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1. Combustication

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2. Kind Of Blue

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3. Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall

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4. Volume 1 - How To Play Jazz & Improvise

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6. Bitches Brew

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9. Mingus Ah Um

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10. Everybody Wants to Be a Cat: Disney Jazz, Vol 1

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11. Miles Electric - A Different Kind of Blue

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12. Blowout Comb

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14. A Love Supreme [Vinyl]

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15. Reachin'

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16. Duke Ellington Three Suites

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17. Chop Builder, Frank Gambale

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18. Some Other Time: The Lost Session from The Black Forest [2 CD]

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20. Feels So Good

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u/TectonicSaxophonic · 1 pointr/Jazz

Have you ever listened to the Jazz Violin Summit featuring Jean-Luc Ponty and Stephan Grappelli? If you are interested in hearing a founding father of gypsy jazz (Grappelli of the Hot Club) collaborate in a fusion setting, I highly recommend those works. Specifically this record.

Another fusion artist of similar era is Al Di Meola and his record Land of the Midnight Sun. His guitar work was unconventional at the time, using solid body guitar (les paul) with overdrive playing rock phrases inspired by distinctly South-American styles of guitar. A real treat. This record also features Jaco Pastorious on bass guitar.

It would be impossible for me to navigate through a fusion conversation without mentioning Chuck Mangione, but I'll cut straight to the point and say "Feels So Good is the record you've probably heard, but Fun and Games is the one that fusion cats acknowledge". This is probably due to the stellar bassline of "Give it All You Got" (theme of the 1980 Winter Olympics)

Moving into 80's/90's fusion, I have to recommend The Brecker Brothers' "Heavy Metal Be-Bop". It contains some notable tracks like "Some Skunk Funk" and "East River".

Maynard Furgeson's M.F. Horn 3 is a masterclass in ascendancy in brass ensemble composition and unrivaled experimental expression.

Some stuff from the recent era I have been digging is Trioscapes' "Separate Realities". This is a sick trio featuring the bassist of Between the Buried and Me. " Trioscapes started in the summer of 2011 when Dan Briggs contacted Walter Fancourt and Matt Lynch about working up a rendition of the Mahavishnu Orchestra classic Celestial Terrestrial Commuters and messing around with a few original ideas with the intent of playing a one-off s how. After rehearsing the material and playing the show through the group decided the music was so demanding and fun to perform that there should be more of a future for it. A few more songs were written near the end of the summer and a full length album recorded the first week of October with Jamie King in Winston-Salem, NC. " My band got to open for them in Arkansas a few years back, was such a great time.

Nearly anything by Louis Cole. More specifically, the album "Life" by his duo, Knower, is absolute gold and has inspired me to reach new levels in my own work. Absolutely answering with confidence the modern question of "what is jazz right now?"

Shameless band plug: If you're into heavier fusion, check out Becoming Elephants' "Volume 1". Instrumental fusion with extended range guitars and saxophone features.

I hope you enjoy any of these records you get a chance to listen to!

u/xLudo · 2 pointsr/gaybros

Half way through this video there is some great help on fills.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlcVoXV13kE&feature=plcp

As for beats there are too many to mention but I thoroughly recommend Mr. Greb's dvd, sacks of knowledge on how to go about creating, implementing and controlling all the different patterns oot there.

http://www.amazon.com/Benny-Greb-The-Language-Drumming/dp/B001NX6H96

I practice my left foot exactly as I practice the right, try playing a pattern with your right foot for a bar then playing the same pattern on the left for a bar, alternating hands between hats and ride. And yes, always start slowly and gradually get faster. This will help build the dexterity in your left foot and make it not feel like there is a brick tied to it! Happy drumming my friend :)

u/duffman82991 · 2 pointsr/Trombone

As other people are saying, listening a lot is obviously really important. But here is a fantastic tool to help you in a slightly more concrete way:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002J6I8M/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

This was the book of choice by my jazz professor, who I studied improv with. The most important part about the book is in the middle, where there are a series of increasingly complex chord progressions. It starts with 12 bar blues, and evolves into full charts. And it comes with a CD, which has drums and bass playing those changes. To me, this was the perfect way to practice improvising. Just spend an hour a day playing along with the changes, and you get rapidly better.

