Jazz Recordings: A Beginner's Guide
Jazz Recordings: A Beginner's Guide For the beginner, going into a large record store and looking through the jazz section can be a bewildering experience. Jazz history is an endless series of names, most of them quite talented, and with a nonstop series of releases coming out on a daily basis, there is almost too much to absorb. Where does one start? I have compiled this list of 300 recommended CD's for listeners who are just beginning to collect jazz recordings. Rather than take the easy way out and simply include some of the huge and very complete sets that are currently available (such as Mosaic's 18-CD Nat King Cole trio box), many of which are limited-editions or beyond the budget of the beginner who wishes to simply get a taste of jazz, I have instead concentrated on variety, giving the reader a sampling of the many styles and major players from all eras of jazz history (although due to space I have skipped over ragtime). Not that many listeners will immediately enjoy every one of these records (the range of styles is quite vast) but by listening to all of this music with an open mind, its beauty and excitement will be gradually appreciated. The emphasis is on smaller CD sets (with a few exceptions all are one or two CD's), domestic releases (also with a few exceptions) and music that is available as of this writing. Nearly every significant musician is represented somewhere on the list (for example Scott Hamilton is on Dave McKenna's No Bass Hit). Although I would never claim that these are the 300 "best" jazz recordings of all time, listeners should feel free to acquire as many of these releases as possible; no two are identical and all are good!Cannonball Adderley/John Coltrane, Cannonball And Coltrane (Mercury)
Cannonball Adderley, In San Francisco - Original Jazz Classics(OJC)
Cannonball Adderley, Nippon Soul (OJC)
Air, Air Lore (Bluebird)
Howard Alden/Dan Barrett Quintet, Salutes Buck Clayton(Concord)
Geri Allen, In The Year Of The Dragon (JMT)
Henry "Red" Allen & His New York Orchestra, 1929-30 Vol. 1(JSP)
Henry "Red" Allen, World On A String (Bluebird)
Mose Allison, I Don't Worry About A Thing (Rhino/Atlantic)
Albert Ammons/Meade Lux Lewis, The First Day(Blue Note)
Gene Ammons, The Happy Blues (OJC)
Gene Ammons/Sonny Stitt, Boss Tenors (Verve)
Ray Anderson, Big Band Record (Gramavision)
Louis Armstrong/King Oliver, Louis Armstrong/King Oliver (Milestone)
Louis Armstrong, Vol. 1, The Hot Fives (Columbia)
Louis Armstrong, Vol. 2, The Hot Fives & Hot Sevens (Columbia)
Louis Armstrong, Vol. 3, The Hot Fives & Hot Sevens (Columbia)
Louis Armstrong, Vol. 4, Louis Armstrong & Earl Hines (Columbia)
Louis Armstrong, The 1940's Small Band Sides (Bluebird)
Art Ensemble Of Chicago, Live (Delmark)
Albert Ayler, Love Cry (GRP/Impulse)
Chet Baker, Chet Baker And Crew (Pacific Jazz)
Chet Baker, My Favorite Songs (Enja)
Charlie Barnet, Clap Hands, Here Come's Charlie (Bluebird)
Count Basie, The Complete Decca Recordings (3 CD's) (Decca)
Count Basie, April In Paris (Verve)
