Top 10 Jazz recordings ever

Do you have Oscar Pettiford in your collection? He is the best bassist ever. While Charles Mingus is the best "music maker", Pettiford is the best bassist.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMaqzjSx7a4

In my opinion, this is his best LP.

By the way, I am absolutely not in that CD, LP debate. It just so happens that the music I seek is only available on high priced LP's. Recently, some of those "high priced LP's" became available on normally priced CD's. I would have no objection to purchasing them if I didn't already own the LP.

I don't have any CDs with Pettiford as a leader. Almost surely as a member of a group. I am not in the debate thingy either. Around 1987 I just stopped buying LPs. And since they are all in storage and hard to get to, I am not exactly sure what I have on LP. Some are stand out records and I remember the album art. Ray Bryant's 'Slow Freight'. I remember the light on the caboose. Great music. I have almost all the essential stuff on CD now. And a few even on SACD.

Orpheus 10 - I agree about Pettiford vs Mingus. I hesitate to call anyone the best ever, but Pettiford is easily in the conversation. My personal favorite is Lynn Seaton, but that's more because I know and learned from him than any particular recording.

This qualifies for "best of the best". It was first posted by Foster_9. What makes this so unique is the fact that it was never recorded on an LP. I bought the LP with "Senor Blues" on it, and this is different and much better. Something happens in a live performance that can never be duplicated. When you look at this you are witnessing an incredible slice of jazz history.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOu5iWhexE0