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If there was one style of music that I had neglected over the years of my life, it was jazz. PBS had a series on the history of Jazz entitled Ken Burns Jazz: The Story of America's Music. The 10 episodes (lasting between 1-1/2 and 2 hours per episode were aired on PBS in the year 2000. I failed to watch the series when it was on TV, but I made up for it by renting the 10 VHS tapes set from my own public library. Most libraries should have this series of tapes. More products from this television series are listed on the page Part II Jazz X5.
One weekend and 19 hours of video tapes later, I came away with a greater appreciation of jazz. I am not an authority on jazz, by any means; but I know more about it today than I did before this special on the history of jazz was created. The series has been criticized by some jazz afficionados. No doubt it left out some of their favorite jazz musicians or jazz and swing numbers, or it simply emphasized musicians in a way that did not represent their own preferences, but as a general introduction to this family of music, I give the series very high marks. I would recommend it to anyone who loves music, but has failed to give jazz a fair hearing. The similarities to classical music are obvious. The basic group of jazz musicians are generally a quartet, but trios are not uncommon. A quartet will usually be made up of a trumpet player, a saxophone player (alto, tenor, or soprano), a piano player and a drummer (a bass musician might be in place of the trumpet or sax?). A quintet might include a double bass or bass player as well as trumpet, sax, piano and drums.
The big band era, evolving from the early jazz movement in America was roughly between the years of 1935 to 1946 (some use the years 1936 to 1945). The swing jazz bands were bigger orchestrated bands from the earlier smaller jazz bands (more like the bigger sound of a classical symphony orchestra). A few big band leaders would be Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Artie Shaw and of course Duke Ellington. Duke Ellington, a real enduring music genius in American jazz history, was one of the band leaders to carry his bands through several decades and adapt to the change in musical tastes of Americans. Louis Armstrong (trumpeter and vocalist) was another man who was there in the early years of jazz, and passing away in 1971, had lived through the glory years of jazz. It has been said that during the mid-30's to mid-40's, 70% or so of music sales were the music of jazz swing. While today the figure would be more like 3% of music sales for jazz.
Some explanations for this sharp drop would be the birth of rock and roll in the mid-50's. Before rock came on the scene, swing vocalists like Frank Sinatra were captivating the listening audience and taking the emphasis away from the instrumentalists behind them. Even some jazz listeners began to favor Rythmn and Blues. Rap music has also been thrown into the mix for the affections of young people in the 90's and beyond. In 1975, the famous jazz trumpet player Miles Davis himself even made the statement that "jazz is dead!" Blood, Sweat & Tears, Chicago and Jethro Tull were some of the rock groups using wind instruments with a jazz sound in their rock music. Miles Davis saw the trend to rock's favor among the youth. In 1969, Miles Davis put out his album "In A Silent Way" showing that rock's electric instruments did not have to take over from the jazz sound, but could compliment jazz in what Davis and some other jazz artists called Fusion Jazz/Rock (jazz fused with rock). Miles Davis carried this fusion to its fullness with his album "Bitches Brew". Davis began moving into Funk and R&B.
Before Miles Davis "compromised" his jazz (as some jazz listeners would say), he worked with some great jazz artists over his early career to create some of the highlight works of jazz. If you have read to this point and don't think you could make it through the Ken Burns series on Jazz: The Story of America's Music--19 hours of viewing--then go to your local library and rent the landmark Miles Davis album "Kind Of Blue". If your library doesn't have it, then save up $10 and purchase a new copy for keeps. You can always get it out and put it on whenever you have a jazz lover over for dinner. And you will always be able to say you have at least one great jazz album in your music collection. Look at the line-up of jazz musicians on this one landmark album made in 1959 . . .
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Miles Davis on trumpet John Coltrane on tenor saxophone Bill Evans on piano Paul Chambers on bass Jimmy Cobb on drums Julian "Cannonball" Adderley on alto saxophone (except for one work) Wynton Kelly on piano (on one work)
An excerpt of "So What" is featured in the Cafeteria scene in the movie
"Pleasantville" along with an excerpt of Dave Brubeck's famous "Take Five"
number from his album "Time Out". "Take Five" is played about 50
minutes into the movie--followed by "So What". See credits at the
very end of the credit listings after the movie.
