| a few albums basic to stretching the definition of "jazz." If you decide to add to your collection, start here and you'll be connected to Amazon's secure server. (and you'll support further research on jazz beyond jazz.) | ||
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| A Night in Tunisia: The Very Best of Dizzy ...
by Dizzy Gillespie $6.99 Dizzy Gillespie's late '40s big band was relentlessly experimental -- hear Cubana Be/Cubana Bop and the title track for high m... | Other Planes of There
by Sun Ra $16.98 There is no single good entry point for listening to Sun Ra, but this 1964 collection from his Saturn Records suffices nicely,... | Symphony for Improvisers
by Don Cherry $8.97 Another under-appreciated classic; Cherry's two suites, four themes each, feature brilliant, vivid interplay by Pharaoh Sander... |
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| Vibrations
by Albert Ayler Tenor saxophonist Albert Ayler expressed himself with virtually no intermediate self-consciousness -- this is his best quartet... | Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus
by Charles Mingus $17.99 The fiesty bassist powers a big band through II B.S. (aka "Haitian Fight Song") and other thick, strong charts. Why doesn't an... | 3 Compositions of New Jazz
by Anthony Braxton $13.49 Braxton may be an aquired taste -- few other jazz beyond jazz abstractionists hold their music just beyond grasp. With fellow ... |
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| Even the Sounds Shine
by Myra Melford Extended Ensemble Myra Melford starts from a Chicago blues and folk music stance, but ventures as far from her well-turned themes as possible, n... | Palmas
by Eddie Palmieri Eddie Palmieri is a fireball pianist and arranger of Afro-Caribbean jazz for players who remain idiomatic while turning up the... | The Sixth Sense
by Don Pullen I wrote the liner notes for this under-recognized classic by pianist Pullen, and still think it's one of his most exciting out... |
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