Been listening to a lot of old vinyl lately and just wanted to get some new stuff to listen to. That being said, I was curious what some forum members favorite jazz drumming albums are. It doesn't have to be specifically highlighting drumming, but albums where the drumming is exceptional or stands out.
Thoughts?
Dave Brubeck:
Brubeck A La Mode
Time Changes
At Carnegie Hall
These three CD's stay in heavy rotation on all of my iPods.
There are others, but I'll mention just these in order to leave space for others to comment.
Miles Davis: Kind of Blue
Louie Bellson: Thunderbird
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers: Caravan
Rich vs Roach
Dave Brubeck Quartet: Time Out
all classics and also in my iPod in heavy rotation Cool1
Kind of Blue is essential
I like The Navy Swings - Shelly Manne. I'm going to have to get another copy because I'm burning a hole in this one.
Any of the Great Jazz Trio recordings with Tony Williams/Ron Carter/Hank Jones.
Weather Report - 'Night Passage'
Miles Davis - 'Kind of Blue'
Wayne Shorter - 'Speak No Evil'
John
A love supreme - coltrane, jones
freedom suite - roach
Not sure who sang it but that "Girl from Ipaneeda" is a song that is stuck in my head for whatever reason. Heard it somewhere..........
And "Smooth Operator" by Sade was decent back in the day too.
Been listening to a lot of old vinyl lately and just wanted to get some new stuff to listen to. That being said, I was curious what some forum members favorite jazz drumming albums are. It doesn't have to be specifically highlighting drumming, but albums where the drumming is exceptional or stands out.Thoughts?
Jimmy Cobb on Wes Montgomery's "The Verve Jazz Sides" (Double CD)
Elvin Jones on Coltrane's "Heavyweight Champion" (multi-disc set)
Art Blakey's "Caravan"
Tony Williams on "Kind of Blue"
Connie Kay on Milt Jackson & Coltrane's "Bags & Trane"
Any Buddy Rich album
Krupa vs Rich (or, something like that - it's smokin')
This is a trick question for me, as you can tell. Too many great ones to single out just one.
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