liledman: 100 Jazz Albums You Need

panagiotis 12.03.10	List rules, I do not recognize half but the ones I do,well i really love them.I will use this list for further exploration of jazz. Thanks for the effort!
Psilocyanide 12.03.10	Great list, will be referring to this.
AnotherBrick 12.03.10	i've heard 1 of them, and thats enough for me
liledman 12.03.10	if you are looking for accessible stuff, check out anything hard bop. my favourite artists are obviously the ones with multiple albums and therefore go highly recommended, but but on the other hand there are only so many albums i could fit so some great artists only have one.
liledman 12.03.10	thanks guys. good work another brick.
liledman 12.03.10	also this will be continually updated and has more: http://rateyourmusic.com/list/liledman/jazz_albums_you_need
sniper 12.03.10	Thank you.
eternium 12.03.10	That's a lot of fucking jazz. I've heard four of them.
patroneyes 12.03.10	good list fo sho I would have had "not for nothin" instead of one of the Dave holland albums you listed though
PurpleDrank 12.03.10	nice, bookmarked.
Fuff24 12.03.10	bookmarked. I am in a jazz band but only have expierience with some big band stuff like duke ellington. thanks man
thebhoy 12.03.10	awesome. You made me so happy for Oscar Peterson and Dave Holland inclusions! I would add some Chicago Underground stuff, Weather Report, Vijay Iyer, Aaron Parks, Chris Porter. I have lots I need to check out from here.
DeafMetal 12.03.10	Awesome list man, 100 rules.
sniper 12.03.10	Will d/l all the free jazz and everything tyner or coltrane-related.
liledman 12.03.10	patroneyes i still havent heard that one actually. cheers keelan, i like aaron parks and weather report but like all this more haha. been meaning to check out the chicago underground projects for a while, thanks for the reminder. and i dig chris porters playing, so ill look into his stuff too.
qwe3 12.03.10	awesomeawesomeawesome
liledman 12.03.10	sniper for saying that you are a legend. the albums tyner + elvin jones did for blue note are fantastic, which includes joe henderson - inner urge + in 'n out, grant green - solid, plus some more i cant remember. definitely check out henderson though.
Jethro42 12.03.10	Awesome liledman, the evident jazz authoritah. Being a jazz fusion fan, I need more Miles Davis and John Coltrane in my life. major props for 9 (TAKE FIVE!!!), 61 and 63
Jethro42 12.03.10	Bookmarked
sniper 12.03.10	Yeah I've heard a lot of Joe Henderson because so many of his songs are super-standards and I'll for sure grab in'n'out. Tyner is the man, he still sounds hip as fuck on 50 year old records which is certainly admirable. Thanks for posting this and the link to RYM, I'm always slowly but surely expanding my jazz palette but there are an intimidating number of essential records and it's hard to find a place to dive in.
liledman 12.03.10	cheers jethro, if youre up for some fusion have a listen to electric masada also. yeah i know what you mean sniper, i ended up searching for top 100 lists and that sort of thing on random sites and kind of went with all the names that kept popping up, and the result is this. theres still a shitload of stuff i have on a "to download" list though, which i guess speaks volumes for the amount of quality stuff out there.
Jethro42 12.03.10	Jazz Fusion bliss: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ummV28JepgA
sniper 12.03.10	Absolutely. It's nuts what a continuously growing scene will produce over the course of so many decades. I'm gonna make some of these my homework.
Hyperion1001 12.03.10	$10 says this doesn't get featured in lieu of some shitty dig list. But seriously this list is awesome, will be referring to this a lot.
NeutralThunder12 12.03.10	as the only other major jazz lover on the site, I wanna say job well done. I haven't heard many of these and definitely need to try some out, I've been searching for a second 5/5 for jazz.
Jethro42 12.03.10	Much appreciated liledman. Cheers!
liledman 12.03.10	sadly hyperion, that might happen. but thats why a lists like these should be made. thanks for the kind words guys. and prog check out pharoah sanders - karma, 5 material right there.
igloodude 12.03.10	Good list. It's nice to see jazz getting a little bit of love on Sputnik for once (though it doesn't get nearly enough).
