Jazz. Follow the musicians.

Impulse

Journey In Satchidananda

Alice Coltrane

Have a listen “Shiva-Loka” – a more urgent pulse, its theme rising from the repeated rhythmic ground.

Contemporary RecordsAAA

West Side Story

André Previn And His Pals, Shelly Manne & Red Mitchell

Have a listen “America” – its alternating metre; Red Mitchell’s bass and Shelly Manne’s drums make the changes feel physical.

Prestige

Ballads By Cobb (Stereo)

Arnett Cobb

With Red Garland, George Duvivier, J. C. Heard

Have a listen “Willow Weep for Me” – generous space around Cobb’s opening statement; bent notes and changes of breath shape the story.

Prestige

Party Time (Stereo)

Arnett Cobb

With Ray Bryant, Wendell Marshall, Art Taylor, Ray Barretto

Have a listen “Slow Poke” – how effective Cobb can be at a more measured pace.

Contemporary RecordsAAA

+11

Art Pepper

With Marty Paich, Jack Sheldon, Pete Candoli, Al Porcino

Have a listen “Move” – a compact theme at a brisk tempo; Pepper cuts through the ensemble without needing to overpower it.

Analogue Productions · 45 RPMAAA

Art Pepper – Meets The Rhythm Section (45 RPM 200 Gram Double LP on Clarity Vinyl)

Art Pepper

With Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones

Have a listen “Red Pepper Blues” – credited to Pepper and Garland.

Contemporary RecordsAAA

Gettin' Together!

Art Pepper

With Conte Candoli, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, Jimmy Cobb

Have a listen “Bijou The Poodle” – Art Pepper’s own piece, named after his dog; Conte Candoli plays trumpet.

Contemporary RecordsAAA

Intensity

Art Pepper

With Dolo Coker, Jimmy Bond, Frank Butler

Have a listen “Come Rain Or Come Shine” – written by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer for a 1946 musical.

Contemporary RecordsAAA

Meets The Rhythm Section (Stereo Version)

Art Pepper

Have a listen “You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To” – begins with Pepper’s clear alto statement before the quartet opens the tune into flowing improvisation.

Contemporary RecordsAAA

Smack Up

Art Pepper

Have a listen “How Can You Lose” – Pepper’s improvising grows from the melody; its line stays present even as the harmony opens.

Pablo

The Tatum Group Masterpieces

Art Tatum and Ben Webster

With Red Callender, Bill Douglass

Have a listen “Gone With The Wind” – the Pablo version begins with it – the original Verve album opened with “All The Things You Are”.

PrestigeAAA

Taylor's Wailers (Mono)

Art Taylor

With Donald Byrd, Jackie McLean, Charlie Rouse, Ray Bryant

Have a listen “Batland” – a Lee Sears composition; opens side one with almost ten minutes.

Contemporary RecordsAAA

The Poll Winners

Barney Kessel, Ray Brown, and Shelly Manne

Have a listen “Satin Doll” – Kessel’s chords and Ray Brown’s sure walking line renew an Ellington tune without excessive decoration.

Contemporary RecordsAAA

At The Renaissance

Ben Webster

With Jimmy Rowles, Jim Hall, Red Mitchell, Frank Butler

Have a listen “Georgia on My Mind” – opens the album; like “Stardust” at the close, it leads back to Hoagy Carmichael.

Verve

Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson

Ben Webster

With Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, Ed Thigpen

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Gentle Ben

Ben Webster

Verve

King Of The Tenors (Mono)

Ben Webster

With Benny Carter, Harry Edison, Oscar Peterson, Barney Kessel

Impulse

See You at the Fair

Ben Webster

With Richard Davis, Osie Johnson, Hank Jones, Roger Kellaway

Have a listen “In A Mellow Tone” – leads to Duke Ellington, whose orchestra was an important part of Webster’s career.

Verve

Soulville

Ben Webster Quintet

With Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown, Stan Levey

Have a listen “Soulville” – Webster’s own piece opens side one – one of just two of his compositions beside five standards.

Contemporary RecordsAAA

Jazz Giant

Benny Carter

Have a listen “A Walkin’ Thing” – Benny Carter’s own piece, with a forward-moving theme that draws the horns into easy conversation.

Pablo

Carter, Gillespie, Inc.

Benny Carter & Dizzy Gillespie

Have a listen “A Night in Tunisia” – Gillespie wrote it in 1942 while playing in Benny Carter’s band.

Pablo

Benny Carter Meets Oscar Peterson

Benny Carter & Oscar Peterson

With Joe Pass, Dave Young, Martin Drew

Have a listen “Some Kind of Blues” – after six standards – written jointly by Carter and Peterson.

Prestige

Groovin' with Golson (Stereo)

Benny Golson

Have a listen “The Stroller” – precisely the relaxed confidence its title suggests.

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

At The Montreux Jazz Festival (180 Gram)

Bill Evans

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

At The Montreux Jazz Festival (180 Gram) 33 RPM

Bill Evans

Verve

At Town Hall Vol. 1

Bill Evans

Have a listen “Turn Out the Stars” – the first recording of this Evans piece, heard inside his personal suite.

Fantasy · 45 RPMAAA

Interplay

Bill Evans

Analogue Productions · 45 RPMAAA

New Jazz Conceptions (Mono)

Bill Evans

With Teddy Kotick, Paul Motian

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Quintessence

Bill Evans

Analogue Productions · 45 RPMAAA

Riverside Recordings

Bill Evans

Verve

Trio '64

Bill Evans

With Gary Peacock, Paul Motian, Creed Taylor, Bob Simpson

Have a listen “Little Lulu” – an unexpected popular melody in which Bill Evans discovers graceful momentum.

Verve

Trio '65

Bill Evans

With Chuck Israels, Larry Bunker, Creed Taylor, Rudy Van Gelder

Have a listen “Israel” – John Carisi’s angular theme, which the trio lets breathe through flexible time.

