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121. CELEBRATE THE JOURNEY by Erwin Helfer and the Chicago Boogie Ensemble

121. CELEBRATE THE JOURNEY by Erwin Helfer and the Chicago Boogie Ensemble

This 2021 record by the famed 85-year old Chicago blues and jazz pianist is a breath of fresh air despite its harkening back to old time Dixieland jazz and blues. Accompanied by bass, drums and two saxophones, the music puts you in one of those moods - one of those

114. KIWANUKA by Michael Kiwanuka

114. KIWANUKA by Michael Kiwanuka

This 2019 record (and winner of the 2020 British Mercury Prize) received critical acclaim from all over the planet. Considered indie folk or rock, Kiwanuka is an autobiographical concept album released just when you thought concept albums were dead. Mixing elements of soul, rock, gospel and jazz, there’s bound

97. VANISHED GARDENS by Charles Lloyd and The Marvels plus Lucinda Williams

97. VANISHED GARDENS by Charles Lloyd and The Marvels plus Lucinda Williams

This 2018 record is unique in that the band is a jazz ensemble of sorts with Lucinda Williams contributing vocals to half of the tracks. Included are reinterpretations of three of Williams’ own songs as well as some Lloyd originals and other covers (notably ‘Angel’ - a Jimi Hendrix song)

84. LONDON CALLING by The Clash

84. LONDON CALLING by The Clash

One of the greatest albums of all time, one of the greatest double albums of all time, one of the greatest punk albums of all time…the list goes on and on. Released in 1980 in the US, one look at that record sleeve clued you in that you were

52. LYLE LOVETT AND HIS LARGE BAND (self-titled)

52. LYLE LOVETT AND HIS LARGE BAND (self-titled)

I think if Texas’ own nerdy country crooner Lyle Lovett would have come up through the ranks over the past few years (as opposed to during the 80’s), he would have been considered alt-country or something similar. This is because his music doesn’t sound “country” to me (in

51. BLUE TRAIN by John Coltrane

51. BLUE TRAIN by John Coltrane

While Coltrane’s “A Love Supreme” is considered by most people as his best work ever, this 1958 album (recorded in 1957) is my personal favorite of his. Let’s face it, sometimes the more experimental or avant-garde jazz records can be a slog to get through - listening to

3. KIND OF BLUE by Miles Davis

3. KIND OF BLUE by Miles Davis

There's not much I can add to the thousands of words that have been written about this landmark album. It seems almost cliche to mention that this is probably the greatest jazz album of all time, the best selling jazz album of all time and one of the many great