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

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

180 Jackie McLean - Let Freedom Ring (1962) 537 Points, 7 votes
http://cover6.cduniverse.com/CDUCoverArt/Music/Large/6240801.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/7GfDutks6MtlOJA7JFRe45

both those jackie mclean albums are classics so please check em out.

179    Miles Davis - My Funny Valentine (1965) 539 Points, 5 votes
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41dQgK1fr9L._SL500_AA300_.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/4RvpKDJOaZviOSomNRyob4

178    Wayne Shorter - Super Nova (1969) 540 Points, 5 votes
http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/9f2b70106a767c13c10674c7c7a1f7df/61423.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/0ilO7avgQcUxwYhgJkZRsU

good album this but wouldn't say it was better than The All Seeing Eye

177  Tony Williams - Lifetime (1964) 542 Points,  7 votes
http://jazzsermon.com/wp-content/uploads//2010/02/williams-lifetime.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/5eh7h0yLICXabyJMRI66B2

he was only 18 when he recorded this album.

dope ass album

176    Archie Shepp - Attica Blues (1972) 545 Points, 6 votes
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/ba/Archie_Shepp_-_Attica_Blues.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/2lt1zOeMpfEPbxb8hQg80M

both those jackie mclean albums are unfuckwithbale, tho i might've expected to see let freedom ring place a little higher

wondering if i'm the only person who rates freddie hubbard's early CTI albums above his blue notes? we shall see

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

i own that hassell/eno album on vinyl and have always dug but never associated it with jazz

anyway culling some excellent recommendations from this - keep em coming

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