Long Shot's Top 60 Albums of 1962
More albums, hurrah! As Coltrane dominated '61, so too does Bill Evans dominate '62, although jazz music at this point seems to be preparing for a big reinvention of sorts. The folk revival is in full swing with many artists like Dylan, who did not make the list, and like Baez, who did in jaw-dropping fashion. Oh, and we also have the first singles released by my two favorite bands. Taking guesses as to who they are, winner receives nothing except half a bragging point. |
1 | | Bill Evans and Jim Hall Undercurrent
4.6
Track pick: "Dream Gypsy" |
2 | | Joan Baez In Concert
4.5
Track pick: "House Carpenter" |
3 | | Art Blakey Mosaic
4.4
Track pick: "Mosaic" |
4 | | Bill Evans Waltz for Debby
4.3
Track pick: "Waltz for Debby" |
5 | | Stan Getz Focus
4.3
Track pick: "Her" |
6 | | John Coltrane "Live" at the Village Vanguard
4.2
Track pick: "Spiritual" |
7 | | Vince Guaraldi Trio Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus
4.1
Track pick: "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" |
8 | | John Coltrane Coltrane (1962, Impulse)
4.0
Track pick: "Out of This World" |
9 | | Bill Evans Moon Beams
4.0
Track pick: "I Fall in Love Too Easily" |
10 | | Charles Mingus Tijuana Moods
3.9
Track pick: "Ysabel's Table Dance" |
11 | | Art Blakey Caravan
3.9
Track pick: "Skylark" |
12 | | Roy Orbison Crying
3.9
Track pick: "Crying" |
13 | | Max Roach It's Time
3.8
Track pick: "It's Time" |
14 | | John Coltrane Coltrane Plays the Blues
3,7
Track pick: "Blues to Elvin" |
15 | | Joe Harriott Abstract
3.7
Track pick: "Shadows" |
16 | | Charles Mingus Oh Yeah
3.7
Track pick: "Devil Woman" |
17 | | Eric Dolphy Far Cry
3.7
Track pick: "Far Cry" |
18 | | Tony Bennett I Left My Heart in San Francisco
3.7
Track pick: "Taking a Chance on Love" |
19 | | Sonny Rollins The Bridge
3.6
Track pick: "Without a Song" |
20 | | Ornette Coleman Ornette!
3.6
Track pick: "W.R.U." |
21 | | Frank Sinatra Sinatra and Strings
3.6
Track pick: "Yesterdays" |
22 | | Herbie Hancock Takin' Off
3.6
Track pick: "Alone and I" |
23 | | Jacques Brel À l'Olympia
3.6
Track pick: "Les Flamandes" |
24 | | Sun Ra The Futuristic Sounds of Sun Ra
3.6
Track pick: "The Beginning" |
25 | | Duke Ellington and Count Basie First Time! The Count Meets The Duke
3.6
Track pick: "Battle Royal" |
26 | | Willie Nelson And Then I Wrote
3.6
Track pick: "Crazy" |
27 | | Rahsaan Roland Kirk Domino
3.6
Track pick: "Time" |
28 | | Jeanne Lee & Ran Blake The Newest Sound Around
3.6
Track pick: "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" |
29 | | Freddie Hubbard Ready for Freddie
3.6
Track pick: "Weaver of Dreams" |
30 | | Ornette Coleman Ornette on Tenor
3.5
Track pick: "Enfant" |
31 | | Benny Carter Further Definitions
3.5
Track pick: "Blue Star" |
32 | | Dexter Gordon Go!
3.5
Track pick: "Cheese Cake" |
33 | | Horace Silver The Tokyo Blues
3.5
Track pick: "Too Much Sake" |
34 | | Sonny Clark Leapin' and Lopin'
3.5
Track pick: "Deep in a Dream" |
35 | | McCoy Tyner Inception
3.5
Track pick: "Inception" |
36 | | Judy Collins Golden Apples of the Sun
3.5
Track pick: "Golden Apples of the Sun" |
37 | | Ravi Shankar Improvisations
3.5
Track pick: "Improvisation on the Theme Music from Pather Panchali" |
38 | | Francoise Hardy Tous les Garcons et les Filles
3.5
Track pick: "Le Temps de l'amour" |
39 | | Hank Mobley Workout
3.5
Track pick: "Workout" |
40 | | Wes Montgomery Full House
3.5
Track pick: "Full House" |
41 | | Stan Getz Jazz Samba
3.5
Track pick; "Desafinado" |
42 | | Rahsaan Roland Kirk We Free Kings
3.4
Track pick: "We Free Kings" |
43 | | Ray Charles Modern Sounds in Country Western Music
3.4
Track pick: "Born to Lose" |
44 | | Nancy Wilson Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley
3.4
Track pick: "The Old Country" |
45 | | Roy Haynes Out of the Afternoon
3.4
Track pick: "Raoul" |
46 | | Quincy Jones Big Band Bossa Nova
3.4
Track pick: "Soul Bossa Nova" |
47 | | Cannonball Adderley Know What I Mean?
3.4
Track pick: "Waltz for Debby" |
48 | | John Lee Hooker Burnin'
3.4
Track pick: "Boom Boom" |
49 | | Frank Sinatra Point of No Return
3.4
Track pick: "I'll See You Again" |
50 | | Donald Byrd The Cat Walk
3.3
Track pick: "Hello Bright Sunflower" |
51 | | The Tornadoes Telstar: The Sounds of The Tornadoes
3.3
Track pick: "Telstar" |
52 | | Milt Jackson and Wes Montgomery Bags Meets Wes!
3.2
Track pick: "Jingles" |
53 | | Peter, Paul and Mary Peter, Paul and Mary
3.2
Track pick: "500 Miles" |
54 | | Paul Desmond and Gerry Mulligan Two of a Mind
3.2
Track pick: "Blight of the Fumble Bee" |
55 | | Sam Cooke Twistin' the Night Away
3.2
Track pick: "Twistin' the Night Away" |
56 | | Chet Baker Chet Is Back!
3.2
Track pcik: "Well You Needn't" |
57 | | Ian and Sylvia Ian & Sylvia
3.2
Track pick: "Mary Anne" |
58 | | Booker T. and The MGs Green Onions
3.1
Track pick: "Green Onions" |
59 | | Frank Sinatra Sinatra and Swingin' Brass
3.1
Track pick: "At Long Last Love" |
60 | | Grant Green Grantstand
3.1
Track pick: "Blues in Maude's Flat" |
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