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3️⃣9️⃣ Jazz Funk Greats 🎷🎺🥁

Thirty-nine pretty great jazz albums that (1) I've awarded at least a score of 7/10, and (2) have less than 1,000 logged ratings on RYM. Mostly free/avant-garde. You should definitely check these out.
39Duke Ellington
The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse

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Number of RYM Logs: 9️⃣8️⃣0️⃣

A big band classic; honestly shocked this doesn't have 1,000+ logs (though it's close, to be fair).
38Don Cherry
"mu" Second Part

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Number of RYM Logs: 9️⃣3️⃣3️⃣

Not as good as "mu" First Part, but still an exquisite heap of pared-down, proto-World Music jazz.
37Anthony Braxton
Willisau (Quartet) 1991

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Number of RYM Logs: 8️⃣8️⃣1️⃣

An absolutely epic jazz masterpiece. I sincerely encourage every fan of jazz to set aside the time to listen to this album with the full attention it deserves.
36Albert Ayler
Spirits

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Number of RYM Logs: 7️⃣9️⃣6️⃣

I mean, it's Albert Ayler. Need I say more? (Apparently this release was changed/renamed to WITCHES & DEVILS on most streaming services, just FYI.)
35David Murray
Ming

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Number of RYM Logs: 7️⃣5️⃣7️⃣

In awe of David Murray's lungs and Anthony Davis's fingers.
34Fire!
She Sleeps, She Sleeps

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Number of RYM Logs: 7️⃣2️⃣9️⃣

If I ever had a noir-tinted biopic made about my life, this would be the entire soundtrack.
33Julius Hemphill
Dogon A.D.

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Number of RYM Logs: 7️⃣0️⃣8️⃣

Krautrock chamber free jazz. Just kidding. Unless... 🥺👉👈
32Black Unity Trio
Al - Fatihah

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Number of RYM Logs: 6️⃣9️⃣6️⃣

Transcendental, and there's really no better or more accurate word for it.
31Two Bands And A Legend
Two Bands And A Legend

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Number of RYM Logs: 6️⃣5️⃣7️⃣

Best cover of 'Louie, Louie' ever.
30Ornette Coleman
Chappaqua Suite

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Number of RYM Logs: 5️⃣5️⃣4️⃣

Chappaqua suite? Chappaque sweet!
29Arthur Doyle
Alabama Feeling

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Number of RYM Logs: 5️⃣2️⃣9️⃣

The correct artist should be "Arthur Doyle PLUS 4" because cot'damn Doyle ain't makin' all that heckin' noise by himself. Jesus christ anyway.
28John Coltrane
Infinity

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Number of RYM Logs: 5️⃣2️⃣2️⃣

I always understand the hesitancy to dive into any posthumous release from a legendary artist. But trust me on this one.
27Alan Silva
Luna Surface

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Number of RYM Logs: 5️⃣1️⃣7️⃣

Free jazz noise wall.
26Charles Mingus
Tonight at Noon

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Number of RYM Logs: 4️⃣8️⃣3️⃣

A little gem tucked neatly among Mingus's more heavily appraised classics - don't miss out on this one. The closest he got to doing "free" jazz (with a few exceptions).
25Bob James Trio
Explosions

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Number of RYM Logs: 4️⃣5️⃣5️⃣

This is such a goddamn cool album. Free jazz. Improv. Electroacoustics. Tape recordings. Too bad Bob James would take the boring, rote career path after this.
24Sonny Sharrock
Monkey-Pockie-Boo

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Number of RYM Logs: 4️⃣4️⃣8️⃣

If you thought Sonny and Linda went haywire on BLACK WOMAN, just wait 'til you get a load of this.
23Joseph Jarman
Song For

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Number of RYM Logs: 4️⃣2️⃣3️⃣

Nothing like having your whacky free jazz antics take a momentary backseat to some classic beat poetry.
22The Giuseppi Logan Quartet
The Giuseppi Logan Quartet

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Number of RYM Logs: 3️⃣8️⃣2️⃣

Who is Giuseppe Logan and why didn't he make more jazz records?
21Marion Brown
Porto Novo

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Number of RYM Logs: 3️⃣5️⃣5️⃣

Mario Brown never gets the credit he deserves and this album is PROOF that the man was absolutely wild.
20Haazz & Company
Unlawful Noise

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Number of RYM Logs: 3️⃣2️⃣9️⃣

European free jazz? There's Europeans all over this thing!
19Alexander von Schlippenbach
The Living Music

