A Variation on the Desert Island Disc Theme

[paul secor]

A variation on the Desert Island Discs Theme; If your collection of recordings was destroyed, which would be the first ten you'd want to replace?
My choices:

Mingus Ah Um
Louis: Complete Hot 5's and 7's
Billie: Lady Day
Cecil: Looking Ahead
Bird: Complete Savoy Studio Recordings
Complete Port of Harlem Jazzmen
Ornette: Golden Circle Vol. 1
Monk's Music
Rev. Robert Wilkins - Piedmont LP
The Best of Muddy Waters

I wasn't surprised at what I chose, except for what I left out - no Ellington, Trane (except with Monk), Rolliins, Pres (except with Billie), Miles, Bud, Ayler, and others, including some rarities by lesser known musicians. But these are the first ten I'd want to replace.

And, hey, perhaps no one wants to thinks about replacing their collection. I just thought it might be an interesting subject.

 

 

[JSngry]

How old would I be when this happened? How old and how senile? Because if time is short and I can remember most of it already, I'm not feeling a real rush, and might well benefit from the silence.

[Chuck Nessa]

I might take Ellington Victors 1927-1934. I could recreate everything else from there.

[xybert]

To keep it simple (including sticking to jazz only), i kind of just want to say: i'd get 4 x 1st Great Quintet, 5 x 2nd Great Quintet and Coltrane's My Favourite Things. That would keep me going for a while.

My Favourite Things would be first, totally my go to album.

It's just too hard trying to single out an Ornette/Monk/Ellington/Bud/ etc album. Having said that, i'd get Mingus Ah Um, Sunday at the Village Vanguard, The Amazing Bud Powells pretty quickly. Masterpieces By Ellington is also a go to.

[BillF]

Whatever albums would give me the following:

Bird Savoy studio and live

Bird Dial

Lester Aladdin

Bud Powell c.1946-52

Herman Four Brothers Herd

Birth of the Cool

Dameron/Navarro/Wardell/Allen

Shorty Rogers Cool & Crazy

Kenton, Holman arr. c.1954

 

 

Edited December 16, 2017 by BillF

[mikeweil]

13 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said:

I might take Ellington Victors 1927-1934. I could recreate everything else from there.

Obvious choice - Ellington was the first that came up in my mind, too.

[soulpope]

Limiting this here to jazz music ....:

Result as of today, but I`m a fickle chap  ....

Edit : In case some of the forementioned wasn`t readily available I would strongly consider this one .... :

Edited December 10, 2017 by soulpope

[Peter Friedman]

Here is my list today. Next week, month or year it might look slightly different.

 

Charlie Parker - Complete Savoy & Dial Studio Recordings

Count Basie  (with some great Pres) - America's #1 Band

Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus

Thelonious Monk - Brilliant Corners

Stan Getz - Serenity

Miles Davis - Milestones

Horace Silver - Song For My father

Tommy Flanagan - Beyond The Bluebird

Barry Harris - Magnificent

Sonny Clark - Cool Struttin'

 

Left out numerous favorites due to limitation of ten.

[jeffcrom]

In kinda chronological order:

King Oliver's 1923 Creole Jazz Band sides (Preferably the Off The Record issue. Well, really, preferably the original 78s, but I've only got three of those now.)
Can I do boxes? I have the IRD Complete Bix Beiderbecke set - I would probably use my misfortune as excuse to upgrade to a more recent complete Bix box.
The Louis Armstrong Hot Fives and Sevens, or at least the stuff with Earl Hines.
A collection of Charlie Parker's Dial sides.
Duke Ellington - The Great Paris Concert
Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz to Come
Miles Davis - Miles Smiles
John Coltrane - Meditations
Anthony Braxton - Creative Orchestra Music
Steve Lacy - 5 x Monk 5 x Lacy

Jeez - no Ayler, no Sonny Rollins, no Roscoe Mitchell, no Monk, no Lester Young, no Jelly Roll. Limiting it to ten is painful. And that's just jazz. I listen to other things, too.

 

[Hardbopjazz]

I will listen to the waves lapping the shore. Too much music to limit it to 10 CD's. Can they be 10 Blu Ray 2 layer disc so that can be 50 gb each? That way more music can be included.  

[HutchFan]

Here's what today's list might look like -- if I limited myself to JAZZ only (and no huge box sets):

- Duke Ellington - The Best of Duke Ellington: 1932-1939 (Sony)

- Bobby Hutcherson - Medina/Spiral (Blue Note)

- Mal Waldron - One-Upmanship (Enja)

- Dave Liebman/Richie Beirach - Forgotten Fantasies (A&M Horizon)

- Randy Weston - The Spirits of Our Ancestors (Antilles)

- Miles - Bitches Brew (Sony)

- Thelonious - TM Big Band & Quartet in Concert (Sony)

- Jaki Byard - Solo/Strings (Prestige)

- Mingus - Mingus at Antibes (Atlantic)

- Larry Willis with Cecil McBee & Gary Bartz - Steal Away (Audioquest)

 

Of course, so many are missing. Picking ten is tough!  But I LOVE these ten like you love your best friend, your mama's cooking, your childhood dog. 

[soulpope]

2 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Here's what today's list might look like -- if I limited myself to JAZZ only (and no huge box sets):

- Duke Ellington - The Best of Duke Ellington: 1932-1939 (Sony)

- Bobby Hutcherson - Medina/Spiral (Blue Note)

- Mal Waldron - One-Upmanship (Enja)

- Dave Liebman/Richie Beirach - Forgotten Fantasies (A&M Horizon)

- Randy Weston - The Spirits of Our Ancestors (Antilles)

- Miles - Bitches Brew (Sony)

- Thelonious - TM Big Band & Quartet in Concert (Sony)

- Jaki Byard - Solo/Strings (Prestige)

- Mingus - Mingus at Antibes (Atlantic)

- Larry Willis with Cecil McBee & Gary Bartz - Steal Away (Audioquest)

 

Of course, so many are missing. Picking ten is tough!  But I LOVE these ten like you love your best friend, your mama's cooking, your childhood dog. 

That`s the spirit this thread (IMO) should handled .... btw great choices ...