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

kinda weird that voters like hammond organ jazz AND "out" stuff so much, but hey unpredictability is good

not only does that sum ILM up, but me too. i got into 60s coltrane then blue note 60s avant bop stuff then fusion/electric/rock came naturally as i loved funk and i went into free jazz then i worked my way back devouring everything i could find from about 1950-75. I really do need to go back further, hoping this poll will clue me in on new stuff, then the pre45 tracks poll ez snappin suggested in the nominations thread might happen and i'll find good stuff in that.

ok next one up actually has a #1 vote. And it's a good album.

175    Curtis Fuller - the opener (1957) 548 Points, 4 votes,    One #1 vote
http://www.emimusic.es/images/novedades/1015/big/curtis_fuller_the_opener_300.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/3eva44waMaCOJMWbbarsuH

When I nominated this classic I didn't expect it to get many votes, so nice one ILM!

174    Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else (1958) 548 Points, 5 votes
http://www.cannonball-adderley.com/leadpic/1144.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/2fDg4j0a74aPZMyVQ5ac11

Love Somethin' Else... LOVE it. This thread is going to result in way, way too many hours of Spotify patronage.

yeah i woulda voted fr this one

how many records on a ballot?

173    Donald Byrd - places and spaces (1975) 550 Points, 5 votes
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51-eg-CWVHL._SL500_AA300_.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/6btV6MDYhXZ2F6ZKKUfvdh

You could vote up to a maximum of 100 (a lot did)

last two are A+++++ records (although the byrd record is more a pop album to me)

172    Charles Mingus - The Clown (1957) 550 Points, 7 votes
http://img.noiset.com/images/album/charles-mingus-the-clown-download-45901.jpeg
http://open.spotify.com/album/2XtydLjClSxUt6uMA9Zhpb

i did warn you guys there was shock low placings

but that's a biggie

yeah some of this is crazy

you just can't predict an ilm poll sometimes

seandalai is still stunned with Lanquidity placing so low

lanquidity is awesome but "this is how i feel" is like a thousand times awesome

xp - Really surprised Lanquidity wasn't at least 100 places higher - I was under the impression that it was the "crossover" Ra album, certainly the one I'd play to a first-time listener.

honestly i think his 'greatest hits for intergalactic travel' comp is one of the few jazz comps that is a better introduction to an artist than any particular albunm

at least in terms of giving an idea of an artist's breadth

TIE
170  Count Basie - The Atomic Mr Basie (1957) 553 Points, 5 votes
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DorlDAK3iLM/TWH50ZyvzfI/AAAAAAAAByM/TJHouj85SLo/s1600/count_basie-atomic_mr._basie_180_gr.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/03M3VID0s2wANlxJIJBWKb
  
170    Miles Davis - Seven Steps To Heaven (1963) 553 Points,  5 votes   
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-svpWXLOSM4/SP9Cy-EtEzI/AAAAAAAABrs/8X6sfNB35Cg/s400/6g4cwhj.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/5ufqOq0QvMNnlexELRazNO

xp I'll keep that in mind deej; Mingus is someone who I've wanted to get into for a very long time...

thats a sun ra comp -- i was talking about that vs lanquidity

mingus' ah um is actually a great album introduction to him, imo -- it is almost like ... each of his archetypal song types in one lp

169 Sun Ra - Atlantis (1967) 554 Points, 7 votes
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000014KI.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

Don't know that one

lmao this is getting ridiculous

the best jazz albums ever + sun ra's entire discography

it's a good 'un to be fair

168    Noah Howard - The Black Ark    558    6 votes
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vKVXbIp0-Z0/SdWQpaQ_8SI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/29ZKkgMG8oI/s320/black+ark.gif
http://open.spotify.com/album/21yTq5npCbZZVl9bTBWxpW

i get the feeling everyone has their own fave sun ra album and there's little consensus

this noah howard album is a great bit of free jazz btw

167    Lee Morgan - Live At The Lighthouse (1970) 561 Points, 4 votes
http://cdn.7static.com/static/img/sleeveart/00/000/283/0000028335_350.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/62r4UbMeVkISnWjWO0xprJ

fantastic live album that. Love Lee Morgan.

166    Pharoah Sanders - Journey to the One  561 Points,  5 votes
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/4124KBRWV8L._SL500_AA300_.jpg

Is that his album of Yes covers?

165   Kenny Burrell - Midnight Blue (1963) 563 Points  5 votes
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r9BHjNdFgbI/SZnvsO-CUoI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/v3bc6Lsq3vs/s400/49.+Kenny+Burrell+-+Midnight+Blue+(1963)b.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/0hMuKAciHKinu4L3R4Ojjl

lovely album that. Glad it placed.

if there's anyone around i can do a few more tonight

if i could get to 160 tonight that leaves 40 for monday and 30 for the other days.

I think those tuning in on a monday at work will be happier with the smaller countdown as it will be by then?

midnight blue is so goooooood

164    Miles Davis - Walkin' (1954) 563 Points  6 votes
http://www.jazz.com/assets/2007/12/30/albumcoverMilesDavis-Walkin.jpg?1199005833
http://open.spotify.com/album/7nFwdPkEbfMUb1c5xuHGR6

glad this beat some sun ra, deej?

163  Grant Green - Solid (1964) 564 Points, 6 votes
http://www.zonadejazz.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/ggs_fr.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/0fsN0YALT8WGjJQALq73Ac

I love that cover

Spent some quality time this afternoon listening to Bailey, Green, Hutcherson, Art Ensemble, Dolphy, Montgomery and Roach. For a Sunday the mellower stuff from the first three worked especially nicely. Not quite in the mood for more Pharoah Sanders right now.

162    Andrew Hill - Judgment! (1964) 578 Points, 5 votes
http://53rdand3rd.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/judgment.jpg?w=497&h=497
http://open.spotify.com/album/1UTKa9k864z70CFgpoJy1f

the interplay between hill & hutcherson on judgement is amazing. plus: elvin jones = classic album