A Jazz Starter Kit On Vinyl / 10 Jazz Albums For Beginners

[@lancerowley4703]

Fantastic video, this is what is best about KZbin. People sharing their passion with others.

[@matthewclare16]

I agree

[@photohum]

Can’t leave out the 🚂

[@robjones2408]

Sun Ra - Jazz In Silhouette Sonny Clark - Cool Struttin' Hank Mobley - Soul Station Tubby Hayes - A Night In The Village Miles Davis - Walkin' Charles Mingus - Ah Um Sammy Davis Jnr - The Wham Of Sam Art Pepper - Winter Moon Count Basie - The Atomic Mr.Basie John Coltrane - Plays The Blues These are great, great records. You can't go wrong with this batch. Good luck!

[@edwinfermin9142]

Just watched this video again after a few years. I have finally purchased my first turntable and I am now in search for every single one of these records. Thanks for putting this list together. It took me a few years to finally give in and buy a turntable but, this is the video that got me thinking about it in the first place. So l, thanks again!

[@jenniferbibi1972]

Chet Baker sings was actually my first jazz album I listened to. thanks for the recs! I'm totally going to check these out

[@karloff604]

This is a great selection for someone first getting into jazz. I've had various jazz records in my collection since the 1960s (some Weather Report, Vince Guaraldi, Duke Ellington), but around 2003 I listened to my girlfriend's (now wife) Kind of Blue CD, which I really liked. While I had the flu, I had a feverish dream I was buying a copy of Brubeck's Time Out, which I bought shortly after. These two albums kindled my serious interest in jazz, and I started seeking out others. Within a short time, I had a few dozen CDs, including seven of the titles on your list. Later came Coltrane, Mingus, Monk, Billie Holliday, Sarah Vaughn, et al. (and now almost exclusively on vinyl). Good video for someone whetting their appetite for jazz! (It surprises me that several commenters missed the point of this video by bringing up Coltrane's A Love Supreme and other artists such as Shorter, Mingus, Parker and Hancock. Those artists are a little more challenging for music lovers who have no knowledge of jazz. It took me a while to warm up to those artists, so the selection in the video is a great start jazz newbies. Coltrane, Shorter, Monk, Mingus and Parker are gems for them to discover when they want to get further into jazz.)

[@makimakipapura7543]

I do not own any of these albums, and I basically only listen to Jazz music.

[@guyfromsac1]

Nice choices. I'd add John Coltrane - Blue Train. It's a true classic and a good entry-point for new listeners.

[@gooby1926]

When should giant steps come into play?

[@guyfromsac1]

Phil Spectorr Up next. Then, Favorite Things ... 👍🏻

[@bs.music.kyi9]

Blue train might be my favorite jazz record. I’m in hs and don’t have a record player, but I like the album so much I’m probably going to buy the record anyway!

[@gooby1926]

[redacted] do it! It’ll probably push you more to save for one I started collecting records before I had my first turntable

[@alicesrabbit7126]

YESSSS.

[@cdavidlake2]

Your passion for this art form is a beautiful thing.

[@PhilBaird1]

I'm coming round to your house ! A beautiful introduction to classic jazz and ten perfect choices for a starter kit. What a lovely guy too. I'm really glad I watched your video.

[@josemelgarejo4421]

Great Jazz !.....Thanks for sharing

[@retromusings]

This is wonderful to see and surely very helpful for the uninitiated and I presume mainly younger folks just getting into vinyl.

[@MoodAmbient]

Great recommendations! Thanks for putting this video together.

[@jazzmetalaudiophile]

Just got it recommend in 2022. Such a great channel. Awesome to rewatch these videos 😊

[@gabriel-xc8hp]

The great João Gilberto is in the list. I'm proud to see a brazilian legend there.

[@finroe6089]

Gabriel Medeiros RIP

[@gabriel-xc8hp]

@@finroe6089 RIP João :(

[@mattferguson9532]

Joao donato my favourite but Gilberto is incredible too 🙏🙏

[@BrattScorsa]

Wow man. Greeeat recomendations dude!!! I think something from Jhon Coltrane is misssing, but greeeat video. Greetings from Ecuador.

[@bareknuckles2u]

Wow, that turntable! It is incredible! Thank you for this video!

[@retohofmann5878]

Hi, this is a very good choice for beginners. About the Horace Silver: Bluenote made a reissue of that album last year. Super quality, not expensive! Hope you're doing fine, as you stopped with your channel I guess. Thanks for the work you've done and greetings from Switzerland - Reto

[@triplejazzmusicisall1883]

I noticed Sonny Clark's Cool Struttin' on your shelf. a fantastic jazz album. A Love supreme as well. What great albums you have.

[@dasbakon]

I've always felt that Somethin' Else is a Cannonball record in name only. It is definitely a Miles Davis record.

[@lukegregg5944]

By the same token 'A Kind Of Blue' should be more a Bill Evans record.

[@matthewjerome3496]

I just love this video. You've done us all a real service, my friend. Thanks!

[@francescborrull9342]

Excellent video! Excellent recommendations! You were able to recommend some not so predictable records, and I picked up a couple of them. Thanks for sharing!!!

[@horstklimmek5816]

Great Videos and fine vinyl presentation for Jazzfans!

[@bjr_1461]

I wanted to say THANK YOU! I've been a "digital" audiophile all my life. One day my wife said "...maybe we should get a turntable?" I have a Mcintosh C50, B&W CM-10 S2, Emotiva XPA Gen3 three-channel, and it was suggested that I needed to spend >$2k to get a sufficient turntable. However, I didn't own a single album :( So I bought a Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC) just to dip our toes into analog. I found this video and I have to say that we have purchased many of your top-10 and they are perfect for why we embraced analog. Thanks for taking the time to share your passion -- your enthusiasm is inspiring. Cheers from Philadelphia, USA (Go Eagles) !

[@dennisrodash3763]

I have 7 of 10 in my personal collection. Thanks for sharing!

[@cglaurer]

Definitely a good start, and the comments below provide some great suggestions on what to add to these 10. This really is a real beginner’s list with “accessible” selections. Nice to see.

[@sandywinfield9406]

Very nice choices for new jazz fans

[@declanmurray]

Great stuff thanks for sharing!

[@Dems-fk8sh]

Thank you for this video. Showing the book was a very good idea. Jazz on man !

[@Alberto7tube]

I’m a JAZZ beginner ❤️ nice video :-) LOS ÁNGELES CALIFORNIA LOVE JAZZ

[@2vanwong458]

guess how much cherished the video brought to a newbie who wanna begin their jazz journey:-)

[@DaveTheBird]

Nice to see you back, great beard. I had forgotten about the Pink Panther soundtrack, great jazz record, listening to it now. Thanks for the reminder. Other choices were very solid ones as well, I never knew Chet Baker sang as well, going to give that one a listen as well.

[@dorco99]

What a fantastic video thanks .

[@robertanastasi5636]

Excellent list! I would also recommend Art Blakey's Moanin'

[@Darrylizer1]

To me that's the greatest hard bop album of all time.

[@robertwagner5880]

As always, your videos are excellent and you have great taste. Although I will say, that Love Supreme is my favorite Jazz LP. Thank you for the great video, please make more soon.

[@snowpuppy77]

As an American who is wanting to start exploring jazz it is interesting that a German was such a big help. Very good video.

[@manzanaresantonio]

Thank you for your advice, I have started buying vinyl albums thanks to your video! :) Jazz is not my favorite music guys, but when you hear all the instruments and musicality of Jazz through a descent stereo system, on vinyl and with a tube preamplifier, it will blow your mind guys!

[@russputin6294]

"Song for my father" starts with the riff that Steely Dan later "borrowed" lock stock and barrel for the introduction to "Ricki don't lose that number" - may be of interest to Dan fans looking to dig a bit deeper. Great video, thanks, and I wouldn't argue with any of your choices

[@78rpmblog]

Excellent choice of records, cannot argue with any of the picks. Also a very inspired and enthusiastic presentation. Well done!

