A dude who has a jazz music channel with a Bill Evans LP behind him, a Beatles poster in the background, and was into Pharaoh Sanders in grade school is one cool cat!
1. A Love Supreme - John Coltrane 2. Crescent - John Coltrane 3. Kind of Blue - Miles Davis 4. ESP - Miles Davis 5. Sunday at the Village Vanguard - Bill Evans 6. Miles Smiles - Miles Davis 7. Maiden Voyage - Herbie Hancock 8. Shape of Jazz to Come - Ornette Coleman 9. The Sidewinder - Lee Morgan 10. Fellowship - Brian Blade Just my favourites from an incomplete knowledge of jazz. The first 5 are some of the greatest music I've ever heard - they are etched into my brain and will stay with me for life.
"Fellowship" is a very special album to me and I'm happy others find it a great listen . I saw Brian Blade with Chick Corea's trio shortly before the covid lockdown. I didn't realize it would be the last time I'd see Chick Corea. The trio was great of course. Brian Blade just radiates joy when he plays.
1. Larry Young - Unity 2. Horace Silver - Song For My Father 3. Wes Montgomery - Full House 4. Bill Evans - Waltz For Debby 5. Miles Davis - Bag's Groove 6. Thelonious Monk - Misterioso 7. John Lewis - Grand Encounter 8. Jim Hall - Concierto 9. Art Pepper - Meets The Rhythm Section 10. Duke Ellington And John Coltrane damn... this is hard...
Hello my connoisseur jazz brother I like your top 10 but my all-time number one the whole album as well as the album cover Wes Montgomery A Day in LIFE Nuff Said I now must yield back to my 21 year age Appleton RUM
Stan Getz's "Focus" is one of my all-time favorite albums. You referenced "Pan". I also really like "Her". Eddie Sauter had asked Stan if he wanted Eddie to leave some spaces or gaps for Stan to come in. Getz told him to write complete compositions without regard for what Stan might do. With that in mind, Stan's performance blew me away even at the tender age of thirteen!
You dropped into my TH-cam feed for 1st time; my top ten are. 10. Lonnie Listen Smith, Visions of a New World, 9. Herbie Hancock, Maiden Voyage, 8. John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman, 7. Idris Muhammad, Power of Soul, 6. Lee Morgan, Search for the New Land, 5. Miles Davis and Gil Evans, Miles Ahead, 4. Dave Brubeck, Take Five, 3. John Coltrane, Giant Steps, 2, Freddie Hubbard/ Stanley Turrentine, In Concert, (Povo) 1. For me, it's Kind of Blue with Flamenco Sketches as the top song on this album. Thanks for sharing, brother - I'm a 69-year-old former Trumpet/Flugelhorn Jazz Musician God bless!
Thank you very much for finding my channel and watching my video. Your top 10 is great 👍. I'm honored that a former jazz musician is viewing one of my videos 😊 ✌️
1st time i heard "Creator has a masterplan" as an adult i cried...remembering i heard it as a kid in the early 70's...my Dad was a Jazz head..my mom made him listen in the garage..id go out to see what he was up to and hed always be listening to the craziest stuff... and now as an adult i LOVE FREE JAZZ
I first heard the album in the early 70s when I was in elementary school when my older brothers had the album. Its so great that even at that young age I knew it was something special.
The first jazz recommendation I received from a great friend of mine was Keith Jarret, The Koln Concert. Absolutely beautiful, very emotional and the ambient noise of (what I assume) him shouting and forcing that piano to express what he was thinking is a great touch. I listened to it on a rainy drive home and it still sticks with me.
Everybody has their own opinion so I don't argue about people's rankings. What I do like about any "top" lists is the lps I haven't heard or listened to in a while. So cheers mate.
@@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews You're welcome. And let me (and only me) know when you're selling those Kindels. 😉 And although my top 10 fluctuates from time to time, #1 and #2 never do - and that would be "John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman" and "Kind Of Blue." Cheers
Hello Kenny! Here is my top10: 01. Miles Davis - Kind of Blue 02. John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman 03. Hank Mobley - Soul Station 04. Miles Davis - Milestones 05. John Coltrane - A Love Supreme 06. Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else 07. Archie Shepp Quintet - Bird Fire (Tribute to Charlie Parker) 08. The Bill Evans Trio - Portait in Jazz 09. Mario Biondi and The High Five Quintet - Handful of Soul 10. Red Garland - Red Garland's Piano
Blues and the Abstract Truth - Oliver Nelson Go! - Dexter Gordon Art Pepper - Meets the Rhythm.Section Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus Impossible to do lasting list and exclude so many heroes I really am enjoying your podcasts! Billy on the coast
Thank to you, I discover some albums to listen next. One of my favorites artist of all times, since the first piece of him I listened: Thelonious Monk. I started with jazz, thanks to my dad, I was 12/13. Turned 67 last September....
I don’t think I have enough jazz pedigree to create a top ten, so here’s my top 5 😊 I am a lifelong music lover and appreciator of jazz and musical art, so here’s my contribution to this beautiful channel - it includes some jazz rock I guess. 1. Cannonball’s Bossa Nova - Cannonball Adderley and the Bossa Rio Sextet 2. Finger Lickin’ Good - Dr Lonnie Smith 3. The Grand Wazoo - Frank Zappa 4. Back to Back - Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges 5. Heavy Weather - Weather Report 🙏🏻 Have a peaceful day
Its hard to compile a list as there is so much to listen to and yet to discover but let's name it a present favorite moods list in no particular order :) Oliver Nelson - The Blues And The Abstract Truth Art Farmer - On The Road The Bobby Timmons Trio - In Person Walter Strerath - Trio Quartet Quintet The Ramsey Lewis Trio - Wade In The Water The Jan Huydts / Peter Trunk / Joe Nay Trio - Trio Conception The Horace Silver Quintet & Trio - Blowin' The Blues Away Yusef Lateef - Eastern Sounds Chico Hamilton Trio - Introducing Freddie Gambrell Lonnie Liston Smith And The Cosmic Echoes - Reflections Of A Golden Dream I like different jazz styles but must admit I have had to learn to appreciate fusion (which I do now:) ) and still do, free jazz. Most of the time I tend to lean towards styles like hard bop, post bop, soul-jazz and jazz-funk. Probably because I like soul and funk too ;) For example I really like this particular song Wild And Peaceful by Kool & The Gang that has that dreamy mellow and jazz mood woven into it. That's why I also like the music from the era where soul-jazz developed in which a lot of jazz connoisseurs had difficulty with accepting as they were stating this wasn't actually on the path of real jazz anymore. And if i may take the liberty in adding a second top ten list of wanna haves :) (Again in no particular order) Freddie Hubbard - The Body & The Soul Dizzy Reece - Star Bright Freddie Redd Quintet - Shades Of Redd Lee Morgan - The Complete Live At The Lighthouse (Hermosa Beach, California) Herbie Hancock - Man-Child The Cannonball Adderley Quintet - At The Lighthouse Dave Bailey Quintet - Reaching Out Slide Hampton Octet - Sister Salvation Bobby Hutcherson - Montara The Nathan Davis Sextet - Makatuka
Both of your lists are awesome...I couple I have not heard before but your lists are great. Thank you very much for taking the time to post your lists and watching my video 😊 ✌️
@@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews Thank you for your kind reply and your content! Subscribe; Check! BTW, one down from the wants-list, Lee Morgan, the full 8 disc edition alongside the 3 disc witch will probably go up for sale now
Great diverse list, here's my Top Ten Jazz Albums 1.Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue 1959 2.Cannonball Adderley - Something Else 1958 3.Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage 1965 4.John Coltrane - Love Supreme 1965 5.John Coltrane - Africa Brass 1961 6.Wynton Marsalis - Black Codes Tales From The Underground 1981 7.Charles Tolliver - Live In Tokyo 1974 8.Art Blakey - Album Of The Year 1981 9.Art Blakey - Keystone 3 1982 10.Lee Morgan - Live At The Lighthouse 1970
Just want to congratulate you on your excellent channel. I listened to your fusion episode yesterday and spent a couple hours at the pool today listening to Flora Purim for the first time in my life. Totally blown away and grateful that there's so much beautiful music waiting to be discovered. Thank you. God bless you Sir!
Don't claim to be a jazz expert but my days off digging had landed me in some obvious and some random albums that i played a lot. Lee Morgan search for a new land, Randy Weston blue Moses, Donald Byrd voices (and all his mizell works), Mingus black saint, coltrane n hartman, wes mo bumping, horace silver song for my father, ... Obvious ones too like kinda blue, love su... But I'm going to visit some on your list.
Great list! My top 10: 1. John Coltrane - My Favourite Things 2. Sonny Rollins - Newk’s Time 3. Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage 4. Kenny Dorham - Matador 5. Miles Davis - Kind of Blue 6. Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz to Come 7. Dave Brubeck - Time Out 8. John Coltrane - Soultrane 9. Art Blakey - Moanin’ 10. Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um
My Top Ten Jazz Albums: Jazz at Massey Hall Mingus at Monterey by Charles Mingus Time Out by Dave Brubeck Quartet Kind of Blue by Miles Davis Jazz Samba by Stan Getz Shape of Jazz to Come by Ornette Coleman Ole by John Coltrane Impressions by John Coltrane Live at the Village Vanguard Again by John Coltrane Ellington at Newport by Duke Ellington
Nicely done, I have a few of them, some of the others I'll need to check out. I appreciate your views. I don't think I'll understand the free jazz work, but I want to hear your views anyway. thank you.
Interesting list. Our tastes in jazz are definitely different but I loved hearing your list. I own and love three of those albums 😊. Jazz is a big tent, lots to explore. I don’t rank art personally but you’re brave to put yours out there. Now regarding basketball……Bill Russell would like a word! 😆😆😆 Just a couple of my favorite jazz albums, not overlapping yours (unranked): Tijuana Moods - Mingus A Night in Tunisia - Blakey Somewhere Else - Ted Nash Blue Train - Coltrane Red Nichols And the Five Pennies at Marineland Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section Ella Fitzgerald & Louie Armstrong
@@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews I highly recommend the Somewhere Else album. The recording quality is outstanding and it’s the music of West Side Story done by his trio. Likely only available on Ted’s website. A real sleeper from a member of the JLCO. Much of the rest of the list I expect you’re familiar with given you’ve got a more extensive jazz listening history.
Great list Kenny,I need to check out that Koln Concert album. So many great Jazz albums you can leave out some amazing albums in a top 50 never mind a top 10 but here goes... 1) Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers ~ Moanin' 2)Cannonball Adderley ~ Somethin' Else 3)John Coltrane ~ A Love Supreme 4)Sonny Rollins ~ Saxophone Colossus 5)Wes Montgomery ~ Full House 6)Wayne Shorter ~ The All Seeing Eye 7)Duke Ellington ~Ellington Uptown 8)Alice Coltrane ~ Ptah The El Daoud 9)Thelonious Monk ~ Brilliant Corners 10)Charles Mingus ~The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady Ask again in a years time and no doubt it'll be different
Great picks! I’ve worn through all of those albums except the Cherry one. Thanks for the tip. Will check it out. Jarrett’s also a fantastic classical player. All genres. Baroque to Modern. Total master. His release of Shostakovich 24 Preludes and Fugues is off the planet
@@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews He's one of my favorite musicians of all time. Nothing he can't do. And with excellence. I agree on it being close for first place. It's like Kind of Blue, Koln Concert, and A Love Supreme are a photo finish. Masterpieces.
Hey Kenny 🙌 There's a lot of great records I need to listen to... 😄 but my ranking is: 1° Kind Of Blue - Miles Davis 2° Night Train - Oscar Peterson 3° A Love Supreme - John Coltrane 4° Time Out - Dave Brubreck 5° Feelin' The Spirit - Grant Green 6° Somethin' Else - Cannonball Adderley 7° Milestones - Miles Davis 8° Stone Flower - Antonio Carlos Jobim 9° Inventions And Dimensions - Herbie Hancock 10° Straight Ahead - Count Basie Peace 🙌✌ God Bless 🙏
Great looking music room. Between myself and my late brother-in-law, we probably have 4 or 5K vinyl records and another couple thousand CD's. But we still don't come close to what I'm seeing of your collection. Years of love can be seen in this video.
I just discovered this channel and am digging it very much so. The creator has a master plan is a phenomenal work of art. So difficult to limit a list to only 10... One of my favs is Open Sesame by Freddie Hubbard. Would love to see some of your favorite Rudy Van Gelder records.
Great list! Thank you for your video! My best jazz albums: 1.John Coltrane, Giant Steps 2.Art Pepper meets the rhythm section 3.Miles Davis, Kind of Blue 4.Dave Brubeck, Time Out 5.Cannonball Adderly, Sometin' else 6.John Coltrane, Blue Train 7.Sonny Rollins, Saxophone Colossus 8.Wayne Shorter, Speak no Evil 9.Illinois Jacquet, Swing's the Thing 10, Stan Getz, Joao Gilberto, Getz/Gilberto You probably guessed, I am a saxophone player.....
Really enjoyed this - thank you. Although there's a couple of your selections I don't know (McCoy Tyner, Pharaoh Sanders) I'll be sure to check them out as your choices that I do know are indeed excellent (Don Cherry: good call!). My jazz Top Ten could change every day, but at least half of these are set in stone for me: 1. Dave Brubeck Quartet 'Jazz Impressions of New York' 2. Gary Peacock 'Tales of Another' 3. Maynard Ferguson 'New Vintage' 4. Miles Davis 'Filles de Kilimanjaro' 5. Dave Brubeck Quartet 'At Carnegie Hall' 6.Jan Garbarek Quartet 'Afric Pepperbird' 7. John Coltrane 'Lush Life' 8. Mal Waldron 'The Call' 9. Erroll Garner 'Up in Erroll's Room' 10. Gary Peacock Quintet with Eberhard Weber 'Passengers'
Regarding the Coltrane selection as number one, I recall the comment of a writer friend of mine from New York City who replied on hearing coltrane's a Love supreme: "it took listening to Coltrane on this record ⏺️ helped me to understand the music of JS Bach."
i Kenny, você sempre nos trazendo matéria perspicaz e para reflexão. Acho sua lista e a dos demais que postaram excelentes. Tenho diversos dos álbuns referidos e sinto falta apenas do Phineas Newborn jr, que entendo ser um pianista excepcional e deve estar presente em listas de grandes instrumentistas de jazz. Tenha uma ótima semana (zenon, from Brasil)
Zenon, thank you for watching my videos. I appreciate your comments about music and thank you very much for watching from Brazil....I hope that you have a great week.
I think this was a good choice to be at someone's number one spot for a jazz album. I get the same vibes about the Africa Brass Sessions album. There was truly heart and soul put into those albums.
Great selection. I would include any of the Miles Davis' second quintet albums. Love Hebie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Tony Williams, and of course Ron Carter.
Like you said all these list are personal. I’m certainly in no position to debate. I own 5-6 of your list. Love Supreme would be my number one too but Quincy Jones Walking in Space would be up near my top.
Kenny, here is my list : Miles Davis, Kind of Blue; Oliver Nelson Blues and The Abstract Truth; Ornette Coleman, Free Jazz; Charles Mingus, The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady; Bill Evans, Sunday at the Village Vanguard, Joe Henderson, Page One; Jazz at Massey Hall; John Coltrane, My favorite Things; Sonny Rollins, Saxophone Colossus, Art Blakey, Moanin'. There are a few horn players on my list because I play tenor saxophone.
I really like your top 10. I have 5 of those albums and enjoy them regularly. In my top 10 are 3 of your selections with Kind of Blue at number 1. I cannot get enough of it even after all these years. Monk's Music (Thelonius Monk for those unfamiliar) is up there at number 2 with Time Out by Dave Brubeck number 3. John Coltrane and Johnny Hartmann (Nat King Cole's favorite singer and the only singer Coltrane ever played with despite invites from Frank Sinatra and other great singers) is number 4 and number 5 is Round Midnight with Dexter Gordon and an amazing list of collaborators. I realy like your efforts and successes with your channel. Best wishes.
I have the Monks Music album but I have not listened to it in some time, but I will soon 😊. I appreciate you and your kind words and comments, thank you very much 😊 ✌️
@@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews Hi Kenny, I'm not sure if you would be willing to do this and make a video out of it because both artist recorded across a few labels. It would be the 50's recordings of Ben Webster and Coleman Hawkins; two pioneers on Tenor. Could you do a review and pick your favorite between the two?
