Which is you favirote Standards album from BN

[Hardbopjazz]

I am voting for Grant Green.

Edited March 16, 2004 by Hardbopjazz

[Rooster_Ties]

I love that Lee Morgan disc, and (perhaps just as importantly), my wife seems to like it quite a bit too. She normally doesn't go for jazz with horn soloists, but that Lee Morgan "Standards" disc is so melodic, even when Lee's soloing - that she doesn't mind when I put it on.

I know it won't win any awards for best Lee Morgan album, but I sure do like it.

[Jim R]

I voted for the Morgan. It was a thrill to get such a great CD of previously unissued material. The Three Sounds was also p.i., the Jimmy Smith was about half p.i., while the Clark and the Green had been released years before on Japanese vinyl ("Remembering Grant Green" and Clark's Trio volumes). I never thought the Green was among his best.

I'd probably give second place to the Smith, with all those p.i. tracks with Burrell.

[jazzbo]

I voted for the Green. I like it. I like the Morgan a lot too. I almost voted for that one. They're all good actually, all of them. Nice series.

[jazzbo]

Come to think of it I need to get the one by newcomer Sonny Clake!

[Shrdlu]

I think the Umlaut is missing, Lon.

I haven't played these for a long time, except the Three Sounds one, which gets my vote both for being very good, and for making available previously unissued material. But I recall really enjoying the Morgan CD. Really, they're all very good.

[JohnS]

I voted for Lee. nothing to add to Jim R's comments above.

[Dave James]

Even though he's pretty well represented in my collection, I would not call myself a big Jimmy Smith fan. Nonetheless, I voted for his "Standards" BN. I chose to approach this like AMG approaches their CD ratings, i.e. stars are granted and relative worth measured only in the context of a given performer's body of work. I know I may pinch a lot of nerves by saying this, but outside of "Crazy, Baby", I'd rather listen to "Standards" than just about anything else Jimmy Smith has done. I really think it's one of his better efforts.

Up over and out.

[Jim R]

I was going to mention, five tracks on the Smith were originally released on the (LT series) LP "ON THE SUNNY SIDE". I like the fact that the whole CD is Smith/Burrell/Bailey, even though from three different sessions.

Edited March 16, 2004 by Jim R