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Collector's Corner

Do you want to take your jazz collection to a higher level? Well then, welcome to the Collector's Corner. Jazz industry professionals from Blue Note, Concord, ECM, Fantasy, GRP, Impulse!, Label M, RCA Victor, Telarc, Warner Bros., Verve, and others have selected a sampling of their label's premier recordings designed to satisfy the most discerning taste. Recordings were chosen based on originality, outstanding musical content, and overall artistic representation in the lexicon of jazz. With thousands more recordings that could have made the cut, this list is intended to be only a small, but essential, step in the direction of the serious jazz collection!

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A

CD John Abercrombie - Timeless
Acoustic Alchemy - Reference Point
Cannonball Adderley - C. Adderley Quintet in San Francisco
Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else
Monty Alexander - Stir It Up
Gene Ammons All Stars - The Happy Blues
Ernestine Anderson - When the Sun Goes Down
Louis Armstrong - A 100th Birthday Celebration
Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald - Ella & Louis
Art Ensemble of Chicago - Nice Guys
Roy Ayers - Stoned Soul Picnic
Albert Ayler - Live in Greenwich Village

B

CD Kenny Barron - Maybeck Recital Hall Series, Volume 10
Count Basie - April In Paris
Count Basie - Kansas City 6
Chet Baker - Chet
Laverne Baker - Sings Bessie Smith
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Caravan
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Moanin'
Carla Bley - Sextet
Paul Bley / Gary Peacock / Paul Motion - Not Two. Not One
George Benson - Breezin'
Lester Bowie Brass Fantasy - Avant Pop
Michael Brecker - Tales From the Hudson
Tina Brooks - Minor Move
Ray Brown - Super Bass
Dave Brubeck Quartet - Jazz At Oberlin
Dave Brubeck - Just You, Just Me
Gary Burton / Chick Corea - Crystal Silence

C

CD Benny Carter - Further Definitions
Betty Carter - The Audience with Betty Carter
Ray Charles - The Genius Of Ray Charles
Don Cherry - Multikulti
Ornette Coleman - Free Jazz
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
John Coltrane - Giant Steps
John Coltrane - My Favorite Things
John Coltrane - Soultrane
John Coltrane - First Meditations
Chick Corea - Return to Forever
Chick Corea - Light Years
Hank Crawford - After Hours
Sonny Criss - I'll Catch the Sun

D

CD Tadd Dameron w/John Coltrane - Mating Call
Eddie Daniels - Beautiful Love
David Darling - Cello
Miles Davis Quintet - Relaxin' with Miles
Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain
Miles Davis - Someday My Prince Will Come
Miles Davis - Miles Smiles
Miles Davis - Live-Evil
Miles Davis - Tutu
Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition - Irresistible Forces
Paul Desmond - Take 10
Al DiMeola - The Infinite Desire
Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch
Lou Donaldson - Gravy Train

E

CD Harry "Sweets" Edison - Mr. Swing
Teddy Edwards - Sunset Eyes
Roy Eldridge (& Dizzy Gillespie) - Roy & Diz
Eliane Elias - Sings Jobim
Duke Ellington - The Best of Duke Ellington Centennial Edition
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Harlem
Peter Erskine - You Never Know
Bill Evans - Box Set Turn Out The Stars
Bill Evans - Waltz For Debby
Gil Evans - Out of the Cool

F

CD Tal Farlow - The Swingin Guitar of Tal Farlow
Art Farmer / Benny Golson - Meet the Jazztet
Joe Farrell - Sonic Text
Ella Fitzgerald - Dream Dancing
Clare Fischer - The Latin Side
Tommy Flanagan - Moodsville
Bela Fleck & the Flecktones - Bela Fleck & the Flecktones
Michael Franks - The Art of Tea
Bill Frisell - Good Dog, Happy Man
Curtis Fuller - Curtis Fuller with Red Garland

G

CD Richard Galliano - French Touch
Jan Garbarek/Bobo Stenson Quartet - Witchi-Tai-To
Red Garland Trio - Groovy
Erroll Garner - Contrasts
Kenny Garrett - Pursuance: The Music of John Coltrane
Stan Getz - My Foolish Heart-Live at the Left Bank
Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto
Dizzy Gillespie Y Machito - Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods
Egberto Gismonti - Solo
Benny Goodman - Greatest Hits
Dexter Gordon - The Tower of Power
Grant Green - Idle Moments
Dave Grusin - The Gershwin Connection
Vince Guaraldi - Jazz Impressions

H

CD Charlie Haden Quartet West - Haunted Heart
Charlie Haden & Pat Metheny - Beyond the Missouri Sky
Jim Hall - Concierto
Jim Hall & Pat Metheny - Jim Hall & Pat Metheny
Slide Hampton & the Jazz Masters - Dedicated to Diz
Herbie Hancock - Empyrean Isles
Herbie Hancock - Thrust
Roy Hargrove - Habana
Johnny Hartman - Unforgettable
Gene Harris Quartet - Listen Here!
Coleman Hawkins - Desafinado
Joe Henderson - Lush Life: The Music of Billy Strayhorn
Andrew Hill - Point of Departure
Dave Holland - Prime Directive
Billie Holiday - All or Nothing at All
Freddie Hubbard - The Body & The Soul
Freddie Hubbard- Hub Tones

