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    Quote Originally Posted by Reid View Post
    I love Oliver Nelson's small group recordings, but some of that big band stuff doesn't hold up too well. It's sounds dated, and very much of its time. But I dig Gil Evans and George Russell.
    Not Thad Jones/Mel Lewis? I thought that was a great big band! And Bob Mintzer, who wrote some great arrangements for them went on to make some pretty good big band albums of his own, before he joined Yellowjackets.

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    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Trane View Post
    Roach: Members Don't Get Weary is actually stunning... and much more adventurous than his early 60's
    Just OK, and not in PBS's league

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    Lee Morgan - The Sidewinder
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    Lee Morgan - The Sidewinder
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    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

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    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.
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    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jake View Post
    ...stuff I thought came from the 60s, actually was from the 70s - like Charlie Haden's Liberation Orchestra and Dewey Redman's fantastic run of solo albums.
    The former and Redman's Tarik (with Ed Blackwell!) are '69....
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    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)

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    Quote Originally Posted by No Pride View Post
    Glad to see a lot of love for "The Real McCoy!" The only reason I didn't include it on my list was that McCoy was already on two other albums I chose and I wanted to fit Chick and Bill Evans in there. But that's a classic with some of Tyner's best tunes and a great personnel!
    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...


    Quote Originally Posted by mogrooves View Post
    Originally Posted by Trane
    Roach: Members Don't Get Weary is actually stunning... and much more adventurous than his early 60's
    Just OK, and not in PBS's league
    Ok, I'll investigate
    Last edited by Trane; 03-25-2013 at 07:25 AM.
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    Trane- good call on McCoy.
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    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
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    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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    Quote Originally Posted by Wisdomview View Post
    Just ordered Bridge by Sonny Rollins. What't the consensus on this one?
    Hell, they ain't even old-timey ! - Homer Stokes

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    Quote Originally Posted by Trane View Post
    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...
    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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    Quote Originally Posted by mogrooves View Post
    Sam Rivers ~ A New Conception
    Excellent pick,and, sad to say RIP Steve Ellington(drummer on A New Conception),who passed away recently.A gifted player who also played with Dave Holland and a host of other jazz luminaries.
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    Quote Originally Posted by No Pride View Post
    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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    Quote Originally Posted by No Pride View Post
    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.
    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.

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    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

    Quote Originally Posted by Trane View Post
    I just found out there are quite a few of his Impulse! solo album I've never ever seen/heard/known,
    Mostly trios, and well worth checking out....
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    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

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    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.

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    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

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    Quote Originally Posted by Trane View Post
    BTW, never heard the Supertrios album >> just the album's title never enticed me to wander in...
    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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