Ranking my top 10 Jazz record albums

Ranking my top 10 Jazz vinyl record albums
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[@jhs258]

You put smile on my face😊 Throughout your count down, I was saying "what? No love for Coltrane?" And there you go, your number one Love Supreme!, which happens to be my all time favorite.

[@jazzbrew68]

You had me at Kareem #1 AND you are talking music. I'm all in Kenny. Subscribed.

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

Thank you very much 😊✌️

[@paulaidenmusic]

Great list! My top 10: 1. John Coltrane - My Favourite Things 2. Sonny Rollins - Newk’s Time 3. Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage 4. Kenny Dorham - Matador 5. Miles Davis - Kind of Blue 6. Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz to Come 7. Dave Brubeck - Time Out 8. John Coltrane - Soultrane 9. Art Blakey - Moanin’ 10. Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um

[@hrayrattarian1338]

Matador is such an underrated gem

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

The Kenny Dorhan - Matador album is underrated so is Herbie Hancock, Maiden Voyage. Your list is fantastic 👌 👏

[@triplejazzmusicisall1883]

yes Art Blakely - sublime pick.

[@jbwuzhere6819]

My current top ten in no particular order would be: 01. Black Saint and The Sinner Lady - Charles Mingus 02. Crescent - John Coltrane 03. Evolution - Grachan Monchur III 04. Maiden Voyage - Herbie Hancock 05. Red Clay - Freddie Hubbard 06. Kind Of Blue - Miles Davis 07. Stick-Up - Bobby Hutcherson 08. Speak No Evil - Wayne Shorter 09. Idle Moments - Grant Green 10. Seagulls Of Kristiansund Live - Mal Waldron at The Village Vanguard.

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

Excellent top 10....I like the Freddie Hubbard- - Red Clay selection 👌 👍 👏

[@Robertocamero785]

Cool top ten. Would have a few of them in my list👍

[@norrieclark5217]

Great list Kenny,I need to check out that Koln Concert album. So many great Jazz albums you can leave out some amazing albums in a top 50 never mind a top 10 but here goes... 1) Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers ~ Moanin' 2)Cannonball Adderley ~ Somethin' Else 3)John Coltrane ~ A Love Supreme 4)Sonny Rollins ~ Saxophone Colossus 5)Wes Montgomery ~ Full House 6)Wayne Shorter ~ The All Seeing Eye 7)Duke Ellington ~Ellington Uptown 8)Alice Coltrane ~ Ptah The El Daoud 9)Thelonious Monk ~ Brilliant Corners 10)Charles Mingus ~The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady Ask again in a years time and no doubt it'll be different

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

Your list is tremendous 👏 👌 👍, thank you very much for posting that. I agree, if you ask me a year from now, my list could change also 😁✌️

[@ChrisTaylor-dz6nk]

Lee morgan 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@lyndellwilliams5890]

I think this was a good choice to be at someone's number one spot for a jazz album. I get the same vibes about the Africa Brass Sessions album. There was truly heart and soul put into those albums.

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

The Coltrane Africa/Brass album is a great choice 👌 👍 👏 🎶

[@RVALMAT]

Great list, Kenny. I can't rank my favorite jazz albums. Impossible task to me. But I can randomly name some records that I consider a core part of my journey in this fascinating music. In no particular order, here I go: - Crescent (John Coltrane) - You Must Believe in Spring (Bill Evans) - Destination... Out! (Jackie McLean) - Chick Corea (Return to Forever) - In a Silent Way (Miles Davis) - A Caddy for Daddy (Hank Mobley) - Slow Drag (Donald Byrd) - Out to Lunch (Eric Dolphy) - Matador (Kenny Dorham) - Time Waits (Bud Powell) - Moanin' (Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers) - San Francisco (Bobby Hutcherson) - The Shape of Things to Come (Ornette Coleman) - Speak No Evil (Wayne Shorter) - Evolution (Grachan Moncur III) - One Flight Up (Dexter Gordon) - Extensions (McCoy Tyner) - Ptah The El Daoud (Alice Coltrane) - Death and the Flower (Keith Jarrett) - Power to the People (Joe Henderson) - Maiden Voyage (Herbie Hancock) - Cornbread (Lee Morgan) - Reminicent (Mal Waldron/ Terumasa Hino) - Offramp (Pat Metheny Group) - Star Bright (Dizzy Reece) - Afric Pepperbird (Jan Garbarek Quartet) - Night Train (Oscar Peterson Trio) - Cool Struttin' (Sonny Clark) - The Peace-Maker (Harold Land Quintet) - Color Changes (Clark Terry)

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

You list, simply magnificent 👌 👏....thank you very much for taking the time to post your great list of jazz legends 😊✌️

[@gerrit-janslettenhaar4252]

Great list! Thank you for your video! My best jazz albums: 1.John Coltrane, Giant Steps 2.Art Pepper meets the rhythm section 3.Miles Davis, Kind of Blue 4.Dave Brubeck, Time Out 5.Cannonball Adderly, Sometin' else 6.John Coltrane, Blue Train 7.Sonny Rollins, Saxophone Colossus 8.Wayne Shorter, Speak no Evil 9.Illinois Jacquet, Swing's the Thing 10, Stan Getz, Joao Gilberto, Getz/Gilberto You probably guessed, I am a saxophone player.....

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

😊😁...that's a great list 👌 👍 🎶

[@horacemansfield1502]

Brother Kenny! I can’t argue with any of those selections. All of them very worthy and represent the beautiful array of creative options available in the jazz genre. I see that you slipped in “Focus”. I love Pan as well. Mr Cherry and Mr Coleman cohorts and celebrated masters indeed. Miles, Mingus, Trane, my goodness, the elite. Jarrett is a bad hombre and for me the Koln Concert is at the the top of his many excellent efforts. I saw Pharaoh perform Karma live at UCLA’s Royce Hall in 1969. It was a wonderfully intense performance with Lonnie Liston Smith, Stanford James and Clifford Jarvis. Of course, there was only one Tyner and he was/is the Real McCoy. Thanks again for sharing your insightful thoughts and loving connection to the music. BTW, I loved Mr Clutch Jerry West and hated to see the passing of Chet Walker. Both great players and human beings. In closing, Happy Father’s Day.

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

That must have been great to see Pharoah Sanders at UCLA. Jerry West was tremendous as a player and executive. It was nice seeing the Lakers win their fist championship in 1972.

[@mr.jazzfusionhiphop1298]

Great diverse list, here's my Top Ten Jazz Albums 1.Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue 1959 2.Cannonball Adderley - Something Else 1958 3.Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage 1965 4.John Coltrane - Love Supreme 1965 5.John Coltrane - Africa Brass 1961 6.Wynton Marsalis - Black Codes Tales From The Underground 1981 7.Charles Tolliver - Live In Tokyo 1974 8.Art Blakey - Album Of The Year 1981 9.Art Blakey - Keystone 3 1982 10.Lee Morgan - Live At The Lighthouse 1970

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

All great albums although I'm not familiar with the two Art Blakey albums...I'll have to check them out.

[@luigitardini7954]

Very interesting selection! My one would just a bit different, but your choices are all lovely, no exception! I'll keep on following you. Thanks once again. Luigi (from Italy)

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

Thank you very much Luigi and thank you for watching from Italy 😊 ✌️

[@LarryHoyt]

Brother Kenny, you are the King of Jazz! I have been into Fusion for so long, 45 years now, that I neglected the all-time greats. I just started getting into Miles, Lee Morgan, Chet Baker, Trane, Red Garland, Keith Jarrett, Bill Evans, Gene Ammons, and Jimmy Forrest only around five years ago. I guess I was thinking that these old classics were too costly and not very good sound quality wise, that I stayed away. Now I am all in, thanks to you and Mazzy and Melinda! I tend to buy the newer pressings just because when I listen to Jazz trumpet, Jazz piano, or Jazz Sax, I just want to hear the music, not the Rice Krispys in the background, lol. Your Top 10 is stellar, btw, gonna have to check out that 'Karma' album from Pharaoh Sanders! My Top 5 at the moment are Jimmy Forrest-'Out of the Forrest' at #5, Somethin' Else at #4, Chet Baker-'The Blue Room', #3, Lee Morgan-'Search for the New Land ' at #2, and 'Milestones' by M.D. at #1! Love your channel, Peace and Love!

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

My brother I appreciate your comments. You have a awesome top five 👏 👍 🎶 ...I hope that you have a great week 😊 ✌️

[@user-nh9pj6bn5u]

Really enjoyed this - thank you. Although there's a couple of your selections I don't know (McCoy Tyner, Pharaoh Sanders) I'll be sure to check them out as your choices that I do know are indeed excellent (Don Cherry: good call!). My jazz Top Ten could change every day, but at least half of these are set in stone for me: 1. Dave Brubeck Quartet 'Jazz Impressions of New York' 2. Gary Peacock 'Tales of Another' 3. Maynard Ferguson 'New Vintage' 4. Miles Davis 'Filles de Kilimanjaro' 5. Dave Brubeck Quartet 'At Carnegie Hall' 6.Jan Garbarek Quartet 'Afric Pepperbird' 7. John Coltrane 'Lush Life' 8. Mal Waldron 'The Call' 9. Erroll Garner 'Up in Erroll's Room' 10. Gary Peacock Quintet with Eberhard Weber 'Passengers'

[@danieldimech4770]

Great video Kenny...you are the best ! what a wealth of information, thanks a million and keep it up...greetings from sunny Malta !

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

Thank you very much, I really appreciate that...thank you very much for watching my video from Malta 😊 ✌️

[@rambojohn763]

You ar the best. Best Regards from Germany

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

Thank you for watching my video from Germany, I appreciate it 😊 ✌️

[@hwrk777]

100% agree with you on Love Supreme! thanks for the video.

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

Thank you very much 😊 ✌️

[@nickmastro6870]

Thanks for the great video, I will be checking out the ones I haven't heard on your list. PS- I have a general recommendation: the Pat Martino album "Joyous Lake", a rare fusion album for him. I really enjoy it

[@ceylonmooney]

i sure enjoyed this. im new to jazz, but im absolutely in luv my man. im eager to get a copy of that pharoah sanders album.

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

Thank you very much for watching my video 😊 ✌️

[@timnil]

Wonderful list, no complaints. Just need to ask for some recognition for my childhood basketball hero Julius Erving - Dr. J, one of the greatest. 😊

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

Dr. J. is a all time great for sure, especially during his ABA days and early NBA career.

[@dan-sc7fm]

Great selection. I would include any of the Miles Davis' second quintet albums. Love Hebie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Tony Williams, and of course Ron Carter.

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

I agree, the second Miles Davis quintet was tremendous 👏 👍 👌

[@041Paulie]

great job - i will check out some of the ones I don't have!

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

Thank you 😊 ✌️

[@ewhibs]

I see your Bill Evans peeping behind you ;-)

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

😊😁🎶

[@SubTroppo]

Thank you for your clear and repeated statement of artist & albums! ps I got up your top pick recently on CD for three dollars Australian recently (very pleased) along with Bill Evans, Ahmad Jamal, & Dizzy Gillespie CDs -Ten AUD all up! One of my 'tops' would be Grant Green's 'Idle Moments" just for the title track.

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

Thank you very much for watching my video. I do not have to many Grant Green vinyl albums but I a few on CD, tremendous jazz guitar player for sure.

[@pjotrbromm]

May I say that listening and watching you make yourself a top number, Kenny!

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

Thank you very much 😊

[@jameshutton5979]

Just subscribed Kenny, thanks!

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

Thank you very much 😊✌️

[@zenontenorio2062]

i Kenny, você sempre nos trazendo matéria perspicaz e para reflexão. Acho sua lista e a dos demais que postaram excelentes. Tenho diversos dos álbuns referidos e sinto falta apenas do Phineas Newborn jr, que entendo ser um pianista excepcional e deve estar presente em listas de grandes instrumentistas de jazz. Tenha uma ótima semana (zenon, from Brasil)

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

Zenon, thank you for watching my videos. I appreciate your comments about music and thank you very much for watching from Brazil....I hope that you have a great week.

[@Robertocamero785]

Hey Kenny, some interesting choices there. My list would be completely different, but that's the great thing about lists, nobody's right or wrong. Enjoy your channel. Keep them coming 👍

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

Thank you very much my brother I appreciate that ✌️

[@brunolanasantos5604]

Hey Kenny 🙌 There's a lot of great records I need to listen to... 😄 but my ranking is: 1° Kind Of Blue - Miles Davis 2° Night Train - Oscar Peterson 3° A Love Supreme - John Coltrane 4° Time Out - Dave Brubreck 5° Feelin' The Spirit - Grant Green 6° Somethin' Else - Cannonball Adderley 7° Milestones - Miles Davis 8° Stone Flower - Antonio Carlos Jobim 9° Inventions And Dimensions - Herbie Hancock 10° Straight Ahead - Count Basie Peace 🙌✌ God Bless 🙏

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

Great list but I really like the Herbie hancock and Antonio Carlos Jobim selections 👌 👍 👏 🎶

[@brunolanasantos5604]

@@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews 🙌🙏

[@nathanvanheirbeeck2077]

Hey, love the Pharoah Sanders pick!! It's my favorite jazz album

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

That is a tremendous album, perhaps underrated.

[@ceylonmooney]

man, fly like the wind sure is one a my favorites. holy smoke.

[@brianbillings6815]

Interesting list. Our tastes in jazz are definitely different but I loved hearing your list. I own and love three of those albums 😊. Jazz is a big tent, lots to explore. I don’t rank art personally but you’re brave to put yours out there. Now regarding basketball……Bill Russell would like a word! 😆😆😆 Just a couple of my favorite jazz albums, not overlapping yours (unranked): Tijuana Moods - Mingus A Night in Tunisia - Blakey Somewhere Else - Ted Nash Blue Train - Coltrane Red Nichols And the Five Pennies at Marineland Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section Ella Fitzgerald & Louie Armstrong

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

Your list is great.... I have no problem with Bill Russell being on anyone's list 👏 .

[@brianbillings6815]

@@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews I highly recommend the Somewhere Else album. The recording quality is outstanding and it’s the music of West Side Story done by his trio. Likely only available on Ted’s website. A real sleeper from a member of the JLCO. Much of the rest of the list I expect you’re familiar with given you’ve got a more extensive jazz listening history.

[@KeithSkronek]

Great list and a couple that I need to check out.

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

Thank you, and thank you very much for watching my video ✌️

[@GPAofse7en]

Great vid, hope you have a happy Father's Day!.

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

Thank you very much, Happy Father's Day to you too 😊✌️

[@joseguedes2498]

Great list, Kenny. Best wishes from Brasil.

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

I appreciate that, thank you very much 😊

[@alrightnow1124]

Keith Jarrett….yes sir it’s amazing ❤

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

👏 👍 🎶

[@paulwaters753]

Great list and video Kenny greetings from Australia

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

I appreciate that very music...thank you very much for watching my video from Australia 😊 ✌️

[@SubTroppo]

Where in 'Straya? I'm in Brissy.

[@gmatheny8819]

You said Fantabulous!👏

[@rickeylucero3955]

Amen. I think of others. But many you have on the list would be in my list as well. There are sooo many.

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

I agree, there a many to choose from 🎶

[@rickeylucero3955]

Colman was a pioneer. Epic stuff

[@triplejazzmusicisall1883]

A great list with a couple unfamiliar to me. Thanks.

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

Thank you very much for watching my video ✌️

[@willieluncheonette5843]

My 3 all time favorites in no order are Brilliant Corners, Thelonious Himself and Monk's Music. (Get my drift?....lol) Then Kind of Blue and Miles Ahead (I absolutely LOVE that first big band album. Gil Evans is awesome!!)

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

Great albums 👌 👏 👍 🎶

[@iblamesummers]

excellent subjective list. god bless u.

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

Thank you very much and God bless 😊✌️

[@joeb4349]

Kenny: I'm new to your channel. I really enjoyed this although my list would differ from yours a bit. I'm now subscribed. Keep them coming.

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

Thank you very much for subscribing and watching my video 😊✌️

[@dougdaniels5451]

Great list.

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

Thank you 😊

[@beachcomber3036]

SUGAR 1970 BY STANLEY TURRENTINE IS ONE OF MY TOP 10

[@dannyyy1012]

Its hard to compile a list as there is so much to listen to and yet to discover but let's name it a present favorite moods list in no particular order :) Oliver Nelson - The Blues And The Abstract Truth Art Farmer - On The Road The Bobby Timmons Trio - In Person Walter Strerath - Trio Quartet Quintet The Ramsey Lewis Trio - Wade In The Water The Jan Huydts / Peter Trunk / Joe Nay Trio - Trio Conception The Horace Silver Quintet & Trio - Blowin' The Blues Away Yusef Lateef - Eastern Sounds Chico Hamilton Trio - Introducing Freddie Gambrell Lonnie Liston Smith And The Cosmic Echoes - Reflections Of A Golden Dream I like different jazz styles but must admit I have had to learn to appreciate fusion (which I do now:) ) and still do, free jazz. Most of the time I tend to lean towards styles like hard bop, post bop, soul-jazz and jazz-funk. Probably because I like soul and funk too ;) For example I really like this particular song Wild And Peaceful by Kool & The Gang that has that dreamy mellow and jazz mood woven into it. That's why I also like the music from the era where soul-jazz developed in which a lot of jazz connoisseurs had difficulty with accepting as they were stating this wasn't actually on the path of real jazz anymore. And if i may take the liberty in adding a second top ten list of wanna haves :) (Again in no particular order) Freddie Hubbard - The Body & The Soul Dizzy Reece - Star Bright Freddie Redd Quintet - Shades Of Redd Lee Morgan - The Complete Live At The Lighthouse (Hermosa Beach, California) Herbie Hancock - Man-Child The Cannonball Adderley Quintet - At The Lighthouse Dave Bailey Quintet - Reaching Out Slide Hampton Octet - Sister Salvation Bobby Hutcherson - Montara The Nathan Davis Sextet - Makatuka

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

Both of your lists are awesome...I couple I have not heard before but your lists are great. Thank you very much for taking the time to post your lists and watching my video 😊 ✌️

[@dannyyy1012]

@@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews Thank you for your kind reply and your content! Subscribe; Check! BTW, one down from the wants-list, Lee Morgan, the full 8 disc edition alongside the 3 disc witch will probably go up for sale now

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

I have the 3 disc CD set....I did not know that there was a 8 disc set....I'll have to check out that one for sure

[@clap7777]

Haha......man with the white T and jeans has the plan!

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

Always 😊😁😄

[@robertendsley8312]

Kareem is my #1

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

Kareem was the best that I've seen no doubt 💯

[@meshplates]

I have two original copies of focus, the stereo and the mono.

[@mikebassy]

1970 I was three and I can remember laying on the settee/couch and my grandmother put her coat over me . Then she would put my favourite record on . The Riverboat Banjo band playing old songs . Is it Jazz yes , do I like it yes I do . They must be on KZbin

[@user-uj3zt1jz7t]

There was a lot of agreement

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

Thank you 😊 ✌️

[@davewin1792]

Are you the guy on the bottle of cleaning solution?

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

😊😁😄 lol 😁

[@redl1ght1]

What happens to that epic size collection when you pass?

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

I have a son 😊

[@mikebassy]

The don Cherry record has Henry Grimes ?

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

I did not list all the musicians on the album during my video but Henry Grimes was on album.

[@frankmchugh9436]

Man do you have your basketball messed up..... you put karem abdul Jabar first.... before Jorden.... and plus Bill Russel was far better than Karem and he played against Wilt while being height disadvantaged at 6ft 9. You haven't heard of Larry Byrd?

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

All of those opinions are totally subjective (yours, mine and eveyones)....I've seen all of them play and it's my opinion but I respect yours. I've seen Byrd play in college and I've seen him play in person and I do not think he is better than anyone in my top 5 and when you consider players outside of my top 5 like Shaq, Kobe, Tim Duncan, Hakeem...Byrd probably would not make my top ten but Byrd was a marvelous player.