Based on Len Lyons,
The 101 Best Jazz Albums (William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1980, ISBN 0-688-08720-5), and Jim Determan's subsequent updates.
| 81. Miles Davis: Bitches Brew (Columbia PG-26, 2 LPs) |
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The MP3 download above contains all of the songs on the vinyl album plus the extra cut, "Felo." The CD listed above is the 2010 remastered version with 10 extra cuts, including six from a 1969 concert in Copenhagen. |
| 85. Flora Purim and Airto Moreira: 500 Miles High/At Montreux (Milestone M-9070) |
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Lyons reminds us that this the pair's "only live recording" and that is features a "raw, spontaneous, and loose style." It is now available in all three formats. |
| 86. Chick Corea: Light as a Feather (Polydor PD 5525) |
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The CD is the 1998 remastered version, which includes a second disc with alternate takes. The MP3 link above shows only 6 songs, but the CD link allows one to purchase more songs in that format. |
| 87. Chick Corea: Where Have I Known You Before? (Polydor PD 6509) |
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This album, which Lyons describes as "more polished, featuring Chick's first outing with synthesizers," is available in all three formats. |
| 88. Chick Corea: My Spanish Heart (Polydor PD-2-9003, 2 LPs) |
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The CD listed above is the 2000 remastered version. Lyons notes that it "explores to the limit Corea's long-brewing affinity for all Latin music and the concept of danse. |
| 89. George Benson: Weekend in L.A. (Warner Brothers 2WB-3139, 2 LPs) |
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This album, which Lyons calls "a synthesis of his singing and playing that is much closer to his jazz background that anything else he recorded during the 1970's," is available in all three formats. |
| 90. Chuck Mangione: The Best of Chuck Mangione (Mercury SRM-2-8601, 2 LPs) |
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As Determan points out, only half of the songs on Mercury's "The Best of Chuck Mangione" have been released on CD. That alternative, "Land of Make Believe," is listed below. |
| 90-Alternative. Chuck Mangione: Land of Make Believe (Mercury) |
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