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What are some Essential Jazz Recordings!???
Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Started conversation Nov 15, 2001
List, please.... essential jazz recordings. If possible, please include the name of the artist or band, album title, and record label.
What are some Essential Jazz Recordings!???
DoctorGonzo Posted Nov 15, 2001
Kind of Blue by Miles Davis is pretty essential, I would say. Have a look at the mojo4music website, there may be a buyer's guide. 
What are some Essential Jazz Recordings!???
the autist formerly known as flinch Posted Nov 15, 2001
Chet Baker: "Chet" (Riverside Records, RLP-1135) A terrific instrumental LP, on my turntable at the moment...
What are some Essential Jazz Recordings!???
Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Posted Nov 16, 2001
::waits for a mention of Louis Armstrong or Ella Fitzgerald::
I think "Fine and Mellow" by Billie Holiday is noteworthy. I made a funny. 
What are some Essential Jazz Recordings!???
Dancer (put your advert here) Posted Nov 16, 2001
The Birth of Cool - Luie Armstrong
Saxophone Collosus - Sonny Rollings
Anything by Charlie Parker or Theloneous Monk.
Dancer
What are some Essential Jazz Recordings!???
Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Posted Nov 16, 2001
Dearheart, Miles Davis did the Birth of Cool.... 
Unless this is another birth....!??
What are some Essential Jazz Recordings!???
the autist formerly known as flinch Posted Nov 16, 2001
You can buy a cd box set of Louis Armstrong's complete Hot 5 and Hot 7 recordings, it's five cd's and costs about £12 - the reproductions great and the mastering fine, it's the cheekiest, swingingest, and god damn jazziest little bargain you'll ever lay your hands on - get to the shops now! (it doesn't have his pop hits (What a WOnderful World, Hello Dolly, Caberet etc) - get the Greatest Hits album for tat stuff, but this is far better.
Also get the "The Definitive Charlie Parker" set, 8 LP's which cover all of his Verve recordings as a band leader - there's a lot of repetition (not the tune "Repetition" you understand, that's just on once!) but the different solo's make that more than worthwhile. The albums are on Verve or Metro, depending on which issue you get.
What are some Essential Jazz Recordings!???
Dancer (put your advert here) Posted Nov 18, 2001
Oops sorry, 't was Miles Davis.
BTW, there's a series of "Modern types of Jazz" called The rebirth of cool. It's worth a listen, I like the 6th compilation the best.
Dancer
What are some Essential Jazz Recordings!???
Gullibility Personified Posted Nov 19, 2001
Take Five, Dave Brubeck
And any others of his, there's one I like in particular but I can't remeber the name.
What are some Essential Jazz Recordings!???
Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Posted Nov 19, 2001
YAY!!! I love that one... just listened to it only a couple of ties this morning...
Charles Mingus, Count Basie, and Jelly Roll Morton are among my favorites...
Yesterday I saw a commercial for Time Life's Jazz Collection... Talk about timing...
Don't you sometimes wish you had thousands of dollars to spend on music, and then the time to listen to it?!?
Thanks for all the input... keep it coming....
What are some Essential Jazz Recordings!???
Knifee, Thingite in charge of stuff you shouldn´t run with. Back from being away Posted Nov 19, 2001
i would say that ´Quintette Du Hot Club De France´ by Stephane Grappelli & Django Reinhardt is pritty essential. Maybe not quite the same as the jazz listed above but its such a great album....
What are some Essential Jazz Recordings!???
Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Posted Nov 20, 2001
....yeah... he's cool... Gypsy guitarist...
If I ever have to own a dog, I want to name it Django or Hejduk(Hay-duke). Hejduk is currently an Avalanche(Colorado Hockey) player. YAY!!
What are some Essential Jazz Recordings!???
The Researcher formally known as Dr St Justin Posted Nov 20, 2001
Dave Brubeck - Unsquare Dance
Herbie Hancock - Cantaloupe Island
Spyro Gyra - Morning Dance
Pat Metheny - James, First Circle, Last Train Home
Dave Grusin - Mountain Dance
Bob James - Angela
Gershwin - Summertime, Rhapsody in Blue, Nice work if you can get it (the Larry Addler/Sting version is pretty good!)
Weather Report - Birdland
And many many more...
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What are some Essential Jazz Recordings!???
- 1: Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde (Nov 15, 2001)
- 2: DoctorGonzo (Nov 15, 2001)
- 3: the autist formerly known as flinch (Nov 15, 2001)
- 4: Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde (Nov 16, 2001)
- 5: Dancer (put your advert here) (Nov 16, 2001)
- 6: Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde (Nov 16, 2001)
- 7: the autist formerly known as flinch (Nov 16, 2001)
- 8: Dancer (put your advert here) (Nov 18, 2001)
- 9: Gullibility Personified (Nov 19, 2001)
- 10: Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde (Nov 19, 2001)
- 11: Knifee, Thingite in charge of stuff you shouldn´t run with. Back from being away (Nov 19, 2001)
- 12: Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde (Nov 20, 2001)
- 13: The Researcher formally known as Dr St Justin (Nov 20, 2001)
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