My 10 Essential JAZZ albums of the SEVENTIES | Ranked (sort of)

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Andy is a drummer, producer and educator. He has toured the world with rock legend Robert Plant and played on classic prog albums by Frost and IQ.
As a drum clinician he has played with Terry Bozzio, Kenny Aronoff, Thomas Lang, Marco Minneman and Mike Portnoy.
He also teaches drums privately and at Kidderminster College

[@josvanschagen2784]

The "rants" at the end are priceless! Brilliant!

[@grahamnunn8998]

Haven't even got there yet, nearly fast forwarded.

[@arnaudb.7669]

1- Jarrett : Survivors Suite 2- Tyner : Fly with the wind 3- Mingus : Changes 4- Braxton : Performance Quartet 79 5 - Corea : Friends 6- Roland Kirk : Rahsaan Rahsaan 7- Sanders : Deaf Numb Blind 8 - Garbarek : Witchi-Tai-To 9- Jamal : The Awakening 10- Oregon : Out of the Woods

[@TheeRobertPhoenix]

I'd have to have "Brown Rice" by Don Cherry and "Chi-Congo" by The Art Ensemble of Chicago in there somewhere.

[@RafaelSanchez-zj6cg]

I guess my list for 70s jazz would take into account the sign-o'-the-times trend of post-Coltrane Modal & Spiritual Jazz... In my view, half of your list is made up of jazzmen from way back, whose major works stem from previous decades: Duke, Mary Lou, Brubeck, Peterson & MJQ, leaving out more contemporary artists... Also, I believe Mingus did create one of his magnum opus in that decade: Let My Children Hear Music (described by him as the best album he ever made, btw). And I think the best Pablo album from the 70s was by Zoot Sims & Jimmy Rowles: If I'm Lucky... So I guess my desert-island list would be something like this: Freddie Hubbard - Red Clay (1970) Alice Coltrane - Ptah the El Daoud (1970) Charles Mingus - Let My Children Hear Music (1971) Pharoah Sanders - Black Unity (1971) McCoy Tyner - Sahara (1972) Dave Holland - Conference of the Birds (1972) Clifford Jordan - Glass Bead Games (1973) Lonnie Liston Smith - Astral Traveling (1973) Don Cherry - Brown Rice (1975) Arthur Blythe - Lenox Avenue Breakdown (1978) Sadly, the 10-album limit leaves out major albums by Woody Shaw, Gato Barbieri, Sun Ra, etc... Anyway, I'm really grateful for your enthusiasm in spreading jazz knowledge on KZbin... Good job! 👍

[@stephenbellotti2036]

OMG! I FORGOT "STONEFLOWER" by Jobim. That has to be on any list too!

[@northof-62]

Buster Williams! My bass hero What he did on Badalamenti/Julee Cruise's song "She Would Die For Love" still amazes me.

[@UUBrahman]

Dave Holland was inspired to write Conference of the Birds after watching birds gather in a park across the street from his hotel room window in the early morning.

[@stephenbellotti2036]

That's a good list. I immediately thought The Trio and Sahara. There are a few I think you missed. Jim Hall's "Concierto" with Paul Desmond, Chet Baker, Ron Carter, and Steve Gadd. Also Bill Evans "Paris Concert 1979" is one of his best albums. The solo performance of "I Loves You Porgy" is just crazy. He's known for his trio playing and has said that he's not a strong solo player, but goddamn. "Lee Morgan at the Lighthouse" probably deserves a slot. Then there is Bobby Hutcherson. Every Hutcherson album from the 1970s is great. "San Francisco" might be too fusion for the list I suppose? But there is "Cirrus" and "View From the Inside". "Cirrus" has "Even Later" and "View From the Inside" has a reworking of it called "Later, Even". Plus, i would have killed to have been in the car riding around NYC when he was inspired to write "Houston Street Thursday Afternoon" which has to be the mellowest song ever written. I'm partial to Lonnie Liston Smith and Don Pullen too, but IDK about "best" of the 70s for them.

[@user-ox4bk1fw5r]

🎉🎉🎉

[@alanmatthew5713]

That "Conference Of The Birds" record makes me think of Alfred Hitchcock's movie. This list is VERY intriguing. The 70s record that really hooked me into learning jazz guitar was the "Chester And Lester" record. Nuff said, right?

