10 obvious piano jazz records
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Jonathan Ribee
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There is an internet radio stream that just plays Oscar.
There is another that just plays things that they reckon would be on Clint's playlist on Play Misty For Me.
Sometimes technology is used for good.
Vincent52
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This thread continues to be a gold mine of invaluable recommendations. Just bought: Bill Evans - The Village Vanguard Sessions ( ie 1973 French Milestone series double album covering the two original albums Sunday at the Village Vanguard and Waltz For Debbie). S/H £4.
Stan Tracy - Under Milk Wood hopefully coming from Santa.
Stan Tracy - Under Milk Wood hopefully coming from Santa.
PsB
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You're in for a treat. It would be worth buying just for the atmosphere of the first few seconds of "My Foolish Heart".
I feel exactly the same way about Oscar Peterson, he leaves me underwhelmed. I have quite a few of his key albums too. Perhaps it's because of his flowery style that turns me off.
On the other hand, I think not enough has been said about Ahmad Jamal. If you canvas the opinion of major jazz musicians, you'd be surprised by how many have been influenced by him and his trio including Keith Jarrett and Miles Davis.
I am seriously considering getting the enormous Mosaic box of Cadet Jamal recordings.
Elephantears
Trunkated Aesthete
Marily Crispell - 'Live at San Francisco' - this one continues both the Monk and Cecil Taylor legacies clearly, and there is a particularly haunting track called 'Zipporah' (but you may not think of it as 'jazz').
Jonathan Ribee
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I think it is possible to dismiss Night Train as a bit too blandly approachable. And some of the other much lauded albums have fairly tame material - We Get Requests is an obvious example.
I remain a fan though. For me it is the tightness and seeming telepathy of a good trio - the one with Thigpen and Brown being my favourite.
Another trio that falls into the same category IMO is Loussier and the early Play Bach stuff. Superb musicians, odd idea - can seem a bit easy on the ear, but a very tight trio.
It is a very different appreciation from (say) the genius of Monk - which sort of sounds like a 5 year old randomly playing notes on one level, and some kind of minimalist zen genius on another.
sideshowbob
Champagne fascia aficionado
I think Crispell has gone off the boil in the last few years (creeping ECMism, it's all got very lovely and not very interesting) but I really like her solo For Coltrane LP, as well as her records with Antony Braxton.
Jonathan Ribee
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I have a rather scratchy Riverside of the Monk playing Ellington. It is rather good. I'll look out for the Ray Brown.
Space is the Place
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Austin Peralta's Endless Planets
Craig Taborn's, Light Made Lighter
Matthew Shipp's, New Orbit
Craig Taborn's, Light Made Lighter
Matthew Shipp's, New Orbit
jostber
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Ten more classic piano jazz records from me:
Horace Parlan - Happy Frame of Mind
Ran Blake - All That is Tied
Michel Petrucianni - 100 Hearts
Dave Brubeck - At Carnegie Hall
John Lewis - Evolution
Bud Powell - The Amazing Vol.1 and Vol.2
Jaki Byard - Out Front
Andrew Hill - Black Fire
Hampton Hawes - For Real!
Ahmad Jamal - Poinciana
And everything by Teddy Wilson in the 30's.
JediSavant
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Ahmad Jamal's Blue Moon, latest album as of today.
This one's been on daily rotation, in the car, at home, even on headphones.
What are your impressions of this album if you've heard it?
This one's been on daily rotation, in the car, at home, even on headphones.
What are your impressions of this album if you've heard it?
gassor
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Start with Night Train - Oscar Peterson (bluesy, impeccable ability, propulsive and played with feeling)
Next Thelonious Monk - Genius of Modern Music (expressive, off-key rhythms, eccentric and unique)
Then Keith Jarrett- Koln Concerts (incredible technique, abstract, cerebral, and passionate). Now suck them up and you have take off.
Then get Spotify and investigate the rest.
Next Thelonious Monk - Genius of Modern Music (expressive, off-key rhythms, eccentric and unique)
Then Keith Jarrett- Koln Concerts (incredible technique, abstract, cerebral, and passionate). Now suck them up and you have take off.
Then get Spotify and investigate the rest.
I recently caught Ahmad Jamal live with this group and he played a couple of tunes from the album including Blue Moon. One of his best recently I reckon. It's much more complex than his earlier stuff -- e.g. the Argo recordings which I recently acquired from Mosaic that is also excellent BTW.