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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Heavy Weather Weather Report	5	2.98	+2.02
Heavy Weather Weather Report	5	2.98	+2.02
Bitches Brew Miles Davis	5	3.3	+1.7
Sunday At The Village Vanguard Bill Evans Trio	5	3.31	+1.69
The Köln Concert Keith Jarrett	5	3.39	+1.61
Head Hunters Herbie Hancock	5	3.55	+1.45
A Love Supreme John Coltrane	5	3.63	+1.37
Time Out The Dave Brubeck Quartet	5	3.84	+1.16

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Queen Is Dead The Smiths	1	3.66	-2.66
La Revancha Del Tango Gotan Project	1	3.04	-2.04
Our Aim Is To Satisfy Red Snapper	1	2.74	-1.74
Buena Vista Social Club Buena Vista Social Club	2	3.66	-1.66
Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman John Zorn	1	2.23	-1.23
Vento De Maio Elis Regina	2	3.01	-1.01

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Artist	Albums	Average
Miles Davis	4	4.5
Weather Report	2	5

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Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman

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The Köln Concert

Keith Jarrett

5/5

I love hearing someone so into their music as he is. The pure joy is captured by his yelling and foot stomping. There are few musicians who captivate an audience by paying solo than Jarrett.

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

5/5

My second favorite Bill Evans album. The trio plays seamlessly as one during Bill’s very visual compositions.

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

4/5

Never really got into to his music. But I love the fusion of African chord progressions and rhythm with the contemporary American sound.

Palo Congo

Sabu

3/5

I enjoyed the Latin rhythms but felt lost because I don’t speak the language and had no context for the lyrics.

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Shuggie Otis

4/5

Glad I got a chance to listen to Shuggie Otis. All I knew about him was he wrote a classic R&B hit and Prince always said he influenced his music. A very soulful album with a surprise troubadour cut near the end.

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

4/5

While I prefer hearing Ray with a small combo instead of an orchestra, his passion is unparalleled and his soulfulness shines.

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

4/5

Love the small combo and the simplicity of the arrangements which allows her breathy delivery to shine.

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

4/5

Swing - verb. The Count Basie Orchestra. While Ellington’s band was pure sophistication, Basie’s band was pure swing. Great arrangements and great hearing the Count before his piano playing became more “economical.”

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

4/5

Listening to Getz play sambas is always a pleasure.

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

1/5

Not a fan. Most of the songs sound the same. I did like the energy of the title track.

The New Tango

Astor Piazzolla

3/5

Gary Burton’s playing is so precise he is like a machine. Interesting pairing with an accordion.

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

4/5

What a powerhouse band. Listening to Sonny Rollins and Clark Terry work with Monk and his intricate syncopations is a joy.

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

4/5

I consider the title track the birth of Weather Report. Love hearing Wayne Shorter and Joe Zawinul play in space with no chart restrictions. Miles was ahead of the times.

Pictures At An Exhibition

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

3/5

I have always enjoyed the creativity of this trio. Emerson’s keyboard work is astonishing.

Kenya

Machito

3/5

Tight band and great percussion.

A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

5/5

This is one of my favorite compositions. It is inspiring to hear Trane bear his soul through his playing.

Street Life

The Crusaders

4/5

Love the cohesiveness of this group and the playing to Joe Sample. Very soulful album with a strong jazz nod. I will listen to Randy Crawford song anything.

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

3/5

This brings back memories. My parents had Volume 1, my grandparents had Volume 2. He was one of the few secular artists my grandmother would listen to. Love hearing him bring some soul to country classics.

Clube Da Esquina

Milton Nascimento

3/5

Love the sounds of Brazillian music.

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

4/5

One of the greatest singers performing songs from one of the greatest songwriters. What could possibly be wrong.

Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman

John Zorn

1/5

Not a fan.

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

5/5

One of the greatest recordings of all time. Bill Evans shines.

Tanto Tempo

Bebel Gilberto

4/5

Not much better than sitting on a beach in Maui listening to soft Brazillian sounds.

Zombie

Fela Kuti

3/5

Love Fela’s commitment to the cause and reflecting that in his music.

Winter In America

Gil Scott-Heron

4/5

The title track still resonates today.

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis

5/5

Love it or hate it, this recording changed jazz forever. Great interplay between the band now that they are all plugged in.

Lady In Satin

Billie Holiday

4/5

A bit over produced. At times the strings overpower the nuances of pain in Billie’s voice.

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

4/5

Great ensemble. Miles playing is clear and definitive.

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

5/5

Like Bitches Brew, this is an album that changed jazz forever.

Beach Samba

Astrud Gilberto

2/5

I love her voice but question some of the song choices on this album.

Miriam Makeba

3/5

Fabulous voice. Enjoyed the African harmonies and rhythms.

In The Wee Small Hours

Frank Sinatra

4/5

Great selection of songs. Sinatra at his best.

Our Aim Is To Satisfy

Red Snapper

1/5

Too many repetitive rhythms, chords and themes for me to enjoy.

Drunk

Thundercat

3/5

Some interesting melodies and rhythms. Loved the contributions of Kendrick Lamar, Michael McDonald & Wiz.

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

4/5

“Daddy is in the kitchen looking for a bottle of ale. Mama is in the backyard learning how to jive and wail.” You can’t beat that!

The Nightfly

Donald Fagen

4/5

His first solo effort without Walter Becker. Love his cynical lyrics and jazz like song framing.

Vento De Maio

Elis Regina

2/5

Enjoyed the rhythms and melodies but again, could not enjoy the meaning of the songs because I don’t speak the language.

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

4/5

For my son’s generation, it was N’SYNC vs. Backstreet Boys. For my generation, it was Rolling Stones vs. Beatles. For my parents generation is was Sarah vs. Ella. I say why choose! This is an intimate live performance.

La Revancha Del Tango

Gotan Project

1/5

Unfortunately many of the selections sound the same.

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

4/5

Such passion in her singing and her framing of songs.

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

4/5

A timeless recording. Very soulful.