I love the list and added a couple of these to my listening list. I love so much music it would be hard to make a list that I would still be in agreement with myself the next day! A Love Supreme as #1 is right. The album is very special. Karma is on regular rotation for me too. Jarrett's Köln Concert is another favourite. What I love about jazz is the depth. There's so much to love. I subscribed to your channel. Thanks!
Thank you very much for subscribing to my channel. I agree with you that it is very tough to make a top 10 list without challenging it myself a few day later; A lot of greats to choose from 😊✌️
Brother Kenny! I can’t argue with any of those selections. All of them very worthy and represent the beautiful array of creative options available in the jazz genre. I see that you slipped in “Focus”. I love Pan as well. Mr Cherry and Mr Coleman cohorts and celebrated masters indeed. Miles, Mingus, Trane, my goodness, the elite. Jarrett is a bad hombre and for me the Koln Concert is at the the top of his many excellent efforts. I saw Pharaoh perform Karma live at UCLA’s Royce Hall in 1969. It was a wonderfully intense performance with Lonnie Liston Smith, Stanford James and Clifford Jarvis. Of course, there was only one Tyner and he was/is the Real McCoy. Thanks again for sharing your insightful thoughts and loving connection to the music. BTW, I loved Mr Clutch Jerry West and hated to see the passing of Chet Walker. Both great players and human beings. In closing, Happy Father’s Day.
That must have been great to see Pharoah Sanders at UCLA. Jerry West was tremendous as a player and executive. It was nice seeing the Lakers win their fist championship in 1972.
You put smile on my face😊 Throughout your count down, I was saying "what? No love for Coltrane?" And there you go, your number one Love Supreme!, which happens to be my all time favorite.
Love the channel and thanks for the top 10. I myself have always loved jazz. My first album at about 10 or 12yrs old bought for me by my dad was morning glory by spyro gyra. But with the purchase of a new turntable and speakers it has reignited my love for jazz. Just picked up a couple Milt Jackson albums.
Very interesting selection! My one would just a bit different, but your choices are all lovely, no exception! I'll keep on following you. Thanks once again. Luigi (from Italy)
Thank you to the YT algorithm for bringing me into Kenny's record room. Subscribed! (And nice to see a shoutout for Stan Getz's "Focus"). Hope you cover Art Pepper at some point!
It’s always perilous to choose a top ten. Glad you chose “Fly With the Wind”. Confirms my feeling. I have ( or had) 4 of your picks. Been a fan of Jazz since high school in 1966. I had a friend who tried hard to make a name for himself but got nowhere. I produced one cut and sang on his one and only album. We covered Horace Silver’s and Lambert Hendrix and Ross’s “Come on Home”. I have a letter from Horace Silver praising the rendition. Nice man.
Hey Kenny, some interesting choices there. My list would be completely different, but that's the great thing about lists, nobody's right or wrong. Enjoy your channel. Keep them coming 👍
Who are your top ten jazz artists? That's virtually impossible for me to list. I have a list of favorites on each instrument. I love your channel. Keep 'em coming!
Thanks for the great video, I will be checking out the ones I haven't heard on your list. PS- I have a general recommendation: the Pat Martino album "Joyous Lake", a rare fusion album for him. I really enjoy it
Brother Kenny, you are the King of Jazz! I have been into Fusion for so long, 45 years now, that I neglected the all-time greats. I just started getting into Miles, Lee Morgan, Chet Baker, Trane, Red Garland, Keith Jarrett, Bill Evans, Gene Ammons, and Jimmy Forrest only around five years ago. I guess I was thinking that these old classics were too costly and not very good sound quality wise, that I stayed away. Now I am all in, thanks to you and Mazzy and Melinda! I tend to buy the newer pressings just because when I listen to Jazz trumpet, Jazz piano, or Jazz Sax, I just want to hear the music, not the Rice Krispys in the background, lol. Your Top 10 is stellar, btw, gonna have to check out that 'Karma' album from Pharaoh Sanders! My Top 5 at the moment are Jimmy Forrest-'Out of the Forrest' at #5, Somethin' Else at #4, Chet Baker-'The Blue Room', #3, Lee Morgan-'Search for the New Land ' at #2, and 'Milestones' by M.D. at #1! Love your channel, Peace and Love!
That is a unique list, very personal and interesting. No vocal jazz perse, but I'm pleased to see Karma on the list, with one of my favorites Leon Thomas. Found his 'Spirits known and unknown" in a small local shop around age 17 when I was into all things percussion since he holds a drum on the cover. Soon to be caught by his fenomenal ways of expression and the warm and creative atmosphere of this live event. James Spaulding, Roy Haynes, and others present have had my attention since that encounter. It must have been a magic night.
All I can say is thank god for Spotify & TH-cam Music so I can listen to all of Kenny’s top ten’s in the car sound system & when I’m jogging on my ear buds😂😂😂😂…..I’m still a newbie to Jazz Music & I love the knowledge you bring to each & every album you showcase on your channel….I’m a big Herbie Hancock & Weather Report Jazz Fan is my starting points into the Jazz a genre….Miles, Coltrane, Evans is where I’m starting to venture now & I’m aware I need to live 3 LIFETIMES to listen to these giants discography’s😂😂😂😂….also listening to a saxophone player named SONNY STITT, that is kinda taking over my life at this point😂😂😂😂😂 But Kenny, thanks for your incredible channel & also your incredible fellow Jazz fans on the comments below, these gents are listing albums that are also blowing me away😂😂😂😂 I subscribed & I’m glad to be aboard 🎵
I almost said, no John Coltrane? Then he's #1! Nice. My top five are... 1- Horace silver, songs for my father 2- Miles Davis, kind of blue 3- Art Blakey & jazz messengers , caravan 4- T. Monk, monks moods 5- Gerry Mulligan, night lights
Great to see your choices, Kenny. I've just discovered your channel and am enjoying your videos. I strongly agree with you about how great that Don Cherry record is. But, having said that, if I was picking one of his recordings for my top ten it would be Complete Communion.
I like your videos, of all the albums you have shown I have all of them except for about 4 of them, now I have to go out and find them. I will be checking in on your videos more often!!!!
Thank you for your clear and repeated statement of artist & albums! ps I got up your top pick recently on CD for three dollars Australian recently (very pleased) along with Bill Evans, Ahmad Jamal, & Dizzy Gillespie CDs -Ten AUD all up! One of my 'tops' would be Grant Green's 'Idle Moments" just for the title track.
I loved this video, and got a clue about some stuff I have never listened too, I could have easily had any number of the ones you chose here, but in your style I will lean towards my taste..but it is in no way really an accurate top ten..more like top of mind ten..I could have chosen any number of ensemble recordings of Keith, American or european, I ran out of room for Mingus Right Now,.and C.Lloyd-Fish out of Water..but I definitely love these and regularly listen.. There is some quite modern stuff here, but I believe it is not unreasonable to consider this stuff top of the food chain.. 10 Atomic/Schooldays -Nuclear Assembly Hall 9 David Murray/Milford Graves-Real Deal 8 The ICP Orchestra plays Nichols-Monk 7 Harold Land-The Fox (Elmo Hopes compositions man!!) 6 Keith Jarrett -Personal Mountains 5 Sonny Criss-Sonny's Dream(Horace Tapscott arr.) 4 Steve Lacy /Gil Evans- Paris Blues 3 Charles Mingus-at Antibes 2 Charles Lloyd -Notes from Big Sur 1 Miles Davis/Gil Evans- Porgy and Bess I mean snap brother...It is so hard to pick, What about Gil Evans -Old bottle New wine? So many... What about Oliver Nelson..? Anyway.. thanks for the tickle..I hope someone gets to discover something they too have never heard and yet maybe can enjoy...
I wanted to tell you that it's a really nice TH-cam channel of yours and that you clearly express your passion for jazz music. It would be impossible for me to make a top ten list of my best jazz albums, the same would be true for films. If I really have to list 10 jazz albums out of the many that I like, they are: 1) Freddie Hubbard - Breaking Point! 2) Sun Ra - Atlantis 3) Ornette Coleman - At the ‘Golden Circle’ Stockholm, Volume 1 & 2 4) Herbie Nichols - The Complete Blue Note Recordings (3CDs box set) 5) Louis Armstrong - Hot Fives & Sevens (JPS Records 4CDs box set) 6) Miles Davis - Nefertiti 7) Charles Mingus - Pithecanthropus Erectus 8) Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil 9) Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers - Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers 10) Andrew Hill - Point of Departure
Thank you very much for your kind comments and for posting your list. Your list is great..I have about half of the albums on your list. That live Ornette Coleman album is nice ( I have the HI-RES digital download version).