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After listening to this one album, if you are not totally KNOCKED-OUT and think the album is OUT OF THIS WORLD by the sounds you hear, then you may be an ICKIE (a person who is totally oblivious to swing). In other words if "Kind of Blue" doesn't SEND you, then stick to LONG HAIRED music, because you might just be a SQUARE! But if you feel it's really GROOVY to listen to some of the HOT LICKS (impressive solos) of some of the CATS while they are KICKING OUT, then jazz & swing might be for you.
This web page is not meant to be an exhaustive coverage of jazz and swing music. I only want to cover some of the major bands, instrumentalists and singers. I am listing some of their best albums in order to give the jazz & swing novice a good place to begin appreciating this kind of music. Some of these artists and album selections can be found at your local library. I chose my Giants of Jazz list from watching the Ken Burns Jazz series and some reading and listening I've done since then.
* Introduction * Kind of Blue
* Jazz Guides * Giants of Jazz
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* Miles Davis * John Coltrane
* Charlie Parker * Louis Armstrong
* Duke Ellington *
* Select Jazz Musicians * The
Jazz Singers * Other Popular Jazz Musicians
& Albums *
* Great Jazz Variety Samplers * Part
II Jazz X5 (on another page) *
You can't go wrong if you begin
with some of the works of the
Giants of
Jazz
Some other musicians could have been on this
short list,
but these jazz musicians should be on everyone's
long list!
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John Coltrane -tenor saxophone (& soprano sax) Charlie "Bird" Parker -alto saxophone Louis Armstrong -trumpet, cornet & singer Duke Ellington -band leader, composer & piano Charles Mingus -bass Thelonious Monk -piano Count Basie -band leader & piano Dizzy Gillespie -trumpet Sonny Rollins -tenor saxophone Bill Evans -piano Ella Fitzgerald -singer Billie Holiday -singer |
Jazz instrumentalists have recorded works with each other in various bands. Some of their greatest pieces may be when they were in another jazz artist's band, before they formed their own band. Once they achieve stardom, most went on to form their own bands and continued with fine works in their own bands.
After hearing Miles Davis monumental album "Kind Of Blue" from my local library and seeing that so many Miles Davis albums are at the top of most every jazz listeners list of favorites; I have started with his works and four other Giants of Jazz (Trane, Bird, Satchmo, and the Duke). This listing is followed by Select Jazz Musicians, beginning with some suggested albums of Charles Mingus--fast becoming one of my own personal favorite jazz musicians. The last section listing albums of the giants is The Jazz Singers; listing suggested albums of Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday:
Miles Davis -trumpet Suggested Albums Kind of Blue Birth of the Cool Sketches of Spain Miles Smiles Milestones Miles Ahead Porgy and Bess Round About Midnight Cookin' Someday My Prince Will Come E.S.P. The Essential Miles Davis
(--Rock Fusion albums--)
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The Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel 1965
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John Coltrane
John Coltrane -saxophone Suggested Albums A Love Supreme Blue Train Giant Steps My Favorite Things Coltrane Jazz Ascension