The rest of the book is full of common improv vocabulary, with exercises, scales, licks, etc. Study these a bit to get some of the important vocabulary under your belt. But the most important thing is just to listen to solos you like, use them as inspiration, and then practice playing to the changes. Good luck.

u/rtreynor · 1 pointr/disney

I've been partial to this "Disney Jazz" compilation - "Everybody Wants to be a Cat" (http://www.amazon.com/Everybody-Wants-Be-Cat-Disney/dp/B0045CBKN0)
Top jazz performers reinvent Disney classics. Most are quite good. The music never falls into that vast wasteland known as "smooth jazz" - instead, it stays firmly rooted in true jazz. Good stuff.

Louis Armstrong's "Disney Songs the Sachmo Way" is another fun compilation of tunes. This time done only as Sachmo could do them. His version of "Bibbidi Bobbidy Boo" is my kids' favorite. (http://www.amazon.com/Disney-Songs-The-Satchmo-Way/dp/B0013JZJ2Q)

Dave Brubeck also swung Disney songs in a jazzy way. His "Dave Digs Disney" is a classic jazz album, and fun for the Disney fan. (http://www.amazon.com/Dave-Digs-Disney/dp/B0018PZ80I)

There's also the Sherman & Sherman Songbook, which is quite a treasure. (http://www.amazon.com/Sherman-Brothers-Songbook-digital-booklet/dp/B0039F4P18) It features stuff from the Mickey Mouse Club, many original Magic Kingdom rides (Small World, Tiki Room) and a ton of other great stuff. It's a must-have for any Disney aficionado.

u/judgebeholden · 1 pointr/Jazz

I've built up a nice little jazz collection over the past few years and I really love slow, introspective piano stuff. Andrew Hill's Hommage is a great solo album, as is Mingus Plays Piano. Dave Brubeck's Jazz Impressions of Japan has a nice balance of fast/slow jazz and Thelonius by Himself is contemplative and cool. For a something a little different try Walt Dickerson's Impressions of a Patch of Blue or Sun Ra's The Night of the Purple Moon. Fun, funky stuff.

Something faster paced? Bitches Brew by Miles Davis or The Cry by Prince Lasha are two of my best purchases.

u/3sides2everyStory · 10 pointsr/Guitar

Older dude here (52) - I've been playing since I was 12 and gigging since about 18. I've played in countless bands over the years and sometimes not. What you've described seems normal to me. The Muse comes and goes. I'll go through a couple years of obsession and then loose all motivation to play for months at a time. Typically what happens is I get a string of gigs or someone will ask me to do a recording project and I need to "get my hands back." It forces me to get it together and before I know it I'm obsessed again.

I've found that if I need to get my hands back in shape after a period of weeks or months - sometimes many months - I use the Frank Gambale Chopbuilder DVD. The production is loaded with 80's cheese. And the exercises are not harmonically complex. But it's an incredibly useful workout. About an hour long and it's modeled like an exercise class, you just play along. It's a "workout video." Getting the exercises down and memorized took a bit of work. That was a fun challenge unto itself. But once I got them under my hands I could play along from beginning to end. Now I pull it out once or twice a year. Whenever I need to get my chops back up. It's a well rounded routine that builds strength and dexterity in a hurry. I play along once a day for 4 or 5 days and I'm good to go. Highly recommended.

http://www.amazon.com/Chop-Builder-Frank-Gambale/dp/B00007CWI9

u/donkeytime · 3 pointsr/Marijuana
u/TheWayoftheFuture · 1 pointr/AskReddit

I can't narrow down the songs and movies to 5 but I think I can take a stab at the albums. The links go to Amazon. In no particular order...

