100 JAZZ
ARTISTS
*50 KEY JAZZ
RECORDINGS
Most things before 1963 are available on low cost reissues:
Proper boxes are £15 for four CDs of a specific artist
Avid are normally £6 for four LPs on 2 CDs
NOT sets are £4 for 2 CDs of a particular artist
*Early New Orleans: Jazz Classics Vol 1, Robert Palmer BBC/ABC
*Chicago: Jazz Classics Vol 2, Robert Palmer BBC/ABC
*New York: Jazz Classics Vol 3, Robert Palmer BBC/ABC
*Classic Sounds of New Orleans from Smithsonian Folkways
*New Orleans Revival: 1940-1954 including Bunk Johnson, George Lewis, Kid
Ory
*The Best of Jazz Piano 4CD set: To include examples of Ragtime, Boogie
Woogie, Stride, old Blue Note 78s, Scott Joplin, Albert Ammonds, Meede “Lux”
Lewis, James P Johnson, Jelly Roll Morton, Jimmy Yancy, Fats Waller
Cannonball Adderley: Three Classic Albums – Avid (includes “Somethin’
Else” 1958)
Cannonball Adderley: “Mercy Mercy Mercy” – Capitol - 1966
Geri Allen (with Charlie Haden and Paul Motian): “Etudes” – Soul Note - 1987
*Louis Armstrong: Best of the Hot 5s and 7s – Columbia - 1926/8
Louis Armstrong: “Plays W C Handy” – Columbia - 1954
Albert Ayler: “Spiritual Unity” – ESP- 1964
Chet Baker: “The Best of Chet Baker Plays” – Pacific – 1953/6
*Count Basie: “The Atomic” (complete) – 1957 (on Avid 2CD set with “April
in Paris”)
Sidney Bechet: “Essential Collection” – Avid/West End 2CD set
Bix Beiderbecke: “The Art of” - Primo
Art Blakey: “Moanin” – Blue Note – 1958 – also on NOT reissue
Art Blakey: “Keystone 3” – Concord - 1982
Carla Bley: Selected Recordings - ECM
Ruby Braff: Three Classic Albums – Avid reissue
Clifford Brown: Jazz Immortal – Pacific - 1954
*Clifford Brown: “Art Blakey a Night at Birdland” (2Vols) – Blue Note -
1954
Clifford Brown: Four Classic Albums – Avid reissue
*Dave Brubeck: “Time Out” (with “Time Further Out”) – Columbia – 1959
Kenny Burrell: “Midnight Blue” – Blue Note - 1963
Gary Burton: Selected Recordings - ECM
Cab Calloway: “This is Hep” – Properbox
Benny Carter: “Further Definitions” – Impulse – 1961/6
Betty Carter: “The Audience with Betty Carter” – Verve - 1979
Charley Christian: “Genius of Electric Guitar” – Columbia – 1939/1941
Nat King Cole: “The Best of the Trio” (Instrumental) – Capitol – 1943/9
*Ornette Coleman: “The Shape of Jazz to Come” – Atlantic – 1959
Ornette Coleman: “Change of the Century” – Atlantic – 1959 – also on NOT
reissue
Ornette Coleman: “Free Jazz” – Atlantic - 1960
John Coltrane: “Blue Train” – Blue Note – 1957 – also on NOT reissue
*John Coltrane: “Giant Steps” – Atlantic -1959 – also on NOT reissue
John Coltrane: “My Favourite Things”- Atlantic – 1960 – also on NOT
reissue
*John Coltrane: “Ballads” – Impulse - 1962
*John Coltrane: “Love Supreme” – Impulse – 1964
John Coltrane: “Ascension” – Impulse - 1965
Eddie Condon: “Windy City Jazz” - Topaz
Chick Corea: “Return to Forever”- ECM - 1972
*Miles Davis/Gerry Mulligan: “The Complete Birth of the Cool” – Capitol-
1948/50
*Miles Davis: 20 Classic Albums on 10CDs
Miles Davis (with Gil Evans): “Porgy and Bess” – Columbia (on 10CD box)