[@1969Makaveli]

Check out Barry White`s former guitarist Jazz musician Emmett North Jr. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jKTIoaaHhaqgaKs

[@irasthei2014]

You were spot on. Your review was before MOFI controversy. You’re the only one who didn’t sing praises of the MOFI release. Mind you, some of the sound of their releases is amazing but am beginning to wonder whether there was some placebo effect. You definitely believe in your ears!

[@swordfish52]

Great video Armien !! Looking forward to Parts 2 + 3 .. Frohe Ostern !! Jimmy ...

[@jiherbertsson]

Nice video. Good to get a reminder about Kenny Burrell - always meant to get to know his music. Midnight Blue sounds like a good starting point.

[@flourishes4u]

Interesting and engaging video. Excellent.

[@eliedrone]

Thanks Armien for this nice video. Very difficult to introduce in jazz and this "must have" advice from VC like you it's always welcome. Very good choices. Take care. Fred

[@tracyscott3261]

I like your enthusiasm a lot. You make it so interesting. Thank you.

[@mikel4797]

Wonderfully interesting video

[@jeffgentile1259]

I quite enjoy your videos! Hope we might hear and see more from you some time in the future!

[@kickassv8]

My wife first heard jazz in Chicago on our anniversary many years ago. Von Freeman was the first live jazz we ever heard. He not only got us hooked on jazz, but our kids also listen to jazz because of the Von Freeman CDs we played.

[@craigdunn3231]

Nice vinyl collection I want to get in to jazz music

[@dsonyay]

Around the time that you uploaded this video, I had heard a jazz album and was curious about learning a little bit about jazz so I search for jazz albums for beginners or something to that effect. Your video was the first one that I remember watching,, so I streamed just about all of those albums, and really enjoyed the music, so much so that right now I own nearly 300 jazz LPs- most all of them are from the 50s and 60s with a couple of exceptions. I really love that era. And by watching your video and streaming all of these, I learned that I cannot stand guitar jazz L O L, (or any jazz that has the Hammond B3 organ). I have discovered so many albums over the past few years, but it all started with recommendations you suggested. At the beginning I didn’t even have a stereo, so I was streaming music on my phone and listening with head phones…. a few months later, I bought a pretty good stereo and a turntable, and started buying the albums. I’m so glad I did because it’s been really fun and I am enjoying vinyl again like I did in the late 60s and 70s.

[@TaraNikita]

What a GREAT video. Enjoyed this tremendously.

[@TheOhamd]

Danke Armien, für dieses sehr interessante und hilfreiche Video. Das Buch werde ich mir wohl bestellen 👍

[@sylvonlama]

That was such a lovely video. Loved the songs playing in the background. Thank you for making this!

[@goodknight37]

I notice the Bleach album on the wall. Congratulations on having fantastic taste in many genres 👍

[@greggates1137]

Great video. Nice picks

[@RaymondWillsMusic]

Thank you very much for this video! Been enjoying jazz for 2 years and I completely agree with you, nice recommendations)) I, personally, would also add Sarah Vaughan as a female jazz singer to complete this list )

[@markh7147]

Good to see back. Always enjoy your videos and love this topic.

[@junglejamesie]

Agree about the Sony Legacy version of 'Kind of Blue'. It's a great pressing.

[@leslori3619]

Your narratives are absolutely exceptional. Your passion for the genre is evident through and through.

[@aussie_philosopher8079]

Hey mate I took your advice and bought Mike's Davis a kind of blue, my god it is absolutely superb, it's brilliant the music has a beauty of it I don't come across to often and the phrasing, dynamics etc just evoke a sweet and emotive musical message to the listener. Took me 18 years of listening to jazz to find what I was looking for, so thanks, your the real deal jazz aficionado.

[@audioeeze8396]

Love your passion. Those are great examples of some really good Jazz. Thank you for the video.

[@miavonni]

A pleasure watching your videos, I really feel your enthusiasm and passion.

[@pgroove163]

I've been collecting a lot of the old Blue Note records on CD. Love them.

[@dixielandfarm]

Great primer, Armien. Nothing to say about your choices - all great stuff.

