JAZZ IS LIKE HEROIN TO ME ! ! ! ~~~~ ILM POST-1945 JAZZ ALBUMS POLL - THE RESULTS COUNTDOWN (now counting top 25!)

Always meant to check Milford Graves out, shame it's not on Spotify.

― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Saturday, August 27, 2011 2:54 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

I can't recommend Babi enough. If there is a single, definitive "energy music" record, it's this one.

― shake it, shake it, sugary pee (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, August 27, 2011 1:46 PM (1 hour ago)

I dl'ed this on your recommendation a while back, and it is, indeed, "all that" ... also, I totally do not pay attention to deadlines for ballot polls

233 Max Roach - We Insist! Freedom Now Suite (1960) 394 points, 4 votes

― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Saturday, August 27, 2011 5:31 PM (46 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

dunno this one. Anyone?

― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Saturday, August 27, 2011 5:40 PM (36 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

thats a great record but i havent heard it in a long time

― D-40, Saturday, August 27, 2011 5:46 PM (31 minutes ago)

sweet poll so far, like all these records. ballads is really really pretty.

glad you're enjoying it.

229    Bobby Hutcherson - San Francisco (1971) 413 Points, 3 votes
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_G9FtQLF2VFE/SzJB-H3KhvI/AAAAAAAAAqs/3hHrFG2aCaE/s400/front.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/4iWJYzYbD0S6e3I8Xzr7LR

good album btw

might have voted for blacknuss, i remember old rugged cross as amazing

should pick up ballads, i like some free improv & bailey's 1992 tv series on (mostly non-swinging) improvised music is gr8 http://www.ubu.com/film/bailey.html

the sun ra i know is ok but i love mingus and hardly think he can be overrated tbh, tho i own one record each of duke and bird, both comps, so what does that tell u

228    Miles Davis - Miles Davis Quartet (1954)   415 Points, 4 Votes
http://991.com/newGallery/Miles-Davis-Miles-Davis-Quart-457137.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/6wjxLxMqbDzTT5QlYrtOPI

There will prob be a lot of Miles albums on this list if that made it, ha

who will get the most entries, eh?

Evans/Hall is the first album I've downloaded because of this list.

227    Marion Brown Quartet - Marion Brown Quartet (1966)  415 points, 5 votes
http://i43.tower.com/images/mm105905024/marion-brown-quartet-cd-cover-art.jpg

dont know that one at all

Guessing from the artwork it's on ESP-Disk?

i wonder if any jaki byard will make it (((??? maybe 'freedom together!'??))))

Never even heard of Marion Brown. Must check that out.

Oh yeah, of course.

i totally recommend that marion brown quartet album

226 Miles Davis - Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants (1954) 417 Points, 4 votes
http://www.jazz.com/assets/2007/12/22/albumcoverMilesDavisAndTheModernJazzGiants.jpg?1198367842
http://open.spotify.com/album/5QwUkCyyFqFxzLWFX5SydM

need to play that one again

225 Grant Green - Street Of Dreams (1964) 422 Points, 4 votes
http://img.maniadb.com/images/album/162/162545_1_f.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/1xh7V9UTTezA3YDczzAGYo

Voted for a few Grant Greens, but don't know that one

Evans/Hall is the first album I've downloaded because of this list.

― EveningStar (Sund4r), Saturday, August 27, 2011 7:26 PM (53 minutes ago)

yeah not too familiar with it myself. Definitely heard it though, my mate has that cd. I love the cover.

Looking at the names on that cover, this is another one for further investigation.

^ Indeed. Definitely will check out that one.

next one seems a bit appropriate!

224    Wes Montgomery - The Incredible Jazz Guitar (1960) 431 points,  4 votes
http://joefarrell.jazz59.com/images/066wesmontgomeryincrediblejazzguitar.gif
http://open.spotify.com/album/5RwRaAJXxc7SULhw1Z1j0y

oof low

Only four votes? Too low.

yeah i expected it to be higher, but some stuff has missed out on the 250 completely!

