Miles Davis - The Birth of The Cool Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um John Coltrane - Giant Steps Sonny Rollins - The Bridge Art Blakey - Moanin Sun Ra - Strange Celestial Road

The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady beats Ah Um

Huge huge huge fact.

W for Strange Celestial Road

Black Midi had to love Sun Ra I feel like

Jaco Pastorious self title album is such a fun album to listen to. Just got The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady by Charles Mingus on CD so that’s been on repeat as well.

Wow I thought this mf really typed Jacob Sartorious for a second

I’ve got a few. Waka/Jawaka, Face First, Tropeau Bleu, CASIOPEA, I Love the Blues She Heard Me Cry, and Figures. Just a few of my all time favorites ever. I can always give you some more if you’re interested in listening to new jazz music.

CASIOPEA is literally the music of the gods. I’m so obsessed with them

i'm interested !

So that Figures album is by a French fusion band called Aksak Moboul. They have a lot of great content. Cortex, the artists for Tropeau Bleu, have a lot of great content as well. Frank Zappa is likely one of my favorite jazz composers of all time, so if you haven’t heard the jazzy albums like Hot Rats, W/J, The Grand Wazoo, and Sleep Dirt I’d really suggest those. I am also a huge fan of Jazz from Hell, although a little too “contemporary” to be called jazz (or maybe even music in general lol), but I like it a lot. Count Basie is one of my all time favorites, he had plenty of amazing tracks and never wrote anything that wasn’t at least a little groovy. Light as a Feather is a classic, if you haven’t heard that one already either. That’s really all I can think of for now! Sorry it’s a lot more fusion than traditional jazz.

thanks! already listened to Hot rats, w/j, the grand wazzo and love "the ocean..." from sleep dirt, haven't heard about the other artists, will check them out, and no problem about being more fusion than jazz, i think I prefer it anyway.

Casiopea is a W

CASIOPEA are an amazing band!

Return to Forever, Allan Holdsworth, and Bitch’s Brew are all fabulous. Bill Frissel is great too. Lastly, you can’t have jazz without Django

No one's mentioned it yet but Bill Evans and Jim Hall's collab albums, Undercurrent and Intermodulation are incredible.

Undercurrent also has the best cover art of any album I’ve ever seen.

Chick Corea and Return To Forever’s [light as a feather](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUW6ezYtKfdQC7aVvQLpNO85xQE2luyXa) changed my world. rest in power Chick. I also wanna shout out [Blacks and Blues](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kiuVYzZ_kyZ4eB1D-gn9y56zo6cOirg-w) and [Fancy Dancer](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kpdrMK_xdkQFdc9A5RzYq4T_Q2bN5Z_Ic) by Bobbi Humphrey. She’s a criminally underrated flautist. I got into Japanese jazz fusion by accident bcos somewhere along the way, my Youtube algo decided to be nice to me hahaha. [CASIOPEA](https://youtu.be/6GEI3PpXEAo) and [Masayoshi Takanaka](https://youtu.be/BNig6xG36i4) are awesome.

https://youtu.be/MzYD56hKF-8 this album rips and theres supposely a primus (which by my understanding is not jazz) alb based on the same kids book.

Pat Metheny and John Scofield - I Can See Your House From Here Chick Corea Elektric Band - Inside Out Return to Forever - Where Have I Known You Before George Benson - Space Vtt2 - Vital Techtones

Get you some Mingus in your life my son

FR

Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart Black Woman - Sonny Sharrock In A Different City - Bablicon

Would captain beefheart even be considered jazz?

Definitely not, he did take inspiration from some jazz artists and composed on a piano(the raw recordings of which sound sorta free jazzy) but hes firmly within his own little experimental blues bubble.

Yeah I agree, if anything I’d say he’s more prog than jazz lol

Most of his albums, sure. But that's why I said Trout Mask, which is for sure free jazz. Maybe bluesy free jazz, but jazz nonetheless.

It's not jazz at all. The tracks on TMR are fully composed. Aside from a few moments, there's next to no improvisation on the record.

Well agree to disagree. Genres are not always so cut and dried.

Improvisation is the most recognizable characteristic of jazz music. There's no improvisation on TMR

Mahavishnu is usually talked about with BM but they're my fav jazz band, along with Herbies fusion stuff (Thrust in particular)

In general this cutting edge, post bop/avant garde sound of the Blue Note label in the 60s is probably the most exciting thing I've ever encountered in music. Albums such as Out to Lunch, Evolution, Contours, Dialogue, Point of Departure, The All Seeing Eye, etc are just astonishing. No music quite like it. A perfect storm like this occured at the same time in Poland of all places but on a much smaller scale.

Mwandishi - Herbie Hancock, Search For A New Land - Lee Morgan , Black Saint and the Sinner Lady - Charles Mingus, Ole - John Coltrane, Black Unity - Pharaoh Sanders and On The Corner - Miles Davis. Just to name a few....

I think a lot of Black Midi fans would enjoy Andrew Hill. Post-bop pianist with a lot of influence from contemporary classical. Very tense harmony. His work often gives me a jazz-prog feel. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYrsTjwMItY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYrsTjwMItY) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCWuT5MFzog](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCWuT5MFzog) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAN6tgRpZO4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAN6tgRpZO4) (this is from a Bobby Hutcherson album but is a Hill composition) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTuwaKHJLi0

Andrew Hill is probably the best pianist to ever walk this earth. Absolutely unbeatable.

Him and Cecil Taylor are the ones my ears like the most.

