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List your top 5 Blue Note jazz recordings

post #1 of 18
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Just list your favorite 5 recordings that you listen to the most, preferable from the 50's & 60's
Looking to expand my jazz library

Hank Mobley - Soul Station
Hank Mobley - Workout
John Coltrane - Blue Train
Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage
Jimmy Smith - Prayer Meetin'
post #2 of 18
Greg Osby - St. Louis Shoes
Grant Green - Idle Moments
Joe Lovano - Quartets
Stanley Jordon - Magic Touch
James Newton - The African Flower
Horace Silver - Song for My Father

Sorry, couldn't decide so you get 6
post #3 of 18
wow..... just five?

the five that I immediately thought of........

Eric Dolphy - Out To Lunch
Joe Henderson - Page One
Art Blakey - Moanin'
Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil
Freddie Hubbard - Hub Tones
Larry Young - Unity


had to go for 6........
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post #4 of 18
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Originally Posted by DavidMahler View Post
wow..... just five?
My sentiments exactly…

Dexter Gordon - Go!

Joe Henderson - The State of the Tenor, Vol. 1: Live at the Village Vanguard

Grachan Moncur III - Evolution

Thelonious Monk - Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 1

Bud Powell - The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1

Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil
post #5 of 18
In no order

Paul Chambers `Bass On Top`
Eric Dolphy `Out to Lunch`
Herbie Hancock `Maiden Voyage`
Jimmy Smith `Groovin' At Smalls' Paradise`
Kenny Burrell `Midnight Blue`
post #6 of 18
I have an autographed copy of Wayne Shorter's Juju on CD....that's another favorite
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post #7 of 18
You all have excellent taste!

Only 5 is a tough call...

Cannonball Adderley - "Somethin' Else"
John Coltrane - "Blue Train"
Art Blakey & Jazz Messengers - "Like Someone In Love"
Hank Mobley - "Soul Station"
Dexter Gordon - "A Swingin' Affair"

... but lately a lot of Sonny Clark, "Cool Struttin'" and "Leapin' And Lopin'"
post #8 of 18
Picking just five is incredibly difficult:

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - The Big Beat
Sonny Clark - Cool Struttin'
Dexter Gordon - A Swingin' Affair
Hank Mobley - Soul Station
Lee Morgan - The Sidewinder

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post #9 of 18
I just spun Jackie McLean's "One Step Beyond" and it's another really good one that deserves a listen or two.
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I just spun Jackie McLean's "One Step Beyond" and it's another really good one that deserves a listen or two.
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post #11 of 18
Have y'all ever seen all the Blue Note covers? Check it.

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Have y'all ever seen all the Blue Note covers? Check it.

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Cool!
post #13 of 18
Thread Starter 
some great music listed here.....Thanks guys!!
post #14 of 18
"The Sidewinder" - Lee Morgan
"The Scene Changes" - Bud Powell
"Moanin'" - Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
"Genius Of Modern Music Volume 1" - Thelonious Monk
"Genius Of Modern Music Volume 2" - Thelonious Monk

That, already 5 is. Don't you think? it is not enough.
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post #15 of 18
Now, this is a good question. These 5 are on the top of my stack. Not necessarily the best 5, but the closest to hand:

Andrew Hill - Point of Departure
Don Pullen - New Beginnings
Joe Henderson - Inner Urge
Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch
Tony Williams - Lifetime
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