Jazz Recommendations

if u like ray brown, highly recommended: The Ray Brown Trio: Live At the Lola w/ Gene Harris and Jeff Hamilton is incredible and a lot of fun: SACD version is better yet.

Henryhk,Even though you asked the question more than 2 years ago,since it is nevertheless out there,I was a rocknroll junkie.Did all the concerts possible,Led Z,Jethro T.,Grateful D,Steve M,Rod S,etcetera,etcetera.,.I went to more than I can remember.However all the time,even as a small child I loved 'jazz'.Back in the 'day' you could catch a glimpse of the hot artists on such shows as Ed Sullivan,Merv Griffin,Johnny Carson,Mike Douglas,etc.I loved them all,even as a 6,7,8 year old on up.What I would give now for copies of those times on dvd.Anyway,over the last 20 years or so r&r just began to fail doing anything for me.Now I have really re-discovered 'jazz' to the point that I am spending piles of cash stocking up on such as Oscar Peterson, Junior Mance,Ray Brown,Gene Harris,George Cables,and lots of younger 'bebop' artists.I can hardly seem to get enough of this 'stuff'.At 52,I guess I have become an old f--- or something.But my tastes in food and other things have taken sharp turns over the past several years also.I don't remember making decisions to make these changes,they just happened.Strange! Of course I still listen to my Herb Alpert and TJB collection.Can't part with that.