- 1958
*Miles Davis: “Kind of Blue” – Columbia – 1959 – NOT reissue
Miles Davis (with Gil Evans): “Sketches of Spain” –Columbia -1959/60–
NOT reissue
*Miles Davis: “In a Silent Way” – Columbia –1969
Miles Davis: “Bitches Brew” – Columbia - 1969
Miles Davis: “Under Arrest” – Columbia -1985
Miles Davis: “TuTu” – Warner - 1986
Blossom Dearie: Four Classic Albums plus – Avid reissue
Vic Dickenson: Vic Dickenson Septet – Vanguard – 1953/54 - Avid reissue
Eric Dolphy: “Out to Lunch” – Blue Note - 1964
Roy Eldridge: “Little Jazz Trumpet Giant” – Properbox
*Duke Ellington: “The Best of Early Ellington” – GRP
Duke Ellington: “At Newport 1956” (complete) – Columbia - 1956
*Duke Ellington/Johnny Hodges: “Back to Back” + “Side by Side” – Verve –
1959
Duke Ellington: “Far East Suite” – RCA - 1966
Duke Ellington: “New Orleans Suite” – Atlantic - 1970
Bill Evans: “Everybody Digs” – OJC – 1958 – also on NOT reissue
*Bill Evans (pianist): “Waltz for Debbie”/”Village Vanguard” complete-Riverside-
1961
*Gil Evans: “Out of the Cool” – Impulse – 1960 - on Avid set and also
NOT reissue
Gil Evans: “The Individualism of” – Verve – 1963/4
Art Farmer: “Portrait of Art” – OJC – 1958 - (On Avid set with “Modern
Art”)
*Ella Fitzgerald: “Best of the Songbooks” – Verve and also NOT reissue
Ella Fitzgerald: “Porgy and Bess” –Verve–1958 also on “The Complete
Studio Recorded Duets” - Avid
Erroll Garner: “Concert by the Sea” – Columbia - 1955
*Stan Getz: “At the Shrine” – Verve - 1954
Stan Getz: “Focus” – Verve – 1961 – also on Avid set
Stan Getz (with Charlie Byrd): “Jazz Samba” – Verve - 1962
Stan Getz: Getz/Gilberto – Verve - 1963
Dizzy Gillespie: Ken Burn’s Jazz selection
*Dizzy Gillespie (with Charlie Parker): “Jazz at Massey Hall” (complete)
-1953
*Benny Goodman: “Live at Carnegie Hall” (complete) – Avid - 1938
Benny Goodman: “In HiFi” – Capitol - 1954
Dexter Gordon: “Our Man in Paris” – Blue Note - 1963
Dexter Gordon: “Gettin’ Around” (with Bobby Hutcherson) – Blue Note -
1965
Grant Green: “The Complete Quartets” (with Sonny Clark) – Blue Note
1961/2
Jimmy Giuffre: Avid collection
Scott Hamilton: “Plays Ballads” – Concord - 1989
Lionel Hampton: “The Lionel Hampton Story” - Properbox
*Herbie Hancock: “Taking Off” – Blue Note - 1962
Herbie Hancock: “Maiden Voyage” – Blue Note - 1964
Herbie Hancock: “Headhunters” – Columbia - 1973
*Coleman Hawkins: Ken Burn’s selection
Coleman Hawkins: “Body and Soul” – Dreyfus – 1939/49
Charlie Haden: Liberation Music Orchestra – Impulse - 1969
*Fletcher Henderson: “A Study in Frustration” – Essential Jazz Classics
-1923/38
Joe Henderson: “Page One” – Blue Note - 1963
Joe Henderson: “The State of the Tenor” (2 Vols) – Blue Note - 1985
Woody Herman: “The Woody Herman Story” - Properbox
Andrew Hill: “Point of Departure” – Blue Note - 1964
Earl Hines: “The Earl” - Naxos Jazz Legends
*Johnny Hodges/Duke Ellington: “Side by Side”+ “Back to Back” – Verve -
1959
Billie Holiday: Complete Columbia’s box set – 1933/44