Fantasy · 45 RPMAAA

At Shelly's Manne-Hole

Bill Evans Trio

With Chuck Israels, Larry Bunker

Fantasy · 45 RPMAAA

Everybody Digs Bill Evans

Bill Evans Trio

With Sam Jones, Philly Joe Jones

Fantasy · 45 RPMAAA

Explorations

Bill Evans Trio

Fantasy · 45 RPMAAA

Moon Beams

Bill Evans Trio

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Bill Evans Trio's Sunday At The Village Vanguard UHQR

Bill Evans Trio's Sunday At The Village Vanguard UHQR

With Bill Evans, Scott LaFaro, Paul Motian

Have a listen “All of You” – Cole Porter’s song – one of the selections drawn from different sets of that Sunday.

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Bill Evans Trio's Waltz For Debby UHQR

Bill Evans Trio's Waltz For Debby UHQR

With Bill Evans, Scott LaFaro, Paul Motian

Have a listen “My Romance” – Evans had recorded it as a solo on his debut – here it becomes material for collective playing.

Verve

All Or Nothing At All (Mono)

Billie Holiday

With Harry "Sweets" Edison, Ben Webster, Jimmy Rowles, Alvin Stoller

Verve

Body And Soul (Mono)

Billie Holiday

With Harry „Sweets“ Edison, Ben Webster, Jimmy Rowles, Barney Kessel

Have a listen “They Can’t Take That Away From Me” – one of three Gershwin songs on the record.

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Lady In Satin

Billie Holiday

Verve

Songs For Distingue Lovers

Billie Holiday

With Harry Edison, Ben Webster, Jimmy Rowles, Barney Kessel

Have a listen “One for My Baby” – a late-night barroom scene, carried by Billie Holiday’s slight delays.

Atlantic 75 · 45 RPM

Spectrum

Billy Cobham

With Jan Hammer, Tommy Bolin, Lee Sklar, Joe Farrell

Have a listen “Taurian Matador” – Tommy Bolin’s high E string broke during his solo.

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Blue's Moods

Blue Mitchell

With Wynton Kelly, Sam Jones, Roy Brooks

Prestige

Exultation! (Stereo)

Booker Ervin

With Frank Strozier, Horace Parlan, Butch Warren, Walter Perkins

Have a listen “Black and Blue” – emotional directness with long, developing phrases.

Prestige

The Freedom Book (Stereo)

Booker Ervin

With Jaki Byard, Richard Davis, Alan Dawson

Have a listen “A Lunar Tune” – announces the album with a strong, angular theme.

Prestige

The Song Book (Stereo)

Booker Ervin

With Tommy Flanagan, Richard Davis, Alan Dawson

Have a listen “The Lamp Is Low” – opens side one; the song draws on Ravel’s Pavane pour une infante défunte.

Liam Productions

Chapter One

Caelan Cardello

With Jonathon Muir-Cotton, Domo Branch

Mercury

In Chicago

Cannonball Adderley Quintet

Fantasy · 45 RPMAAA

Know What I Mean?

Cannonball Adderley With Bill Evans

With Cannonball Adderley, Bill Evans, Percy Heath, Connie Kay

Atlantic 75 · 45 RPM

Blues & Roots

Charles Mingus

With Dannie Richmond, John Handy, Jackie McLean, Booker Ervin

Have a listen “Moanin’” – has side B of this 45 RPM edition to itself.

Impulse

Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus

Charles Mingus

Have a listen “II B.S.” – reworks material from “Haitian Fight Song”; the bass comes first, then the band enters in waves.

Analogue Productions

Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus

Charles Mingus

Atlantic 75 · 45 RPM

Oh Yeah

Charles Mingus

With Roland Kirk, Booker Ervin, Jimmy Knepper, Doug Watkins

Have a listen “Devil Woman” – a secure starting point for hearing Mingus as a singer.

Atlantic 75 · 45 RPM

Pithecanthropus Erectus (Mono)

Charles Mingus

With Jackie McLean, J. R. Monterose, Mal Waldron, Willie Jones

Have a listen “Profile Of Jackie” – a portrait of Jackie McLean, who was 24 at the time.

Impulse

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

With Jerome Richardson, Charlie Mariano, Dick Hafer, Rolf Ericson

Have a listen Side A from the start – Mingus conceived the album as one continuous suite; the opening sets up a tense, processional figure.

Atlantic 75 · 45 RPM

The Clown (Mono)

Charles Mingus

With Shafi Hadi, Jimmy Knepper, Wade Legge, Dannie Richmond

Have a listen “The Clown” – the title piece, with radio storyteller Jean Shepherd.

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

The Artistry Of Charlie Byrd

Charlie Byrd

With Keter Betts, Buddy Deppenschmidt

Verve

Baker's Holiday

Chet Baker

With Jimmy Mundy, Leon Cohen, Henry Freeman, Wilford Holcombe

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

In New York

Chet Baker

With Johnny Griffin, Al Haig, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones

Analogue Productions

Spirit Sensitive

Chico Freeman

With Cecil McBee, John Hicks, Billy Hart, Famoudou Don Moye

Pablo

Memories Of Duke

The Clark Terry Five

With Jack Wilson, Joe Pass, Ray Brown, Frank Severino

Have a listen “Everything But You” – according to the publisher, Clark Terry switches to flugelhorn here.

Pablo

The Alternate Blues

Clark Terry, Freddie Hubbard, Dizzy Gillespie Plus Oscar Peterson

Have a listen “Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams” – a standard in the programme that leads the trumpeters into a more lyrical exchange.

Verve

Coleman Hawkins and Confreres

Coleman Hawkins

With Roy Eldridge, Ben Webster, Hank Jones, Oscar Peterson

Have a listen “Honey Flower” – almost nine minutes, written by Coleman Hawkins himself.

Verve

Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster

Coleman Hawkins

Have a listen “Blues for Yolande” – a relaxed blues theme that gives each tenor room without competition.

Pablo

88 Basie Street

Count Basie

With Sammy Nestico, Cleveland Eaton, Dennis Mackrel, Bob Summers

Have a listen “Sunday At The Savoy” – Basie’s own piece, more than twelve minutes long, closing the record – with Joe Pass.