[@LuisSilva-yu6ty]

Sam Rivers - Crystals or Contrasts Jan Garbarek - Witchi-Tai-To Old & New Dreams - Old & New Dreams (Black Saint)

[@atheistbushman]

Old & New Dreams on ECM is also wonderful.

[@geoffccrow2333]

Crystals

[@oolongoolong789]

The 1970s were arguably the golden era of ECM jazz, so here are several of my favourites from that era.... Arild Andersen - Shimri; Ralph Towner - Old Friends, New Friends; Eberhard Weber - Yellow Fields; Jan Garbarek - Photo With... The 1970s were also a great era for British jazz... For example, Mike Westbrook Orchestra - Metropolis; Mike Westbrook - Mama Chicago; Graham Collier - Symphony Of Scorpions; Bobby Wellins Quartet - Dreams Are Free; Neil Ardley - Kaleidoscope Of Rainbows

[@dbarker7794]

Thanks for sharing the list of ten. Now I can go off and argue with you! 👍

[@Brian-jv5me]

For me, The Roar of 74 - Buddy Rich Big Band - I saw the a couple of times around then in southern Ontario. My dad had introduced me to his music, quite a show. Cheers Brian

[@barryparris91]

Time Check and Nutville are such great tracks!

[@Brian-jv5me]

@@barryparris91 absolutely love Nutville!!

[@Erschophone]

"Science Fiction" was the greatest album of the 1970s > no contest! ! !

[@callmejeffbob]

Well, believe it or not, when I first saw the title of this video the first two albums that popped into my head were "Conference of the Birds" and "Sahara", which turned out to be your top two choices. I first started getting into jazz as a teenager in the late sixties/early seventies so the music from that time period is near and dear to me. The first time I saw McCoy Tyner was in a small club in NYC in the summer of 1972 ("Sahara" was released in January of '72). He had the exact same lineup as on the record (Sonny Fortune, Al Mouzon, and Calvin Hill) and they played the tunes from that album; it was an astonishing performance. I'm not sure if the full lineup of "Conference of the Birds" (Sam Rivers & Anthony Braxton-saxes, flute, Barry Altschul-drums, Dave Holland-bass) ever performed as a quartet but I did see Altschul and Holland play in a trio with Sam Rivers and in a trio with Anthony Braxton: two very different, and great shows. Although I am familiar with all the performers in your list, I have not heard most of those albums. I will definitely check some of them out! On your recommendation I have already ordered the Mary Lou Williams record; I currently only have a couple of her records and they are from much earlier in her career. I have to partially disagree with one thing you said about Sonny Rollins. I'm a huge fan and I'm pretty sure I have all his official releases on LP and/or CD plus a few unofficial European and Japanese records. While I agree that some of his 1970s albums (like "Horn Culture" and "Nucleus") are definitely not among his best, one of his albums from that time period called "Next Album" (1972) is absolutely fantastic. There is a particularly beautiful rendition of the ballad "Skylark", a tour-de-force burner called "Keep Hold of Yourself" and a very exuberant and joyful "Everywhere Calypso". Here's a list of a few of my favorites from the decade; it will be more than 10, but no ranking is implied. A few albums have an electric piano but I wouldn't call any of them fusion except portions of the Don Cherry album which, like much of his music, draws water from many streams including in this case, African, Indian and East Asian music. 1. "Sahara" - McCoy Tyner (1972) 2. "Conference of the Birds"- Dave Holland (1973) 3. "Awakening"- Sonny Fortune (1975) 4. "Next Album"- Sonny Rollins (1972) 5. "Hip Ensemble", later retitled "Equipoise" - Roy Haynes (1971) later augmented w/ material from 1974 6. "Homecoming" - Dexter Gordon (1977) 7. "Genesis"- Elvin Jones (1971) 8. "Don Cherry", later retitled "Brown Rice" -Don Cherry (1975) 9. "Capra Black" - Billy Harper (1973) 10.. "Beyond the Blue Horizon"- George Benson (1971) 11. ""Music Inc." Charles Tolliver, Stanley Cowell etc. w/ big band (1971) 12. "Crystal Silence"-Chick Corea & Gary Burton (1972) 13. "Science Fiction" - Ornette Coleman (1972) 14. "Outback" - Joe Farrell (1971) 15. "Red Clay" - Freddie Hubbard (1970) ETC., ETC., ETC.,

[@dbarker7794]

Nice to see a shout-out to Sonny Fortune. Only knew him as a side man but caught him in a small club leading his own band and he was amazing. Bought some of his records after that.