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Coltrane's Sound Coltrane Plays the Blues The Heavy Weight Champion (the Complete Atlantic Recordings -- 7 CDs) The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings Live At the Village Vanguard: The Master Takes Afro-Blue Impressions Sun Ship First Meditations Live At the Village Vanguard Again! The Classic Quartet: The Complete Impulse! Studio Recordings Interstellar Space Africa/Brass vol. 1 & 2 Very Best Of John Coltrane - Atlantic Recordings John Coltrane: The Prestige Recordings Live at Birdland The European Tour Legacy (Impulse) - 4 CDs several labels recordings: Prestige, Blue Note, Atlantic, & Impulse! (--Atlantic/Rhino 2 CDs Compilation--)
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Charlie Parker
Charlie "Bird" Parker -saxophone Suggested Albums Yardbird Suite: The Ultimate Charlie Parker Collection (--2 CDs Compilation--) (For the most economical investment to find out what Bird's music sounds like without investing in multiple CD packages, which true jazz afficionados would do in an instant! This 2 CDs collection is highly recommended as an intro, taking tracks from all his labels.) Complete Savoy & Dial Master Takes
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(2CDs of the best of the Verve sessions-excellent!) Charlie Parker on Dial vol. 1-6
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Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong -trumpet, cornet & singer Suggested Albums Hot Fives and Hot Sevens vol. 1-7 (These are Armstrong's early works with his five and seven member bands. I've been advised that the JSP 4 CDs box set collection is more economical and satisfying than the Columbia set) Louis Armstrong Portrait of the Artist as a
Young Man 1923-1934 (4 CDs)
The 25 Greatest Hot Fives and Hot Sevens |
released 1988 (1925-1931 recordings) rated #931 in All-Time Top 1000 Albums written by Colin Larkin Louis Armstrong 1926-1927 Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra 1928-1929 Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra 1929-1930 Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra 1930-1931 Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra 1931-1932 Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra 1932-1933 Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra 1934-1936 Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra 1937-1938 Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra 1944-1946 Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra 1947 The California Concerts Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington: The Complete Sessions Louis Armstrong & Earl Hines Plays Fats Ella and Louis Complete RCA Victor Recordings Satchmo at Symphony Hall Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy Any Satchmo album will give hours of listening pleasure to one who has an appreciation of the early sound of jazz. Your local library will most likely have a selection of pop's music to take out. |
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Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington -band leader, piano Suggested Albums The Blanton-Webster Band (or Years) Money Jungle Ellington Indigos Ellington At Newport 1956 (Complete) Braggin' In Brass Carnegie Hall Concerts: 1943-1947 Black Brown & Beige Drum Is A Woman |
Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins And His Mother Called Him Bill Great Paris Concert New Orleans Suite The Piano Album The Brunswick Sessions 1932-1935 Vol. 3 The Duke's Men: Small Groups, Vol. 1 The Complete Capitol Recordings of Duke Ellington Three Suites (classical music as jazz) First Time! The Count Meets the Duke The Far East Suite (Special Mix) Seventieth Birthday Concert The Duke's Big Four Such Sweet Thunder (--3 CDs Compilation--)
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Select Jazz Musicians