Pablo

Basie Jam

Count Basie

With Harry “Sweets” Edison, J. J. Johnson, Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, Zoot Sims

Have a listen “Doubling Blues” – according to the publisher, Basie plays organ here – a good way into following his keyboards on the record.

Pablo

Farmer's Market Barbecue

Count Basie

With Chris Albert, Dale Carley, Sonny Cohn, Bob Summers

Have a listen “Blues For The Barbecue” – written by trumpeter Sonny Cohn; a little over ten minutes with room for several soloists.

Pablo

Me And You

Count Basie

With Sonny Cohn, Bill Hughes, Danny Turner, Eric Dixon

Have a listen “Moten Swing” – reaches back to Bennie Moten and Kansas City, before Basie led his own orchestra.

Pablo

The Gifted Ones

Count Basie & Dizzy Gillespie

With Ray Brown, Mickey Roker

Have a listen “Back To The Land” – on side A, written jointly by Basie and Gillespie.

Pablo

The Bosses

Count Basie & Joe Turner

With Big Joe Turner, Irving Ashby, Ray Brown, Louis Bellson

Have a listen “Roll ’Em Pete” – leads back to December 1938, when Turner recorded it with pianist Pete Johnson.

Pablo

For The Second Time

Count Basie & The Kansas City 3

With Ray Brown, Louie Bellson

Have a listen “Sandman” – listen to the bass as a melodic line in its own right – then again for Basie’s responses.

Pablo

'Satch' and 'Josh'

Count Basie & Oscar Peterson

With Freddie Green, Ray Brown, Louie Bellson

Have a listen “Jumpin’ at the Woodside” – reaches back into Basie’s band history.

Pablo

The Timekeepers

Count Basie & Oscar Peterson

With John Heard, Louie Bellson

Have a listen “Rent Party” – more than nine minutes, written jointly by Basie and Peterson.

Pablo

Kansas City

Count Basie 6

With Count Basie, Eddie Vinson, Willie Cook, Joe Pass

Have a listen “Wee Baby” – connects the session with the blues-singing tradition; written by Pete Johnson and Big Joe Turner.

Contemporary RecordsAAA

You Get More Bounce With Curtis Counce!

Curtis Counce

With Jack Sheldon, Harold Land, Carl Perkins, Frank Butler

Have a listen “Big Foot” – the earliest recording on the record, from 8 October 1956 – with Jack Sheldon, Harold Land, Carl Perkins and Frank Butler.

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Time Out

Dave Brubeck Quartet

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Time Out 180g

Dave Brubeck Quartet

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Dream With Dean – The Intimate Dean Martin

Dean Martin

Verve

All For You

Diana Krall

Have a listen “I’m an Errand Girl for Rhythm” – a playful opener with Diana Krall as both vocalist and pianist.

Verve

The Look Of Love

Diana Krall

With Christian McBride, Jeff Hamilton, Peter Erskine, Paulinho da Costa

Verve

When I Look In Your Eyes

Diana Krall

With Russell Malone, John Clayton, Ben Wolfe, Jeff Hamilton

Have a listen “Let’s Fall In Love” – with Larry Bunker on vibraphone.

Pablo

Dizzy Gillespie's Big 4

Dizzy Gillespie

With Joe Pass, Ray Brown, Mickey Roker

Have a listen “Tanga” – Gillespie’s own piece opens the LP – with Joe Pass, Ray Brown and Mickey Roker, September 1974 in Los Angeles.

Analogue Productions

Blues In Orbit

Duke Ellington

Pablo

Duke's Big 4

Duke Ellington

Have a listen “The Hawk Talks” – Louie Bellson’s own piece; piano, guitar and bass lock around his accents.

Analogue Productions

Masterpieces By Ellington (Mono)

Duke Ellington

With Billy Strayhorn, Cat Anderson, Harold “Shorty” Baker, Andrew “Fats” Ford

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Masterpieces By Ellington (Mono)

Duke Ellington

With Billy Strayhorn, Cat Anderson, Harold “Shorty” Baker, Andrew “Fats” Ford

Pablo

The Ellington Suites

Duke Ellington

With Clark Terry, Paul Gonsalves, Cootie Williams, Wulf Freedman

Have a listen “The Queen’s Suite” – the whole of side one: six movements, recorded across several dates in 1959.

Impulse

Duke Ellington & John Coltrane

Duke Ellington & John Coltrane

Have a listen “In a Sentimental Mood” – begins with Ellington’s descending piano figure before Coltrane enters.

VerveAAA

Side By Side

Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges

With Harry "Sweets" Edison, Les Spann, Jo Jones, Roy Eldridge

Pablo

This One's For Blanton

Duke Ellington & Ray Brown

Have a listen “Fragmented Suite For Piano And Bass” – fills the whole of side two – Ellington and Ray Brown as a duo.

Impulse

Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins

Duke Ellington and Coleman Hawkins

With Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, Lawrence Brown, Ray Nance

Have a listen “Self Portrait (of the Bean)” – an Ellington feature shaped around Hawkins’s famous nickname.

Verve

Back to Back

Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges

With Harry Edison, Les Spann, Sam Jones, Al Hall

Prestige

The Tenor Scene (Stereo)

Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis & Johnny Griffin Quintet

With Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, Junior Mance, Larry Gales, Ben Riley

Have a listen “Straight, No Chaser” – Monk’s angular theme – each tenor bends the blues language toward his own personality.

Verve

Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!

Ella Fitzgerald

Have a listen “A Night in Tunisia” – a bebop theme that Ella turns into a vocal performance.

Verve

Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas

Ella Fitzgerald

Have a listen “Jingle Bells” – a brisk pace, and Ella’s diction stays effortless.

Pablo

Fine and Mellow

Ella Fitzgerald

With Clark Terry, Zoot Sims, Joe Pass, Tommy Flanagan

Have a listen “Fine and Mellow” – the title song was written by Billie Holiday – Ella takes on a blues closely tied to another great singer.

Verve

Let No Man Write My Epitaph

Ella Fitzgerald

With Paul Smith

Have a listen “Black Coffee” – opens side one: just Ella’s voice and Paul Smith’s piano.

