Coleman Hawkins: Rainbow Mist (1944)
Label: Apollo Records
Personnel:
- Coleman Hawkins (tenor sax) and his Orchestra
- Dizzy Gillespie – trumpet
- Auld/Hawkins/Webster Sextet
- Georgie Auld and his Orchestra
Producer: Robert G.Koester
Track listing
- Rainbow Mist – Coleman Hawkins
- Woody ‘N You – Dizzy Gillespie
- Bu-Dee-Daht – Charlie Hart and B. Johnson
- Disorder at the Border – Coleman Hawkins
- Yesterdays – Otto Harbach and Jerome Kern
- Feeling Zero – Coleman Hawkins
- Salt Peanuts – Kenny Clarke, Dizzy Gillespie
- Uptown Lullaby – Leonard Feather
- Pick-Up Boys – Leonard Feather
- Porgy – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward
- Concerto for Tenor – J.P. Johnson
- Taps Miller – Count Basie, Buck Clayton, Bob Russell
- I Can’t Get Started – Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin, Thad Jones
- Sweet and Lovely – Gus Arnheim , Jules LeMare, Harry Tobias
Dizzy Gillespie: Bird & Diz (1952)
Label: Verve
Personnel:
- Charlie Parker – saxophone
- Curley Russell – bass
- Buddy Rich – drums
- Thelonious Monk – piano
- Dizzy Gillespie – trumpet
- Tommy Potter – bass
- Carlos Vidal – bongo
- Max Roach – drums
- Al Haig – piano
- Tommy Turk – trombone
- Kenny Dorham – trumpet
Producer: Norman Granz
Track listing
- Bloomdido – Charlie Parker
- My Melancholy Baby – Emmie M.Burnett, George A.Norton
- Relaxin with Lee – Charlie Parker
- Passport – Charlie Parker
- Leap Frog – Benny Harris, Charlie Parker
- An Oscar for Treadwell – Charlie Parker
- Mohawk – Charlie Parker
- Visa – Charlie Parker
Various Artists: The Greatest Jazz Concert Ever (1953)
Label: Prestige
Personnel:
- Charlie Parker – alto saxophone
- Charles Mingus – bass
- Max Roach – drums
- Bud Powell – piano
- Dizzy Gillespie – trumpet
- Tony Lane – art direction, design
- Phil Carroll – artwork, cover art
- Stephen Davis – linear notes
Track listing
- Perdido
- Salt Peanuts
- All the Things You Are
- Wee
- Hot House
- A Night in Tunisia
- Embreacable You
- Sure Thing
- My Devotion
- Polka Dots and Moonbeans
- Cherokee
- Jubilee
- I’ve Got You Under My Skin
- My Heart Stood Still
- I Want To Be Happy
- Lullaby of Birdland
Sarah Vaughan: With Clifford Brown (1954)
Label: EmArcy
Personnel:
- Sarah Vaughan – vocals
- Clifford Brown – trumpet
- Paul Quinichette – tenor saxophone
- Herbie Mann – flute
- Jimmy Jones – piano
- Joe Benjamin – bass
- Roy Haynes – drums
- Ernie Wilkins – conductor
- John Malachi – piano
Producer: Bob Shad
Track listing
- Lullaby of Birdland – George Shearing, George David Weiss
- April in Paris – Vernon Duke, E.Y. “Yip” Harburg
- He’s My Guy – Gene de Paul and Don Raye
- Jim – Caesar Petrillo – Edward Ros, Nelson Shawn
- You’re Not the Kind – Will Hudson, Irving Mills
- Embraceable You – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
- I’m Glad There Is You -Jimmy Dorsey, Paul Mertz
- September Song – Maxwell Anderson, Kurt Weill
- It’s Crazy – Dorothy Fields, Richard Rodgers
Erroll Garner: Concert by the Sea (1955)
Label: Columbia
Personnel:
- Erroll Garner – piano
- Eddie Calhoun – double bass
- Denzil Best – drums
Producer: Larry Keyes
Track listing
- I’ll Remember April – Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye
- Teach Me Tonight – Sammy Cahn, De Paul
- Mambo Carmel-by-the-sea – Erroll Garner
- Autumn Leaves -Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prévert and Johnny Mercer
- It’s All Right With Me – Cole Porter
- Red Top – Lionel Hampton, Ben Kynard
- April in Paris -Vernon Duke, Yip Harburg
- They Can’t Take That Away from Me – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
