Comments on: Greatest jazz albums

By: fyreflye (but not rufus t)

fyreflye (but not rufus t) — Mon, 13 Oct 2003 20:51:24 +0000

This list pretty much reflects my preferences, but I think it’s mostly a matter of the age of the voters. Most people’s favorites reflect the music they first heard when they started listening to it. Since jazz fans tend to be getting long in the tooth but are not yet dead it’s no surptise that most of us fell in love with jazz during the post-bop era. Surprised there’s no Brubeck or Mulligan, though

By: Cobb

Cobb — Mon, 13 Oct 2003 19:24:26 +0000

Yeah I missed the deadline. My list had almost all newer stuff. This one reads like ‘classic fundamentals’. I can see getting into Blanton-Webster going way back, but I’m surprised to see no fusion whatsoever. I’m still putting my list together because it’s so hard just to throw up a name without saying something about it.

By: Patrick Nielsen Hayden

Patrick Nielsen Hayden — Mon, 13 Oct 2003 18:48:16 +0000

I like Django a lot; I was just too lazy to decide on which of his albums to recommend. As Geras observed, the (post-1952) “album” format distorts the poll considerably.

By: Rufus T. Firefly

Rufus T. Firefly — Mon, 13 Oct 2003 18:00:07 +0000

What a weird list. Nothing modern, nothing primitive. Just hard bop and modal for the most part. It’s a crime Django Reinhardt’s Three Fingered Lightening isn’t on there.