Below is the link to the 100 top jazz recordings as voted by listeners to JAZZFM91 over a period of a few months.

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http://www.jazz.fm/temporary_files/top100.htm

A great list overall IMHO!
Of course no reviewer trying to sell hardcopies seems to be involved. :thmbsp:
A little disappointed that no traditional jazz is listed in there out side of a singer, Billie Holiday, and the wimpy stuff like Keith Jarrett and Pat Metheny is but that is me.

Carl

Since I view the album as one piece my fav is Romantic Warrior, but in my opinion it falls into jazz because no other label fits it. I think the jazz artist I admire the most is Thelonious Monk but like most musicians it is a body of work and not a particular tune that puts them in perspective. Favorite album of a jazz artist is Paradisio by Mulligan, but it is really Bosa Nova.
The very best jazz takes a musician to appreciate but the best mainstream artist that I really enjoyed was a local vibe player I saw over 100 times named Ed Hagen and I haven't a clue if he ever recorded.
North Texas University which is one of the places I studied art is one of the best music schools in the world and the 1o'clock Lab Band can perform but not compete in jazz combo competitions at collegient level, so Dallas has always had lots of good jazz and in the 70s there were so many places you could do a jazz pub crawl. All are history now, but I listened to lots of great stuff back in the day.
The Dallas Jazz Orchestra used to perform at Strictly Taboo and I have never heard or seen anything better.

I am surprised that Louis Armstrong's Hot five and sevens was not listed and I was also surprised Art Tatum did not get noticed. Also noticed that they left off The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery. I will have to give it a longer look later.

I think its a pretty good list...

I dont think Pat Metheny should be up there, but what the hey! They left out Wes Montgomery...Its canadian list, of Krall had to be in there..LOL

I've got 22cds on the list and could easily pick another 20 or so that I want.
Suprised that Gene Ammons was not on the list " Boss Tenor" is one of my favorite albums/cd.

It's a good list for what it is but there are some glaring omissions and that's to be expected.

Nothing from Hank Mobley? He had so many great albums.

No Jimmy Smith? That's criminal. Again, mucho great albums.

Hubbard's Red Clay is good but I can think of better ones (Hub-Tone, Hub-Cap, Open Sesame)

No McCoy Tyner? What a shame.

There's some really good albums from Johnny Griffin, Joe Henderson, Tina Brooks, Ike Quebec, Stanley Turrentine and Dexter Gordon that never made that list either. Oh well, these lists can't be perfect.

I wouldn't have rated the Miles Davis/Gil Evans collabortations Porgy And Bess and Miles Ahead that high. There were okay. Sketches Of Spain deserves it's ranking.

Miles Davis' classic Cookin', Relaxin', Workin', and Steamin' sets never even made the list. :scratch2:

Keith Jarrett I've not heard yet. I absolutely do not like Diana Krall. Although he's had long and fruitful career, I've only heard a couple of things from Pat Metheny. And a few artists I've never heard of at all: Stan Kenton, Randy Weston and Nina Simone.

Just for kicks I counted how many of those on that list I own and the total number was 37.

1-20....(15)
21-40...(7)
41-60...(11)
61-100..(4)

Oh, #94, Norman Grants? lol. Should be Norman Granz. And he wasn't an artist, he was the founder of Verve records and a jazz promoter. The Philharmonic concerts were part of his Jam Sessions records released on one of his early labels. Clef I believe. There's a box available that collects all of his Jam Sessions and is highly recommended.

Lot of respected folks on there. ALL respected folks, but I'm suspect of any list of top 100 jazz albums that features Diana Krall, Pat Metheny, Return to Forever, but not one Buddy Rich or Gerry Mulligan. Don't get me wrong now, I LIKE RTF, but no Buddy? SUSPECT! Where is Count Basie? The Modern Jazz Quartet? Lionel Hampton? I just looked again. TWO Diana Kralls and no Buddy or Basie? Double suspect. Where's Sonny Stitt? Somebody say Krall is from Canada? That explains that.

Those folks up there know Diana Krall but never heard "April in Paris" for crying out loud?

If RTF gets there for Romantic Warrior where is "Headhunters"? If fusion jazz is to be represented where is Tom Scott & The L.A. Express, The Mahavishnu Orchestra, Billy Cobham, Larry Coryell and a bunch of others?

How come Celine Dion doesn't occupy a couple slots on the list?

I am sorry, but Diana Krall is SOO dog-gone boring!! If you notice, there are very few modern jazz singers who really put their own spin on the music. She belongs to the list to snore by music!!! She even ruined Elvis Costello for Kripe's sake. His last two albums have been real snore fests!!

Dave

I own quite a few of the recordings listed but it doesn't seem to miss quite a few memorable artists/recording. I have to agree that Count Basie is conspicuously absent. I like swing jazz. Pat Metheny is on there several times and he could be absent as far as I'm concerned....as could Diana Krall. There's a couple on there that I haven't heard so I guess I should check them out..like Jamie Cullum and Jim Hall.

Jamie Cullum is a new artist. He is okay, but had no business being on that list!