Share some under appreciated jazz album titles

Anyway i dont trust the "taste" of people unable to explain why a jazz album matter for them..

I dont ask for objective characterisation and opinions but at least  for subjective one too ...

I realized i liked a Jazz album  when i discovered Louis Armstrong "sun" voice and playing,  i was 14 or 15,but for me it was not "jazz", it was unique  genius...

Then i listened to "petite fleur " at 20, i was stunned by Sydney Bechet playing  near to Baker future albums i will explore not as "jazz" but as music played by geniuses ...

I forgot about jazz for 20 years, then i discovered Chet Baker, his playing and voice melodic mastery were for me the "moon" reflecting the "sun" (Armstrong)...

Then by increment i discovered jazz very slowly...

i was mainly in classical, Indian and sacred choral music history...

Without explanation what it means if i recommend a particular Chet Baker album ? Nothing ... An infinite list of names threw here without motives, especially long one is beyond useless and  preposterous...

@mahgister ”Write why you propose something…”

Yes l agree with you. Not just in this discussion but in all on Audiogon. Lazy lists mean nothing without some reasoning why, are generally useless and meaningless.

As regards any of my under appreciated jazz records, if l don’t like them l don’t “share” them….. l just simply give them away. 🎁

@mahgister 

l know where you are in thought about this.

l like jazz and the genius behind improvised music. True jazz to me means a performance not written down, pure, a one off performance that will never be repeated (because there are no rules and it’s not a written document prompting a performance)

l liken jazz to avant-garde improvised experimental music. Most people dislike both of these because of sometimes no melody or logical construction. It’s a jam session.l think that’s why most of the general public reject both these musical forms.

l would venture a third type of music, more modern that’s evaded by a large proportion of listeners….. rap. I just don’t get it either. To my ears in most cases, rap resembles a rollercoaster cacophany of words at high speed that just can’t be absorbed, or easily followed by many listeners. It’s like trying continually to catch up with a runaway train.

@david_principato,

I always thought the fifties and sixties were the the best of times of putting jazz music on wax? Even the mono recordings were killer. With all those ooey gooey vacuum tube recordings with the best engineers, studios and producers on the planet.

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. 

Or maybe you’re saying the same thing as I am?

As re: flute

Let's not forget Frank Wess.

https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/04/arts/music/frank-wess-91-flutist-for-the-basie-band-dies.html

@mahgister 

l know where you are in thought about this.

l like jazz and the genius behind improvised music. True jazz to me means a performance not written down, pure, a one off performance that will never be repeated (because there are no rules and it’s not a written document prompting a performance)

l liken jazz to avant-garde improvised experimental music. Most people dislike both of these because of sometimes no melody or logical construction. It’s a jam session.l think that’s why most of the general public reject both these musical forms.

l would venture a third type of music, more modern that’s evaded by a large proportion of listeners….. rap. I just don’t get it either. To my ears in most cases, rap resembles a rollercoaster cacophany of words at high speed that just can’t be absorbed, or easily followed by many listeners. It’s like trying continually to catch up with a runaway train.