  1. Kind of Blue by Miles Davis - It works in every situation. It makes me feel like I am out in nature. Just that feeling of being able to breath deeply and you think, "this is where I am supposed to be."

  2. Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd - It's so timeless. If this album came out today it would be hailed as innovative and fresh.

  3. In On The Kill Taker by Fugazi - The energy. The passion. The emotion. When I need to get pumped up, this album does it for me. I can hear the first notes of Facet Squared just typing this.

  4. A Fistful of Film Music by Ennio Morricone - My favorite film composer. This anthology is awesome from top to bottom and I could listen to it all day.

  5. Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan - I was introduced to Bob Dylan way later than I wish I was so I feel like I am making up for lost time when I listen to him. No one makes nonsensical lyrics make so much sense like Dylan.

    I could survive on a desert island with these 5 albums and never want for music. I might want a power supply though.
u/[deleted] · 1 pointr/Jazz

Blues In Orbit is another Ellington band album that's great and completely different. The Far East suite is also very cool..

"Monk on Monk" by T.S. Monk is pretty great too, one of the best big band albums to come out in the last 10 years.

You'll find that it's hard to find stuff like TANK! that's not too shrill or repetitive. These recommendations will have a different color but you'll really enjoy them if you give them a chance.

Oh, and a more specific extrapolation on someone's recommendation below:
Mingus Ah Um, a smaller ensemble than the Seatbelts but no less kick-ass.

And for raw kick-ass you gotta check out Free For All by Art Blakey and co.

Oh shoot and don't forget this Oliver Nelson classic, "Blues and the Abstract Truth". <3 Hoe Down's bridge. Pretty cool ensemble writing!

Ok, I'll stop now. It's notable that all the guys I mentioned have 5-50 more albums which sound completely different, and each song on each album is very different! Imagine, music before pop...

u/raddit-bot · 1 pointr/listentothis

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u/Casting_Aspersions · 1 pointr/Music

If you don't have much of a jazz collection yet, this is a GREAT place to start. The enclosed liner notes are wonderful and the compilation represents a fairly diverse range of the genre:
http://www.amazon.com/Jazz-Smithsonian-Anthology-Various-Artists/dp/B004GFGUBS

I know it is pushing $100, but this is probably the best place to start if you are starting from scratch.

Additionally, this question (and similar permutations) has been asked on this (and other) sub-reddits so you might get some good inspiration from a search.

u/JCougar · 1 pointr/Jazz

It's neither sax, nor slower piano, but Medeski Martin & Wood definitely produce some great contemporary albums. Try Combustication. I believe it is on Spotify.

EDIT: I'm also a huge fan of the CTI/Kudu recordings from Gabor Szabo, Idris Muhammad, Stanley Turrentine, etc. If you listen to hip hop at all, digging through CTI you'll soon find where they farmed tons of samples.

u/neptunusequester · 2 pointsr/opiates

Trane, has been with me since early days of my life, Love Supreme, Crescent (Wise one), Blue Train (I'm old fashioned).... eh a lot of favorite material. For what its worth, Trane was the one got me into the dope and prob saved me from going full retard.

Than, I have to mention Miles, cuz fuck why not? For Miles its really weird, I used to hate Kind of Blue and it wasn't really my favorite work by Miles, for me for the most of my Miles life Sketches of Spain was #1, but then something clicked and I can't deny the OPness of Kind of Blue anymore, eh other than that I like all Gil Evans albums (and Gil himself, Out of the Cool, Priestess) and later fusion stuff, if you dig it go for this DVD.

Then, I dig King Curtis, Billy Harper, Stitt, Jamal and co, Mingus... eh idk, plenty of artists.

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u/vinylsage · 2 pointsr/Jazz

I think what your advisor is referring to is this 22 minute work in progress on Monk's composition Round Midnight from the album Thelonious Himself.

For a gift, Amazon would be your best bet, but if your advisor knows about this Monk recording, he very well may have it already. One album sure to please is pianist Bill Evans' Some Other Time actually just released this past week.

u/sarcastic_patriot · 1 pointr/drums

First, if you’re really serious, get a teacher.


