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Check out the Jazz conference on FINALY::JAZZ (press KP7). There are
three or four "top-20-of-all-time" notes going on in that conference.
While I'm here I'll recommend two discs:
Sphere, Bird Songs --- A contemporary quartet interprets
standards made famous by Charlie Parker. Exciting music brilliantly
played and beautifully engineered. Featuring the late Charlie Rouse.
Horace Silver, Best of the Blue Note Years --- Timeless
straight-ahead stuff from the mid- to late-fifties. Includes "Peace,"
the gorgeous tune used to open "Eric in the Evening" on WGBH here in
Boston...
(Note: This isn't the same rendition of "Peace" that Eric uses to open
his show. Anyone know who did that version?)
Scott
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| I'd like to second the answer in .1.
Two of the notes in FINALY::JAZZ that list "essential" jazz CDs and LPs are
#5 and #83. Off the top of my head, I'd say the two most frequently
recommended jazz CDs in that conference might be "Kind of Blue" by Miles
Davis (with John Coltrane, Bill Evans, &co.) and "Saxophone Colossus" by
Sonny Rollins.
One problem is that some of the main figureheads in jazz -- Louis
Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, and Thelonious Monk (some
critics call them The Four) -- aren't quite fully represented on CD yet.
But the JAZZ conference is full of opinions on what's best among what's
available on CD.
The recommendations in .1 are good too; I happen to be looking for both of
those in CD, as well as others in the Blue Note "Best of" series and a CD
of Sphere doing Monk compositions. - Jay
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| Miles Davis- Kind of Blue, In a Silent Way, Bitches Brew
Charlie Parker- Savoy Sessions and Verve sessions (both available
on c.d)
John Coltrane- Giant Steps, My favorite Things, A Love Supreme
Charles Mingus- Ah Um, The Saint and the Sinner Lady (or something
like that)
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