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Art Tatum, The Best Of The Pab…

Art Tatum's solo work can be dizzying; you need a break from it, so m… more »

Benny Goodman, Benny Goodman: …

This is the one that started it all, that pushed jazz into the concert ha… more »

Thelonious Monk, Thelonious In…

Thelonious Sphere Monk, a pianist as eccentric and marvelous as his name,… more »

Cannonball Adderley, Cannonbal…

A fiery alto saxophonist who blended Charlie Parker's dexterity with … more »

Duke Ellington, The Duke Ellin…

Duke Ellington recorded many live albums, but the '44 concert at Carn… more »

Dave Brubeck Quartet, Jazz At …

Brubeck was a pioneer of playing jazz on college campuses, and the Oberli… more »

Charlie Parker, The Quintet: J…

In 1953, the Toronto Jazz Society invited that year's poll-winners to… more »

Sonny Rollins, G-Man

This was recorded at Opus 40, a club in the Hudson Valley, in August, 198… more »

Louis Armstrong, Mack The Knif…

Recorded live at the 1957 Newport Jazz Festival with his regular sextet (… more »

Count Basie And His Orchestra,…

This 1983 big-band studio session is one of Basie's last (he sat at t… more »

Dizzy Gillespie, Bahiana…

Along with Benny Carter, Dizzy Gillespie, Inc., this 1975 recording best … more »

Ella Fitzgerald, Ella & O…

Ella was 58, and not in her finest voice, when she recorded this duet ses… more »

Bill Evans Trio, Waltz for Deb…

Maybe the greatest live jazz album ever, certainly the one that transform… more »

Sarah Vaughan, Crazy And Mixed…

Vaughan was 58 when she recorded this small-group session in 1982, and he… more »

John Coltrane, Live Trane …

Taken from the tapes of Coltrane's European tours in 1963-65, featuri… more »

Coleman Hawkins, Bean Stalkin…

This album lays down two European concerts from 1960 led by Coleman Hawki… more »

Eric Dolphy, At The 5 Spot, Vo…

In the early '60s, Eric Dolphy seemed the heir apparent to Charlie Pa… more »

Art Blakey, Ugetsu

Art Blakey was not only the most energetic drummer in jazz but also its k… more »

Bill Evans Trio, The Last Walt…

Another piano trio, recorded in August-September 1980, and what a differe… more »

Pablo Records

Norman Granz, one of the great jazz impresarios, started producing jazz e… more »

Live Jazz

Live jazz albums may not be as polished or precise as those recorded in a… more »

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