Great list, Kenny. I can't rank my favorite jazz albums. Impossible task to me. But I can randomly name some records that I consider a core part of my journey in this fascinating music. In no particular order, here I go: - Crescent (John Coltrane) - You Must Believe in Spring (Bill Evans) - Destination... Out! (Jackie McLean) - Chick Corea (Return to Forever) - In a Silent Way (Miles Davis) - A Caddy for Daddy (Hank Mobley) - Slow Drag (Donald Byrd) - Out to Lunch (Eric Dolphy) - Matador (Kenny Dorham) - Time Waits (Bud Powell) - Moanin' (Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers) - San Francisco (Bobby Hutcherson) - The Shape of Things to Come (Ornette Coleman) - Speak No Evil (Wayne Shorter) - Evolution (Grachan Moncur III) - One Flight Up (Dexter Gordon) - Extensions (McCoy Tyner) - Ptah The El Daoud (Alice Coltrane) - Death and the Flower (Keith Jarrett) - Power to the People (Joe Henderson) - Maiden Voyage (Herbie Hancock) - Cornbread (Lee Morgan) - Reminicent (Mal Waldron/ Terumasa Hino) - Offramp (Pat Metheny Group) - Star Bright (Dizzy Reece) - Afric Pepperbird (Jan Garbarek Quartet) - Night Train (Oscar Peterson Trio) - Cool Struttin' (Sonny Clark) - The Peace-Maker (Harold Land Quintet) - Color Changes (Clark Terry)
Definitely bookmarking this to come back for everyone else's topsters, and maybe drop my own. Came here from your most underrated album video and I have to say that I appreciate you holding your own and not just repeating the same names that have had their praise sung for them countless times before - this is the kind of video that helps one discover new and exciting music and I thank you for it
My current top ten in no particular order would be: 01. Black Saint and The Sinner Lady - Charles Mingus 02. Crescent - John Coltrane 03. Evolution - Grachan Monchur III 04. Maiden Voyage - Herbie Hancock 05. Red Clay - Freddie Hubbard 06. Kind Of Blue - Miles Davis 07. Stick-Up - Bobby Hutcherson 08. Speak No Evil - Wayne Shorter 09. Idle Moments - Grant Green 10. Seagulls Of Kristiansund Live - Mal Waldron at The Village Vanguard.
Oh yes. I first got into jazz when a teacher turned me onto Herbie Mann Live at The Village Gate so that's my personal favorite. Birth of the Cool also kicked my behind. Larry Coryell's 11th House was also a favorite.
My 3 all time favorites in no order are Brilliant Corners, Thelonious Himself and Monk's Music. (Get my drift?....lol) Then Kind of Blue and Miles Ahead (I absolutely LOVE that first big band album. Gil Evans is awesome!!)
man, just got on your channel through the recommended links. great stuff. gotta start digging into the old videos. my quick top 10, no particular order: right there with you on Coltrane's A Love Supreme, but my pick would be the Quartet performing the whole thing all the way live at Antibes. it was a bonus disc to my deluxe copy of A Love Supreme and i listen to the live performance way more than the studio version. you can just feel the raw energy on that live performance. Miles Davis - Miles Smiles Ornette Coleman - Ornette! Wayne Shorter - Night Dreamer Lee Morgan - Search For The New Land Chico Freeman - Spirit Sensitive Jimmy Smith - Root Down Live Dave Brubeck Quartet Live At Carnegie Hall McCoy Tyner - Asante Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else probably forgot a whole other 10 i could've put in there. totally with you on Mingus Ah Um though, easy top 20 contender. never heard that Don Cherry joint though, i know he did a bunch of stuff with Ornette, i'll have to track that one down!
Thank you very much for watching my video and taking the time to post your top 10, I appreciate that 😊. In my opinion, that free jazz Don Cherry album is great 👍
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A dude who has a jazz music channel with a Bill Evans LP behind him, a Beatles poster in the background, and was into Pharaoh Sanders in grade school is one cool cat!
I appreciate that 😊 😁 ✌️
Thinking the same
Yes, The Creator Has a Master Plan
1. A Love Supreme - John Coltrane
2. Crescent - John Coltrane
3. Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
4. ESP - Miles Davis
5. Sunday at the Village Vanguard - Bill Evans
6. Miles Smiles - Miles Davis
7. Maiden Voyage - Herbie Hancock
8. Shape of Jazz to Come - Ornette Coleman
9. The Sidewinder - Lee Morgan
10. Fellowship - Brian Blade
Just my favourites from an incomplete knowledge of jazz. The first 5 are some of the greatest music I've ever heard - they are etched into my brain and will stay with me for life.
"Fellowship" is a very special album to me and I'm happy others find it a great listen . I saw Brian Blade with Chick Corea's trio shortly before the covid lockdown. I didn't realize it would be the last time I'd see Chick Corea. The trio was great of course. Brian Blade just radiates joy when he plays.
1. Larry Young - Unity
2. Horace Silver - Song For My Father
3. Wes Montgomery - Full House
4. Bill Evans - Waltz For Debby
5. Miles Davis - Bag's Groove
6. Thelonious Monk - Misterioso
7. John Lewis - Grand Encounter
8. Jim Hall - Concierto
9. Art Pepper - Meets The Rhythm Section
10. Duke Ellington And John Coltrane
damn... this is hard...
Hello my connoisseur jazz brother I like your top 10 but my all-time number one the whole album as well as the album cover Wes Montgomery A Day in LIFE Nuff Said I now must yield back to my 21 year age Appleton RUM
Stan Getz's "Focus" is one of my all-time favorite albums. You referenced "Pan". I also really like "Her". Eddie Sauter had asked Stan if he wanted Eddie to leave some spaces or gaps for Stan to come in. Getz told him to write complete compositions without regard for what Stan might do. With that in mind, Stan's performance blew me away even at the tender age of thirteen!
I'm glad that you discovered that awsome album at a young age..such a blessing. Thank you very much for sharing that 😊✌️
I think "Focus" is fantastic and a lot of folks probably overlook that one in his catalog.
You dropped into my TH-cam feed for 1st time; my top ten are. 10. Lonnie Listen Smith, Visions of a New World, 9. Herbie Hancock, Maiden Voyage, 8. John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman, 7. Idris Muhammad, Power of Soul, 6. Lee Morgan, Search for the New Land, 5. Miles Davis and Gil Evans, Miles Ahead, 4. Dave Brubeck, Take Five, 3. John Coltrane, Giant Steps, 2, Freddie Hubbard/ Stanley Turrentine, In Concert, (Povo) 1. For me, it's Kind of Blue with Flamenco Sketches as the top song on this album. Thanks for sharing, brother - I'm a 69-year-old former Trumpet/Flugelhorn Jazz Musician God bless!
Thank you very much for finding my channel and watching my video. Your top 10 is great 👍. I'm honored that a former jazz musician is viewing one of my videos 😊 ✌️
I listened to Search for the New Land on my commute this morning. Undoubtedly belongs in the top ten.
1st time i heard "Creator has a masterplan" as an adult i cried...remembering i heard it as a kid in the early 70's...my Dad was a Jazz head..my mom made him listen in the garage..id go out to see what he was up to and hed always be listening to the craziest stuff... and now as an adult i LOVE FREE JAZZ
I first heard the album in the early 70s when I was in elementary school when my older brothers had the album. Its so great that even at that young age I knew it was something special.
Now here is a dude I’d love to hang out with and learn about Jazz!!!
Thank you very much 😊 ✌️
The first jazz recommendation I received from a great friend of mine was Keith Jarret, The Koln Concert. Absolutely beautiful, very emotional and the ambient noise of (what I assume) him shouting and forcing that piano to express what he was thinking is a great touch. I listened to it on a rainy drive home and it still sticks with me.
Everybody has their own opinion so I don't argue about people's rankings. What I do like about any "top" lists is the lps I haven't heard or listened to in a while. So cheers mate.
Cheers to you too and thank you for watching and your comments 😊 🙏
@@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews You're welcome. And let me (and only me) know when you're selling those Kindels. 😉 And although my top 10 fluctuates from time to time, #1 and #2 never do - and that would be "John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman" and "Kind Of Blue." Cheers
I inherited my dads albums. Just started my reeducation in music.