Pablo

Take Love Easy

Ella Fitzgerald

With Joe Pass

Have a listen “Lush Life” – Billy Strayhorn’s own song, on side one.

Pablo

Fitzgerald & Pass… Again

Ella Fitzgerald & Joe Pass

Have a listen “Solitude” – Ella had sung this song with guitar before – back then Barney Kessel played.

Pablo

Ella and Oscar

Ella Fitzgerald & Oscar Peterson

With Ray Brown

Have a listen “Midnight Sun” – here Ray Brown’s double bass joins – the duo becomes a trio.

Verve

Ella & Louis

Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong

Have a listen “Can’t We Be Friends?” – opens the album as a gently comic disagreement between the two.

Verve

Ella & Louis Again

Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong

Have a listen “Don’t Be That Way” – Ella shapes the melody, Armstrong answers in his gravelled voice.

PrestigeAAA

Informal Jazz (Mono)

Elmo Hope

Have a listen “Weejah” – Donald Byrd’s trumpet with the contrasting tenors of John Coltrane and Hank Mobley.

Prestige

At The Five Spot, Vol. 1 (Stereo)

Eric Dolphy

Have a listen “Fire Waltz” – begins with Mal Waldron’s memorable theme.

Prestige

Far Cry (Stereo)

Eric Dolphy

Have a listen “Left Alone” – how deeply Dolphy could inhabit a ballad.

Prestige

Out There (Stereo)

Eric Dolphy

With Ron Carter, George Duvivier, Roy Haynes

Have a listen “Eclipse” – by Charles Mingus – Dolphy’s bass clarinet in a dark, singing register.

Prestige

Outward Bound (Stereo)

Eric Dolphy

With Freddie Hubbard, Jaki Byard, George Tucker, Roy Haynes

Have a listen “G.W.” – opens with a compact, angular theme.

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Blue Gene

Gene Ammons

With Idrees Sulieman, Pepper Adams, Mal Waldron, Doug Watkins

Prestige

Boss Tenor (Stereo)

Gene Ammons

With Tommy Flanagan, Doug Watkins, Art Taylor, Ray Barretto

Have a listen “Close Your Eyes” – Ammons turns a standard into personal speech.

Prestige

Nice An' Cool (Stereo)

Gene Ammons

With Richard Wyands, Doug Watkins, J. C. Heard

Have a listen “Little Girl Blue” – vulnerability combined with the full physical breadth of the tenor.

Prestige

The Soulful Moods Of Gene Ammons (Stereo)

Gene Ammons

With Patti Bown, George Duvivier, Ed Shaughnessy

Have a listen “Skylark” – Hoagy Carmichael’s long melody encourages an especially spacious approach.

Acoustic Sounds 40 · 45 RPM

Breezin'

George Benson

Have a listen “This Masquerade” – by Leon Russell – Benson’s vocal performance won Record of the Year.

Prestige

Jazz For The Carriage Trade (Mono)

George Wallington Quintet

With Phil Woods, Teddy Kotick, Art Taylor, Donald Byrd

Have a listen “Together We Wail” – written by Phil Woods – one of two pieces he contributed to another musician’s album.

Philips

Night Lights

Gerry Mulligan

With Art Farmer, Bob Brookmeyer, Jim Hall, Bill Crow

Verve

Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster

Gerry Mulligan & Ben Webster

With Jimmy Rowles, Leroy Vinnegar, Mel Lewis

Verve

Gerry Mulligan Meets Johnny Hodges

Gerry Mulligan & Johnny Hodges

With Claude Williamson, Buddy Clark, Mel Lewis

Prestige

Gil Evans and Ten (Stereo)

Gil Evans

With Steve Lacy, Lee Konitz, Jimmy Cleveland, Bart Varsalona

Have a listen “Ella Speed” – a folk-derived narrative in a jazz setting – direct and earthy.

Impulse

Out Of The Cool

The Gil Evans Orchestra

Have a listen “La Nevada” – grows across an extended span from a persistent rhythmic foundation.

Contemporary RecordsAAA

For Real!

Hampton Hawes

With Harold Land, Scott LaFaro, Frank Butler

Have a listen “Hip” – written by Hampton Hawes, the opener of side one.

Contemporary RecordsAAA

Four! With Barney Kessel, Shelly Manne & Red Mitchell

Hampton Hawes

Have a listen “There Will Never Be Another You” – swings with easy confidence; Red Mitchell’s walking bass carries the exchanges between the four.

PrestigeAAA

Mobley's 2nd Message (Mono)

Hank Mobley

With Kenny Dorham, Walter Bishop Jr., Doug Watkins, Art Taylor

Have a listen “Xlento” – one of Mobley’s characteristic originals, with a theme that invites close, melodic development.

PrestigeAAA

Mobley's Message (Mono Version)

Hank Mobley

With Donald Byrd, Jackie McLean, Barry Harris, Doug Watkins

Have a listen “Au Privave” – McLean’s alto joins the front line for Charlie Parker’s blues – sharper exchanges between three horns.

Contemporary RecordsAAA

The Fox

Harold Land

With Dupree Bolton, Elmo Hope, Herbie Lewis, Frank Butler

Have a listen “The Fox” – Harold Land’s title piece opens the record; Elmo Hope wrote four more.

Contemporary RecordsAAA

Songs I Like To Sing!

Helen Humes

With Marty Paich, Ben Webster, André Previn, Barney Kessel

Have a listen “Million Dollar Secret” – her own song, which had already been an R&B chart success for her in 1950.

Analogue Productions

Helen Merrill (Mono Version)

Helen Merrill

With Clifford Brown, Quincy Jones, Danny Bank, Jimmy Jones

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

With Bennie Maupin, Paul Jackson, Harvey Mason, Bill Summers

Analogue Productions

Temptation

Holly Cole

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Temptation

Holly Cole

VerveAAA

Maggie's Back In Town!

Howard McGhee

With Phineas Newborn Jr., Leroy Vinnegar, Shelly Manne

Have a listen “Demon Chase” – Howard McGhee’s own opener; he told Nat Hentoff the title was inspired by the energy of Teddy Edwards’ young son.