- How Could You Do a Thing Like That to Me – Tyree Glenn, Allan Roberts
- Where or When – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
- Erroll’s Theme – Garner
Ella Fitzgerald: Ella & Louis (1956)
Label: Verve
Personnel:
- Louis Armstrong – vocals, trumpet
- Ella Fitzgerald – vocals
- Ray Brown – bass
- Herb Ellis – guitar
- Oscar Peterson – piano
- Buddy Rich – drums
Producer: Norman Granz
Track listing
- Can’t We Be Friends? – Paul James, Kay Swift
- Isn’t This a Lovely Day? – Irving Berlin
- Moonlight in Vermont – John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf
- They Can’t Take That Away from Me – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
- Under a Blanket of Blue – Jerry Livingston, Al J. Neiburg and Marty Symes
- Tenderly – Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence
- A Foggy Day – G. Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
- Stars Fell on Alabama – Mitchell Parish, Frank Perkins
- Cheek to Cheek – Berlin
- The Nearness of You – Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington
- April in Paris – Vernon Duke, Yip Harburg
The Modern Jazz Quartet: Fontessa (1956)
Label: Atlantic
Personnel:
- John Lewis – piano
- Milt Jackson – vibraphone
- Percy Heath – double bass
- Connie Kay – drums
Producer: Nesuhi Ertegun
Track listing
- Versailles – John Lewis
- Angel Eyes – Earl Brent and Matt Dennis
- Fontessa – Lewis
- Over the Rainbow – Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg
- Bluesology – Milt Jackson
- Willow Weep for Me – Ann Ronell
- Woodyn You – Dizzy Gillespie
Sonny Rollins: Saxophone Colossus (1956)
Label: Prestige
Personnel:
- Sonny Rollins — tenor saxophone
- Tommy Flanagan — piano
- Doug Watkins — bass
- Max Roach — drums
Producer: Bob Weinstock
Track listing
- Thomas – Sonny Rollins
- You don’t know what love is – Gene de Paul and Don Raye
- Strode Rode – Sonny Rollins
- Moritat – Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht
- Blue 7 – Sonny Rollins
Charles Mingus: Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956)
Label: Atlantic
Personnel:
- Charles Mingus – bass
- Jackie McLean – alto saxophone
- J. R. Monterose – tenor saxophone
- Mal Waldron – piano
- Willie Jones – drums
Producer: Nesuhi Ertegun
Track listing
- Pithecanthropus Erectus – Charles Mingus
- A Foggy Day – George Gershwin
- Profile of Jackie – Charles Mingus
- Love Chant – Charles Mingus
Duke Ellington: At Newport (1956)
Label: Columbia
Personnel:
- Harry Carney – baritone sax
- John Willie Cook – trumpet
- Duke Ellington – piano
- Paul Gonsalves – tenor sax
- Jimmy Grissom – voice
- Jimmy Hamilton – clarinet
- Johnny Hodges – alto sax
- Quentin Jackson – trombone
- William “Cat” Anderson – trumpet
- Ray Nance – voice, trumpet
- Russell Procope – alto sax
- John Sanders – trombone
- Clark Terry – trumpet
- James Woode – bass
- Britt Woodman – trombone
- Sam Woodyard – drums
Producer: George Avakian
Track listing
- Festival Junction – Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn
- Blues to Be There – Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn
- Newport Up – Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn
- Jeep’s Blues – Duke Ellington
- Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue – Duke Ellington
John Coltrane: Blue Train (1957)
Label: Blue Note
Personnel:
- John Coltrane — tenor saxophone
- Lee Morgan — trumpet
- Curtis Fuller — trombone
- Kenny Drew — piano
- Paul Chambers — bass
- Philly Joe Jones — drums
Producer: Alfred Lion
Track listing
- Blue Train – John Coltrane
- Moment’s Notice – John Coltrane
- Locomotion – John Coltrane
- I’m Old Fashioned – Johnny Mercer and Jerome Kern