I hope that you enjoy your father music 🎶...happy listening 🎶 😊
Hello Kenny! Here is my top10:
01. Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
02. John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman
03. Hank Mobley - Soul Station
04. Miles Davis - Milestones
05. John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
06. Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else
07. Archie Shepp Quintet - Bird Fire (Tribute to Charlie Parker)
08. The Bill Evans Trio - Portait in Jazz
09. Mario Biondi and The High Five Quintet - Handful of Soul
10. Red Garland - Red Garland's Piano
Tremendous top 10 👏 👏 👏 🎶..thank you very much for posting your list and watching my video 😊 ✌️
Blues and the Abstract Truth - Oliver Nelson
Go! - Dexter Gordon
Art Pepper - Meets the Rhythm.Section
Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus
Impossible to do lasting list and exclude so many heroes
I really am enjoying your podcasts!
Billy on the coast
I have those albums and they are great selections 👏 👍. Thank you very much Billy for viewing my video 😊✌️
Thank to you, I discover some albums to listen next. One of my favorites artist of all times, since the first piece of him I listened: Thelonious Monk.
I started with jazz, thanks to my dad, I was 12/13. Turned 67 last September....
I don’t think I have enough jazz pedigree to create a top ten, so here’s my top 5 😊 I am a lifelong music lover and appreciator of jazz and musical art, so here’s my contribution to this beautiful channel - it includes some jazz rock I guess. 1. Cannonball’s Bossa Nova - Cannonball Adderley and the Bossa Rio Sextet 2. Finger Lickin’ Good - Dr Lonnie Smith 3. The Grand Wazoo - Frank Zappa 4. Back to Back - Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges 5. Heavy Weather - Weather Report 🙏🏻 Have a peaceful day
I appreciate your comments, thank you very much. I think it's cool that you included the great Frank Zappa on your list 👏 👍
Its hard to compile a list as there is so much to listen to and yet to discover but let's name it a present favorite moods list in no particular order :)
Oliver Nelson - The Blues And The Abstract Truth
Art Farmer - On The Road
The Bobby Timmons Trio - In Person
Walter Strerath - Trio Quartet Quintet
The Ramsey Lewis Trio - Wade In The Water
The Jan Huydts / Peter Trunk / Joe Nay Trio - Trio Conception
The Horace Silver Quintet & Trio - Blowin' The Blues Away
Yusef Lateef - Eastern Sounds
Chico Hamilton Trio - Introducing Freddie Gambrell
Lonnie Liston Smith And The Cosmic Echoes - Reflections Of A Golden Dream
I like different jazz styles but must admit I have had to learn to appreciate fusion (which I do now:) ) and still do, free jazz.
Most of the time I tend to lean towards styles like hard bop, post bop, soul-jazz and jazz-funk. Probably because I like soul and funk too ;)
For example I really like this particular song Wild And Peaceful by Kool & The Gang that has that dreamy mellow and jazz mood woven into it. That's why I also like the music from the era where soul-jazz developed in which a lot of jazz connoisseurs had difficulty with accepting as they were stating this wasn't actually on the path of real jazz anymore.
And if i may take the liberty in adding a second top ten list of wanna haves :)
(Again in no particular order)
Freddie Hubbard - The Body & The Soul
Dizzy Reece - Star Bright
Freddie Redd Quintet - Shades Of Redd
Lee Morgan - The Complete Live At The Lighthouse (Hermosa Beach, California)
Herbie Hancock - Man-Child
The Cannonball Adderley Quintet - At The Lighthouse
Dave Bailey Quintet - Reaching Out
Slide Hampton Octet - Sister Salvation
Bobby Hutcherson - Montara
The Nathan Davis Sextet - Makatuka
Both of your lists are awesome...I couple I have not heard before but your lists are great. Thank you very much for taking the time to post your lists and watching my video 😊 ✌️
@@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews Thank you for your kind reply and your content! Subscribe; Check!
BTW, one down from the wants-list, Lee Morgan, the full 8 disc edition alongside the 3 disc witch will probably go up for sale now
I have the 3 disc CD set....I did not know that there was a 8 disc set....I'll have to check out that one for sure
Thanks for the homework. 😀 A Love Supreme was the only album on the list I am familiar with. Keep up the great work.
Thank you very much 😊 I hope that you enjoy the rest of the albums mentioned. Thank you very much for watching ✌️
Great diverse list, here's my
Top Ten Jazz Albums
1.Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue 1959
2.Cannonball Adderley - Something Else 1958
3.Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage 1965
4.John Coltrane - Love Supreme 1965
5.John Coltrane - Africa Brass 1961
6.Wynton Marsalis - Black Codes Tales From The Underground 1981
7.Charles Tolliver - Live In Tokyo 1974
8.Art Blakey - Album Of The Year 1981
9.Art Blakey - Keystone 3 1982
10.Lee Morgan - Live At The Lighthouse 1970
All great albums although I'm not familiar with the two Art Blakey albums...I'll have to check them out.
A Wynton album! Wow.
Just want to congratulate you on your excellent channel. I listened to your fusion episode yesterday and spent a couple hours at the pool today listening to Flora Purim for the first time in my life. Totally blown away and grateful that there's so much beautiful music waiting to be discovered. Thank you. God bless you Sir!
I'm glad that you are enjoying her music. I sincerely appreciate your comments and thank you very much for watching 😊 ✌️
Don't claim to be a jazz expert but my days off digging had landed me in some obvious and some random albums that i played a lot. Lee Morgan search for a new land, Randy Weston blue Moses, Donald Byrd voices (and all his mizell works), Mingus black saint, coltrane n hartman, wes mo bumping, horace silver song for my father, ... Obvious ones too like kinda blue, love su... But I'm going to visit some on your list.
The albums that you mentioned are great. I hope that you enjoy the albums on my list 😊 ✌️
Great list! My top 10:
1. John Coltrane - My Favourite Things
2. Sonny Rollins - Newk’s Time
3. Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage
4. Kenny Dorham - Matador
5. Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
6. Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz to Come
7. Dave Brubeck - Time Out
8. John Coltrane - Soultrane
9. Art Blakey - Moanin’
10. Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um
Matador is such an underrated gem
The Kenny Dorhan - Matador album is underrated so is Herbie Hancock, Maiden Voyage. Your list is fantastic 👌 👏
yes Art Blakely - sublime pick.
Amazing list. Personally I believe that Kenny Durham is a top 10 trumpet player.
Great list!
We're on the same plane... your NBA list is 99% the same as mine with Kareem at #1 and MJ at #2..... great Jazz list also!
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Wonderful list, no complaints. Just need to ask for some recognition for my childhood basketball hero Julius Erving - Dr. J, one of the greatest. 😊
Dr. J. is a all time great for sure, especially during his ABA days and early NBA career.
My Top Ten Jazz Albums:
Jazz at Massey Hall
Mingus at Monterey by Charles Mingus
Time Out by Dave Brubeck Quartet
Kind of Blue by Miles Davis
Jazz Samba by Stan Getz
Shape of Jazz to Come by Ornette Coleman
Ole by John Coltrane
Impressions by John Coltrane
Live at the Village Vanguard Again by John Coltrane
Ellington at Newport by Duke Ellington
I'm familiar with all of those albums and that is a awsome top 10 👏 👍 🎶
Hey, love the Pharoah Sanders pick!! It's my favorite jazz album
That is a tremendous album, perhaps underrated.
Nicely done, I have a few of them, some of the others I'll need to check out. I appreciate your views. I don't think I'll understand the free jazz work, but I want to hear your views anyway. thank you.
I appreciate that and thank you very much for posting your comments 😊 ✌️
Interesting list. Our tastes in jazz are definitely different but I loved hearing your list. I own and love three of those albums 😊. Jazz is a big tent, lots to explore. I don’t rank art personally but you’re brave to put yours out there. Now regarding basketball……Bill Russell would like a word! 😆😆😆
Just a couple of my favorite jazz albums, not overlapping yours (unranked):
Tijuana Moods - Mingus
A Night in Tunisia - Blakey
Somewhere Else - Ted Nash
Blue Train - Coltrane
Red Nichols And the Five Pennies at Marineland
Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section
Ella Fitzgerald & Louie Armstrong
Your list is great.... I have no problem with Bill Russell being on anyone's list 👏 .
