What is the best Jazz album of all time?

[AK'z]

I'm struggling dawg. For years I've sought for the perfect jazz album but I never was able to decide.
For 15 Coins, to whomever can help me find the best jazz album. One recommendation per post pls.

Thanks.

Thread starter:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VqOrnYdNF0

[TotallyTasteless]

https://youtu.be/IBh_P6H2nIg

[Socram]

I figure this goes without saying, but this is entirely subjective on multiple levels. There is no such thing as an objectively best Jazz album.

[TotallyTasteless]

https://youtu.be/wZkCDr6VLb8

[Hakita]

doubt it's the best but a personal favorite

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HL-B_Qfj30o

[AK'z]

there is a record out there for everyone that fully encapsulates the essence of what is best about jazz music.

[Mistermist]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpQHg3J3zoA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtXg8bNiiHI

I'm a huge fan of Jazz Funk Soul. While I wouldn't say they're the all time best, they are a personal favorite.

[brie_irl]

It's a pretty safe answer but i think i'll always love this one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32gWo9CfoxA

[Scoops]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFA0FYQo0Gg

[cardfan212]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gr0XWmEbiMQ

I got this album on recommendation from my local record store guy and absolutely love it.

[Dasein]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veX9dotK_do

Pretty much it for me

[AK'z]

tbh jazz for me was kept alive and well through the 60s and 70s by its transition into more experimental movements.

I love traditional elements of jazz, I really do.. but one day I chose to lie in bed and put headphones on and listen to this:
https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/112927/bba9cb00-b6bb-4bb0-bc26-f14842a938ff/R-757267-1353204910-6907.jpeg.jpg

I couldn't fucking sleep afterwards. The chaos and madness put me in a trance for the full duration, literally like a jungle. This probably reflects who I am as a person rather than the genre; but I'd argue that Coltrane came into his own in his last periods of his life.

[meanwhile]

that album is amazing

my personal favourite is william parker & in order to survive - the peach orchard

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6st4Qnrg7c

[AK'z]

https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/112927/13b93eb5-0bb3-4707-9daa-97b928e86a5f/hqdefault.jpg

[God of Ashes]

little more on the new side but i'm a fan of rene marie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrm4eTbt47s

[AK'z]

only a true jazz fan will find this endlessly hilarious

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUG0P7tcCto

[The_J_Hat]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS5p4M08jJs

Way late but I feel this should have made the cut

[Ntag]

Some favourites of mine.

Flawless trio performance, you'll be hard pressed to find a trio more in tune with one another than in this set:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xktZpMI9r64

Incredibly structured and adventurous jazz. I like to think of this as the equivalent of atonal period Schoenberg.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ln8naZpOJ0o

Solid avant garde postbop. One of my favs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9KM_KJKPMo

[snot]

ye dan avidan makes the best music