbie Hancock - Tell Me A Bedtime Story
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Just about everything that came out on Blue Note Records was very good.
It's funny but I actually lived a different route than most of the folks I see on this thread.
I started out with a love of classic jazz as a kid except I never would have thought of it as
that because it was what was on the scene at the time. I was digging the releases a friends
father had as he collected them. He really loved it to as he couldn't understand why his own son didn't "get" jazz. Though I still prefered the harder, more complex, less commercial stuff
I did eventually get into lighter material from artists like Grover Washinton, Bob James
and The Crusaders even though my running partner's pop called that stuff jazz-lite. Ronnie
Laws Friends and Strangers was also a big favorite for me. But then on the other side at some point I can't even remember I got into jazz OUT. The really hard and rough stuff. Things
that even jazz radio stations to this day rarely play or mention. I think it was the full album
version of The Creator Has A Master Plan , more than 30 minutes, with Pharoah Sanders and
Leon Thomas touring both the heavens and the depths of hell, that really sold me. Or maybe
it was Sun Ra's Astro Black or Eric Dolphy. I'm not sure but the stuff gives me eargasms. I
know most folks can't handle it but to each it's reach. I can't handle most of the "smooth"
stuff...I remember this guy I met a few years back who liked to go to jazz clubs. After I asked
him who were his favorite artists I found out he had none, didn't know anything about the music, just liked to sit around sipping a drink looking cool and possibly meeting a better class of woman...whatever sails your pail...