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Hope

Hugh Masekela

With Damon Duewhite, Bakithi Kumalo, Lawrence Matshiza, Themba Mkhize

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Hope (45 RPM 180 Gram 4 LP Box Set)

Hugh Masekela

Verve

Swing's The Thing (Mono Version)

Illinois Jacquet

With Roy Eldridge, Jimmy Jones, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown

Have a listen “Las Vegas Blues” – the opener, written by Roy Eldridge.

Verve

The Great Kai & J.J.

J.J. Johnson & Kai Winding

With J. J. Johnson, Bill Evans, Paul Chambers, Tommy Williams

PrestigeAAA

4, 5, and 6

Jackie McLean

With Doug Watkins, Art Taylor, Mal Waldron, Hank Mobley

Have a listen “Sentimental Journey” – opens the album – a familiar song transformed into a setting for improvisation.

PrestigeAAA

Jackie's Pal (Mono)

Jackie McLean

With Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones, Mal Waldron, Bill Hardman

Have a listen “Just for Marty” – one of two pieces contributed by the 23-year-old Bill Hardman.

PrestigeAAA

Lights Out! (Mono)

Jackie McLean

With Doug Watkins, Art Taylor, Elmo Hope, Donald Byrd

Have a listen “Lorraine” – written by Donald Byrd, with a more lyrical contour.

Prestige

Out Of The Forrest (Stereo)

Jimmy Forrest

With Joe Zawinul, Tommy Potter, Clarence Johnston

Have a listen “Bolo Blues” – a compact figure and an immediate sense of motion.

Verve

Bashin': The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith

Jimmy Smith

With Oliver Nelson, Quentin Warren, Donald Bailey

Have a listen “Walk On The Wild Side” – the opener with Oliver Nelson’s big band; on side two Smith plays in a trio.

Verve

Organ Grinder Swing

Jimmy Smith

With Kenny Burrell, Grady Tate

Have a listen “Oh No Babe” – Jimmy Smith’s own piece, over nine minutes long.

Verve

Root Down

Jimmy Smith

With Arthur Adams, Wilton Felder, Paul Humphrey, Buck Clarke

Verve

The Cat

Jimmy Smith

With Lalo Schifrin, Bernie Glow, Thad Jones, Marky Markowitz

Have a listen “The Cat” – the title piece – Lalo Schifrin received the Grammy for Best Original Jazz Composition for it.

Analogue Productions

Roots

Jimmy Witherspoon & Ben Webster

Pablo

Portraits Of Duke Ellington

Joe Pass

With Ray Brown, Bobby Durham

Have a listen “Solitude” – Joe Pass plays it entirely on his own, unaccompanied.

Pablo

Blues For 2

Joe Pass and Zoot Sims

Have a listen “Dindi” – introduces another melodic language – listen for when the guitar follows the saxophone’s breathing and when it introduces a thought of its own.

Impulse

'Live' At The Village Vanguard

John Coltrane

Have a listen “Chasin’ the Trane” – without piano altogether: just tenor, bass and drums.

Impulse

A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

With McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones

Have a listen “Acknowledgement” – grows from Jimmy Garrison’s four-note bass figure.

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

A Love Supreme (45 RPM 200 Gram Clarity Vinyl)

John Coltrane

Have a listen “Acknowledgement” – Jimmy Garrison introduces the four-note cell that becomes the suite’s foundation.

Impulse

Ballads

John Coltrane

With McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones, Jimmy Garrison, Reggie Workman

Have a listen “Say It (Over and Over Again)” – Coltrane gives the theme a warm, measured line while Tyner places luminous chords beneath it.

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Ballads UHQR

John Coltrane

With McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones, Jimmy Garrison, Reggie Workman

Have a listen “It’s Easy to Remember” – recorded in December 1961 – Reggie Workman plays double bass here.

Prestige

Coltrane (Prestige) (Mono)

John Coltrane

Have a listen “Straight Street” – Coltrane’s own composition: a minor-key theme whose tension encourages long, searching lines.

Atlantic 75 · 45 RPM

Coltrane Jazz

John Coltrane

With Paul Chambers, Wynton Kelly, Jimmy Cobb, McCoy Tyner

Have a listen “Like Sonny” – a salute to Sonny Rollins – named in the title.

Atlantic 75 · 45 RPM

Coltrane Plays The Blues

John Coltrane

With McCoy Tyner, Steve Davis, Elvin Jones

Have a listen “Blues To Elvin” – written by Elvin Jones – it opens the album.

Atlantic 75 · 45 RPM

Coltrane's Sound

John Coltrane

Impulse

Crescent

John Coltrane

With McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones

Have a listen “Lonnie’s Lament” – a broad, singing theme for the whole group.

Atlantic 75 · 45 RPM

Giant Steps (45 RPM 180 Gram Vinyl)

John Coltrane

Have a listen “Naima” – written for Coltrane’s then-wife – the album’s essential counterweight.

Prestige

Lush Life (Mono Version)

John Coltrane

With Earl May, Paul Chambers, Albert Heath, Art Taylor

Have a listen “Lush Life” – the demanding title composition, in a quintet.

Atlantic 75 · 45 RPM

My Favorite Things

John Coltrane

Have a listen “Summertime” – a well-known melody given a darker, heavier contour on tenor saxophone.

Prestige · 45 RPM

Soultrane (Mono)

John Coltrane

With Paul Chambers, Art Taylor, Red Garland

Have a listen “Russian Lullaby” – the album’s exhilarating test of velocity.

Prestige

Standard Coltrane (Stereo)

John Coltrane

With Wilbur Harden, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Jimmy Cobb

Have a listen “Spring Is Here” – slows the pace and draws out Coltrane’s respect for melody.

PrestigeAAA

With The Red Garland Trio (Mono)

John Coltrane

Have a listen “Bass Blues” – gives Paul Chambers an unusually visible melodic role.

Impulse

John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman

John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman

Have a listen “Lush Life” – Johnny Hartman sustains the song’s long lines and worldly melancholy.

