Jazzwise - 100 Jazz Albums That Shook The World

[BeBop]

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Yeah, it's another list. Top 10 this, Greatest 99 that. I did find some of the choices interesting, and the rationales thought provoking (if not terribly controversial).

[paul secor]

Pretty much of a ho-hum. Some of those shook my world, but I'd rather read a list of records that shook the world of certain members here.

[Simon8]

Its historical (from Jelly Roll to Polar Bear), geographical (Komeda to Ibrahim) and stylistic (Brötzmann to Sinatra) range sets it favorably apart, for me, from most lists I remember. I'll certainly explore some of the albums mentioned.

[BeBop]

Its historical (from Jelly Roll to Polar Bear), geographical (Komeda to Ibrahim) and stylistic (Brötzmann to Sinatra) range sets it favorably apart, for me, from most lists I remember. I'll certainly explore some of the albums mentioned.

Thanks. Yes, that was my reaction. I'd probably heard of/heard 90 of the 100 albums. I'm interested in the other ten, and I'm interested in listening again to some of the 90 with a bit more "focus".

[mikeweil]

I'd find it more interesting to learn about the 20 or 30 albums that shook the forum members respective worlds when they first listetend to them.

[BeBop]

I'd find it more interesting to learn about the 20 or 30 albums that shook the forum members respective worlds when they first listetend to them.

I've been around a long time and heard a lot of albums. (H*ll, I own 12,000 plus) I don't think you'd find my list interesting.

[Chuck Nessa]

I'd find it more interesting to learn about the 20 or 30 albums that shook the forum members respective worlds when they first listetend to them.

I've been around a long time and heard a lot of albums. (H*ll, I own 12,000 plus) I don't think you'd find my list interesting.

I would be interested in your "final" 100. Much of my list would be Ellington.

[BeBop]

I'd find it more interesting to learn about the 20 or 30 albums that shook the forum members respective worlds when they first listetend to them.

I've been around a long time and heard a lot of albums. (H*ll, I own 12,000 plus) I don't think you'd find my list interesting.

I would be interested in your "final" 100. Much of my list would be Ellington.

It's one of my "secret shames" that there isn't more Ellington on my list (assuming such a list existed).

Loved the Bubber Miley, Art Whetsol period...up into Cootie Williams, Johnny Hodges, Ben Webster, and Jimmy Blanton absolutely without reservation. Genius.

Really enjoyed small groups. Hodges' best period, IMO.

The extended works, I simply never warmed to. Or, better-said, never warmed to as jazz. Jazz has lots of forms and facets. So I'm not suggesting the extended works weren't jazz, but just not my ne plus ultra, touch my heart form of jazz. (Also in this category: Bud Shank/Bob Cooper oboe/flute West Coast.) The extended works I appreciate more when I'm in the mood for orchestral/"classical" (hate that term - "european tradition"). Those extended works are really a cornerstone of the Ellington legacy. And I wish I appreciated them more.

And I don't care for vocals, probably a less-important but still important part of the Ellington legacy. Ivie Anderson Mood Indigo just doesn't do it for me.

My level of sophistication is probably closer to a Basie band's simple riff.

There's my confession. Seven "Hail Louis".

[John L]

Not a bad list, but it would be hard to defend the position that Keith Jarrett's Koln Concert shook the world more than Louis Armstrong's Hot Fives and Sevens.

[xybert]

I don't take these lists particularly seriously but i don't mind having a bit of a squiz. It'll often make me look at an album in a new light and there can be interesting tidbits (I've had that Polar Bear album for years and didn't know that Ingrid Laubrock played on it!).

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Well, I've got 13 of them. Ditched 'Kind of blue' in 1970. Haven't missed it Ditched 'A love supreme' about the same time, but did miss it, so I got it again.

MG

[mikeweil]

I'd find it more interesting to learn about the 20 or 30 albums that shook the forum members respective worlds when they first listetend to them.

I've been around a long time and heard a lot of albums. (H*ll, I own 12,000 plus) I don't think you'd find my list interesting.

I would be interested in your "final" 100. Much of my list would be Ellington.

Very happy to oblige -