More help please

[susan_k]

I have aquired 6 CD's, and I like them all.
I Have
Miles' Birth of the Cool
Miles' Kind of Blue
Brubeck's Time Out
Adderley's Somethin' Else
Silver's Song for MY Father
Gordon's Go

How about something with Guitar and Organ? Any good suggestions?

[sal]

I give my highest possible recommendation to the album "Unity" by Larry Young, a B-3 organ player. Its one of the best albums in my collection, and it has great playing by Elvin Jones on drums, Woody Shaw on trumpet, and Joe Henderson on tenor sax. Its availiable in a great sounding Blue Note RVG edition, and is availiable for $11.99 or cheaper. I would highly advise you to pick this one up. I don't know anybody who has this album and doesn't love it.

Good luck building your collection!

[vibes]

Originally posted by susan_k


How about something with Guitar and Organ? Any good suggestions?


Lou Donaldson - The Natural Soul, Good Gracious
Grant Green - Street of Dreams
John Patton - Let 'em Roll, Along Came John
Kenny Burrell/Jimmy Smith - Blue Bash
Jimmy Smith - Back at the Chicken Shack, Midnight Special


You can't go wrong with any of these!

[Muskrat Ramble]

For guitar, Grant Green's classic Idle Moments (Blue Note RVG). The title track alone is worth the price--a wonderfully dreamy, hypnotic, extended piece. The album features some great musicians along with Green, like Joe Henderson on tenor sax and Bobby Hutcherson on vibes.

For organ and guitar together, check out Jimmy Smith's House Party (Blue Note RVG), with Smith (one of the masters) on organ and Kenny Burrell (another master) on guitar, along with a host of other top players. Features some extended jams on classic Charlie Parker tunes.

For organ (well, Fender Rhodes electric piano), try Dave Douglas' The Infinite (Bluebird/RCA Victor/BMG), released last year. The album is a sort of tribute to Miles Davis, and Douglas is a major modern trumpeter. Features Uri Caine on the keyboard and some really interesting drumming by Clarence Penn. The first track alone, a cover of Rufus Waingwright's Poses, makes the album worth buying. It's an unforgettable, romantic ballad. Just stunning.

[lazy bird]

It's not really a 'guitar-organ' cd, but it features guitar and organ.

John Abercrombie / Open land / ECM

http://www.hollowear.com/reviews/abercrombie.html

[lazy bird]

Originally posted by Muskrat Ramble
For guitar, Grant Green's classic Idle Moments (Blue Note RVG). The title track alone is worth the price--a wonderfully dreamy, hypnotic, extended piece. The album features some great musicians along with Green, like Joe Henderson on tenor sax and Bobby Hutcherson on vibes.



I cannot but agree. Idle moments is the best Grant Green album I've ever heard. Moreover, it's from his early and best period. His later work doesn't match the quality of 'idle moments'.

[king ubu]

Yes, Idle Moments! Together with Born To Be Blue and Street of Dreams (with Larry Young on organ) the best Grant Green album!

If you dig Miles, and I think he's a very good starting point to get into jazz and quite some of jazz' different styles and eras, one of my first heroes when I started with jazz, too, anyway, if you dig Miles I would also go for (some of) the following:
- Milestones (similar band to Kind of Blue, not regarded as much, but not far behind)
- Miles Smiles (for some freer stuff, his second quintet with Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter & Tony Williams)
- In A Silent Way (Miles on his way to the electric)
- Bitches Brew (one of the best "fusion" records of all time, though it's a lot more than just "fusion"...)
- and if you're in for some Bebop, try something Miles did in the forties with Charlie Parker (there's some nice recent issues on Savoy, the best would be to get something like the complete Savoy & Dial Master takes as a starter)

this, of course is only a tiny little bit of Miles' great discography, but some of my (and I guess not only my) favorites.

ubu

[Gerry]

I've always kinda liked Wes Montgomery's "A Dynamic New Sound," it might be more of an historical study than anything else, but I've always liked it.