[@williamjackson6705]

Thanks for including Belonging on your list. I loved that album & My Song by the same group. Two of My all-time favorites from any decade.

[@nielshansen164]

Jan Garbarek alto sax - I think you mean tenor or soprano... But yeah, he's just something else.

[@chelillingworth9466]

The curved soprano sometimes throws people off

[@PhilBaird1]

Enjoyed your rant Andy, funny as all hell. You deserve more subscribers as you really know your stuff. Excellent selections for the '70s.

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

I will get them eventually. Thanks for the nice comment

[@thomashopper8616]

I love early 70s McCoy Tyner. His music is cinematic. I had the good fortune of seeing him perform in San Francisco in the early 80s.

[@simonhodgetts6530]

Yep, saw McCoy Tyner at the Jazz Cafe in the late 90s - an excellent performance!

[@donaldfrazell9540]

Guess I am older than both, but I went to jazz clubs underage. Both Elvin and Tyner in late 70s at The Lighthouse in Hermosa. Crazy, student nights Thursday for $7 greatest musicians in the world. At least 2 sets for price during week, 3 weekends. When I hear these lazy rockers with roadies who whine about 70 concerts I get pissed. When jazzers 200+ Every year to surive.

[@tetedecaunes9347]

McCoy Tyner with the incendiary Azar Lawrence on tenor at Keystone Korner in 1974 is one of the most unforgettable musical experiences of my life.

[@augustomarchand]

In my list Oscar Peterson's The Trio figures from 1st to 10th. The most astonishing thing recorded ever.

[@Hartlor_Tayley]

Joe Pass ! Oscar Peterson Trio !!! I had no idea that Mary Lou made records this late, can’t wait to listen to that beauty. The seventies were a tough decade for jazz but some of the best recordings are from that time. Great video Andy. Thanks

[@Biggus63]

Orsted-Pedersen and Philip Catherine's 'The Viking' is stellar as is the recording they made with Grappelli and Coryell, 'Young Django', two albums very high on my '70s jazz list.

[@kzustang]

24 hours after this video and after listening to some of the albums I didn't know, I can say that the one album that really blew me away was McCoy Tyner's Sahara. Wow! Just Wow!

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

Yes...just wow indeed

[@thelastnic]

When you go off at the end is one of my favorite parts.of non-corporate early Andy

[@sheldonwhite1886]

I was at the VSOP concert in Berkeley at the Greek Theater. A monumental performance. And that was the Tony Williams jumpsuit era...

[@jerrypotente872]

‘Yes , we are!lol -‘As a songwriter, and keyboardist -I became smitten with MONK, BUDPOWELL, MARY LOUWILLIAMS,TAD DAMERON , -when I first heard these brill. Musicians in themid’70s , TILL THIS day I revisttheiralbums, in awe!!! INfactin 1976 , I ‘pinched’-the MONKgreatesthits albums on Blue Note,volumes 1&2, and from my local library, ,,and haven’t returned them -to this day!!!!lol,,,..I also bought an ‘Art Ensemble of Chicago album in ‘78,, and Anthony Braxton is very cool, man!

[@flaredrake8058]

Great choice for number 1, Andy. My McCoy pick (for the 70s) would be Supertrios. On the first track you can hear the full spectrum of Tony William's approach to drumming; he is truly conjuring up imagery of waves crashing against the shore. Trident as well.

[@pozz7071]

Great video Andy, Thank you.

[@buddhabillybob]

Love your videos! You deepen my already existing love for jazz and prog!

[@svsugvcarter]

I’ll never forget walking into a record store to that Mary Lou Williams album going. I could not figure out who it is was, but I knew immediately it was a classic.

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

My response too....

[@davewaterford281]

I’m one of the mad ones. Oh you do cheer me up when you have one of your rants. 😂 Great list will definitely check them out. Keith Jarrett Belonging album is amazing. Alice Coltrane album is wonderful. Thanks again for these. More Jazz album recommendations please.

[@JoeSiegfried]

I got to see Joe Pass with Oscar at a show in Lewiston NY (in the early eighties) outdoors it was a personal best of a lifetime! BTW my fav by these guys is Virtuoso by Pass and Live in Russia by Peterson. Love what you do!

