JazzTimes Top 50, 1970-2005

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Bitches still afraid of On The Corner.

I wouldn't say that at all--Segal for sure isn't. (besides, Jack Johnson is fiercer, if not as chaotic, to my ears, and that's on there.) I'd even wager if they'd done something like an attempt at a balanced list of "important" jazz albums OTC would almost certainly be on it. The criteria for this one is different from that.

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 19:09 (eighteen years ago) link

I.e. "shit people like"? :> Hence two Woody Shaw albums, Shakti over Mahavishnu, Graham Haynes over a million great 90's records, and the lack of lots of obvious stuff as Dom mentioned.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 19:19 (eighteen years ago) link

no, i.e. "one personal favorite each from 50 different writers" vs. "50 albums decided upon by a small editorial staff."

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 19:21 (eighteen years ago) link

Cool, I didn't even read that bit at the top.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 19:26 (eighteen years ago) link

Nonetheless, I really want to read some decade-by-decade Top 50's now.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 19:35 (eighteen years ago) link

I'd love those too--school me, motherfuckers!

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 20:39 (eighteen years ago) link

So it shall be:

ILM POLL: Best Jazz Albums of the 90's!

I hope this doesn't crash & burn.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 21:32 (eighteen years ago) link

I actually did the Nellie McKay one. I posted it on an ILM McKay thread somewhere, but I'm not sure where anymore.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 21:57 (eighteen years ago) link

Incidentally, the editor just told all the writers to make a list of their top five choices that they'd like to write about, then he picked the one he wanted to see.
I also submitted Digable Planets first album. That woulda been fun.
I think mine's the most recent by, oh, about twenty years or so.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 21:59 (eighteen years ago) link

Not 20 years certainly, but a few. A few late-'90s things in there. I'm surprised a bit there wasn't anything from the Blue Series, but then I don't need to be told those are (often) good (and I'm a jazz ignorant).

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 22:05 (eighteen years ago) link

Worth noting that, in the same issue, there is an excellent, though altogether too brief, story on Mingus's last days, with great accompanying photos of him and Sue.

― Roger Fidelity (Roger Fidelity), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 23:12 (eighteen years ago) link

Bitches still afraid of On The Corner.

I recommended this one, too, along with some other hotass titles, but the editor assigned me Love Cry Want, which honestly really made my month. But, lordy, I'd love to go 33 1/3 length on OTC.

Thanks for the kind words, Matos.

― Dave Segal (Da ve Segal), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 02:20 (eighteen years ago) link

This week's challenge for Marcello - 50 Great European Jazz Albums 1970-2005.

-- DJ Martian (altmartinu...), August 16th, 2005.

I sort of did something like this over here...

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 07:08 (eighteen years ago) link

Shakti is a great album to be sure, but rather far from what most would call "jazz." (L Shankar's intonation was totally phenomenal, though, omg.) As for Hal Russell, yes I agree, it's lovely to see him here, he was quite the musical monster. Used to love to watch him at the legendary performance art club Lower Links, in Chicago circa 91-92. Check the Vietnamese choir on the opening track of Metheny's Secret Story too for some serious, serious heartbreaking beauty.

― Tate (Tate), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 04:02 (eighteen years ago) link

ILM Best Jazz Albums of the '90s - voting thread!

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 14:26 (eighteen years ago) link

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