Count Basie/Joe Williams, Count Basie Swings/Joe Williams Sings (Verve)
Count Basie, At Newport (Verve)
Count Basie/Zoot Sims,Basie & Zoot (OJC)
Sidney Bechet, The Victor Sessions/Master Takes (3 CD's)(Bluebird)
Bix Beiderbecke, Singin' The Blues (Columbia)
Bix Beiderbecke, Bix Lives (Bluebird)
George Benson, Body Talk (Columbia/CTI)
Bunny Berigan, The Pied Piper (Bluebird)
Art Blakey, Moanin' (Blue Note)
Art Blakey, A Night In Tunisia (Blue Note)
Art Blakey, Keystone #3 (Concord)
Boswell Sisters, Vol. 1 (Collector's Classics)
Ruby Braff, A Sailboat In The Moonlight (Concord)
Anthony Braxton, Dortmund Quartet 1976 (Hat Art)
Anthony Braxton,Oakland, July 1993 (Music & Arts)
Michael Brecker, Michael Brecker (MCA/Impulse)
Clifford Brown, Brown/Roach Inc. (EmArcy)
Clifford Brown, At Basin Street (EmArcy)
Dave Brubeck, Jazz Goes To College (Columbia)
Dave Brubeck, Time Out (Columbia)
Jane Bunnett, Spirits of Havana (Denon)
George Cables, Cables' Vision (OJC)
Benny Carter, All Of Me (Bluebird)
Benny Carter, Montreux '77 (OJC)
James Carter, Jurassic Classics (DIW/Columbia)
Doc Cheatham, The 87 Years Of Doc Cheatham (Columbia)
Charlie Christian, Genius Of The Electric Guitar (Columbia)
June Christy, Something Cool Nat King Cole, Jumpin' At Capitol (Rhino)
Nat King Cole, Jazz Encounters (Capitol)
Richie Cole, Hollywood Madness (Muse)
Ornette Coleman, The Shape Of Jazz To Come (Atlantic)
Ornette Coleman, At The Golden Circle, Vol. 1 (Blue Note)
John Coltrane, Blue Train (Blue Note)
John Coltrane, Giant Steps (Atlantic)
John Coltrane, And Johnny Hartman (Impulse)
John Coltrane, Live At Birdland (Impulse)
John Coltrane, Meditations (Impulse)
Eddie Condon, Dixieland All-Stars (GRP/Decca)
Bob Cooper, Coop! (OJC)
Chick Corea, Now He Sings, Now He Sobs (Blue Note)
Chick Corea, Light As A Feather (Polydor)
Chick Corea, My Spanish Heart (Polydor)
Marilyn Crispell, Live In San Francisco (Music & Arts)
Sonny Criss, Crisscraft (Muse)
Bob Crosby, And His Orchestra (GRP/Decca)
Eddie Daniels, Breakthrough (GRP)
Eddie Lockjaw Davis, All Of Me (SteepleChase)
Miles Davis, Birth Of The Cool (Capitol)
Miles Davis, Miles Ahead (Columbia)
Miles Davis, Milestones (Columbia)
Miles Davis, Kind Of Blue (Columbia)
Miles Davis, My Funny Valentine, The Complete Concert 1964 (2 CD's) (Columbia)
Miles Davis, Miles Smiles (Columbia)
Miles Davis, Bitches Brew (2 CD's) (Columbia)
Wild Bill Davison, S'Wonderful (Jazzology)
Jack DeJohnette, Special Edition (ECM)
Johnny Dodds, Blue Clarinet Stomp (Bluebird)
Eric Dolphy, Outward Bound (OJC)
Eric Dolphy, Out There (OJC)
Eric Dolphy, Out To Lunch (Blue Note)
Lou Donaldson, Blues Walk
Kenny Dorham, Jazz Contrasts (OJC)
Kenny Dorham, Una Mas (Blue Note)
Tommy Dorsey, Yes Indeed (Bluebird)
Roy Eldridge, Little Jazz (Columbia)
Roy Eldridge, Montreux '77 (OJC)
Duke Ellington, Early Ellington (Bluebird)
Duke Ellington, The Okeh Ellington (2 CD's) (Columbia)
Duke Ellington, The Blanton/Webster Band (3 CD's) (Bluebird)
Duke Ellington, Fargo, ND (2 CD's) (Vintage Jazz Classics)
Duke Ellington, Jan. 1943 Carnegie Hall Concert (2 CD's) (Fantasy)
