Mac Loc: Pittsburgh, Philadelphia now Hernando Co. Fl.

This list of some of my favorite jazz albums is inspired by bcheary's recent posts.

In no particular order:

Verve Jazz Masters 13: Antonio Carlos Jobim
Art Peper Meets The Rhythm Section
Straight Ahead==Brian Auger
Chet==Chet Baker
Time Out==The Dave Brubeck Quartet
East==Hiroshima
Midnight Special==Jimmy Smith
The Essential Maynard Ferguson
Kind of Blue==Miles Davis
Getz/Gilberto==Stan Getz
The Incredible Jazz Guitar Of Wes Montgomery
Heavy Weather==Weather Report

mas24 Loc: Southern CA

Good selection. My favorites from your list are Wes Montgomery, Miles Davis, and Hiroshima. I would include Bob James, Grover Washington Jr. and Benny Goodman (Clarinet). Jazz Singers would be Anita Baker and Sarah Vaughn. My late mother listened to Duke Ellington and Tommy Dorsey.

SteveR Loc: Michigan

I've got one of them....Kind of Blue....and I could leave the first CD in my car player (6 cd player) and never take it out. I def. will check out the rest starting with Time Out.

Note: Good to see Diana Krall on the Tony Bennett special. What a talent.

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

Nice selection there Mac.


Some of mine are

In no particular order:

Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue
Miles Davis - In A Silent Way
Miles Davis - and most of his other albums
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
John Coltrane - Giant Steps
John Coltrane - My Favorite Things
John Coltrane - and most of his other albums
Dave Brubeck - Time Out
Gabor Szabo - Dreams
Gabor Szabo - The Sorcerer
Gabor Szabo - Spellbinder
The Bad Plus - several albums equally
Carl Verheyen - No Borders
Carl Verheyen - Garage Sale
Clifford Brown / Max Roach - several albums equally
Billy Cobham - Spectrum
Arthur Blythe - Lenox Avenue Breakdown
Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers - several albums equally
Count Basie and His Orchestra - a few albums equally
Toshiko Akiyoshi / Lew Tabackin Big Band - several albums equally
John Ambercrombie - Gateway
John Ambercrombie - Timeless
John Ambercrombie - Current Events
Stanley Clarke - Journey to Love
Stanley Clarke - Stanley Clarke
Stanley Clarke - Children of Forever
Brandford Marsalis - a few albums equally
Wynton Marsalis - a few albums equally
Larry Coryell - several albums equally
Emily Remler - Catwalk
Emily Remler - Firefly
Emily Remler - Transitions
Emily Remler - Take Two
Stan Getz / Joao Gilberto - Getz / Gilberto
Jack DeJohnette - several albums equally
Al Di Meola - Land of The Midnight Sun
Al Di Meola - Casino
Al Di Meola - Elegant Gypsy
Lou Donaldson - Lush Life
Elaine Elias - Cross Currents
Elaine Elias - So Far So Close
Duke Ellington - several albums equally
Benny Goodman - several albums equally
Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters
Herbie Hancock - a few other albums equally
Susie Hanson - Solo Flight
Susie Hanson - The Salsa Never Ends
Happy The Man - Happy The Man
Hiroshima - several albums equally
Allan Holdsworth - I.O.U.
James Newton (jazz flutist) - several albums equally
Steve Khan - Eyewitness
Steve Khan - Evidence
Steve Khan - Blades
Didier Lockwood Group - Didier Lockwood Group
Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Live: Between Nothingness and Eternity
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Visions of The Emerald Beyond
Pat Metheny - New Chautauqua
Pat Metheny - Watercolors
Charles Mingus - a few albums equally
T.S. Monk - Monk On Monk
T.S. Monk - Take One
Thelonious Monk - a few albums equally
Wes Montgomery - Movin'
Oregon - Friends
Oregon - Oregon
Oregon - Out Of The Woods
John McLaughlin - a few albums equally
McLaughlin / Di Meola / De Lucia - Passion, Grace & Fire
Charlie Parker - Jazz 'Round Midnight
Jaco Pastorius - Jaco Pastorius
Jean-Luc Ponty - Aurora
Jean-Luc Ponty - Enigmatic Ocean
Jean-Luc Ponty - Civilized Evil
Jean-Luc Ponty / Stephane Grappelli - Ponty / Grappelli
Tito Peunte - El Ray
Poncho Sanchez - La Familia
Poncho Sanchez - Latin Soul
Poncho Sanchez - Latin Spirits
Flora Purim - several albums equally
Return to Forever with Chick Corea - Return to Forever
Return to Forever with Chick Corea - Light As a Feather
Return to Forever with Chick Corea - and a few albums equally
Olivia Revueltas - 'Round Midnight in L.A.
Olivia Revueltas Trio - Angel of Scissors
Mongo Santamaria - Afro Roots
David Sancious and Tone - Transformation (The Speed of Love)
Horace Silver - several albums equally
Spyro Gyra - Spyro Gyra
Spyro Gyra - Morning Dance
Spyro Gyra - Alternating Currents
Kazumi Watanabe - several albums equally
Weather Report - Weather Report
Weather Report - Heavy Weather
Weather Report - I Sing The Body Electric
Weather Report - Tail Spinnin'
Lenny White - Venusian Summer
Mary Lou Williams - Free Spirit
Mary Lou Williams - Live At The Cookery
Mary Lou Williams - Black Christ from The Andes

...And this list does not mean I don't like other albums by these artists and many more artists. These are just a few major stand outs deserving of note.

Leicaflex Loc: Cymru

viscountdriver Loc: East Kent UK

You have missed out one of the best,Louis Armstrong and no one sang jazz better than Ella Fitzgerald.

Mac Loc: Pittsburgh, Philadelphia now Hernando Co. Fl.

Thanks for looking mas.
I have a number of Bob James and Fourplay albums, he is very smooth. I saw Fourplay at the Berks Jazz Fest in Reading, Pa. not long before I retired and moved to Florida. Benny Goodman was my father's favorite and I have a couple of albums by him.

Mac Loc: Pittsburgh, Philadelphia now Hernando Co. Fl.

Thanks for looking Steve.
Time Out was the first jazz album I ever bought and I still love it. I think the song Take Five is one of the best songs ever written, I still get goose bumps when Paul Desmond come in on the sax.

Mac Loc: Pittsburgh, Philadelphia now Hernando Co. Fl.

Holy cow!!!! That is quite a list, thanks for sharing it.

Mac Loc: Pittsburgh, Philadelphia now Hernando Co. Fl.

Thanks for looking Leicaflex.

Mac Loc: Pittsburgh, Philadelphia now Hernando Co. Fl.

Thanks for looking viscountdriver. Back in the late 1970s or early 1980s Ella Fitzgerald gave a free concert in Point Park in Pittsburgh that I was lucky enough to attend.

Caranx Loc: Atlanta

Great lists Mac and Lamiaceae. Own quite a few on your list and I agree about Take Five! Just thought I'd add Earl Klugh, Paul Hardcastle, and Keiko Matsui to the mix. When I was much younger, one of my favorite groups to listen to was the pole winners #3 but I've forgotten the names. Great thread Mac.

Sanford

Herbie Mann-Live at the Village Gate

waymond Loc: Pflugerville, Texas

Like your list. I would add Earl Klugh, especially "Midnight in San Juan".

Caranx Loc: Atlanta

Also...Nancy Wilson!