ImpulseAAA

The John Coltrane Quartet Plays

John Coltrane Quartet

With McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Art Davis, Elvin Jones

Have a listen “Nature Boy” – with Art Davis as a second bassist alongside Jimmy Garrison.

Verve

Blues A-Plenty

Johnny Hodges

With Roy Eldridge, Vic Dickenson, Ben Webster, Billy Strayhorn

Have a listen “Reeling And Rocking” – the extended close of side two, with trumpet, trombone and tenor saxophone.

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Johnny Hodges With Billy Strayhorn

Johnny Hodges

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Julie Is Her Name

Julie London

With Barney Kessel, Ray Leatherwood

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Julie Is Her Name Vol. 2

Julie London

With Howard Roberts, Red Mitchell, Bobby Troup, Ted Keep

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Latin In A Satin Mood

Julie London

Prestige

Bluesey Burrell (Stereo)

Kenny Burrell

With Coleman Hawkins, Ray Barretto, Tommy Flanagan, Major Holley

Have a listen “Tres Palabras” – opens side one – all six musicians play together here, with Coleman Hawkins on tenor saxophone.

Verve

Guitar Forms

Kenny Burrell

With Roger Kellaway, Joe Benjamin, Grady Tate, Willie Rodriguez

Have a listen “Lotus Land” – around nine and a half minutes of guitar with Gil Evans’ orchestra.

AAA

Kenny Burrell

Kenny Burrell

With Cecil Payne, Tommy Flanagan, Doug Watkins, Elvin Jones

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Quiet Kenny

Kenny Dorham

With Tommy Flanagan, Paul Chambers, Art Taylor

Prestige

Quiet Kenny (Stereo)

Kenny Dorham

With Tommy Flanagan, Paul Chambers, Art Taylor

Have a listen “Lotus Blossom” – one of Dorham’s own compositions, opening with an elegant theme whose intervals invite development.

Contemporary RecordsAAA

Leroy Walks!

Leroy Vinnegar

Have a listen “Walk On” – begins with the bass before the ensemble enters, turning accompaniment into the subject of the piece.

Atlantic 75 · 45 RPM

Swiss Movement

Les McCann & Eddie Harris

With Benny Bailey, Leroy Vinnegar, Donald Dean

Have a listen “Compared to What” – McCann sings – a song written by Gene McDaniels.

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Satchmo Plays King Oliver

Louis Armstrong

With Trummy Young, Peanuts Hucko, Billy Kyle, Mort Herbert

Analogue Productions

Satchmo Plays King Oliver – 200g LP

Louis Armstrong

With Trummy Young, Peanuts Hucko, Billy Kyle, Mort Herbert

Verve

Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson (Remastered)

Louis Armstrong and Oscar Peterson

Have a listen “That Old Feeling” – Armstrong sings the melody before the trumpet says it another way.

Verve

Torme

Mel Torme

With Mel Tormé, Marty Paich, Frank Rosolino, Buddy Childers

Prestige · 45 RPM

Bags Groove (Mono)

Miles Davis

With Milt Jackson, Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins, Horace Silver

Have a listen “Airegin” – one of the Sonny Rollins compositions – compact themes that open directly into improvisation.

Analogue Productions

Birth Of The Blue

Miles Davis

With Julian „Cannonball“ Adderley, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Paul Chambers

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Birth Of The Blue 45 RPM

Miles Davis

Prestige

Cookin' With The Miles Davis Quintet (Mono)

Miles Davis

With John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones

Have a listen “My Funny Valentine” – Davis with the Harmon mute, leaving generous space around the melody.

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Kind of Blue (45 RPM 200 Gram Clarity Vinyl)

Miles Davis

With John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Bill Evans, Wynton Kelly

Have a listen “So What” – Evans and Chambers open quietly, then the bass states its famous figure and the ensemble answers.

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Kind of Blue (Corrected Speed)

Miles Davis

With Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Wynton Kelly

Analogue Productions

Seven Steps to Heaven

Miles Davis

With George Coleman, Victor Feldman, Ron Carter, Frank Butler

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Seven Steps To Heaven

Miles Davis

With George Coleman, Victor Feldman, Ron Carter, Frank Butler

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Someday My Prince Will Come

Miles Davis

Prestige

Steamin' With The Miles Davis Quintet (Mono Version)

Miles Davis

With John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones

Have a listen “Salt Peanuts” – Philly Joe Jones’s accents and exchanges drive the performance.

Analogue Productions

Great Prestige Recordings

Miles Davis Quintet

With John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones

Prestige

Relaxin' With The Miles Davis Quintet (mono)

Miles Davis Quintet

With John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones

Have a listen “If I Were a Bell” – begins with Davis’s spoken cue.

Atlantic 75 · 45 RPM

Bags & Trane

Milt Jackson & John Coltrane

With Hank Jones, Paul Chambers, Connie Kay

Have a listen “Be-Bop” – occupies a whole side of this 45 RPM edition.

Verve

Getz Au Go Go

The New Stan Getz Quartet

With Stan Getz, Astrud Gilberto, Kenny Burrell, Gene Cherico

Have a listen “Summertime” – gives the instrumental partnership considerable room.

Philips

I Put A Spell On You

Nina Simone

Philips

In Concert

Nina Simone

With Rudy Stevenson, Lisle Atkinson, Bobby Hamilton

Philips

Pastel Blues

Nina Simone

Philips

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

Prestige

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

Impulse

Blues And The Abstract Truth

Oliver Nelson

Have a listen “Stolen Moments” – a dark, patient horn line over a restrained pulse.

Prestige

Screamin' the Blues (Stereo)

Oliver Nelson

With Eric Dolphy, Richard Williams, Richard Wyands, George Duvivier

Have a listen “Alto-Itis” – a particularly vivid field for contrast between the two reed players.

Contemporary RecordsAAA

Something Else

Ornette Coleman

Have a listen “The Blessing” – Ornette Coleman’s lyrical side: a plaintive, almost vocal theme.

Contemporary RecordsAAA

Tomorrow Is The Question!

