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

dont have a problem w/ ornette's placement, he never resonated as much w/ me personally

love sketches of spain, although im one of the few who actually likes porgy & bess the most of the gil collabs

never really liked 'miles ahead' that much tho

the first time I heard Ornette I was surprised that it didn't ALL sound like Free Jazz tbh. Ornette! and This is Our Music, for example, are not that way out at all, the material follows standard jazz structures and sure some of the playing is weird (lol plastic instruments) but it's not at all abrasive and wild, if anything it's very lyrical and melodic.

xp

I'd probably place Free Jazz lower than the other Ornette albums on here.

but from everything I had read about Ornette I was expecting non-stop fiery free wailing

xp

I had a similar experience. Much of his great albums don't sound particularly crazy or out, but I don't know exactly how they were perceived at the time.

ha yeah, that's what i expected too. i think ayler was what i expected after reading about ornette. but those early records, like you say, are so much more playful -- fun even!

37    Charles Mingus - Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956) 1528 Points, 12 votes
http://image.lyricspond.com/image/c/artist-charles-mingus/album-pithecanthropus-erectus/cd-cover.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/4kZ55sjjRKgCphjOmSMR7o

^^^surprised how high that was, i was under the impression ppl thought that was a lesser record, i like the title track a whole bunch tho

listening to sketches now and really digging saeta

never understood why pithecanthropus erectus had that later shot of mingus pasted on it.
here's the original cover
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/96/Pithecanthropus_Erectus.jpg

that cover is atrocious

weird! I've never seen that

pretty bad though. could've been a Monk cover!

love the album though, was the first mingus i ever bought.

yeah the other one is more common for whatever reason, but it's just wrong.

i don't like that original version at all

36 Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus (1956) 1538 Points, 13 votes, One #1
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Rgcl0ewXrrU/TXq1EFKvxbI/AAAAAAAABBU/KJnVzVB_JY4/s400/rollins.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/0yodD8uAkAT5UmrlF2xy97

^sweet drumming on that one

We can't make small comments anymore. They have to be essays on the sociopolitical implications of said sweet drumming.

most records you buy w/ max roach on them are going to be good in my experience. he's like a trademark of quality.

sweet drumming is righteous class war

that was my #1

most records you buy w/ max roach on them are going to be good in my experience. he's like a trademark of quality.

― tylerw, Thursday, September 1, 2011 4:27 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

smash the patriarchy with sweet drumming™

HAHA

35    Miles Davis - A Tribute To Jack Johnson (1970) 1616 Points, 14 votes
http://image-7.verycd.com/3ae920d343bc5d1c1ef1368bc962b6cf24806(600x)/thumb.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/5Nu0qsOuJlFr9lQIp8kWBB

Still as astonishing as ever.

I'm not the only one who thought this might sneak in the top 10 right?

interesting cover there

top 35=34 miles albums & love supreme

A great album, but it's swung from underrated to overrated in the past 10 years.

i still remember hearing this for the 1st time in the mid-late 90s. I ordered it in via the library,it was in the big stores section of a library in east kilbride and hadn't been in the proper library for years so it was in great condition and it blew me away. Wish i had offered to buy it from them. Luckily it got a bit of a revival a few years back with that box and is now longer 'a lost classic'.

didn't realize this one was so regarded. pretty good album, nothing extraordinary. might have to reinvestigate tho.

box set of jack johnson sessions is worth it imo, tons of great stuff. not that pricey these days either.

Yes! Mine came with a spiritual hat.

34    Andrew Hill - Point of Departure (1964) 1626 Points, 14 votes
http://www.honestjons.com/doc_library/Originals/27398.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/647o8vl4OD1sjvvhql3jFS

Ooooh, this one's great.

Great record, well chuffed it got in so high. I really recommend it to those who haven't heard it. Fantastic line up on it too.

1st one in top 50 I've never heard of. Never even heard of Andrew Hill. Get a more distinctive jazzy name imo.

go listen to some andrew hill. he's awesome.

i havent listened to that one in a loooong time need to check again

one of the greatest cover arts

so this would be a good entry point on him?

definitely

or Black Fire

Re: Jack Johnson, Moodles otm:

A great album, but it's swung from underrated to overrated in the past 10 years.

― Moodles, Thursday, September 1, 2011 4:38 PM (16 minutes ago)

Xgau's A+ is way too high.

he's had 4 in the list now and you couldn't go wrong with getting all 4.

will check it out, but if it's not marginally better than Jack Johnson I won't be responsible for my actions...

the challop used to be that jack johnson was better than bitches brew, i kind of like it more personally, i agree that the swing back for Miles 70s records in general means that its hard to say its underrated any more

it's more pleasant to listen to and ~groovier~ than bitches brew, but bb is more dynamic and colorful