Sophie Haskins
I like jazz music - when I was a kid I was obsessed with Duke Ellington. Recently I’ve been thinking about trying to get back in to jazz. I recently picked up a headphone amp and DAC specifically for focused music listening, and jazz seems like an ideal genre to dive in to. I recently asked on Twitter for some recommendations for albums:
Hey twitter! What are your favorite 5 Jazz albums?
— cron mom (@sophaskins) March 13, 2020
I want to expand my horizons beyond just re-listening to “Kind of Blue” :P
I got a tremendous response - at this time, I have 135 album recommendations! Since I suspect many of you are also cooped up to “socially distance” to combat COVID-19, I figured I’d format the recommendations and share them.
Top Artists
Artists for whom I got at least 5 recommendations were (in descending order):
- John Coltrane
- Miles Davis
- Dave Brubeck
- Charles Mingus
- Thelonious Monk
Albums with multiple recommendations
| Artist | Album | # Recs | Wiki |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Mingus | Mingus Ah Um | 3 | album |
| Charles Mingus | The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady | 2 | album |
| Duke Ellington | Far East Suite | 2 | album |
| John Coltrane | A Love Supreme | 7 | album |
| John Coltrane | Ascension | 2 | album |
| John Coltrane | Blue Train | 2 | album |
| John Coltrane | Giant Steps | 2 | album |
| Mary Lou Williams | Zoning | 2 | album |
| Miles Davis | Sketches of Spain | 3 | album |
| Stan Getz and João Gilberto | Getz/Gilberto | 2 | album |
| The Dave Brubeck Quartet | Time Out | 7 | album |
Albums with one recommendation
| Artist | Album | Wiki |
|---|---|---|
| Acoustic Ladyland | Last Chance Disco | album |
| Alice Coltrane | A Monastic Trio | album |
| Alice Coltrane | Journey Through Satchidanda | album |
| Ambrose Akinmusire | The Imagined Savior is Far Easier to Paint | album |
| Andrew Hill | Judgement! | album |
| Antipop Consortium / Matthew Shipp | Antipop vs. Matthew Shipp | album |
| Archie Shepp | The Cry of My People | album |
| Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers | Moanin’ | album |
| Art Ensemble of Chicago | A Jackson in Your House | album |
| Avishai Cohen | Continuou | album |
| BADBADNOTGOOD | III | album |
| Becca Stevens | Tea Bye Sea | artist |
| Bill Evans | Everybody Digs Bill Evans | album |
| Billie Holiday | Lady in Satin | album |
| Billie Holiday | Lady Sings the Blues | album |
| Billy Cobham | Crosswinds | album |
| Billy Cobham | Spectrum | album |
| Billy Strayhorn | Lush Life | album |
| Blossom Dearie | Blossom Dearie | album |
| Brad Mehldau | Art of the Trio 4: Back at the Vanguard | album |
| Bud Powell | The Amazing Bud Powell | album |
| Cannonball Adderly | Nippon Soul | album |
| Carla Bley | Big Band Theory | album |
| Charles Mingus | Blues & Roots | album |
| Charles Mingus | Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus | album |
| Charlie Haden & Egberto Gismonti | In Montreal | album |
| Chet Baker | Chet | album |
| Dave Holland | Prism | album |
| Dayna Kurtz | Beautiful Yesterday | artist |
| Dizzy Gillespie | Gillespiana | album |
| Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, and Sonny Rollins | Sonny Side Up | album |
| Dollar Brand | African Space Program | artist |
| Don Cherry | Symphony For Improvisers | album |
| Dorothy Ashby | Afro-Harping | album |
| Duke Ellington | Concert in the Virgin Islands | album |
| Earl Klugh | The Journey | album |
| Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong | Ella and Louis | album |
| Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong | Porgy and Bess | album |
| Eric Dolphy | Out to Lunch! | album |
| Flying Lotus | You’re Dead! | album |
| Frank Zappa | Waka/Jawaka | album |
| Freddie Hubbard | Ready for Freddie | album |
| Freddie Hubbard | Red Clay | album |
| Grant Green | Green Street | album |
| Herbie Hancock | Head Hunters | album |
| Jimmy Smith | Damn! | album |
| John Coltrane | Coltrane Jazz | album |
| John Coltrane | Om | album |
| King Crimson | Red | album |
| Kurt Rosenwinkel | The Next Step | album |
| Larry Coryell | Offering | album |
| Luiz Bonfá | Solo in Rio 1959 | artist |
| Macy Gray | Stripped | album |
| Mahavishnu Orchestra | Birds of Fire | album |
| Makaya McCraven | Universal Beings | artist |
| Mathias Eick | Skala | album |
| Mehldau & Rossy Trio | When I Fall in Love | album |
| Michael Brecker | Tales From the Hudson | album |
| Miles Davis | Bag’s Groove | album |
| Miles Davis | Birth of the Cool | album |
| Miles Davis | Get Up With It | album |
| Miles Davis | In a Silent Way | album |
| Miles Davis | Kind of Blue | album |
| Miles Davis | On the Corner | album |
| Miles Davis | Sorcerer | album |
| Mouse on the Keys | An Anxious Object | artist |
| Mulatu Astatke | Éthiopiques, Vol. 4: Ethio Jazz & Musique Instrumentale | artist |
| Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin | Llyrìa | album |
| Nina Simone | Black Gold | album |
| Norman Brown | After the Storm | album |
| Ornette Coleman | The Shape of Jazz to Come | album |
| Pat Metheny Group | First Circle | album |
| Pat Metheny Group | Travels | album |
| Peter Brötzmann | Machine Gun | album |
| Return to Forever | Romantic Warrior | album |
| Sachal Studios Orchestra | Jazz Interpretations | (no article) |
| Shabaka and the Ancestors | We Are Sent Here By History | artist |
| Snarky Puppy | We Like It Here | album |
| Sonny Clark | Cool Struttin’ | album |
| Sonny Rollins | Saxophone Colossus | album |
| Sons of Kemet | Your Queen is a Reptile | album |
| Steely Dan | Aja | album |
| Sun Ra | Outer Spaceways Incorporated | artist |
| The Buddy Rich Big Band | Big Swing Face | album |
| The Comet is Coming | Trust in the Life Force of the Deep Mystery | album |
| The Dave Brubeck Quartet | Jazz Impressions of Japan | album |
| The Dave Brubeck Quartet | Time Further Out | album |
| The Horace Silver Quintet | Song for My Father | album |
| The Oscar Peterson Trio | Oscar Peterson at the Stratford Shakespearean Festival | album |
| The Oscar Peterson Trio | West Side Story | album |
| Thelonious Monk | Brilliant Corners | album |
| Thelonious Monk | Thelonious Alone in San Francisco | album |
| Thelonious Monk | Thelonious Himself | album |
| Thelonious Monk | Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane | album |
| Thelonious Monk | Underground | album |
| Ulver | Perdition City | album |
| Various | Berlin Festival Guitar Workshop | (no article) |
| Weather Report | Black Market | album |
| Wes Montgomery | Full House | album |
| Yusef Lateef | Live at Pep’s | album |