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May 7, 2021 · Friday, May 7, 2021. Our decade-by-decade exploration of The 100 Jazz Albums That Shook The World continues with the 1970s, a decade in which new musical revolutions seemed to transpire with every release. This is an ideal introduction to the best albums of the decade, featuring Keith Jarrett, Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny and Chick Corea.
1970s in jazz. Art Blakey, 1973. In the 1970s in jazz, jazz became increasingly influenced by Latin jazz, combining rhythms from African and Latin American countries, often played on instruments such as conga, timbale, güiro, and claves, with jazz and classical harmonies played on typical jazz instruments (piano, double bass, etc.).
- Archie Shepp, ‘Attica Blues’ Shepp, a tenor saxophonist and sometimes a collaborator of John Coltrane, turned his talents to protesting the death of over 40 prisoners and guards during a 1971 uprising at Attica State Prison — the title track on this album was a collaboration between over 30 people, including a reading of the lyrics by lawyer William Kunstler, and was described as "a tribalistic frenzy of near hysteria that is one of the most amazing sounds ever achieved on record."
- Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band, ‘Insights’ Toshiko Akiyoshi, a Japanese-American pianist born in Manchuria, formed this West Coast big band with her husband Lew Tabackin (of the Tonight Show band with Doc Severinsen): she composed the music, while Tabackin was the featured soloist.
- Flora Purim, ‘Butterfly Dreams’ This Brazilian chanteuse with a six-octave range and a penchant for making unusual sound effects collaborated with Stan Getz and Chick Corea and attracted high-profile fans such as Stevie Wonder.
- Huey Simmons, ‘Burning Spirits’ Huey Simmons (a.k.a. Sonny Simmons) came up in San Francisco and Oakland with fellow saxophonists Pharoah Sanders and Dewey Redman — but with this incandescent double album, he showed the breadth of his talent, from barnburners like "New Newk" to space odysseys like "Things and Beings."
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1970s. Back to Jazz Timeline. 1970s - On the International stage. Trumpeter Ian Carr’s Nucleus, a pioneering British jazz-rock band formed in 1969, gained crossover popularity, playing and recording music based loosely on the jazz-rock innovations of Miles Davis.
- The Mahavishnu Orchestra with John McLaughlin - The Inner Mounting Flame. November 3, 1971. Jazz Fusion, Jazz-Rock. Critic Score. 100. 3 reviews. Amazon. Music. Spotify.
- Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire. March 29, 1973. Jazz Fusion, Jazz-Rock. Critic Score. 100. 3 reviews. Amazon. Music. Spotify.
- Al Di Meola - Elegant Gypsy. April 13, 1977. Jazz Fusion, Jazz-Rock. Critic Score. 100. 1 review. Amazon. Music. Spotify.
- The Doors - Riders on the Storm. June 0, 1971. Psychedelic Rock, Jazz-Rock, Art Rock. Critic Score. 100. 1 review. Amazon.
The greatest Jazz albums of the 1970s, as voted by RYM/Sonemic users.
Apr 7, 2024 · Appearing on Davis’ landmark jazz-rock album Bitches Brew in 1970, Shorter co-founded the electric fusion group Weather Report before eventually going back to acoustic jazz in his twilight years ...
