Who is the greatest jazz combo?

I say the Mile's quintet with Trane, kelly, the great Bill Evans, Paul Chambers, and Philly Joe...all they did was create "Kind of Blue."

Kind of Blue is certainly one of the all time greatest abums. However, the duo of Archie Shepp and Mal Waldron put together Left Alone Revisited, one of the few albums that touches my soul every time I hear even a fragment of song from it.

No doubt about it, 1966, The Trogs:

Wild Thing!
You make my heart sing!
You make everything groooooooveeeeee

Originally posted by badmoon
I say the Mile's quintet with Trane, kelly, the great Bill Evans, Paul Chambers, and Philly Joe...all they did was create "Kind of Blue."

Mile's all the way... but I don't have a winner if competing with Charles Mingus 😵

Miles Davis.........? I'd have to go with Freddy Hubbard and some of his collaborations from the late 60's and beyond. As far as trumpet players go, Miles was NOT a great technician. He had a rather weak, thin tone, possessed a limited range and cracked a lot of his high notes, and was rather sloppy in his articulation when he wanted to play fast riffs. He certainly lacked power and never had the bright sparkly tone of the great trumpet players.
I know, blasphemy. Don't get me wrong, Miles was a genious, but he was a mediocre trumpet player.
Can't wait to see the returns on this one.

Originally posted by General Putzer
Miles Davis.........? I'd have to go with Freddy Hubbard and some of his collaborations from the late 60's and beyond. As far as trumpet players go, Miles was NOT a great technician. He had a rather weak, thin tone, possessed a limited range and cracked a lot of his high notes, and was rather sloppy in his articulation when he wanted to play fast rif ...[text shortened]... enious, but he was a mediocre trumpet player.
Can't wait to see the returns on this one.

Bitch's Brew sucked. I bought the album and tossed it after one listening. I also didn't care for the afro-centrist album cover, it was openly racist. Miles was going nutty towards the end of his life.

Originally posted by Drumbo
I also didn't care for the afro-centrist album cover, it was openly racist.

Originally posted by Wulebgr
What was racist about the album cover? I suspect you use that term whenever you see black skin depicted in a positive light.

Originally posted by Wulebgr
Careful. Words like that and the gods may force you to listen to Country music until you're begging to hear a 4th grade beginning band student play the trumpet.

Al Jolson and Muddy Waters....or was it Cher and Aretha Franklin?....🙄

Originally posted by General Putzer
Miles Davis.........? I'd have to go with Freddy Hubbard and some of his collaborations from the late 60's and beyond. As far as trumpet players go, Miles was NOT a great technician. He had a rather weak, thin tone, possessed a limited range and cracked a lot of his high notes, and was rather sloppy in his articulation when he wanted to play fast rif ...[text shortened]... enious, but he was a mediocre trumpet player.
Can't wait to see the returns on this one.

what's your opinion on Chet Baker, General? 😵

'She was too good to me' is beauty in a nutshell...

Originally posted by slimjim
Yeah I would have to agree with the new country. The REAL country still sounds good to me. Can't say that I've ever really cared for jazz. To each his own.