o10, possibly I didn’t make myself clear in asking for others to post favorite alternatives to the commonly recommended albums. "I’m kind of slow in the head about precisely where you’re coming from, but I’ll try. "Moods" by The Three Sounds is the album I’m going to pick". Nothing against The Three Sounds but they were not my idea of sufficient popularity to make jazz recommendation lists.
If this helps what I had in mind were starters for other albums besides "Take Five", such as your Messengers’ "Moanin’", Evans’ "Waltz For Debbie", Coltrane’s "A Love Supreme" or "Blue Train", Rollins' "Saxophone Colossus", Cannonball's "Somethin' Else", Silver’s "Song For My Father" and so on. "KOB" may not be a good example since I doubt there is a better introduction to Miles, still, others may feel differently.
My idea was for aficionados to list albums they believe offer as much if not more musical reward than the war horses in common recommendation lists. I thought that might have interest for both us long time listeners as well as any jazz "newbies".
If this helps what I had in mind were starters for other albums besides "Take Five", such as your Messengers’ "Moanin’", Evans’ "Waltz For Debbie", Coltrane’s "A Love Supreme" or "Blue Train", Rollins' "Saxophone Colossus", Cannonball's "Somethin' Else", Silver’s "Song For My Father" and so on. "KOB" may not be a good example since I doubt there is a better introduction to Miles, still, others may feel differently.
My idea was for aficionados to list albums they believe offer as much if not more musical reward than the war horses in common recommendation lists. I thought that might have interest for both us long time listeners as well as any jazz "newbies".
