Top 10 jazz albums of all time

[CaptJimboJones]

My faves, in no particular order:

- Kind of Blue, Miles Davis
- Blues & The Abstract Truth, Oliver Nelson
- Bitches Brew, Miles Davis
- A Love Supreme, John Coltrane
- Saxophone Colossus, Sonny Rollins
- Miles Ahead, Miles Davis
- The Shape of Jazz To Come, Ornette Coleman
- Mingus Ah Um, Charlie Mingus
- With Strings, Charlie Parker
- Emergency!, Tony Williams Lifetime

 

[gottacook]

I would add:
Dave Brubeck Quartet, Time Further Out
Keith Jarrett, The K"oln Concert
Maynard Ferguson, M. F. Horn 3

 

[Warp14]

Eric Dolphy, Out to Lunch should be #11. It's a little sad most of my favorite jazz albums are 50 years old.

 

[M'Sharak]

I don't know about Top 10, but here are ten that I like a lot (in no particular order):

Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch (taking a cue from above)
Thelonious Monk - Brilliant Corners
Lambert, Hendricks & Ross - Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross! (aka "The Hottest New Group In Jazz")
J.J. Johnson/Kai Winding - Jay and Kai + 6
Jack Bruce & Friends - Things We Like
The Charlie Hunter Trio - Charlie Hunter Trio
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Art Tatum - [pick anything from any time, really -- the man is ing awesome in the true sense of the word]
Mose Allison - Allison Wonderland (Anthology)
Irakere - Irakere

I'm sure I'll think of more, later.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Interesting topic - I might steal some ideas here for my iTunes collection.

I'm a big Monk fan, but otherwise, my jazz knowledge is pretty limited.

 

[Star Wolf]

I would add Freddie Hubbard's First Light.
Weather Report's Black Market
Maybe the Crusaders,Wes Montegomery, Cannonball Adderly or Hugh Masekela
I think there was a Jazz Messengers recording with Freddie Hubbard and John Coltrane. Edit to say probably Wayne Shorter not John Coltrane come to think of it.

 

[Opus]

Gotta put "Blue Train" by Coltrane and "Birth of the Cool" by Davis.

"Sinatra at the Sands" - 1966. Frank singing standards arranged by Quincy Jones and performed with the Count Basie Band. Classic!

 

[Outpost4]

My Top Ten:

Herbie Hancock - Headhunters
Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain
Miles Davis - Workin' with
Weather Report - Heavy Weather
Chick Corea - Light As A Feather
John Coltraine - My Favorite Thiings

And A Love Supreme
And A Love Supreme
And A Love Supreme
And A Love Supreme

 

[Nerdius Maximus]

My faves, in no particular order:

- Kind of Blue, Miles Davis
- Blues & The Abstract Truth, Oliver Nelson
- Bitches Brew, Miles Davis
- A Love Supreme, John Coltrane
- Saxophone Colossus, Sonny Rollins
- Miles Ahead, Miles Davis
- The Shape of Jazz To Come, Ornette Coleman
- Mingus Ah Um, Charlie Mingus
- With Strings, Charlie Parker
- Emergency!, Tony Williams Lifetime

I've seen Bitches Brew mentioned a lot. I really should check it out. The only jazz album I've ever owned is Kind of Blue.

 

[Captain Dago]

Well, I feel completely incompetent to name a Top Ten Jazz Albums of All Time (and I'd have a hard time arguing with any named above), but I thought I might participate with with the 10 Jazz Albums out of my own collection that I'd choose if I could only have 10. Turns out, I'm even incompetent to do that!

So here's my Baker's Dozen in alphabetical order (no way I could rank them):

The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out
John Coltrane - Blue Train (man, it was tough to choose from so many great Coltrane albums)
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue (likewise for Miles)
Ellington at Newport
Getz/Gilberto
Benny Goodman at Carnegie Hall 1938
Vince Guaraldi - A Charlie Brown Christmas
Charlie Haden Quartet West - Haunted Heart
Diana Krall - All For You
Wynton Marsalis - In This House, On This Morning (another very tough choice as I own every jazz album Wynton ever made as a leader)
Django Reinhardt - Swing 39 (had to have something from the genre of le jazz hot)
Andy Summers - Green Chimneys (chose this over Monk's originals because I so dig Sting's vocals on After Midnight)
Weather Report - Heavy Weather (this was, I think, the first jazz lp I ever bought)

Just one man's very biased opinions...