Here is a little consolation prize for my much procrastination, a little jazz blog that has yet to materialize. This list is a romanticized history of post bebop jazz, tracking relationships between commercial recording and jazz internal drive, the birth of bebop and all subsequent forms. After the collapse of swing and large dance hall venue, Jazz became small group effort, something that was more suitable form for exploration anyway, riding on then the beginning of modern commercial recording enterprise. All of Miles Davis pre-fusion classic albums comes from this era. E.S.P. for eg. (w/ Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter. 1965) was a masterpiece, his second resurgance of cool jazz form with his famous modal composition. It was the height of modern jazz. Another giant was Jimmy Smith who single handedly created the sound for hammond and all subsequent hammond jazz, practically put Blue Note Records on the map next to then giant such as Columbia and RCA records. By late 60′s commercial jazz tried to incorporate pop soul, a much more limited form of music but in high demand. Around this time we see a lot of famous movie and show soundtrack. In the 70′s with the rise of rock and electric guitar, jazz turned fusion. This is despite electric guitar limitation in early model and simply didn’t fit well with jazz program and its huge dynamic range. Shortly after that, Jazz exploded beyond general public interest into all sort of abstract exploration and ceased to become the dominant force in popular recording.

This list comes with all my favorite musicians.

“Mood”

01. Jimmy Smith – Burning Spear (web)
(Livin it up, 1968)
02. Joe Henderson – Canyon Lady (web)
(Canyon Lady, 1973)
03. David “Fathead” Newman – 13th Floor
(Bigger & Better, 1968)
04. Jimmy Smith – I Got A Woman (web)
(Home Cookin’, 1959)
05. Miles Davis – Mood (web)
(E.S.P, 1965)
06. Andrew Hill – Siete Ocho (web)
(Judgment!, 1964)
07. Gabor Szabo – Stormy (web)
(Belsta River, 1978)

Note: The last rack rip is imperfect.

see also: wiki
image : Arriving at the horizon, Vidiot