Share some under appreciated jazz album titles


I’ve been on a journey to discover more older jazz albums deeper down the catalog that share two traits; I like/love the music and the recording shines, quite possibly unexpectedly. By that I mean, I probably have a bias that leads me expect recordings from the fifties and sixties to be less detailed or “audiophile” than more recent recordings. I’m finding this bias to be truly misguided to say the least. 
Please share some of your favorite lesser known jazz gems with both traits. To roll the ball…  Dave Brubeck “In Time”, Johnny Hodges “Not So Dukish” and “Gerry Mulligan Meets Johnny Hodges”  

Yes, I’ve been on a Johnny Hodges kick lately 

happy listening everyone 

 

david_principato

El Corazón – trumpeter Don Cherry and drummer Ed Blackwell

Tijuana Moods – Charles Mingus

The Poll Winners: Barney Kessel, with Shelley Manne and Ray Brown

@stuartk +1

 

FYI: you may get more of a response for such topics if you post on the Jazz for Aficionados thread. 

Ann Burton - "Ann Burton With The Louis Van Dyke Trio"

Chris Connor -"he loves me, he loves me not"

Flora Purim "If You Will"

Anita O'Day (almost anything), but: "Anita Sings The Most"

Cassandra Wilson: " Light 'til Dawn"

@audiodidact 

+ 1 on "Anita Sings the Most" -- her best, IMHO. 

She, like many other Jazz vocalists, are rarely ever mentioned here. 

Have you heard Purim’s "Perpetual  Emotion"?  It’s a straight ahead Jazz date, not Fusion:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X35jLiOVb1o&list=OLAK5uy_kCXtbLfAYXY8Rl-Mm8A43kVI5zu2XLd38&index=

 

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