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

Talking bout VIRTUOSO next week...

[@Brian-jv5me]

Artpark! A wonderful venue overlooking the Niagara River! Cheers

[@petercicco4360]

You do go on, don't you? Tongue securely in cheek for a good chuckle.

[@kennethdias9988]

Now 10 electric Jazz albums of the 70s . I love Apple Music because I can find digital versions of all you suggest . Bitches Brew last night along with Alice Coltrane harp thing .

[@FOXTROTSKYOMEGA]

Satchadananda, good one, covered it many times. ⚛️

[@kzustang]

I'm definitely one of the strange ones. I wish to keep it like that. Surprising video going for 70s Jazz and with such a list of requirements. Excellent content, I agree. Who else gives us this? You're the shit, man. I like the early Andy. don't put yer make up on. Don't edit. Don't go corporate. You're out of control, Andy. Anyway, great list. Very different. I know 5 of these top 10 which are excellent and I really own 2. Now I am going to have a blast getting to know the other ones. Alice Coltrance and Dave Holland are very high on my list as well. Fantastic stuff. Thank you!

[@PerryPapanier]

Dexter Gordon - Sophisticated Giant Max Roach & Anthony Braxton - Birth and Rebirth Air - Air Lore Woody Shaw - Rosewood Arthur Blythe - Lenox Avenue Breakdown Johnny Griffin - Return of the Griffin McCoy Tyner - Fly with the Wind Betty Carter - The Audience with Betty Carter Bill Connors - Of Mist and Melting Oregon - Out of the Woods

[@atheistbushman]

That is my kind of music! Some more recent stuff you might enjoy! 2004# Charles Lloyd - Sangam 2007# William Parker - Double Sunrise Over Neptune 2008# John Zorn - Lucifer, Book of Angels, Vol 10 2009# Wadada Leo Smith - Spiritual Dimensions 2009# Adam Lane - Adam Lane's Full Throttle Orchestra, Ashcan Ranting 2010# Dave Douglas & Keystone - Spark Of Being 2011# Adam Rudolph - Go Organic Orchestra, Can You Imagine 2013# Ben Goldberg - Orphic Machine

[@PerryPapanier]

​@@atheistbushman Thanks. I'll check them out.

[@JB_Eckl]

VSOP stands for ‘Very Superior Old Pale’ which is an aging designation for cognac (4 years). Which makes the title of these albums pretty funny and weird.

[@jazzpunk]

VSOP was one of my early "proper" Jazz LPs...Very Special One-Time Performance. :-)

[@stephencarroll230]

Saw VSOP live at Carnegie Hall in the eighties with Oscar Peterson.

[@danalawrence4473]

Seeing Alice Coltrane live back in the mid-1070s was one of the most transcendent experiences I have ever had. Meeting Dave Holland and Barry Altschul with Sam Rivers was up there as well. These are good choices.

[@roddmcleodable]

Amazing List. The bass playing on Journey in Satchidananda is really special.

[@Emlizardo]

By the great Charlie Haden.

[@alanbrown2888]

Good job Andy, Kudos to Marylou, Alice, Pharoah and Charlie Haden...

[@Darrylizer1]

Belonging by Keith Jarrett is amazing. It was the first Keith Jarrett album I bought and started my Keith Jarrett addiction. The gateway drug.

[@ernietarling5829]

I'm one of the weird ones who sit here on the other side of the world, nodding in agreement with your jazz calls, and then laughing as your innermost ideas take hold and you disintegrate. It shows that you're alive, Andy.🙂

[@faulrevere8938]

Great video, great rant! I am one of the strange ones.

[@joeblo5804]

all of this guys vids are appearing in my inbox..... and they are enjoyable!

[@joeblo5804]

Ok, I appreciate the ❤ and I've thumbed up and subscribed ............... but you're not off the hook for your kraftwerk pick as greatest band of the millenia or some other nonsense. You'll need to answer for that at some point.

[@rocklanglois8378]

I'm one of the strange one! Thanks for making discover so many cool albums!!!

[@jimichang5903]

strangest presenter i seen but most informative n entertaining i'm hooked, thanks ae. 🕉

[@lupcokotevski2907]

The video of Joe Pass and NHOP shredding Donna Lee is my second favourite youtube music video after Khatia Buniatishvili playing Claire De Lune magically (red dress version). Joe also shreds the crap out of Caravan on his 1975 album, Portrait of Duke Ellington.

