ska invita
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ive nver made it all the way through tbh
Urban75 Album of the Year 1959
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Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out
Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um
Santo & Johnny - Santo & Johnny
Joseph Spence - Bahaman Folk Guitar: Music of the Bahamas, Vol 1
John Fahey - Blind Joe Death / John Fahey
Dixie Kwankwa - Sadness and joy
Shel Silverstein and The Red Onions - Hairy Jazz
The Fabulous Wailers - The Fabulous Wailers
Kenny Graham- Moondog and Suncat Suites
Hank Ballard & the Midnighters - Singin' and Swingin' [this should of been in my top10 really, it's ace, contains the pre-Chubby Checker version of The Twist]
Salamat Ali & Nazakat Ali - Classical Music from Pakistan
Shirley Collins - Sweet England
Dominic Frontiere - Pagan Festival: An Exotic Love Ritual for Orchestra
Alwin Nikolais - Choreosonic Music of the New Dance Theatre of Alwin Nikolais
The Clancy Brothers & Jack Keenan - Come Fill Your Glass With Us
Jimmy Smith - The Sermon!
Tom Lehrer - More of Tom Lehrer
Ritchie Valens - Ritchie Valens
Tom Glazer & Dottie Evans - Space songs
would of had the Olatunji album in there but thought it was 1960
The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out
Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um
Santo & Johnny - Santo & Johnny
Joseph Spence - Bahaman Folk Guitar: Music of the Bahamas, Vol 1
John Fahey - Blind Joe Death / John Fahey
Dixie Kwankwa - Sadness and joy
Shel Silverstein and The Red Onions - Hairy Jazz
The Fabulous Wailers - The Fabulous Wailers
Kenny Graham- Moondog and Suncat Suites
Hank Ballard & the Midnighters - Singin' and Swingin' [this should of been in my top10 really, it's ace, contains the pre-Chubby Checker version of The Twist]
Salamat Ali & Nazakat Ali - Classical Music from Pakistan
Shirley Collins - Sweet England
Dominic Frontiere - Pagan Festival: An Exotic Love Ritual for Orchestra
Alwin Nikolais - Choreosonic Music of the New Dance Theatre of Alwin Nikolais
The Clancy Brothers & Jack Keenan - Come Fill Your Glass With Us
Jimmy Smith - The Sermon!
Tom Lehrer - More of Tom Lehrer
Ritchie Valens - Ritchie Valens
Tom Glazer & Dottie Evans - Space songs
would of had the Olatunji album in there but thought it was 1960
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nogojones
spelling is overrated
6 out of 10 for me...
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Cecil Taylor - Looking Ahead
Carlos Lyra - Bossa Nova
João Gilberto - Chega De Saudade
Babatunde Olatunji - Drums of Passion
The Theolonious Monk Orchestra - At Town Hall
Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz to Come
Dorival Caymmi - Caymmi e Seu Violão
Donald Byrd - Byrd in Hand
The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Cecil Taylor - Looking Ahead
Carlos Lyra - Bossa Nova
João Gilberto - Chega De Saudade
Babatunde Olatunji - Drums of Passion
The Theolonious Monk Orchestra - At Town Hall
Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz to Come
Dorival Caymmi - Caymmi e Seu Violão
Donald Byrd - Byrd in Hand
The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out
nogojones
spelling is overrated
Oh, that is good.
andysays
Love and solidarity
Wow, that's quite an admission
danny la rouge
Ninja swords for all disabled people
Do you find it a difficult listen? I'm surprised, because I find it very melodic.
danny la rouge
Ninja swords for all disabled people
My list:
Sun Ra - Jazz in Silhouette
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um
Ornette Coleman - Shape of Jazz to Come
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
Thelonious Monk Orchestra - At Town Hall
Luiz Bonfa and Antonio Carlos Jobim - The Original Sound Track Of The Movie Black Orpheus (Orfeu Negro)
Jimmy Smith - the Sermon!
John Cage & David Tudor - Indeterminacy
Santo & Johnny - Santo & Johnny
Bo Diddley - Go
Wynton Kelly - Kelly Blue
Shirley Collins - Sweet England
Jackie McLean - Swing, Swang, Swingin’.
Ella Fitzgerald - Sings the Gershwin Songbook vol. 1
Ray Charles - What’d I Say
Jacques Brel - La Valse A Mille Temps
Miles Davis Quintet - Workin’
John Lee Hooker - House of the Blues
Frank Sinatra - Come Dance With Me
Sun Ra - Jazz in Silhouette
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um
Ornette Coleman - Shape of Jazz to Come
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
Thelonious Monk Orchestra - At Town Hall
Luiz Bonfa and Antonio Carlos Jobim - The Original Sound Track Of The Movie Black Orpheus (Orfeu Negro)
Jimmy Smith - the Sermon!
