Share some under appreciated jazz album titles

@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.

Wow! There are so many choices.My top 5 under appreciated jazz albums from different eras:

Curtis Counce- Landslide

Lou Donaldson- Blues Walk

Freddie Hubbard- Red Clay

Norman Brown- West Coast Chillin

Gregory Porter- Take Me To The Alley

Check them out, you will love them

George Gershwin 

Rhapsody in Blue (1924) and An American in Paris (1928)