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

132    Theolonious Monk Quartet and John Coltrane - At Carnegie Hall (1957) 673 Points
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513V4ZRAJNL._SL500_AA300_.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/3x38mYlwkm6L6vYIn0Hzqk

votes?

huh! thought that one would place higher. lives up to the hype -- totally fucking magical.

it didnt tell me the votes

oh man, much too low

6 votes btw

131    Freddie Hubbard - Red Clay (1970) 674 Points, 8 votes
http://www.jazz.com/assets/2007/12/23/albumcoverFreddieHubbard-RedClay.jpg?1198408924
http://open.spotify.com/album/3rbGfGoXGh1pFkzyehRJww

i thought that one would be higher

like top 20

130    Vince Guaraldi Trio - A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) 684 (points) 7 votes
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bb7FZalWSV0/R1LYx5FXkiI/AAAAAAAAAGI/c3dlr1vtagk/s320/Vince+Guaraldi+Trio+-+A+Charlie+Brown+Christmas+%5B2ooo%5D.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/63oSjt2uoVT76AFQubK1by

129    John Coltrane - Kulu Se Mama (1965) 687 Points, 7 votes
http://www.alwaysontherun.net/coltrane/kulu.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/0Dmh6U7qIYFgdV417ijubH

Another ILM fave I thought

128    Bobby Hutcherson - Components  (1965) 693 Points, 6 votes
http://21.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kojxtpkXKm1qzn195o1_500.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/3I384qOJvXmO8z1s3PqImP

CLASSIC

really recommend this album

127    Thelonious Monk - Monk's Music (1957) 694 Points 8 votes
http://cache2.allpostersimages.com/p/LRG/21/2183/NFPCD00Z/posters/bacon-paul-thelonious-monk-monk-s-music.jpg

I need a poster of that cover. Isn't it great?

126    Archie Shepp - Mama Too Tight    695 Points, 7 votes
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hLY9DmXXlH4/TCX-vxi_-0I/AAAAAAAAB7U/PonlzKOp4bw/s1600/b449ad7bfd6e3867b2010405262.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/3qr5zSyMn6r7chKsSMZRag

that's from 1966

just ordered the blue note covers book. half tempted to spend all the money i own on all these records.

i bought live at the lighthouse the other day! £3 in a charity bin. cover is ratty as shit but it still sounds crisp.

sorry for not voting, never noticed this was going on until now. but its ok deej, i wouldnt have voted for sun ra.

125    Miles Davis - Filles de Kilimanjaro (1968) 698 Points, 8 votes
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61JbqURizlL._SL500_AA300_.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/3PNdqbnqRHlHqfV2O93M7m

Hey winston! Thought the jazz world had lost you!

124    Miles Davis - Porgy And Bess (1958) 702 Points,  6 votes
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/07/Porgy_and_Bess_(Miles_Davis).jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/5TZUz4IkdUZY8i1cnbaAHz

guess who is next up?

Kevin Eubanks!

kenny g?

I should limit my snark to Tonight Show-era Kevin Eubanks. I've heard he was actually not bad before that?

123    Miles Davis - Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (1957) 703 Points, 9 votes
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41NXNFKPYHL._SL500_AA300_.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/1h7NtOd5fdBQEjJbB9Wk2B

haha miles dominating the list is ok w me i suppose

porgy & bess too low imo but thats a personal fav of mine

Will take it through to 120 tonight

Would have thought Getz / Gilberto would be much much higher.

Archie Shepp - The Magic of Ju-Ju (1967) 714 Points 8 votes
http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz2me8OInA1qbqs44o1_500.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/6Rdz45YhjBSLIt3pTlpwM9

#122

2 more tonight

121    Big John Patton - Along Came John (1963) 718 Points, 7 votes
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2504/4015072177_a7f56c201c.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/0EjZrppt6J0Y24HcZhwQzC

Superb album

want to guess who is the last one for tonight?

