ghost of miles Posted March 23, 2004 Report Posted March 23, 2004 I was just perusing the thread about the forthcoming Miles Cellar Door boxset (okay, I was on the verge of hyperventilating, I admit it ), and realized that picking it up will probably push my Miles CDs to about the 100 mark--a mark that I think only Duke has hit so far for me. I think I have about 80 Coltrane CDs, so they're kind of the Big Three for me, I guess. Partly because I love just about every phase of their respective careers, and two of them--Miles and Duke--had such long careers on record. It's always interesting to me to learn what artists obsess certain people--one person I know would answer this question with Carmen McRae. She has about 90 Carmen McRae CDs; I didn't even know that many of them existed! Quote
sal Posted March 23, 2004 Report Posted March 23, 2004 Its definitely Miles for me. I've gotta be pushing the 50 mark. Quote
king ubu Posted March 23, 2004 Report Posted March 23, 2004 Miles or Coltrane. I guess Miles. ubu Quote
king ubu Posted March 23, 2004 Report Posted March 23, 2004 Or Duke Ellington? That large red box has 24 alone... ubu Quote
Son-of-a-Weizen Posted March 23, 2004 Report Posted March 23, 2004 Zappa (45?).....then Mobley. Quote
EKE BBB Posted March 23, 2004 Report Posted March 23, 2004 Duke Ellington: 113 CDs now (with some duplication, of course) and about 25 more coming! Quote
Free For All Posted March 23, 2004 Report Posted March 23, 2004 Miles, Trane and Duke. I expect that's the norm. Then there's a break and next would come Cannonball, Mingus, Monk, Blakey, Rollins, Hubbard, Morgan, Mobley, JJ, Shorter etc. How about you, couw? Do you have a lot of Miles? Quote
Noj Posted March 23, 2004 Report Posted March 23, 2004 No one artist even approaching 30 recordings, much less 50 to 100. About 20 Hendrix discs, and a slew of jazz artists around 10 (Miles, Trane, Lee Morgan, Donald Byrd, George Benson, Wes Montgomery, Grant Green). You guys are nuts! Quote
Claude Posted March 23, 2004 Report Posted March 23, 2004 Miles and Mahler (if classical composers count) Quote
AfricaBrass Posted March 23, 2004 Report Posted March 23, 2004 Well... I have over 500 Grateful Dead shows on CD, plus all their official releases. I guess that's my number one. As for jazz, Coltrane, Miles, Ellington, Mobley, Silver, Zappa - The usual fare As for LPs, you should see my Beatles' collection. I started collecting when I was seven years old. My life's work (while growing up) was to find different versions from different countries, bootlegs, etc.... Quote
7/4 Posted March 23, 2004 Report Posted March 23, 2004 Frank Zappa, Anthony Braxton, Miles Davis. In dat oder. Quote
Eric Posted March 23, 2004 Report Posted March 23, 2004 Coltrane, Miles, then maybe McCoy Tyner ... Eric Quote
Dan Gould Posted March 23, 2004 Report Posted March 23, 2004 The former Gene Harris Fanatic will let you guess which artist I have the most of. Quote
vibes Posted March 23, 2004 Report Posted March 23, 2004 It's either Miles or Coltrane...and the strange thing is, I don't listen to either artist all that often. Quote
ghost of miles Posted March 23, 2004 Author Report Posted March 23, 2004 The former Gene Harris Fanatic will let you guess which artist I have the most of. Damn, that's a tough one... "Former Gene Harris Fanatic will let you guess.." Hmmm... Ahhh.... lemme think... HEY!!! Quote
jazzbo Posted March 23, 2004 Report Posted March 23, 2004 I was laughing out loud Dan! For me the big three is Duke (/Strays), Miles and then Mingus. Coltrane is likely next, though there are lots of contenders, Monk is knocking on the door since I've found a good two dozen non cd release boots the last few years. . . . Quote
Brad Posted March 23, 2004 Report Posted March 23, 2004 What no love for Bird? I can't give you numbers but the guys who figure prominently for me are Bird, Stitt, Dexter and Bud Powell. Quote
JohnS Posted March 23, 2004 Report Posted March 23, 2004 David Murray. 89 as leader or co leader plus 56 as sideman, not including live cdrs etc. Miles next. Quote
BERIGAN Posted March 23, 2004 Report Posted March 23, 2004 Miles and Mahler (if classical composers count) no, they don't..... :rsmile: Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted March 23, 2004 Report Posted March 23, 2004 David Murray. 89 as leader or co leader plus 56 as sideman, not including live cdrs etc. Years ago, Euclid Records in St. Louis had a "New Releases" wall behind the front counter. They had a new David Murray disc on DIW displayed (along with a bunch of other discs by other artists). They had the Murray disc labeled with a sign that said "This Week's New David Murray" disc. Cracks me up to this day. Quote
BERIGAN Posted March 23, 2004 Report Posted March 23, 2004 (edited) Ghost, what...taking to ripping off old threads from allaboutjazz? Duke First, then...well, and quick look showed close to 30 Benny Goodman cds, which kind of surprised me, since I haven't played any in a while! Tommy/Jimmy/Dorsey Brothers over 30 cds...Then Louis.... Edited March 23, 2004 by BERIGAN Quote
JohnS Posted March 23, 2004 Report Posted March 23, 2004 David Murray. 89 as leader or co leader plus 56 as sideman, not including live cdrs etc. Years ago, Euclid Records in St. Louis had a "New Releases" wall behind the front counter. They had a new David Murray disc on DIW displayed (along with a bunch of other discs by other artists). They had the Murray disc labeled with a sign that said "This Week's New David Murray" disc. Cracks me up to this day. Those were the days Quote
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