RECOMMENDED LISTENING LIST
This list is obviously not a comprehensive listening list. It is intended to be a starting point for the student’s discovery, education and enjoyment. This list has been EXTREMELY condensed to account for page numbers… keep exploring!!!
(Jazz Albums, except for big bands, are categorized by the instrument played by the leader.)
JAZZ • Thrust * Kenny Werner:
Chick Corea: • Beat Degeneration PIANO • Now He Sings Now He Bud Powell: Sobs* Steve Kuhn • Three Quartets* • The Amazing Bud • Steve Kuhn Trio- Powell, Volume 1* McCoy Tyner: Life’s Magic
Thelonious Monk: • The Real McCoy* Ellis Marsalis
• Misterioso * Dave Brubeck: • The Classic Ellis • Live at the Five Spot * Marsalis • Monk’s Music* • Time Out • Thelonious Monk Quartet With John Geri Allen: SAXOPHONE Coltrane: Live At Carnegie Hall* • In The Year of The Sonny Rollins: Dragon Oscar Peterson Trio: • The Nurturer • Live at the Village Vanguard * • Oscar Peterson Trio + 1 Keith Jarrett: • Saxophone Colossus* Red Garland: • Standards Volume 1 and • Way Out West* 2 * • Groovy • Changes * Joe Henderson: • Standards Live * Ahmad Jamal: • Tribute* • Inner Urge* • Belonging* • Power To The People* • Ahmad’s Blues* • The Cure * • The State Of The Tenor * Bill Evans Michel Camilo: Wayne Shorter: • Waltz for Debby * • Michel Camilo • Live at the Village • Live At The Blue Note • Speak No Evil * Vanguard * • Ju-Ju* Brad Mehldau: Herbie Hancock: Oliver Nelson: • Brad Mehldau Trio Live • Maiden Voyage * • Blues and The Abstract • Empyrean Isles* Truth* • Headhunters Eric Dolphy TRUMPET Joe Lovano: • Out To Lunch * Clifford Brown: • With Booker Little: • Sounds Of Joy* Live at the Five Spot, • Study in Brown * Volume 1 * David Binney: • Live at Basin Street
Cannonball Adderley: • South Miles Davis: • Oceanos • Somethin’ Else* • Afinidad • Kind of Blue * • Workin’ Ornette Coleman: Dick Oatts: • Relaxin’
• Steamin’* • The Shape of Jazz To • Southpaw • Milestones * Come * • Meru • Round About Midnight • This is Our Music * * • Ornette* Brandford Marsalis: • Someday My Prince • Change of the Century* Will Come* • Requiem • My Funny
• The Dark Keys Valentine/Four and Hank Mobley • Crazy People Music More * (2 CD set)
• ESP • Soul Station * Jan Garbarek: • The Sorcerer * • Roll Call • Miles Smiles* • I Took Up The Runes John Coltrane • Nefertiti * Joshua Redman: • Files De Kilamanjaro * • Blue Trane* • In A Silent Way * • Giant Steps * • Elastic • Bitches Brew * • Crescent * • Live Evil • A Love Supreme* Jon Ellis: • We Want Miles • Ballads* • With Johnny Hartman * • Dance Like There’s No Dave Douglas:
• Live at Birdland * Tomorrow • The Infinite • Live at the Village Vanguard * Dewey Redman: • Meaning And Mystery • Transition* • Moonshine • Interstellar Space* • Red & Black In Willisau • Spirit Moves • In London Michael Brecker Yusef Lateef Kenny Wheeler:
• The Brecker Brothers- Heavy Metal Be-bop* • Live at Pep’s * • Gnu High* • Michael Brecker (his • Double, Double You FIRST solo record) * Chris Potter: • The Widow In The Window Kenny Garrett: • Lift • Underground Wynton Marsalis: • Songbook • Follow the Red Line • Happy People • Ultrahang • Black Codes From The Underground* • Standard Time Volume Drew Gress: Frank Zappa: One* • J Mood • Spin & Drift • Shut Up and Play Yer • Joe Cool’s Blues • Irrational Numbers Guitar • Joe’s Garage Cuong Vu: Mark Helias: John Abercrombie: • It's Mostly Residual • Verbs of Will • Gateway Ingrid Jensen: Ben Allison: • John Abercrombie Trio- Live • Spirals • Cowboy Justice • While We’re Young • Nordic Connect- • Open Land “Flurry” GUITAR • Project O John McLaughlin:
• Live At The Royal BASS Grant Green: Festival Hall *
• Tokyo Live Charles Mingus: • Talkin’ About
