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

Alice needs a hat

Nah, her aura is adequate. I do love this album, aside maybe from the oud, because the oud just falls a bit flat compared to what I'm used to it sounding like.

started listening to machine gun, but it's not quite what i'm in the frame of mind right now. herbie hancock seems to be doing the trick though, as usual.

Wow, Ayler as an intro to jazz, that's intense. One of the things I picked up at Amoeba was a used Japanese import of Lonnie Liston Smith - Astral Traveling. I've never heard him before, and for some reason expected some funk, but it's more cosmic. Very nice.

I'll try to guess the next entry - Headhunters (I guessed Alice too but saw it's just posted)

Here's 16 albums we haven't had yet:

Ascension
Blue Train
A Love Supreme
My Favourite Things
Giant Steps
Mingus Ah Um
Black Saint & the Sinner Lady
Out To Lunch
In A Silent Way
Bitches Brew
Kind Of Blue
Sextant
Headhunters
Karma
The Shape Of Jazz To Come
The Real McCoy

The last one might be iffy, but it deserves to be right up there.

I'm glad we reached the stage where no-one shouts too low and are just happy the album has placed.

I'd say all of Nick's are locks, but yeah dunno about that Tyner album

i voted for it! so ... maybe? it's great, but anything with tyner/elvin jones is pretty great.

Seandalai did you mean that there is no more Sun Ra? I was sure Nuclear War would go top twenty.

18    Miles Davis - Bitches Brew (1970) 2554 Points, 17 votes TWO #1's 
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EfH7QQM5cK8/TJ50O3qTt_I/AAAAAAAAGRE/gF6kJ4v1Ds8/s1600/%5BAllCDCovers%5D_miles_davis_bitches_brew_1991_retail_cd-front.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/1wVO8nHzgcim0IBzbXnYX0

curious that everyone loves miles but no one fucks with dude who he "gets all his inspiration from" ie ahmad jamal

Tempted to shout TOO LOW! but I'll leave it be. My favourite Miles album.

I've only picked through this thread (not sure I'll ever make it through all of it:), but I'm interested in what deej is saying about Sun Ra and Pharoah Sanders. Maybe you've done this already, but could you post your ballot deej?

I was sure Nuclear War would go top twenty.

why?

because Yo La Tengo covered it?

deej didn't vote matt

i missed the deadline & im at work & my rough ballot is on my home comp but i can post it when i get back

curious that everyone loves miles but no one fucks with dude who he "gets all his inspiration from" ie ahmad jamal

thought you were gonna say Betty there for a minute lol

I was sure Nuclear War would go top twenty.

Is this generally seen as one of Ra's more significant records? I listen to it less than any other Ra.

hmm yeah, was jamal even on the ballot?
he's a big missing piece of this poll.

id say that based on these results the biases seem to be basically 'large figures w/ extensive discographies' (depth as opposed to breadth) + the mystical hat club of spiritual outsider jazz discussed earlier

it is what it is

Which Jamal album would have been expected to place?

Surely Jamal's "The Awakening" will make it?

Maybe only if this were the hip-hop heads jazz poll.

yeah def not complaining about the results, which would be silly. it's a list of a certain group of people's favorite jazz records. but anyone reading and interesting in exploring jazz should def check out all the artists I listed above (and I'll continue checking out some who did make the list that I'm not familiar with)

xp yeah The Awakening or Ahmad's Blues or Live at Pershing

would've thought at the pershing.
don't think the awakening would be top 20, but i could be wrong.

hip hop heads jazz poll=top 20 nothing but david axelrod and bob james

And "The Awakening"

i don think theres anything wrong w/ critiquing the results, it explains why they ended up the way they did

if Real McCoy doesn't make it then FUCK Y'ALLL

did you vote?

no

17    Sonny Clark - Cool Struttin' (1958) 2602 Points, 17 votes, One #1 
http://cestsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/305281b9.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/38ERGmBgDAsCTb4KNeopsX

this is the album I'm most pleased about going top 20

Wow, never heard it, and surprised at its high placement. Lineup looks stellar, though.

i like that record. dont love it but its nice.

its a fucking fantastic album

love the album cover, record i dont remember standing out

man i know what i'm missing from this is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Blowin%27_Session

^^^^soooo effin good

okay wasn't expecting that one

told ya

Whoa. Nice gams, though!