Charles Mingus -bass Suggested Albums The Black Saint & the Sinner Lady Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus (or MingusX5) Mingus Ah Um Thirteen Pictures: The Charles Mingus Anthology (2 CDs compilation) Pithecanthropus Erectus Mingus At Antibes Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus Passions of A Man: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1956-1961) (6 CDs) Complete Candid Recordings The Complete Debut Recordings Town Hall Concert 1964 Oh Yeah The Clown Blues and Roots Mingus Dynasty The Great Concert of Charles Mingus New Tijuana Moods Jazz Portraits Astral Weeks (several additional albums could be listed here for this musical genius) |
Thelonious Monk -piano Suggested Albums Genius of Modern Music vol. 1 Genius of Modern Music vol. 2 Monk's Greatest Hits Thelonious With John Coltrane Brilliant Corners Monk's Music Complete Riverside Recordings The Complete Blue Note Recordings The Best Of Thelonious Monk: The Blue Note Years Thelonious Monk Trio/Blue Monk: Volume 2 Thelonious Alone In San Fransciso Live At the It Club - Complete Monk Alone: The Complete Columbia Solo Studio Recordings, 1962-1968 Complete Black Lion & Vogue Plays Duke Ellington Discovery! At the Five Spot Misterioso The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall Big Band and Quartet in Concert Solo Monk Thelonious Himself |
Count Basie -band leader Suggested Albums The Complete Atomic Basie (Original title: Atomic Mr. Basie) April In Paris Basie & Kansas City 7 The Complete Decca Recordings (1937-1939) Listen...You Shall Hear Do You Wanna Jump...? Basie Rhythm Count Basie Volume One 1932-1938 Count Basie 1936-1938 Count Basie 1938-39 Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings The Golden Years Old Manuscripts, Broadcast Transcriptions (1944-45) Count Basie at Newport The Complete Roulette Studio Count Basie Basie and Eckstine, Inc. Basie at Birdland Count Basie in Sweden Basie and Zoot |
Dizzy Gillespie -trumpet Suggested Albums The Complete RCA Victor Recordings 1937-1949 Birks Works: Verve Big Band Sessions Gillespiana/Carnegie Hall Concert Dizzy Gillespie & Roy Eldridge Greatest Jazz Concert Ever 1953 Groovin' High Shaw Nuff One Bass Hit Dizzy Gillespie and His Big Band Dizzy Gillespie in Paris, Vol. 2 Diz and Getz At Newport Sonny Side Up Dizzy Gillespie: Ken Burns Jazz Series Diz 'N Bird at Carnegia Hall (good variety of works) |
Sonny Rollins -tenor saxophone Suggested Albums Saxophone Colossus (" Saxophone Colossus & More" has some extra bonus tracks) Sonny Rollins Volume 2 A Night At the Village Vanguard The Complete Prestige Recordings The Complete RCA Victor Recordings Tenor Madness Tour De Force Newk's Time Silver City Sonny Rollins Plus Four Sonny Rollins Plus Three The Complete Blue NoteRecordings Way Out West Freedom Suite The Bridge On the Outside Alfie: the Movie Soundtrack East Broadway Rundown |
Bill Evans -piano Suggested Albums Waltz For Debby Sunday At the Village Vanguard (1961) The Final Vanguard Sessions (1980) Bill Evans At Town Hall Complete Fantasy Recordings Riverside Recordings Everybody Digs Bill Evans Portrait In Jazz Explorations At the Village Vanguard How My Heart Sings Undercurrent The Solo Sessions Vol. 1 Town Hall Concert 1964 The Complete Bill Evans On Verve Conversations With Myself Paris (1965) But Beautiful Blue In Green Cross-Currents The Brilliant |
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The Jazz Singers
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Suggested Albums Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Songbook The George and Ira Gershwin Songbook Ella & Louis Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers and Hart Songbook Like Someone In Love Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook The Irving Berlin Songbook Johnny Mercer Songbook Pure Ella Best of the Songbooks The Complete Songbooks Ella Swings Lightly Ella Fitzgerald: Ken Burns Jazz Series For the Love of Ella |