Ornette Coleman

With Don Cherry, Percy Heath, Red Mitchell, Shelly Manne

Have a listen “Lorraine” – recorded first, on 16 January 1959, with Red Mitchell on bass – alto and trumpet with no piano between them.

Verve

Night Train

Oscar Peterson

Have a listen “Hymn to Freedom” – the closer: gospel-inflected harmony, one of Oscar Peterson’s defining compositions.

VerveAAA

We Get Requests

Oscar Peterson

Have a listen “You Look Good to Me” – begins with spacious textures before gathering swing and weight.

Verve

Affinity

The Oscar Peterson Trio

With Ray Brown, Ed Thigpen

Have a listen “Waltz for Debby” – Bill Evans’ piece opens the record – which qualities belong to the composition, and which arise from this trio’s treatment?

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

West Side Story

The Oscar Peterson Trio

Verve

Oscar Peterson Trio + One

Oscar Peterson Trio and Clark Terry

With Ray Brown, Ed Thigpen

Have a listen “Mumbles” – shows Clark Terry in a different role, not only on trumpet.

Verve

Very Tall

Oscar Peterson Trio with Milt Jackson

Have a listen “Heartstrings” – Milt Jackson’s ballad; Oscar Peterson accompanies without crowding.

Decca

Black Coffee (Mono)

Peggy Lee

With Pete Candoli, Jimmy Rowles, Ed Shaughnessy, Stella Castellucci

Impulse

Karma

Pharoah Sanders

Have a listen “The Creator Has a Master Plan” – fills most of the album: a serene motif first, then voices, percussion and horns broaden the field.

PrestigeAAA

The Young Bloods (Mono)

Phil Woods and Donald Byrd

With Teddy Kotick, Charlie Persip, Al Haig

Have a listen “Dewey Square” – an actual Parker composition opens the programme – then come the pieces by Phil Woods, who wrote four of the six.

Prestige

Woodlore (Mono)

Phil Woods Quartet

With Teddy Kotick, Nick Stabulas, John Williams

Have a listen “Strollin’ with Pam” – reveals Phil Woods as a writer with an instinct for concise, playable lines.

Contemporary RecordsAAA

A World Of Piano!

Phineas Newborn Jr.

Have a listen “Lush Life” – Phineas Newborn takes his time with Billy Strayhorn’s complex melody, letting its long phrases carry the drama.

Prestige

All Night Long (Mono)

The Prestige All Stars

With Doug Watkins, Art Taylor, Jerome Richardson, Kenny Burrell

Have a listen “All Night Long” – the title performance: a broad blues with Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley and Jerome Richardson up front.

PrestigeAAA

Tenor Conclave (Mono)

The Prestige All Stars

With Hank Mobley, Al Cohn, John Coltrane, Zoot Sims

Have a listen “Bob’s Boys” – Hank Mobley’s blues begins side A – four tenor saxophones.

AAA

Wheelin' & Dealin'

The Prestige All Stars

With John Coltrane, Paul Quinichette, Frank Wess, Mal Waldron

VerveAAA

The Cry!

Prince Lasha Quintet

With Sonny Simmons, Gary Peacock, Mark Proctor, Gene Stone

Have a listen “Bojangles” – named after the dancer Bill Robinson; Gary Peacock plays here as the only bassist.

Analogue Productions

Super Bass

Ray Brown

With John Clayton

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Soular Energy

The Ray Brown Trio

With Gene Harris, Gerryck King, Red Holloway, Emily Remler

Impulse

Genius + Soul = Jazz

Ray Charles

Have a listen “From the Heart” – opens with Charles’s organ in clipped, blues-rooted phrases, answered by brass and reeds in short bursts.

Atlantic 75 · 45 RPM

The Genius After Hours (Mono)

Ray Charles

Atlantic 75 · 45 RPM

The Great Ray Charles

Ray Charles

PrestigeAAA

All Mornin' Long (Mono)

The Red Garland Quintet

With George Joyner, Art Taylor, John Coltrane, Donald Byrd

Have a listen “Our Delight” – brings the quick contours of Tadd Dameron’s writing into focus.

Impulse

Out Of The Afternoon

Roy Haynes

Have a listen “Snap Crackle” – Roy Haynes’s own piece; his crisp drumming becomes part of the composition.

Analogue Productions

Rufus Reid Presents Caelan Cardello

Rufus Reid Presents Caelan Cardello

With Rufus Reid, Caelan Cardello, Jim Luce

Pablo

Crazy and Mixed Up

Sarah Vaughan

With Roland Hanna, Joe Pass, Andy Simpkins, Harold Jones

Have a listen “Love Dance” – by Ivan Lins and Vitor Martins, performed here with English lyrics.

Pablo

How Long Has This Been Going On?

Sarah Vaughan

With Oscar Peterson, Joe Pass, Ray Brown, Louie Bellson

Have a listen “How Long Has This Been Going On?” – from the 1928 musical Rosalie, later a standard – and the name of this recording.

EmArcy

Sarah Vaughan (Mono)

Sarah Vaughan

With Clifford Brown, Paul Quinichette, Herbie Mann, Jimmy Jones

EmArcyAAA

Sassy (Mono)

Sarah Vaughan

With Hal Mooney, Hal Mooney and His Orchestra

Pablo

Send In The Clowns

Sarah Vaughan

Have a listen “If You Could See Me Now” – by Tadd Dameron and Carl Sigman – reaching back to Vaughan’s early successes.

Pablo

A Celebration of Duke

Sarah Vaughan, Clark Terry, Zoot Sims, Quadrant

With Mike Wofford, Joe Pass, Milt Jackson, Ray Brown

Have a listen “Caravan” – Clark Terry plays it with Jack Wilson, Joe Pass, Ray Brown and Frank Severino.

Contemporary RecordsAAA

At The Black Hawk Vol. 1

Shelly Manne & His Men

With Joe Gordon, Richie Kamuca, Victor Feldman, Monty Budwig

Have a listen “Summertime” – almost twelve minutes long, recorded on opening night, 22 September.

