My Top 10 Favorite Jazz Albums (Old and Modern)

Learn Jazz Standards Podcast

Brent Vaartstra: Jazz Musician, Author, and Entrepreneur

Music Commentary, Jazz, Jazz Improvisation, Jazz Saxophone, Jazz Theory, Jazz Bass, Jazz Piano, Education, Music, Jazz Guitar, Jazz Solo, Jazz Standards, Jazz Trumpet, How To

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🗓️ 2 November 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Welcome to episode 243 where today I reveal my top 10 favorite jazz albums of all time. These albums are ones that I have come back to time and time again, and think you should check out as well. I go over 5 older jazz albums and 5 modern jazz albums I absolutely love. I had someone in our Learn Jazz Standards Facebook group recently ask me, "Hey Brent, what are your favorite jazz albums of all time? Have you done a podcast episode about that?"And at that time, the answer was no. But today...

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0:29.5	That's LJSinnerCircle.com or find the link in the show notes. Now, on to today's episode.
0:36.8	I had someone in our Learned Jazz Standards
0:38.7	Facebook group recently asked me, hey, Brent, what are your favorite jazz albums of all
0:44.6	time? Have you done a podcast episode about that? And at the time, the answer was no. But today,
0:50.8	I am gearing to fix that. In today's episode, I'm going to go over my 10 favorite
0:56.4	jazz albums, the ones that I just have always kept coming back to and back to over the years.
1:01.8	I'm going to do five old ones and five more modern jazz ones that I really love. And hopefully
1:07.4	you'll also learn some great albums that you can start listening to this week.
1:12.8	You ready for it? Let's crush this thing.
1:16.1	Welcome to the LJS podcast, where you get weekly jazz tips, interviews, stories, and advice for
1:23.2	becoming a better jazz musician. And now your host. He's a jazz musician, author, and entrepreneur, Brent Bartstra.
1:32.0	Hey, what's up everybody?
1:32.9	Brent here from Learnjazzstandards.com, which is a blog, a podcast, and videos,
1:37.3	geared towards helping you become a better jazz musician.
1:40.8	Excited, as always, to be here to help you become better jazz musician and also this time
1:45.5	around to give you some new music to listen to or even if it's not new for you some stuff to revisit
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