Suggested Albums Lady In Autumn Lady In Satin Billie's Blues Complete Decca Recordings Legacy 1933-1958 The Quintessential Billie Holiday vol. 3 1936-37 The Quintessential Billie Holiday vol. 4 1937 Billie's Love Songs All Or Nothing At All Songs For Distingue Lovers First Issues: The Great American Songbook The Complete Billie Holiday On Verve 1945-1959 Billie Holiday: Ken Burns Jazz Series Billie Holiday: Lady Day's 25 Greatest 1933-1944 |
| George Benson 1943 (guitar, singer)
George Benson – Breezin’ George Benson - Best of George Benson Dave Brubeck 1920 (piano) Dave Brubeck – Time Out Dave Brubeck - Jazz At Oberlin Dave Brubeck - Live At Berlin Philharmonie Dave Brubeck - Once When I Was Very Young Dave Brubeck - Time Signatures: A Career Retrospective 4 CDs Kenny Burrell 1931 (guitar) Kenny Burrell – Midnight Blue Kenny Burrell – Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane Kenny Burrell – Ellington Is Forever Vols. 1 & 2 Kenny Burrell – Bluesy Burrell Betty Carter 1930-1998 (singer) Betty Carter – The Audience With Betty Carter Betty Carter - Ray Charles & Betty Carter Ornette Coleman 1930 (saxophone, trumpet) Ornette Coleman – The Shape of Jazz To Come Ornette Coleman – Beauty Is A Rare Thing Ornette Coleman – Tomorrow Is the Question Ornette Coleman – Art Of the Improvisers Ornette Coleman – Body Mega Ornette Coleman – Colors Ornette Coleman – Change of the Century Ornette Coleman – Free Jazz Ornette Coleman – At the Golden Circle, Stockholm: Vols. 1 & 2 Ornette Coleman – Soapsuds, Soapsuds Chick Corea 1941 (piano, keyboards, composer) Chick Corea – Akoustic Band Chick Corea – Return To Forever Chick Corea – Crystal Silence Chick Corea – Tones For Joan's Bones Chick Corea – Trio Music Live In Europe Chick Corea – Now He Sings, Now He Sobs Chick Corea – Songs Of Singing Chick Corea – Light As A Feather Chick Corea – Jazz Masters 3 Chick Corea – Music Forever and Beyond: Selected Works of Chick Corea 1964-1996 Chick Corea – Origin: Live At the Blue Note Eric Dolphy 1928-1964 (saxophone, clarinet, flute) Eric Dolphy – Out To Lunch! Eric Dolphy – At the Five Spot Vol. 1 Eric Dolphy – At the Five Spot Vol. 2 Eric Dolphy – Great Concert of Eric Dolphy Eric Dolphy – Memorial Album Eric Dolphy – Complete Prestige Recordings Eric Dolphy – Far Cry Gil Evans 1912-1988 (piano, arranger, composer) Gil Evans – Out of the Cool Gil Evans – Live At Sweet Basil Vols. 1 & 2 Erroll Garner 1926-1977 (piano, harpsichord) Erroll Garner – Concert By the Sea Erroll Garner – The Erroll Garner Collection Vols. 4 & 5: Solo Time! Erroll Garner – Contrasts Stan Getz 1927-1991 (saxophone) Stan Getz – Jazz Samba Stan Getz – Complete Roost Recordings Stan Getz – Getz / Gilberto Stan Getz – Bossa Nova Years (Girl From Ipanema) Stan Getz – At the Shrine Stan Getz – West Coast Sessions Stan Getz – West Coast Jazz Stan Getz – The Steamer Stan Getz – Nobody Else But Me Stan Getz – Focus Stan Getz – Pure Getz Stan Getz – Blue Skies Stan Getz – Anniversary Stan Getz – Serenity Stan Getz – At the Opera House Benny Goodman 1909-1986 (clarinet) Benny Goodman – Complete Benny Goodman vol. 1-7 Benny Goodman – Sing, Sing, Sing Benny Goodman – Sextet Featuring Charlie Christian Benny Goodman – After You've Gone Vol. 1 Benny Goodman – Harry James Years Vols. 1 & 2 Benny Goodman – At Carnegie Hall 1938 Complete Benny Goodman – Plays Fletcher Henderson Benny Goodman – Plays Jimmy Mundy Benny Goodman – The Complete Small Group Sessions Benny Goodman – Solo Flight Benny Goodman – Roll 'Em! Benny Goodman – Undercurrent Blues Benny Goodman – Benny Goodman In Hi Fi Benny Goodman – The Complete Capitol Trios Benny Goodman – On the Air 1937-38 Dexter Gordon 1923-1989 (saxophone) Dexter Gordon – Our Man In Paris Dexter Gordon – Homecoming Dexter Gordon – Dexter Gordon On Dial: The Complete Sessions Dexter Gordon – Doin' Alright Dexter Gordon – More Than You Know Dexter Gordon – Go Dexter Gordon – Both Sides of Midnight |