Duke Ellington, The Far East Suite (Bluebird)
Duke Ellington, 70th Birthday Concert (2 CD's) (Blue Note)
Herb Ellis, Nothing But The Blues (Verve)
Esquire's All American Hot Jazz Sessions (Bluebird)
Bill Evans, Portrait In Jazz (OJC)
Bill Evans, Undercurrent (Blue Note)
Gil Evans, New Bottles, Old Wine (Blue Note)
Art Farmer, Meet The Jazztet (MCA/Chess)
Maynard Ferguson, The Birdland Dreamband (Bluebird)
Ella Fitzgerald, Pure Ella (Decca)
Ella Fitgerald, Ella In Berlin (Verve)
Bill Frisell, Have A Little Faith (Elektra Nonesuch)
Dave Frishberg, Can't Take You Nowhere (Fantasy)
Erroll Garner, Concert By The Sea (Columbia)
Stan Getz, At The Opera House (Verve)
Stan Getz, Getz/Gilberto (Verve)
Dizzy Gillespie, Shaw Nuff (Musicraft)
Dizzy Gillespie, The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (2 CD's) (Bluebird)
Dizzy Gillespie/Roy Eldridge, Roy And Diz (Verve)
Dizzy Gillespie At Newport (Verve)
Jerry Gonzalez, Rumba Para Monk (Sunnyside)
Benny Goodman, Sing Sing Sing (Bluebird)
Benny Goodman, After You've Gone (Bluebird)
Benny Goodman, 1938 Carnegie Hall Concert (2 CD's) (Columbia)
Dexter Gordon, Swiss Nights, Vol. 1(SteepleChase)
Stephane Grappelli , Young Django (Polygram)
Stephane Grappelli, Stephane Grappelli/David Grisman Live (Warner Bros.)
Grant Green, Matador (Blue Note)
Johnny Griffin, The Congregation (Blue Note)
George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band, First Prize (Enja)
Vince Guaraldi, Black Orpheus (OJC)
Lionel Hampton, Midnight Sun (GRP/Decca)
Herbie Hancock, Maiden Voyage (Blue Note)
Herbie Hancock, Mwandishi (2 CD's) (Warner Archives)
Roy Hargrove, Of Kindred Souls (Novus)
Eddie Harris, Exodus To Jazz (Vee Jay)
Coleman Hawkins, A Retrospective 1929-1963 (2 CD's) (Bluebird)
Erskine Hawkins, The Original Tuxedo Junction (Bluebird)
Fletcher Henderson, A Study In Frustration (4 CD's) (Columbia)
Joe Henderson, Page One (Blue Note)
Joe Henderson, Lush Life (Verve)
Woody Herman, Blues On Parade (GRP/Decca)
Woody Herman, Thundering Herds (Columbia)
Woody Herman, Keeper Of The Flame (Capitol)
Andrew Hill, Point Of Departure (Blue Note)
Earl Hines, Spontaneous Explorations (2 CD's) (Red Baron)
Billie Holiday, The Legacy (3 CD's) (Columbia)
Shirley Horn, Close Enough For Love (Verve)
Freddie Hubbard, Breaking Point (Blue Note)
Freddie Hubbard, Red Clay (Columbia/CTI)
Helen Humes, Songs I Like To Sing! (OJC)
Dick Hyman, Live From Toronto's Cafe Des Copain (Music & Arts)
Willis Jackson, Bar Wars (Muse)
Illinois Jacquet, The Black Velvet Band (Bluebird)
Keith Jarrett, Koln Concert (ECM)
Keith Jarrett, My Song (ECM)
Jazz At The Philharmonic, The First Concert (Verve)
Jazz At The Philharmonic, Live At The Nichigeki Theatre 1953 (2-CD) (Pablo)
Jazz At The Philharmonic, Stockholm '55, The Exciting Battle (Pablo)
Bunk Johnson/Lu Watters, Bunk And Lu (Good Time Jazz)
James P. Johnson, Stormy Monday Blues (GRP/Decca)
Louis Jordan, The Best Of (MCA)
Sheila Jordan, Portrait Of Sheila (Blue Note)
Stan Kenton, Retrospective (4 CD's) (Capitol)
Freddie Keppard, The Complete (King Jazz)
John Kirby, 1938-1939 (Classics)