@@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews I highly recommend the Somewhere Else album. The recording quality is outstanding and it’s the music of West Side Story done by his trio. Likely only available on Ted’s website. A real sleeper from a member of the JLCO. Much of the rest of the list I expect you’re familiar with given you’ve got a more extensive jazz listening history.
Keith Jarrett….yes sir it’s amazing ❤
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Great list Kenny,I need to check out that Koln Concert album.
So many great Jazz albums you can leave out some amazing albums in a top 50 never mind a top 10 but here goes...
1) Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers ~ Moanin'
2)Cannonball Adderley ~ Somethin' Else
3)John Coltrane ~ A Love Supreme
4)Sonny Rollins ~ Saxophone Colossus
5)Wes Montgomery ~ Full House
6)Wayne Shorter ~ The All Seeing Eye
7)Duke Ellington ~Ellington Uptown
8)Alice Coltrane ~ Ptah The El Daoud
9)Thelonious Monk ~ Brilliant Corners
10)Charles Mingus ~The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
Ask again in a years time and no doubt it'll be different
Your list is tremendous 👏 👌 👍, thank you very much for posting that. I agree, if you ask me a year from now, my list could change also 😁✌️
Lee morgan 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Great picks! I’ve worn through all of those albums except the Cherry one. Thanks for the tip. Will check it out.
Jarrett’s also a fantastic classical player. All genres. Baroque to Modern. Total master. His release of Shostakovich 24 Preludes and Fugues is off the planet
Thank you, and thank you also for the Keith Jarrett recommendation 😀 😊
@@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews He's one of my favorite musicians of all time. Nothing he can't do. And with excellence. I agree on it being close for first place. It's like Kind of Blue, Koln Concert, and A Love Supreme are a photo finish. Masterpieces.
Hey Kenny 🙌
There's a lot of great records I need to listen to... 😄 but my ranking is:
1° Kind Of Blue - Miles Davis
2° Night Train - Oscar Peterson
3° A Love Supreme - John Coltrane
4° Time Out - Dave Brubreck
5° Feelin' The Spirit - Grant Green
6° Somethin' Else - Cannonball Adderley
7° Milestones - Miles Davis
8° Stone Flower - Antonio Carlos Jobim
9° Inventions And Dimensions - Herbie Hancock
10° Straight Ahead - Count Basie
Peace 🙌✌ God Bless 🙏
Great list but I really like the Herbie hancock and Antonio Carlos Jobim selections 👌 👍 👏 🎶
@@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews 🙌🙏
Great looking music room. Between myself and my late brother-in-law, we probably have 4 or 5K vinyl records and another couple thousand CD's. But we still don't come close to what I'm seeing of your collection. Years of love can be seen in this video.
Thank you very much 😊 ✌️
This video is the best way to get to know jazz music.
I just discovered this channel and am digging it very much so. The creator has a master plan is a phenomenal work of art. So difficult to limit a list to only 10... One of my favs is Open Sesame by Freddie Hubbard. Would love to see some of your favorite Rudy Van Gelder records.
Thank you very much for your recommendation and I appreciate that you are watching my videos 😊 ✌️
Great list!
Thank you for your video!
My best jazz albums:
1.John Coltrane, Giant Steps
2.Art Pepper meets the rhythm section
3.Miles Davis, Kind of Blue
4.Dave Brubeck, Time Out
5.Cannonball Adderly, Sometin' else
6.John Coltrane, Blue Train
7.Sonny Rollins, Saxophone Colossus
8.Wayne Shorter, Speak no Evil
9.Illinois Jacquet, Swing's the Thing
10, Stan Getz, Joao Gilberto, Getz/Gilberto
You probably guessed, I am a saxophone player.....
😊😁...that's a great list 👌 👍 🎶
That Pepper album is a killer.
@@joksal9108 Maybe my #1 album after a while....
Very good!
I was so happy to see Symphony for Improvisers on the list! Thanks for the video!
You had me at Kareem #1 AND you are talking music. I'm all in Kenny. Subscribed.
Thank you very much 😊✌️
Nice work, combined with your list, you created one of the most valuable comment sections on TH-cam!
Thank you very much 😊....I really appreciate that 😊✌️
Really enjoyed this - thank you. Although there's a couple of your selections I don't know (McCoy Tyner, Pharaoh Sanders) I'll be sure to check them out as your choices that I do know are indeed excellent (Don Cherry: good call!). My jazz Top Ten could change every day, but at least half of these are set in stone for me:
1. Dave Brubeck Quartet 'Jazz Impressions of New York'
2. Gary Peacock 'Tales of Another'
3. Maynard Ferguson 'New Vintage'
4. Miles Davis 'Filles de Kilimanjaro'
5. Dave Brubeck Quartet 'At Carnegie Hall'
6.Jan Garbarek Quartet 'Afric Pepperbird'
7. John Coltrane 'Lush Life'
8. Mal Waldron 'The Call'
9. Erroll Garner 'Up in Erroll's Room'
10. Gary Peacock Quintet with Eberhard Weber 'Passengers'
Surprising Maynard choice-I’d go with “A Message from Newport” or maybe “The Blues Roar”-but it’s nice to see an MF mention.
Regarding the Coltrane selection as number one, I recall the comment of a writer friend of mine from New York City who replied on hearing coltrane's a Love supreme: "it took listening to Coltrane on this record ⏺️ helped me to understand the music of JS Bach."
Awsome comment by your friend 👏 👍 🎶
100% agree with you on Love Supreme! thanks for the video.
Thank you very much 😊 ✌️
i Kenny, você sempre nos trazendo matéria perspicaz e para reflexão. Acho sua lista e a dos demais que postaram excelentes. Tenho diversos dos álbuns referidos e sinto falta apenas do Phineas Newborn jr, que entendo ser um pianista excepcional e deve estar presente em listas de grandes instrumentistas de jazz. Tenha uma ótima semana (zenon, from Brasil)
Zenon, thank you for watching my videos. I appreciate your comments about music and thank you very much for watching from Brazil....I hope that you have a great week.
Great propositions, thank You. I did not even hear Don Cherry's Symphony before. From me - Tomasz Stanko Leosia/Lontano top jazz from Europe. Cheers!
I think this was a good choice to be at someone's number one spot for a jazz album. I get the same vibes about the Africa Brass Sessions album. There was truly heart and soul put into those albums.
The Coltrane Africa/Brass album is a great choice 👌 👍 👏 🎶
Great selection. I would include any of the Miles Davis' second quintet albums. Love Hebie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Tony Williams, and of course Ron Carter.
I agree, the second Miles Davis quintet was tremendous 👏 👍 👌
Like you said all these list are personal. I’m certainly in no position to debate. I own 5-6 of your list. Love Supreme would be my number one too but Quincy Jones Walking in Space would be up near my top.
I'm a fan of the Quincy Jones Walking In Space album 👏
Kenny, here is my list : Miles Davis, Kind of Blue; Oliver Nelson Blues and The Abstract Truth; Ornette Coleman, Free Jazz; Charles Mingus, The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady; Bill Evans, Sunday at the Village Vanguard, Joe Henderson, Page One; Jazz at Massey Hall; John Coltrane, My favorite Things; Sonny Rollins, Saxophone Colossus, Art Blakey, Moanin'. There are a few horn players on my list because I play tenor saxophone.
I really like your top 10. I have 5 of those albums and enjoy them regularly. In my top 10 are 3 of your selections with Kind of Blue at number 1. I cannot get enough of it even after all these years. Monk's Music (Thelonius Monk for those unfamiliar) is up there at number 2 with Time Out by Dave Brubeck number 3. John Coltrane and Johnny Hartmann (Nat King Cole's favorite singer and the only singer Coltrane ever played with despite invites from Frank Sinatra and other great singers) is number 4 and number 5 is Round Midnight with Dexter Gordon and an amazing list of collaborators. I realy like your efforts and successes with your channel. Best wishes.
I have the Monks Music album but I have not listened to it in some time, but I will soon 😊. I appreciate you and your kind words and comments, thank you very much 😊 ✌️
Fantastic pick with Karma. Truly a master work.
For sure, Karma is definitely a masterpiece 👏 👍 🎶
@@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews Hi Kenny, I'm not sure if you would be willing to do this and make a video out of it because both artist recorded across a few labels. It would be the 50's recordings of Ben Webster and Coleman Hawkins; two pioneers on Tenor. Could you do a review and pick your favorite between the two?
