Best Albums of the 50's
- 8.5/10
- 1. The Shape of Jazz To Come-Ornette Coleman (1959)
- 2. Pithecanthropus Erectus-Charles Mingus (1956)
- 3. City of Glass-Stan Kenton (1951)
- 8/10
- 4. New York, New York-George Russell (1959)
- 5. Brilliant Corners-Thelonious Monk (1956)
- 6. Freedom Suite-Sonny Rollins (1958)
- 7. Kind of Blue-Miles Davis (1959)
ALBUM RATINGS SCALE
0.0-4.5 NOT WORTH LISTENING TO AT ALL
5.0 MEDIOCRE
6.0 GOOD
7.0 VERY GOOD
7.5 AMAZING
8.0 EXTRAORDINARY
8.5 ASTONISHING
9.0 MASTERPIECE
9.5 SUPREME MASTERPIECE
10 ULTIMATE MASTERPIECE
Albums are rated and ranked based on how emotionally powerful I find them. The order I've given has been thoroughly considered and is very exact. The rankings here have evolved significantly over time and my current rankings have been concluded only after many, many listens of each and every album.
For me, the primary factors that make an album emotionally powerful are:
1. Emotional Conviction
2. Expansion of Ingenuity
3. Continuity
AMAZING: An amazing album is a very powerful emotional experience.
MASTERPIECE: A masterpiece is one of the most emotionally powerful albums in history. It is so overwhelming and singular an experience that it towers over virtually all albums ever made.
SUPREME MASTERPIECE: A supreme masterpiece is one of the most emotionally powerful works in the history of art. It is so miraculous and singular an experience that it towers over virtually all masterpieces in any and all forms and times.
ULTIMATE MASTERPIECE: To my knowledge an ultimate masterpiece has never been achieved. It would be a work of almost unfathomable emotional significance.
8.5 for Shape Of...? Wow, I've just heard it, and I'd have expected you to place it higher, seems like definitely your kinda thing (I'd probably give it a 9.5). Anything you feel lowers it to an 8.5 rather than a 9/9.5?
Nothing in particular. I've had it as a 9 many times before. It just goes back and forth for me but of course it's all subjective and I can totally understand why you'd place it higher. I'm sure it will be a 9 at some point in the future for me. It seems lillogical even as I'm thinking about it now for it to be lower than some of the jazz albums I have ranked above it. Same with Pithecanthropus Erectus--expect that to move up at some point not too long from now. What I find necessary for Shape of Jazz to Come in particular is that I usually have to listen to it on my 320-watt system for it to come out with the proper emotional power--which is something I rarely get the chance to do these days. I make the mistake of listening to it on shitty speakers someplace else (such as at work) and I forget this prerequisite and I mistakenly lower it to an 8.5. This is probably all that has happened here, but I'll have to listen to it in that setting to be sure.
hey i've just listened to "descent into maelstrom" by lennie tristano (recorded in 1953?) and i thought you might like it
From what I've heard about it, it seems destined to be one of the greatest jazz tracks ever. Do you have a free, legal link for it?
Nice. Do you have a free, legal link for it? From what I've heard about it, it seems destined to be one of the greatest jazz tracks of all time.
yeah its great
hmm... lennie tristano's CDs are super rare (his "crosscurrents" isn't even released as a CD) but i found one search result on e-bay which was the LP version of DIM. It's:
http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=m38.l1313&_nkw=descent+into+mael...
it also says its "out of print" on this website: http://www.lennietristano.com/albums.htm