Haha, good point. By "collective public" in this case, I was referring to jazz fans. I would assume people who aren't into jazz aren't spending any time voting on this list. I'll check out some of the albums from that blog. Thanks!
I have been continuing to work through this list, taking recommendations, and trying to make it more diverse and less "BlueNotecentric." Thanks to all who gave input. I added quite a few albums from the suggestions in this thread. What albums am I still missing?
http://www.ranker.com/list/the-greatest-jazz-albums-of-all-time/joshua-kennedy
Sure. I've tried to listen to most of the albums on the list, and found quite a few that I enjoyed and some that I purchased.
A) I don't know of any way to even discover every jazz album ever made, nor do I have time to create that list. Help yourself if you want to do that.
B) The albums that you see listed twice are a glitch that happens occasionally while adding votes. It's very annoying. As far as I know, no albums are actually on there twice.
There are 5 Max Roach albums on the list. 1 Ayler and 1 Shepp.
Well, unless a bunch of people vote for it (which seems unlikely), it will remain in relative obscurity toward the bottom of the list.
I'm not familiar with him. Any particular albums you'd recommend?
Glad you enjoyed the list.
If I spend $5 and don't like it, that's $5 lost that could have gone toward a record I already know I want. I've got hundreds (thousands, maybe even) of albums on my wish list already.
Yeah, can't find it anywhere on YouTube or Spotify. Maybe I'll just ask them to throw it on at the record store next time I'm there. Sounds like it'll be worth it.
The first thing that's keeping the record on the shelf is that I've never heard it. I rarely buy records I haven't heard. I've been burned one too many times doing that.
The second factor is that the date scares me. I have heard very few jazz albums from the 70s that I enjoyed enough to purchase them.
The albums are in order based on user votes. So until people vote for Jimmy Smith, Charlie Parker, etc., they will be lower on the list. There should be a search option on there to search for certain artists if you don't want to scroll through the whole list.
And I did make this list.
I just know that a lot of artists that I liked in the 50s-60s (Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, etc.) completely changed styles in the 70s. Everybody got into the fusion stuff. For the most part, I was not a fan of it at all.
There are 3 Jimmy Smith albums on there (Midnight Special, Back at the Chicken Shack, Dynamic Duo w/ Wes Montgomery). Also a couple Charlie Parker Verve albums (S/T and Complete Verve Recordings). You gotta dig through the whole list.
Do you know of anywhere I can listen to this online? I saw it at a record store the other day for $5 and almost picked it up, but I haven't heard any of it. I couldn't find anything on Spotify or YouTube.
This album is dope.