Hardbopjazz Posted March 18, 2017 Report Share Posted March 18, 2017 (edited) It may be the the wine I just drank this afternoon, but I started thinking while listening to Oliver Nelson's "Blues and the Abstract Truth" that this is a recording that should be a requirement for high school students to listen to in order to graduate. It is just such a great album from start to finish. If you haven't listened to this, you are lacking something. I bet there are individual favorites for others here. Which one(s) do you feel are mind altering, life changing, and important to others that everyone needs to listen to at least once in their lifetime? Edited March 18, 2017 by Hardbopjazz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted March 18, 2017 Report Share Posted March 18, 2017 To pick just one: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardbopjazz Posted March 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2017 I second this Mingus recording. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milestones Posted March 19, 2017 Report Share Posted March 19, 2017 isn't there a book called this? Anyway, the choices sure could fill a volume, and everyone's volume would be a little different. I'll just offer one track for now: "The Man I Love" by Miles Davis, mostly for Miles' extremely affecting work, but also for the fascinating stuff contributed by Monk and Milt Jackson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted March 19, 2017 Report Share Posted March 19, 2017 I really have never shared the enthusiasm so many do for "Blues and the Abstract Truth". . . I think it's alright but not the cat's meow. I first thought to add this album. . . I love it, it has so much of what I love of Ellington's work within it and it has beautiful sound. And I would include this Coltrane album on a list of jazz albums to experience. From first note to last it shows why this quartet was so influential, and it is music that has kept revealing subtleties to me over the decade. And any such review would need an Armstrong album. There are many possibilities. . . I love this one, a working band cutting a record while on tour, camaraderie and joy and artistry captured on tape: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted March 19, 2017 Report Share Posted March 19, 2017 Everyone? In the world? Literally? Like, I'm some ancient farmer in deepest rural China or someplace about to take my last breath, I've never been past my land in my body or my mind, ever, and my life will all be for naught if I don't hear this record in the next five minutes? I don't know dude, that's a hell of a responsibility, to pick THAT record. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted March 19, 2017 Report Share Posted March 19, 2017 Word! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmonahan Posted March 19, 2017 Report Share Posted March 19, 2017 That's easy. Jack Teagarden's version of "St. James Infirmary" with Satch live at the Town Hall Concert in May of 1947. gregmo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted March 20, 2017 Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 yeah, the ancient Chinese farmer may prefer grindcore, after all ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1001_Albums_You_Must_Hear_Before_You_Die Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted March 20, 2017 Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 Ornette Coleman: The Shape Of Jazz To Come Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted March 21, 2017 Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 Bird's Savoy and Dial recordings. Louis' Hot Fives and Sevens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmonahan Posted March 21, 2017 Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 I was being silly above, though that Teagarden performance is magnificent. This list will be as long as the number of people on the Board! gregmo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted March 21, 2017 Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 So? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ted O'Reilly Posted March 21, 2017 Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 Vic Dickenson on Vanguard, with Ruby and Edmond and Sir Charles....in whatever manifestation. (Wow, have these sessions been re-packaged!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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