I haven't heard much Jones/Lewis stuff. I have one CD that was recorded in the early 70s, I think? But most of my big band listening is more recent stuff.
I;m a huge fan of the 60s when it comes to jazz so this list is hardly conclusive. I could just as easily come up with another one completely different and no less important to me. Anyway...
Ornette Colman-Free Jazz, A Collective Improvisation
George Russell-Jazz in the Space Age
John Coltrane-Giant Steps
Jimmy Guiffre Trio-Free Fall (a recent favorite)
Stan Getz-Jazz Samba
Sarah Vaughn-The Explosive Side of Sarah Vaughn
Jackie Maclean-Destination Out
Grachan Moncur III-Some Other Stuff
Miles Davis-Nefertiti
John McLaughlin-Extrapolation
Not limiting myself to one per artist:
Eric Dolphy: Out to Lunch
John Coltrane: Coltrane
John Coltrane: Ole Coltrane
Archie Shepp: Fire Music (killer "Girl From Impanema")
Miles Davis: Miles Smiles
Miles Davis: ESP (could so easily be Sorcerer)
Dexter Gordon: One Flight Up
Dexter Gordon: Go
Ornette Coleman: This is Our Music
Ornette Coleman: Live at the Golden Circle
If I were to pick one artist who epitomized that time period for me, it would be Ornette.
I could pretty much do ten from each of the great figures of jazz active in the 60s but here goes - this list changes completely tomorrow:
Miles Davis - Miles Smiles
John Coltrane - Transition
Ornette Coleman - New York is Now
Albert Ayler - Ghosts
Rev Frank Wright - Your Prayer
Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch
Charles Mingus - Town Hall Concert
Dexter Gordon One Flight Up
Bill Evans - Sunday at the Village Vanguard
Booker Ervin - The Freedom Book
This list also made me realize a lot of stuff I thought came from the 60s, actually was from the 70s - like Keith Jarrett's European Quartet, Charlie Haden's Liberation Orchestra and Dewey Redman's fantastic run of solo albums.
Excluding the post-1960s "electric fusion" (such as Mahavishnu Orchestra, Pat Metheny, Chick Corea's bands, Jaco Pastorius bands etc)
Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Gustav Brom - Artistry in Swing
If bossa/latin jazz belongs here, then:
Charlie Byrd - Bossa Nova Pelos Passaros
Bebo Valdes - Suite Cubana
A.C. Jobim - don't remember the title, kind of compilation (Verve)
well Tyner has more or less taken over Trane's peersonal top spot in my heart, but if I didn't select a 60's album of his, it's because they all pale (sort of speak, uh!!) in comparison to his incredible run of albums in the 70's.... From Expansions (70) to Horizons (79), there isn't one album I'd rate less than a Gnosis 10, and most of them are 11 or above...
Ok, I'll investigate
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Trane- good call on McCoy.
I'm not lazy. I just work so fast I'm always done.
Lotsa Blue Notes listed, so I'll go with:
Herbie ~ Speak Like A Child
Sam Rivers ~ A New Conception
Tony Williams ~ Spring
Andrew Hill ~ Point Of Departure
Larry Young ~ Unity
Jackie Mac ~ Bluesnik
Wayne Shorter ~ Juju
McCoy ~ The Real McCoy
Joe Henderson ~ Inner Urge
Lee Morgan ~ Search For The New Land
Elvin ~ Puttin' It Together
Hell, they ain't even old-timey ! - Homer Stokes
Just ordered Bridge by Sonny Rollins. What't the consensus on this one?
I really like Jim Hall's playing and tone. I dig the samples that I've heard on Amazon.
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Actually, I like his work in the '60s better (though I do like "Expansions"). He just kept getting heavier handed as time went on, maybe a result of playing with loud drummers, I don't know. Though his playing was always intense, there was a fair share of subtlety in it as well and it gradually disappeared through the '70s. I should mention that I do like "Super Trios" too, but the aforementioned problem (well, to me) was already in evidence by that time.
Regarding "The Bridge" by Sonny Rollins: I don't think you'll be disappointed, Jeff. Jim Hall and Sonny was a great pairing!
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Yusef Lateef-Eastern Sounds, from 1961, deserves mention,imo,and merits a place among the top shelf of sessions from the 60's.Lateef played oboe,sax,flutes and was reaching out to sounds from the middle and far east,incorporating them into his jazz conception,and it worked.Pianist Barry Harris is a standout on this session.Here's a track from Eastern Sounds,Love Theme From Spartacus.Enjoy.
