Modal & Post Bop
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Seymour Reads the Constitution
RecommendedBrad Mehldau (piano), Larry Grenadier (double bass), Jeff Ballard (drums)
Brad Mehldau’s teasing talent for setting a mood of fascinating expectation and then unhurriedly revealing its multiple implications has been a marvel of contemporary jazz since the 1990s, and... — More…
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Grammy Awards, 61st Awards (2019), Nominee: Best Improvised Jazz Solo
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Grammy Awards, 61st Awards (2019), Nominee: Best Jazz Instrumental Album
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Open Sesame
RecommendedFreddie Hubbard (trumpet), McCoy Tyner (piano), Clifford Javis (drums), Sam Jones (bass), Tina Brooks (tenor saxophone)
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Penguin Guide to Jazz, Core Collection
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The New Yorker, Top 100 Jazz Albums
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My Favorite Things
John Coltrane (soprano saxophone), Steve Davis (double bass), McCoy Tyner (piano), Elvin Jones (drums), John Coltrane (tenor saxophone)
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The New Yorker, Top 100 Jazz Albums
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Jazz 100, Top 100 Jazz Albums, Top 100 (Pre-1980)
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Playing that retains an ageless funkiness and populist immediacy amid its contemporary sophistry. Indeed, the whole album is the ‘old bottle, new wine’ theory put into good practice. — More…
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Grammy Awards, 61st Awards (2019), Nominee: Best Jazz Instrumental Album
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Rolling Stone, 20 Best Jazz Albums of 2018
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Mehldau takes [full] advantage of the bassist’s Ornette-tested ability to adapt to an improvised melody when it strays outside the harmony... It's music of an unsurprisingly private intimacy,... — More…
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Just as with the Monk at number six, this classic album also represented a career breakthrough. […] Ah Um’s release came in the same year as his first evening appearance at the Newport Festival... — More…
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Jazzwise, 100 Albums That Shook the World
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Penguin Guide to Jazz, Crowned
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Jazz 100, Top 100 Jazz Albums, Top 100 (Pre-1980)
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1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die, Jazz Recommendation
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This has to be pick of-the-month for historical interest alone, but for those of us who admire the passion and abandonment of late-period Coltrane this is a gift. Hardly a comfortable ‘listen’,... — More…
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Pitchfork, Best New Music, Best New Reissue
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2021, Jazz Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021, Reissues/Archive
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The Guardian, Jazz Album of the Month, October 2021
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The longer original compositions, characteristically urbane, are the main event for jazz ears. Their densely woven two-handed runs with bitter sweet phrasings and accents are a richly satisfying... — More…
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The Complete Live At The Plugged Nickel - 1965
RecommendedMiles Davis (trumpet), Ron Carter (bass), Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone), Herbie Hancock (piano), Tony Williams (drums), Herbie Hancock (keyboards)
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Penguin Guide to Jazz, Crowned
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Penguin Guide to Jazz, Crowned
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River: The Joni Letters
RecommendedHerbie Hancock (piano), Wayne Shorter (saxophone), Dave Holland (upright bass), Lionel Loueke (guitar), Vinnie Colaiuta (drums), Steve Chrisanthou (vocal engineer), Leonard Cohen (spoken word)
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Grammy Awards, 51st Awards (2008), Best Contemporary Jazz Album
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