Jazz Listening Suggestions
Artist Song Original Album*
Armstrong, Louis Stardust The Best Of Ken Burns Jazz•
St. Louis Blues The Best Of Ken Burns Jazz•
Basie, Count Jumpin’ At The Woodside The Best Of Ken Burns Jazz•
Splanky The Complete Atomic Basie• 100th Birthday Bash On the Road
Li’l Darlin’ The Complete Atomic Basie• Montreux ’77
Whirly Bird The Complete Atomic Basie• Basie is Back 100th Birthday Bash
April In Paris April In Paris Basie is Back
Wind Machine The Basie Big Band
Blakey, Art, and the Jazz Messengers Moanin’ Moanin’ (The Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
Blues March Moanin’ (The Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
Brubeck, Dave Take Five Time Out• The Best Of Ken Burns Jazz•
Blue Rondo à la Turk Time Out• Ken Burns Jazz (Full Set)
Coltrane, John Giant Steps The Best Of Ken Burns Jazz•
My Favorite Things@ Afro Blue Impressions My Favorite Things•
Corea, Chick Spain Light As a Feather• Solo Piano: Originals, Pt. 1(Live) Return to the Seventh Galaxy
Señor Mouse (with Gary Burton) Crystal Silence• The New Crystal Silence Crystal Silence (The ECM Recordings, 1972-1979)
Daniels, Eddie Moonglow (with Gary Burton) Collection: Gary Burton•
Sing, Sing, Sing (with Gary Burton) Collection: Gary Burton•
Davis, Miles So What The Best Of Ken Burns Jazz•
’Round Midnight ‘Round About Midnight Blue Miles
All Blues Kind of Blue• (Legacy Edition) My Funny Valentine
Move Birth of Cool• (The Rudy Van Gelder Edition) The Complete Birth of Cool•
Ellington, Duke Cotton Tail The Best Of Ken Burns Jazz•
The Mooche The Best Of Ken Burns Jazz•
Satin Doll The Duke: The Complete Columbia Years (1927-1962) Ken Burns Jazz: Duke Ellington• Stockholm Concert 1966 [Remastered]
Gillespie, Dizzy Groovin’ High The Best Of Ken Burns Jazz•
Night In Tunisia Night In Tunisia - The Very Best of Dizzy Gillespie Birks Works: The Verve Big-Band Sessions•
I Remember Clifford At Newport (Verve Live) Dizzy: The Music of John Birks Gillespie Birks Works: The Verve Big-Band•
Goodman, Benny King Porter Stomp The Best Of Ken Burns Jazz•
Avalon The Essential Benny Goodman Ken Burns Jazz: Benny Goodman
Goodwin, Gordon (and the Big Phat Band) Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes@ The Phat Pack•
What Sammy Said XXL•
Horn Of Puente XXL•
Count Bubba’s Revenge The Phat Pack•
Hunting Wabbits@ XXL•
A Game Of Inches XXL•
Hancock, Herbie Chameleon Head Hunters• Ken Burns Jazz - Herbie Hancock•
Maiden Voyage Maiden Voyage• (The Rudy Van Gelder Edition) Ken Burns Jazz - Herbie Hancock
Rockit Ken Burns Jazz - Herbie Hancock
Hawkins, Coleman Body And Soul Body and Soul (Remastered) Ken Burns Jazz: The Story of America’s Music
Henderson, Fletcher Hotter Than ’Ell The Best Of Ken Burns Jazz•
King Porter Stomp Ken Burns Jazz - Fletcher Henderson
Holiday, Billie Solitude The Best Of Ken Burns Jazz•
God Bless The Child Ultimate: Billie Holiday Ken Burns Jazz: The Story of America’s Music
Kenton, Stan Malagueña The Best of Stan Kenton Sketches on Standards
Time For A Change@ Kenton ’76•
Granada Smoothie@ Journey Into Capricorn•
Modern Jazz Quartet Bag’s Groove The Complete Last Concert Blues At Carnegie Hall
Django Ken Burns Jazz: The Story of America’s Music MJQ & Friends - A 40th Anniversary Celebration
Monk, Thelonious Straight, No Chaser The Best Of Ken Burns Jazz•
Stuffy Turkey It’s Monk’s Time
Morton, Jelly Roll Dead Man Blues The Best Of Ken Burns Jazz•
Grandpa’s Spells@ Doctor Jazz Jelly Roll Morton Birth of the Hot
Parker, Charlie Koko Ken Burns Jazz: The Story of America’s Music
Scrapple From The Apple Best of the Complete Savoy & Dial Studio Master Takes
Donna Lee The Complete Savoy & Dial Studio Master Takes Now’s the Time•
Peterson, Oscar@ (Virtually every track we’ve heard from this master is golden.)
Tangerine The Essential Oscar Peterson The Jazz Soul of Oscar Peterson / Affinity•
Something’s Coming, I Feel Pretty The Essential Oscar Peterson West Side Story•
Georgia On My Mind Night Train• Oscar Peterson in Russia (Live)
Mumbles (with Clark Terry)@ Oscar Peterson Trio + One•
Rich, Buddy@ Basically Blues Swingin’ New Big Band•
Love for Sale Big Swing Face•
Groovin’ Hard The Best of Buddy Rich•
Channel 1 Suite@ The Best of Buddy Rich•
Silver, Horace Song For My Father Song for My Father (The Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
Doodlin’ (and the Jazz Messengers) The Best Of Ken Burns Jazz•
Tatum, Art Willow Weep For Me Ultimate: Art Tatum
Love For Sale Ultimate: Art Tatum The Tatum Group Masterpieces, Vol. 6
Yesterdays Act Your Age• (with Gordon Goodwin, via techno magic)@
Vaughan, Sarah They Can’t Take That Away From Me The Best Of Ken Burns Jazz•
Weather Report Birdland Heavy Weather This is Jazz: Vol. 10 - Weather Report (the only single buy on iTunes) ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– @ - Paul’s guilty pleasures • - this entire album worth a second look * - all selections available on iTunes™ as well as the original CDs and LPs
NOTE: This list is produced by Paul Jennings, and does display his prejudices, including a predilection for big band and good arrangers. Also for the great Oscar Peterson and a few other great pianists. Any who wish to add to the list are welcome to add favorites. That said, here are a few representative albums by artists/groups I love. Each of them has a LOT of other albums worth exploring:
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass All In Good Time (Okay… I produced this one) …but you might also dig these: Tribute Velvet & Brass (with Mel Tormé) Woody Herman Giant Steps (Woody had great Herds from almost every decade since the 1940s, and I am very fond of the 1960s band.) Thad Jones & Mel Lewis Consummation Maynard Ferguson Chameleon (and his things from the ’70s and with Kenton) Dave Grusin Homage To Duke Joe Sample Carmel Bill Evans The Best of Bill Evans [Remastered] Keith Jarrett Mysteries