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Post by Terry J on May 17, 2022 0:33:38 GMT
The 'Track of the Day' is currently running down a list of the of the 'Top 300 Jazz Artists' rateyourmusic.com/list/noname219/top_300_jazz_artists/3/ . The list is based upon the number of entries and positionhttps://rateyourmusic.com/list/noname219/top_300_jazz_artists/3/s that an artist has achieved in a published list of most popular Jazz albums. Because it based upon album popularity, there is necessarily a bias towards more recent artists. Louis Armstrong may have sold umpteen different 'Greatest Hits' album but unless one or more particular 'Greatest Hits' album is rated, then none of them count towards his standing in the 'Top 300 Jazz Artists'. Despite this limitation, it is an interesting list that is worth exploring. Here is Miles playing with Cannonball Adderley
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Post by Terry J on May 17, 2022 13:44:51 GMT
Time to listen a track by Miles's second great quintet, which featured tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter, pianist Herbie Hancock, bassist Ron Carter and drummer Tony Williams.
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Post by Terry J on May 18, 2022 11:08:54 GMT
This is a track from an album by Miles that deserves more recognition.
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Post by Terry J on May 19, 2022 10:43:11 GMT
This is Miles playing the Blues with Lester Chambers on harmonica and Cornell Dupree on electric guitar.
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Post by Terry J on May 20, 2022 11:35:14 GMT
A tribute track here for Canadian free jazz pianist and vibraphonist Paul Plimley.
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Post by Terry J on May 21, 2022 9:57:15 GMT
This is a tribute track for American funk and jazz keyboardist and singer Bernard Wright. He played with Miles Davis.
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Post by Terry J on May 22, 2022 11:02:35 GMT
We are fast approach the end of this chart rundown. The best rated artist is Miles Davis and the best rated album is 'Kind of Blue'. Lets finish with some tracks from that album. Here is the first.
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Post by Terry J on May 24, 2022 10:58:36 GMT
Another track from Kind of Blue.
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Post by Terry J on May 24, 2022 23:06:24 GMT
Before listening to the best track on the best album by the best rated Jazz artist, let us listen to an earlier prototype of that track.
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Post by Terry J on May 26, 2022 10:10:26 GMT
So here it is the best rated track on the best rated album by the best rated Jazz artist.
It is the end of the chart rundown, but not the end for 'Track of the Day'.
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Post by Terry J on May 27, 2022 17:37:06 GMT
Farewell to legendary Australian trumpet and cornet player Bob Barnard.
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Post by Terry J on May 28, 2022 11:15:17 GMT
This is a tribute track for French Saxophonist Jean-Louis Chautemps. At various times he played with Sidney Bechet, Django Reinhardt, Zoot Sims, Lester Young, Albert Ayler, and Roy Eldridge;- quite a mix!!
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Post by Terry J on May 29, 2022 9:07:03 GMT
So we have spent a good time running down a chart of 'Top 300 Jazz Artists' published on rateyourmusic.com. The methodology for constructing the charts was good but not perfect. Lets look at some of the artists that didn't make the charts. We will start with Bad Plus.
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Post by Terry J on May 30, 2022 9:42:28 GMT
I thought that the omission of Bad Plus from the charts of best artists was a quirk of the maths, but in fact they seem to have low view counts on YouTube. Here is another 'under-viewed' track.
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Post by Terry J on May 31, 2022 9:18:12 GMT
This is a classic track from Bad Plus.
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