John Cage & David Tudor - Indeterminacy
Santo & Johnny - Santo & Johnny
Bo Diddley - Go
Wynton Kelly - Kelly Blue
Shirley Collins - Sweet England
Jackie McLean - Swing, Swang, Swingin’.
Ella Fitzgerald - Sings the Gershwin Songbook vol. 1
Ray Charles - What’d I Say
Jacques Brel - La Valse A Mille Temps
Miles Davis Quintet - Workin’
John Lee Hooker - House of the Blues
Frank Sinatra - Come Dance With Me
ska invita
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yes, exactly that. The opening track is great, but the rest gets too much and quite quickly. I like ornette's style and phrasing in small doses, i get whats going on, but I don't particularly like to listen to it. The one Ornette album I've found that i like and can play through - or used to be able to, probably cant anymore - was the Naked Lunch soundtrack with Howard Shore - reigned him in a bit more
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
Advance planning:
What's the earliest year that is practicable? The first album charts were '56, so that would make sense. But there were some reasonably major albums in the years before that. A look at wiki lists imply there's a plausible top ten to be made from maybe '54, but earlier than that, there may be a couple of things we know as classics, but not a lot. 1950 (ie what should be next years starting point) looks completely impractical.
What's the earliest year that is practicable? The first album charts were '56, so that would make sense. But there were some reasonably major albums in the years before that. A look at wiki lists imply there's a plausible top ten to be made from maybe '54, but earlier than that, there may be a couple of things we know as classics, but not a lot. 1950 (ie what should be next years starting point) looks completely impractical.
I've got a few special mentions for my list. These are not almost made its but one's that I have excluded on my own little rule of having no recordings of faithful versions of old compositions. These are:
New York Philhamonic/Leonard Bernstein - Shostakovich's 5th Symphony
The soundtrack to the Goldwyn production of Porgy and Bess
Columbia Symphony Orchestra/ New York Philharmonic /Leonard Bernstein - Rhapsody in Blue / An American in Paris
Berlin Philarmonic / Karajan - New World Symphony/ The Moldau
Glenn Gould - Sonata for Piano/Three Piano Pieces/Sonata for Piano (Berg/Shoenberg/Krenek)
Antheil / Chavez / Hovhannes / Lopresti - Ballet Mecanique / Toccata for Percussion / October Mountain / Sketch for Percussion
I don't know how to even begin to put these in order with all the rest and it feels like cheating including them.
Anyway my list:
1) ORNETTE COLEMAN - THE SHAPE OF JAZZ TO COME
2) CHARLES MINGUS - MINGUS AH UM
3) BO DIDDLEY - GO BO DIDDLEY
4) NINA SIMONE - LITTLE GIRL BLUE
5) THE CECIL TAYLOR QUARTET - LOOKING AHEAD!
6) THELONIOUS MONK QUNITET - 5 BY MONK BY 5
7) ANTÕNIO CARLOS JOBIM & LUIZ BONFÁ - ORFEU NEGRO (BLACK ORPHEUS) SOUNDTRACK
8) JOHN FAHEY - BLIND JOE DEATH
9) SUN RA AND HIS ARKESTRA - JAZZ IN SILHOUETTE
10) JAÒA GILBERTO - CHEGA DE SAUDADE
11) THE DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET - TIME OUT
12) SHIRLEY COLLINS - SWEET ENGLAND
13) T-BONE WALKER - T-BONE BLUES
14) JOHN CAGE / DAVID TUDOR - INDETERMINACY: NEW ASPECT OF FORM IN INSTRUMENTAL AND ELECTRONIC MUSIC
15) OLIVIER MESSIAEN, YVONNE LORIOD - CATALOGUE D'OISEAUX
16) CARLOS LYRA - BOSSA NOVA
17) LUIZ BONFÁ - SOLO IN RIO
18) MILES DAVIS - KIND OF BLUE
19) KENNY GRAHAM - MOONDOG AND SUNCAT SUITES
20) VARIOUS ARTISTS - ANGOLA PRISON SPIRITUALS
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Comments:
I'm a bit surprised seeing Jazz in Silhoutte so high (pleasantly surprised that is, but even I don't rate it quite that highly).
I missed out out on the Babatunde Olatunji. It's brilliant.
Thanks Killerb for introducing me to the Shirley Collins
Out of mine, the Cage/Tudor is the one I would recommend giving a go of. It's just Cage talking accompanied with random noises, but somehow it's very well realised.
