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for those who are into jazz (those who aren't can participate), what are the records that you would never live without?

for me (the list may get longer):

miles davis: ESP, in a silent way, water babies
bill evans: complete village vanguard sessions
ahmad jamal: Live in Montreal, at the pershing
weather report: 8:30
charles mingus: ah hum, oh yeah
joe henderson: so near so far

well, i'll stop it here for now...
comments, suggestions?

ok, my limited jazz listening taste
takes in...
Coltrane's Giant Steps

and Pastorius I could listen for hours & hours....

Coltrane: Blue Train, My Favorite Things, A Love Supreme

Miles: Kind Of Blue, In A Silent Way, Jack Johnson, Birth Of The Cool (and pretty much everything else of his pre-1978)

Horace Silver: Hardbop Grandpop, Song For My Father

Sonny Rollins: Saxophone Colossus

Herbie Hancock: Maiden Voyage, Headhunters, The Prisoner

Pat Metheny: New Chautauqua


...and about 100 others...

Henry Texier "An indian's week"
Bojan Z "solobsession"
Anthony Braxton "for alto"
Various John Medeski
Aka Moon "carbon 7 compilation"
Antoine Hervé "piano solo"
Various Fred Frith

oops forgot the essential for me
Jeanne Lee & Ran Blake..... amazing

i second the 'various john medeski'
he's really astonishing.

cyclyk wrote:oops forgot the essential for me
Jeanne Lee & Ran Blake..... amazing

funny, i just listened to it yesterday... not such a well known record...
i wonder how she can sing on the voicings he plays...

i also love 'paris blues' by gil evans and steve lacy, very cool record.

and, well, a lot of gil evans' stuff actually ('out of the blue' is really good)

Miles Davis - Panthalassa [remastered and mixed by Bill Laswell]

Herbie Hancock - Headhunters

All the Weather Report records - especially "Live at 8:30"

Anyone using live 4 to play jazz? I think the improvisational nature of live would really lend itself to this music. I've been using live apply realtime effects to my sax for a while now and think it might be cool to start using live in a group improv situation. Anyone in the London area doing this sort of thing already?

For example, the Blue series albums on thirsty ear (SPRING HEEL JACK, DJ SPOOKY, EL-P) have already paved the way for electronics in modern jazz.

Also listning to:

Art ensemble of chicago - live in paris
Sun Ra - Disco 3000
Brotzman - Nipples
Steve Reid - rhythmatism
Albert Ayler - the last album

funny, i just listened to it yesterday... not such a well known record...
i wonder how she can sing on the voicings he plays...

I can't understand that too, there's a mystery for me in that record, almost a "religious" feeling", so high....
Gil Evans yeah.... "Gil Evans plays the music of Jimi Hendrix" is my favourite one....

oh sorry it was me not log in

I'll keep it to 10
John Coltrane -A Love Supreme
Miles Davis- He Loved Him Madly
Woody Shaw -Moontrane
Pharaoh Saunders - Live at the East
Donald Byrd- Blackbyrd
Julius Hemphill - Dogon AD
Alice Coltrane - Eternity
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Inner Mounting Flame
Wayne Shorter- Juju
Art Blakey- the album w' Blues Walk and Dat Dere- cant remember the
name
2 extra- Miles Davis Agartha
- John Coltrane- Cresent

sunrarara wrote:Anyone using live 4 to play jazz? I think the improvisational nature of live would really lend itself to this music. I've been using live apply realtime effects to my sax for a while now and think it might be cool to start using live in a group improv situation. Anyone in the London area doing this sort of thing already?

This is an interesting idea I've thought about a lot in the past. Using those techniques in addition to jazzy breaks etc...
Matthew Herbert comes to mind when talking about live manipulation of live sampled material.!!!

I'm not in London but I will be in town in September. If you're interested in an exchange of ideas (I'll bring my Powerbook) and/or jamming, give me a shout at [email protected]!

OH and some of my faves:

everything by the amazing Henry Threadgill
+
Trane - Love Supreme, Transition
Miles - Silent Way, Bitches Brew, Jack Johnson, Agharta
Ribot - Don't Blame me
Scofield - Hand Jive
Motion, Lovano, Frisell trio - everything
EST - forget the album title
MMW - Shackman
Gateway - Homecoming