Best Jazz ! - Jimmy Scalise's List (Guide)
Classic Mainstream Recordings - Great Recommendations for Collectors.
The state of today's music is terrible ...
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Knowledge Is Power!
Is your collection really that good?
This site is dedicated to recommending recordings that you will play time and time again - Classic Jazz Recordings! It was put together for a cause: To raise funds to produce original material written by non-performing writers - James A. Miller & Jimmy Scalise who are originally from Chi-Town. (Chicago)
Nothing against the current crop of musicians, but if this is all you are listening too - you are missing out on a ton of great stuff. We deal with the bottom line facts with no hype or fanfare. We are not selling records, but passing on information to you as a consumer, that took a lifetime of listening to acquire. Being a jazz musician is a hard life, and it's even harder to capture these sometimes temperamental beings (on tape) at their highest level of creativity. Through no fault of their own, many of them were over-recorded. Believe me, they have dry spells, emotional problems and slumps just like the rest of us, and record things they could care less about. What we did here, was pick the recordings that reach a high level. Your eyeballs may be wired shut to another LIST, but this one is for a cause and worthy of your attention. It covers most genres of this vast and complex music called Jazz.
My collaborator on this project , William Bohannan, a jazz disc jockey in Chicago for many years thinks I may be cutting my own throat. He believes that being a writer who is trying to raise money to pursue this, by promoting the best in past Jazz - is detrimental to my health. I say let the chips fall where they may. If music is good in one era, it's good in any era - period. Time tells all. So after 5 years of the tedious and painstaking task of choosing the 'Cream' from our combined collections of over 8,000 Recordings (mostly vinyl), we believe we have come up with 55 years of JAZZ BLISS! The great ones are all here.
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Count Basie to Ornette Coleman to Chet Baker to the Marsalis Brothers.
(1935-1990)
285 Musicians (Group Leaders) including thousands of incredible SIDEMEN, plus 50 Vocalists! THIS IS A DIVERSE LIST.
SWING/BE-BOP/COOL/FREE/SOUL/HARD-BOP/POSTBOP
Clifford & Max The Duke Eric Dolphy
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We list recordings that are not in print and also note LIVE performances.
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The List was compiled in Microsoft Word 2000 in color. Name: RED, Title & Label: BLUE, Personnel: BLACK
LEADERS' NAME/Instrument's
CD/ALBUM TITLE
MUSICIANS
YEAR MADE
LABEL
Over 1,000 Jazz Goodies (Really looks sharp when it's printed out!)
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You've seen all kinds of suggestions on what to buy ... by Instrument, Style, Era, etc. We do it just by the Artist Name & Instrument(s) and list many recordings the major books do not. This is great for the seasoned collector who may have missed them the first time around. And for the newer listener who wants to go back a wee-bit, this JAZZ LIST is definitely for you. You will know the Best of CHARLIE PARKER, MILES DAVIS, STAN GETZ, JOHN COLTRANE & OSCAR PETERSON along with many more great Artists.
We have avoided Best Of , Compilations & Box-Sets, and take you back to the Original Issue Title whenever possible. When you're on Amazon, CD Universe, at your local record store or wherever you're getting your jazz fix, it's a great help to know what to look for, because of the mass amount that is thrown in your face. ( I guess, you could even use it for downloading cuts from the recordings listed on the JAZZLIST.)
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Fill in those missing gaps in your collection!
There is nothing like hearing LIVE IN THE MOMENT JAZZ in person, when everything's fallin' just right, but we've got the next best thing - a window to Great Jazz Recordings. We believe you will cherish and enjoy these timeless gems the way we do. There are many lost and buried treasures on this LIST waiting to be discovered. So if you are a discriminating listener and have a taste for the better side of music, the JAZZ LIST is for you. We ask for a small contribution of $5.95 u.s.d. for the ENTIRE LIST. This will be sent directly to your E-mail address. You can also choose an individual LIST. Send us your payment and will zip it to you immediately! Credit Cards are also accepted on PayPal Page, and we do take Checks, M.O., Wire Transfers (outside u.s.a.) and Cash.
Remember, this is to raise money for recording and producing original material.
This is expensive: Musicians, Singers, Arrangers AND Studio Time - Please help!
(Any Chicago area musicians or singers who would be interested in working, please don't hesitate to contact us.)
We need You!
Musically yours,
James E. Scalise & William B.
Choose an Individual LIST or the ENTIRE LIST.
A 1956 GEM w/John Lewis/Herb Ellis/Ray Brown/ Stan Levey
"The Best of the Best"
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Jimmy's JazzList
55 Years of JAZZ BLISS!
(1935 - 1990)
(Send Cash or Check for these - U.S.D.)
along with a ledgible E-Mail
The LIST is sent to you immediately.
List #1 (1935 - 1955) 150 Superb Titles ... $1 (All Instrumentals)
List #2 (1956 - 1970) 500 Superb Titles ... $4 (All Instrumentals)
List #3 (1971 - 1990) 300 Superb Titles ... $2 (All Instrumentals)
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Beautiful Hard Copies mailed to your residence are $12
James Scalise
1813 Ogden Av #2B
Lisle, IL 60532
CONTACT: jazzlist7@yahoo.com
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Knowledge Is Power!
(Buy any CD on our LIST, and you are guaranteed great listening.)
The ENTIRE LIST of well over 1,000 Superb Suggestions with ARTIST/ TITLE/ PERSONNEL/ YEAR/ LABEL has an additional Fantastic Vocal Supplement with over 100 listings for just a $5.95 donation.
Save Time, Money and Disappointment: ACT NOW!
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CREDIT CARDS also accepted here:PAYPAL LINK: http://www.freewebs.com/jazzlist/donation595.htm
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Your JAZZLIST will be in your E-mail immediately after we are notified of payment.
Back it up on a Disc and with a Hard Copy as soon as you get it.
We thank you so much for your donation.
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Hillary, Obama and McCain ... THE THREE BOZOS!
Is this really the best we have to represent our nation? Man, we are in trouble.
I'll vote for the saxplayer everytime!
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