[@kevinogracia1615]

Killer stuff! Thanks for shakin' my ears. I'm online ordering... Thanks., again.

[@shanenesic2484]

Hi Andy, thanks for the video. I’ve recently discovered Alice Coltrane and it’s been a revelation. Will definitely check out Sahara. If you start doing the fancy editing like the little zoom ins midsentence(surprised Beato hasn’t) I’m gone😂. PS I’m one of the strange ones, the end of your vid’s are the best.

[@user-ip6jy7ek2l]

might i suggest a pablo recording from 1975. its called this ones for blanton. a duo of ellington and ray brown. incredible.

[@garytverberg3253]

Andy, I am one of those strange ones, as well. Could I be the 8th full viewer? Thanks for expanding my world of jazz.

[@dannyfannyfoodle]

I am one of the strange ones. Why watch if you’re not going to watch the whole thing? Besides, all the really good stuff tends to come at the end when you go on a tangent or rant. Pure gold! Great list too, btw. Looking forward to checking these out!

[@Raypirri]

Onus Andy! Rant away old sock- just up the meds a bit😝. Some great recommendations here and the sort of stuff we watchers want to see- quality jazz recordings. Dig Jazz.

[@awickedtribe]

I'm strange as strange does... I dig the lack of research, Andy, because it makes what you say feel much more honest. I watch other videos and they read from notes which always makes me think they are trying to sound a certain way, more knowledgeable than they really are... With the exception of the Classic Album Review channel. When you say Stanley Clarke's 'Let Me Know You' sucks, I believe you think it sucks.. besides the fact I have all Clarke's albums and can say it does suck. I like how it makes it feel like we're having a conversation and you're not lecturing... This was a great list by the way... Especailly the bit on the DBQ album, which, surprisingly, I didn't own... I paused and went to iTunes where I bought it for $5.99... what a shame, but lucky for me, since I am OCD and have to buy any album I hear about on this channel and any of the other music channels I watch... One week it cost me over $200. Yikes!!!

[@louisgreen3915]

I definitely am one of the strange one's. I have almost every album on this list, the ones that I don't, I know them well. I always love to big up the Pablo label. And speaking about Oscar Peterson playing anything, there is a track on the album "Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson Jazz Maturity" called Quasi-Boogaloo were their on a full Jazz-Funk mode and I never heard a piano solo like it. Oscar blows us away on a funk back beat by Micky Rocker, and it instantly begs the question "why didn't oscar make Jazz-Funk and Fusion records, because he clearly could, and the solo he gave on this track proves that he had something different to say from all the other Jazz Fusion keyboard players. Imagine hearing Oscar on a Fender Rhodes or a Moog. Oh well, we can dream I suppose. Great video Andy, the picture at the end caught me off guard when I thought I couldn't laugh more.

[@clivecockcroft3620]

Had never heard McCoy Tyner before, had a listen to the Sahara track today. Wow. Was a teenager during the 70's and am only now truly realizing what an amazing decade that was. (Am I the only one who hears Keith Emerson playing at the beginning of Sahara....)

[@stevemacarthur9660]

I'm one of the strange ones; great content, Captain Andy! I didn't have the Duke or the Mary Lou Williams - definitely going to check them out. I also have to check out the Sahara video - I haven't "bumped" into that one - nothing like a McCoy Tyner Tune (or a McCoy Tuna Tyne). Keep 'em coming, young fella!

[@thafunktapus]

27:22 - lmao "i like the early andy, before he got that new camera and started editing...and so on and so forth" - said every music snob ever! BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! Sold! going over to patreon to chip in. btw i watch more of your stuff than i do that other guy's...hadda come back and admit to being one of the strange ones...

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

Thank you...this cheers me up!!!

[@gcustis]

I saw McCoy Tyler probably about 1975; Tyler, Alphonse Munson, Ron Carter, Wayne Shorter. It was stellar. For me Tyler albums were extensions, enlightenment & Atlantis. Glad you spoke about Circle & Braxton (a few shows in that guy alone). Also Bright Moments Rashon Roland Kirk. Keep going dude your a breath of fresh (real) air, rant on. We should meet your mother.

[@tomtheeagle1]

Tyner!