*Billie Holiday: Avid Four Classic Albums set (ex Verve)
Shirley Horn: “May the Music Never End” (her last recording) – Verve -
2003
Freddie Hubbard: “Open Sesame” – Blue Note - 1960
Freddie Hubbard: “Going Up” – Blue Note -
Bobby Hutcherson: “Dialogue”
– Blue Note - 1965
Ahmad Jamal: “Complete Live at the Pershing Lounge 1958”
Ahmad Jamal: “Moods” - NOT
*Keith Jarrett: “Koln Concert” – ECM - 1975
*J J Johnson: “The Eminent” (2vols) – Blue Note – 1953/55
*Stan Kenton: “New Concepts of Artistry in Rhythm” – Capitol - 1952
Rashaan Roland Kirk: “We Free Kings” – Mercury - 1961
Lee Konitz: “Alone Together” – Blue Note - 1997
*Lambert, Hendricks and Ross: “Sing a Song of Basie” – Verve - 1955
Charles Lloyd: “Mirror” – ECM - 2010
Branford Marsalis: “Eternal” – Marsalis Music - 2005
Branford Marsalis: “Songs of Mirth and Melancholy” – Marsalis Music -
2010
Wynton Marsalis (with Art Blakey): “Live at Bubbas” (complete) -
Wynton Marsalis: 1st – Columbia - 1981
*Wynton Marsalis: “J Mood” – Columbia -1985
Wynton Marsalis: “Standard Time” (Vols 1-6) – Columbia – 1986/99
Wynton Marsalis: “Live at the Village Vanguard” – Columbia – 1990/4
Brad Mehldau: “Art of the Trio Vol 3 Songs” – Warner - 1998
Pat Metheny: Selected Recordings – ECM
*Charles Mingus: “Ah Hum” – Columbia -1959
Charles Mingus: “Charles Mingus
Presents Charles Mingus” – Candid - 1960
Charles Mingus: “Black Saint and the Sinner Lady” – Impulse - 1963
Mingus Big Band: “The Essential Mingus Big Band” – Dreyfus – 1993/99
Modern Jazz Quartet: Avid 4 LPs on 2 CDs
*Modern Jazz Quartet: “The Complete Last Concert” – Atlantic - 1974
*Thelonius Monk: “The Genius of Modern Music” (complete) –Blue Note - 1947/52
Thelonius Monk: “Brilliant Corners” – on Avid set
Wes Montgomery: “The Incredible Jazz Guitar” – OJC -1960
Lee Morgan: “The Sidewinder” – Blue Note - 1963
Lee Morgan: “Search for the New Land” – Blue Note - 1964
Gerry Mulligan: “Jeru” – Properbox
*Gerry Mulligan: Four Classic Albums – Avid
Gerry Mulligan: “Re-Birth of the Cool” – GRP - 1992
Oliver Nelson: “The Blues and the Abstract Truth” – Impulse - 1961
*Charlie Parker: “Complete Savoy and Dial Studio Recordings” – Savoy –
1944/8
Art Pepper: “Meets the Rhythm Section” – in Avid Four Classic Album set
*Oscar Peterson: “Night Train” (complete) – Verve - 1962
*Bud Powell: “The Amazing Bud Powell” (2 Vols) – Blue Note – 1949/53
Joshua Redman: 1st – Warner - 1992
Emily Remler: “East to Wes” – Concord - 1988
Max Roach: “We Insist! - Freedom Now” – Candid - 1960
Max Roach: with Clifford Brown – Verve – 1954
*Sonny Rollins: Four Classic Albums - Avid set (includes “Saxophone
Colossus” which is also on a NOT reissue)
Sonny Rollins: “Way Out West” – OJC - 1956
Sonny Rollins: “A Night at the Village Vanguard” – Blue Note - 1957
Sonny Rollins: “This is What I Do” – Milestone - 2000
George Russell: “The Complete Bluebird Recordings” – Lonehill reissue
Maria Schneider: “Sky Blue” – Artist Share - 2007
Archie Shepp: “Four for Trane” – Impulse - 1964
*Wayne Shorter: “Best Of” – Blue Note -1964/7
