Jazz Chart

RFNAPLES · 2009-03-06T22:17:46-05:00

JAZZ CHART NB: These are subjective rankings and the relative difference in degree of greatness is infinitesimal. Your perspective and biases may cause different opinions. WARNING: The use of this chart may be hazardous! Res ipsa loquitur. 1. Kind of Blue-Miles Davis 2. A Love Supreme-John Coltrane 3. Bitches Brew-Miles Davis 4. Out to Lunch-Eric Dolphy 5. The Shape of Jazz to Come-Ornette Coleman 6. Giant Steps-John Coltrane 7. Time Out-Dave Brubeck Quartet 8. Saxophone Colossus-Sonny Rollins 9. In a Silent Way-Miles Davis 10. Sketches of Spain-Miles Davis 11. Mingus Ah Um-Charles Mingus 12. Ellington at Newport-Duke Ellington 13. Getz/Gilberto-Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto 14. Brilliant Corners-Thelonious Monk 15. My Favorite Things-John Coltrane 16. Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 1-Thelonious Monk 17. The Blues and the Abstract Truth-Oliver Nelson 18. Sunday at the Village Vanguard-Bill Evans 19. Maiden Voyage-Herbie Hancock 20. Free Jazz-Ornette Coleman 21. Waltz for Debby-Bill Evans 22. The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Concert-Benny Goodman 23. Jazz at Massey Hall/The Greatest Jazz Concert Ever-The Quintet 24. Spiritual Unity-Albert Ayler 25. Head Hunters-Herbie Hancock 26. Porgy & Bess-Miles Davis 27. Speak No Evil-Wayne Shorter 28. Blue Train-John Coltrane 29. Sings the Cole Porter Songbook, Vol. 1-Ella Fitzgerald 30. The Köln Concert-Keith Jarrett 31. Basie/The Atomic Mr. Basie/The Complete Atomic Basie-Count Basie 32. The Sidewinder-Lee Morgan 33. Lady in Satin-Billie Holiday 34. Inner Mounting Flame-The Mahavishnu Orchestra 35. Concert by the Sea-Erroll Garner 36. The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery-Wes Montgomery 37. Somethin' Else-Cannonball Adderley 38. Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 2-Thelonious Monk 39. Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown-Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown 40. Out of the Cool-Gil Evans 41. Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane-Thelonious Monk 42. Pithecanthropus Erectus-Charles Mingus 43. Miles Ahead-Miles Davis 44. Moanin'-Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers 45. Song for My Father-Horace Silver 46. The Amazing Bud Powell Vol. 1-Bud Powell 47. Heavy Weather-Weather Report 48. Blues and Roots-Charles Mingus 49. Milestones-Miles Davis 50. Jazz Samba-Stan Getz/Charlie Byrd 51. Live at the Village Vanguard-John Coltrane 52. Sings the Rodgers and Hart Songbook, Vol. 1-Ella Fitzgerald 53. Way Out West-Sonny Rollins 54. A Tribute to Jack Johnson-Miles Davis 55. Point of Departure-Andrew Hill 56. April in Paris-Count Basie 57. Monk's Music-Thelonious Monk 58. Our Man in Paris-Dexter Gordon 59. Birds of Fire-The Mahavishnu Orchestra 60. Unit Structures-Cecil Taylor 61. Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy-Louis Armstrong 62. Come Away with Me-Norah Jones 63. Miles Smiles-Miles Davis 64. Meets the Rhythm Section-Art Pepper 65. The Far East Suite-Duke Ellington 66. The Bridge-Sonny Rollins 67. Soul Station-Hank Mobley 68. Dance Mania-Tito Puente 69. The Hottest New Group in Jazz-Lambert, Hendricks and Ross 70. John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman-John Coltrane 71. Horace Silver and The Jazz Messengers-Horace Silver 72. A Night at Birdland Vol. 1-Art Blakey Quintet 73. Round About Midnight-Miles Davis 74. Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet-Miles Davis 75. Money Jungle-Duke Ellington with Charles Mingus and Max Roach 76. Ella and Louis-Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong 77. Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings-Count Basie 78. Now He Sings, Now He Sobs-Chick Corea 79. The Sermon!-Jimmy Smith 80. Unity-Larry Young 81. Porgy and Bess-Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong 82. Escalator Over the Hill-Carla Bley & Paul Haines 83. Duke Ellington and John Coltrane-Duke Ellington and John Coltrane 84. Mingus at Antibes-Charles Mingus 85. Relaxin' with Miles-Miles Davis 86. …And His Mother Called Him Bill-Duke Ellington 87. Live at the Plugged Nickel 1965-Miles Davis 88. At Newport-Count Basie 89. Dinah Jams-Dinah Washington 90. The Audience with Betty Carter-Betty Carter 91. Back at the Chicken Shack-Jimmy Smith 92. Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk-Art Blakey 93. Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus-Charles Mingus 94. Nefertiti the Beautiful One Has Come-Cecil Taylor 95. The Real McCoy-McCoy Tyner 96. Empyrean Isles-Herbie Hancock 97. New Concepts of Artistry in Rhythm-Stan Kenton 98. Blue Light 'Til Dawn-Cassandra Wilson 99. Something Cool-June Christy 100. At the Golden Circle, Volume One-Ornette Coleman 101. Emergency!-The Tony Williams Lifetime 102. Further Definitions-Benny Carter 103. Cool Struttin'-Sonny Clark 104. Anita Sings the Most-Anita O'Day 105. Adam's Apple-Wayne Shorter 106. Workin' with the Miles Davis Quintet-Miles Davis 107. Bags Meets Wes-Milt Jackson and Wes Montgomery 108. World on a String-Henry Red Allen 109. Midnight Blue-Kenny Burrell 110. Portrait in Jazz-Bill Evans 111. Pat Metheny Group-Pat Metheny Group 112. Hub-Tones-Freddie Hubbard 113. Go!-Dexter Gordon 114. Pres & Teddy-Lester Young & Teddy Wilson 115. Mwandishi-Herbie Hancock 116. A Night in Tunisia-Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers 117. Rip Rig & Panic-Rahsaan Roland Kirk 118. Inner Urge-Joe Henderson 119. Charlie Parker with Strings-Charlie Parker 120. Side by Side-Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges 121. The President Plays with the Oscar Peterson Trio-Lester Young 122. Sing a Song of Basie-Lambert, Hendricks and Ross 123. Light as a Feather-Chick Corea & Return to Forever 124. Juju-Wayne Shorter 125. Electric Bath-Don Ellis 126. Amoroso-Joao Gilberto 127. Page One-Joe Henderson 128. Song X-Pat Metheny with Ornette Coleman 129. High Priestess of Soul-Nina Simone 130. At the Golden Circle, Volume Two-Ornette Coleman 131. Live at Birdland-John Coltrane 132. Bags & Trane-Milt Jackson 133. Outward Bound-Eric Dolphy 134. Black Codes (from the Underground)-Wynton Marsalis 135. Virtuoso-Joe Pass 136. At Basin Street-Clifford Brown & Max Roach 137. At Town Hall-Thelonious Monk 138. Lush Life: Music of Billy Strayhorn-Joe Henderson 139. Blowin' the Blues Away-Horace Silver 140. Ella in Berlin-Ella Fitzgerald 141. Free for All-Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers 142. The Jazz Giants-Lester Young 143. Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster-Gerry Mulligan 144. Portrait of Sheila-Sheila Jordan 145. Idle Moments-Grant Green 146. Live at Pep's-Yusef Lateef 147. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! - Live at 'The Club'-Cannonball Adderley 148. Out of the Afternoon-Roy Haynes 149. My Funny Valentine: Miles Davis in Concert-Miles Davis 150. Thelonious Himself-Thelonious Monk 151. Explorations-Bill Evans 152. The Thing to Do-Blue Mitchell 153. Ballads-John Coltrane 154. Top Percussion-Tito Puente 155. Night Train-Oscar Peterson 156. Crosscurrents-Lennie Tristano & Tadd Dameron 157. Oscar Peterson Trio + One-Oscar Peterson with Clark Terry 158. Ellington Uptown/Hi-Fi Ellington Uptown-Duke Ellington 159. Ready for Freddie-Freddie Hubbard 160. A Blowin' Session-Johnny Griffin 161. Mode for Joe-Joe Henderson 162. In Person Saturday Night at the Black Hawk, San Francisco Vol. 2-Miles Davis 163. Breezin'-George Benson 164. The Great American Songbook-Carmen McRae 165. Looking Ahead!-Cecil Taylor 166. Mosaic-Art Blakey 167. Soulville-Ben Webster 168. The West Coast Sound-Shelly Manne 169. Songs I Like to Sing!-Helen Humes 170. Blue and Sentimental-Ike Quebec 171. In San Francisco-Cannonball Adderley 172. Stan Getz and J.J. Johnson at the Opera House- Stan Getz and J.J. Johnson 173. Ella in Rome: The Birthday Concert-Ella Fitzgerald 174. Little Jazz-Roy Eldridge 175. Quartets - Live at the Village Vanguard-Joe Lovano 176. Smokin' at the Half Note-Wynton Kelly & Wes Montgomery 177. Conversations with Myself-Bill Evans 178. Black Market-Weather Report 179. Dynamic Duo- Jimmy Smith with Wes Mongomery 180. Sonny Side Up-Dizzy Gillespie 181. From the Soul-Joe Lovano 182. The In Crowd-Ramsey Lewis Trio 183. New Orleans Suite-Duke Ellington 184. Filles de Kilimanjaro-Miles Davis 185. Citi Movement-Wynton Marsalis

