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#1
Miles Davis
5.0
(60)
"Miles Davis - In a Silent Way"
"Bitches brew. More fusion."
"In a silent way. Will blow you away"
"Bitches Brew"
"Can't go wrong with In a Silent Way"
"Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
Miles Davis - In A Silent Way
John Coltrane - Olé
Joe Henderson - The Elements
Sun Ra - Lanquidity
Bennie Maupin - The Jewel In the Lotus
Eberhard Weber - The Colours of Chloe
Herbie Hancock - Mwandishi"
"Miles Sketches of Spain"
"Bitches Brew"
"I really enjoyed Sketches of Spain by Miles Davis during the come down portion of a trip."
"Bitches brew obviously"
#2
John Coltrane
4.9
(43)
"A Love Supreme"
"John Coltrane, Giant Steps"
"Coltrane - My Favorite Things"
"Blue Train - Coltrane. IMHO, this tops my list Jazz albums, right ahead of Kinda Blue."
"A love Supreme"
"Love Supreme"
"Coltrane - Blue Train."
"As I always suggest in these cases, Ballads by Coltrane"
"Ballads by John Coltrane."
"John Coltrane - Ballads."
#3
Bill Evans
5.0
(20)
"Explorations - Bill Evans Trio"
"Been listening to Kind of Blue for 50 years, still brings a tear to my eye on occasion."
"You could just throw on a mix of Bill Evans on Spotify."
"Bill Evans - You Must Believe in Spring."
"Bill Evans on shuffle play is always a safe bet"
"Bill Evans Waltz for Debby."
"Hard to go wrong w/ him really"
"- Waltz For Debby - Bill Evans"
"You must believe in spring - bill Evans"
"Just about anything by Bill Evans."
#4
Charles Mingus
4.8
(18)
"The greatest album of all time: The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady by Charles Mingus"
"The Black saint and the sinner lady"
"Charles Mingus’ Mingus Ah Um."
"Mingus Ah Um - Charles Mingus"
"Black Saint and the sinner lady - Mingus"
"The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady - Charles Mingus"
"Anything Charles Mingus. If you want some specifics as a springboard, moanin’ , almost anything from his album blues & roots."
"The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady by Charles Mingus is musical terror and musical beauty."
"Charles Mingus... live or studio."
"3 albums that got me into jazz."
#5
Weather Report
5.0
(13)
"Weather Report - Black Market"
"Great entry points for jazz"
"Weather Report was my transition from rock to jazz. Black Market and Heavy Weather"
"Weather Report"
"Heavy weather by the weather report"
"Weather Report"
"Weather Report- “Mysterious Traveler” and “Tale Spinnin”"
"Weather report - Heavy Weather"
"Weather Report - Heavy Weather"
"Black Market - Weather Report"
#6
Dave Brubeck
4.9
(12)
"Brubeck take five."
"Dave Brubeck - Time Out."
"Take Five by Dave Brubeck. Familiar and easy to like title song."
"Brubeck, Take Five."
"It was Brubeck Take 5"
"Dave Brubeck - Time Out"
"Dave Brubeck - Time Out."
"“Time Out” by Dave Brubeck"
"Dave Brubeck. Take Five and La Paloma Azul"
"Dave Brubeck Take Five"
#7
Yussef Dayes
5.0
(11)
"Black Classical Music by Yussef Dayes are two I’ve really enjoyed"
"Yussef Dayes has some incredible recordings on Spotify if you want a modern artist"
"2-Yussef Dayes - Black Classical Music"
"Black Classical Music by Yussef Dayes."
"Black Classical Music by Yussef Dayes"
"Black Classical Music - Yussef Dayes"
"My new faves so far off the top of my head are Yussef Dayes."
"Another vote for Yussef Dayes “Black Classical Music”"
"Yusseff Dayes - Black Classical Music"
"For me it has to be the new Yussef Dayes - Black Classical Music"
#8
Herbie Hancock
4.9
(10)
"Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters"
"Herbie Hancock's "Head Hunters" is a great listen!"
"Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage was a formative one for me."
