zwei Listen, die vor Jahren auf organissimo gepostet wurden (thread), jeweils von Leuten, die es mE wissen müssen,
100 INESSENTIAL, but rather enjoyable Soul Jazz albums
Not essential – we are dealing with luxury items, y’know – but kinda representative.
Ray Charles/Milt Jackson – Soul Brothers – Atlantic – 9/1957
Eddie ‚Lockjaw‘ Davis – Cookbooks – Prestige – 6,9&12/1958
Jimmy Smith – Home Cookin‘ – Blue Note – 7/1958,5&6/1959
David Newman/Ray Charles – Fathead – Atlantic – 11/1958
Teddy Edwards/Les McCann – It’s About Time – Pacific Jazz – 8/1959
Cannonball Adderley – Live In San Francisco – Riverside – 10/1959
John Wright – South Side Soul – Prestige – 8/1960
Baby Face Willette – Face To Face – Blue Note – 1/1961
Gene Ammons/Groove Holmes – Groovin‘ With Jug – Pacific Jazz – 8/1961
Grant Green – Remembering – Blue Note – 8/1961
Ike Quebec – Heavy Soul – Blue Note – 11/1961
Stanley Turrentine – That’s Where It’s At – Blue Note – 1/1962
Fred Jackson – Hootin‘ ‚N Tootin‘ – Blue Note – 2/1962
Larry Young – Groove Street – Prestige – 2/1962
Don Wilkerson – Elder Don – Blue Note – 5/1962
Gene Ammons – Bad Bossa Nova – Prestige – 9/1962
Jack McDuff – Screamin’ – Prestige – 10/1962
Johnny ‚Hammond‘ Smith – Black Coffee – Riverside – 11/1962
Paul Bryant – Something’s Happening – Fantasy – 1963
Kenny Burrell – Midnight Blue – Blue Note – 1/1963
Clifford Scott/Les McCann – Out Front – Pacific Jazz – 2/1963
Curtis Amy – Katanga! – Pacific Jazz – 2/1963
Baby Face Willette – Mo‘ Rock – Argo – 2&4/1964
Eddie Chamblee – The Rockin‘ Tenor Sax – Prestige – 2/1964
James Brown – Grits & Soul – Smash – 5&8/1964
Don Patterson – Hip Cake Walk – Prestige – 5&7/1964
John Patton – The Way I Feel – Blue Note – 6/1964
Freddie Roach – All That’s Good – Blue Note – 10/1964
Billy Larkin & The Delegates – Blue Lights – Aura – 1965
Freddie Mccoy – Lonely Avenue – Prestige – 1&2/1965
Jackie Ivory – Soul Discovery – Atco – 8/1965
Jazz Crusaders – Live At The Lighthouse ’66 – Pacific Jazz – 1/1966
Illinois Jacquet – Go Power – Cadet – 3/1966
Groove Holmes – On Basie’s Bandstand – Prestige – 4/1966
Lou Donaldson – Alligator Bogaloo – Blue Note – 4/1967
Odell Brown & the Organizers – Mellow Yellow – Cadet – 4/1967
Willis Jackson – Star Bag – Prestige – 3/1968
Charles Kynard – Soul Brotherhood – Prestige – 3/1969
Illinois Jacquet – The Soul Explosion – Prestige – 3/1969
Les Mccann/Eddie Harris – Swiss Movement – Atlantic – 6/1969
Reuben Wilson – Blue Mode – Blue Note – 12/1969
Lonnie Smith – Live At Club Mozambique – Blue Note – 5/1970
Grant Green – Alive! – Blue Note – 8/1970
Charles Earland – Livin‘ Black – Prestige – 9/1970
Stanley Turrentine – Sugar – CTI – 11/1970
Sonny Stitt – Just The Way It Was: Live at the Left Bank – Label M – 3/1971
Blue Mitchell – Blue Mitchell – Mainstream – 3/1971
Charles Williams – Trees And Grass And Things – Mainstream – c1971/72
Jimmy McGriff – Black Pearl – Blue Note – 1971
Dakota Staton – Madame Foo Foo – Groove Merchant – 1972?
Leon Spencer – Where I’m Comin‘ From – Prestige – 2/1972&1/1973
Johnny Lytle – People & Love – Milestone – 8/1972
Boogaloo Joe Jones – Snake Rhythm Rock – Prestige – 11/1972
Funk Inc – Hangin‘ Out – Prestige – 12/1972
Charles Earland – Leaving This Planet – Prestige – 12/1973
Rhoda Scott – Live At The Club Saint-Germain – Barclay – 5/1974
Shirley Scott – One For Me – Strata East – 11/1974
Idris Muhammad – The House Of The Rising Sun – Kudu – 6,9&10/1975
George Freeman – Frantic Diagnosis – Bam-Boo – c1976
Junior Mance – Holy Mama – East Wind – 5/1976
Houston Person – The Nearness Of You – Muse – 11/1977
Willis Jackson – Bar Wars – Muse – 12/1977
Al Grey/Jimmy Forrest – OD (Out ‚Dere) – Greyforrest – 7/1980
Melvin Sparks – Sparkling – Muse – 2/1981
John Patton – Soul Connection – Nilva – 6/1983
Alvin Queen/Lonnie Smith – Lenox And Seventh – Black & Blue – 5/1985
Jimmy Ponder – To Reach A Dream – Muse – 7/1988&6/1989
Maceo Parker – Life On Planet Groove – Minor Music – 3/1992
Nat Adderley – Workin‘ – Timeless – 3/1992
Fred Wesley – Swing & Be Funky – Minor Music – 5/1992
Cornell Dupree – Bop’n’blues – Kokopelli – 11&12/1994
Calvin Newborn – Up City – Omnifarious – Mid 1996 & 1/1998
Pucho & The Latin Soul Brothers – Groovin‘ High – Cannonball – c1997
Irene Reid – Million Dollar Secret – Savant – 2/1997
Etta Jones – My Buddy – HighNote – 12/1997
Hank Crawford – The World Of Hank Crawford – Milestone – 2/2000
David Newman – Keep The Spirits Singing – HighNote – 3/2000
Lonnie Smith & Crash – The Doctor Is In – Cellar Live – 9/2003
Rhoda Scott/Ricky Ford/Houston Person – Very Saxy – Ahead – 1&2/2004
I tell you what – it was bloody hard to cut it down to only 100! Oh, and I ditched nine compilations of material from the pre-LP era – kind of a pity, so here those are:
Ike Quebec – Complete Forties Recordings Of Ike Quebec & John Hardee -Mosaic – 7&9/1944,4&7/1945,1,5,8&9/1946
Illinois Jacquet – JATP: The First Concert – Clef – 7/1944
Illinois Jacquet – Illinois Jacquet & His Tenor Sax – Aladdin – 7/1945,1,4,9&11/1947
Arnett Cobb – Arnett Blows For 1300 – Delmark – 5&8/1947
Gene Ammons – Jug Sessions – Emarcy – 6,8,10&12/1947,2&10/1949
Gene Ammons – Early Visions – Cadet – 6&10/1948,1949,1950&1951
Willis Jackson – Call Of The Gators – Delmark – 12/1949,1&5/1950
Eddie ‚Lockjaw‘ Davis – Goodies From Eddie Davis – Roost – 1951
Wild Bill Davis – Here’s Wild Bill Davis – Epic – 11/1951,4/1952&1/1953
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