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U-Discover Mag Lists The 50 Greatest Jazz Albums

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U-Discover magazine just issued their list of the 50 greatest jazz albums of all time. Well, everbody's got an opinion, and I don't totally agree with their list..but at least they've got a list. I checked their list and I own 15 of the albums on the list.

How many albums on the list do you own?

What albums do you feel are glaring omissions from the list?
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dayglow
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IMO this list is derived from popularity(sales) and critics outdated reviews. When Bitches Brew/Headhunter and Heavy Weather are the 3 "token" fusion recordings and Kind of Blue at #1 tells me very little effort, time and thought was applied when compiling this list!
frogman
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Ok. Then which recordings would you substitute for those; and why?
czarivey
5,946 posts
 
I don't know and I don't care how many albums I own that are part of R&R hall of fame or any other fame magazines.
Being famous or best is very often associated with level of promotions and investments in to the artist apart from performance quality that even in quite number of cases isn't up to par.
frogman
7,442 posts
 
May be true, but not in the case of the three mentioned recordings.
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onhwy61
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Here's what I would substitute for the fusion choices on the list -- Tony William's Lifetime "Emergency!", Miles Davis "Tribute to Jack Johnson" and Chick Corea "Light As A Feather". Of course keep "Bitches Brew".

Just pickin' nits.
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