Jazz for aficionados

I saw a message, but not the list, post it here.

The list is pretty long...sure you still want me to do it that way?  

O - These are CDs only. Equal number of titles (if you want to see them ) saved in Spotify and Tidal. Haven’t inventoried my LPs yet.

Key:

No X = very infrequent listening; in a few instances, never played

X = have spent limited time listening to this recording

XX = have listened to this repeatedly and like it

XXX = listen to this frequently - a favorite

XXXX = most favorite music

Title Musician Status

Invisible Cinema Aaron Parks XXX

The Awakening Ahmad Jamal Trio XXX

The Antisocial Club Alan Pasqua XXXX

The Bright Mississippi Allen Toussaint XX

Charming Snakes Andy Summers XX

The Golden Wire Andy Summers XXX

Mysterious Barricades Andy Summers XXX

Synaesthesia Andy Summers XX

The Last Dance of Mr. X Andy Summers XXX

Green Chimneys Andy Summers XXX

Earth + Sky Andy Summers XXXX

Rheomusi Araujo, Andersen, Vasconcelos XXX

Impulse Art Blakey Jazz Messengers

Portrait in Jazz Bill Evans Trio X

Sunday at the Village Vanguard Bill Evans Trio

Waltz for Debby Bill Evans Trio

Anatomy of a Groove Brazilian Groove Band X

CAB4 Brunel, MacAlpine, Chambers, Auger XX

Momentum Bunny Brunel XXX

Quartet Carles Benavent XXX

Northwest Christoph Oeding Trio XX

Never Too Soon Christoph Oeding Trio XX

Time Out Dave Brubeck

Bent Gary Willis XXX

Going Back Home Ginger Baker Trio

Beyond the Missouri Sky Haden & Metheny XX

Special Treatment Jazz Pistols XX

Live Jazz Pistols XXX

Soultrane John Coltrane

Blue Train John Coltrane X

Giant Steps John Coltrane XX

One Down, One Up - Live at the Half Note John Coltrane XX

A Love Supreme John Coltrane XX

Lush Life John Coltrane

A Go Go John Scofield X

The Sidewinder Lee Morgan

On Time Les McCann Ltd. XX

S/T Lyle Mays XXX

Street Dreams Lyle Mays X

Fictionary Mays, Johnson, DeJohnette X

Fly With the Wind McCoy Tyner

Shack Man Medeski, Martin & Wood X

Combustication Medeski, Martin & Wood XX

As Falls Witchita… Metheny & Mays XXX

Workin with the MD Quintet Miles Davis X

Sketches of Spain Miles Davis

Ballads & Blues Miles Davis

Kind of Blue Miles Davis XX

Bitches Brew Miles Davis XX

Joyous Lake  Pat Martino  XX

Watercolors Pat Metheny XX

Letter From Home Pat Metheny Group XX

The Road To You Pat Metheny Group XXX

Solstice Ralph Towner XXXX

S/T Rypdal, Vitous, DeJohnette X

S/T Sao Paulo Ska Jazz X

We Like It Here Snarky Puppy X

Albums #3 - #7 Soft Machine X

Come On In Steve Smith & Vital Information XX

First You Build A Cloud Summers & Verdery XX

Straight No Chaser Thelonius Monk

At Carnegie Hall Thelonius Monk Quartet w/John Coltrane

Believe It & Million Dollar Legs Tony Williams Lifetime (2) XXX

Five Years Later Towner & Ambercrombie X

One Night With Blue Note Various Artists XXX

The Incredible Jazz Guitar Wes Montgomery X

Ghosthouse, this is a very productive list; it tells me that "jazz jazz" might not be your cup of tea, but it also tells me that music you should be on the quest for, is new music that's not in my collection. In other words, we might be on the same quest for the same "new music".

It will take time to perform a thorough analysis of your list, and after I have completed it I will get back to you.

Out of curiosity, I would like to know what everyone else makes out of Ghosthouse's list?

O - I think you are right on the money with your assessment of this "collection". Definitely a preference for "newer jazz" reflected in the list vs more classic jazz jazz. It reflects buying things I’d read about or heard and liked without any deeper understanding of the kind of "jazz" they represented or the full scope of the music that is jazz. I was sampling another area of music without real intent of developing a bona fide jazz collection.

Hopefully some of these titles will be new to you and give you some things to "audition"...even if you don’t feel compelled to add them to your own collection. Also wanted to add a note: some of the Andy Summers might not be jazz of any sort (though I don’t think that is the case with Earth+Sky). Vora by Rauelsson is, on further reflection, definitely not jazz but still some wonderful music I recommend giving a try.

I feel a bit sheepish monopolizing the discussion here. Apologies to the real aficionados and I beg everyone’s indulgence. On the other hand, I do value any feedback and maybe after a good break for discussion of other topics unrelated to my interests, I can post my "digital downloads" (saved Spotify/Tidal jazz content) for your review. Thanks for your time (thanks to everyone for theirs) and do take your time reviewing the titles. I very much hope you find something new that you will enjoy.