If you aren’t interested in that route, there are a ton of good books out there. Don’t just learn off of YouTube.

Tommy Igoe Groove Essentials is a fucking amazing book. It covers all styles of music (rock, salsa, jazz, merengue, etc.) and has a DVD and CD. He shows the groove and then plays it along with music, which you can play along with with the CD. It is a seriously helpful book that any drummer should have.

I would also get a military snare recital book. It will teach you everything you need to know about rudiments, complex sticking, precision and such.

Lastly, play along with AC/DC. Yes, most songs are four-on-the-floor, but your timing will be spot on if you can master them.

Have fun with it!

u/damien6 · 3 pointsr/Music

Yeah, I have a lot of their albums... Even their children's cd.

It's good stuff, but I have to be in the right mood. When I am in the mood, there's none better. I would have to say Combustication is my favorite album (partly because of DJ Logic's work). End of the World Party: Just In Case and Uninvisible are close behind that.

http://www.amazon.com/Combustication-Medeski-Martin-Wood/dp/B00000AFSZ

I have the first Radiolarians album. I thought it was really good.

u/Donbot · 1 pointr/AskReddit

Duke Ellington - Three Suites. Not strictly Christmas, but it's got a great jazz take on the Nutcracker Suite to start off with. Plus, the rest is Duke Ellington, which is great.

u/SnewoHO · 2 pointsr/drums

It may not be ideal, but Igoe covers tons of styles and you'll be able to play with them on a CD. It's a good to know how to play a version of different styles. There are a couple of different versions. I used this book to expand my styles for a Berklee audition and it helped a lot. Here's a link...

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00064YTKM/ref=redir_mdp_mobile

u/rightc0ast · 1 pointr/baseball

That's pretty good, and brings back some memories ... but the first time you play the samples here is going to be pretty high up on the Mclaughometer:

http://www.amazon.com/McCarver-Sings-Selections-American-Songbook/dp/B002OJGGH6

u/sneddo_trainer · 4 pointsr/vinyl

Artist: Miles Davis

Album: Isle of Wight Concert

Date: August 29, 1970

Ok, I cheated slightly for mine since this material was only bootlegged for a long time, but I didn't want to do Bitches Brew as it's been done everywhere else. If you haven't heard that, get on it. This shorter statement might work as a gateway, especially since there is video so you can see where the sounds come from.

This set captures Miles' band at the Isle of Wight Music Festival, 1970, which featured a long list of incredible rock artists (Miles played between Tiny Tim and Ten Years After). He expanded his band for this show to include Keith Jarrett and Airto, adding to his usual touring band of Dave Holland, Jack DeJohnette, Chick Corea and Gary Bartz (who had replaced Wayne Shorter). This results in a live show more in kind with the studio album Bitches Brew than other shows at the time, thanks to the frantic percussion and the dual keyboards. The set-list is still typical of early electric miles, with possibly the best released live versions of Bitches Brew and Spanish Key, mostly thanks to the demonstration of pure power provided by Holland and DeJohnette, the former giving a ridiculous performance throughout. Bartz and Miles blowing through the head of Directions makes the initial statement of intent, and the intensity never drops over the following 35 minutes. If it's possible, this set is even further out there than the studio album, with a more menacing, dark edge. Sure there are longer 'official bootleg'-type shows (this one is ~35 min) and some with notable performances of pieces from this set or performances of pieces not played here (e.g. Masqualero, Miles Runs the Voodoo Down), but for me this really captures everything incredible about live Miles from this period, before Holland was replaced and the guitars appeared.

