 | Mingus Ah Um by Charles Mingus
Buy new: $7.98 / Used from: $6.34 Charles mingus tops my list of way-out jazz artists. He is bold, but beautiful.
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![Mingus At Antibes [CD on Demand]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Y0408KB9L._SL75_.jpg) | Mingus At Antibes [CD on Demand] by Charles Mingus
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $5.87 This live recording (my first introduction to Mingus) captures his free style; very intense.
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 | Tijuana Moods by Charles Mingus
Buy new: $24.98 / Used from: $59.28 Mingus goes to Mexico; his answer to "Sketches of Spain".
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 | Oh Yeah by Charles Mingus
Buy new: $8.96 / Used from: $2.45 Though an incredible bass player, Mingus only sings and plays piano on this soulful recording.
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 | Mingus Plays Piano by Charles Mingus
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $6.99 Mingus is at his most introspective on this CD.
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 | His Final Work by Charles Mingus
Buy used from: $11.95 Though it seems strange at first, Mingus' rootedness in the music of big-band swinger Lionel Hampton is revealed on this final Mingus CD.
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 | Domino by Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $5.99 This CD best reveals the genius of Roland Kirk who often played two or three wind instruments at a time (some of his own invention).
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 | The Inflated Tear by Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Buy used from: $4.48 Another very creative Kirk recording; more dissonant than "Domino".
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 | Blacknuss by Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Buy new: $12.97 / Used from: $7.49 This is Kirk at his boldest; it is on the edge in its social commentary.
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 | Case of 3 Sided Dream in Audio Color by Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Buy new: $12.97 / Used from: $41.77 In this recording Kirk really goes off the deep end; very esoteric.
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 | The Shape of Jazz to Come by Ornette Coleman
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $4.60 This ground-breaking work, defined a new era in sound; cosmic.
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 | Nefertiti, the Beautiful One Has Come by Cecil Taylor
Buy new: $31.98 / Used from: $23.00 Cecil Taylor is really on the fringe; the Arnold Schoenberg of jazz.
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 | 24 Classic Original Recordings by Dave Brubeck Trio
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $5.44 Even though Brubeck later struck upon a more popular idiom, his early recordings are ultra-modern. Here, he interprets popular songs through atonality.
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 | The Dave Brubeck Octet by Dave Brubeck Octet
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $3.48 Again, Brubeck is innovative and mysterious.
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 | The Individualism of Gil Evans by Gil Evans
Buy new: $24.49 / Used from: $8.03 Miles Davis collaborator Gil Evans was a genius at creating orchestral color in jazz.
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 | Out of the Cool by The Gil Evans Orchestra
Buy new: $38.99 / Used from: $178.16 Here, Gil Evans taps further into things which are wonderfully mysterious.
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 | There Comes a Time by Gil Evans
Buy used from: $84.58 This CD presents Gil Evans as he explores a weird, wild, world on the outer limits of imagination.
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 | Paris Blues by Gil Evans and Steve Lacy
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $4.69 On Gil Evans final work, his creative mind is stripped down to basic form.
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 | The Singles by Sun Ra
Buy new: $29.98 / Used from: $20.99 This is a sound exploration on the imaginative and cosmic world of Sun Ra.
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 | Fate in a Pleasant Mood/When Sun Comes Out by Sun Ra
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $14.99 This is my favorite studio recording by the "Sun-Man"; exotic, hypnotic, and truly other-worldly.
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 | Second Star to the Right: Salute to Walt Disney by Sun Ra & The Arkestra
Buy new: $18.99 / Used from: $12.85 This recording brings back memories of when I was lucky enough to catch Sun Ra live in my home-town. He does Walt Disney supreme justice.
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 | Sun Ra - A Joyful Noise
Buy used from: $29.86 This DVD best exemplifies the spirit and message of Sun Ra.
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 | The Third Decade by The Art Ensemble of Chicago
Buy new: $18.98 / Used from: $5.78 Again, a CD that touches the outer-limits of imagination.
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 | Thelonious Sphere Monk: Dreaming of the Masters, Vol. 2 by The Art Ensemble of Chicago
Buy used from: $22.98 The AEC meets Cecil Taylor; Only the most imaginative listeners should buy this CD.
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 | Second Sacred Concert by Duke Ellington
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $6.46 I can't complete any jazz list without including, my favorite, Duke Ellington: he will always be "way-out" to me; like the moon and stars.
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