223    Archie Shepp - Yasmina, a black woman (1969) 432 Points, 4 votes
http://weirdorecords.com/zen/images/shep_6743.jpg

taking it down to 220 tonight btw

i totally recommend that marion brown quartet album
this
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Saturday, August 27, 2011 7:05 PM (51 minutes ago) Bookmark

i don't remember if i voted for this or not, but if i didn't, i'm very sorry. this is a good one!

blue note covers are so grebt

222  Eric Dolphy - Iron Man (1963)  436 Points,  4 votes
http://www.dustygroove.com/images/products/d/dolphy_eric_ironman~~_102b.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/0qqoAq1kzfSXEkX2b3SSrr

LOVE that grant green album. the title track is one of my favorite standards, frank sinatra's vocal version kills.

expecting to see more bobby hutcherson - san francisco is only the tip of the iceberg

221  Ornette Coleman - Ornette! (1961) 436 Points, 5 votes
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ab/Album-Ornette-Coleman-Ornette.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/7BxOi2aKqOyAcOXo6EpIFl

Last one for the night up next

220 Bill Evans - Portrait In Jazz (1959) 440points, 3 votes
http://cache2.allpostersimages.com/p/LRG/21/2183/OFPCD00Z/posters/bacon-paul-bill-evans-trio-portrait-in-jazz.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/7l1aeOeJMvkxnlpd5byUbn

Recap

250    Thelonious Monk - Criss Cross  359    4
249    Herbie Hancock - Blow-Up    364    3 
248    gil evans - out of the cool    365    3
247    Clifford Brown and Max Roach at Basin Street    367    3
246    Charles Mingus - Blues And Roots    369    4
245    Sun Ra - Strange Strings    373    4
243(tie)Sonny Sharrock - Guitar    376    2
243(tie)243    Milford Graves - Babi    376    2
242    Art Ensemble Of Chicago - Message To Our Folks    377    3
240(tie)Peter Brötzmann - Nipples    377    4
240(tie)Elvin Jones - Dear John C.    377    4
239    Roland Kirk - Natural Black Inventions: Root Strata    380    2
238    Sun Ra - Other Planes of There    381    3
237    John Coltrane - Live at Birdland    384    4
236    Herbie Hancock - Thrust    386    3
235    Les McCann & Eddie Harris - Swiss Movement    387    3 
234    Derek Bailey - Ballads    387    5 
233    Max Roach - We Insist! Freedom Now Suite    394    4
232    Roland Kirk - Blacknuss    398    4 
231    Sun Ra - The Nubians Of Plutonia    402
230    Bill Evans & Jim Hall - Undercurrent    412    4 
229    Bobby Hutcherson - San Francisco    413    3 
228    Miles Davis - Miles Davis Quartet    415    4 
227    Marion Brown Quartet - Marion Brown Quartet    415    5 
226    Miles Davis - Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants    417    4 
225    Grant Green - Street Of Dreams    422    4 
224    Wes Montgomery - The Incredible Jazz Guitar    431    4 
223    Archie Shepp - Yasmina, a black woman    432    4 
222    Eric Dolphy - Iron Man    436    4 
221    Ornette Coleman - Ornette!    436    5  
220    Bill Evans - Portrait In Jazz    440    3  

the trane record placement is prob the craziest to me still

and thrust and wes ...

you should see what missed out

a) were you expecting ppl to vote for 20 trane albums

b) the whole premise of this poll is insane, though props to kerr for trying; it is too huge and precious few voters (eg me) have heard enough of these enough times to constructively vote

c) very looking forward to checking out some new stuff, but i don't think bitching about the rankings is gonna get us anywhere

d) sorry i hate jazz guitar (should try again) so wes/grant's placements are partially my fault

d) sorry i hate jazz guitar (should try again) so wes/grant's placements are partially my fault

If you haven't heard Sharrock's Guitar, let me recommend it with his quote in mind: "I consider myself a saxophonist with a very fucked-up axe."

Ha. Just put that on. I also like the regular, boring jazz guitar that mookieproof and hurting hate, but otherwise mookieproof otm.

tbf to deej he's not bitching, he knows what polls are like. but i dont blame him for being baffled at the low placement of the trane album.
but it's an ILM poll, you know these things happen!

Also i think 1 or 2 did vote for (nearly) all the miles or trane albums.

haha yes i have heard a bit of sharrock which seemed like not at all the same thing! but yeah

Anyone want to predict the top 10/20? Then we can compare the guesses when the poll is done and see who was closest.

As somebody already said, Kind of Blue is a strong favorite for number one

In the top 10 (or at least top 20): Love Supreme, Kind of Blue, Silent Way, Black Saint, Evans @ Village Vanguard, Brilliant Corners, Shape of Jazz to Come, Out to Lunch. Maybe Spiritual Unity? Anyway, I expect like most polls it'll get less interesting near the top. Already d/l'd that Clifford Brown from emusic, I can tell this list is going to give me a lot to dig into.