Worldly shoes jazz.

16    John Coltrane - My Favourite Things (1961) 2651 Points, 21 votes
http://blog-imgs-21.fc2.com/d/o/c/dochizame/20080403105232.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/7lfxr5IrZ7cH69ATCJv4Go

spotify doesn't seem to have the proper album and instead has a few comps of the same name, but if anyone has the time to scroll through all the coltrane albums and finds it please post it here and I'll add it

found it with a different cover
http://open.spotify.com/album/6tC1isLpyIm5zXqlBs1pjF

so scratch 1st link with the comp

http://open.spotify.com/album/3i7sNgNRwyGQmNP0CPuOM0 also

the correct one is on the Spotify Playlist that everyone should subscribe to.

35 subscribers so far.

15    John Coltrane - A Love Supreme (1964) 2701 Points, 20 votes
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EfH7QQM5cK8/TD3tip4lI5I/AAAAAAAAFyY/AYrCTtu9_4E/s1600/ColtraneJAlovesupreme.jpg
http://open.spotify.com/album/5DXmUb5WnwvBeNJDgXx3sL

AMG review

Cover (A Love Supreme:John Coltrane Quartet)
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Artist

John Coltrane Quartet
Album

A Love Supreme
Rating

star_rating(9)
Release Date

Dec 9, 1964
Recording Date

Dec 9, 1964
Label

Impulse!
Type

Instrumental
Time

32:59
Genre

Jazz

Style

Avant-Garde Jazz
Free Jazz
Hard Bop
Modal Music
Post-Bop
Jazz Instrument
Saxophone Jazz
Trumpet Jazz

Moods

Enigmatic
Epic
Ethereal
Sophisticated
Yearning
Atmospheric
Reflective
Reverent
Searching
Spiritual
Wistful
Hypnotic
Passionate
Complex

Themes

Comfort
Empowering
New Love
Reflection
Revolutionary
Affirmation
In Love
Introspection
Late Night
Long Walk
Rainy Day
The Creative Side

AMG Album ID

R 136933
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Review

by Sam Samuelson

Easily one of the most important records ever made, John Coltrane's A Love Supreme was his pinnacle studio outing that at once compiled all of his innovations from his past, spoke of his current deep spirituality, and also gave a glimpse into the next two and a half years (sadly, those would be his last). Recorded at the end of 1964, Trane's classic quartet of Elvin Jones, McCoy Tyner, and Jimmy Garrison stepped into the studio and created one of the most thought-provoking, concise, and technically pleasing albums of their bountiful relationship (not to mention his best-selling to date). From the undulatory (and classic) bassline at the intro to the last breathy notes, Trane is at the peak of his logical yet emotionally varied soloing while the rest of the group is remarkably in tune with Coltrane's spiritual vibe. Composed of four parts, each has a thematic progression leading to an understanding of spirituality through meditation. From the beginning, "Acknowledgement" is the awakening of sorts that trails off to the famous chanting of the theme at the end, which yields to the second act, "Resolution," an amazingly beautiful piece about the fury of dedication to a new path of understanding. "Persuance" is a search for that understanding, and "Psalm" is the enlightenment. Although he is at times aggressive and atonal, this isn't Trane at his most adventurous (pretty much everything recorded from here on out progressively becomes much more free, and live recordings from this period are extremely spirited), but it certainly is his best attempt at the realization of concept -- as the spiritual journey is made amazingly clear. A Love Supreme clocks in at just over 30 minutes, but if it had been any longer it could have turned into a laborious listen. As it stands, just enough is conveyed. It is almost impossible to imagine a world without A Love Supreme having been made, and it is equally impossible to imagine any jazz collection without it.

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