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

199    Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan ( "Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown") (1954) 512 Points,4 Votes
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4IO4mEmRGoA/SAsrqwXO9BI/AAAAAAAAB7I/FVNwZhilU2I/s320/sarah.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/0bdDfiGx7Eiy1I0O3SgGrJ

man id love to hear that, i never have

iirc my parents saw her live once & it was amazing

198    Sonny Rollins - The Cutting Edge (1974)   512 Points, 6 Votes
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/411VYSJEH0L._SL500_AA300_.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/5Gt5U9wyy6Ki6YdE8T8mtn

you can tell that is the 70s

197    Jimmy Smith - The Sermon  (1958) 513 points, 4 Votes
http://www.jazz.com/assets/2007/12/24/albumcoverJimmySmith-TheSermon.jpg?1198498111
http://open.spotify.com/album/6OD5MDWh6u8ow1f384ayGz

196    John Coltrane - Coltrane Plays The Blues  (1962) 513 Points   5 votes
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/93/Coltraneplaystheblues.jpg

Stone Flower is the second album I downloaded because of this thread. Apparently, I am mellowing out in my old age.

you're not gonna become one of those mellowed out jazz bores are you?

Ha, let me light this cigar, then I'll tell you.

Fun exercise: For each piece on Ballads, listen to a performance by a canonized vocalist first, then play the Bailey version. So far, I think "Body and Soul" might work best in terms of showing the most connection between the original tune and the out improvisation.

195    Art Pepper - Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section (1957)  515 Points, 5 votes
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-SRYPec0ur0/TTmA0C9ld3I/AAAAAAAANEA/U2m3h74vTEA/s400/ART%252BPEPPER.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/2uovPNWvIF0KQbJuf4Sxvp

Nice album this

194    Freddie Hubbard - Hub-Tones (1962)  519 Points,  5 votes
http://jeepsterdesign.com/swatchpica/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/15_1962-freddie-hubbard-hub-tones1.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/6WXQu3KjFlb9Hjwzy3vyS5

This is a real classic

yeah love that

193    Eddie Henderson - Sunburst (1975)   519 Points, 7 votes
http://www.dustygroove.com/images/products/h/hender_eddi_sunburst~_101b.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/0OBbbHk9bIj8k5DnzzQnkk

another classic imo

thats a good album

still 'incredible jazz guitar' & 'live at birdland' are better than almost all of the records (of the ones ive heard) that have listed since

well if you had voted then they would have been higher!

im not sure i would have been able to do this ... it covers such a huge amt of music

it does, but it's fun! And the whole top 250 is full of great music.

192    Freddie Hubbard - Ready For Freddie  (1961) 521 Points, 4 Votes
http://www.miomusik.com/freddie_hubbard/ready_for_freddie_CD_large.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/1WW55eOxlZCvPWJDYmhZXD

and that is a terrific album.

206 Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane (1957) 479 Points, 3 votes206 Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane (1957) 479 Points, 3 votes

Maybe everyone prefers their Carnegie Hall album now -- I do -- but this is TOO LOW

can't c&p today evidently

191    Don Wilkerson - Elder Don (1962) 523 points, 5 votes
http://storage.canalblog.com/82/35/500408/44184374_m.jpg

Great to see this make it too!

for the bulk of my jazz listening days 'ready for freddie' was out of print so i built it up in my mind as some kind of lost classic. finally found a japanese import, have to say I was kind of disappointed by how regular it was, great performances & everything but I think I was imagining something incredible

190    Blue Mitchell - The Thing To Do (1964)  525 Points, 5 votes
http://www.jazz.com/assets/2007/12/22/albumcoverBlueMitchell-TheThingToDo.jpg?1198362921
http://open.spotify.com/album/0av5agyPuFMf5oW3nStEPM

always kind of underwhelmed by blue mitchell for w/e reason -- i mean hes def solid but just solid

So pleased to see this get in , it really is a classic bit of hard bop!

i havent heard that record in particular tho

You really should!

TIE
188
John Coltrane - Traneing In (1958) 526 Points, 4 votes
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51GHZk4JXYL._SL500_AA300_.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/3G4iWm5LEhCRPyRCTl5PlD

188
John Coltrane - Lush Life (1958) 526 Points, 4 votes
http://www.musicaparliamone.com/coltrane_lush_life.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/3lT7z06WwFTTIeRT6gGDKL

seems appropriate they tied

deej you a fan of 50s coltrane at all? or do you prefer the 60s stuff?

187    Lou Donaldson - Blues Walk (1958)  528 points, 3 votes
http://record.ticro.com/record/jacket/L10001187.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/05dECqC2jTJKERNKAOykqk

A wonderful album, a masterpiece. Check it out!

186    Andrew Hill - Compulsion (1965)  529 Points, 6 votes
http://shop.allaboutjazz.com/images/andrewhillcompulsion.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/4KL9IZQdZKRj3gtR90EVp0

i love 50s trane.

185    Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - A Night In Tunisia (1957) 530 Points, 5 votes
http://www.jazz.com/assets/2008/4/15/albumcoverArtBlakeyAndTheJazzMessengers-ANightInTunisia.jpg?1208297463
http://open.spotify.com/album/0oGkNKWrFghBenF0j16VVW

i'm curious about that Lou D. I've owned a couple of his over the years and never woulda thought he had a "masterpiece" in him....

Plenty of the jazz guys had a 'masterpiece' in them, just that some had several and a few had a dozen (then there's miles & trane!)

so some get overlooked. I'm really glad these albums are being introduced to people who have never heard them (including me) I'm also revisiting some stuff for the 1st time in ages.

So subscribe to the Spotify top 250 playlist that I created and enjoy!

184    Archie Shepp - On This Night (1966)  530 Points,  6 votes
http://cdn.7static.com/static/img/sleeveart/00/004/910/0000491047_350.jpg

One I voted for. I love Archie Shepp.

183    Jackie McLean - New And Old Gospel (1967) 534 Points,  6 votes
http://www.israbox.com/uploads/posts/2011-01/1294284532_15.jpeg
http://open.spotify.com/album/2w8CUvLWgSw0FdQ4vE2vR5

Another brilliant album.

TIE
181    Alice Coltrane - World Galaxy (1972) 535 Points, 5 votes
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8gvtYuOL_SA/Sxvnk1q0bFI/AAAAAAAAAN8/AnZlZL2P3DY/s400/worldgalaxy.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/19CHRB8Sg7K5WRYMxllspL

181    Albert Ayler - Bells (1965) 535 Points, 5 votes
http://991.com/newGallery/Albert-Ayler-Bells-459353.jpg

most of these albums ive posted (that I know) i feel the urge to shout 'too low' and this next one is no exception