Jethro42 12.03.10	progressive rock needs more love as well HAH
ButcheredChildren 12.03.10	yah I favourited this list for when I go through my jazz phase
FilthyBorgir 12.03.10	Nice list.
liledman 12.03.10	87, 81, 72, 37 are all great guitar based albums.
Jethro42 12.03.10	annnnd 61 and 63
liledman 12.03.10	think he edited his comment, now i look weird. and of course those too jethro.
alachlahol 12.03.10	bumping because scrubs don't realize gold when its in their face
liledman 12.03.10	yeah i think this may need continuous bumping haha
alachlahol 12.03.10	i'll take care of it just like the Top Gun thread
liledman 12.03.10	yeah chambered, guy is deranged fo sho
Pizza 12.03.10	cool shit, thanks. i just started listening to Green and Mingus last week so i'll be checking a lot of these out.
Knott- 12.03.10	Gonna throw it out there that I don't need 100 jazz albums.
thebhoy 12.03.10	yes you do
liledman 12.03.10	you just dont know it yet
liledman 12.03.10	bump because i put too much effort into this
liledman 12.03.10	bump yo
PaulShallPerish 12.03.10	-lose Black saint, add The Clown. -more Chris Potter -More Sonny Rollins other than that, pretty awesome list, brah (and a special thanks for including Our Man In Paris by Dexter)
liledman 12.03.10	...you would seriously not include black saint? im downloading potters village vanguard album right now.
Transient 12.03.10	hell yeah, this list rules would've included some jaco pastorius and shawn lane kinda shit for the more modern fusion-y stuff but you clearly know waaay more about jazz than me so whatever haha
liledman 12.03.10	thanks man. im not huge on a lot of the modern fusion, even if they are beastly players (which a lot of them are), i dont enjoy the actual music as much.
Transient 12.03.10	yeah i went through a stupid fusion phase towards the end of my last year in high school so there's a lot of nostalgia there as well. mahavishnu and john mclaughlin are just plain incredible, though.
liledman 12.03.10	yeah i went through a bit of a phase when i found all of these solo guitarists doing the fusion/shred thing, but they are usually only good for a quick youtube vid or something. guthrie govan is one of the few who stacks up well, but i dont know how the fuck his album has like a 4.6 avg rating on here.
Athom 12.03.10	this is one of the best lists i've ever seen.
liledman 12.03.10	thank you very much. i owe you for a couple of these albums recd a while back.
Deathcar 12.03.10	Wow, this is awesome. Bookmarked for sure.
liledman 12.03.10	thanks dude.
Alucard125 12.03.10	Good list, needs more Bohren & Der Club Of Gore.
couldwinarabbit 12.03.10	I remember when I found out how to refine RYM list searches to single genres.
Kimm 12.03.10	I try to be open minded and experience the feel of all different genres but I have to say, I just could never get into jazz music.
couldwinarabbit 12.03.10	"I try to be open minded and experience the feel of all different genres" says the person with 44% of their piechart as metalcore
Megadeth 12.03.10	niiiiice
Kimm 12.03.10	Yeah I know but the pie chart lies. I could go rate more albums and it would change a lot.
Thane 12.03.10	Awesome stuff man, bookmarking this!
Maniac! 12.03.10	I was going to make this list, but you did an awesome job. Love this list
tadowmusic 12.03.10	Don't listen to jazz quite as much as I used to but this is a great list..good taste you have
couldwinarabbit 12.03.10	avant-grade jazz is a really special thing.
Chrisjon89 12.03.10	Book marked, great list.
Spec 12.03.10	Awesome list.
RustyJoint 12.03.10	list is fantastic.. will keep coming to it again and again..
WeepingBanana 12.03.10	props for sun ra but list needs space is the place
liledman 12.04.10	cheers guys. i prefer sleeping beauty to space is the place weepingbanana, and had already doubled up on enough artists.
TheyTookOurJobs 12.04.10	Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!! I need some one to make a GOOD jazz list
Skimaskcheck 12.04.10	awesome list, thanks!
