What is the prettiest jazz album?

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Well, what is it?

― SourPatchCorpse, Sunday, 14 February 2010 01:54 (fifteen years ago)

http://www.jazz.com/assets/2008/1/1/albumcoverJohnZorn-NakedCity.jpg

― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Sunday, 14 February 2010 01:58 (fifteen years ago)

Note the sly wink to jazz in the picture URL.

― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Sunday, 14 February 2010 01:58 (fifteen years ago)

http://file.blog-ocha-jazz.diskunion.net/fc8d2d99.jpeg

― Lee Dorrian Gray (J0hn D.), Sunday, 14 February 2010 01:58 (fifteen years ago)

Ahhhh yes John, interestingly enough, that's what I was listening to earlier...which led me to create this thread. Gorgeous stuff. Oh, and I know you're a boxing fan- Pacquaio vs. Clottey/Mayweather vs. Mosley. Who ya got? Also, let the suggestions contine people.

― SourPatchCorpse, Sunday, 14 February 2010 02:08 (fifteen years ago)

http://www.jazz.com/assets/2008/1/3/albumcoverJohnColtrane-Ballads.jpg

― tylerw, Sunday, 14 February 2010 02:34 (fifteen years ago)

http://digilander.libero.it/nrascio/Covers60/Getz-Gilberto.jpg

― Mark, Sunday, 14 February 2010 02:45 (fifteen years ago)

http://www.theaudioeagle.com/fav_music/b_evans_waltz.jpg

― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 14 February 2010 03:44 (fifteen years ago)

I was tempted to put Bill Evans/Jim Hall Undercurrent up here, Evans can do "pretty" so well, but his records usually have a few driving numbers that go for something else. The Waltz for Debby LP is unreal though (guess I just have the 2xLP Vanguard set now).

― Mark, Sunday, 14 February 2010 04:00 (fifteen years ago)

Yeah, Waltz for Debby is amazing. I agree with what everyone has posted so far.

― SourPatchCorpse, Sunday, 14 February 2010 04:06 (fifteen years ago)

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VB6aPWBfeaY/SNdlW_LkmcI/AAAAAAAAARo/u9PXH3zM7QY/s400/tapa+Alone+Together.jpg

^^^ deeply underrated

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 14 February 2010 04:56 (fifteen years ago)

hell yeah, that record is nice

― tylerw, Sunday, 14 February 2010 05:00 (fifteen years ago)

i know some people don't dig the "jazz dude w/ strings" thing, but this one is pretty pretty
http://www.geocities.jp/shojazz/Jazz/Artist/CliffordBrown_WithStrings.jpg

― tylerw, Sunday, 14 February 2010 05:01 (fifteen years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000006P6U.01.LZZZZZZZ.gif

― tylerw, Sunday, 14 February 2010 05:02 (fifteen years ago)

Somethin' Else - Cannonball Adderley. Just throwing it out there.

― MFB, Sunday, 14 February 2010 06:49 (fifteen years ago)

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51GeQf%2B9eNL._SS500_.jpg

― abanana, Sunday, 14 February 2010 08:20 (fifteen years ago)

http://www.biocrawler.com/w/images/b/b1/Yusef_Lateef_Album_Eastern_Sounds.jpg

― Moka, Sunday, 14 February 2010 08:38 (fifteen years ago)

But have to agree with everyone upthread, the correct answer is Waltz for Debby

― Moka, Sunday, 14 February 2010 08:42 (fifteen years ago)

http://www.deluxe-services.de/images/waltz_for_koop.jpg

― nicky lo-fi, Wednesday, 17 February 2010 05:30 (fifteen years ago)

Koop album is easily in my top 100 all-time.

