 | Music from the Danish Jungle
Buy used from: $4.95 Why not start with one of the higest energy, joyous jazz CDs ever made. Great depth with a lot of swing.
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 | Angel Song by Kenny Wheeler
Buy used from: $10.94 Kenny Wheeler's masterpiece featuring Bill Frisell, Dave Holland and Lee Konitz. Sublime and stirring.
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 | Coward of the County by Ginger Baker
Buy used from: $2.00 The freshest jazz in years with many songs by trumpter Ron Miles and amazing solos by James Carter.
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 | Rhythm Within by Steve Turre
Buy used from: $13.75 Music you can listen to forever. Turre's breakthrough album that seamlessly melds swining jazz and the mystical sound of the conch sell. Amazing fun.
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 | Riddle of the Sphinx by Mark Gross
Buy new: $16.99 / Used from: $5.05 One of the best jazz concept albums, Gross invokes the mysterious sounds of Egypt in every song. Ferocious and beautiful.
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 | Gone, Just Like a Train by Bill Frisell
Buy new: $18.98 / Used from: $4.78 Bill Frisell at his most accessible, raucous and mellow. Wonderful sound pictures played with delight.
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 | Down Home by Joey Baron
Buy used from: $6.03 Another one with Frisell with Ron Carter and Arthur Blyth. Funky and soulful.
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 | Blue Sun by Mark Isham
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $3.15 Isham evokes Miles Davis. A modern shadow of Kind of Blue, it's haunting, moving and memorable.
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 | Que Viva Mingus! by Mingus Big Band
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $2.85 The Mingus Big Band at their very best. Raucous and tender at the same time.
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 | The Water Is Wide by Charles Lloyd
Buy new: $15.99 / Used from: $4.97 Pure liquid beauty. Lloyd's is the most beautiful saxaphone sound in jazz. Haunting and joyous.
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 | Bing, Bing, Bing! by Charlie Hunter Trio
Buy used from: $1.58 This music is fun in every way. Funky, swinging and mind boggling. Only Hunter can make a guitar sound like an organ.
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 | In Our Lifetime by Dave Douglas Sextet
Buy new: $17.99 / Used from: $2.89 Douglas is a trumpet virtuoso. This tribute album to the ill-fated Booker Little is a joy.
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 | African Sunrise: Selections From The Spirits Of Our Ancestors by Randy Weston
Buy used from: $6.35 The one disk compliation from the two disk Spirt of Our Ancestors. Every song is a gem. The title song is staggering.
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 | Outhipped by Barbara Dennerlein
Buy used from: $3.67 Dennerlein has more chops and compositional savvy than any other organ meister. Fun and upbeat.
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 | Chasin' the Gypsy by James Carter
Buy used from: $4.70 A tribute to Django Reinhardt, the highlights are the inteplay between Carter's bass saxaphone and Regina Carter's violin. Smokin'!
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