Thane 12.04.10	Also, you should check out a jazz guitarist named Bill Monder. Paul Masvidal has named him one of his favorite guitarists, that says something. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6DS03CM2uI&feature=related
liledman 12.04.10	interesting player, thats for sure. can really see the influence on masvidal.
liledman 12.04.10	in his slower sections, that is. also his right hand is ridiculous, geez.
Thane 12.04.10	Yeah I know, there's another clip of him finger picking this polyrythmic thing, its insane. check it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZ57Ns-WRv0
liledman 12.04.10	trippy stuff right there, more technically impressing than listenable though.
americanmusicmachine 12.04.10	I've heard a handful of these. i feel proud : - )
Trond 12.04.10	Great list! Your Miles selections convinced me about it's quality!
kitsch 12.04.10	good list, although i would pick slightly different albums for a few artists
Realm 12.04.10	list rules 26 is perfect
porch 12.04.10	cool list, nice work
WeepingBanana 12.04.10	i need that Dolphy album it's been on my list for so long now
liledman 12.05.10	thanks guys. out to lunch is definitely worth the praise, and also a pretty good place to start with the more avant sound.
Thane 12.05.10	Anything on this list that is guitar driven? If not, can anyone rec me anything like that?
liledman 12.05.10	87, 81, 72, 37, 61, 63 are all the guitar albums. if you are in need of more, also check out george benson, kurt rosenwinkel, joe pass, tal farlow, jim hall, etc
Thane 12.05.10	Cool, getting them all now! Cheers man
BlueW 12.05.10	Heard like 20 of them or something. Good list, will be referring to this when I need MOAR Jazz
ShadowRemains 12.05.10	terrific list right here
Jethro42 12.05.10	@Thane: get Al Di Miola - The Guitar trio (featuring Paco de Lucia, Al Di Meola and John McLaughlin) Al Di Meola - Elegant Gypsy Pat Metheny - First Circle Brand X - Unorthodox Behaviour Brand X - Moroccan Roll Mahavishnu Orchestra - discog
Thane 12.05.10	Thanks Jethro, downloading now. Looking to jazz up my playing a bit, so this should be good.
conradtao 12.05.10	21 and 100 are two of my favorites of all time. Great, great, great, great list.
SmurkinGherkin 12.05.10	Boookmarked
SeaAnemone 12.05.10	"as the only other major jazz lover on the site, I wanna say job well done. I haven't heard many of these..." ugh shut up proggy I hope you were kidding I'm pretty sure you weren't that being said, wow. I'm admittedly not too big on jazz (though I loooove some jazz-tinged and influenced stuffs), but this is really impressive. I just wanted to stop by to say liledman you are theman.
liledman 12.05.10	haha thanks dude
Douglas 12.06.10	Some amazing stuff on here man. Prog thinks he is the only "major" jazz fan on the site? omg how naive.
ubermensch518 12.06.10	this is really great - and now Im listening to Bill Evans
nttrbttrz 12.06.10	list made me check out yusef lateef's eastern sounds and it rules, will come back for more
liledman 12.06.10	yeah dougie, im sorry you just dont exist, not major enough ;)
Jethro42 12.06.10	hé hé hé I'm always careful not to be as connoisseur as The Thunder.
thebhoy 12.06.10	Some amazing stuff on here man. Prog thinks he is the only "major" jazz fan on the site? omg how naive. [2] Some amazing stuff on here man. Prog thinks he is the only "major" jazz fan on the site? omg how naive. [3] Some amazing stuff on here man. Prog thinks he is the only "major" jazz fan on the site? omg how naive. [4] ....so on and so on
JamieCTA 12.06.10	solid list. i'm too lazy to rate many albums on here so my ratings probably don't reflect it but I am a huge jazz fan and this is one of the best lists I've seen on here for it. I think Adam Thomas had the other awesome jazz list I saw on here.
NeutralThunder12 03.18.11	you guys really have to get over yourselves. unfortunately the truth is that jazz, unless its miles or coltrane, is criminally ignored here, but I have actually found quite a few jazz fans as of late on here that I didnt know about. but really......way to blow one comment out of proportion instead of just focusing on the awesome music on this list
danielito19 03.18.11	Amazing list. I'm a huge jazz fan but my ratings don't reflect it.