― nicky lo-fi, Wednesday, 17 February 2010 05:33 (fifteen years ago)

http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/6506/saxophoneucnoktauq6.jpg

― pithfork (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 17 February 2010 05:46 (fifteen years ago)

UH OH

― united arab amirites (samosa gibreel), Wednesday, 17 February 2010 05:49 (fifteen years ago)

now THAT'S a pretty jazz album

― pithfork (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 17 February 2010 05:54 (fifteen years ago)

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41JG2GZER4L._SL500_AA240_.jpg

^ his all-flute album. it's not like 'one ton' -- it stays laid back all the way through

― Milton Parker, Wednesday, 17 February 2010 06:39 (fifteen years ago)

http://www.jazz.com/assets/2009/7/16/stoneflower.jpg

― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 17 February 2010 06:46 (fifteen years ago)

oh man this thread is just what i needed right now

― werewolf bar mitzvah of the xx (gbx), Wednesday, 17 February 2010 06:47 (fifteen years ago)

http://www.medeasy.de/me2010/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/jarrett_koeln_500.jpg

― anagram, Wednesday, 17 February 2010 07:28 (fifteen years ago)

http://www.jazz.com/assets/2008/1/1/albumcoverJimmyGiuffre3-1961-ECM.jpg

― if I don't see more dissent, I'm going to have to check myself in (Matos W.K.), Wednesday, 17 February 2010 07:35 (fifteen years ago)

some lovely stuff on here

http://i.walmart.com/i/p/00/08/28/39/49/0008283949152_500X500.jpg

― do you want to be happier? (whatever), Wednesday, 17 February 2010 08:45 (fifteen years ago)

http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/9734/922002to4.jpg

― sam500, Wednesday, 17 February 2010 10:24 (fifteen years ago)

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41E3TTDHE2L._SL500_AA240_.jpg

― pobrecito (outdoor_miner), Wednesday, 17 February 2010 16:05 (fifteen years ago)

Probably get flamed for this, certainly not a Bill Evans-type classic, but I truly love this record:

http://www.poplife.info/Bilder/254274.JPG

― Agonizing over tight harmonies and solid grooves (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 17 February 2010 16:28 (fifteen years ago)

hehe I was zoning out to Klemmer's Touch last night

http://i637.photobucket.com/albums/uu92/damien_stone/cbc-covertiny.jpg

― Fahrvergnügent (herb albert), Wednesday, 17 February 2010 16:35 (fifteen years ago)

http://indianapublicmedia.org/nightlights/wp-content/blogs.dir/4/files/HLIC/c1c76b46ff7eddc2df0406835a6f3b4e.jpg

― Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 17 February 2010 16:38 (fifteen years ago)

^^^

― rinse the lemonade (Jordan), Wednesday, 17 February 2010 17:28 (fifteen years ago)

i know, might as well lock thread after that one

― pobrecito (outdoor_miner), Wednesday, 17 February 2010 17:48 (fifteen years ago)

Coltrane/Hartman is untouchable, but the Coltrane Ballads cited upthread is even mightier.

― Brad C., Wednesday, 17 February 2010 18:01 (fifteen years ago)

milt jackson - sunflower
is pretty

― guammls (QE II), Wednesday, 17 February 2010 19:25 (fifteen years ago)

I don't think you can go wrong with any of the Paul Desmond albums with Jim Hall (with the exception of Desmond Blue, which featured an overblown orchestra). But anything with Desmond in a quartet is gold. One of his best is one of his very last, 1975's Pure Desmond, which featured regular collaborators Ron Carter and Connie Kay and the very Jim Hall-esque guitarist Ed Bickert. It was really a summation of Desmond's strengths.

― Evan R, Wednesday, 17 February 2010 19:38 (fifteen years ago)

http://www.jazz.com/assets/2008/9/13/albumcoverHerbieHancock-Mwandishi.jpg
http://www.webalice.it/oscar.bianco/md/images/silent.jpg
love these for slightly more modern-pretty?

― 69, Wednesday, 17 February 2010 20:18 (fifteen years ago)

yeah, in a silent way is one of the greatest albums ever.

― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 17 February 2010 20:21 (fifteen years ago)

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