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Well it's fair to say that many of Tyner's 70's album are damn close to JR/F (especially those with Alphonse Mouzon).... but unlike many 60's jazzmen that fizzled into an often-cheesy and pityful jazz-soul, Tyner got better and better in that decade... Although I love Extensions (with the famous National Geographic) on Blue Note, it seems that his joining Orin Keepnews' label Milestone really kicked his butt...
BTW, never heard the Supertrios album >> just the album's title never enticed me to wander in...
Checking out his early 60's stuff just this morning, I just found out there are quite a few of his Impulse! solo album I've never ever seen/heard/known, though All my library system ever had to propose was his Blue Note albums
my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicts to complete nutcases.
Someone mentioned Roland Kirk, who's usually cited with regard to his simultaneous multi-horn playing and manzello and stritch stuff. But he was a monster straight-ahead tenor player, as heard here with the great Jaki Byard, whom I should've included as a 60s fave:
http://grooveshark.com/#!/search?q=j...rd%2C+evidence
Mostly trios, and well worth checking out....
Hell, they ain't even old-timey ! - Homer Stokes
Booker Ervin, a tough Texas tenor who came out of r&b bands and into jazz,with a distinctive keening "cry" that made his tenor one of the more recognizable sounds around.Played with Horace Parlan before signing on with Charles Mingus, becoming an integral part of Mingus's ensembles.Ervin fronted his own groups on various labels before passing away, all too young, from kidney disease.
One tune from Booker Ervin i've always loved is his 1965 session recorded in Germany, titled The Trance.This is the title track.Also on this track is Jaki Byard-piano,Reggie Workman-bass and Alan Dawson-drums.Other noteworthy Booker Ervin records,imo:
The Freedom Book
The Blues Book
The Space Book
Groovin' High
The In Between
"please do not understand me too quickly"-andre gide
I don't know why, but it's harder for me to give you a top ten list of 60's Jazz albums than it is to rate my top ten Prog albums. So many great albums...and 90% of those mentioned in this thread would have to vie for space.
I own hundreds of 60s Jazz albums, so doing just ten was impossible (not to mention counterproductive). However, if I was to limit it to three per artist, I was able to pare it down to these 5-star 48.
If you must have ten, then just take the first ten and disregard everything else!
Benny Carter - Further Definitions
Sonny Clark - Leapin' and Lopin'
John Coltrane - Giant Steps
John Coltrane - Complete Live at the Village Vanguard
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
Miles Davis - E.S.P.
Miles Davis - Miles Smiles
Miles Davis - In A Silent Way
Eric Dolphy - Outward Bound
Eric Dolphy - At the Five Spot, Vol. 1
Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch!
Don Ellis - Electric Bath
Bill Evans - Sunday at the Village Vanguard
Bill Evans - Waltz for Debby
Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd - Jazz Samba
Stan Getz & João Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto
Dexter Gordon - Our Man in Paris
Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage
Herbie Hancock - Empyrean Isles
Joe Henderson - In 'n Out
Joe Henderson - Inner Urge
Andrew Hill - Black Fire
Andrew Hill - Point of Departure
Bobby Hutcherson - Components
Bobby Hutcherson - Dialogue
Bobby Hutcherson - Stick-Up!
Freddie Hubbard - Hub-Tones
Wynton Kelly Trio & Wes Montgomery - Smokin' at the Half Note
Rahsaan Roland Kirk - The Inflated Tear
Lee Konitz - Motion
Steve Lacy - Evidence (with Don Cherry)
Shelly Manne - At The Manne-Hole, Vols. 1 & 2
Jackie McLean - Let Freedom Ring
Jackie McLean - One Step Beyond
Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
Charles Mingus - Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus
Wes Montgomery - Full House
Oliver Nelson - The Blues and the Abstract Truth
Oscar Peterson - Night Train
George Russell - Stratusphunk
George Russell - Ezz-thetics
Archie Shepp - Fire Music
Wayne Shorter - Night Dreamer
Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil
Cecil Taylor - The World of Cecil Taylor
Cecil Taylor - Conquistador!
McCoy Tyner - The Real McCoy
Larry Young - Unity
I would like to also add George Russell's Jazz in Space.
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What's so offputting about the title? I can think of a hundred worse album titles. The "super trios" are McCoy/Ron Carter/Tony Williams and McCoy/Eddie Gomez/Jack DeJohnette. I think I recall it being a double album on vinyl with an album dedicated to each trio, but it's all on one CD. Here's a rousing rendition of Coltrane's "Moment's Notice" from it:
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