Steoandnoodles 03.18.11	Oh man. Mingus Ah Um gets me every time.
liledman 03.18.11	gotta build up sputniks jazz, i may make an avant-garde/free jazz specific list in the near future too... and hopefully get around to reviewing some of this shit. oh and please somebody check out noah howard - the black ark fucking rules
JJwins 03.18.11	woah, this is awesome. thanks sooooooo much man, list might be greatest of all time.
liledman 03.18.11	my pleasure, glad you dig it.
alachlahol 03.18.11	no charlie parker on your RYM list what the fuck is wrong with you
alachlahol 03.18.11	could have at least put charlie parker with strings
alachlahol 03.18.11	instead you slapped him in the face
alachlahol 03.18.11	no chet baker either prepare to die
liledman 03.18.11	only full bird album i have isnt in the database, and really most of his stuff ive heard is just random tracks and performances from different places. if it was 100 jazz musicians then duh he would be here but yeah. and no chet baker albums because... i dont have any. list will keep growing, dont worry.
KILL 03.18.11	niiiiiiiiiice
FilupLees 04.13.11	I am going to be using this as a guide for a while.
aok 04.13.11	i don't know much about jazz but chet baker's one of the best i've ever heard...
Oceanus 04.13.11	Perfect list.
Chrisjon89 07.11.11	Still working my way through, 7 or 8 months on. Next up...Herbie Hancock - Empyrean Isles.
liledman 07.11.11	nice, thats probably my favourite from herbie. http://rateyourmusic.com/list/liledman/jazz_albums_you_need ^the ever expanding list continues. it has another 65 albums so far, a loads more avant/free stuff. anyone who is keen should keep an eye on that.
Douglas 07.11.11	this list rules, just stating that fact again. Needs more Michel Camilo though aha
liledman 07.11.11	true, that guy is a beast. i dont actually have any of his recordings, though everything i have heard/seen of him is pretty great. any particular album you could suggest?
Ire 07.11.11	i'm going to try to get at least 20 of these in the next few days. oh could you rec me some solo drum music?
liledman 07.11.11	awesome. hmmm solo drum... check out susie ibarra. amazing japanese drummer/percussionist who has played with william parker and others, though i am yet to actual get any downloads of her stuff. otherwise: andrew cyrille - what about? (wack solo drum free improv) and this is a really awesome percussion-heavy trio work, might interest you: kidd jordan, hamid drake & william parker - palm of soul thats about all ive got.
Jethro42 07.11.11	''oh could you rec me some solo drum music?'' Check out the whole solo discog of Terry Bozzio Also you should youtube some Jojo Mayer
Ire 07.11.11	thanks so much
Maximo123 07.11.11	Great! Red Clay and speak no evil are highlights :P
artibeus 03.30.12	needs some art blakey and the jazz messengers
liledman 03.31.12	yep thats why i put moanin' at no. 7
lucazade22 03.31.12	What about Jan Garbarek? Rites and Visible World are masterpieces!
liledman 03.31.12	have not listened to him, as with many other ecm guys. ill check those out though.
lucazade22 03.31.12	this is one of his most accessible pieces from Visible World: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80c28unBXRs&feature=relmfu if you really want to get into him, though, I'd suggest the double album Rites - epic. I lived in Norway for a while and he's pretty big over there, hence my fondness for him in particular. Thanks for the list, by the way. I'll be checking a number of these out!
Chrisjon89 04.03.12	36/100. aka bump
clercqie 04.25.12	Probably the best list on the entire site
rockandmetaljunkie 04.25.12	Fuckin' awesome list.
scissorlocked 04.25.12	yeah, it's been bookmarked immediately
artibeus 08.16.12	check out Classical Jazz Quartet too and benny Greb's brass band
omnipanzer 08.16.12	Nice list, you seem to have hit most of the must haves. Art Tatum - Piano Starts Here
jefflebowski 08.16.12	best list on sputnik no love for EST though?
ZedO 08.16.12	sweet list...
TheFonz123 08.16.12	I'm really glad liledman made this list, I already know all these albums but sputnik needs to know the essentials. I have two recs in mind: ben webster-soulville paul gonsalves-tell it the way it is!
