Funny, I just clicked to say Dexter and I see above someone else said Dexter. For me, it was the Jazz Moods: Round Midnight compilation of more latter day recordings of ballads - that I believe were largely used in the film Round Midnight starring Dexter Gordon.

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I had wanted to get into DG a lot since reading about how Jack Kerouac and Neil Cassady loved him in Kerouac's writings. But I haven't really found the real out bop stuff that Jack describes in his books. I've found Daddy Plays the Horn and the Live at the Village Vanguard 70's recording after DG's return from Europe (both of which are OK), and the aforementioned Jazz Moods: Round Midnight compilation.

I enjoyed this more than I expected. The first track and the last, DG's takes on As Time Goes By and Body and Soul, I particularly enjoyed. But also really enjoyed DG's really beautiful playing throughout, as well as his support. Good romantic album too.

Check out It's You or No One, which is a live village Vanguard recording from the 60's.

Incidentally, the "bop" which Dexter is more prominently known for is Hard Bop and not Be-bop, which is the immediate association that most have with the word.

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Disc 1 - Milestones :yeah:

I've been getting into this album a lot lately

KONITZ MEETS MULLiGAN
Amazing Alto on
Lover Man
and
Your Just Too Marvelous

The Very Best of Chet Baker Sings (1989) - cant upload album cover, <15 posts..

Steely Dan-Aja. (not traditional Jazz, but one of the best at it. Chevy Chase played drums for Steely Dan,(back in the day) And as to suggest himself, "he said they should find a drummer better than he was", (a true gent) Imagine Chevy Chase on the drums in this video) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFKSyP5pNE0 AWB-'Things'. (awb, very jazz orientated). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDDMwKvFOgY

Sonny Rollins - East Broadway Rundown

Recorded in 1966, it sounds timeless in the way all great recordings do.

Sun Ra - "Bad & Beautiful"

kinda like Lanquidity but less electric (in fact, not at all electric)

I know you've heard this before, but "A Love Supreme" is what I'm listening to now.

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yes, one of the sickest albums of all time.

Stanton Moore - All Kooked Out

What's a good starting point for Jazz? Album wise that is.

There are PLENTY of threads on this. Look around.





However, alot of people will tell you Kind of Blue by Miles Davis is a good starting point. I have to agree.

I love this thread! Now I get so many different artists to choose from that I really knew nothing about (which was my main reason for joining in the first place). I enjoy listening to Donald Harrison and Boney James. But that's all I've ever really been exposed to.

Elvin Jones & Richard Davis - Heavy Sounds

John McLaughlin - Extrapolation

Don Cherry - Orient

Possibly not for jazz purists... Has a lot of electronic/synth stuff but...

Esbjorn Svensson Trio - Seven Days of Falling

Apart from that,

Return to Forever - Light as a Feather (****! 'Spain' is awesome!)

Mardi Gras in New Orleans - The Dirty Dozen Brass Band

Charles Mingus - The Clown, Pithecanthorpus Erectus...

I have been on a major Mingus binge the last few days, about to slap Mingus Plays Piano on.

I absolutely adore that album.

For me, it's the album "Feels like home" - Norah Jones. All the songs are really beautiful I think^^.
I love Norah Jones very much

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I'm but a Neophyte in Jazz.
The only stuff I can really get into is 'Bitches Brew'.

what jazz albums...
 

some good ones are...[white rabbit-george benson..down here on the ground-wes montgomery...time out-dave brubeck...the paris collection-clifford brown...lighthouse 68-the jazz crusaders]just to name afew.

today it's been Thelonious Monk Tokyo Concert with Charlie Rouse (saxophone) Butch Warren (bass) Frankie Dunlop (drums) ... big warm rubbery sound, songs that go on for days, medium-slow tempos and an evolved sense of groove ... a favorite of mine that I haven't listened to in years

... and today it's been a live recording of Anthony Braxton with Milford Graves ... indescribably awe-inspiring improvisations

"Bare Bones" by Madeleine Peyroux. It's fantastic..
If you 've heard of something similar,I 'd very much appreciate a recommendation : )

Dexter Gordon ~ "Blow Mr. Dexter" Great Be-Bop from the 1940s and '50s, the highlight of the 4 CD collection is the tenor sax duel between Dexter Gordon & Wardell Gray on "The Chase".

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im listening to Yusef Lateef's- The Last Savoy Sessions album. lovin the "Check Blues"

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Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - Moanin'

I've been getting into a lot of Blue Note albums recently...this is a winner.

Jean-Luc Ponty's album "Enigmatic Ocean" from 1977 is a brilliant jazz-rock album .. makes me wonder why I didn't check him out earlier. :)

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Some great mellow guitar music for a Sunday morning, Grant Green on guitar and Herbie Han**** on piano, it's aces.:cool:

^^Grant Green is fantastic to listen to, good choice.

Err...

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I definitely think it should count.

Also, I've been digging the hell out of some Medeski, Martin, & Wood lately.

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It definitely does in my book.
In addition for my love of all things MMW, this album also has the fact that it was produced by The Dust Brothers going for it. Great album.

clara hill an amazing jazz singer..

Dexter Calling - Dexter Gordon
Mode for Joe - Joe Henderson

I'm really into album titles that use the bandleaders name right now.
In seriousness, they're both super badass tenor players!