- Lazy Bird – John Coltrane
Thelonious Monk: Brilliant Corners (1957)
Label: Riverside
Personnel:
- Thelonious Monk – piano; celeste
- Ernie Henry – alto saxophone
- Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
- Oscar Pettiford – double bass
- Max Roach – drums; timpani
- Clark Terry – trumpet
- Paul Chambers – double bass
Producer: Orrin Keepnews
Track listing
- Brilliant Corners – Thelonious Monk
- Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are – Thelonious Monk
- Pannonica – Thelonious Monk
- I Surrender, Dear – Barry Harris
- Bemsha Swing – Thelonious Monk, Denzil Best
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers: Moanin (1958)
Label: Blue Note
Personnel:
- Art Blakey – drums
- Lee Morgan – trumpet
- Benny Golson – tenor saxophone
- Bobby Timmons – piano
- Jymie Merritt – bass
Producer: Alfred Lion
Track listing
- Moanin – Bobby Timmons
- Are You Real – Benny Golson
- Along Came Betty – Benny Golson
- The Drum Thunder Suite – Benny Golson
- Blues March – Benny Golson
- Come Rain or Come Shine – Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer
Miles Davis: Milestones (1958)
Label: Columbia
Personnel:
- Miles Davis – trumpet, piano
- Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone
- John Coltrane – tenor saxophone
- Red Garland – piano
- Paul Chambers – double bass
- Philly Joe Jones – drums
Producer: George Avakian
Track listing
- Jekyll – Jackie McLean
- Sid’s Ahead – Miles Davis
- Two Bass Hit – John Lewis, Dizzy Gillespie
- Miles – Miles Davis
- Billy Boy – traditional, arr.Ahmad Jamal
- Straight, No Chaser – Thelonious Monk
Julian Cannonball Adderley: Somethin’ Else (1958)
Label: Blue Note
Personnel:
- Cannonball Adderley — alto saxophone
- Miles Davis — trumpet
- Hank Jones — piano
- Sam Jones — bass
- Art Blakey — drums
Producer: Alfred Lion
Track listing
- Autumn Leaves – Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prevert
- Love for Sale – Cole Porter
- Something Else – Miles Davis
- One for Daddy-O – Nat Adderley
- Dancing in the Dark – Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz
Sonny Clark: Cool Struttin’ (1958)
Label: Blue Note
Personnel:
- Sonny Clark – piano
- Jackie McLean – alto saxophone
- Art Farmer – trumpet
- Paul Chambers – bass
- Philly Joe Jones – drums
Producer: Alfred Lion
Track listing
- Cool Struttin – Sonny Clark
- Blue Minor – Sonny Clark
- Sippin’ at Bells- Miles Davis
- Deep Night – Charles Henderson, Rudy Vallée
Miles Davis: Kind of Blue (1959)
Label: Columbia
Personnel:
- Miles Davis – trumpet, band leader
- Julian “Cannonball” Adderley – alto saxophone
- John Coltrane – tenor saxophone
- Bill Evans – piano
- Wynton Kelly – piano
- Paul Chambers – double bass
- Jimmy Cobb – drums
Producer: Teo Macero – Irving Townsend
Track listing
- So What – Miles Davis
- Freddie Freeloader – Miles Davis
- Blue in Green – Miles Davis, Bill Evans
- All Blues – Miles Davis
- Flamenco Sketches – Miles Davis, Bill Evans
Dave Brubeck: Time Out (1959)
Label: Columbia
Personnel:
- Dave Brubeck – piano
- Paul Desmond – alto saxophone
- Eugene Wright – bass
- Joe Morello – drums
Producer: Teo Macero
Track listing
- Blue Rondo a la Turk – Dave Brubeck
- Strange Meadow Lark – Dave Brubeck
- Take Five – Paul Desmond
- Three To Get Ready – Dave Brubeck
- Kathy’s Waltz – Dave Brubeck
- Everybody’s Jumpin – Dave Brubeck
- Pick Up Sticks – Dave Brubeck
Ornette Coleman: Shape of the Things to Come (1959)
Label: Atlantic
Personnel:
- Ornette Coleman – alto saxophone
- Don Cherry – cornet
- Charlie Haden – bass
- Billy Higgins – drums
Producer: Nesuhi Ertegun
Track listing