I

Abdullah Ibrahim - Desert Flowers

J

CD Milt Jackson - Reverence and Compassion
Ahmad Jamal - At The Pershing-But Not For Me
Ahmad Jamal - I Remember Duke, Hoagy & Strayhorn
Bob James / David Sanborn - Double Vision
Al Jarreau - We Got By
Keith Jarrett - Koln Concert
Keith Jarrett Trio - Tokyo '96
Eddie Jefferson - Body and Soul
Antonio Carlos Jobim - Elis and Tom
Dr. John - Gris Gris
Marc Johnson - The Sound of Summer Running
Quincy Jones - Quintessence

K

CD Wynton Kelly - Piano
Stan Kenton - Adventures in Time
Barney Kessel (w/S. Manne & R. Brown) - The Poll Winners
Frank Kimbrough / Joe Locke - Saturn's Child
Rahsaan Roland Kirk - The Inflated Tear
Kenny Kirkland - Kenny Kirkland
Lee Konitz - Motion

L

CD Steve Lacy - Regeneration
Harold Land - West Coast Blues!
Pete La Roca (Sims)- Turkish Women At The Bath
Yusef Lateef - Live at Pep's
Hubert Laws - The Laws of Jazz
Meade Lux Lewis - Barrel House Piano
Charles Lloyd - Voice in the Night
Abbey Lincoln - You Gotta Pay The Band
Jacques Loussier Trio - Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

M

CD Lyle Mays - Lyle Mays
Les McCann & Eddie Harris - Swiss Movement
Brother Jack McDuff - Meets the Boss
Carmen McRae - Fine & Mellow: Live at Birdland West
Brad Mehldau - Art of Trio 3: Songs
Pat Metheny Group - Offramp
Charles Mingus - New Tijuana Moods
Charles Mingus - Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus
Roscoe Mitchell - Nine To Get Ready
The Modern Jazz Quartet - Django
Wes Montgomery - The Incredible Jazz Guitar
Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane - Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane
Thelonious Monk - Brilliant Corners
Lee Morgan -The Sidewinder
Gerry Mulligan -Paraiso

N

CD Oliver Nelson - Blues & the Abstract Truth
Phineas Newborn - Newborn Touch
David "Fathead" Newman - It's Mr. Fathead

O

CD Anita O'Day - All The Sad Young Men
Chico O'Farrill - Heart of a Legend
Oregon - Northwest Passage

P

CD Charlie Parker - Bird and Diz
Charlie Parker - South of the Border
Jaco Pastorius - Birthday Concert
Gary Peacock / Ralph Towner - Oracle
Art Pepper - Meets The Rhythm Section
Charles Persip - Charles Persip and the Jazz Statesman
Oscar Peterson - Sound of the Trio
Oscar Peterson - Live at the Blue Note
Peterson / Pass / Pedersen - The Trio
Jean Luc Ponty - The Gift of Time
Tito Puente - El Rey

Q

Ike Quebec - Blue & Sentimental
Paul Quinichette - The Vice Pres

R

CD Sun Ra - Sun Song
Dewey Redman - The Ear of the Behearer
Joshua Redman - Moodswing
Django Reinhardt - Le Quintette Du Hot Club De France
Lee Ritenour - Wes Bound
Max Roach & Clifford Brown - Study in Brown
Shorty Rogers - Portrait of Shorty
Sonny Rollins - The Bridge
Sonny Rollins - On Impulse
Sonny Rollins and Coleman Hawkins - Sonny Meets Hawk!
Terje Rypdal - Chaser

S

CD Dino Saluzzi - Cite De La Musique
Poncho Sanchez - Conga Blue
Pharoah Sanders - Thembi
Maria Schneider - Evanescence
Artie Shaw - Greatest Hits
George Shearing - That Shearing Sound
Horace Silver - Song For My Father
Archie Shepp - Four for Trane
Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil
Frank Sinatra / Count Basie - Sinatra at the Sands
Jimmy Smith & Wes Montgomery - The Dynamic Duo
Spyro Gyra - Heart Of The Night
Tomasz Stanko - Leosia
Bobo Stenson - Serenity
Sonny Stitt - Just The Way It Was-Live at the Left Bank

T

CD Art Tatum - Classic Earlky Solos 1934-1937
Cecil Taylor - Mixed
Lucky Thompson - Lucky Strikes
Henry Threadgill & Make Your Move - Where's Your Cup
Cal Tjader - La Onda Va Bien
Ralph Towner - Ana
Joe Turner - The Boss of the Blues
McCoy Tyner - Infinity
McCoy Tyner - The Real McCoy
McCoy Tyner - McCoy Tyner With Stanley Clarke and Al Foster

U

Uptown String Quartet - Just Wait A Minute

V

George Van Eps - Mellow Guitar
Nana Vasconcelos - Duas Vozes
Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan (with Clifford Brown)

W

CD Fats Waller - Turn On The Heat (Piano Solos)
David S. Ware - Surrendered
Grover Washington Jr - Mister Magic
Dinah Washington - What A Diff'rence A Day Makes
Bobby Watson - Quiet As It's Kept
Weather Report - Black Market
Ben Webster - Ben Webster and Associates
Kenny Wheeler - The Widow in the Window
Cootie Williams - in Hi-Fi
Joe Williams - Me and the Blues

Y

Lester Young - With the Oscar Peterson Trio


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