Thank you very much for the idea. Unfortunately I do not have enough material from both musicians to do such a video but I do like Coleman Hawkins.
Just subscribed Kenny, thanks!
Thank you very much 😊✌️
The combo of your picks and the picks in the comments make this a great reference. There are moments on Miles' Live Evil that are absolutely uncanny.
That is a nice Miles Davis album 👌 👏
Thank you very much for your kind comments 😊
Wes Montgomery's Tequila and Lee Morgan's Sidewinder are 2 of my favs.❤🎉😊 Just sayin!!
Sidewinder is outstanding 👏 👌 🎶
I love the list and added a couple of these to my listening list. I love so much music it would be hard to make a list that I would still be in agreement with myself the next day! A Love Supreme as #1 is right. The album is very special. Karma is on regular rotation for me too. Jarrett's Köln Concert is another favourite. What I love about jazz is the depth. There's so much to love. I subscribed to your channel. Thanks!
Thank you very much for subscribing to my channel. I agree with you that it is very tough to make a top 10 list without challenging it myself a few day later; A lot of greats to choose from 😊✌️
Brother Kenny! I can’t argue with any of those selections. All of them very worthy and represent the beautiful array of creative options available in the jazz genre. I see that you slipped in “Focus”. I love Pan as well. Mr Cherry and Mr Coleman cohorts and celebrated masters indeed. Miles, Mingus, Trane, my goodness, the elite. Jarrett is a bad hombre and for me the Koln Concert is at the the top of his many excellent efforts. I saw Pharaoh perform Karma live at UCLA’s Royce Hall in 1969. It was a wonderfully intense performance with Lonnie Liston Smith, Stanford James and Clifford Jarvis. Of course, there was only one Tyner and he was/is the Real McCoy. Thanks again for sharing your insightful thoughts and loving connection to the music. BTW, I loved Mr Clutch Jerry West and hated to see the passing of Chet Walker. Both great players and human beings. In closing, Happy Father’s Day.
That must have been great to see Pharoah Sanders at UCLA. Jerry West was tremendous as a player and executive. It was nice seeing the Lakers win their fist championship in 1972.
A great list with a couple unfamiliar to me. Thanks.
Thank you very much for watching my video ✌️
You put smile on my face😊 Throughout your count down, I was saying "what? No love for Coltrane?" And there you go, your number one Love Supreme!, which happens to be my all time favorite.
May I say that listening and watching you make yourself a top number, Kenny!
Thank you very much 😊
I see your Bill Evans peeping behind you ;-)
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Great vid, hope you have a happy Father's Day!.
Thank you very much, Happy Father's Day to you too 😊✌️
Kenny when you mentioned the creator has a master plan...I could smell the incense.
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Great list and video Kenny greetings from Australia
I appreciate that very music...thank you very much for watching my video from Australia 😊 ✌️
Where in 'Straya? I'm in Brissy.
Love the channel and thanks for the top 10. I myself have always loved jazz. My first album at about 10 or 12yrs old bought for me by my dad was morning glory by spyro gyra. But with the purchase of a new turntable and speakers it has reignited my love for jazz. Just picked up a couple Milt Jackson albums.
Thanks for sharing and I appreciate that you watched my video 😊 ✌️
Amen. I think of others. But many you have on the list would be in my list as well. There are sooo many.
I agree, there a many to choose from 🎶
Colman was a pioneer. Epic stuff
Very interesting selection! My one would just a bit different, but your choices are all lovely, no exception!
I'll keep on following you.
Thanks once again.
Luigi (from Italy)
Thank you very much Luigi and thank you for watching from Italy 😊 ✌️
Thank you to the YT algorithm for bringing me into Kenny's record room. Subscribed! (And nice to see a shoutout for Stan Getz's "Focus"). Hope you cover Art Pepper at some point!
Thank you very much for watching my video and subscribing 😊
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I love that you made the list your own, and didn't try to tell us what to think.
this was great and i want to listen again to some of these. i agree on number one. thank you-
Thank you very much for posting your comments and watching my video ✌️
Great list, Kenny. Best wishes from Brasil.
I appreciate that, thank you very much 😊
Great list and a couple that I need to check out.
Thank you, and thank you very much for watching my video ✌️
Great list.
Thank you 😊
It’s always perilous to choose a top ten. Glad you chose “Fly With the Wind”. Confirms my feeling. I have ( or had) 4 of your picks. Been a fan of Jazz since high school in 1966. I had a friend who tried hard to make a name for himself but got nowhere. I produced one cut and sang on his one and only album. We covered Horace Silver’s and Lambert Hendrix and Ross’s “Come on Home”. I have a letter from Horace Silver praising the rendition. Nice man.
great job - i will check out some of the ones I don't have!
Thank you 😊 ✌️
Kenny: I'm new to your channel. I really enjoyed this although my list would differ from yours a bit. I'm now subscribed. Keep them coming.
Thank you very much for subscribing and watching my video 😊✌️
Great video Kenny...you are the best ! what a wealth of information, thanks a million and keep it up...greetings from sunny Malta !
Thank you very much, I really appreciate that...thank you very much for watching my video from Malta 😊 ✌️
You ar the best. Best Regards from Germany
Thank you for watching my video from Germany, I appreciate it 😊 ✌️
Glad I found your channel. Good list, thanks. A few on your list I need to check out. Love getting turned on to new music. 🎵👍🏼😎
Thank you for that I really appreciate it 😊 ✌️
Hey Kenny, some interesting choices there. My list would be completely different, but that's the great thing about lists, nobody's right or wrong. Enjoy your channel. Keep them coming 👍
Thank you very much my brother I appreciate that ✌️
Who are your top ten jazz artists? That's virtually impossible for me to list. I have a list of favorites on each instrument. I love your channel. Keep 'em coming!
Thanks for the great video, I will be checking out the ones I haven't heard on your list.
PS- I have a general recommendation: the Pat Martino album "Joyous Lake", a rare fusion album for him. I really enjoy it
Brother Kenny, you are the King of Jazz! I have been into Fusion for so long, 45 years now, that I neglected the all-time greats. I just started getting into Miles, Lee Morgan, Chet Baker, Trane, Red Garland, Keith Jarrett, Bill Evans, Gene Ammons, and Jimmy Forrest only around five years ago. I guess I was thinking that these old classics were too costly and not very good sound quality wise, that I stayed away. Now I am all in, thanks to you and Mazzy and Melinda! I tend to buy the newer pressings just because when I listen to Jazz trumpet, Jazz piano, or Jazz Sax, I just want to hear the music, not the Rice Krispys in the background, lol. Your Top 10 is stellar, btw, gonna have to check out that 'Karma' album from Pharaoh Sanders! My Top 5 at the moment are Jimmy Forrest-'Out of the Forrest' at #5, Somethin' Else at #4, Chet Baker-'The Blue Room', #3, Lee Morgan-'Search for the New Land ' at #2, and 'Milestones' by M.D. at #1! Love your channel, Peace and Love!
My brother I appreciate your comments. You have a awesome top five 👏 👍 🎶 ...I hope that you have a great week 😊 ✌️
That is a unique list, very personal and interesting. No vocal jazz perse, but I'm pleased to see Karma on the list, with one of my favorites Leon Thomas. Found his 'Spirits known and unknown" in a small local shop around age 17 when I was into all things percussion since he holds a drum on the cover. Soon to be caught by his fenomenal ways of expression and the warm and creative atmosphere of this live event. James Spaulding, Roy Haynes, and others present have had my attention since that encounter. It must have been a magic night.
More great stuff, Kenny! Love your list! And since you mentioned it, a DEFINITE in my top 10 has to be "Fantabulous" by Oliver Nelson!
All I can say is thank god for Spotify & TH-cam Music so I can listen to all of Kenny’s top ten’s in the car sound system & when I’m jogging on my ear buds😂😂😂😂…..I’m still a newbie to Jazz Music & I love the knowledge you bring to each & every album you showcase on your channel….I’m a big Herbie Hancock & Weather Report Jazz Fan is my starting points into the Jazz a genre….Miles, Coltrane, Evans is where I’m starting to venture now & I’m aware I need to live 3 LIFETIMES to listen to these giants discography’s😂😂😂😂….also listening to a saxophone player named SONNY STITT, that is kinda taking over my life at this point😂😂😂😂😂
But Kenny, thanks for your incredible channel & also your incredible fellow Jazz fans on the comments below, these gents are listing albums that are also blowing me away😂😂😂😂
I subscribed & I’m glad to be aboard 🎵
I almost said, no John Coltrane? Then he's #1!
