Best Jazz CDs - Musicians List / Guide
CLASSIC RECOMMENDATIONS by Cy Green. The essential Jazz Artists are all here.
Welcome to Cy's Jazz Oasis.
JAZZ!
There is nothing on earth like it. It's the world's universal language. It's only for the select few, and you know who you are - the most passionate listeners on the planet.
We're about the Jazz Musicians
who changed everything
and set the STANDARD.
Yesterday's sounds are a breath of fresh air.
Announcing a JAZZ LIST that
anyone can understand.
John Coltrane
He spent his whole life searching and left a staggering body of work. Dead at 40.
(1926-1967)
If a recording is on it -
BUY IT or
DOWNLOAD cuts from IT
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A lot of time and thought was put into compiling
this LIST, it actually took about 5 years.
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55 years of JAZZ BLISS
1935-1990
We list many recordings the ALL MUSIC GUIDE
and PENGUIN GUIDE do not.
JAZZ GIANTS
of the past century ... forget them not
No Box-Sets, No Best Of's, and Compilations only before the LP era -
the ORIGINAL TITLES
over 1,200
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This is a must-have for any aspiring
high school or college
JAZZ student.
All the GREAT SONGS of this American
art form are represented on these recordings.
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Stan Getz
One of the most beautiful sounds in the
(1927 - 1991) history of Jazz.
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If you just listen to today's Jazz, or
think it all began with "Bitches Brew", you're in a world of hurt, and
you're missing a TON of great stuff!
The American Jazz scene is not what it once was,
and we got a LIST to prove it.
The Best in Past Jazz
for the Discriminating Jazz Collector
(1935 to 1990)
This Resource will help you Build a GREAT Jazz Collection
or add to an existing one.
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The Keepers of the Jazz Flame
These are ERAS that are long gone.
Their innovations will never be equaled.
DUKE ELLINGTON Orchestra BOBBY HUTCHERSON
The famous Paul Gonsalves solo. Great Quartet from 1966
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3oo Major Artists are covered
with their BEST WORKS.
Gerry Mulligan
Considered to be the King of the Baritone Sax.
(1926 - 1996)
Get your moneysworth on REISSUES.
They're all not worth the cost.
Cy Green & Jim Miller are Chicago born composers who have worked together for 25 years.They come from the school of hard knocks and belong to the absolute minority in music - the non-performing songwriter. They are also jazz fanatics. To compile this LIST,they were assisted by local Jazz DJ Bill Bohannon. This is vital information about great jazz recordings - the BEST JAZZ CD's TO BUY. It took us a lifetime to acquire this knowledge.You can have it in an instant. We are sincerely asking jazz lovers for help.
This JAZZLIST was put together
to help us raise funds to produce
our Chicago VOCAL PROJECT of all
Original Tunes written by
Cy & Jim.
This is very expensive. Nobody
is pulling our strings. We are
calling all the shots.
Singers, Arrangers, Musicians
Studio Time & CD Duplication.
Cy & Jim are not nostalgic by no means. Publishers didn't know where they should place their tunes. JAZZ or POP? Why does everything have to be catergorized? Their music is beyond a category or fad. They are what they are and stand alone.Their use of uncommon intervals and twists in the melody with unique song structures make them different.
Cy had a dream once - to hear something he wrote, played right after a Jazz or Pop Standard, and know in his heart - it fit right in.
On tunes with words, the singer has no time for sleep.You will be challenged and kept awake.
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We live it, love it and wish we could make a living from it.
JOHN COLTRANE (1926-1967)
THE LAST GREAT INNOVATOR
CHARLIE PARKER/DIZZY GILLESPIE STAN GETZ/KENNY BARRON
Ranks near the top of anything they did. One of the best acoustic quartets of the 1980's
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CDs are EXPENSIVE!
We are dedicated to recommending CLASSIC JAZZ RECORDINGS
The BEST REISSUES to put your money on from
PEPPER ADAMS to DENNY ZEITLAND
Those in today's "thinking you're hip world," may call this old school,
but we call it the school you wouldn't be allowed in, because you couldn't
cut it.
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Our LIST zeroes in on the years 1935 - 1990 and takes no prisoners. All the essentials from this period are listed. Anyone's TOP 100 LIST just scratches the surface of this vast music called JAZZ.
There is so much more!
These are the artists we sought out, bought and played more than the rest: They are our elite. Each has 15 or more recordings on the LIST.
CHET BAKER
ART BLAKEY
MILES DAVIS
DUKE ELLINGTON
BILL EVANS
STAN GETZ
CHARLIE PARKER
OSCAR PETERSON
FRANK SINATRA
The 10 LP or more club that made the LIST.
CANNONBALL ADDERLY BARNEY KESSEL
COUNT BASIE THELONIOUS MONK
JOHN COLTRANE WES MONTGOMERY
ART FARMER (Includes Benny Golson Group) GERRY MULLIGAN
ELLA FITZGERALD ART PEPPER
DIZZY GILLESPIE BUDDY RICH
BENNY GOODMAN SONNY ROLLINS
COLEMAN HAWKINS ZOOT SIMS
WOODY HERMAN SONNY STITT
BILLIE HOLIDAY STANLEY TURRENTINE
FREDDIE HUBBARD SARAH VAUGHN
MILT JACKSON PHIL WOODS
AHMAD JAMAL LESTER YOUNG
272 MORE ARTISTS ARE COVERED.
Any fan of a particular Artist will know his or her must-have recordings.