The set has been released in a few places, MoV put it out with other material from the previous year, there's a Vinyl Passion version (which is the copy I own) and it was also filmed, and released on DVD as Miles Electric. The complete footage is on youtube.

tl;dr - Jazz band makes incredible music at giant rock festival.

u/whirlyboy · 2 pointsr/Jazz

Mingus Ah Um has always been one of my favorites. Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane is a good album too. If you are looking for some amazing vocals check out some Nina Simone.

u/chemistry_teacher · 0 pointsr/AskReddit

Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall

This audio CD is notable for many reasons:

  1. It represents a style at its height (1957).

  2. It contains two of the world's greatest jazz artists, during the very short time they worked together (less than a year).

  3. It documents Coltrane's style at a time when it really began to take flight.

  4. The recording was discovered at the Library of Congress in 2005, so it's "new".

  5. It was recorded live, and extraordinarily well for its day, at Carnegie Hall.

    Edit: it's also nice for getting your groove on with the ladies.
u/lem0nster · 1 pointr/Disneyland

As a side note though, there are more songs that play in Carthay than are on the CD. If you enjoy the Circle Sessions, you may also enjoy this: Everybody Wants To Be a Cat

u/columbiatch · 3 pointsr/videos

This is a pretty good overview of the genre. Jazz is a very diverse genre and this will give you a taste of everything throughout its history.

edit: this has little to none avant garde/free jazz, though that might make it easier to digest for new listeners.

u/djfrodo · 6 pointsr/AskReddit

There are a lot out there. Tribe and De La Soul are obvious...after that I'd say Steinski, Coldcut, or Jurassic 5.

As for specifics,

Steinski - What Does It All Mean?

Steinski - Nothing to Fear

Coldcut - Journeys by Dj

Jurassic 5 - Quality Control

Jurassic 5 - Jurassic 5 EP

And finally, one of the best uses of jazz and hip-hop:

Digable Planets - Blowout Comb

Definitely check What Does it all Mean? and Journey by Djs, they will change the way you think about Hip-Hop and pop music in general.

u/ShitRandyHates · 3 pointsr/drums

Love this guy- never heard of him until I picked up his DVD on a whim one day. Fucking BLOWN away by how good he is.

u/FunkyTimbo · 1 pointr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

Miles Davis! I've always loved Jazz, it always gets me in a better mood. "Music is always a commentary on society."

u/meltphaced · 1 pointr/listentothis

Hehe, I'm just busting your balls, dude. I actually didn't start with the early classics either. Made my way from 70s prog rock to fusion jazz to contemporary jazz and then made my way back.

Anyway, look into the concert at the Carnegie Hall Monk did with Coltrane. That should be a good intro. Underground is also a great album.

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u/A_Smack_of_Ham · 3 pointsr/Cardinals

Since we're spending time talking about Tim, I'd like to once again remind you all about this 100% genuine, for real, non-ironic album he made where he "Sings Selections of the Great American Songbook."

Read the reviews.

u/Archare · 2 pointsr/IWantToLearn

A good book recommended to me by a jazz trumpeter: How to play jazz and improvise.

u/elephantengineer · 4 pointsr/Jazz

if you're already into duke, thelonious monk plays duke ellington might work for you. that being said...

i can't think of any bad monk albums, but he's at his best when he gets to stretch out on longer solos, building rhythm patterns, echoing and deconstructing melodies, etc. he often re-worked the same compositions at different points in his career, so for a lot of tunes there's not a canonical this-is-the-official-version "best" recording. you might try this imho stellar recently-discovered live recording at carnegie hall with john coltrane.

u/DarthContinent · 4 pointsr/AskReddit

I really enjoy me some Miles Davis, I like to drive by his "Spanish Key".

u/Fermorian · 2 pointsr/hiphopheads

Right on. In a much more modern/hip-hop influnced vein, Japanese trumpeter Takuya Kuroda's Zigzagger (youtube playlist links, btw) just came out in October. If that's not to your taste, his 2012 album with his sextet, Six Aces is one I keep coming back to, and more of a blend of traditional and modern sounds than his new release.

Julian Lage's Arclight from earlier this year was great, although also pretty modern.

