“I want to be a force for real good. In other words. I know that there are bad forces, forces that bring suffering to others and misery to the world, but I want to be the opposite force. I want to be the force which is truly for good.” – John Coltrane, who died at 40, 55 years this week.
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Discovered this very fine sax trio recording while searching on Qobuz for Billy Hart (more Billy Hart to follow shortly).
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Digging deep into the vinyl archives. The two Billy Hart recordings are available on CD but not on Tidal or Qobuz. The two Sonny fortune recordings are not available on CD and are not on Tidal or Qobuz.
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Despite the record reviews, Sonny Fortune is very underrated. Thanks for drawing this forum’s attention to a great player.
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Excellent suggestions in this thread - some real nuggets here!! Thanks everyone. Billy Hart may take some finding but will scour our local record store.
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Does jazz (or music for that matter) get any better than this? Monk live in 1963 and in his prime. Sublime!
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Not better, but still……. 
Number 47 out of RE 2nd pressing of 500. Outstanding sonics. On clear vinyl -
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New Irish Jazz
Qobuz: Lost Bees by Roamer
Tidal: Lost Bees by Roamer
Spotify: Lost Bees by Roamer
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Thanks for the recommendation. I will give them a careful listen.
I added “Lost Bees” to my Roon library via Qobuz and as usual for a new jazz release from either Tidal or Qobuz, while the recording is “identified” by Roon there is absolutely NO real or detailed metadata provided. This metadata nonsense needs to be addressed by the Roon Team since no meaningful and detailed metadata means no hyperlinks within Roon and a very poor Roon experience. To say that I am extremely disappointed is putting it very mildly.
One of the Vienna Art Orchestra’s best recordings. Available on the Q/T along with several other of their recordings, although not all of their recordings. If you are unfamiliar with this outstanding group I strongly suggest that you give them a listen. One of European jazz’s great organizations and, as is too often the case in jazz, much deserving of greater recognition.
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The great eBay vocal jazz sale yielded this early Elling masterpiece.
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Does anyone want to share some favorite Jazz albums… could be this year, could be just what is lighting you up recently! (Or consoling you if you are blue, as the case may be)
@RobOK Hi Rob,
You might to have a look this thread: Now Playing Some Jazz
Long thread with lots and lots of great recommendations. The thread even has it’s own Qobuz playlist.
Two from a favorite sub-genre, African Jazz.
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Yes I try that thread, it’s almost overwhelming!
I am a fairly light jazz listener, meaning more occasionally than every day. That thread is deep!
Thanks! That thread is meant to be deep. There are many threads and posts online about recommended jazz albums. A quick google search is all you need.
The top two albums would be:
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out
A no brainer since these are two best selling jazz albums of all time.
Perhaps some other community jazz lovers will fill the rest of the “usual” top ten jazz recommendations. Once you’ve listened to the top ten albums and want to dig deeper into jazz there’s always the Now Playing Some Jazz thread. 
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Great performance, and nicely recorded.