Herbie Hancock 1940 (piano, keyboards)
Herbie Hancock – Maiden Voyage Herbie Hancock – Head Hunters Herbie Hancock – Mwandishi Herbie Hancock – Best of Herbie Hancock (Blue Note Years) Herbie Hancock – Empyrian Isles Herbie Hancock – The Complete Blue Note Sixties Sessions Herbie Hancock – Sextant Coleman Hawkins 1901-1969 (saxophone, singer) Coleman Hawkins – Body and Soul Coleman Hawkins – Coleman Hawkins On Keynote Coleman Hawkins – The Big Three Coleman Hawkins – Coleman Hawkins 1929-1934 Coleman Hawkins – Coleman Hawkins 1937-1939 Coleman Hawkins – Coleman Hawkins In Europe Coleman Hawkins – The Complete Coleman Hawkins 4 CDs (Mercury) Coleman Hawkins – Coleman Hawkins 1945 Coleman Hawkins – Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster Coleman Hawkins – The Hawk Flies High Coleman Hawkins – Today and Now Coleman Hawkins – Ultimate Coleman Hawkins Selected by Sonny Rollins Keith Jarrett 1945 (piano, organ saxophone, etc.) Keith Jarrett – The Koln Concert Keith Jarrett – Facing You Keith Jarrett – Belonging Keith Jarrett – Standards vol. 1 Keith Jarrett – Nude Ants Keith Jarrett – Life Between the Exit Signs / El Juicio Keith Jarrett – El Juicio (The Judgement) Keith Jarrett – Foundations: The Keith Jarrett Anthology Keith Jarrett – Expectations Keith Jarrett – Mysteries: The Impulse Years 1975-1976 Keith Jarrett – The Cure Keith Jarrett – At the Blue Note: The Complete Recordings 6 CDs Keith Jarrett – The Melody At Night With You Lambert, Hendricks & Ross (group) Lambert, Hendricks and Ross – Hottest New Group In Jazz Lambert, Hendricks and Ross - Sing A Song of Basie Pat Methany 1954 (guitar) Pat Methany – Travels Pat Methany – Offramp Pat Methany – 80/81 Pat Methany – Rejoicing Pat Methany – Song X Lee Morgan 1938-1972 (trumpet) Lee Morgan – The Sidewinder Lee Morgan – Best of Lee Morgan Lee Morgan – Search For the New Land Lee Morgan – Live At the Lighthouse 3 CDs Lee Morgan – Cornbread Gerry Mulligan 1927-1996 (saxophone, piano) Gerry Mulligan and Ben Webster – Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster Gerry Mulligan – Pacific Jazz and Capitol Recordings Gerry Mulligan – Mulligan Plays Mulligan Gerry Mulligan – Jeru Gerry Mulligan – The Original Quartet Gerry Mulligan – What Is There To Say? Gerry Mulligan – The Age of Steam Gerry Mulligan – Best of Gerry Mulligan Quartet with Chet Baker Gerry Mulligan – Mullenium Oliver Nelson 1932-1975 (saxophone, clarinet) Oliver Nelson – Blues and the Abstract Truth Oliver Nelson – Stolen Moments Horace Silver 1928 (piano) Horace Silver Quintet – Song For My Father Horace Silver – Best of Horace Silver Vols. 1 & 2 Horace Silver – With Jazz Messengers Horace Silver – The Jody Grind Horace Silver – Re-Entry Horace Silver – Retrospective 4 CDs Horace Silver – Blowin' the Blues Away Jimmy Smith 1925 (organ) Jimmy Smith – Organ Grinder Swing Jimmy Smith – Got My Mojo Workin' Jimmy Smith – Back At the Chicken Shack Jimmy Smith – Sermon Jimmy Smith – Best of Capitol Jimmy Smith – Groovin' At Small's Paradise Jimmy Smith – Bashin' Jimmy Smith – Midnight Special Martin Taylor 1956 (guitar) Martin Taylor – Spirit of DJango Martin Taylor – Gold Weather Report (group) Weather Report – Heavy Weather Weather Report – I Sing the Body Electric Weather Report – I Live In Tokyo Weather Report – Mysterious Traveller Weather Report – Black Market |
