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U-Discover Mag Lists The 50 Greatest Jazz Albums

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U-Discover magazine just issued their list of the 50 greatest jazz albums of all time. Well, everbody's got an opinion, and I don't totally agree with their list..but at least they've got a list. I checked their list and I own 15 of the albums on the list.

How many albums on the list do you own?

What albums do you feel are glaring omissions from the list?
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jazzcourier
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ART TATUM!
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onhwy61
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Any such list can be nit-picked to death. It's a good list for someone starting a jazz collection. It's real light on vocalists (no Ella, Billie Holiday or Nat Cole?) and it favors the post WW2 era while managing to ignore the past 40 years.
schubert
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Jazzcourier, I don't know much about Jazz but my first thought was how could you leave out Tatum and include Weather Report.
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mitch4t OP
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Schubert...I had to snicker and chuckle at that one myself.

Hey, someone had to make a list...and they had to start somewhere.
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martykl
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I'm at 41 of 50.

My biggest quibble with the list would be the omission of Duke Ellington's "Far East Suite". Admittedly, it's more a personal favorite than an acknowledged classic, but IMHO "FES" mixes adventurous arrangements with some truly beautiful music. It's my own quirk, but that record would definitely be high on my own top 50.
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