I've done a top ten of the 50's if anybody cares:
Lotte Lenya - Die 7 Todsündend
Ornette Coleman - Shape of Jazz to Come
Thelonius Monk - Brilliant Corners
Lotte Lenya - Die Dreigroshenoper
Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um
Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley
West Side Story soundtrack
Thelonius Monk - Monk's Music
Moondog - Moondog (1956 album)
Thelonious Monk Quartet - Misterioso
New York Philhamonic/Leonard Bernstein - Shostakovich's 5th Symphony
The soundtrack to the Goldwyn production of Porgy and Bess
Columbia Symphony Orchestra/ New York Philharmonic /Leonard Bernstein - Rhapsody in Blue / An American in Paris
Berlin Philarmonic / Karajan - New World Symphony/ The Moldau
Glenn Gould - Sonata for Piano/Three Piano Pieces/Sonata for Piano (Berg/Shoenberg/Krenek)
Antheil / Chavez / Hovhannes / Lopresti - Ballet Mecanique / Toccata for Percussion / October Mountain / Sketch for Percussion
I don't know how to even begin to put these in order with all the rest and it feels like cheating including them.
Anyway my list:
1) ORNETTE COLEMAN - THE SHAPE OF JAZZ TO COME
2) CHARLES MINGUS - MINGUS AH UM
3) BO DIDDLEY - GO BO DIDDLEY
4) NINA SIMONE - LITTLE GIRL BLUE
5) THE CECIL TAYLOR QUARTET - LOOKING AHEAD!
6) THELONIOUS MONK QUNITET - 5 BY MONK BY 5
7) ANTÕNIO CARLOS JOBIM & LUIZ BONFÁ - ORFEU NEGRO (BLACK ORPHEUS) SOUNDTRACK
8) JOHN FAHEY - BLIND JOE DEATH
9) SUN RA AND HIS ARKESTRA - JAZZ IN SILHOUETTE
10) JAÒA GILBERTO - CHEGA DE SAUDADE
11) THE DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET - TIME OUT
12) SHIRLEY COLLINS - SWEET ENGLAND
13) T-BONE WALKER - T-BONE BLUES
14) JOHN CAGE / DAVID TUDOR - INDETERMINACY: NEW ASPECT OF FORM IN INSTRUMENTAL AND ELECTRONIC MUSIC
15) OLIVIER MESSIAEN, YVONNE LORIOD - CATALOGUE D'OISEAUX
16) CARLOS LYRA - BOSSA NOVA
17) LUIZ BONFÁ - SOLO IN RIO
18) MILES DAVIS - KIND OF BLUE
19) KENNY GRAHAM - MOONDOG AND SUNCAT SUITES
20) VARIOUS ARTISTS - ANGOLA PRISON SPIRITUALS
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Comments:
I'm a bit surprised seeing Jazz in Silhoutte so high (pleasantly surprised that is, but even I don't rate it quite that highly).
I missed out out on the Babatunde Olatunji. It's brilliant.
Thanks Killerb for introducing me to the Shirley Collins
Out of mine, the Cage/Tudor is the one I would recommend giving a go of. It's just Cage talking accompanied with random noises, but somehow it's very well realised.
I've done a top ten of the 50's if anybody cares:
Lotte Lenya - Die 7 Todsündend
Ornette Coleman - Shape of Jazz to Come
Thelonius Monk - Brilliant Corners
Lotte Lenya - Die Dreigroshenoper
Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um
Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley
West Side Story soundtrack
Thelonius Monk - Monk's Music
Moondog - Moondog (1956 album)
Thelonious Monk Quartet - Misterioso
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braindancer
not for long
I'm massively ignorant when it comes to 'old' music 
- but I'm working my way through this and man, there's plenty to get my ears round. Thanks for all the tips folks! 
- but I'm working my way through this and man, there's plenty to get my ears round. Thanks for all the tips folks!
ska invita
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Mongo Santamaria - Mongo
home of the original cut of Afro Blue, plus lots more afro-cuban nuggets
Ramón "Mongo" Santamaría Rodríguez (April 7, 1917 – February 1, 2003) was a rumba quinto master and an Afro-Cuban Latin jazz percussionist. In 1950 he moved to New York City where he played with Perez Prado, Tito Puente, Cal Tjader, and the Fania All Stars. He was an integral figure in the fusion of Afro-Cuban rhythms with R&B and soul, paving the way for the boogaloo era of the late 1960s. His 1963 hit rendition of Herbie Hancock's "Watermelon Man" (recorded on December 17, 1962) was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998.
on fire>>.
home of the original cut of Afro Blue, plus lots more afro-cuban nuggets
Ramón "Mongo" Santamaría Rodríguez (April 7, 1917 – February 1, 2003) was a rumba quinto master and an Afro-Cuban Latin jazz percussionist. In 1950 he moved to New York City where he played with Perez Prado, Tito Puente, Cal Tjader, and the Fania All Stars. He was an integral figure in the fusion of Afro-Cuban rhythms with R&B and soul, paving the way for the boogaloo era of the late 1960s. His 1963 hit rendition of Herbie Hancock's "Watermelon Man" (recorded on December 17, 1962) was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998.
on fire>>.
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