Kurt Rosenwinkel: • Ah Um * Allan Holdsworth:
• Blues & Roots * • The Next Step • Heavy Metal Fatigue • The Remedy-Live Ray Brown: • Secrets
• The Sixteen Men of Tain • Don’t Get Sassy Adam Rogers: • Wardenclyffe Tower
• Art of the Invisible Dave Holland: Wes Montgomery:
• Conference of The Birds David Gilmore: • The Incredible Jazz * Guitar of Wes • Numerology • Triplicate Montgomery • Seeds of Time* • Smokin’ At The Half Jonathan Kreisberg: • The Razor’s Edge* Note • Jumpin’ In • New For Now • Extensions * John Scofield:
• Prime Directive * Tony MacAlpine (with Dennis • Not for Nothin' • Still Warm Chambers and Bunny Brunel) • Time On My Hands * Jaco Pastorious: • Blue Matter * • CAB
• CAB 2 • Word of Mouth * Pat Metheny: • Jaco Pastorious * • Pat Metheny Group ORGAN: Eberhard Weber: • 80/81 * • Question And Answer * Jimmy Smith: • Later That Evening • Song X • Still Life Talking • Back at the Chicken Shack *
Melvin Rhyne: Mahavishnu Orchestra: • Suadades *
• Boss Organ • Birds of Fire * Paul Motian: • The Inner Mounting Larry Goldings: Flame * • On Broadway, Volume 1 • Sound of Love • Live at Smalls Fly: Matt Wilson: Gary Versace: • Sky and Country • Fly • Smile • Outside In • Arts and Crafts • The Scenic Route Alice Coltrane: DRUMS • As Wave Follows Wave
• Transfiguration Jo Jones (as in Papa Jo Roy Haynes: Jones): Larry Young: • We Three * • The Everest Years* • Out of The Afternoon * • Unity* • Roy Haynes Trio With Max Roach: Danilo Perez and John GROUPS Patitucci * • Drums Unlimited * Weather Report: • We Insist! Freedom Billy Cobham: Now Suite * • Weather Report • Deeds Not Words* • Spectrum • Mysterious Traveler * • Heavy Weather * Art Blakey: Brian Blade
Steps Ahead: • A Night At Birdland, • Brian Blade Fellowship- Volumes 1 and 2 * Perceptual * • Steps Ahead * • Moanin’ * • Smokin’ In The Pit * • The Big Beat* Ed Blackwell: • A Night In Tunisia * The Jazz Crusaders: • Ugetsu * • Walls-Bridges • Free For All * • What It Be Like • Southern Comfort Elvin Jones: Ralph Peterson Jr.: Old And New Dreams: • Live At The Lighthouse, • Ornettology • Playing * Volumes 1 and 2 • The Fo’Tet Augmented
Return to Forever: Tony Williams: Jeff “Tain” Watts:
• Light as a Feather • Emergency * • Citizen Tain * • Hymn of the Seventh • Believe It * • Folk's Songs Galaxy • Romantic Warrior Jack Dejohnette: Dafnis Prieto:
• Album Album * • About the Monks * • Special Edition * • Absolute Quintet * Count Basie: Jeff Hamilton: Sarah Vaughn: • The Complete Decca • The Best Things Happen Recordings * • Sarah Vaughn • Count Basie Swings, Joe • Swingin’ Easy Vinnie Colaiuta: Williams Sings * • Straight Ahead Billie Holiday: • Vinnie Colaiuata Thad Jones/Mel Lewis: • Lady In Satin* Ari Hoenig: • Lady Sings the Blues • Central Park North * • Bert's Playground* • Consumation * Ella Fitzgerald: ****** • Lines of Oppression* • Punk Bop* Jim McNeely: • ANYTHING BY ELLA. IF YOU WANT TO Peter Erskine: • Lickety Split (listed under LEARN SWING, YOU the Vanguard Orchestra HAVE TO LISTEN TO • Sweet Soul playing the music of Jim ELLA SING. AND I McNeely) • You Never Know MEAN EVERYONE, • Dedication Suite NOT JUST
Chad Wackerman: VOCALISTS!! Maria Schneider:
Scream Frank Sinatra: • • Allegresse * Forty Reasons • • Concert In The Garden * • Dreams, Nightmares and • Songs for Swingin’ Lovers Improvisations Bob Brookmeyer: • Come Dance With Me
• Sinatra at the Sands BIG BANDS • New Works (with Count Basie)* • Spirit Music Chick Webb: Al Jarreau: WDR Big Band:
• Ella Fitzgerald with • We Got By • Prism Chick Webb* • Glow
• This Time Bob Mintzer Big Band: Buddy Rich:
Sheila Jordan:
• Big Swing Face* • Incredible Journey* Art of the Big Band • Swinging New Big • • Portrait of Sheila*
Band • Sheila* (WOW! This is Django Bates: killing!)