Nice.
My top five are...
1- Horace silver, songs for my father
2- Miles Davis, kind of blue
3- Art Blakey & jazz messengers , caravan
4- T. Monk, monks moods
5- Gerry Mulligan, night lights
This channel is really nice! Thanks for your work. Im annauthorvof modern jazz books.
From left to right by Bill Evans is a great album too!
Great to see your choices, Kenny. I've just discovered your channel and am enjoying your videos.
I strongly agree with you about how great that Don Cherry record is. But, having said that, if I was picking one of his recordings for my top ten it would be Complete Communion.
I like your videos, of all the albums you have shown I have all of them except for about 4 of them, now I have to go out and find them.
I will be checking in on your videos more often!!!!
Thank you very much for watching my videos 😊
i sure enjoyed this. im new to jazz, but im absolutely in luv my man. im eager to get a copy of that pharoah sanders album.
Thank you very much for watching my video 😊 ✌️
Thank you for your clear and repeated statement of artist & albums! ps I got up your top pick recently on CD for three dollars Australian recently (very pleased) along with Bill Evans, Ahmad Jamal, & Dizzy Gillespie CDs -Ten AUD all up! One of my 'tops' would be Grant Green's 'Idle Moments" just for the title track.
Thank you very much for watching my video. I do not have to many Grant Green vinyl albums but I a few on CD, tremendous jazz guitar player for sure.
I loved this video, and got a clue about some stuff I have never listened too, I could have easily had any number of the ones you chose here, but in your style I will lean towards my taste..but it is in no way really an accurate top ten..more like top of mind ten..I could have chosen any number of ensemble recordings of Keith, American or european, I ran out of room for Mingus Right Now,.and C.Lloyd-Fish out of Water..but I definitely love these and regularly listen..
There is some quite modern stuff here, but I believe it is not unreasonable to consider this stuff top of the food chain..
10 Atomic/Schooldays -Nuclear Assembly Hall
9 David Murray/Milford Graves-Real Deal
8 The ICP Orchestra plays Nichols-Monk
7 Harold Land-The Fox (Elmo Hopes compositions man!!)
6 Keith Jarrett -Personal Mountains
5 Sonny Criss-Sonny's Dream(Horace Tapscott arr.)
4 Steve Lacy /Gil Evans- Paris Blues
3 Charles Mingus-at Antibes
2 Charles Lloyd -Notes from Big Sur
1 Miles Davis/Gil Evans- Porgy and Bess
I mean snap brother...It is so hard to pick, What about Gil Evans -Old bottle New wine?
So many...
What about Oliver Nelson..?
Anyway.. thanks for the tickle..I hope someone gets to discover something they too have never heard and yet maybe can enjoy...
About half your list are albums that I have not heard so thank you very much for the potential gems 👏 🎶
I wanted to tell you that it's a really nice TH-cam channel of yours and that you clearly express your passion for jazz music. It would be impossible for me to make a top ten list of my best jazz albums, the same would be true for films. If I really have to list 10 jazz albums out of the many that I like, they are:
1) Freddie Hubbard - Breaking Point!
2) Sun Ra - Atlantis
3) Ornette Coleman - At the ‘Golden Circle’ Stockholm, Volume 1 & 2
4) Herbie Nichols - The Complete Blue Note Recordings (3CDs box set)
5) Louis Armstrong - Hot Fives & Sevens (JPS Records 4CDs box set)
6) Miles Davis - Nefertiti
7) Charles Mingus - Pithecanthropus Erectus
8) Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil
9) Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers - Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers
10) Andrew Hill - Point of Departure
Thank you very much for your kind comments and for posting your list. Your list is great..I have about half of the albums on your list. That live Ornette Coleman album is nice ( I have the HI-RES digital download version).
Great list, Kenny.
I can't rank my favorite jazz albums. Impossible task to me. But I can randomly name some records that I consider a core part of my journey in this fascinating music. In no particular order, here I go:
- Crescent (John Coltrane)
- You Must Believe in Spring (Bill Evans)
- Destination... Out! (Jackie McLean)
- Chick Corea (Return to Forever)
- In a Silent Way (Miles Davis)
- A Caddy for Daddy (Hank Mobley)
- Slow Drag (Donald Byrd)
- Out to Lunch (Eric Dolphy)
- Matador (Kenny Dorham)
- Time Waits (Bud Powell)
- Moanin' (Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers)
- San Francisco (Bobby Hutcherson)
- The Shape of Things to Come (Ornette Coleman)
- Speak No Evil (Wayne Shorter)
- Evolution (Grachan Moncur III)
- One Flight Up (Dexter Gordon)
- Extensions (McCoy Tyner)
- Ptah The El Daoud (Alice Coltrane)
- Death and the Flower (Keith Jarrett)
- Power to the People (Joe Henderson)
- Maiden Voyage (Herbie Hancock)
- Cornbread (Lee Morgan)
- Reminicent (Mal Waldron/ Terumasa Hino)
- Offramp (Pat Metheny Group)
- Star Bright (Dizzy Reece)
- Afric Pepperbird (Jan Garbarek Quartet)
- Night Train (Oscar Peterson Trio)
- Cool Struttin' (Sonny Clark)
- The Peace-Maker (Harold Land Quintet)
- Color Changes (Clark Terry)
You list, simply magnificent 👌 👏....thank you very much for taking the time to post your great list of jazz legends 😊✌️
Definitely bookmarking this to come back for everyone else's topsters, and maybe drop my own. Came here from your most underrated album video and I have to say that I appreciate you holding your own and not just repeating the same names that have had their praise sung for them countless times before - this is the kind of video that helps one discover new and exciting music and I thank you for it
My current top ten in no particular order would be:
01. Black Saint and The Sinner Lady - Charles Mingus
02. Crescent - John Coltrane
03. Evolution - Grachan Monchur III
04. Maiden Voyage - Herbie Hancock
05. Red Clay - Freddie Hubbard
06. Kind Of Blue - Miles Davis
07. Stick-Up - Bobby Hutcherson
08. Speak No Evil - Wayne Shorter
09. Idle Moments - Grant Green
10. Seagulls Of Kristiansund Live - Mal Waldron at The Village Vanguard.
Excellent top 10....I like the Freddie Hubbard- - Red Clay selection 👌 👍 👏
Cool top ten. Would have a few of them in my list👍
Oh yes. I first got into jazz when a teacher turned me onto Herbie Mann Live at The Village Gate so that's my personal favorite. Birth of the Cool also kicked my behind. Larry Coryell's 11th House was also a favorite.
I appreciate your choices, learning so much here! Can’t wait to listen to some of these albums I’ve never heard before…
Thank you and thanks for watching 😊
My 3 all time favorites in no order are Brilliant Corners, Thelonious Himself and Monk's Music. (Get my drift?....lol) Then Kind of Blue and Miles Ahead (I absolutely LOVE that first big band album. Gil Evans is awesome!!)
Great albums 👌 👏 👍 🎶
man, just got on your channel through the recommended links. great stuff. gotta start digging into the old videos. my quick top 10, no particular order:
right there with you on Coltrane's A Love Supreme, but my pick would be the Quartet performing the whole thing all the way live at Antibes. it was a bonus disc to my deluxe copy of A Love Supreme and i listen to the live performance way more than the studio version. you can just feel the raw energy on that live performance.
Miles Davis - Miles Smiles
Ornette Coleman - Ornette!
Wayne Shorter - Night Dreamer
Lee Morgan - Search For The New Land
Chico Freeman - Spirit Sensitive
Jimmy Smith - Root Down Live
Dave Brubeck Quartet Live At Carnegie Hall
McCoy Tyner - Asante
Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else
probably forgot a whole other 10 i could've put in there. totally with you on Mingus Ah Um though, easy top 20 contender. never heard that Don Cherry joint though, i know he did a bunch of stuff with Ornette, i'll have to track that one down!
Thank you very much for watching my video and taking the time to post your top 10, I appreciate that 😊. In my opinion, that free jazz Don Cherry album is great 👍
man, fly like the wind sure is one a my favorites. holy smoke.
excellent subjective list. god bless u.
Thank you very much and God bless 😊✌️