[@Guitar6ty]

Surely The Great Guitars Poll winners LP featuring Barney Kessel, Charlie Byrd, Herb Ellis should be included as they were acoustic jazz guitarists during the late 1970s. They also used Joe Pass as well. As usual another great presentation. No Jazz guitar player should be without this LP and also anything by Pat Martino during the 1970s.

[@martinbravey6444]

Worthy of a mention are Arne Domnerus's 'Jazz At The Pawnshop' from 1977 - straight ahead jazz but really ticks all the right boxes in my jazz-rock infused mind. Also, Neil Ardley's 'A Symphony Of Amaranths' from 1972 - the 'Symphony' is all kinds of wonderful, but the 'Poetry & Jazz' selection on side 2 is stunning, especially Ivor Cutler's unique recitation of 'The Dong With A Luminous Nose'. There might be a smidge of electric piano here and there but otherwise it's all acoustic and brilliantly orchestrated. Good to see Pat Martino mentioned . His 1974 (?) album 'Footprints' is a personal favourite.

[@sealisa1398]

Thank you…luv your enthusiasm. I luv Rick too!

[@davidjperkins1710]

I remember everyone of those albums- at that time I was selling audio equipment and I used these albums for demos- I still have an open reel still of "The Quintet"...

[@user-ru4sw1pg3s]

another great, informative video...but the diatribe at the end makes it double worth it

[@narosgmbh5916]

Everyone understands something different by essential Without miles and without europe: 72 impulse alice coltrane 72 mulatu of ethiopia. Mulatu astatke 72 i am the one. Annette peacock 73 attica blues. Archie shepp, 73 sextant. Hancock 73 black byrd. Donald byrd 73 space in the place. Sun ra 75 brown rice. Don cherry 77 dancing in your head ornette coleman 78 air above mountain. Cecil taylor

[@sealisa1398]

Complete luv the sound of Ethiopian jazz. Mulatu Astatke fantastic mention.

[@eubique]

I'm not really a jazz aficionado but that list looks a lot like my kind of hipster dillitante cherry picks ;-) (Which Alice is that though?) But some electric guitars and synths in there and Andy was excluding non acoustic instruments.

[@narosgmbh5916]

​@@eubique don't worry, in our free time we listened to Zappa.

[@Erschophone]

Interesting list, but I just subscribed (...) because of your fantastically hilarious remarks about JPattitucci - I grew up with him (but he forgot who I was once he became "famous"...)

[@madmaf6011]

Thanks Andy I'm one of the strange ones!

[@MattCarter67]

Joe Pass is the guy isn’t he! For the list I might add One More Salty Swift And Not Goodbye by Cecil Taylor.

[@atheistbushman]

Regarding Keith Jarrett - I really do not like the sound and tone of the European quartet. The American quartet with Haden, Redman and Motian are far more interesting. These 3 are the best: 1974# Keith Jarrett - Death And The Flower 1976# Keith Jarrett - Eyes of the Heart 1977# Keith Jarrett - Survivors Suite Then there are these great solo records: 1972# Keith Jarrett - Facing You 1973# Keith Jarrett - Solo Concerts - Bremen - Lausanne 1975# Keith Jarrett - The Köln Concert 1976# Keith Jarrett - Staircase, Hourglass

[@ks4545]

Mary Lou Williams Free Spirits, is great. Many thanks for turning me on to that one!!! Also, some great tracks on the CD that aren't on the album.

[@LateNightNotes]

Congratulation on another great video! Loved the post ranking soliloquy (I laughed very hard), particularly your presentation of both sides of the conversation, complete with the voices of the viewers! One FYI item regarding the great Sahara album and the cover, fairly certain McCoy Tyner is photographed with the Japanese koto (which he plays on "Valley of Life" ) and not an African instrument. Regardless, I don’t think it impacts the substance of your analysis of the image….

[@lupcokotevski2907]

Sun Ra's Lanquidity (1978) is one of my favourite jazz albums. Alice Coltrane plays on The beautiful track Upstairs by a Chinese Lamp (1970) by Laura Nyro, along with Joe Farrell and Richard Davis (Out to Lunch, Astral Weeks). The outro improv is pure magic. Eastern scales, starting in Phrygian dominant.

[@dbarker7794]

👍 for the Sun Ra shout-out

[@chazwyman8951]

Billy Cobham's Spectrum is peerless. The rest are just footnotes to his playing.