[@roysegev12]

Hi from Israel, I loved that video.

[@gcoudert]

Just getting into jazz slowly. Got re-issues of "Kind of Blue" and "Getz/Gilberto" on Columbia and Verve respectively, which I love. I have just sold my dull-sounding orange vinyl "Time Out" re-issue (on the DOL label) and ordered a Columbia version. I think my next purchase is going to be "Blue Train" on Blue Note. I listen to albums on Spotify for discovery purposes then buy the LPs! I look forward to trying out the suggested albums in this video and in the comments.

[@gcoudert]

Thomas Headley Thanks for the info. Is it possible to use the same (stereo) cartridge for all records and just swap the stylus for mono LPs?

[@snowfsock1]

Lovely guy, i wish i had seen this video when i stared getting into jazz. Which was only a couple of years ago and i'm over 300 albums in. Highly addictive music that touches your soul like no other music, Great choices :)

[@aryiankohandel325]

Best channel on youtube

[@blinddave79]

Interesting selections - I'll have to check out the few I don't already own!

[@blinddave79]

Btw I'm still on the lookout for a Classic Records copy of KOB. I do have an original US stereo 1958 Columbia 6-eye, but it's just VG in quality.

[@Lawful_Rebel]

Excellent video - great album choice - essential listening I think.

[@sagadust-1079]

Great video Armien! I hope your will make more videos about jazz

[@audiophileman7047]

Audiophile Laws: I know that you may be somewhat new to jazz, but there are some fabulous records that were made before the 1950's an 1960's. You haven't heard jazz until you've heard Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Art Tatum, Jelly Roll Morton, Bix Beiderbecke, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, Charlie Parker, etc. There are too many to list here. There are many swing bands that are outstanding. Don't sell yourself short. The '50's and '60's small group jazz musicians would not have been possible without these great jazz artists. If you want to be blown away, start out with Armstrong's version of West End Blues and then listen to Art Tatum's version of Tiger Rag.

[@kenlee1416]

I concur!

[@benwinstanleymusic]

Your passion for jazz is really great to see, awesome video!

[@ruitravanca9059]

Thank you very mutch for you information. Regards from Lisbon Portugal

[@dennissmirnoff915]

Thank you so much for your recommendations. I'll check 'em all!

[@1969Makaveli]

Take a listen to Barry White`s former guitarist Jazz musician Emmett North Jr. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jKTIoaaHhaqgaKs

[@johnmcquay82]

Brilliant video, like all those before. I'll look into getting my hands on some of these. :)

[@kevinmonceaux2101]

Thank you for a great list. I started exploring and appreciating jazz a few years ago. I wish I had started when I was younger. I enjoy watching album recommendation lists. Even with beginner lists I sometimes find artists I hadn't listened to yet. The '50s and '60s were great decades. But don't overlook earlier recordings. I recently acquired the Columbia Masterworks 1950 release of the Benny Goodman 1938 famous Carnegie Hall jazz concert. Even with the surface noise from the original acetate masters it's amazing.

[@vicg5323]

Awesome list.

[@craigmill5]

Thanks ever so much, great selection, thank you.

[@Uncle_Herman]

The single best Jazz album I have ever heard is… The Meeting of the Summit with Louie Armstrong and Duke Ellington. A must hear for any true music fan.

[@cheeseburns11]

Nice video. I’m getting into Jazz just now after watching Bosch on Amazon Prime.

[@mohaimndraz]

Your videos makes me happy man. I'll listen to your recommendations and i'm sure they will be good as usual.

[@richardfinlayson1524]

hey Man...i have the same book in english and you are right its great, i love the back bit with the albums and all the different genres. im 56 and i grew up on rock music but over the last 15/20 years ive been gradually getting into jazz, im a huge record collector, both rock and jazz....enjoyed your video take it easy

[@MrSmuggles664]

I love your enthusiasm. Keep up the good work!

