Essential Jazz Classics for Your Vinyl Collection | Talking About Records 

This is what I like about G.I., he owns a record shop, obviously well versed with music, but not pretentious. Humbly admitting he is a novice when it comes to jazz music just show's us that he is a legit avid music lover. Kudos man!

Kenny is the man! My favorite jazz musician

Another great video man! If you like Headhunters - check out Eddie Henderson - Sunburst, Heritage, Inside Out - its the headhunters band (Paul Jackson, Mike Clark, Bennie Maupin, Bill Summers) without Herbie but Eddie Henderson in his place. Also, Headhunters with Herbie - Thrust, Manchild, and FLOOD (live in Japan 1975). If you like Kenny Burrell - anything with Grant Green on it you will love. Lou Donaldson has some amazing later stuff (late 60's early 70's) with Idris Muhammad, Leon Spencer, Rusty Bryant, Melvin Sparks and they have a bunch of albums on Prestige (some re issued on VMP) that are amazingly funky and groovy. Mr Sing A Ling, and Alligator Boogaloo have been re issued from Blue Note - but that group pops up all over the place look out for them.

Some great suggestions! I'm also a huge fan of Grant Green. If you want to hear acoustic jazz guitar check out Joe Pass. He did four albums called Virtuoso (Volumes I-IV) and those are a great place to start. On piano I have to mention fellow Canadian Oscar Peterson. I also love the early Herbie Hancock records, anywhere from his debut up to Speak Like a Child. His record Inventions and Dimensions has two latin percussionists, and that adds a wonderful dimension to the music.

enjoyed this video, thought maybe you can make a video on how your protect your records, there are a ton of inner / outer sleeve versions, would be interested in seeing your process. just a thought

If you are totally new to jazz, start with Sun Ship by John Coltrane. After you recovered from your nervous breakdown, there will be more jazz for me left. 😈

Check out Thelonious Monk's records. Dude was a genius.

Miles Davis's tribute to jack Johnson is a good LP for a rock listener crossover album as well as Herbie Mann's Push Push featuring Duane Allman. Another good one is Getz Gilberto, Astrud Gilberto's voice cuts through your system so smooth.

I’m in the very early stages of getting into jazz. This is a great help. Thanks!

Great video, just getting into vinyl and know just a little about jazz. Blues is another genre I’ve been exploring and like jazz has a lot of history and sub genres, cheers!

I generally listen to Death / Black Metal and Hip Hop. But recently delved into Jazz. I'm aware of Dave Brubeck Quartet, Miles Davis and John Coltrane. Thanks mate for introducing to more Jazz artist

Blossom Dearie, awesome female jazz vocalist and pianist, Bill Evans trio are also good and I also like jazz drummer Art Blakey. Like you I’ve just started to

Thank you for sharing your favs, G.I. I've barely touched on jazz, but I will check these out! I have the obvious three, but I'll listen to the others as well.

Very interesting. Jazz is something I'm not necessarily sure about but would like to check out. I just don't know how to classify some jazz. I mentioned a friend giving me about 400 LPs back in April that I've been going through. A lot of them are classified as jazz fusion, electric jazz, jazz piano, jazz this, and jazz that. So the stuff like Coltrane or the other names I hear a lot, I don't think I've heard it yet. And a lot of the stuff that was in my friend's collection from the late '60s through the early '80s (when he collected it) is very time-consuming going through it and not exactly what I was hoping it might be.

In 2014 I stumbled into a subscription that Music Direct sold me on and I'm glad they did. I was just getting more deep into jazz though I was in jazz band in high school so I knew a lot of the names. The subscription was Music Matters Blue Note Jazz Series and it was kinda one of those "12 of the best Blue Note albums you have to have" deals sent to you every other month. I'm listening to Somethin' Else from that series now after watching your video.

G. I. wow!!! All great picks!❤ Like you I grew up as a Rock guy. I was into all Led Zeppelin, Bad Company, The Who, Stones, Beatles, etc. Got heavy into jazz around 2006. May I suggest Oliver Nelson- “Blues And The Abstract Truth” This has the same vibe as “Kind Of Blue” and “Somethin’ Else.” Very smooth with a lot of space. Awesome video!!!

I live in NOLA and the only record I don’t have is the Preservation Hall

I recommend “The Phantom” by Duke Pearson on Blue Note. You’ll love it. Also, Sonny Rollins “Saxophone Colossus” or “Way Out West”

Can you do a blues one. Great video 🤟

If you like Headhunters you’ll like Sextant.