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Number of RYM Logs: 3️⃣0️⃣1️⃣

What would a jazz list be without Mr. Schlippenbach making an appearance? I prefer Pakistani Pomade (I think) but that one had too many RYM logs to qualify, somewhat surprisingly. This is beastly, too, though.
18Dewey Redman
The Ear of the Behearer

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Number of RYM Logs: 2️⃣8️⃣9️⃣

Sounds exactly like you'd expect from the album cover and title. In other words, awesome.
17Paul Bley
Improvisie

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Number of RYM Logs: 2️⃣8️⃣5️⃣

This is as much an electronics-fucking-around-on-stage album as it is a "jazz" album (which it almost isn't, at all). But that's why it rules.
16Jacques Coursil
Black Suite

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Number of RYM Logs: 2️⃣8️⃣4️⃣

Dark annals of back-alleyway jazz.
15Anna Högberg Attack
Lena

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Number of RYM Logs: 2️⃣6️⃣3️⃣

Anna Hogberg of Fire! Orchestra fame, for those unfamiliar.
14Milford Graves
Bäbi

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Number of RYM Logs: 2️⃣6️⃣1️⃣

One of the zaniest (yes) albums I've heard, full stop. Just wait until the wildman throat warbles come in.
13Byard Lancaster
It's Not Up to Us

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Number of RYM Logs: 2️⃣4️⃣8️⃣

Deceptively smooth sailing through the opening tracks. Gets progressively more abstract as it marches on. Really good stuff.
12Cecil Taylor
3 Phasis

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Number of RYM Logs: 2️⃣4️⃣8️⃣

Maybe Cecil's most outlandish record. Hard to tell, considering he built his entire career on outlandishness.
11Chick Corea
Is

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Number of RYM Logs: 2️⃣2️⃣1️⃣

You almost wont believe this is the same guy that did RETURN TO FOREVER and LIGHT AS A FEATHER. (Then again, you might if you've heard of Circle.)
10Barry Guy London Jazz Composers Orchestra
Theoria

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Number of RYM Logs: 1️⃣9️⃣2️⃣

Lots to love here. Surprise Evan Parker performance!
9Black Artists Group
Paris 1973

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Number of RYM Logs: 1️⃣7️⃣1️⃣

Imagine being in the crowd at this show and witnessing this marvelousness. Free jazz/improv with a groove. Sort of. So good.
8The Thing
She Knows

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Number of RYM Logs: 1️⃣0️⃣1️⃣

This is what it's like when (two incredible jazz) worlds collide. NOTE: The Sputnik database is missing one very important piece of information. The artist should be, "The Thing WITH Joe McPhee". That's critical.
7Anthony Braxton
Trio and Duet

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Number of RYM Logs: 9️⃣6️⃣

Not quite to the level of his absolute best stuff (but honestly, what is?), but still vastly overlooked when discussing amazing Braxton free form jazz records.
6Original Silence
The Second Original Silence

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Number of RYM Logs: 8️⃣7️⃣

Thurston Moore, Jim O'Rourke, and Mats Gustafsson? Say no more.
5Marzette Watts
The Marzette Watts Ensemble

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Number of RYM Logs: 7️⃣6️⃣

Who is Marzette Watts, and where did he go? I don't have the answers to these questions, but I do know that this is a mighty fine record, and the 'Lonely Woman' cover (with vocals!!) is worth the price of admission alone.
4William Parker
Through Acceptance of the Mystery Peace

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Number of RYM Logs: 6️⃣6️⃣

A very important name in contemporary(ish) free jazz. His debut album remains his best (of what I've heard, anyway).
3Virginia Genta / Chris Corsano
The Live In Lisbon

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Number of RYM Logs: 6️⃣6️⃣

Absolutely insane record. One of the greatest things I've ever heard. No hyperbole. Gives Coltrane and Ali a run for their money. (Again, no hyperbole.) Consider this your wake-up call to add Virginia Genta to your queue.
2Circle (US)
Circle-2 Gathering

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Number of RYM Logs: 5️⃣0️⃣

Anthony Braxton + Dave Holland + Chick Corea. Yes, you read that right, Chick Corea is partially responsible for this free improv madness.
1David S. Ware
Oblations and Blessings

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Number of RYM Logs: 3️⃣7️⃣

Overlooked Ware album, the few-dozen logs is shocking, actually, because he goes wild on this record. In fact, Ware himself is a sorely underrated (overlooked) sax player and jazz composer.
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