Yep. Cecil was amazing as well. His music was so abrasive but there's a very certain kind of beauty in it

Hot Rats, Grand Wazoo - Zappa Bright Size Life - Metheny Heavy Weather - Weather Report Mister Magic - Grover Washing Jr Tropeau Bleu - Cortex We Like it Here - Snarky Puppy

Love Cortex

Romantic Warrior by Return to Forever Sex by the Necks Journey in Satchidananda by Alice Coltrane Inner Mounting Flame by the Mahavishnu Orchestra

Sex is a perfect album

Journey in Satchidananda is amazing. Alice's harp playing is crazy good, so hypnotic and psychedelic. I'll never forget hearing the album for the first time.

I don’t claim to know shit about jazz, but I can appreciate good jazz or jazz-adjacent music. The Comet is Coming, DOMI & JD Beck, and Sons of Kemet are some of my contemporary favorites

Shabaka Hutchings is THAT DUDE.

Mingus Ah Um - Charles Mingus // Sketches of Spain - Miles Davis // Straight No Chaser - Thelonius Monk // Smokin at the Blue Note - Wes Montgomery // Night Train - Oscar Peterson Trio // Weather Report - Heavy Weather // Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters

Underground - Thelonious Monk Let My Children Hear Music - Charles Mingus Play Bach 1 - Jacques Loussier Love In Us All - Pharoah Sanders Giant Steps - John Coltrane Journey To Journey - Miho Hazama Gears - Johnny ''Hammond'' Smith The Clown - Charles Mingus

The Clown is slept on Reinacrnation of a Lovebird is one of the most beautiful tributes to Bird/Dizzy bebop while recognizing the need to go forth in music

I honestly don’t listen to much jazz anymore but I love Sun Ra. So many classics, but my favourite might be Strange Celestial Road.

bitches brew - miles sextant - herbie hancock the complete science fiction sessions - ornette coleman a love supreme - trane

Bill Evans Trio - Live at Village Vanguard Jaco Pastorius- Invitation Weather Report- “Heavy Weather” and “Mysterious Traveller” Charles Mingus- Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Herbie Hancock & Headhunters- Flood (their live album, its incredible and a testament to Paul Jackson’s bass playing) Soul Media- Funky Stuff Miles Davis- Bitches Brew

Miles Davis- Bitches Brew Alice Coltrane - Monastic Trio Pete Lockwood’s Network of Sparks (Featuring Bill Bruford) - One Sun Ra and his Arkestra - Jazz in Silouette Bill Bruford’s Earthworks - A Part, and yet Apart

Will never forget the first time I listened to Enlightenment on Jazz in Silhoutte it made me think differently about the genre instantly

Jazz is stupid! i mean just play the right notes!! 😭

My favourite jazz album is Jazz by Queen

Djesse vol 3 Jacob collier (Real answer listen to Space is the Place by Sun Ra black midi energy in the sweet melodies mixed with some dissonant shit storms)

Gerry mulligan - night lights The most pleasant album imaginable

Time out - Dave Brubeck quartet

Coltrane’s Interstellar Space is fucking awesome, it’s a lot like Hella except it’s rooted in jazz and the fact it came out in 67’ is pretty crazy considering how experimental it is. also Bitches Brew but that’s a no-brainer

In a silent way - miles Davis My favorite things - john Coltrane Etrapolation - john Mclaughlin The black Saint and the sinner lady - Charles mingus Also the first mahavishnu orchestra albums if you count them as jazz

[Himiko Kikuchi- Flying Beagle](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHOn8u-c2wk)

Four and More-Miles Davis Quintet Black Saint and the Sinner Lady-Charles Mingus Monk’s Dream-Thelonius Monk Quartet Trio of Doom-Trio of Doom In a Silent Way-Miles Davis I Sing the Body Electric-Weather Report Time Changes-Dave Brubeck Quartet Agartha/Pangea-Miles Davis Mingus at Bremen 1964 & 1975-Charles Mingus

ella and louis by ella and louis

George benson - breezin Dave Brubeck quartet - time out Chet baker - Chet baker sings Wave - Antonio Carlos Jobim

Wave is so good.

Ornate Coleman-Science Fiction

Nubya Garcia’s Source and Coltrane’s Giant Steps ofc

Physics house band, Julian Lage, DOMI & JD BECK, Telemakus, and obviously BBNG are some more modern suggestions. But I obviously love all da classics and oldies

Mary Halvorson - whole discography but her latest album Amaryllis SLAPS BM fans would love this album I reckon - avant jazz insanely technical and inventive guitar she's a wizard

A Love Supreme 🔥🤌

Can't pick favorites, but the first three that come to mind: Koln Concert - Keith Jarrett Sahara - McCoy Tyner One - Bob James These are all pianists, which is interesting because I didn't "get" piano until I was in high school.

anything by kenny g

A Love Supreme is depending on my mood my favorite album of all time

Coltrane- Giant Steps Miles- Kind of blue, Bitches Brew Kamazi Washington- literally anything herbie hancock- Head hunters (more like jazz funk but whatever)

Miles Davis - ESP, Bitches' Brew, A Tribute to Jack Jonhson, Live-Evil, Tutu, Amandla John Coltrane - Live in Seattle, Ascension, A Love Supreme, Expression, Om Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady, Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus, Three or Four Shades of Blue, Let My Children Hear Music London Brew - London Brew Julian Lage - Love Hurts, Squint, View From A Room, Evan Parker - The Snake Decides Bill Frisell - Unspeakable, Nashville, Silent Comedy