- Lonely Woman – Ornette Coleman
- Eventually – Ornette Coleman
- Peace – Ornette Coleman
- Focus on Sanity – Ornette Coleman
- Congeniality – Ornette Coleman
- Chronology – Ornette Coleman
Ray Charles: The Genius Of (1959)
Label: Atlantic
Personnel:
- Ray Charles – piano and vocals
- Clark Terry – trumpet
- Ernie Royal – trumpet
- Joe Newman – trumpet
- Snookie Young – trumpet
- Marcus Belgrave – trumpet
- John Hunt – trumpet
- Melba Liston – trombone
- Quentin Jackson – trombone
- Thomas Mitchell – trombone
- Al Gray – trombone
- Frank Wess – flute, alto saxophone and tenor saxophone
- Marshall Royal – alto sax
- Paul Gonsalves – tenor sax
- Zoot Sims – tenor sax
- Billy Mitchell – tenor sax
- David “Fathead” Newman – tenor sax
- Quincy Jones – arranger, conductor
- Allen Hanlon – guitar
- Wendell Marshall – bass
- Ted Sommer – drums
- Bob Brookmeyer – valve trombone
- Harry Lookofsky – concertmaster
- Ralph Burns – arranger
Producer: Nesuhi Ertegün – Jerry Wexler
Track listing
- Let the Good Times Roll – SamTheard, Fleecie Moore
- It Had to Be You – Gus Kahn, Isham Jones
- Alexander’s Ragtime Band, Irving Berlin
- Two Years of Torture – Percy Mayfield, Charles Joseph Morris
- When Your Lover Has Gone – Einar Aaron Swan
- Deed I Do – Walter Hirsch, Fred Rose
- Just for a Thrill – Lil Hardin Armstrong, Don Raye
- You Won’t Let Me Go – Bud Allen, Buddy Johnson
- Tell Me You’ll Wait for Me – Charles Brown, Oscar Moore
- Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Cryin’ – Joe Greene
- Am I Blue? – Grant Clarke, Harry Akst
- Come Rain or Come Shine – Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen
Charles Mingus: Ah Um (1959)
Label: Columbia
Personnel:
- John Handy – alto sax , clarinet , tenor sax
- Booker Ervin – tenor sax
- Shafi Hadi – tenor sax , alto sax
- Willie Dennis – trombone
- Jimmy Knepper – trombone
- Horace Parlan – piano
- Charles Mingus – bass, piano
- Dannie Richmond – drums
Producer: Teo Macero
Track listing
- Better Git It in Your Soul – Charles Mingus
- Goodbye Pork Pie Hat – Charles Mingus
- Boogie Stop Shuffle – Charles Mingus
- Self-Portrait in Three Colors – Charles Mingus
- Open Letter to Duke – Charles Mingus
- Bird Calls – Charles Mingus
- Fables of Faubus – Charles Mingus
- Pussy Cat Dues – Charles Mingus
- Jelly Roll – Charles Mingus
Freddie Hubbard: Open Sesame (1960)
Label: Blue Note
Personnel:
- Freddie Hubbard: trumpet
- Tina Brooks: tenor saxophone
- McCoy Tyner: piano
- Sam Jones: bass
- Clifford Jarvis: drums
Producer: Alfred Lion
Track listing
- Open Sesame – Brooks
- But Beautiful – Burke and Van Heusen
- Gypsy Blue – Brooks
- All or Nothing at All – Altman and Lawrence
- One Mint Julep – Toombs
- Hub’s Nub – Hubbard
Ornette Coleman: Free Jazz (1960)
Label: Atlantic
Personnel:
Left channel
- Ornette Coleman — alto saxophone
- Don Cherry — pocket trumpet
- Scott LaFaro — bass
- Billy Higgins — drums
- Right channel
- Eric Dolphy — bass clarinet
- Freddie Hubbard — trumpet
- Charlie Haden — bass
- Ed Blackwell — drums
Producer: Nesuhi Ertegün
Track listing
- Free Jazz (part one) – Ornette Coleman
- Free Jazz (part two) – Ornette Coleman
Hank Mobley: Soul station (1960)
Label: Blue Note
Personnel:
- Hank Mobley — tenor saxophone
- Wynton Kelly — piano
- Paul Chambers — bass
- Art Blakey — drums
Producer: Alfred Lion
Track listing
- Remember – Irving Berlin
- This I Dig of You – Hank Mobley
- Dig Dis – Hank Mobley
- Split Feelin’s – Hank Mobley
- Soul Station – Hank Mobley
- If I Should Lose You – Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin
John Coltrane: Giant Steps (1960)
Label: Atlantic
Personnel:
- John Coltrane — tenor saxophone
- Tommy Flanagan — piano
- Wynton Kelly — piano
- Paul Chambers — bass
- Art Taylor — drums
- Jimmy Cobb — drums
- Cedar Walton — piano
- Lex Humphries — drums
Producer: Nesuhi Ertegün
Track listing
- Giant Steps – John Coltrane
- Cousin Mary – John Coltrane
- Countdown – John Coltrane
- Spiral – John Coltrane
- Syeeda’s Song Flute – John Coltrane
- Naima – John Coltrane
- P.C. – John Coltrane
Bill Evans Trio: Sunday at the Village Vanguard (1961)
Label: Riverside
Personnel:
- Bill Evans – piano
- Scott LaFaro – bass
- Paul Motian – drums
Producer: Orrin Keepnews
Track listing
- Gloria’s Step (take 2) – Scott LaFaro
- My Man’s Gone Now – George Gershwin
- Solar – Miles Davis
- Alice in Wonderland – (take 2) – Sammy Fain
- All of You (take 2) – Cole Porter
- Jade Visions (take 2) – Scott LaFaro
The Gil Evans Orchestra: Out of the Cool (1961)
Label: Impulse
Personnel:
- Gil Evans – piano
- Johnny Coles – trumpet
- Phil Sunkel – trumpet
- Keg Johnson – trombone
- Jimmy Knepper – trombone
- Tony Studd – bass trombone
- Bill Barber – tuba
- Ray Beckenstein – alto saxophone, flute, piccolo
- Eddie Caine – alto saxophone, flute, piccolo
- Budd Johnson – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
- Bob Tricarico – flute, piccolo, bassoon
- Ray Crawford – guitar
- Ron Carter – bass
- Elvin Jones – drums
- Charli Persip – drums
Producer: Creed Taylor
Track listing
- La Nevada – Gil Evans
- Where Flamingos Fly – Elthea Peale, Harold Courlander, John Benson Brooks
- Bilbao Song – Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill
- Stratusphunk – George Russell
- Sunken Treasure – Evans
- Sister Sadie – Horace Silver
Oliver Nelson: The Blues and the Abstract Truth (1961)
Label: Impulse
Personnel:
- Oliver Nelson – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
- Eric Dolphy – flute, alto saxophone
- George Barrow – baritone saxophone
- Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
- Bill Evans – piano
- Paul Chambers – bass
- Roy Haynes – drums
Producer: Creed Taylor
Track listing
- Stolen Moments – Oliver Nelson
- Hoe-Down – Oliver Nelson
- Cascades – Oliver Nelson
- Yearnin’ – Oliver Nelson
- Butch and Butch – Oliver Nelson
- Teenie’s Blues – Oliver Nelson
George Russell Sextet: Ezz-thetics (1961)
Label: Riverside Records
Personnel:
- George Russell – piano, arranger
- Don Ellis – trumpet
- Dave Baker – trombone
- Eric Dolphy – alto sax and bass clarinet
- Steve Swallow – bass
- Joe Hunt – drums
Producer: Orrin Keepnews
Track listing
- Ezz-thetic – George Russell
- Nardis – Miles Davis
- Lydiot – George Russell
- Thoughts – George Russell
- Honesty – David Baker
- Round Midnight – Thelonious Monk
- Kige’s Tune (take 2) – Al Kiger
- Kige’s Tune (take 5) – Al Kiger
Sonny Rollins: The Bridge (1962)
Label: Bluebird
Personnel:
- Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
- Jim Hall – guitar
- Bob Cranshaw – bass
- Ben Riley – drums
- Harry “H.T.” Saunders – drums
Producer: George Akavian, Bob Prince
Track listing
- Without a Song – Edward Eliscu,Billy Rose, Vincent Youmans
- Where Are You? – Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh
- John S. – Sonny Rollins
- The Bridge – Sonny Rollins
- God Bless the Child – Arthur Herzog Jr., Billie Holiday
- You Do Something To Me – Cole Porter
Cecil Taylor Jazz Unit: Nefertiti (1962)
Label: Fontana
Personnel:
- Cecil Taylor – piano
- Jimmy Lyons – alto saxophone
- Sunny Murray – drums
Producer: Anders Stefansen
Track listing
- Trance – Cecil Taylor
- Call – Cecil Taylor
- Lena – Cecil Taylor
- D Trad, That’s What – Cecil Taylor
- What’s New? – Johnny Burke, Bob Haggart
- Nefertiti, the Beautiful One Has Come – Cecil Taylor
- Lena [second version) – Cecil Taylor
- Nefertiti, the Beautiful One Has Come – Cecil Taylor
Dexter Gordon: Go (1962)
Label: Blue Note
Personnel:
- Dexter Gordon – tenor saxophone
- Sonny Clark – piano
- Butch Warren – bass
- Billy Higgins – drums
Producer: Alfred Lion
Track listing
- Cheese Cake – Dexter Gordon
- Guess, I’ll Hang My Tears Out To Dry – Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn
- Second Balcony Jump – Billy Eckstine, Gerald Valentine
- Love for Sale – Cole Porter
- Where are You – Jimmy McHugh, Harold Adamson
- Three O’clock in the Morning – Dorothy Terris, Julian Robledo
The Oscar Peterson Trio: Night Train (1962)
Label: Verve
Personnel:
- Oscar Peterson – piano
- Ray Brown – double bass
- Ed Thigpen – drums
Producer: Norman Granz
Track listing
- Night Train – Duke Ellington
- C Jam Blues – Barney Bigard, Duke Ellington
- Georgia On My Mind – Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorell
- Bag’s Groove – Milt Jackson
- Moten Swing – Benny Moten
- Easy Soes It – Sy Oliver – Trummy Young
- Honey Dripper – Joe Liggins
- Things Ain’t What They Used To Be – Mercer Ellington, Ted Parsons
- I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good – Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster
- Band Call – Duke Ellington
- Hymn to Freedom – Oscar Peterson
Charlie Mingus: The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (1963)
Label: Impulse
Personnel:
- Charles Mingus – bass, piano, composer
- Jerome Richardson – soprano and baritone saxophone, flute
- Charlie Mariano – alto saxophone
- Dick Hafer – tenor saxophone, flute
- Rolf Ericson – trumpet
- Richard Williams – trumpet
- Quentin Jackson – trombone
- Don Butterfield – tuba, contrabass trombone
- Jaki Byard – piano
- Jay Berliner – classical guitar
- Dannie Richmond – drums
Producer: Bob Thiele
Track listing
- Track A – Solo Dancer – Charles Mingus
- Track B – Duet Solo Dancers – Charles Mingus
- Track C – Trio and Group Dancers – Charles Mingus
- Mode D – Trio and Group Dancers – Charles Mingus Mode E – Single Solos and Group Dance Mode F – Group and Solo Dance
Kenny Burrell: Midnight Blue (1963)
Label: Blue Note
Personnel:
- Kenny Burrell – guitar
- Stanley Turrentine – tenor saxophone
- Major Holley – bass
- Billy Gene English – drums
- Ray Barretto – conga
Producer: Michael Cuscuna – Alfred Lion – Tom Vasatka
Track listing
- Chitlins con Carne – Kenny Burrell
- Mule- Kenny Burrell, Major Holley, Jr.
- Soul Lament – Kenny Burrell
- Midnight Blue – Kenny Burrell
- Wavy Gravy – Kenny Burrell
- Gee, Baby, Ain’t I Good To You – Andy Razaf, Don Redman
- Saturday Night Blues – Kenny Burrell
Joe Henderson: Page One (1963)
Label: Blue Note
Personnel:
- Kenny Dorham – trumpet
- Joe Henderson – tenor saxophone
- Pete La Roca – drums
- McCoy Tyner – piano
- Butch Warren – double bass
Producer: Alfred Lion
Track listing
- Blue Bossa – Kenny Dorham
- La Mesha – Kenny Dorham
- Homestretch – Joe Henderson
- Recorda Me – Joe Henderson
- Jinrikisha – Joe Henderson
- Out of the Night – Joe Henderson
Eric Dolphy: Out To Lunch (1964)
Label: Blue Note
Personnel:
- Eric Dolphy – bass clarinet, flute, alto saxophone
- Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
- Bobby Hutcherson – vibraphone
- Richard Davis – bass
- Tony Williams – drums
Producer: Alfred Lion
Track listing
- Hat and Beard – Eric Dolphy
- Something Sweet, Something Tender – Eric Dolphy
- Gazzelloni – Eric Dolphy
- Out to Lunch – Eric Dolphy
- Straight Up and Down – Eric Dolphy
Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto: Getz / Gilberto (1964)