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The following would be my pick of over 4 hours of great jazz numbers Jazz Hits of the Giants 2 Ko Ko – Charlie “Bird” Parker (saxophone); Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet) 3 Sing, Sing, Sing – Benny Goodman (clarinet); Gene Krupa (drums) 4 ‘Round Midnight – Thelonious Monk (piano) 5 Body & Soul – Coleman Hawkins (saxophone) 6 So What (from “Kind Of Blue”) - Miles Davis (trumpet); John Coltrane (tenor saxophone); Bill Evans (piano);“Canonball” Adderley (alto saxophone) 7 Aknowledgment (from “A Love Supreme”) - John Coltrane (saxophone) 8 Take the A Train – Duke Ellington (piano / band leader); Johnny Hodges (alto saxophone); Ben Webster (tenor saxophone) 9 A-Tisket A-Tasket – Ella Fitzgerald (singer); Chick Webb (drums) 10 In the Mood – Glenn Miller (trombone) 11 West End Blues – Louis Armstrong (trumpet / singer) 12 Mood Indigo – Duke Ellington (piano / band leader); Johnny Hodges (saxophone) 13 One O’Clock Jump – Count Basie (piano / band leader) 14 Fine and Mellow – Billie Holiday (singer) 15 Salt Peanuts – Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet); Charlie “Bird” Parker (saxophone) 16 St. Thomas – Sonny Rollins (saxophone) 17 Better Git It In Your Soul – Charles Mingus (bass) 18 Waltz For Debby (live) - Bill Evans (piano) Groovy Jazz Hits 2 My Favorite Things – John Coltrane (soprano sax) 3 In A Sentimental Mood – John Coltrane (saxophone); Duke Ellington (piano) 4 Desafinado – Stan Getz (saxophone); Charlie Byrd (guitar) 5 Drum Boogie – Gene Krupa (drums) 6 Giant Steps – John Coltrane (saxophone) 7 Naima – John Coltrane (saxophone) 8 Jumpin’ At the Woodside – Count Basie (piano / band leader); Lester Young (tenor saxophone) 9 Ain’t Misbehavin’ – Louis Armstrong (trumpet, singer) 10 It Don’t Mean A Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)- Duke Ellington (piano / band leader); Johnny Hodges (saxophone) 11 Someday My Prince Will Come – Miles Davis (trumpet); John Coltrane (saxophone); Hank Mobley (saxophone) 12 Heebie Jeebies – Louis Armstrong (cornet, singer) 13 Blue Rondo A La Turk – Dave Brubeck (piano); Paul Desmond (saxophone) 14 Straight, No Chaser – Thelonious Monk (piano); Art Blakey (drums) 15 Fables Of Faubus – Charles Mingus (bass) 16 What A Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong (singer) 17 Manteca – Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet) Cool Jazz Hits 2 Stardust – Louis Armstrong (trumpet, singer) 3 Django – Modern Jazz Quartet; with John Lewis (piano); Milt Jackson (vibraphone) 4 Embraceable You – Charlie “Bird” Parker (saxophone); Miles Davis (trumpet); Max Roach (drums) 5 Goodbye Pork Pie Hat – Charles Mingus (bass) 6 Two Bass Hit – Miles Davis (trumpet); John Coltrane (saxophone); Paul Chambers (bass); Red Garland (piano) 7 Epistrophy – Thelonious Monk (piano); Milt Jackson (vibraphone) 8 Confirmation – Charlie Parker (saxophone); Max Roach (drums) 9 Tanya – Dexter Gordon (saxophone) 10 Bemsha Swing – Thelonious Monk (piano) 11 The Sidewinder – Lee Morgan (trumpet); Barry Harris (piano); Joe Henderson (saxophone); Billy Higgins (drums); Ben Crenshaw (b) 12 King Porter Stomp – Benny Goodman (clarinet); Gene Krupa (drums) 13 Groovin’ High – Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet); Charlie “Bird” Parker (saxophone) 14 Yardbird Suite – Charlie Parker (saxophone); Miles Davis (trumpet) 15 Bye Bye Blackbird – Miles Davis (trumpet); John Coltrane (saxophone); Paul Chambers (bass); Red Garland (piano) 16 Emily – Bill Evans (piano); Eddie Gomez (bass) 17 Get Happy – Bud Powell (piano); Max Roach (drums) 18 They Can’t Take That Away From Me – Sarah Vaughn (singer) 19 Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars) – Stan Getz (saxophone); Astrud Gilberto (singer) 20 Rockit – Herbie Hancock (Fairlight CMI) |
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* Great Jazz Variety Samplers * Part
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* Some Notable Jazz Musicians * Some
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Tracks: 1) So What 9:22; 2) Freddie Freeloader 9:46; 3)
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