Contemporary RecordsAAA

My Fair Lady

Shelly Manne and Friends

Have a listen “On the Street Where You Live” – Leroy Vinnegar’s walking bass gives it both lift and direction.

Analogue Productions

Sounds Unheard Of!

Shelly Manne and Jack Marshall

Verve

Alfie (Original Music From The Score)

Sonny Rollins

With Oliver Nelson, J. J. Johnson, Jimmy Cleveland, Phil Woods

Impulse

East Broadway Run Down

Sonny Rollins

With Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones, Freddie Hubbard

Have a listen “East Broadway Run Down” – the title track, written by Rollins; only here does Freddie Hubbard join in.

Impulse

On Impulse

Sonny Rollins

With Ray Bryant, Walter Booker, Mickey Roker, Bob Thiele

Have a listen “On Green Dolphin Street” – begins with a spacious introduction before the tenor bends the tune’s expected path.

Prestige

Rollins Plays For Bird (Mono)

Sonny Rollins

With Kenny Dorham, Wade Legge, George Morrow, Max Roach

Have a listen “Bird Medley” – several songs associated with Parker linked into one continuous performance.

Prestige

Saxophone Colossus (Mono)

Sonny Rollins

With Tommy Flanagan, Doug Watkins, Max Roach

Have a listen “Blue 7” – the closing extended blues – it rewards attention to small motivic changes.

Contemporary RecordsAAA

Sonny Rollins And The Contemporary Leaders

Sonny Rollins

With Hampton Hawes, Barney Kessel, Leroy Vinnegar, Shelly Manne

Have a listen “You” – the only piece on which Victor Feldman plays vibraphone.

PrestigeAAA

Tenor Madness (Mono)

Sonny Rollins

Have a listen “Tenor Madness” – the only officially released recording on which Rollins and Coltrane solo together.

Contemporary RecordsAAA

Way Out West

Sonny Rollins

With Ray Brown, Shelly Manne

Analogue Productions · 45 RPMAAA

Way Out West (45 RPM 200 Gram Double LP on Clarity Vinyl)

Sonny Rollins

With Ray Brown, Shelly Manne

Have a listen “I’m an Old Cowhand” – Shelly Manne introduces it with a hoofbeat figure.

Verve

Sweet Rain

Stan Getz

With Chick Corea, Ron Carter, Grady Tate

Have a listen “Litha” – Chick Corea’s piece opens the album, and his “Windows” closes it.

Verve

Previously Unreleased Recordings

Stan Getz & Bill Evans

With Ron Carter, Richard Davis, Elvin Jones

Have a listen “Funkallero” – Bill Evans’ own piece, from the 6 May 1964 session with Ron Carter on bass.

Verve

Getz Meets Mulligan In Hi-Fi (Mono)

Stan Getz & Gerry Mulligan

With Lou Levy, Ray Brown, Stan Levey

Impulse

Getz and Gilberto

Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto

Have a listen “The Girl from Ipanema” – Astrud Gilberto’s unadorned vocal gives the English verse its character.

Verve · 45 RPM

Getz and Gilberto

Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto

With João Gilberto, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Astrud Gilberto, Milton Banana

Verve

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd

Have a listen “Desafinado” – Charlie Byrd’s guitar sets the pattern, then Stan Getz enters.

Contemporary RecordsAAA

Together Again!!!!

Teddy Edwards and Howard McGhee

With Phineas Newborn Jr., Ray Brown, Ed Thigpen

Have a listen “Together Again” – written by Teddy Edwards, the album’s opener.

Analogue ProductionsAAA

5 by Monk by 5

Thelonious Monk

With Thad Jones, Charlie Rouse, Sam Jones, Art Taylor

Analogue ProductionsAAA

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

With Sonny Rollins, Ernie Henry, Oscar Pettiford, Max Roach

Analogue ProductionsAAA

Misterioso

Thelonious Monk

With Johnny Griffin, Ahmed Abdul-Malik, Roy Haynes

Analogue ProductionsAAA

Monk's Music

Thelonious Monk

With Ray Copeland, Gigi Gryce, Coleman Hawkins, John Coltrane

Analogue ProductionsAAA

The Riverside Tenor Sessions

Thelonious Monk

Analogue ProductionsAAA

Thelonious In Action

Thelonious Monk

With Johnny Griffin, Ahmed Abdul-Malik, Roy Haynes

Analogue ProductionsAAA

Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane

Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane

With Wilbur Ware, Shadow Wilson, Art Blakey, Coleman Hawkins

Analogue ProductionsAAA

At the Blackhawk

Thelonious Monk Quartet Plus Two

With Thelonious Monk, Charlie Rouse, Harold Land, Joe Gordon

Prestige

Overseas (Mono)

Tommy Flanagan

With Wilbur Little, Elvin Jones

Have a listen “Chelsea Bridge” – Billy Strayhorn’s piece: Flanagan lets the unusual harmony breathe.

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Bill Evans – The Tony Bennett & Bill Evans Album

Tony Bennett

With Bill Evans

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

The Sound Of Jazz

Various Artists

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

A Charlie Brown Christmas (45 RPM 200 Gram Double LP on Clarity Vinyl)

Vince Guaraldi Trio

With Fred Marshall, Jerry Granelli

Have a listen “Christmas Time Is Here” – initially carried the working title “Snow Waltz”.

AAA

Introducing Wayne Shorter

Wayne Shorter

With Lee Morgan, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, Jimmy Cobb

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Full House

Wes Montgomery

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

A Dynamic New Sound: Guitar/Organ/Drums

The Wes Montgomery Trio

Analogue Productions · 45 RPM

Kelly Blue

Wynton Kelly

With Bobby Jaspar, Benny Golson, Paul Chambers, Jimmy Cobb

Verve

Smokin' At The Half Note

Wynton Kelly Trio and Wes Montgomery

Have a listen “Unit 7” – a memorable Sam Jones line and a long arc of improvisation.

Pablo

Passion Flower (Zoot Sims Plays Duke Ellington)

Zoot Sims

Have a listen “It Don’t Mean a Thing” – on side one: Zoot Sims as featured soloist with Benny Carter’s orchestra.