Tuesday, March 26, 2024

Having been born in 1962, and liking and listening to music from the early sixties onward, I thought it might be fun to attempt a listing of my favorite albums each year since birth.

The initial post for this series of ideas began on December 26th, 2023.  You can look it up....

I present my favorite Jazz albums of 1965...


Jazz Albums released 1965:

1.    John Coltrane                                       A Love Supreme

2.    Rashaan Roland Kirk             Rip Rig and Panic      

3.    Larry Young                                          Unity

4.    Miles Davis                                           E.S.P.                       

5.    Joe Henderson             In 'n Out

6.    Pharoah Saunders             Pharoahs First                                     

7.    Albert Ayler             Spiritual Unity

8.    Dexter Gordon                                     One Flight Up

9.    Jackie McLean                                     Consequences

10.  Sam Rivers                                           Fuchsia Swing Song                     


Jazz Honorable Mentions, 1965:

11.  Grant Green and Larry Young I Want to Hold Your Hand

12.  Jackie McLean                  Right Now

13.  Wayne Shorter              Soothsayer

14.  Archie Shepp          Fire Music 

15.  Sam Rivers          Contours

16.  Don Cherry          Complete Communion

17.  Lee Morgan          Cornbread

18.  Sun Ra          The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Volume One & Two

19.  Wayne Shorter          The All Seeing Eye

20. Jackie McLean                  Jackknife