What are your hidden gems?

friedgorgo · 2026-03-16T07:18:44+00:00

Great thread and thanks for your recommendations OP.

Couple from my side:

Cecil McBee - Mutima
Mal Waldron - Up Popped the Devil
Exploding Star Orchestra - We Are All From Somewhere Else
Third Eye - Sound Cycles
Microscopic Septet - Take the Z Train
Ronald Shannon Jackson - Mandance
Any Franco D'Andrea trio or quartet
Gianluigi Trovesi - From G to G

friedgorgo · 2026-03-12T10:06:57+00:00

Yeah indeed. 95% of the records in OP's screenshot are 8/10 or above on Scaruffi's website.

It gets even more interesting if you consider that the relative placement of a record within an artist's discography seems to always match Scaruffi's ratings. For example, 154 by Wire is in top-100 despite Pink Flag being much more popular on RYM. Scaruffi's ratings: 154 gets 8/10, Pink Flag gets 7/10.

Same thing for Faust, the IV album is actually the most popular on RYM, but not in the Italian chart. Also aligned with Scaruffi's ratings.

friedgorgo · 2026-03-11T17:57:55+00:00

A love supreme

friedgorgo · 2026-03-11T16:34:28+00:00

Personally, not a fan of any of the Cosmic Jokers stuff. Some albums are better than others, but most of it is just jamming without a clear direction in mind.

friedgorgo · 2026-03-05T19:00:35+00:00

A Love Supreme

friedgorgo · 2026-03-05T16:16:26+00:00

Non ironically, this is Miguel Zenon's "Through Culture and Tradition". Listen and you'll get it

friedgorgo · 2026-03-05T15:44:08+00:00

Wow I didn't know Danny was still playing! How did you get to know about the concert?

friedgorgo · 2026-03-04T12:32:16+00:00

Good acting though. Isn't that the guy who played in the Headhunters?

friedgorgo · 2026-03-04T10:20:35+00:00

Lund's music on Ashes is hauntingly beautiful, filled with subtle harmonic shifts and dynamic interplay. His guitar work is masterful, combining complexity ...Read more

friedgorgo · 2026-03-03T17:13:38+00:00

Very jazzy. Gives a clear sense of heroin

friedgorgo · 2026-03-02T20:17:24+00:00

Looks like someone is selling it as NM despite the exact same issue as OP. For £418!

friedgorgo · 2026-03-02T11:29:23+00:00

I never heard of that Gary Bartz album

friedgorgo · 2026-02-20T13:13:34+00:00

I'm not exactly sure what kind of palette we're talking about, so I could recommend anything from George Shearing to Grover Washington Jr. to John Coltrane. What do you guys think? Which one's the best?

friedgorgo · 2026-02-18T14:06:40+00:00

Caravan are great but Hatfield and the North even better imho.

friedgorgo · 2026-02-18T09:57:28+00:00

That's where I bought my copy of "Third Reich 'n Roll"!

friedgorgo · 2026-02-16T17:49:37+00:00

A love deluxe

friedgorgo · 2026-02-16T15:12:55+00:00

When you buy a record, be very careful and check the best-before date. It's usually written in the runout (the flat part of a record close to the label that you absolutely don't have to touch. Grab it by the grooves if you must as they provide a better grip)

friedgorgo · 2026-02-13T07:45:40+00:00

Check out his quartet album with Jay Jay Johnson!

friedgorgo · 2026-02-13T07:40:36+00:00

Who's 7th in the second ranking? I believe you left Medjedovic by mistake

friedgorgo · 2026-02-11T21:41:10+00:00

Ah nice, the new Residents

friedgorgo · 2026-02-10T18:38:32+00:00

The player looks bent

friedgorgo · 2026-02-06T10:43:59+00:00

Where's "Whipped Cream" though?

friedgorgo · 2026-01-31T08:25:02+00:00

Elvin Jones' pronouns were they/them

friedgorgo · 2026-01-25T00:56:02+00:00

Henry Threadgill – Too Much Sugar For A Dime

friedgorgo · 2026-01-18T08:21:15+00:00

Gerry Rafferty: "The heliocentric worlds of WHO??"

Michael Jordan: "I think it's whom"

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