1 jazz album from 5 different era's

Damn, that does sound like some lame Buzzfeed headline..anywho

pick a jazz album from the 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's

Choosing one is hard as fook

 

I assume you mean 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's?

 

Cheers dude, I did. Gotta excuse me was up till 5 watching Summerslam, my brain is still out of sorts.

 

So... since I am a vocal fan, I'm selecting the following (and I'm throwing in one for the 2000's too!):

50’s: Helen Merrill

60’s: Nina Simone: The Best Of Nina Simone (Phillips)

70’s: Esther Phillips: From A Whisper To A Scream

80’s: Carmen McRae: I’m Coming Home Again

90’s: Holly Cole: Don’t Smoke In Bed

2000’s: Claire Martin: Perfect Alibi

 

50s: Miles Davis Sextet - Kind of Blue
60s: John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
70s: Miles Davis - Agharta
80s: Earthworks - s/t
90s: A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory (jazz rap)

 

I'll play but I'll bend the rules to go back to the pre-album era with some anths and come up to date; of course literally leaving 100s of great and personally beloved records on the table

1920s: JSP Louis Armstrong Complete Hot Fives & Sevens
1930s: It's OOP, and it includes some stuff from the late '20s, but the RCA/Bluebird CD compilation Early Ellington is maybe the best single-disk collection of early Ellington.
1940s: Charlie Parker Savoy & Dial master takes
1950s: Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet
1960s: Ornette Coleman - Change of the Century
1970s: Arthur Blythe - Lenox Avenue Breakdown
1980s: Muhal Richard Abrams - The Hearinga Suite
1990s: Randy Weston - Spirits of our Ancestors
2000s: Brad Mehldau - The Art of the Trio 5: Progression
2010s: Vijay Iyer - Break Stuff

 

I'll play, but I'll cheat, too. I tried to limit it to instrumentals, but I had to have Getz/Gilberto.

1950s: Thelonious Monk - Brilliant Corners
Runner up: Ahmad Jamal - At The Pershing: But Not For Me

1960s: Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto
Runner up: Bill Evans - Sunday At The Village Vanguard

1970s: Herbie Hancock - Headhunters
Runner up: Pat Metheny Group - American Garage

1980s: Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays - As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls
Runner up: Art Pepper - Straight Life

1990s: Maria Schneider - Evanescence
Runner up: Marc Johnson - Sound of Summer Running

 

I like even numbers.

1950s: Charlie Parker/ Dizzy Gillespie: The Genius of Charlie Parker #4- Bird and Diz (1950)
1960's: Ornette Coleman: This is Our Music (1960)
1970's: Miles Davis: Bitches Brew (1970)
1980's: Pat Methany: As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls (1980)
1990's: Charlie Haden: Dream Keeper (1990)

 

1950's Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
1960's John Coltrane - Love Supreme
1970's Weather Report - Heavy Weather
1980's Wynton Marsalis - Black Codes from the Underground
1990's Geri Allen -Twylight

 

50s - Kind Of Blue
60s - Sketches Of Spain
70s - Bitches Brew
80s - Touchdown (was tempted to put in Parade)
90s - pass, sorry

 

Nice to see Art Pepper get some love.

 

Pepper's "comeback" work on Fantasy's Galaxy label in the 70s and 80s is every bit as good, if not better, than his stellar work in the 50s and 60s. Quite a life that man had.

 

I wish I knew enough Jazz from 1980 on to do one of these lists. Sadly my collection falls off quickly after the mid-70s.

Just wanted to point out that on the Rate Your Music site the top rated Jazz album of the 1990s is Angelo Badalamenti's Twin Peaks soundtrack. Very strange.

 

40s - Dizzy Gillespie - Groovin High
50s - John Coltrane/Tadd Dameron - Mating Call
60s - Lee Morgan - The Sidewinder
70s - Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
80s - Wynton Marsalis - Wynton Marsalis
90s - Branford Marsalis Quartet - Crazy People Music
00s - Branford Marsalis - Contemporary Jazz

 

Since the start of the LP era only

50s - Charles Mingus - Ah Um
60s - George Russell - Ezz-thetic
70s - Dave Holland - Conference of the Birds or Wayne Shorter - Native Dancer (can't choose!)
80s - Jack DeJohnette - Special Edition
90s - Sun Ra - Mayan Temples

plus
00s - Bobby Previte - 23 Constellations of Juan Miro
10s - William Parker - For Those Who Are, Still