"Herbie Hancock's Thrust album... For the post-dinner activities."
"Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage"
"Thrust by Herbie Hancock for jazz that’s funky."
"Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage album."
"Herbie hancock’s head hunters."
"Head Hunters - Herbie Hancock"
#9
Alice Coltrane
5.0
(9)
"Journey in Satchidananda by Alice Coltrane and The Elements by Joe Henderson."
"Journey in Satchidananda by Alice Coletrane."
"Journey In Satchidananda - Alice Coltrane / Pharaoh Sanders"
"Alice Coltrane’s Journey in Satchidananda"
"Journey In Satchidananda"
"Alice Coltrane - Ptah The El Duad"
"* Ptah the El Daoud - Alice Coltrane."
"Alice Coltrane ft Pharoah Sanders - Journey in Satchidananda."
"Alice Coltrane - Journey in Satchidananda."
#10
Wayne Shorter
4.8
(9)
"Speak No Evil - Wayne Shorter"
"Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil"
"Speak No Evil"
"Wayne Shorter - Night Dreamer"
"That should get you started…."
"“Speak No Evil” & “Night Dreamer - Wayne Shorter”"
"“Speak No Evil” & “Night Dreamer - Wayne Shorter”"
"Night dreamer wayne shorter."
"Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil"
#11
Hank Mobley
4.7
(9)
"Hank Mobley - Soul Station."
"Mostly on hard bop"
"Hank Mobley "Soul Station""
"Hank Mobley - Soul Station"
"That should get you started…."
"Soul Station by Hank Mobley."
"Hank Mobley - Soul Station."
"“Soul Station” by Hank Mobley."
"Soul Station x Hank Mobley"
#12
Frank Zappa
4.9
(8)
"Definitely Hot Rats, if he likes It, they throw in some grand wazoo or Waka/jawaka"
"_Waka Jawaka_ and _Grand Wazoo_."
"Waka/jawaka or hot rats"
"The Gumbo Variations off of Hot Rats"
"I’d go with Hot Rats"
"Frank Zappa - Hot Rats"
"Frank Zappa Hot Rats album."
"Hot Rats isn't necessarily jazz but there is a lot of jazz-adjacent improv on that album"
#13
Cannonball Adderley
4.9
(7)
"Mostly on hard bop"
"*Somethin’ Else* by Cannonball Adderley"
"Cannonball Adderley - Somethin’ Else"
"Something else- Cannonball Adderley"
"That should get you started…."
"Move on to Duke Ellington's small bands and then you are ready for the beginnings of 'Hard Bop' with Cannonball Adderly's 'Somethin' Else'."
#14
Gerry Mulligan
5.0
(5)
"Gerry Mulligan - Night Lights (1963)"
"Night Lights-Gerry Mulligan"
"• Gerry Mulligan “Night Lights”"
"Gerry Mulligan - Night Lights"
#15
Ornette Coleman
5.0
(5)
"Ornette Coleman "Free Jazz", John Coltranes "Ascension" or Pharaoh Sanders "Thembi!""
"The Shape Of Jazz To Come - Ornette Coleman"
"Ornette Coleman - Free Jazz"
"Listen to “The Shape of Jazz to Come” by Ornette Coleman."
"The Shape of Jazz to Come - Ornette Coleman"
#16
Ahmad Jamal Trio
5.0
(4)
"Ahmad Jamal Trio - The Awakening"
"Ahmad Jamal Trio: The Awakening, Happy Moods"
"- The Awakening - Ahmad Jamal Trio"
"* The Awakening - Ahmad Jamal Trio."
#17
Alfa Mist
5.0
(4)
"6-Alfa Mist – Variables"
"I absolutely love Afla Mist’ new album, Variables."
"Alfa Mist - Variables."
"My new faves so far off the top of my head are Alfa Mist - Variables."
#18
John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman
5.0
(4)
"John Coltrane with Johnny Hartman."
"John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman - absolutely gorgeous."
"John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman"
"John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman. Every damn note is perfect."
