25 favorite jazz albums

Submitted by wshogren on Thu, 12/31/2009 - 13:10
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  1. John Coltrane: A Love Supreme (1964)
  2. Carla Bley: Escalator Over the Hill (1971)
  3. Miles Davis: Bitches Brew (1969)
  4. Anthony Davis: Episteme (1981)
  5. Charles Mingus: The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (1963)
  6. Ornette Coleman: The Shape of Jazz to Come (1959)
  7. McCoy Tyner: Extensions (1970)
  8. Eric Dolphy: Out to Lunch (1964)
  9. Charles Mingus Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956)
  10. Anthony Davis: Lady of the Mirrors (1980)
  11. George Russell: Electronic Sonata For Souls Loved By Nature (1969)
  12. Gary Burton & Carla Bley: A Genuine Tong Funeral (1967)
  13. Duke Ellington: The Far-East Suite (1966)
  14. Albert Ayler: In Greenwich Village (1967)
  15. John Coltrane: My Favorite Things (1961)
  16. Sun Ra: Cosmic Tones For Mental Therapy (1963)
  17. Miles Davis: On the Corner (1972)
  18. John Zorn: Spillane (1987)
  19. John Coltrane: Giant Steps (1959)
  20. Lennie Tristano: Crosscurrents (1949)
  21. Max Roach: We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite (1960)
  22. Bill Frisell: Where in the World (1991)
  23. Alice Coltrane: Universal Consciousness (1971)
  24. Jan Garbarek: Dis (1976)
  25. Paul Bley: Open, to Love (1972)
AfterHours12/31/2009

Back from the dead!

Great choices. I still need to find some Anthony Davis. He's my most significant ommission. Have you heard Variations in Dreamtime?

wshogren01/02/2010

Yes, I've been known to resurrect myself every now and then.
Anthony Davis is the shit, ranking with Carla Bley and Mingus as one of my favorite jazz composers. Sadly most of his stuff appears to be out of print, though. Variations in Dreamtime is pretty good too, and narrowly missed out from making the list.