We did also get some lost Bill Evans recordings with Eddie George and Jack DeJohnette called Some Other Time:The Lost Session From The Black Forest that are just phenomenal. Recorded in 1968, and almost 50 years later they surface.

u/shurwi · 2 pointsr/Guitar

Frank Gambale's Chopbuilder

It's a play-along, sort of like an aerobics DVD for guitar. Very high quality instruction, despite the dated 80's vibe.

He goes through a bunch of stuff, including regular diatonic modes, melodic minor, and harmonic minor. Plus, he hired dancing ladies and he's got a sense of humor.

u/The_Natty_Knight · 0 pointsr/Cardinals

Im gonna leave this here.... Tim McCarver Sings Selections from The Great American Songbook. Read the reviews. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B002OJGGH6

u/thermoplastics · 6 pointsr/Music

Digable Planets - Reaching

Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride 2: The Pharcyde

Jurassic 5 - Quality Control

Soundbombing V.2

Hieroglyphics - Third Eye Vision

Del The Funky Homosapien - Both Sides of the Brain

Handsome Boy Modeling School - White People

The Roots - Things Fall Apart

Blackalicious - Blazing Arrow

u/Jacko1235 · 3 pointsr/trumpet

I was in the same position as you a couple of months ago. I went through this book https://www.amazon.com/Mitchell-Trumpet-Book-1-DVD/dp/1585607193/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1511531038&sr=8-1&keywords=mitchell+on+trumpet. I found it really good as it starts from the very beginning and it took me time to reacquire the fundamentals. I then went on to Arbans and used this book as a guide https://bolvinmusic.com/product/arban-manual/. I'm also trying to learn jazz properly and have been using this as a guide https://www.trumpetherald.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=32146 which requires this book to start https://www.amazon.com/Vol-Play-Jazz-Improvise-Book/dp/B0002J6I8M. Any other questions let me know.

u/CecilFieldersChoice · 7 pointsr/Cardinals

Young Frankenstein is one of the GOAT movies and if you think differently you probably enjoy Tim McCarver's album unironically.

u/birdgetstheworm · 4 pointsr/Jazz

The Smithsonian Anthology is a nice historical survey.

u/CrownStarr · 1 pointr/Jazz

FYI, the Ellington album is called Three Suites.

u/Kamina_believes_me · 2 pointsr/Cardinals

I was going to say, if that didn't do it, you could always pick this beauty up.

I don't know how, but someone paid for it and put it in my music library.

u/HeSoScary · 3 pointsr/Cardinals

MLB Network was playing songs from Tim McCarver's album...

https://www.amazon.com/McCarver-Sings-Selections-American-Songbook/dp/B002OJGGH6

u/citronella4algernon · 2 pointsr/Music

How about the Smithsonian Jazz Anthology? Pricey but informative and lots of music.

u/H-H-H-H-H-H · 1 pointr/listentothis

There’s also this 5 cd set Jazz: The Smithsonian Anthology that takes you through the history of jazz. All the tracks are classics.

u/Quesjac_Canal · 2 pointsr/Jazz

For what it's worth, [this] (http://www.amazon.com/Kind-Blue-Miles-Davis/dp/B000002ADT/) recording claims in the liner notes to have corrected various errors in the earlier re-issues.

u/agent3613 · 5 pointsr/hiphop101

• Pete Rock & CL Smooth - [Mecca and The Soul Brother] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecca_and_the_Soul_Brother)

• Freestyle Fellowship - [Innercity Griots] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innercity_Griots)

• Blackalicious - [Nia] (https://www.amazon.com/Nia-Blackalicious/dp/B00004KD4V)

• Hieroglyphics - [3rd Eye Vision] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_Eye_Vision)

• Souls of Mischief - [93 'til Infinity] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/93_%27til_Infinity)

• Organized Konfusion - [Stress: The Extinction Agenda] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stress:_The_Extinction_Agenda)

• Digable Planets - [Reachin'] (https://www.amazon.com/Reachin-Digable-Planets/dp/B000000W31)

u/aderra · 18 pointsr/audioengineering

Tough to go wrong with Kind of Blue.