#19
Eric Dolphy
5.0
(4)
"Hat and Beard is one of my favorite jazz tunes"
#20
Vince Guaraldi
5.0
(4)
"Vince Guaraldi-“Charlie Brown Christmas”."
"Vince Guaraldi - A Charlie Brown Christmas."
"Hands down the gateway should be Vince Guaraldi “A Charlie Brown Christmas”."
"Charlie Brown Christmas - Vince Guaraldi Trio."
#21
Sonny Rollins
5.0
(4)
"Saxophone Colossus- Sonny Rollins"
"Sonny Rollins Saxophone Colossus"
"Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus"
#22
Chick Corea
5.0
(4)
"Anything by Chick Corea or Herbie Hancock"
"Chick Corea. “Now He Sings, Now He Sobs”"
"Chick Corea - Now He Sings, Now He Sobs"
"The album that turned me onto jazz"
#23
Return to Forever
4.8
(4)
"If you want something more progressive i recommend romantic Warrior by return to forever"
"I'm not giving any comment. Listen for yourself."
"Try Return To Forever - Romantic Warrior"
"Romantic Warrior - Return to Forever"
#24
Horace Silver
4.8
(4)
"Horace Silver - Song For My Father."
"Horace Silver ( Song for my father ) both are really lovely."
"Check out Horace Silver “Song for my Father”"
"Song for my Father - Horace Silver"
#25
Kenny Burrell
4.8
(4)
"Midnight Blue by Kenny Burrell"
"Kenny Burrell Midnight Blue."
"Kenny Burrell - Midnight Blue"
#26
Chet Baker
4.8
(4)
"Chet baker sings is a classic."
"Going instrumental can be daunting for some"
"- Chet Baker Sings - Chet Baker"
"Chet baker sings."
#27
Pharaoh Sanders
5.0
(3)
"Pharaoh Sanders - Karma"
"Karma - Pharaoh Sanders"
"Let alone Pharaoh Sanders Karma, Thembi."
#28
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
5.0
(3)
"Ella and Louis is a great album."
"Anything by ella and louis together!"
"Ella & Louis"
#29
Freddie Hubbard
5.0
(3)
"Red Clay-Freddie Hubbard."
"Red Clay Freddie Hubbard."
"Freddie Hubbard- Red Clay"
#30
Art Pepper
5.0
(3)
"Mostly on hard bop"
"That should get you started…."
#31
Les McCann
5.0
(3)
"Les McCann - Swiss Movement"
#32
Oscar Peterson Trio
5.0
(3)
"Try *Night Train* by the Oscar Peterson Trio. Very blues-rooted jazz."
"* Night Train - Oscar Peterson Trio."
#33
Jaimie Branch
5.0
(3)
"Jaimie Branch Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die"
"Jaimie Branch’s posthumous Fly or Die album for contemporary releases"
"Jaimie Branch - Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war))"
#34
Kenny Dorham
5.0
(3)
"Kenny dorham - quiet kenny"
"That should get you started…."
#35
Grant Green
5.0
(3)
"Mostly on hard bop"
"Idle Moments by Grant Green"
"Idle Moments by Grant Green."
#36
Pharoah Sanders
5.0
(3)
"But album wise I’d listen to karma by pharaoh sanders"
#37
Kamasi Washington
4.7
(3)
"The Epic by Kamashi Washington"
"Kamasi Washington - The Epic"
"Kamasi Washington- The Epic"
#38
Art Blakey
4.3
(3)
"Art Blakey - Moanin’"
"Moanin’ - Art Blakey"
"Moanin’ by Art Blakey got me into jazz when I first started listening, I think as a start it’s pretty easy listening."
#39
Lee Morgan
4.3
(3)
"Lee Morgan - The Sidewinder."
"A few that initially got me into jazz were: Lee Morgan - The Sidewinder."
"The Sidewinder x Lee Morgan"
#40
Sonny Clark
5.0
(2)
"Cool Struttin - Sonny Clark"
#41
Corto.Alto
5.0
(2)
"Corto.alto - Bad With Names: This one really surprised me."