Duke Ellington: • Confirmation** • Like Life (DOUBLE WOW!!)
• Blues In Orbit * Carmen McRae: • Black, Brown and Beige VOCALISTS: * • Carmen Sings Monk* • And His Mother Called Joe Williams: Him Bill* Cassandra Wilson: • Count Basie Swings and Joe Williams Sings* • Blue Skies Earth Wind And Fire: • Led Zeppelin II * Diana Krall: • Led Zeppelin IV * • Greatest Hits Volume 1 • Love Scenes * Pink Floyd:
Tower of Power: • Dark Side of The Moon ROCK, POP, AND • What Is Hip?: The Santana: R&B Tower of Power Anthology * • Santana
Aretha Franklin: James Brown: Radiohead:
Live At Filmore West * • • Star Time (Boxed Set) • OK Computer I Never Loved A Man • **************** • Kid A The Way That I Love • Amnesiac You * Marvin Gaye:
• Young Gifted And Black Steely Dan: * • What’s Going On *
• Katy Lied * The Meters: Al Green: • Aja * Gaucho * • The Meters** • • Al Green’s Greatest Hits • Look-Ka Py Py The Beatles:
• Rejuvenation* Donny Hathaway:
• Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Dr. John, with the Meters: • These Songs For You Hearts Club Band *
• Revolver * • In the Right Place* Sly And The Family Stone:
• The Beatles (The White Album) Rufus (sometimes listed as • There’s A Riot Going • Please Please Me * Rufus with Chaka Kahn): On* • Abbey Road • Stand * • Rufusized* • Fresh *
Allen Toussaint: The Beach Boys: Stevie Wonder:
• Pet Sounds • Life, Love and Faith • Fullfillingess’ First
Finale * Blood, Sweat and Tears: Me’Shell Ndegeocello • Talking Book *
• Innervisions* • Blood Sweat and Tears • Peace Beyond Passion • Songs In The Key Of
Life * The Staples Singers: Parliament Funkadelic:
Rickie Lee Jones: • Stax Profiles-The • 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Staples Singers • Rickie Lee Jones * Collection: The Best of Parliament * Mavis Staples: Led Zeppelin:
• We’ll Never Turn Back* • Led Zeppelin I Gladys Knight and The Pips: Billy Joel: Peter Tosh:
• The Ultimate Collection • The Stranger • Legalize It* • Turnstiles The Temptations: Junior Byles: Sting: • My Girl-The Very Best • Beat Down Babylon * of The Temptations • Bring On The Night • Dream Of The Blue The Skatalites: Ohio Players: Turtles * • The Soul Cages * • Foundation Ska * • Ohio Players’ Greatest • Ten Summoner’s Tales* Hits AFRO-CUBAN Yes: Peter Gabriel:
• Fragile • So * Cachao:
Crosby Stills and Nash: The Police: • Cuba Linda*
• Crosby,, Stills and Nash • Zenyatta Mondatta * Buena Vista Social Club:
• Ghost In The Machine * • Buena Vista Social Bill Bruford: • Reggata de Blanc * Club*
• Feels Good to Me Chicago: • Presents Ibrahim Ferrer*
Afro-Cuban All Stars: The Who: • Chicago III
• Who’s Next * Otis Redding: • A Toda Cuba La Gusta
Tito Puente: The Band: • Live in London and
Paris • The Band * • Puente In Little Village Percussion***** (This Paul Simon: one is a lesson in PHRASING!!) • Little Village
• Still Crazy After All Jimmy Bosch: These Years * Loa Lobotomys:
• Salsa Dura • Los Lobotomys John Mayer: • Soneando Trombon
• Try REGGAE Jerry Gonzalez and the Fort Apache Band: Bob Marley: Jimi Hendrix: • Rumba Para Monk • To Catch A Fire * • Band of Gypsies * • Burnin’ * Hilario Duran: • Are You Experienced * • Legend * (greatest hits package) • New Danzon • African Herbsman * Brazilian
Moacir Santos Sambalanco Trio: • Coisas • Sambalanco Trio
Raul De Souza Quarteto Novo • A Vontade Mesmo • Quarteto Novo
Djavan • Alumbramento OR Sergio Mendes e Bossa Rio Seduzir • Voce Ainda Nao Ouviu Nada! Milton Banana • Milton Banana Trio
Hermeto Pascoal • Só Não Toca Quem Não Quer
Edison Machado • Edison Machado é Samba Novo
Egberto Gismonti
• Sanfona
Elis Regina
• Como & Porque
João Donato
• Sambou Sambou
Jorge Bem
• Samba Esquema Novo
Milton Nascimento
• Clube Da Esquina