Andy Kirk, Mary's Idea (GRP/Decca)
Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Bright Moments (2 CD's) (Rhino/Atlantic)
Lee Konitz, Subconscious-Lee (OJC)
Gene Krupa, Uptown (Columbia)
Steve Lacy, Evidence (OJC)
Steve Lacy, Live At Sweet Basil (Novus)
Bireli Lagrene, Routes To Django (Jazzpoint)
Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, Sing A Song Of Basie (GRP/Impulse)
George Lewis, Hot Creole Jazz 1953 (DCC Jazz)
Lighthouse All-Stars, Volume 6 (OJC)
Abbey Lincoln, Straight Ahead (Candid)
Abbey Lincoln, Abbey Sings Billie (Enja)
London Jazz Composers Orchestra, Harmos (Intakt)
Joe Lovano, Rush Hour (Blue Note)
Jimmy Lunceford, Stomp It Off (Decca)
Machito, Mucho Macho (Pablo)
Shelly Manne, Vol. 1: The West Coast Sound (OJC)
Shelly Manne, My Fair Lady (OJC)
Branford Marsalis, Trio Jeepy (2 CD's) (Columbia)
Wynton Marsalis, Black Codes From The Underground (Columbia)
Wynton Marsalis, In This House, On This Morning (2 CD's) (Columbia)
M-Base Collective, Anatomy Of A Groove (DIW/Columbia)
Les McCann, In New York (Capitol/Pacific Jazz)
Susannah McCorkle, I'll Take Romance (Concord)
Bobby McFerrin, Spontaneous Inventions (Blue Note)
Dave McKenna, No Bass Hit (Concord)
McKinney's Cotton Pickers, 1928-30 (Bluebird)
Jackie McLean, Let Freedom Ring (Blue Note)
Jackie McLean, Dynasty (Triloka)
Carmen McRae, Carmen Sings Monk (Novus)
Jay McShann, Blues From Kansas City (GRP/Decca)
Pat Metheny, 80/81 (2 CD's) (ECM)
Pat Metheny, Letter From Home (Geffen)
Glenn Miller, A Legendary Performer (Bluebird)
Charles Mingus, Charles Mingus Presents (Candid)
Charles Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus (Impulse)
Mingus Big Band, Mingus Big Band 93 (Dreyfus)
Blue Mitchell, The Thing To Do (Blue Note)
Hank Mobley, Workout (Blue Note)
Modern Jazz Quartet, Django (OJC)
Thelonious Monk, Brilliant Corners (OJC)
Thelonious Monk, Big Band And Quartet In Concert (2 CD's) (OJC)
Wes Montgomery, Incredible Jazz Guitar (OJC)
Wes Montgomery, Smokin' At The Half Note (Verve)
Lee Morgan, Candy （BLUE NOTE）
Lee Morgan, The Sidewinder （BLUE NOTE）
Jelly Roll Morton, His Complete Victor Recordings (5 CD's) (Bluebird)
Bennie Moten, South (Bluebird)
Bennie Moten, Basie Beginnings (Bluebird)
Gerry Mulligan/Chubby Jackson, (OJC)
Gerry Mulligan, Best Of Mulligan Quartet With Chet Baker (Pacific Jazz)
Turk Murphy Jazz Band Favorites, Good Time Jazz
David Murray, Hope Scope (Black Saint)
Fats Navarro And Tadd Dameron (2 CD's), (Blue Note)
Buell Neidlinger, Blue Chopsticks (K2B2)
The New Orleans Rhythm Kings And Jelly Roll Morton, (Milestone)
James Newton, The African Flower (Blue Note)
Red Norvo, Dance Of The Octopus (Hep)
Anita O'Day, Signs The Most (Verve)
King Oliver, Sugar Foot Stomp (GRP/Decca)
Original Dixieland Jazz Band, 75th Anniversary (Bluebird)
Kid Ory, Creole Jazz Band 1954 (Good Time Jazz)
Charlie Parker, The Complete Dial Sessions (4 CD's) (Stash)
Charlie Parker, Carnegie Hall 1949 (Jass)
Charlie Parker, Jazz At Massey Hall (OJC)
Joe Pass, Virtuoso (Pablo)
Art Pepper, Meets The Rhythm Section (OJC)