"5-corto.alto – Bad With Names"
#42
Wadada Leo Smith
5.0
(2)
"7-Wadada Leo Smith and Orange Wave Electric - Fire Illuminations"
"Fire Illuminations by Wadada Leo Smith is up there"
#43
London Brew
5.0
(2)
"10-London Brew - London Brew"
"London Brew: London Brew"
#44
Joe Chambers
5.0
(2)
"8-Joe Chambers - Dance Kobina"
"Joe Chambers - Dance Kobina."
#45
Medeski Martin & Wood
5.0
(2)
"Medeski Martin and Wood‘s shack man. You will not be disappointed I promise."
"Medeski Martin and Wood‘s shack man. You will not be disappointed I promise."
#46
Yusef Lateef
5.0
(2)
"* The Blue Yusef Lateef."
#47
Oliver Nelson
5.0
(2)
"The Blues and the Abstract Truth - Oliver Nelson"
"The Blues and the Abstract Truth by Oliver Nelson...Released August 1961."
#48
Butcher Brown
5.0
(2)
"Butcher Brown - Solar Music"
"“Solar Music” by Butcher Brown."
#49
Nujabes
5.0
(2)
"Nujabes - Modal Soul"
"Perfect if you want to listen to something hip-hop-based."
#50
Stan Getz
5.0
(2)
"Stan Getz - Sweet Rain"
"Stan Getz - Sweet Rain"
#51
Eddie Henderson
5.0
(2)
"* Eddie Henderson, "Witness to History""
"Eddie Henderson, Witness to History"
#52
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
5.0
(2)
"Check out the album moanin' by art blakey and the jazz messengers"
#53
Peter Brötzmann
5.0
(2)
"Machine Gun - Peter Brötzmann"
#54
The Circling Sun
5.0
(2)
"Spirits by The Circling Sun"
"The Circling Sun - Spirits"
#55
Keith Jarrett
5.0
(2)
"Keith Jarrett - The Köln Concert"
"Keith Jarrett - The Köln Concert."
#56
Hiromi
5.0
(2)
"I’m loving Hiromi’s Sonicwonderland."
"Hiromi - Sonicwonderland"
#57
Trio Grande
5.0
(2)
"Trio Grande - Urban Myth"
"Trio grande - Urban Myth, by far the best, it's not even close."
#58
Ryo Fukui
5.0
(2)
"‘Scenery’ by Ryo Fukui."
"Ryo Fukui - Scenery."
#59
Joe Henderson
5.0
(2)
"Joe Henderson - The Elements"
"Joe Henderson - The Elements."
#60
GoGo Penguin
5.0
(2)
"3-Gogo Penguin - Everything Is Going to Be OK"
"* GoGo Penguin, "Everything is Going to be Okay""
#61
Oscar Peterson
5.0
(2)
"Night Train, Oscar Peterson"
"Oscar Peterson- Night Train"
#62
Yussef Kamaal
5.0
(2)
"I would recommend the album Black Focus from Yussef Kamaal"
"Yussef Kamaal - Black Focus"
#63
Mahavishnu Orchestra
5.0
(2)
"The group mahavishnu orchestra got me into jazz, specifically the album 'the inner mounting flame'."
"Mahavishnu Orchestra (with John McLaughlin) - The Inner Mounting Flame (Fusion)"
#64
Getz/Gilberto
5.0
(2)
"Can't beat bossa nova!"
"Getz/Gilberto"
#65
Larry Young
5.0
(2)
"Larry Young - Unity."
"Larry Young - Unity"
#66
Charles Earland
5.0
(2)
"Anything by Jimmy Smith, Larry Young, Charles Earland, Brian Auger, John Patton."
"ANY Charles Earland album. Start with Black Talk."
#67
Gabor Szabo
4.5
(2)
"This album - Dreams - is amazing"
"Gabor Szabo - Dreams."
#68
Medeski Martin and Wood
4.0
(2)
"Medeski Martin and Wood. Good grooves, avant-garde, funk and plenty of fucking weird shit."
"It might not fit what you are looking for if you want something more traditional, but it fits your 'organ, no horns' criteria well."
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