[@jazzpunk]

Love this. I started buying Jazz LPs ~1975. Bought a bunch at our NEX...they had a lot of Pablo album. I still have the DUKE'S BIG FOUR (Andy mentions this). THE TRUMPET KINGS (w/ NHOP), Al Gafa, Joe Pass, Count Basie, etc. Some early LPs given to me: Charles Mingus CHANGES 1 & 2. Glorius sounding, great pkaying, and the compositions are fantastic. McCoy Tyner TRIDENT & FREE AS THE WIND, Pat Martino THE VISIT & CONSCIOUSNESS. 1st-ever Jazz LP bought with my own coin: George Benson BAD BENSON. CTI woth Gadd, Ron Carter, Kenny Barron,, Airto, Phil Upchurch. The big Progressive Rock FM station here played "Take Five" & "My Latin Brother". Great guitar & electre piano solos, solid rhythm section playing, as well.

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

great recommendations here

[@PaulBergen]

You have me adding a few to check out. Already a fan of Alice. My first purchased jazz record (bought without knowing anything about it or the players) was Gary Burton and Keith Jarrett which in one stroke converted me to jazz. And it was the 70s - over the next years basically bought every Jarrett and Burton and then ECMs. Like Belonging but though Jarrett did not really have a bad decade his 70s were insanely good. The Scandinavian albums are beautiful and the American group really hit it out of the park (esp Fort Yaweh and Expectations) and all these fantastic records at the same decade as his brilliant solo improvisations. Has any other jazz artist had such a productive and far ranging decade? There is also the funky Ruta and Daitya and the orchestral Arbour Zena.

[@PhilBaird1]

I've always liked Keith's mid '70s period, the American and European quartets, and those early albums for ECM. My Song is a favourite and the equal of Belonging. Gary Burton made some timeless albums too in that era with Chick and Keith - just beautiful.

[@theshrubberer]

I'm one of the strange ones ...I'm here for the confessional rants and fantasies 😂. Very meta modern episode, like a Graham Chapman Python rant in Andy's own personal .....idiom

[@teelurizzo8542]

Thanks for the list, the only 2 I know here are the VS.O.P. and Keith Jarret's 'Belonging', I'm gonna look for the other 8. Just my 3% if I may, I really like Woody Shaw's 1977 release 'Rosewood' and Charles Mingus' 'Changes 1 & 2' released in 1974-75 . I also really like Mingus' 1977 release 'Three Or Four Shades Of Blue and Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker's 1975 reunion album 'The Carnegie Hall Concert', but since both feature electric guitar and or electric piano I guess they don't fit your criteria for this list). Cheers.

[@grahamnunn8998]

I passed up a chance to see Oscar Peterson for a rock gig, probably Gillan or something. Yes, I know now! A few years later I heard a suite Peterson wrote towards the end of his life. It was edgy, experimental and beautifully played and I taped it off the radio. Wish I still had that cassette.

[@donaldfrazell9540]

Coming from LA and having heard many of them live, except Ellington but did Basie, you start and end strong. I agree about Braxton who I sometimes love but also get frustrated because like Dolphy every once in awhile tries waaaay too hard. Many in the middle also. VSOP members, Pass, Oscar, Tyner, many times. Only one I NEED to hear live is Holland, by far the best Brit musician.

[@peterock4210]

Thanks for adding so much to my Jazz listening. Surprised at number 10 Oscar Peterson, with no drummer !

[@Poppaneedsanap]

Liked for the top 10, but subbed for the wild man end rant!

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

The Rants gets the Subs...Don't know why....?

[@sheldonwhite1886]

Great video! And hey, finally a mention of Philip Catherine, the most criminally unappreciated electric guitarist of the fusion Era. How about a video discussing those old Philip Catherine recordings?

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

I spoken about him at length in another video

[@sheldonwhite1886]

@@AndyEdwardsDrummer Thanks, I'll take a look. You're doing absolutely fantastic work on your channel!

[@BaldJean]

I would have mentioned "Trilogue" from 1976 featuring Albert Mangelsdorff on trombone, Alphonse Mouzon on drums and Jaco Pastorius on bass live in Berlin. Here an example video from that concert: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mGXVi2Whpbmjl6M

[@kniknayme9865]

yep but strange is putting it nicely. thks

[@barryparris91]

I'm one of the strange ones (and proud of it)!

[@winstonsmith8240]

As a 'fusion' guitar player with roots in the blues, not jazz, the more I learn the more I realise that Joe Pass was an absolutely astonishing guitar player. 'You hum it, and I'll play it.' Literally. A true master. That Oscar guy on the piano wasn't too bad either. 🤯 (oh, and Tony Williams was an incredible drummer. I mean, incredible. 'Fred' the Allan Holdsworth tune on his lifetime album is mindblowing). RIP to them both. 😢 (Good choice's by the way, although...).

[@grahamnunn8998]

I remember seeing a masterclass by Joe Pass and it was awe inspiring. Somehow he always stayed humble and funny.

[@donaldfrazell9540]

Heard Pass four times, two solo, replacing Almeida in LA Four and Browns tone truly amazing, and with the Oscar guy. All Pass is great, absolutely love his duets with Ella's too. True genius and yes, humble.

[@geoffccrow2333]

I'm listening to journey to the centre of the earth rick wakerman. Rebought the record. Its like your epic volume of posts... a world within a world:)

[@BayouMaccabee]

I'm always one of the strange ones. Happy Father's Day!

[@thelastnic]

I like the early Andy when mom called lol

[@TheOwl]

Ralph Towner - Solstice. Mind-blowing.

[@swkmoon2920]

The first broken chord of Oceanus 👌 Such a great album.

[@iaincox3780]

Nice one Andy, good choices in there. I need to check out a few of your recommendations McCoy Tyner Extensions or Enlightenment could of been swapped for Sahara maybe. Cheers

[@fredbarnes196]

Mode for dulcimer! Whatever album that was on

[@johannhauffman323]

Thanks for Duke’s big 4

[@stoneskystudios]

the awakening by ahmad jamal trio

[@alexanderjdivic4784]

I feel like Elvin’s ‘70’s masterpieces often get overlooked-check out “Genesis”, if you haven’t already and enjoy! (Although I believe there’s electric bass on it on a few tunes) Also another overlooked’70’s gem is Ira Sullivan’s self titled on Horizon

[@callmejeffbob]

I totally agree, Genesis is a great album! By pure coincidence I was listening to the track "Three Card Molly" on that record just a couple days ago. The first time I saw Elvin was probably 1972 or '73 at the Village Vanguard. He had the same bassist as on Genesis (Gene Perla), two sax players (I think one was Dave Liebman), no piano or guitar so it was a similar sound/vibe as that album except one less saxophone on the heads. I recall they played at least 2 pieces from "Genesis".

[@paulduckitt3268]

Lots of stuff I dont know Andy, fave 70s stuff I like are the Ralph Towner ECM stuff, early 70s George Benson and Passport to name but a few. I would include the Joni and Jaco stuff too.

[@bakeone4406]

Thanks for this! haven't heard Duke's Big 4 or the Brubeck record, (been looking for a possible favorite from him). Must confess to also not knowing much about Mary Lou Williams apart from an excellent tribute record (Soul On Soul) from Dave Douglas. Jarrett is great obviously, but the vocalizations ruin a lot of his albums for me and Garberek often has an annoyingly whiny almost Kenny G like saccharine tone that is a real gagger. Braxton long ago did more than enough to shut down the ridiculous notion that he can't "swing" on several of his Standards albums. Here are ten others that might be worth checking out: Air- Open Air Suit or Air Lore Ahmad Jamal- Outertimeinnerspace Mal Waldron- Moods Anthony Braxton Five Pieces Charles Mingus Moves Hamiet Bluiett Bars Chick Corea Song of Singing Arthur Blythe Lennox Ave. Breakdown Johnny Griffin Bushdance Eddie Henderson Realization

[@malcolmmacdonald4745]

Good work but, I'm waiting for Freddy Hubbard's Red Clay. ... I'm patient and I'll wait. ... I always felt Freddy was Miles reborn without the drugs.

[@mwdrum]

I knew Majid Shabazz , I think he played percussion on that record. Alice Coltrane ---He also played on Thembi, PS record.

[@richardwissing954]

I watched to the end. I am a nut. It was worth it. There was a cat at the end. "Conference of the Birds" I bought when it came out because I liked the cover. I had no idea of what it was going to sound like. I loved it. I think I was prepared for the unusual by Frank Zappa.