joshuakennedy

Thank you. Part of the input for the list was scouring AllMusic ratings. Bass on Top had more ratings and slightly higher ratings than Whims of Chambers. There were three Johnny Griffin albums on the list (Introducing..., A Blowin' Session, and The Little Giant). I'm not sure which album you're referencing with the second Blowin' Session.

True. I did include a few. It's just tough to decide which ones when so many of them have some of the same songs overlapping.

Yeah, that's true. It was really difficult to find actual albums of a lot of those early artists besides "greatest hits" stuff. I did try to include the pioneers though.

Hi, guys. I took some of your feedback into consideration. I've added a decent number of albums from every decade, and tried to make the list less Blue Note-centric. Feel free to go through the list and vote on the albums you like/dislike. https://www.ranker.com/list/the-greatest-jazz-albums-of-all-time/joshua-kennedy?publish=true

I just heard this, and it would be up toward the top of my list. Here is a link to listen: http://www.markpernamusic.com/mpm-store

My favorite jazz albums from this year: Bill Evans - Some Other Time Greg Abate & Phil Woods - Kindred Spirits (Live at Chan's) Brad Mehldau Trio - Blues and Ballads Kenny Barron Trio - Book of Intuition George Coleman - A Master Speaks Norah Jones - Day Breaks Frank Kimbrough - Solstice Cyrus Chestnut - Natural Essence Fred Hersch Trio - Sunday Night at the Vanguard Barnes/O’Higgins & The Sax Section - Oh Gee!

I'm really enjoying this one. Thanks!

I just stumbled on this on YouTube. White Christmas by European Jazz Trio. Pretty smooth. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T99SR09TY4

Thanks for the list! Really enjoying these ones so far.

These are dope. Thanks!

Thanks for the recommendations. I am open to vocals, but I'm fairly picky. I'll check it out, though. LOL

I'm looking for some recommendations on good Christmas jazz. Some albums I've already heard that I enjoy: Beegie Adair Trio - Jazz Piano Christmas Butch Thompson - Yulestride Christmas Break - Relaxing Jazz for the Holidays (V/A) Dave Brubeck - A Dave Brubeck Christmas Eddie Higgins Trio - Christmas Songs Ellis Marsalis - A New Orleans Christmas Carol Harry Allen - Christmas in Swingtime Jack Jezzro - Bossa Nova Christmas Kenny Burrell - Have Yourself a Soulful Little Christmas Louis Armstrong - What a Wonderful Christmas Oliver Jones - Yuletide Swing Oscar Peterson - An Oscar Peterson Christmas Putamayo Presents: A Jazz & Blues Christmas (V/A) Putamayo Presents: A New Orleans Christmas (V/A) Skafish - Tidings of Comfort and Joy Vince Guaraldi Trio - A Charlie Brown Christmas Wynton Marsalis - Christmas Jazz Jam Yule Struttin' - A Blue Note Christmas (V/A) What am I missing?

Listening to this now. Great stuff! Thanks for the suggestion.

Thanks. I'll check that one out.

Yeah, I probably should have utilized the search function. Rookie mistake.

I stumbled upon this while sifting through the jazz CDs at the local library yesterday. It just came out this year. Anybody heard it yet? Barron is one of those guys whose name I've heard a lot and I've probably listened to once in a great while, but never really been too familiar with. This album is great, though.

I'm not a huge fan of most of the post-60s jazz rock/funk/fusion/avant garde stuff, but I did like the Ray Brown album. I also discovered Soular Energy and really enjoyed that one. Any other Ray Brown stuff that you would recommend?

Finally got around to listening to this yesterday. So good!

For sure. I love his stuff with Stan Getz but as far as I can recall I haven't heard anything else of his before. I'm listening to Chega de Saudade now and it sounds right up my alley.

Only on the first track, but this sounds great. I can't believe AllMusic gave it a 4/10. Thanks again for the recommendation.

Good call. I forgot all about Zoot Sims. I guess I've had more exposure to bossa nova than I remembered.

Listening now! Very enjoyable. Yes! I just came across this today as well and listened to the whole thing. Great recommendation. Thank you.

Thanks, I'll check out that Cannonball album. Looks promising. I actually just checked out that Elis & Tom album from the library a few days ago, but haven't gotten around to listening to it much yet.

I've been binging on Getz/Gilberto lately, but outside of that album I haven't had a whole lot of exposure to bossa nova. Any albums you guys would recommend?

It's just for fun. Something to pass the time. Sorry you felt it was a waste of your time.