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

14    Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um (1959) 2708 Points, 22 votes
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http://open.spotify.com/album/3a2i6s10mAibRR7TlrnHRM

would not put ascension in my top 10 coltrane. maybe not even my top 20!
i like it, but like Ornette's similar Free Jazz, i think it's kind of a mess. Prefer the intensity of the smaller band to the big blast of these double quartet.

i like the ascension story where, after two 40+ minute takes, coltrane says: "can we do it one more time? " and elvin jones hurls his snare drum at trane.

you like 1st or 2nd take best?

Interstellar Space is my favorite Coltrane free record; I tend to agree about Ascension--exciting and thrilling at times, yes, but a mess.

x-post haha at Tyler's story...

ah um is my shit. distinctive without sacrificing tunes; holds your attention without being "challenging". i think i'm a bit geirish when it comes to jazz.

i like the ascension story where, after two 40+ minute takes, coltrane says: "can we do it one more time? " and elvin jones hurls his snare drum at trane.

― tylerw, Friday, 2 September 2011 18:55 (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

omfg

Hilarious.

hee hee.
it is funny, there's some interview with coltrane where he talks about how much he loved those sessions, he wished they could just keep going. maybe that was the closest to the sound in his head that he got?

13    John Coltrane - Blue Train (1957) 2710 Points, 20 votes
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http://open.spotify.com/album/50FMzSN3HV4PI7ryK3lLQn

prob my fav trane, cuz i'm a sucka for trombone

I'll paypal 79 American cents to whoever sorts these results by label when it's all over.

I think I heard A Love Supreme first but Blue Train was the one where I felt I really *got* it. just a beautiful record.

blue train is a v diff record. i do love it though

difficult or different?

either way I'm not sure what you mean

well obviously it's really different from A Love Supreme if that's what yr getting at

No chanting for one thing

a diff type of spiritual hat

we're getting beat guys http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/Pages/most-read-threads.jsp

lol

Jackie McLean - Destination Out

Really enjoying this, Never listened to Jackie Mclean before.
Same for the Lee Morgan.

not rlly spiritual hat, its pretty straight

agree about the trombone playing

beaten by a worthless clusterfuck

someone tipped the next album to be #1, but they were wrong

idk abt outsider jazz as a term, these ppl are all three steps removed from armstrong or basie after all

im not gonna lie, i've been reading that thread inbetween this one.

was that me? silent way rip?

whats the retarded clusterfuck aboot?

about usage of one of those words you just used

though it was a good description of the clusterfuck

im just glad ilx didn't exist when joey was on blue peter

idk abt outsider jazz as a term, these ppl are all three steps removed from armstrong or basie after all

― zvookster, Friday, September 2, 2011 1:21 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

cmon dude are you serious

yah

some of this stuff is like arguing that kool keith is one of the 90s most important rappers

playgrounds wouldn't have been a great place for ilxors :)

"these people are all three steps removed from snoop!" -- doesnt make kool keith a less legit answer than biggie

sun ra played with fletcher henderson and coleman hawkins, sanders and alice played with coltrane

it's hardly songs in the key of z

jamming to all seeing eye for the millionth time and have to say that shorter should be seen as one of the true genius's of jazz w/ trane and mingus and etc.

12    Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters (1973) 2716 Points, 20 votes
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http://open.spotify.com/album/5fmIolILp5NAtNYiRPjhzA

observing that there is a noticeable interest in weirdos / sci fi costuming / spiritual jazz, jazz harpists, jazz fusion, etc. at the expense of artists like say johnny griffin or clifford brown (beyond his one foray into the top 250) or idk any number of dudes this list skipped over -- granny dainger provided a pretty good list -- is a pretty reasonable observation

sun ra played with fletcher henderson and coleman hawkins, sanders and alice played with coltrane

it's hardly songs in the key of z

― zvookster, Friday, September 2, 2011 1:27 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

so? paul desmond played w/ lots of dudes too & has no albums here

HEADUNTERS SUCKS SORRY Y'ALL

HEADHUNTERS ALSO SUCKS

Does that count as a hat?

winston you suck for saying that

It's something like my 10th favourite Herbie album. I even prefer some of his disco albums.

yes but not a spiritual one.

Good question, emil.y. I'm not sure.

lots of jazz artists played w/ lots of jazz artists. jaki byard played with mingus & he has no records here. milt jackson. anyone in MJQ. Oscar Peterson

dainger's list would be pretty short if u took the pre-45 peak artists out of it, as has been noted

im pretty damn sure the proposed pre-45 jazz tracks poll will take care of a lot of this (if someone runs it)

sun ra played with fletcher henderson and coleman hawkins, sanders and alice played with coltrane

it's hardly songs in the key of z

― zvookster, Friday, September 2, 2011 1:27 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

like if u cant see how sun ra might be perceived as an outsider artist ... dude was clearly on his own planet when it came to presentation & music. I mean, do u really think ppl are voting for 10 of his records bcuz of his fletcher henderson bona fides