I’ve written previously about my growing interest in and enjoyment of jazz here and here. Since then I’ve added quite a bit to the collection picking up some new albums for musicians I already had, like Art Blakey and Charles Mingus and adding many new jazz artists and groups to the collection. Some of these have become favorites of mine. Charles Mingus’ The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady is nothing short of incredible, a true work of genius. Clifford Brown is great and his work with Art Blakey (possibly my favorite jazz musician) on A Night At Birdland Vol. 1 & 2 is really enjoyable. Pharoah Sanders’ Elevation gets a lot of plays as does Bobby Hutcherson’s Dialogue.

That’s not to say the other albums I’ve picked up aren’t good too. Some just haven’t grabbed me as strongly as the above mentioned standouts and others I haven’t spent enough time with to make a fair judgement. Indeed, some of these I’ve barley listened to at all because they are either new or were newly picked up just before my vacation and I didn’t really spend a lot of time listening to jazz on vacation.

Enough lead in though. Here are the newest additions to the collection: