My list :Inspired by a similar thread on audiogon, let me ask.... If you were to keep just 5 jazz albums, which would they be?
My list:
Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
Blue train - John Coltrane
Freddie Freeloader - Jon Hendricks and friends
Time Out - Dave Brubeck Quartet
My Spanish Heart - Chick Corea
Sorry to leave out so many others
Yessss! How did I miss Shape of Jazz to come!? That and Change of the century. Oh, and Keith Jarret. And how can one leave out Ellington and Armstrong Summit meeting,? or Ella with Joe Pass, Charlie Hadrn Private Collection, and...., and......and....My list :
1. The Shape Of Jazz to Come - Ornette Coleman
2. A Love Supreme - John Coltrane
3. Live At the Village Vanguard - Bill Evans Trio
4. The Complete Louis Armstrong- Duke Ellington
Sessions
5. Both Directions at Once : The Lost Album - John Coltrane
If it was just one , I would take the Coleman album.
This is so cool.. Thanks Dazoy.
Thanks to @square_wave who visited last week, got a chance to listen to these old favourites after a long time.
Forgot how good they were and why they will always remain classics ...
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The latest issue of Stereophile has a nice interview with Bill Charlap.
At the end, there’s an interesting quiz that’s not quite Downbeat’s Blindfold Test but similar in feel.
Astute responses from Charlap. Screenshot below: