Thirty Great Non-Audiophile Jazz Albums

[@davidchan2960]

This video is “a breath of fresh air” these days! Thank you!

[@robertmitchell6015]

Ohh my lord how good is Mose Alison sings I would never ever listened to that but thank you Mazzy for introducing us to it I love it

[@mazzysmusic]

Cool. Happy to hear you like it. Most of his records are good.

[@TRamone01]

We are so lucky. Jazz, rock, country, classical. A music lovers paradise.

[@rjb6813]

Love siphoning from your music knowledge. I agree with your predilection for picking up John Coltrane and I was curious as to your opinions of Alice’s output. After all these years I latched onto Journey in Satchidananda and was floored. I do have an affinity for eastern influences and am dismayed I missed this one.

[@vinylrec]

Well again you have caused me to spend $$. I went to Discogs and bought the Mose Allison Sings on CD. I bought it on CD because now is the time to buy CD's. Buy while the prices are low. Thanks Mazzy :-)

[@bugolsson]

"Enjoy the music" enough said. Never thought I was old enough for jazz, but listening to you guys enthusing on youtube I've been tempted and I've now been checking the bargain bins over here and there seems to be plenty of cheap jazz albums available, as a newbie these are a great way of getting the a lot of stuff to listen to, I've probably added a whole jazz section to my collection for the price of a couple of audiophile records. Not sure if I'm buying the 'right' stuff but enjoying it.. Clifford Brown, Milt Jackson, Lou Donaldson, Jack McDuff, Dextor Gordon to name a few but my two favourite purchases so far were based on the album covers alone: Very Saxy - Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - Buddy Tate - Coleman Hawkins - Arnett Cobb and Giants Of The Organ Come Together Jimmy McGriff & Groove Holmes.

[@airwatersun]

Thank you for bringing some balance to the runaway audiophile reissue craze. Light as a Feather...outstanding!

[@zenvagabond]

Another great experience Man, thanks for sharing. Now tell us the Dizzy joint anecdote !!!

[@stankatic8182]

Definitely Gabor Szabo ! You can find him in early to mid 60s versions of Chico Hamilton records on Impulse. What a great lineup that also includes Charles Lloyd My personal favorite is on the El Chico record and Gabor Szabo does an exquisite version of " People " .

[@DocJJohnson]

Great show

[@TheJuniorMints]

Thank you, thank you, thank you for this, NM!

[@Jazzeum]

I have several of the albums you mentioned. The Dizzy album is part of the Savoy Sessions series, all highly recommended. I found the Trane album at an estate sale for a couple of bucks. Great compilation. The Earl Hines record is a great intro to one of the best but underrated jazz pianists. Most of my albums are non audiophile and many of them sound great, especially the OJC. Recently picked up some Howard Rumsey and the Lighthouse All Stars reissued by OJC that sound great.

[@MD-wk3gj]

Vince Guaraldi was my entrance to this new journey into jazz and you’re 100% right, Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus is a real treat. His music on the Peanuts specials brings back so many memories and it’s mind blowing to me that as a kid we were exposed to this amazing music.

[@NoMoreHeroesPunkPostPunk]

Lots to think about there, Mazzy. I totally agree, .. enjoy the music .. that’s what it’s all about. Loving the hats, btw. Great to connect with you on Rachel’s Livestream.

[@teckertime]

Music First! YES!! Thank you for pointing that out.

[@twofromthetrunk9932]

I purchased a great many albums because of your recommendations. Enjoyed your video

[@josephpolaster7542]

Love Johnny Hartman. Was known to sing the song the way the writer envisioned it. Great deep voice. Joe Williams also. Thanks.

[@MelindaMurphy]

I just bought an OJC copy of Lush LIfe today. It sounds great to me. I love Gabor Szabo. I'm looking forward to the new "Dreams" reissue. Great list. Take care.

[@vinylshawn4757]

A few records I ordered arrived yesterday and one of them was a record I didn’t order. I purchased my first Bad Books vinyl but what arrived was The Bill Evans Trio - Portrait In Jazz. Now before I discovered your channel I had zero interest in Jazz but watching your videos have made me want to branch out. I decided not to go to the trouble of shipping back the record so therefore this is my first Jazz record. I have not played it yet but sampled it on Spotify last night and it’s not bad. I was happy you featured him as one of the 30.Thanks for your channel!

[@anthonyberardi3611]

Mazzy, Tony from Chicago. Well I'm in the office downtown and had you on KZbin. I just started listening to Wes Montgomery's California Dreaming per your video; great recommendation, I love it! Keep on truckin as Crumb would say. I'm going to take you up on the other jazz favs as well.

[@statictraveller]

Brilliant video Mazzy. This is the kind of thing which needs to be repeated over and over these days. The current trend towards audiophile pressings creates a false sense of shame for anyone buying cheap records. I have heard people making excuses for their albums, even though, as you say: the music should come first. People are beginning to lose their way and videos like these need to be made to get back to what this record collecting malarkey is really all about.

[@mazzysmusic]

I see value in both (sometimes), but I agree that some go for the sound over the substance sometime.

[@JimmyLem]

Dude! Loving those amps!

[@larshultberg6972]

Great inspiration. Thanks.

[@Jassethi03]

Excellent video as usual Mazzy 👏👏. I particularly love the Sergio Mendes and Oregon you shared.

[@jinedo58]

Great video. I have been a fan of the Prestige and Milestones albums since my high school days in the 70's. Great sound and liner notes. I have even found some of the dreaded Trip Records pressings to be better than decent. I have the Helen Merrill w Clifford Brown and it's an excellent listen.

[@jivy2]

My logic for jazz is only buying 3.5 or 4 star penguin jazz rated releases. This method has its flaws but it keeps me sane. Regarding classical music, I subscribe to Dave Hurwitz's classical music critic website. I will usually pick up his recommended reference recordings of the general repertoire. His KZbin channel is amazing as well. Great video!

[@jimmyconnor8186]

"Enjoy the music". Certain members of the vinyl community should take note. There's plenty of great albums out there that sound great on vinyl, but aren't audiophile. As someone who is just starting to get into jazz, this is invaluable. Sure those records all sound great Mazzy and if people love them then they can look at upgrading them. It's got to be about enjoying the music first. I feel too many people have records in their collection because they feel they should, rather than they like the album.

[@MommasRecords]

Fantastic list! Got some stuff to look out for in the crates this week. Thanks!

[@annefrazer6629]

Love Wes. And I own several albums of his. California Dreaming in one of my favorites too. You mentioned George Benson. I've been a fan of George pre Breezin' in the early 70s. White Rabbit was around '73 and his version of California Dreaming is my favorite. The Spanish style guitarist adds so much. I recommend Blue Benson if you haven't heard that lp. He does a nice tribute to his mentor, Wes.

[@xentakis]

The way Ella forgets the words to Mack the Knife on the Berlin record and had to make up new lyrics on the spot is delightful.

[@MrLovell1971]

That’s why i love your channel Mazzy you recommendations so well rounded and informative a great variety bebop is definitely an important period in jazz Diz and Bird . Weather Report Heavy Weather is a classic and can’t forget Prez Lester Young I love the song A Ghost of A Chance great non Audiophile jazz Mazzy.

[@jeffreywoodke]

Great list, thx Mazzy. The Burrell/Coltrane want is strong!!!

[@annefrazer6629]

Oh and Art Pepper. I have several. Turned onto him from the Amazon Prime show Bosch. I have two Mel Time lps from the 60s featuring Art Pepper Trio.

[@adrianluscombe9532]

Thanks for the recommendations. Best wishes 👍

[@mad4vinyl802]

I couldn't agree more! Let's not get caught up on the audiophile gravy train.... I have many of the selections that you featured. That Blue Note Series has some incredible tittles, I especially love the Gil Evans and Andrew Hill albums.

[@alansenzaki4148]

Informative video mazzy. I just bought a bill evans portrait in jazz on early ojc. Cant afford the mofi audiophile or original. Did have original years ago. The early ojc's were remastered from original tapes and sound great!

[@hubtunes9607]

Cool stuff! Some of my favorite jazz records i own are the non audiophile and will never be reissued. Most bough for under $20. Enjoy The Music. 🎶☮️🎶

[@anthonyberardi3611]

You've given us quite a list to explore.

[@boogiewoogie9770]

Primal Roots is a truly great Lp! Not sure if I would class it as jazz but who cares it's great great great music!

[@beauwilliamson3628]

Speaking of the 'doubles', I have a Prestige from 1975 that pairs Eric Dolphy and Ron Carter's first albums (Far Cry and Where?) As 'Magic'. I mention because to my ear, the remastering for this edition has the bass of both albums higher in the mix. To my ears it sounds richer than the originals - though I've never heard an OG. Would be curious if anybody could compare.

[@marktrickett5081]

The Pixies song Allison is a tribute to Mose Allison. Great. Will be buying a couple of these 👍

[@FleagleSangria]

And the cool thing about many jazz albums, such as the Art Pepper Meets.. is that they were recorded well in the first place. So they will sound pretty darn great without having to break the bank on an audiophile oop pressing.

[@brcmiami]

Love the message of this video. Go for the music, not the pressing!

[@robburnett841]

Great video. It is all about the music. I like my Tone Poets and Acoustic Sounds etc but it seems the cheaper just as good Classic Series doesn’t get as much love. Great sounding reissues but perhaps too cheap for some ?. Music is the original social media and these inexpensive great sounding reissues will attract new people in. Keep the videos coming. Excellent stuff Ps. Have you checked out the exciting young jazz scene in London, a lot of it influenced by Afrobeat. Great new artists with amazing original artwork. Check out Ebi Soda, Maisha, Seed Ensemble, Nubya Garcia etc

[@brentcunliffe745]

Some great recommendations. Those twofers have nice liner notes too. Jazzologist, I’ll steal that. Earl Hines on Ry’s “ Paradise and Lunch “ the perfect album. Check out Nat Birchalls very fine tribute album to Yusef Lateef “ The Storyteller”. Another day in which I learnt something new. Top of the class Mazzy.

[@robwalkerletthemusicplay]

Car boot sales getting a mention I love this video already 😎

[@RocknRonni]

I have to love the music 1st Then I Would like it to be the best sounding version I can get If it's not on an audiophile press no biggie But I'm also a record collector so when blue note meets tone poet I'm in love

[@luytondriman6236]

Hi Mazzy, I enjoyed your 30 jazz selections, I like many of them, and own a few of them. My taste is pretty close to yours in this regard. Do you have any South African jazz in your collection, like Hugh Masekela, Abdullah Ibrahim etc ? I grew up listing to most these guys, having come from there and there is a lot of great stuff to be discovered.

[@lupcokotevski2907]

Contemporary released many beautifully recorded albums. I have Art Pepper's Smack Up, and others by Hampton Hawes and Leroy Vinnegar. Leroy played on Waiting for the Sun by The Doors and Van Morrison's Saint Dominic's Preview.

[@nickglass12]

You surprised me with Oregon & Gabor Szabo acknowledgements. Not may folks tip their hat to them. Nice selection.

[@theboomerscalper]

I have some of those! The OJC Kenny Burrell/John Coltrane and Art Pepper are believed to be analogue mastered.

[@jammun1time1]

When I was in college, we had a copy of Light As A Feather around. It was in heavy rotation, probably for Spain and Five Hundred Miles High. Lo, we see Chick and the band are going to be playing at Tulagi in Boulder. Do we head down to see them? Yes we do. But wait, there's no sign of Flora or Airto. There's a row of Marshall amps. So the first time I heard Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy, it was live.

[@andrewbwsmith8201]

Really interesting list with a number of artists and albums I wasn't familiar with. But I got loads of Charlie Parker so we're cool there, right? Thanks for the tips!

[@williamfagan7835]

Earl Hines first came to notice with Louis Armstrong in the late 1920s e.g. West End Blues etc, which effectively wrote the book for all later jazz. Louis seems to be deliberately avoided by 'hipster vinyl' types. None of this music would exist without him.

[@joeharley8396]

100%! Well done Mazzy!

[@mazzysmusic]

Thank you Joe but I did forget Caravan was written by Ellington and not Gillespie 😎

[@joeharley8396]

@@mazzysmusic I saw that but these things can happen when speaking off the cuff like this. Your focus on the musical value, regardless of absolute sonic fidelity is one that is dear to my heart. Most all these old masters from the era before multitrack mixing have various sonic flaws if you go digging deep enough. Superior mastering often makes that more obvious. My interest has been to give these incredible performances their best presentation possible while keeping it all in the pure analog domain. (The exception, of course, is when the source recording itself is digital.)

[@brentcunliffe745]

Cal Tjader “ A night at the Blackhawk “ and “ Solar Heat “: and Szabo covering Donovan’s “ Three King Fishers” all great records but they weren’t especially cheap here in the U.K. Speaking of Donovan , Mazzy you gotta get the new Ace Records comp ( cd only) Hurdy Gurdy Songs 1965-71 with 24 artists covering his songs some never recorded by Don. You’ll love it.

[@brandnewstart]

Mazzy, I have a request. Can you please give me a couple of weeks to get a Charlie Parker before you come and take my records? Thanks 😉 Great video, Lots to go after so appreciate your recommendations. I think the Art Pepper album is getting a Craft release ( inexpensive one) in August. Cheers Graham

[@mistery-ed7900]

I always go for the music first!

[@dkstott29]

Isn't Ella in Berlin the recording of her doing a very long scat with an untold number of song lyrics in it?🤔🤔

[@mazzysmusic]

Yes

[@lupcokotevski2907]

She forgot the lyrics to Mack the Knife and improvised. A 1920's song about a serial killer, no chorus, but despite this a USA No.1 for Bobby Darin in 1959. Its fantastic.

[@asufluffhead]

I think the OJC's sound good enough to be considered audiophile. Sometimes a little noisy, but good masterings.

[@vibesandstuff76]

Man, I've been trying to find that Getz/Bonfa album over the past month, and can't find it for cheap.

[@CBCDs]

18:53 don't just sitar meditating, stand up and grab your sax

[@Gardosunron]

Hey Mazzy great recommendations. Lots to look forward to. Just one thing maybe back up about 2 feet from the camera . Your a little close.

[@marcyfan]

caravan is an ellington tune (not one of dizzy's) but great selections.

[@mazzysmusic]

Thanks I knew but forgot think I first heard it by Diz.

[@rocky-o]

a dube with diz...perfect.....a really great list as well...chick..bird..yusef..stanley t...miles...diz...prez...trane.......an echo of jazz for a hallway soul....peace and balance always...rocky

[@williamfagan7835]

Caravan is from Ellington/Tizol, not Dizzy. He played it well. Confusion with Night in Tunisia? Nice record selection here, though.

[@mazzysmusic]

Yeah I slipped that one. I think it’s been discussed way back in the comments. Thank you for watching and commenting ✌🏽

[@mr.jazzfusionhiphop1298]

Black Market was the first album that Jaco was on not Heavy Weather.

[@joncaradies3155]

Great stuff as always ..... Are you going to do anything about the 50th year ago drop of 'BLUE' ....... Ha ! Just askin ...... :D

[@CBCDs]

It's palm door not Palme d'Or

[@TheDigitalGramophone]

I joined your Patreon only for the BEST in quality. This is very disappointing.

[@mazzysmusic]

🤓🥊🥊🥊🥊🥊🥊🥊

[@SDsailor7]

He has a patreon account?? He must not advertize it.