paul secor Posted June 23, 2008 Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 (edited) It seems to be the season for lists. There are lots of overlooked jazz records. These are just 100 that I picked out of my collection - some more overlooked than others - to bring to folks' attention. I tried to choose only in print recordings. Obviously, no one will have a taste for every one of these albums. If you did, you would be me - a frightening thought. But I don't think that any of these records will be an insult to anyone's intelligence or sensibilities. I was introduced to several of these through the generous sharing of information by other members. I thank them for that. So: Muhal Richard Abrams featuring Malachi Favors: Sightsong (Black Saint) Air: Air Time (Nessa) Oscar Aleman: Swing Guitar Masterpieces 1938-1957 (Acoustic Disc) Gene Ammons: Live! In Chicago (OJC) Fred Anderson: The Missing Link (Nessa) Fred Anderson/Steve McCall: Vintage Duets Chicago 1-11-80 (Okka Disk) Ray Anderson: Right Down Your Alley (Soul Note) Albert Ayler: The Hilversum Session (ESP) Billy Bang featuring Denis Charles: Bangception (Hatology) Robert Barry and Fred Anderson: Duets 2001 (Thrill Jockey) Carla Bley: Dinner Music (ECM) Paul Bley/John Gilmore/Gary Peacock/Paul Motian: Turning Point (IAI) Lester Bowie/Phillip Wilson: Duet (IAI) Bobby Bradford & John Stevens Volume One (Nessa) – vinyl only Bobby Bradford with the Frank Sullivan Trio: One Night Stand (Soul Note) Ruby Braff/Ellis Larkins: Duets Vol. 1&2 (Vanguard) Anthony Braxton: Six Monk’s Compositions (1987) (Black Saint) Ted BrownTrio: Free Spirit (Criss Cross) Jaki Byard Trio: July in Paris (Jazz Friends) Roy Campbell Pyramid: Communion (Silkheart) Oscar “Papa” Celestin/Sam Morgan: Recorded in New Orleans 1925-1928 (Jazz Oracle) Don Cherry: Human Music (Water) The Essential Buck Clayton (Vanguard) Ornette Coleman/Howard Shore/London Phil. Orch.: Naked Lunch Soundtrack (Milan) Louis Cottrell Trio: Bourbon Street (OJC) Ray Crawford: Smooth Groove (Candid) Andrew Cyrille/Jeanne Lee/Jimmy Lyons: Nuba (Black Saint) Andrew Cyrille Trio: Good To Go, with a Tribute to Bu (Soul Note) Albert Dailey: That Old Feeling (Steeplechase) Meredith D’Ambrosio: It’s Your Dance (Sunnyside) Walt Dickerson: Peace (Steeplechase) Bill Dixon: In Italy Vol. 1 (Soul Note) Roy Eldridge: The Nifty Cat (New World) Boulou and Elios Ferre: Gypsy Dreams (Steeplechase) Percy France: I Should Care (Endgame) The Bud Freeman All-Star Swing Sessions featuring Shorty Baker (OJC) Jimmy Gourley: The West Bank of New York (Uptown) Teddy Grace: 1937-1940 (Timeless) Milford Graves: Stories (Tzadik) Al Haig: Trio and Sextets (OJC) Sadik Hakim Trio: Witches, Goblins, etc. (Steeplechase) Lin Halliday: Airegin (Delmark) Barry Harris: Newer Than New (OJC) Bill Harris and Friends (OJC) Coleman Hawkins: At the Golden Circle 1963 (Dragon) Julius Hemphill: Blue Boye (Screwgun) Julius Hemphill: Raw Materials and Residuals (Black Saint) Elmo Hope Trio: Meditations (OJC) Claude Hopkins: The Transcription Performances 1935 (Hep) Alberta Hunter: Amtrak Blues (Sony) Peter Ind/Rufus Reid: Alone Together (Wave) Joseph Jarman: Song For (Delmark) Khan Jamal: Percussion & Strings (CIMP) Leroy Jenkins: The Legend of Ai Glatson (Black Saint) Jo Jones: The Main Man (Pablo) Clifford Jordan/Ran Blake: Masters from Different Worlds (Mapleshade) Sheila Jordan & Arild Andersen: Sheila (Steeplechase) Freddie Keppard: The Complete Set – 1923-1926 (Retrieval) Jimmy Knepper: Cunningbird (Steeplechase) The Charlie Kohlhase Quintet (+ Roswell Rudd) Plays the Music of Roswell Rudd: Eventuality (Nada) Peter Ind Presents Lee Konitz in Jazz from the Nineteen Fifties (Wave) Tenors of Yusef Lateef and Archie Shepp (YAL) George Lewis: Homage to Charles Parker (Black Saint) Claude Lawrence with Wilber Morris and Denis Charles: Lost Art/Hidden Treasures (New Fountain) John Lindberg Ensemble: Bounce (Black Saint) John Lindberg Ensemble: A Tree Frog Tonality (between the lines) Fraser MacPherson: Someday You’ll Be Sorry (DSM) Warne Marsh: Jazz from the East Village (Wave) Warne Marsh: All Music (Nessa) Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre: Peace and Blessings (Black Saint) Jay McShann/Buddy Tate: Crazy Legs and Friday Strut (Sackville) Marcello Melis: The New Village on the Left (Black Saint) Don Menza/John Bacon/Bobby Jones: Jackrabbit (Cadence Jazz) Dom Minasi: Quick Response (CDM) Charles Mingus: Jazz Portraits (Blue Note) Roscoe Mitchell: Snurdy McGurdy and Her Dancing Shoes (Nessa) Roscoe Mitchell: No Side Effects (Rougueart) Paul Murphy: Red Snapper (Cadence Jazz) Buell Neidlinger Quintet: Blue Chopsticks – A Portrait of Herbie Nichols (K2B2) Bill Perkins/Frank Strazzeri: Two As One (Interplay) Paul Plummer/Ron Enyard: Trio & Quartet (Quixotic) Mel Powell: The Best Things in Life & It’s Been So Long (Vanguard) Sammy Price: Sweet Substitute (Sackville) Jimmy Raney/Doug Raney Quartet: Stolen Moments (Steeplechase) Pee Wee Russell with Buck Clayton: Swingin’ with Pee Wee (OJC) Dave Schildkraut: Last Date (Endgame) Archie Shepp/Dollar Brand: Duet (Denon) Sonny Simmons: Live in Paris (Arhoolie) The Six and 7/8’s String Band of new Orleans: Echoes of Tom Anderson’s (American Music) Leo Smith: The Spirit Catcher (Nessa) – vinyl only Nat Su/Michael Kanan: Dreams and Reflections (Fresh Sound) Steve Swell’s Fire Into Music: Swimming in a Galaxy of Goodwill and Sorrow (Rogueart) Henry Threadgill: Song Out of my Trees (Black Saint) Masahiko Togashi: Session in Paris Vol.1 – Song of the Soil (Take One) Joe Venuti & Earl Hines: Hot Sonatas (Chiaroscuro) The Greg Waits Group: … and into the light (Jagre) What We Live: Trumpets (Black Saint) Mark Whitecage: Caged No More (CIMP) Joe Wilder: Alone with Just My Dreams (Evening Star) Claude Williams: Live at J’s Vol. 1 (Arhoolie) Edited June 23, 2008 by paul secor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Friedman Posted June 23, 2008 Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 Paul, Thanks for the interesting list. I have many from your list, but there are at least a few you mentioned that I want to check into a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILLYQ Posted June 23, 2008 Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 Paul, Thanks very much for the list- it's food for thought and another dent in my wallet. There's some titles that I need to check out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bright Moments Posted June 23, 2008 Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 excellent idea for a thread!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted June 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 Hope others will post lists - large or small. I look forward to learning and finding new things to listen to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS Posted June 23, 2008 Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 Interesting list, probably about a dozen in my collection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted June 23, 2008 Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 I was surprised to see I only had two from that list: The Gene Ammons and the Ray Crawford. Thanks Paul. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Ptah Posted June 23, 2008 Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 As far as I can tell I have 28 from the list, and there are more than 28 I want to check out! Thanks for posting! I love the reference to the Jay McShann/Buddy Tate album, an overlooked gem for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS Posted June 23, 2008 Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 Good to see Ray Anderson get a mention. For such a remarkable player he doesn't seem to get a lot of exposure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted June 23, 2008 Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 excellent idea for a thread!!! Hope others will post lists - large or small. I look forward to learning and finding new things to listen to. Paul, Interesting list - do you think it would be a good idea to modify your thread title to make it clear that other lists - big or small - are welcome? It actually makes me wonder whether this is an appropriate sub-forum addition - essentials, inessentials, and overlooked recordings worth listening to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted June 23, 2008 Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 I've only one of those, Bill Harris and Friends, but many, many others by artists on your list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted June 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 Paul, Interesting list - do you think it would be a good idea to modify your thread title to make it clear that other lists - big or small - are welcome? It actually makes me wonder whether this is an appropriate sub-forum addition - essentials, inessentials, and overlooked recordings worth listening to. Good idea, and done - thread title modified. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted June 23, 2008 Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 Nice list. I only have 14 or so from the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted June 23, 2008 Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 Anthony Braxton: Six Monk’s Compositions (1987) (Black Saint) Ornette Coleman/Howard Shore/London Phil. Orch.: Naked Lunch Soundtrack (Milan) Milford Graves: Stories (Tzadik) Jimmy Raney/Doug Raney Quartet: Stolen Moments (Steeplechase) Four I own, there's a lot of interesting music there I wouldn't mind getting my ears on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted June 23, 2008 Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 Interesting list and great idea for a thread! However, I think you and I would absolutely bore each other to death if