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My favourite sunday morning jazz albums
Kind Of BlueKind Of Blue by Miles Davis
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What can I say?
A Love Supreme [Deluxe Edition]A Love Supreme [Deluxe Edition] by John Coltrane
Buy new: £16.38 / Used from: £10.00
Loud and raucous beginnings of spiritual jazz.
Lady in SatinLady in Satin by Billie Holiday
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At the very end of her career and unsurpassed.
Pure EllaPure Ella by Ella Fitzgerald
Buy new: £8.79 / Used from: £9.67
Anything by Ella is worth hearing, this is exquisite.
The Complete Atomic BasieThe Complete Atomic Basie by Count Basie Orchestra
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £3.84
Play it loud.
At the Village VanguardAt the Village Vanguard by Bill Evans
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Perfect
The Cape Verdean BluesThe Cape Verdean Blues by Horace Silver Quintet with J.J. Johnson
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Funky funky funky
The Koln Concert: 24 January 1975The Koln Concert: 24 January 1975 by Keith Jarrett
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Endlessly inventive solo piano
Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben WebsterColeman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster by Coleman Hawkins
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Two of the greatest swing tenors sparring effortlessly
Journey to the OneJourney to the One by Pharoah Sanders
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This is probably my favourite ever. Modern spiritual jazz
Breezin'Breezin' by George Benson
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Sweet and funky
Heavy WeatherHeavy Weather by Weather Report
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Masterpiece of seventies jazz rock
Belly of the SunBelly of the Sun by Cassandra Wilson
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'I need to feel some rich black soil that's moist between my toes'
Double RainbowDouble Rainbow by Joe Henderson
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'DOUBLE RAINBOW is choice from start to finish'
BlacknussBlacknuss by Rahsaan Roland Kirk
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Sixties soul hits reinvented by crazed genius Kirk
Carmen Sings MonkCarmen Sings Monk by Carmen McRae
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Who would have though that such brilliant songs could come from such strange tunes.
Steal AwaySteal Away by Charlie Haden
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They could be in your living room...
At LastAt Last by Lou Rawls
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One of the greatest male singers ever in collaboration with jazz legends.
DreamsvilleDreamsville by Stacey Kent
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Subtle and beautiful contemporary swing
Dinah JamsDinah Jams by Dinah Washington
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Intimate and raucous at the same time. Dinah could sing anything.
SugarSugar by Stanley Turrentine
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RnB tenor giant gets funky with all star cast
Complete RecordingsComplete Recordings by Helen Merrill
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Sublime ballads and trumpet solos
La CunaLa Cuna by Ray Barretto
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Latin funk - perpetual motion
Twelve MoonsTwelve Moons by Jan Garbarek
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A different spirituality (with ice queens and trolls)
TimepeaceTimepeace by Terry Callier
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Sends shivers down your spine. Hauntingly beautiful