Personal opinions are a large part of what this bulletin board is all about. Out in the "world" people often don't give rat's ass what you think, but here people do (at least as so far as jazz is concerned)! So please offer your opinion on the best/worst blue notes for the following categories. Feel free to add your own categories as well. My nominations follow each category:
Best Recording not released until long after the fact: Hard to believe that Wayne Shorter's Etc. sat in the can for a decade or two before being released! Honorable mention for Tina Brooks' Back to the Tracks.
Worst Recording from the Alfred Lions Era: Freddie Hubbard's Night of the Cookers. Just got this one and was VERY dissappointed. In fact, it inspired this posting.
Worst Recording from the post Lions era: This category should atract lots of nominations, so I'll pass for now.
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