we ever got together to listen to jazz: your list is far more adventurous than anything I have in my collection. But I do have ALL MUSIC, and that's worth it right there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted June 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 Interesting list and great idea for a thread! However, I think you and I would absolutely bore each other to death if we ever got together to listen to jazz. Perhaps - but perhaps not. We each might learn something. Differences can be good things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted June 23, 2008 Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 Interesting list and great idea for a thread! However, I think you and I would absolutely bore each other to death if we ever got together to listen to jazz. Perhaps - but perhaps not. We each might learn something. Differences can be good things. I've got six on Paul's list. But I know I'd dig his list of overlooked blues recordings - and probably have a much higher proportion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewHill Posted June 23, 2008 Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 Yet another excellent list and another dent in the wallet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted June 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 Interesting list and great idea for a thread! However, I think you and I would absolutely bore each other to death if we ever got together to listen to jazz. Perhaps - but perhaps not. We each might learn something. Differences can be good things. I've got six on Paul's list. But I know I'd dig his list of overlooked blues recordings - and probably have a much higher proportion. I thought about doing that one, Dan. Don't know how much interest there would be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted June 23, 2008 Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 You never know, Paul. I'd say go for it - there have been other blues threads that have gotten a good reaction - Hans' list of essential blues recordings stands out. I'm sure people would be interested in a list of overlooked blues recordings. Have you got Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets with Sam Myers - Live at The Grand Emporium? They recorded a bunch of times together but now that I've heard it, I think its the Anson + Sam recording to have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted June 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 Don't know that one Dan. There's good Sam Myers on an Official CD where his recordings are paired with Papa Lightfoot's. It's a boot, but it contains all his early recordings, including a couple of sides with Elmore James. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 Don't know that one Dan. There's good Sam Myers on an Official CD where his recordings are paired with Papa Lightfoot's. It's a boot, but it contains all his early recordings, including a couple of sides with Elmore James. After hearing his first two singles, I wanted to find what he recorded for Fury afterwards. I found a "VG+" copy that turned out to have major flaws (no harm, he gave me a refund including shipping) and only afterwards did I discover the CD with Papa Lightfoot, and I was very glad I did (although Papa is something of an acquired taste). His final recording as a leader, Coming From The Old School on Electro-Fi, is excellent, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkeith Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 Great list, Paul. I'd add one, but frankly, you've done an amazing job and I'm not sure what I could bring to the table. Great ears! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Beat Steve Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 Yes, a really interesting list. Am pleased to see I already have quite a few of those that (stylistically speaking) fall within my main areas of jazz interest, and I agree that the Vanguards are worth exploring more. Funny to see that "Witches, Goblins etc." by Sadik Hakim making the list. For quite a long time this record (in fact, MULTIPLE copies of it) occupied the "H" bin of my favorite local jazz record shop whenever I checked this bin for Al Haig and Hampton Hawes LP's I was searching for. Seems like somebody overstocked on this item and NEVER managed to shift it. Maybe I ought to have grabbed a copy ... ? Noted this one in the list which sounds really interesting: Jimmy Gourley: The West Bank of New York (Uptown) I've quite a few sideman recordings (mostly French) by Jimmy Gourley but have never heard of this one. The Uptown label sounds like quality. Any details, comments on that? And yes, Paul, PLEASE DO A BLUES LIST! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Friedman Posted June 25, 2008 Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 Paul, I am taking you up on your offer to add my own list of 100 recordings worth listening to. These are all from CD's in my collection. They are in random order. Buster Williams - Live At Montreux Jazz Festival - TCB Conte Candoli - Sweet Simon - BR James Clay - I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart - Antilles Ruby Braff - You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me - Arbors Frank Portenza & Shelly Berg - First Takes - Azica Dan Faulk Quartet - Focusing In - Criss Cross Lee Konitz In Harvard Square - Black Lion Shirley Scott Trio - Blues Everywhere - Candid Jim Hall & Bob Brookmeyer - Live At Northsea Jazz Festival - Challenge Stan Getz - Yous And Mine - Concord Jazz Enrico Pieranunzi Trio - Live In paris - Challenge Danny Moss Quartet - Weaver Of Dreams - Nagel-Heyer Meet Oliver Nelson - New Jazz Jay McShann Quintet - Going To Kansas City - New World Nisse Sandstrom - Home Cooking - Phontastic Kenny Davern And His Rhythm Men - Arbors Ray Bryant - Trio Today - EmArcy Shorty Rogers & Andre Previn - Collaboration - RCA Dan Barrett Octet - Strictly Confidential - Concord Jazz Paul Gonsalves - Ellington Moods & Blues - RCA George Wallington Quintet - Live At cafe Bohemia - Prestige Bob Wilber's Tribute To Coleman Hawkins - Bean - Arbors John Hicks Trio - Expectations - Reservoir Buck Hill - The Buck Stops Here - Muse Red Norvo's Small Bands - Just A Mood - RCA John Marshall Quintet - Keep On Keepin' On - Mons Nat Pierce/Dick Collins/Ralph Burns & the Herdsmen - Play Paris - Fantasy Charles McPherson - Live At The Cellar - Cellar Live Warren Vache - Dream Dancing - Arbors Ralph Lalama - Feelin' & Dealin' - Criss Cross Murley, Bickert & Wallace - Live At The Senator - Cornerstone John Lewis - The Garden Of Delight / Delauney's Dilemma - EmArcy Marty Paich Big Band - Moanin' - Discovery Jeff Hamilton Trio Featuring Frits Landesbergen - Dynavibes - Mons Sal Nistico - Heavyweights - Milestone David Friesen Trio - Midnight Mood - Intuition Roy Eldridge 4 - Montreux '77 - Pablo Peter Bernstein - Signs Of Life - Criss Cross Bob Cooper - For All We Know - Fresh Sound Clifford Jordan's Big Band - Play What You Feel - Mapleshade Jan Lundgren Trio - Cookin" At The Bakery - Fresh Sound Sonny Red - Red, Blue & green - Milestone Count Basie and Kansas City 8 - Get Together - Pablo Andy Simpkins Quintet - Comin' At Ya - Mama Herb Geller - That Geller Feller - Fresh Sound Marchel Ivery - Marchel's Mode - Leaning House Dado Moroni - Out Of The Night - Jazz Focus Herb Ellis & Stuff Smith - Together - Koch Jazz Bob Mover Quintet - Television - DSM Cedar Walton Trio - Cedar - Timeless Stu Williamson Plays - Fresh Sound Paul Quinichette - Like Basie - Mighty Quinn Duke Jordan Trio - Two Loves - Steeplechase Jay Thomas - Live At Tula's - McVouty Hal McKusick - Now's The Time - Decca Frank Strazzeri Trio - I Remember You - Fresh Sound Benny Bailey - For Heaven's Sake - Hot House Arranged/Played/Composed By Jack Montrose - Koch Jazz J.R. Monterose - T.T.T. - Storyville Don Sickler - Night Watch - Uptown Jimmy Raney - Complete In Tokyo - Xanadu Dave Glasser - Dreams Askew, Dreams Anew - Aremis Horace Parlan Trio - No Blues - Steeplechase Flip Phillips - Swing Is The Thing - Verve Dolo Coker - California Hard - Xanadu Dizzy Gillespie - A Portrait Of Duke Ellington - Verve Bob Rockwell - Born To Be Blue - Steeplechase Eddie Higgins - Haunted Heart - Sunnyside James Moody - And His Hip Organ Trio - Xanadu Hugh Lawson Trio - Prime Time - Storyville Ernie Wilkins Almost Big Band - On The Roll - Steeplechase Doug Raney - Cuttin' Loose - Steeplechase Sir Charles Thompson - His Personal Vanguard Recordings - Vanguard Howard McGhee - Jazz brothers - Storyville Kenny Barron Trio - The Only One - Reservoir Peter Leitch - Red Zone - Reservoir Tadd Dameron And His Orchestra - The Magic Touch - Riverside Cees Slinger - Sling Shot - Timeless Dave Pike - It's time For Pike - Riverside Steve Kuhn Trio - Dedication - Reservoir Ed Bickert - Out Of the Past - Sackville Lin Halliday - Delayed Exposure - Delmark Charles Thomas Trio - The Finishing Touch - Space Time Harold Danko - Oatts & Perry - Steeplechase Donald Byrd - Au Chat qui Peche - Fresh Sound The Ballad Artistry Of Buddy Tate - Sackville Tardo Hammer Trio - Look, Stop Listen - Sharp 9 Tad Shull Quartet - In The Land Of The Tenor - Criss Cross Bertha Hope Quintet - Bertha's Fire - Steeplechase Barney Kessel - Let's Cook - Contemporary Barry Harris - Luminescence - Prestige Danny D'Imperio - The Outlaw - Sackville Doug Lawrence - Soul Carnival - Fable Walter Davis, Jr. - Scorpio Rising - Steeplechase Alvin Queen & Dusko Goykovich - A Day In Holland - Sound Hills Nils Lindberg - Sax Appeal & Trisection - Dragon Rob Schneiderman - Keepin' In The Groove - Reservoir Richie Vitale Quintet - Dreamsville - TCB Dave McKenna - Handful Of Stars - Concord Jazz Coleman Hawkins - Rainbow Mist - Delmark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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