Suggested Jazz Recordings Selected by Instrument Instrument Artist Title Year Rec. Lael Soprano Saxophone David Liebman New Vista 1997 Arkadia Alto Saxophone Charlie Parker Bird at St. Nick's 1950 Debut Phil Woods All Bird's Children 1991 Concord Tenor Saxophone Sonny Rollins Saxophone Colossus 1956 Prestige John Coltrane Blue Train 1957 Blue Note Michael Brecker Tales From the Hudson 1996 Impulse Baritone Saxophone Gerry Mulligan Live at Storyville 1956 Emd/Blue Note Trumpet Louis Armstrong Ssatch Plays Fats 1955 Columbia Miles Davis Kind of Blue 1959 Columbia Dizzy Gillespie The Complete RCA/Victor Recordings 1937-49 BMG Clifford Brown Study in Brown 1955 EmArcy Freddie Hubbard Here To Stay 1962 Blue Note Tom Harrell The Art of Rhythm 1997 BMG Wynton Marsalis The Midnight Blues, Standard Time Vol. 5 1998 Columbia Trombone JJ Johnson Proof Positive 1964 Impulse Curtis Fuller New Trombone 1957 Prestige Slide Hampton Roots 1985 Criss Cross Steve Turre Rhythm Within 1995 Antilles Conrad Herwig The Latin Side of Coltrane 1996 Astor Place Ray Anderson It Just So Happens 1992 Enja Kenny Burrell Midnight at the Village Guitar Vanguard 1993 Evidence Pat Beyond the Missouri 1997 Verve Metheny/Charlie Sky JohnHaden Scofield A Go-Go 1998 Verve Bill Evans Everybody Digs Bill Piano Evans 1958 Riverside Bud Powell The Amazing Bud Powell, Vols. I & II 1949-53 Blue Note Thelonious Monk Monk's Dream 1962 Columbia Keith Jarrett Standards in Norway 1989 ECM Bass Charles Mingus Mingus Ah Um 1959 Columbia Ray Brown Don't Get Sassy 1994 Telarc Jaco Pastorious Word of Mouth 1981 Warner Bros. Pat Beyond the Missouri 1997 Verve Metheny/Charlie Sky Haden Drums Dave Holland Dream of the Elders 1996 EMC Art Blakey Free For All 1964 Blue Note Bill Stewart Teleathy 1996 Blue Note Steve Gadd The Gadd Gang 1987 Sony Vibes Milt Jackson Bags Meets Wes 1991 Riverside