120    Sun Ra - Nothing Is (1966) 723 Points, 7 votes
http://991.com/newGallery/Sun-Ra-Nothing-Is-447125.jpg

Recap 250-120

250 Thelonious Monk - Criss Cross (1963) 359 4
249 Herbie Hancock - Blow-Up (1966) 364 3
248 gil evans - out of the cool (1960) 365 3
247 Clifford Brown and Max Roach at Basin Street (1956) 367 3
246 Charles Mingus - Blues And Roots (1959) 369 4
245 Sun Ra - Strange Strings (1966) 373 4
243(tie)Sonny Sharrock - Guitar (1986) 376 2
243(tie)243 Milford Graves - Babi (1977) 376 2
242 Art Ensemble Of Chicago - Message To Our Folks (1969) 377 3
240(tie)Peter Brötzmann - Nipples (1969) 377 4
240(tie)Elvin Jones - Dear John C. (1965) 377 4
239 Roland Kirk - Natural Black Inventions: Root Strata (1971) 380 2
238 Sun Ra - Other Planes of There (1966) 381 3
237 John Coltrane - Live at Birdland (1963) 384 4
236 Herbie Hancock - Thrust (1974) 386 3
235 Les McCann & Eddie Harris - Swiss Movement (1969) 387 3
234 Derek Bailey - Ballads (2002) 387 5
233 Max Roach - We Insist! Freedom Now Suite (1960) 394 4
232 Roland Kirk - Blacknuss 398 (1972) 4
231 Sun Ra - The Nubians Of Plutonia (1966) 402
230 Bill Evans & Jim Hall - Undercurrent (1963) 412 4
229 Bobby Hutcherson - San Francisco (1970) 413 3
228 Miles Davis - Miles Davis Quartet (1954) 415 4
227 Marion Brown Quartet - Marion Brown Quartet (19670 415 5
226 Miles Davis - Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants (1954-56) 417 4
225 Grant Green - Street Of Dreams (1964) 422 4
224 Wes Montgomery - The Incredible Jazz Guitar (1960) 431 4
223 Archie Shepp - Yasmina, a black woman (1969) 432 4
222 Eric Dolphy - Iron Man (1963) 436 4
221 Ornette Coleman - Ornette! (1961) 436 5
220 Bill Evans - Portrait In Jazz (1959) 440 3
219 McCoy Tyner - Song of the New World (1973) 453 Points, 4 votes
218 Baby Face Willette - Stop And Listen (1961) 457 (Points) 5 votes
217 Pharoah Sanders - Summun Bukmun Umyun (1970) 458 Points, 5 votes
216 Sun Ra - Lanquidity (1978) 460 Points, 3 votes
215 Albert Ayler - Love Cry (1967) 461 Points, 6 votes
214 Antonio Carlos Jobim - Stone Flower (1970) 465 Points, 3 votes
213 Nina Simone - At Town Hall (1959) 470 Points, 4 votes
212 Bobbi Humphrey - Blacks and Blues (1974) 473 Points, 6 Votes
211 Evan Parker, Derek Bailey, Han Bennink - Topography of the Lungs (1970) 474 Points, 3 Votes
210 John Coltrane/ Don Cherry - The Avant Garde (1960) 476 Points, 5 votes
209 Jimmy Smith - Root Down (1972) 477 Points, 4 votes
208 Albert Ayler - New grass (1969) 478 Points, 4 votes
207 Pharoah Sanders - Izipho Zam (1969) 478 Points, 5 Votes
206 Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane (1957) 479 Points, 3 votes
205 Dizzy Gillespie - At Newport (1957) 501 Points, 4 votes
204 Wayne Shorter - The Allseeing Eye (1965) 501 Points, 6 votes
203 Alice Coltrane - Eternity (1976) 502 Points, 4 votes
202 Cecil Taylor - Nefertiti (1962) 505 Points, 4 votes
201 Jon Hassell/Brian Eno - Fourth World Vol. 1: Possible Musics (1990) 507 Points, 5 Votes