HI, here's yur first 100 jazz records for the cold winter nights:
# John Coltrane: A Love Supreme (Impulse!, 1964)
# Charles Mingus: The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (Impulse!, 1963)
# Albert Ayler: Spiritual Unity (ESP, 1964)
# Sun Ra: Atlantis (Saturn, 1967)
# Lennie Tristano: Descent into the Maelstrom (Inner City, 1952)
# Cecil Taylor: Unit Structures (Blue Note, 1966)
# Ornette Coleman: The Shape of Jazz To Come (Atlantic, 1959)
# Don Cherry: Mu (BYG Actuel/Get Back, 1969)
# Carla Bley: Escalator Over The Hill (JCOA, 1971)
# Anthony Braxton: Saxophone Improvisations (America, 1972)
# Miles Davis: Kind Of Blue (Columbia, 1959)
# John Coltrane: Ascension (Impulse, 1965)
# Art Ensemble of Chicago: Les Stances A Sophie (Nessa, 1970)
# Eric Dolphy: Out to Lunch (Blue Note, 1964)
# Lennie Tristano: Crosscurrents (Capitol, 1949)
# Miles Davis: Bitches Brew (Columbia, 1969)
# Charles Mingus Pithecanthropus Erectus (Atlantic, 1956)
# Albert Ayler: Vibrations (Debut, 1964)
# Thelonious Monk: Brilliant Corners (Riverside, 1956)
# Charlie Haden: Liberation Music Orchestra (Impulse!, 1969)
# Tim Berne: Fractured Fairy Tales (JMT, 1989)
# Sun Ra: The Magic City (Saturn, 1965)
# John Coltrane: My Favorite Things (Atlantic, 1960)
# Ornette Coleman: Free Jazz (Atlantic, 1960)
# Paul Bley: Open, To Love (ECM, 1972)
# Anthony Davis: Lady of the Mirrors (India Navigation, 1980)
# Charles Mingus: Mingus Ah Um (Columbia, 1959)
# Pharoah Sanders: Karma (Impulse!, 1969)
# Charlie Haden: Dream Keeper (Blue Note, 1990)
# Anthony Braxton: Alto Saxophone Improvisations (Arista, 1979)
# Cecil Taylor: Nefertiti (Freedom, 1962)
# Sonny Rollins: Saxophone Colossus (Prestige, 1956)
# David Holland: Conference of the Birds (ECM, 1972)
# Modern Jazz Quartet: Fontessa (Atlantic, 1956)
# Joe McPhee: Topology (HatART, 1981)
# George Russell: Ezz-thetics (Riverside, 1961)
# Henry Threadgill: When Was That (About Time, 1982)
# Guillermo Gregorio: Ellipsis (Hat Art, 1997)
# John Coltrane: Giant Steps (Atlantic, 1959)
# Wayne Shorter: Speak No Evil (Blue Note, 1964)
# Mahavishnu Orchestra: The Inner Mounting Flame (Columbia, 1971)
# Weather Report: I Sing the Body Electric (Columbia, 1972)
# George Lewis: Solo Trombone Records (Sackville, 1976)
# Borbetomagus: Barbet Wire Maggot (Agaric, 1983)
# David Torn: Best Laid Plans (ECM, 1985)
# Butch Morris: Dust To Dust (New World, 1990)
# Dexter Gordon: Go (Blue Note, 1962)
# Butch Morris: Testament (New World, 1995)
# George Russell: Electronic Sonata For Souls Loved By Nature (Soul Note, 1980)
# Charles Mingus: Presents (Candid, 1960)
# Andrew Hill: Point of Departure (Blue Note, 1964)
# Leroy Jenkins: Solo Concert (India Navigation, 1977)
# Sam Rivers: Streams (Impulse!, 1973)
# Muhal Richard Abrams: Levels and Degrees of Light (Delmark, 1967)
# James Newton: Mystery School (India Navigation, 1979)
# Toshiko Akiyoshi: Desert Lady (Columbia, 1994)
# Paul Bley: Dual Unity (1971) (Freedom, 1973)
# Myra Melford: Even the Sounds Shine (HatART, 1994)
# Charles Mingus: Oh Yeah (Atlantic, 1961)
# Gato Barbieri: Latin America (Impulse!, 1973)
# Charles Earland: Black Talk (Prestige, 1969)
# Anthony Braxton: For Alto (Delmark, 1968)
# John McLaughlin: My Goals Beyond (Columbia, 1970)
# Matthew Shipp: Circular Temple (Quinton, 1990)
# Archie Shepp: Mama Too Tight (Impulse!, 1966)
# Roscoe Mitchell: Sound (Delmark, 1966)
# James Newton: Luella (Gramavision, 1983)
# Max Roach: Freedom Now Suite (Columbia, 1960)
# Coleman Hawkins: Body & Soul (RCA Victor, 1939)
# Cecil Taylor: Conquistador (Blue Note, 1966)
# Leo Smith: Mass on the World (Moers, 1978)
# Bobby Hutcherson: Dialogue (Blue Note, 1965)
# Julius Hemphill: Dogon AD (Freedom, 1972)
# Michael Formanek: Wide Open Spaces (Enja, 1990)
# Spontaneous Music Ensemble: Karyobin (Island, 1968)
# Charles Mingus: Tijuana Moods (1957) (RCA, 1962)
# Steve Lacy: Regeneration (Soul Note, 1982)
# Bobby Previte: Claude's Late Morning (Gramavision, 1988)
# Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool (Capitol, 1949-50)
# Randy Weston: Blues To Africa (Freedom, 1974)
# Sam Rivers: Crystals (Impulse!, 1974)
# Dollar Brand: Sangoma (Sackville, 1973)
# Albert Ayler: Witches and Devils (Freedom, 1964)
# Maria Schneider: Evanescence (Enja, 1992)
# Jeanne Lee: Conspiracy (Earthform, 1974)
# Oregon: Distant Hills (Vanguard, 1973)
# McCoy Tyner: Sahara (Milestone, 1972)
# Steve Lacy: Scraps (Saravah, 1974)
# Matthew Shipp: Pastoral Composure (Thirsty Ear, 2000)
# Duke Ellington: The Far East Suite (RCA, 1966)
# Sonny Rollins: Freedom Suite (Riverside, 1958)
# Don Cherry: Symphony For Improvisers (Blue Note, 1966)
# Rova Saxophone Quartet: Cinema Rovate (Metalanguage, 1978)
# Marty Ehrlich: Traveller's Tale (Enja, 1989)
# Don Byron: Tuskegee Experiments (Elektra/Nonesuch, 1990-91)
# Sonny Sharrock: Ask the Ages (Axiom, 1991)
# Pat Metheny: As Falls Wichita So Falls Wichita (ECM, 1980)
# Paul Motian: Conception Vessel (ECM, 1972)
# Henry Threadgill: Just the Facts (About Time, 1983)
# Chick Corea: Inner Space (Atlantic, 1966)

Marilyn Crispell's trio recordings on ECM, especially "Storytelling". Beautiful, complex, delicate, and totally engaging.

Ray,I got the 'Jazz Cello' cd,after your mention of it.It has become a favorite.What is best about it imho is the accompaniment to Ray's playing is some really first class small ensemble 'jazz' and the choice of the material is excellent.Thanks.