Jazz Posts

Bitches Brew
Miles Davis
see for miles and miles and miles

The Pentangle
Pentangle
British sophisti-folkies

Big Swing Face
Buddy Rich
and the beat went on

Tequila
Wes Montgomery
bumpin, not smokin

My Favorite Things
John Coltrane
it actually is one of them.

Count 'Em 88
Ahmad Jamal Trio
Yep, they're all there.

Morning Dance
Spyro Gyra
not a classic, but a great museum piece

Ask The Ages
Sonny Sharrock
Sharrock's Magnum Opus

Fancy Dancer
Bobbi Humphrey
bring the mother-fluting ruckus

Live In Montreal July 7, 1983
Miles Davis
the final evolution of a master

Linger Awhile
Samara Joy
classic sounding vocal jazz

Spontaneous Inventions
Bobby McFerrin
nothing else like him in the world

In For A Penny, In For A Pound
Henry Threadgill & Zooid
Pulitzer-winning compositional chamber jazz

Mingus Ah Um
Charles Mingus
Get hit in your soul

Gula Matari
Quincy Jones
a true renaissance man

On The Corner
Miles Davis
ambient, abstract fusion

Pat Metheny Group
Pat Metheny Group
ruthlessly calm early modern jazz

The Bad Plus
The Bad Plus
A new beginning for an older group

Utakata No Hibi
Mariah
an interesting find

Alive
Hiromi
an under-recognized genius