200 John Coltrane - Ballads (1962) 510 Points, 5 Votes
199 Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan ( "Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown") (1954) 512 Points,4 Votes
198 Sonny Rollins - The Cutting Edge (1974) 512 Points, 6 Votes
197 Jimmy Smith - The Sermon (1958) 513 points, 4 Votes
196 John Coltrane - Coltrane Plays The Blues (1962) 513 Points 5 votes
195 Art Pepper - Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section (1957) 515 Points, 5 votes
194 Freddie Hubbard - Hub-Tones (1962) 519 Points, 5 votes
193 Eddie Henderson - Sunburst (1975) 519 Points, 7 votes
192 Freddie Hubbard - Ready For Freddie (1961) 521 Points, 4 Votes
191 Don Wilkerson - Elder Don (1962) 523 points, 5 votes
190 Blue Mitchell - The Thing To Do (1964) 525 Points, 5 votes
TIE
188 John Coltrane - Traneing In (1958) 526 Points, 4 votes
188 John Coltrane - Lush Life (1958) 526 Points, 4 votes
187 Lou Donaldson - Blues Walk (1958) 528 points, 3 votes
186 Andrew Hill - Compulsion (1965) 529 Points, 6 votes
185 Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - A Night In Tunisia (1957) 530 Points, 5 votes
184 Archie Shepp - On This Night (1966) 530 Points, 6 votes
183 Jackie McLean - New And Old Gospel (1967) 534 Points, 6 votes
TIE
181 Alice Coltrane - World Galaxy (1972) 535 Points, 5 votes
181 Albert Ayler - Bells (1965) 535 Points, 5 votes
180 Jackie McLean - Let Freedom Ring (1962) 537 Points, 7 votes
179 Miles Davis - My Funny Valentine (1965) 539 Points, 5 votes
178 Wayne Shorter - Super Nova (1969) 540 Points, 5 votes
177 Tony Williams - Lifetime (1964) 542 Points, 7 votes
176 Archie Shepp - Attica Blues (1972) 545 Points, 6 votes
175 Curtis Fuller - the opener (1957) 548 Points, 4 votes, One #1 vote
174 Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else (1958) 548 Points, 5 votes
173 Donald Byrd - places and spaces (1975) 550 Points, 5 votes
172 Charles Mingus - The Clown (1957) 550 Points, 7 votes
TIE
170 Count Basie - The Atomic Mr Basie (1957) 553 Points, 5 votes
170 Miles Davis - Seven Steps To Heaven (1963) 553 Points, 5 votes
169 Sun Ra - Atlantis (1967) 554 Points, 7 votes
168 Noah Howard - The Black Ark 558 6 votes
167 Lee Morgan - Live At The Lighthouse (1970) 561 Points, 4 votes
166 Pharoah Sanders - Journey to the One 561 Points, 5 votes
165 Kenny Burrell - Midnight Blue (1963) 563 Points 5 votes
164 Miles Davis - Walkin' (1954) 563 Points 6 votes
163 Grant Green - Solid (1964) 564 Points, 6 votes
162 Andrew Hill - Judgment! (1964) 578 Points, 5 votes
161 Eric Dolphy - Out There (1960) 580 Points, 6 votes
160 Herbie Mann - Memphis underground (1969) 586 Points, 5 votes
Tie
158 Dorothy Ashby - Afro Harping (1968) 592 Points, 6 votes
158 Yusef Lateef - Eastern Sounds (1961) 592 Points, 6 votes
157 Miles Davis - Dark Magus (1974) 595 Points, 6 votes
156 Cannonball Adderley - Mercy Mercy Mercy! (1966) 597 Points, 4 votes One #1
155 Miles Davis - Pangaea (1975) 598 Points, 6 votes
154 Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame (1971) 600 points, 7 votes
153 Hank Mobley - Workout (1961) 604 Points, 6 votes
152 stan getz and joao gilberto - getz/gilberto (1964) 607 Points, 5 votes
151 Charlie Parker - Jazz at Massey Hall (1953) 612 Points, 7 votes