[@MrJamescord]

Just started collecting jazz- I purchased Time Out, Getz/Gilberto, Kind of blue, all from Analog Sounds about a month ago. I also got Tony Bennett live at Carnegie Hall. I will go through you list and see which I like and start adding more. I will be buying some classical RCA Red Seal and some 1960-70's rock.

[@lucillechilds3761]

Hello, New to your channel, but I agree the '50s and 60"s is my sweet spot for Jazz Hard bop is my preferred genre inside Jazz I just picked up RSD Bill Evans Top of the Gate fantastic album Mastered by Bernie Grundman from the Original tapes. If you are looking to dip your toe into the Jazz genre Original can be quite expensive but Blue Note is putting out some reissues that quite good it is the Tone Poet series very nice gatefolds and a lot of the albums are from Original tapes beautiful pictures for not more then 25.00 or 30.00 BlueNote also has BlueNote80 but the jackets are not as good as the Tone Poet series but they are cheaper in price Amazon has quite a selection of the Tone Poet or BlueNote80 series. PS.. All the albums that AudiophileLaws showed you can pick up on Amazon on either the TP or BN80 series. Thanks

[@davecummings2424]

I love your list and plan to follow up on hitting that Kenny Burrell album. My list would have to find a spot for "Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane"

[@peaceandleisure3105]

good job. not shocked by the inclusion of Pink Panther as a gateway. I recall being turned on by Mancini's TV work on Peter Gunn and the lesser known Mr. Lucky. I also got into the great soundtracks from M Squad - by other jazz notables, like Benny Carter. we're talking about the early 60's.

[@discokidx1]

Thank you so much, this is just what I was looking for to get started. I am really enjoying listening to these selections.

[@davidcarter3109]

Hi enjoyed your video very much. I have a few of the albums you show. Including Kind of Blue, have two copies one of which is on Columbia 6 spot label. I never play that because it’s so beautiful. I use the other copy I have. As I say I enjoyed the video and have subscribed to your channel.

[@duncanmackintosh7399]

Superb video and great advice. Went to charity shop this morning and was fortunate to pick up Getz/Gilberto LP, which I never knew about until I saw your video. Superb record, loving the mix of jazz & boss nova. Thanks again :-)

[@vladimirnemorin1084]

where did you get your record sleeves, I would really like to get them, love your videos and your vinyl collection, thank you

[@paulroese1376]

agree with your choices but like some of the later stuff on ECM records. thanks for sharing.

[@docteurrobert]

3 on 7 my honor is quite safe and sound but I have to improve that. Great selection and most important thank you for these tips.

[@MrLovell1971]

Armien great Jazz starter kit and how you got I to jazz that video will influence many love your choices. I'm surprised you didn't like the Mofi Kind of Blue that 200 gram Classic Records is a keeper I kept mine too I thought it sounded awesome like us jazz collectors may copies is a must I myself have about 3 copies of KOB would love yo find a UK press that one looks very cool too Armien I love your honesty great collection to man . Dan in Canada was one cool dude I remember he had a great collection I remember he did a Bob Dylan artist collection feature great memories Armien. lovellandrew

[@gazebo2012]

Awesome list. Getz/Gilberto, Dave Brubeck pink panther my favourites. I also love miles Davis in a silent way although I can see that it might not be for beginners.

[@Thunderstruckzzz]

Great stuff ! This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you for the recommendations ! Going start with the Mikes Davis. Thanks again. Chez

[@1969Makaveli]

Have a listen to Barry White`s former guitarist Jazz musician Emmett North Jr. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mWWch4mdp9SNpdE I hope you enjoy it.

[@borisgeorgiev8324]

Thanks, great video, really enjoyed your recommendations, big fan of you!

[@paultakemypicture]

Great Video as always - "The Talented Mr. Ripley" movie also got me in to Chet Baker - great movie and great artist.

[@vinylkim]

This is wonderful! Keep up posting these great vids!

[@mattferguson9532]

Your English is amazing love the video, from UK! Schönen Tag 🌎

[@DownUnderVinyl]

Another fantastic and interesting video mate. Jazz is definitely one genre I haven't been able to get into. Will definitely have a listen to some of he albums you suggested. Thanks mate.