neveronfriday Posted March 23, 2004 Report Posted March 23, 2004 Despite many of the critical remarks, many of which are not completely unfounded, I am a huge Oscar Peterson fan, so I have tons of his recordings (does anyone actually have ALL Oscar Peterson recordings? Me thinks that's impossible). The same goes for Teddy Wilson, whose recordings I jump on whenever they become available somewhere. And then there is Bill Evans, of course. Half a meter to one meter. Cheers! P.S.: I also have every Judas Priest and James Taylor CD, just about every version of Night on the Bold Mountain (Mussorgsky) ever recorded, there's my Gordon Lightfoot shelf ... how's that for eclectic? Man, don't even get me started on this ... Quote
Gary Posted March 23, 2004 Report Posted March 23, 2004 Tina Brooks Miles I have everything currrently available that I want (I think) , & then Trane I'm nearly there with all the officialy released titles. Quote
Jazzmoose Posted March 23, 2004 Report Posted March 23, 2004 I'm with Noj; you guys are nuts! Don't worry; it's just jealousy talking... My "big three": Art Blakey 38 Miles 34 Lee Morgn 28 But of course, if you add the Blakey's with Lee to the Lees, and the Miles with Coltrane to the Coltrane...uh...how much did I spend on all these things???? Quote
Jazzmoose Posted March 23, 2004 Report Posted March 23, 2004 Jeez...do I get my membership revoked for misspelling "Morgan"? Quote
Dave James Posted March 23, 2004 Report Posted March 23, 2004 Miles, Coltrane, Duke, Krzysztof Komeda, Monk, Basie, Chet Baker, Hank and Nat King Cole. After that, round up the usual suspects. Lots of Grateful Dead too. Mostly Dick's Picks. Up over and out. Quote
Noj Posted March 23, 2004 Report Posted March 23, 2004 I'm with Noj; you guys are nuts! Don't worry; it's just jealousy talking... Of course, I posted my comment knowing any attempt to mask my jealousy was transparent. Quote
Dave James Posted March 23, 2004 Report Posted March 23, 2004 Rooster - I also collect trainwrecks. Which Tyrone Washington are you referring to? Up over and out. Quote
Gary Posted March 23, 2004 Report Posted March 23, 2004 Tina Brooks Tyrone Washington Dave Schildkraut Quote
undergroundagent Posted March 23, 2004 Report Posted March 23, 2004 Lou Donaldson, believe it or not. I'm trying to be less of a completist these days. Three months ago, I would've said Miles, but I'm down to only 6 by him now. Quote
7/4 Posted March 23, 2004 Report Posted March 23, 2004 Jeez...do I get my membership revoked for misspelling "Morgan"? That's it. You're outta here! Quote
tonym Posted March 23, 2004 Report Posted March 23, 2004 I'm trying to see from my position on the couch across to my shelves and I think it's Miles (again...) Getz is a close second. He's the only serious contender for that honour. Quote
Brad Posted March 23, 2004 Report Posted March 23, 2004 Perhaps, we need a thread of how many cds we all have. That one would have over 100 cd of Duke, with 25 more on the way is mindblowing. I have about 1,000 or so and that seems a lot. Based on what I see here, I must be a pauper. Of course, it's not a contest as to how many we all have but to have 28 of Morgan does seem like a lot. Quote
Alexander Hawkins Posted March 23, 2004 Report Posted March 23, 2004 Duke and Bird, and Tatum probably. I wish the answer to this question could be complicated by any number of other guys - Dolphy, Elmo Hope, Clifford Brown, etc. - but such is life. Quote
Jazzmoose Posted March 23, 2004 Report Posted March 23, 2004 Perhaps, we need a thread of how many cds we all have. That one would have over 100 cd of Duke, with 25 more on the way is mindblowing. I have about 1,000 or so and that seems a lot. Based on what I see here, I must be a pauper. Of course, it's not a contest as to how many we all have but to have 28 of Morgan does seem like a lot. I can't speak for EKE BBB and his Ellington stuff (although with that handle, I'll bet I could...), but the 28 Morgans are more of an indication of how nuts I went for Morgan than how many CDs I have. That doesn't count the Reuben Wilson, Charles Earland, Andrew Hill, etc., that I bought specifically because Morgan was on them, of course... I actually have about half as many CDs as you, I think. Quote
couw Posted March 23, 2004 Report Posted March 23, 2004 I once stole some CDs from this tenor player who was visiting town, but actually got even more from that drummer guy... oh, wait, that's not what this is about is it? Quote
Jim R Posted March 23, 2004 Report Posted March 23, 2004 Dexter (over 90) Miles Chet Burrell Coltrane Monk (about 50) Quote
catesta Posted March 24, 2004 Report Posted March 24, 2004 Off the top of my head I would have to say Duke. Quote
LAL Posted March 24, 2004 Report Posted March 24, 2004 Duke tops the list followed by Bird, Prez, Hawk and Clifford Brown neck and neck for distant second. Quote
RDK Posted March 24, 2004 Report Posted March 24, 2004 (edited) Hard to say exactly - I suppose it's different if you count box sets as one or as the number of individual discs. (edited) Hmm... just checked an excel spreadsheet I had made about a year ago. It's not up-to-date and was never exact in the first place, but a few things about it did surprise me. A lot more David Murray on the list than I remembered, as well as more Blakey than I thought. This is based on the number of entries, though, and not individual discs. Question: should the Monk Riverside box count as one, 15 discs (or however many it has), or the 20+ original albums it contains? Mingus Charlie Haden Keith Jarrett Duke Monk David Murray Art Blakey Edited March 24, 2004 by RDK Quote
RDK Posted March 24, 2004 Report Posted March 24, 2004 Wow - looking over some of the other comments makes me feel humble. A hundred discs by the same artist? I think I may have 35 Mingus discs total and 20-25 by Charlie Haden, but those are the most (leader sessions) I have of anyone. Quote
Out2Lunch Posted March 24, 2004 Report Posted March 24, 2004 I want to hold the record for collecting Ravi Shankar recordings followed by some discs recorded by some of his family members....... Quote
LAL Posted March 24, 2004 Report Posted March 24, 2004 Ah but 100 discs is not too many particularly for Duke fanatics. The number of concerts reissued on CD alone is at least in the 65-70 discs mark and growing. Further, since the standard is so high on most of these concerts, we fans just have to have it all. Quote
JohnJ Posted March 24, 2004 Report Posted March 24, 2004 Around 50 Trane CDs and plenty of Miles and Monk, but the artist I have the most by is Sinatra at over 60 discs. Quote
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