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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 »