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Ray Brown
Near the top of recorded basses in all of Jazz.
(1926- 2002)
Their music is TIMELESS!
Beautiful JAZZ
from the past.
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95% of our picks are from VINYL
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No filler material or garbage on this LIST.
The entire album is solid listening.
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Separate listings for Jazz at the Philharmonic Concerts,
Jazz Festivals & Jam Sessions
Mulligan/Getz/Edison
We will let you know the album exists.
Just GOOGLE it and read about it yourself.
JAZZ
VARIETY IS THE SPICE!
To heavily listen to only one genre in this vast type of music
will dull your mind - open up and let it all in.
Swing/ Bop/ Cool/ Free/ Modal/
Soul/ Hard-Bop /Big Bands
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You will no longer have to look in a thousand places for suggestions to BUY or DOWNLOAD. We've put it all in the same place and it's concise and precise. No Box-Sets, No Compilations - the Original Titles.
This has been a cult album since it's birth in 1956. How it's escaped the jazz general populist is a mystery. Perhaps the title had something to do with it.
And maybe they did name it right! GETZ/GILLESPIE/STITT
Cy Greens' Personal Favorite
An Unbelievable ALBUM! "For Musicians Only"
Starting with over 8,000 recordings from our
personal collections, we chose only the CREAM.
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WE CUT TO THE CHASE - the bottom line is the recording.
Not the pretty LP covers or liner notes - the music itself.
No waste - just the Facts!
CD - LP TITLE/ ARTIST NAME/ MUSICIANS/ YEAR/ LABEL
over 1,200 Jazz Gems - 1935 to 1990
Everything on the LIST is highly recommended.
Keep it right on your computer screen as a quick reference.
sent right to your E-MAIL BOX.
Just Zip down the LIST,
and go Get it!
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Don't let your CD's gather dust.
These are the one's you'll play with today's Jazz!
Truly Timeless Pure Genius Bird 'n Diz Horace Silver
Oliver Nelson Johnny Coles Charlie Parker Blue Mitchell Freddie Hubbard Tony Studd Dizzy Gillespie Junior Cook Bill Evans Elvin Jones Bud Powell
1961 1960 1953 1959
Jazz Newbies, Don't miss out on this great resource. And seasoned collectors will find gems they missed the first time around.
Does anyone really CARE anymore about
helping expose TALENT, or are we all
lost in this social computer maze, which most
of the time accomplishes nothing.
There is something here for for the aficionado as well as the newbie alike. This is much more than someones' TOP 100 which are basically many recordings that would overwhelm a newbie, and knowledgeable collectors would know. We believe records should be special and not just another day at the gig. The JAZZ LIST has many buried treasures waiting to be discovered. Please consider donating to this cause, and help these gifted writers add some new material to the mix.
Musically yours.
Bill Bohannon, WBEE Jazz Radio
Harvey, IL
Keep the dream ALIVE!
The MUSIC is worth it.
It's hard to be creative when the wolves are at the door. Please, your kindness is needed.
YOUR DONATION CAN HELP CHANGE THIS
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Knowledge Is Power
The JAZZ LIST has it!
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If you're not too keen on Buying CD's, this
LIST will give you material to Download
for the rest of your life. And you'll know
who you're listening too and when it was
made.
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"It's really a pleasure to scroll down this neat list,
and have the CD titles and musicians just jump out at you.
Who recorded with who really hits you."
GREAT JOB!
Rich Tolliver ... Montreal, CANADA
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Good luck in your recording."
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Cy Green's JAZZLIST
1,200 JAZZ GEMS
The BEST of the BEST
Artist/ Title/ Personnel/ Year/ Label
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Attention Musicians & Singers
(whether you compose or not, you have to use other writers material)
This is a songwriters' last hoorah. After struggling for over 30 years, i.e. the rejections, the re-writes, the published contracts that went nowhere, the thousands of dollars spent on the music, the people who almost did his music ...
This guy will not QUIT!
He gave up everything to pursue his dream. He washed dishes, scrubbed floors, washed cars and cleaned toilets. All he ever wanted was to have a song published and turn on a radio and hear it. His dream has turned into the harsh reality of survival. If we get this recording done or not, we still want other artists to do our works.
Beat us to the PUNCH!
CY GREEN ... Birthname: James E Scalise - Chicago, IL
"If I can't touch, move or connect to someone emotionally thru music, then I've failed."
Do you need some new Emotional Content
in that CD you're preparing to do?
Add CONTRAST with one of our original tunes.
(Most have Lyrics)
"Familiarity in music will never make history."
We do not play or sing
We need YOU!
Cy Green / Jim Miller Tunes
The Time Is Now Clifford's Chant (Clifford Brown)
Wentworth Park Portrait Of Dagney
My Joanne Ballad For Chris
The Music Of Love Tree Top Woman
Blues for Nasstaja (Nasha) It's a Wacko World
Sweet Miss Beyette Why Do I Feel This Way?
You Took Away The Rain When We Move In Our Dance
Things Ever Splendid Come Back Sweet Jesus
Cy Green Website
CLICK HERE: New Jazz Tunes
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E- Mail us if interested: jazzlist7@yahoo.com
Get a copy of their jazz instumentals: Mitch Marcus Plays The Music Of Jim Miller & Jim Scalise
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RIP Mark Abraham (1944 - 2009)
His Radio show came out of Rochester, NY
This guy could light the night for half the US
with his great sounds from 1969 to 1978.
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