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Are you kidding? Trout Mask Replica is pure genius. Escalator over Hill is pure crap
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While I agree on being a little pretentious and overrated, I wouldn't go as far as calling Escalator.. crap.
What I absolutely agree is with Paul Bley's recommendation Open, To Love. And if you haven't already check out his 2007 recording Solo in Mondsee which is also great.

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Escalator Over the Hill is a messy, incoherent, pretentious, over-the-top, uneven, wankfest of blessedness.

One of my favorite albums of all-time.

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Elston, I missed your question on 82. Escalator Over the Hill-Carla Bley & Paul Haines. EOTH is a great jazz opera. Listed in The Rough Guide - Jazz: 100 Essential CDs (1999) and winner of Jazz Album of the Year 1972 by a Melody Maker Readers Poll and French Grand Prix du Disque in 1973. It features many fine musicians including:
• Gato Barbieri - tenor saxophone
• Carla Bley - organ, celeste, chimes, calliope, piano
• Jack Bruce - bass, vocal
• Don Cherry - trumpet
• Charlie Haden - bass
• Sheila Jordan - vocal
• Ron McClure - bass
• John McLaughlin - guitar
• Paul Motian - drums, dumbec
• Linda Ronstadt - vocal
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RFNAPLES wrote:

EOTH's an album that is certainly not short period of time for listening! Album dramaturge pool as the brilliant radio play.
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