Wayne Shorter: “Footprints: The Life and Music of Wayne Shorter”–
Columbia - 2005
*Horace Silver: “Blowing the Blues Away” – Blue Note – 1959 – Also on
NOT reissue
Horace Silver: “Song for my Father” – Blue Note - 1964
Zoot Sims: “If I’m Lucky” (with Jimmy Rowles) - OJC -1977
Jimmy Smith: “Groovin’ At Smalls’ Paradise” – Blue Note - 1957
Sonny Stitt: Four classic albums – Avid
Sun Ra: “Jazz in Silhouette” – Evidence - 1958
*Art Tatum: “Piano Grand Master” – Properbox
Cecil Taylor: “Jazz Advance” – Blue Note - 1956
Jack Teagarden: “Father of the Jazz Trombone” – Gold Remasters
Lennie Tristano: “The New Tristano” – Atlantic – 1960/2
McCoy Tyner: “The Real McCoy” – Blue Note - 1967
McCoy Tyner (with Bobby Hutcherson) “Manhattan Moods” – Blue Note - 1993
Sarah Vaughan: “Sara Vaughan featuring Clifford Brown” – Verve/Emarcy -
1954
Fats Waller: “Essential Collection” - Avid
Weather Report: “Heavy Weather” – Columbia – 1973/4
*Ben Webster: “Verve Jazz Masters 43” - Verve
Jessica Williams: “Ain’t Misbehavin”-Live in the Holywell Room Oxford–Candid-
1999
Cassandra Wilson: “Blue Light Till Dawn” – Blue Note - 1993
*Lester Young: “The Lester Young Story” – Properbox
African Jazz:
*Abdullah Ibrahim/Dollar Brand: “African Piano” – Japo/ECM - 1969
Abdullah Ibrahim/Dollar Brand: “The African Space Programme” – ENJA -
1973
Chris MacGregor: “Brotherhood of Breath” – RCA – 1970/1
Hugh Masekela: “Waiting for the Rain” – Jive - 1985
European Jazz:
*Esbjorn Svenson Trio (EST): “Very Best Of” - ACT
Jan Garbarek (with Keith Jarrett): “Belonging” – ECM - 1974
Jan Garbarek: “Twelve Moons” – ECM -1993
Tord Gustavsen: “Being There” – ECM - 2007
*Michel Petrucciani: “Piano Solo: The Complete Concert” – Dreyfus -1997
Enrico Rava: “Easy Living” – ECM - 2003
*Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli +the Quintet of the Hot Club of
France: “The Ultimate Collection” – NOT reissue
Django Reinhart: Avid 4LPs on 2CDs
Tomaz Stanko: “Leosia” – ECM -1996
Eberhard Weber: “Yellow Fields” – ECM - 1975
UK Jazz:
Iain Ballamy/Loose Tubes: (What you can find!)
Chris Barber: “The Complete Decca Sessions” – Lake – 1954/5
John Dankworth: “Best Of” - EMI
Joe Harriott: “The Joe Harriott Story” - Properbox
*Tubby Hayes: 3 Classic Albums plus - Avid collection
Dave Holland: “Prime Directive” – ECM - 1998
Cleo Laine: “The Very Best Of” - RCA
*Humphrey Lyttelton: “Best of 3 CD set” – EMI
Humphrey Lyttelton: Four Classic Albums plus - Avid Collection
John McLaughlin: “Extrapolation” – Polydor -1969
Don Rendell Ian Carr Quintet: “Shades of Blue” and “Dusk Fire” – BGO -
1965
Ronnie Scott: “Boppin with Scott” - Properbox
John Surman: Selected Recordings – ECM
*Stan Tracey: “Under Milk Wood” (original recording with Bobby Wellins)
- 1965
Stan Tracey: Three Classic Albums plus - Avid collection
Kenny Wheeler: “Windmill Tilter” – BGO
Jazz Film DVD/Soundtracks:
*”Jazz on a Summer’s Day”
*”Round Midnight” (plus the soundtrack out-takes – “The Other Side of
Round Midnight” on Blue Note)