TIE
149 Billy Cobham - Spectrum (1973 618 Points, 6 votes
149 Thelonious Monk - A Genius Of Modern Music (1947?) 618 points, 6 votes
148 j.j. johnson - proof positive (1964) 619 Points, 7 votes
147 Miles Davis - Workin' (1959) 620 Points, 7 votes
TIE
145 Art Blakey - Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk (1958) 621 Points, 5 votes
145 Herbie Hancock - Mr. Hands (1980) 621 Points, 5 votes
144 Grant Green - Matador (1964) 624 Points, 6 votes
143 Freddie Hubbard - Sing Me A Song of Songmy (1971) 625 Points, 6 votes
142 Joe Henderson - In 'N Out (1964) 629 Points, 6 votes
141 Don Cherry - Brown Rice (1975) 633 Points, 6 votes
140 Charles Mingus - New Tijuana Moods (1957) 635 points, 5
139 Herbie Hancock - Man-child 635 Points, 7 votes
138 Pharoah Sanders - Jewels of Thought (1969) 637 Points, 6 votes
137 Big John Patton - Let 'Em Roll (1965) 646 Points, 7 votes
136 Sonny Rollins - Way Out West (1957) 656 Points, 6 votes
135 Sun Ra - The Heliocentric Worlds Of Vol 2 (1966) 659 Points, 8 votes
134 Grant Green - Live At The Lighthouse (1972) 662 Points, 7 votes
133 Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967) 667 Points, 6 votes
132 Theolonious Monk Quartet and John Coltrane - At Carnegie Hall (1957) 673 Points
131 Freddie Hubbard - Red Clay (1970) 674 Points, 8 votes
130 Vince Guaraldi Trio - A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) 684 (points) 7 votes
129 John Coltrane - Kulu Se Mama (1965) 687 Points, 7 votes
128 Bobby Hutcherson - Components (1965) 693 Points, 6 votes
127 Thelonious Monk - Monk's Music (1957) 694 Points 8 votes
126 Archie Shepp - Mama Too Tight 695 Points, 7 votes
125 Miles Davis - Filles de Kilimanjaro (1968) 698 Points, 8 votes
124 Miles Davis - Porgy And Bess (1958) 702 Points, 6 votes
123 Miles Davis - Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet (1957) 703 Points, 9 votes
122 Archie Shepp - The Magic of Ju-Ju (1967) 714 Points 8 votes
121 Big John Patton - Along Came John (1963) 718 Points, 7 votes
120 Sun Ra - Nothing Is (1966) 723 Points, 7 votes

Good thing I didn't guess

Quite a lot of albums you thought would be higher then?

119    Sonny Clark - Leapin' And Lopin' (1961) 728 Points, 7 votes
http://community2.metalreview.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Discussions.Components.Files/7/4456.163756_5F00_1_5F00_f.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/5XUa3oXCc66bO8yGlWqbLO

When I first started collecting jazz in the early 90s, I picked up a used copy of Len Lyons' The 101 Best Jazz Albums (1980) as a reference. I knew it was just scratching the surface, but even after 20 years, several hundred albums and many other references, I had still not encountered some of the artists that are popular here, like Grant Green, Bobby Hutcherson and Big John Patton. This is a great way to discover new stuff -- I think my top 100 will be transformed after this poll is completed. I leave for vacation Wed, and will be packing a lot of jazz on my player, and plenty to look forward to catching up on the next week!

118    Miles Davis - Milestones (1958) 731 Points, 8 votes
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51gUi2%2BSc8L._SL500_AA300_.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/56I4vUYWQ4aXLiyfo8XuZv

117    Kenny Dorham - Matador (1962) 737 Points, 7 votes
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bf/Matador_(Kenny_Dorham_album).jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/0X0CjMhSUs8trANtrSCbrQ

115    Charles Mingus - Oh Yeah (1962) 739 points, 6 votes
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r9BHjNdFgbI/TCfBpYZYIsI/AAAAAAAAHpY/jd_agDsO9GI/s400/Charles+Mingus+1962+Oh+Yeah+b%5B444%5D.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/4tj38XID2vHZmlYxOVR9v4

its a tie with:

That Kenny Dorham cover is rad.

TIE
115    Bobby Hutcherson - Stick Up (1966) 739 Points 6 votes
http://cdn.7static.com/static/img/sleeveart/00/001/486/0000148654_350.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/66CAtljsOdCUxSiEtiNy9h