Art Pepper, Modern Jazz Classics (OJC)
Art Pepper, Landscape (OJC)
Oscar Peterson, At The Stratford Shakespearean Festival (Verve)
Oscar Peterson/Clark Terry, Trio Plus One (Verve)
Oscar Peterson, My Favorite Instrument (Verve)
Oscar Peterson, The Trio (Pablo)
King Pleasure/Annie Ross, King Pleasure Sings/Annie Ross Sings (OJC)
The Port Of Harlem Jazzmen, The Port Of Harlem Jazzmen (Blue Note)
Bud Powell, The Complete Blue Note And Roost Recordings (4 CD's) (Blue Note)
Tito Puente, Goza Mi Timbal (Concord Picante)
Django Reinhardt, Django's Music (Hep)
Max Roach, We Insist (Candid)
Max Roach, To The Max (2 CD's) (Bluemoon)
Luckey Roberts & Willie The Lion Smith, Harlem Piano (Good Time Jazz)
Sonny Rollins, Saxophone Colossus (OJC)
Sonny Rollins, Way Out West (OJC)
Gonzalo Rubalcaba, The Blessing (Blue Note)
Poncho Sanchez, Night At Kimball's East (Concord Picante)
Pharoah Sanders, Karma (MCA/Impulse)
John Scofield, Hand Jive (Blue Note)
Raymond Scott, Reckless Nights And Turkish Twilights (Columbia)
Artie Shaw, Personal Best (Bluebird)
Woody Shaw, Solid (Muse)
George Shearing, I Hear A Rhapsody (Telarc)
Archie Shepp, Fire Music (Impulse0
Wayne Shorter, Speak No Evil (Blue Note)
Horace Silver, Song For My Father (Blue Note)
Zoot Sims, And The Gershwin Brothers (OJC)
Bessie Smith, The Complete Recordings Vol. 3 (2 CD's) (Columbia)
Jimmy Smith, The Sermon (Blue Note)
Jimmy Smith/Wes Montgomery, Dynamic Duo (Verve)
Muggsy Spanier, The Ragtime Band Sessions (Bluebird)
Sonny Stitt, Tune Up (Muse)
Soprano Summit, Live At Concord '77 (Concord)
Supersax , Plays Bird (Capitol)
Art Tatum, Piano Starts Here (Columbia)
Cecil Taylor, Jazz Advance (Blue Note)
Cecil Taylor, Silent Tongues(Freedom)
Jack Teagarden, The Indispensable (2 CD's) (RCA/Jazz Tribune)
Claude Thornhill, Best Of The Big Bands (Columbia)
Cal Tjader, Latin Concert (OJC)
Mel Torme, In Concert Tokyo (Concord)
Lennie Tristano, The Complete Keynote (Mercury)
Stanley Turrentine, The Best of (Epic)
McCoy Tyner, Enlightenment (Milestone)
McCoy Tyner, Supertrios (Milestone)
Sarah Vaughan, The Complete (2 CD's) (Mobile Fidelity)
Joe Venuti, Fiddlesticks (Conifer)
Bennie Wallace, Twilight Time (Blue Note)
Fats Waller, Fats And His Buddies (Bluebird)
Dinah Washington, Dinah Jams (EmArcy)
Grover Washington Jr., Mister Magic
Weather Report, Heavy Weather (Columbia)
Chick Webb, 1929-1934Classics)
Ben Webster, See You At The Fair (GRP/Impulse)
Randy Weston, Uhuru Afrika/Highlife (Roulette)
Kenny Wheeler, Gnu High (ECM)
Clarence Williams, 1926-1927 (Classics)
Tony Williams, Emergency (Polydor)
Teddy Wilson, With Billie In Mind (Chiaroscuro)
Phil Woods, Rights Of Swing (Candid)
World's Greatest Jazz Band, Live (Atlatnic)
Yellowjackets Four Corners (MCA)
Larry Young, Unity (Blue Note)
Lester Young, The Complete Aladdin Sessions (2 CD's) (Blue Note)
Lester Young, Jazz Giants '56 (Verve)
Various Artists, Jazz In The Thirties (2 CD's) Disques Swing
Various Artists, Ridin' In Rhythm (2 CD's) (Disques Swing)
Various Artists, The Jazz Scene (2 CD's) (Verve)
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