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

@stuartk 

Thanks. I do have both on CD from a while back. 

@jliffiton - stellar recs from @stuartk 

Listen to this Grant Green track and have your mind blown as it builds - it's groove is deep and Green's soloing keeps going into the stratosphere as the rhythm section just hits and hits and stays the course -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDDQsIu9FFE&list=RDVDDQsIu9FFE&start_radio=1 - Sonny Clark also has piano solo that is amazing. You can hear the guys shout out and cheer in the track as well. It's kind of cool. 

After, explore more of Grant Green's work - Green Street, Idle Moments, Nigeria, and others. Maybe this was already suggested. 

 

@jliffiton 

I believe this is the music you would like to hear and listen

Boogaloo Joe Jones 'Snake Rythm Rock' album

https://youtu.be/YivFyoUVD3Q?si=nzNyHxd9LgxH8cVC

Mel Brown ’Chicken Fat’ album

https://youtu.be/ZzBbonIkLPY?si=4YK39iHVaV5kFx07

Grant Green ’Alive’ Album

https://youtu.be/Ev2o_KSd45Y?si=JzbXcO5VxyzRMdnr

As for Paco, Al and John, they have recorded 3 albums together (I think), they are all good and you may search thru discography of each of them, to see what you like. For me, all flamenco albums of De Lucia are worth hearing. Di Meola and McLaughlin have made albums of different styles, some I like, some not much

 

 

 

Currently listening to Ernest Ranglin.  First album I heard. Below the bass line.  Then check out Monty Alexander 

@jliffiton 

Now that my internet connection is back. . .

Clarence Gatemouth Brown and Fenton Robinson are two Blues guitar players who show Jazz influences:

Gatemouth:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=so97HBAuK0o&list=OLAK5uy_lMY8ag3dAxoN340kvYyDvtNZ1wZryS_5c&index=2

F. Robinson:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukZ-tgkL-U0&list=OLAK5uy_lCU5bRUJRDuY_aaNolkk72S6muiwTzVZ8&index=2

Taj Mal's "The Real Thing" is Blues with excellent use of horns: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPF485guOH0&list=OLAK5uy_kua_bplHWDjg5KVL29G3JWfyCqNJBptDc&index=2

The group "Room Full of Blues" is one you might want to check out. 

Of course, R&B/Blues singers such as Bobby "Blue" Bland and Etta James recorded albums with horns and performed tunes with changes that are more complicated than I, IV, V.  An example of this would be the arrangement of "Stormy Monday" on "Live at Fillmore East", which was lifted from Bobby "Blue" Bland. And while the Allmans did not often employ horns, the influence of Modal Jazz exemplified by Miles Davis and John Coltrane is very clear in Duane and Dickie's soloing on tunes such as Whipping Post and Elizabeth Reed. 

I agree that Grant Green would be worth exploring. You might find his later material somewhat more accessible, such as the suggested "Alive". 

One final note: Jazz organ trios tend to be fairly Bluesy. There are many to explore. 

I could on but will stop here.