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Vocal Jazz Albums with a Distinctive Point of View
Vocal Jazz Albums with a Distinctive Point of View
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3 in common: John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman, Blue Light 'Til Dawn and 1 more
A great vocal jazz album is never just a singer delivering a standard while the band plays politely behind. The magic happens when a vocalist treats familiar songs as personal statements, bending...
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Modal Jazz Albums That Make Space Feel Exciting
Modal Jazz Albums That Make Space Feel Exciting
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2 in common: My Favorite Things and Everybody Digs Bill Evans
In bebop, soloists run an obstacle course of changing chords, sometimes two in a single bar. Modal jazz opened up the room: by paring harmony down to one scale or a sustained chord for long...
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Miles Davis Albums for Several Different Ways into Jazz
Miles Davis Albums for Several Different Ways into Jazz
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In common: Sketches of Spain
Start with what you already like to hear. If it’s a show tune, try Relaxin’. If it’s the sound of a guitar band hitting its stride, put on A Tribute to Jack Johnson. These twelve records take you...
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Nina Simone Albums for Hearing the Range of Her Interpretations
Nina Simone Albums for Hearing the Range of Her Interpretations
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In common: Nina Simone Sings Ellington
A carol under a show tune, a movie ballad that stops to breathe, and a spiritual that gathers force for ten minutes. Each record gives you one place to hear what Nina Simone does with the...
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Piano Albums for a Slow Start to the Day
Piano Albums for a Slow Start to the Day
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In common: The Melody at Night, With You
These piano records leave room for a morning to take shape. Some offer a familiar melody with a little give in the timing. Others make a few repeating notes feel like enough. Start with Keith...
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Joni Mitchell Albums for Listeners Coming from Different Genres
Joni Mitchell Albums for Listeners Coming from Different Genres
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In common: Both Sides Now
Start with the sound you already know. If you like a close-miked singer and a few instruments, try Blue. If you listen for the rhythm section, follow Jaco Pastorius into Hejira. These albums take...
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Jazz Albums for People Who Do Not Know Where to Start
Jazz Albums for People Who Do Not Know Where to Start
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In common: Chet Baker Sings
Jazz has an unfortunate reputation for being intimidating, as if it needs a conservatory degree or a secret decoder ring. In reality, great jazz is about conversation, rhythm and memorable melody...
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Albums About Growing Older Without Giving Up Curiosity
Albums About Growing Older Without Giving Up Curiosity
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In common: Both Sides Now
Growing older can change the questions a songwriter asks. These albums make room for the work of taking care of someone, the humor in outliving a parent, and the chance to hear an old song...
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Albums With Warm Sounds and Uneasy Feelings
Albums With Warm Sounds and Uneasy Feelings
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In common: Chet Baker Sings
A close voice, a gentle swing, or a chorus you want to sing can keep you company while a record says something hard. These albums use that tension across more than one track. Each entry gives you...
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Metal Album Cover Art Where the Image Sounds Like the Record
Metal Album Cover Art Where the Image Sounds Like the Record
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This metal album cover art gives you a clue about the record before you put it on. Look at the mess of voices in a painted crowd, the scale of a ship in a storm, or the space around a single...
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Alternative Albums of the 90s Beyond Grunge and Britpop
Alternative Albums of the 90s Beyond Grunge and Britpop
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The best alternative albums of the ’90s open up whole branches of the decade. Start with shoegaze guitars, riot grrrl’s direct address, industrial drums, or a college-radio album that turns small...
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Miles Davis Jazz Fusion Albums in Order and Where to Start
Miles Davis Jazz Fusion Albums in Order and Where to Start
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Hear Miles Davis’s jazz fusion albums in release order, from the electric piano on Miles in the Sky to the funk and studio layering of the later records. Start with In a Silent Way for space, A...
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Live Jazz Albums That Let You Hear the Group Think
Live Jazz Albums That Let You Hear the Group Think
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On a similar theme
Studio recordings offer clarity and control, but much of jazz's spirit lives on the bandstand. In front of an audience, musicians take real risks: adjusting to the room, reacting to a drummer's...
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Jazz Albums Where You Can Follow the Melody
Jazz Albums Where You Can Follow the Melody
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One of the biggest hurdles for jazz newcomers is losing the thread during long, abstract solos. But improvisation at its best is not random notes at speed. It is the art of taking a clear...
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Jazz Records That Make the Rhythm the Main Event
Jazz Records That Make the Rhythm the Main Event
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If you come to jazz through dance records or hip-hop, follow the drums first. On these albums the rhythm can feel like a club track, an argument between two kits or a live session chopped into a...
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Albums That Reward Listening on Headphones
Albums That Reward Listening on Headphones
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Put on headphones to follow two bands improvising at once, a guitar whose sound seems to swim around you, or a percussion part made from something you might pass on the street. Each album has a...
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Japanese Jazz Albums for Curious First-Time Listeners
Japanese Jazz Albums for Curious First-Time Listeners
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Japanese jazz covers lyrical piano trios, hard-driving post-bop, audiophile recordings, big band works that bring in Japanese instruments, jazz-funk and the bright fusion bands of the 1980s. This...
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Albums with Closing Tracks That Change How You Hear the Record
Albums with Closing Tracks That Change How You Hear the Record
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Some album endings send you straight back to the first song. A melody returns with a different weight, the loudest record in the room falls quiet, or a voice you weren’t expecting gets the last...
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Albums Everyone Should Hear at Least Once
Albums Everyone Should Hear at Least Once
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For curious listeners building a foundation, these records each show something an album can do that a playlist cannot: a continuous mood, a studio idea, a group conversation or a voice that...
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Albums That Sound Like Nothing Else in Your Collection
Albums That Sound Like Nothing Else in Your Collection
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For curious listeners looking beyond familiar playlists, these records offer sharply different combinations of voice, instruments and studio sound. A saxophone can seem to contain its own...
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