ZedO 08.16.12	Really nice to see Grant Green here on this list, the only album I've ever heard from this jazzman is Matador. So, Idle Moments and Solid must be as good as Matador, right?
liledman 08.17.12	I haven't heard Matador to be honest, but from what I understand Green's later stuff is a bit 'groovier', those two are just straight bop. Solid features Elvin Jones, so that's a plus, and Idle Moments is probably the best line-up he had really. No EST just because I really don't listen to him that much. The whole ECM and modern bop/cool jazz thing just doesn't excite me as much as the free/avant-garde stuff, so there is a little of that bias in this list. In this list I tried to really cover the big name players and a few more interesting and less popular 60's dudes. If I made this again it would be slightly different, but for anybody interested, my RYM version of this gets updated and keeps growing all the time: http://rateyourmusic.com/list/liledman/jazz_albums_you_need Also, I encourage anyone else with their own recs or maybe different leanings to make their own sort of essentials list; the more jazz lists from different perspectives the better.
Calc 08.17.12	Another addition to this list would be..Niechec-Smierc w miekkim futerku
jefflebowski 08.17.12	fair enough, i guess i swing the opposite way vis a vis modern jazz. that RYM list is a godly assemblage
TheFonz123 08.17.12	I love free and avante garde jazz, but I tend to swing towards the more cool/modal laid back shit becuase that's really my jam.
YankeeDudel 08.17.12	I def need to listen to more jazz. I love everything Ive heard. Gonna jam some now.
Ire 09.01.12	i've been in a srs jazz mood lately grabbed a few more of these will be back
wacknizzle 12.15.12	This list is awesome
MisterTornado 12.15.12	shouts out to KING TEARS BAT TRIP. Real jazz in 2012 WOW
mindleviticus 12.15.12	I'll be stealing a few of these
jefflebowski 12.15.12	still the best list ever
MisterTornado 12.15.12	what's your favorite on here mindy
ViperAces 12.15.12	better than kill's thrash list
oltnabrick 12.15.12	21 is like the greatest album ever. take notes every one
TRMshadow 12.15.12	9, 16, 23, 41, 68, 71 Mingum has always been king for me.
EyesWideShut 04.09.13	whats the album with Bleedin' Gums Murphy on the sax?
Chrisjon89 04.10.13	Sax On The Beach. i remember they had a joke about some older blind jazz muso who was gonna give his sax away to Bleeding Gums and then he found out he'd been playing an umbrella for 20 or so years and no one told him cos they thought it was hilarious. also bump. this list is important.
NightProwler 04.10.13	Yeah, such a great list
YankeeDudel 04.18.13	fo real
DrHouseSchuldiner 04.18.13	Awesome list!
YankeeDudel 04.18.13	I BELIEVE
liledman 04.18.13	YEAH
osmark86 04.18.13	le bump. jazz hands a go go.
Chrisjon89 05.02.13	got 41/100. thinly veiled bump.
YankeeDudel 05.02.13	just really cant go wrong with this list, especially if you wanna get into the genre
liledman 05.02.13	I would probably swap out a few of these for other choices, but I am content with my taste circa 2010.
YankeeDudel 05.02.13	yea well obv if you made this now it would be a tad different, but most of these are straight classics so its all good. in 2010 i wasnt into jazz at all i was getting high every day and jammin cypress hill.
liledman 05.02.13	These days it's just acid trips and free jazz.
VlacDrac 05.29.13	48 is awesome, overlooked album.
Karamazov 07.25.13	You sure know your jazz. There are some albums here that I'll be checking out. A wonderful list
EyesWideShut 02.18.15	anyone know any good Nawlins style jazz
scheim 03.01.15	Excellent list but no Basie, Clifford Brown, Benny Carter, Bud Powell, or Bird? Also, Art Blakey - A Night In Tunisia should be here.
scheim 03.01.15	EyesWideShut - Start with Louis Armstrong.
scheim 06.26.15	Nice list, although it's a little conventional. You are that big a fan of Monk?
Papa Universe 10.15.17	this is good
ZombieToyDuck 09.18.18	oh boy here we go
notagenius 08.01.20	list is perfect. also i like how it skips bebop heavily.
MillionDead 08.01.20	Sick list, needs a smidge more Thelonius.