Label: Verve
Personnel:
- Stan Getz – tenor saxophone
- João Gilberto – guitar, vocals
- Antônio Carlos Jobim – piano
- Sebastião Neto – bass
- Milton Banana – drums
- Astrud Gilberto – vocals
Producer: Creed Taylor
Track listing
- The Girl from Ipanema – Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Morales, Norman Gimbel
- Doralice – Dorival Caymmi, Antonio Almeida
- P’ra Machucar Meu Coracao – Ary Barroso
- Desafinado – Antonio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonca
- Corcovado – Antonio Carlos Jobim, Gene Lees
- So Danco Samba – Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Morales
- O Grande Amor – Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Morales
- Vivo Sonhando – Antonio Carlos Jobim
- The Girl From Ipanema (45 rpm issue) – Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Morales, Norman Gimbel
- Corcovado (45 rpm issue) – Antonio Carlos Jobim, Gene Lees
Albert Ayler Trio: Spiritual Unity (1964)
Label: ESP Disk
Personnel:
- Albert Ayler – tenor saxophone
- Gary Peacock – bass
- Sunny Murray – percussion
Producer: Bernard Stollman
Track listing
- Ghosts: First Variation – Albert Ayler
- The Wizard – Albert Ayler
- Spirits – Albert Ayler
- Ghosts: Second Variation – Albert Ayler
Lee Morgan: The Sidewinder (1964)
Label: Blue Note
Personnel:
- Lee Morgan – trumpet
- Joe Henderson – tenor saxophone
- Barry Harris – piano
- Bob Cranshaw – double bass
- Billy Higgins – drums
Producer: Alfred Lion
Track listing
- The Sidewinder – Lee Morgan
- Totem Pole – Lee Morgan
- Gary’s Notebook – Lee Morgan
- Boy, What a Night – Lee Morgan
- Hocus Pocus – Lee Morgan
Bill Evans Trio: Waltz for Debby (1964)
Label: Riverside
Personnel:
- Bill Evans – piano
- Scott LaFaro – bass
- Paul Motian – drums
Producer: Orrin Keepnews
Track listing
- My Foolish Heart – Victor Young, Ned Washington
- Waltz for Debby [take 2] – Bill Evans, Gene Lees
- Detour Ahead [take 2] – Lou Carter, Herb Ellis, Johnny Frigo
- My Romance [take 1] – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
- Some Other Time – Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, Adolph Green
Andrew Hill: Point of Departure (1964)
Label: Blue Note
Personnel:
- Kenny Dorham – trumpet
- Eric Dolphy – alto saxophone, bass clarinet, flute
- Joe Henderson – tenor saxophone
- Andrew Hill – piano
- Richard Davis – double bass
- Tony Williams – drums
Producer: Alfred Lion
Track listing
- Refuge – Andrew Hill
- New Monastery – Andrew Hill
- Spectrum – Andrew Hill
- Flight 19 – Andrew Hill
- Dedication – Andrew Hill
John Coltrane: A Love Supreme (1965)
Label: Impulse
Personnel:
- The John Coltrane Quartet
- John Coltrane – bandleader, liner notes, vocals, and tenor saxophone
- Jimmy Garrison – double bass
- Elvin Jones – drums
- McCoy Tyner – piano
- Art Davis – double bass
- Archie Shepp – tenor saxophone
Producer: Bob Thiele
Track listing
- Part 1: Acknowledgement – John Coltrane
- Part 2: Resolution – John Coltrane
- Part 3: Pursuance / Part 4: Psalm – John Coltrane
Roland Kirk: Rip Rig & Panic (1965)
Label: Limelight
Personnel:
- Roland Kirk: tenor saxophone, stritch, manzello, flute, siren, oboe, castanets
- Jaki Byard: piano
- Richard Davis: bass
- Elvin Jones: drums
Producer: Billy Graham
Track listing
- No Tonic Pres – Roland Kirk
- Once In a While – Michael Edwards, Bud Green
- From Bechet, Byas, and Fats – Roland Kirk
- Mystical Dream – Roland Kirk
- Rip, Rig & Panic – Roland Kirk
- Black Diamond – Milt Sealey
- Slippery, Hippery, Flippery – Roland Kirk
The Horace Silver Quintet: Song For My Father (1965)
Label: Blue Note
Personnel:
- Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5
- Horace Silver — piano
- Carmell Jones — trumpet
- Joe Henderson — tenor saxophone
- Teddy Smith — bass
- Roger Humphries — drums
- Tracks 3, 6-10
- Horace Silver — piano
- Blue Mitchell — trumpet
- Junior Cook — tenor saxophone
- Gene Taylor — bass
- Roy Brooks — drums
Producer: Alfred Lion
Track listing
- Song For My Father – Horace Silver
- The Natives Are Restless Tonight – Horace Silver
- Calcutta Cutie – Horace Silver
- Que Pasa – Horace Silver
- The Kicker – Joe Henderson
- Lonely Woman – Horace Silver
Wayne Shorter: Speak No Evil (1965)
Label: Blue Note
Personnel:
- Wayne Shorter — tenor saxophone
- Freddie Hubbard — trumpet
- Herbie Hancock — piano
- Ron Carter — double bass
- Elvin Jones — drums
Producer: Alfred Lion
Track listing
- Witch hunt – Wayne Shorter
- Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum – Wayne Shorter
- Dance Cadaverous – Wayne Shorter
- Speak No Evil – Wayne Shorter
- Infant Eyes – Wayne Shorter
- Wild Flower – Wayne Shorter
Ornette Coleman Trio: At the Golden Circle, Vol. 1 (1965)
Label: Blue Note
Personnel:
- Ornette Coleman — alto saxophone, violin, trumpet
- David Izenzon — double bass
- Charles Moffett — drums
Producer: Francis Volff
Track listing
- Faces and Places – Ornette Coleman
- European Echoes – Ornette Coleman
- Dee Dee – Ornette Coleman
- Dawn – Ornette Coleman
Herbie Hancock: Maiden Voyage (1965)
Label: Blue Note
Personnel:
- Herbie Hancock — piano
- Freddie Hubbard — trumpet
- George Coleman — tenor saxophone
- Ron Carter — bass
- Tony Williams — drums
Producer: Alfred Lion
Track listing
- Maiden Voyage – Herbie Hancock
- The Eye of the Gurricane – Herbie Hancock
- Little One – Herbie Hancock
- Survival of the Fittest – Herbie Hancock
- Dolphin Dance – Herbie Hancock
Larry Young: Unity (1966)
Label: Blue Note
Personnel:
- Larry Young – Hammond B-3 organ
- Woody Shaw – trumpet
- Joe Henderson – tenor saxophone
- Elvin Jones – drums
Producer: Alfred Lion
- Zoltan – Woody Shaw
- Monk’s Dream – Thelonious Monk
- If – Joe Henderson
- The Moontrane – Woody Shaw
- Softly, As In a Morning Sunrise – Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg
- Beyond All Limits – Woody Shaw
Thelonious Monk: Straight No Chaser (1967)
Label: Columbia
Personnel:
- Thelonious Monk – piano
- Charlie Rouse – tenor sax
- Larry Gales – bass
- Ben Riley – drums
Producer: Teo Macero
Track listing
- Locomotive – Thelonious Monk
- I Didn’t Know About You – Duke Ellington
- Straight No Chaser – Thelonious Monk
- Japanese Folk Song (Kōjō no Tsuki) – Rentarō Taki
- Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea – Harold Arlen
- We See – Thelonious. Monk
McCoy Tyner: The Real MCCoy (1967)
Label: Blue Note
Personnel:
- McCoy Tyner – piano
- Joe Henderson – tenor saxophone
- Ron Carter – bass
- Elvin Jones – drums
Producer: Alfred Lion
Track listing
- Passion Dance – McCoy Tyner
- Contemplation – McCoy Tyner
- Four By Five – McCoy Tyner
- Search for Peace – McCoy Tyner
- Blues on the Corner – McCoy Tyner
Sun – Ra: Atlantis (1967)
Label: Saturn / Impulse
Personnel:
- Sun Ra – solar sound organ, solar sound instrument
- John Gilmore- tenor saxophone, percussion
- Pat Patrick- baritone saxophone, flute
- Marshall Allen- alto saxophone, oboe
- Danny Thompson – alto saxophone, flute
- Bob Barry – drums, lightning drum
- Wayne Harris – trumpet
- Ebah – trumpet
- Carl Nimrod – space drums
- James Jacson – log drums
- Robert Cummins – bass clarinet
- Danny Davis – alto saxophone
- Ali Harsan – trombone
Producer: Ihnfinity Inc. – Alton Abraham
Track listing
- Mu – Sun Ra
- Lemuria – Sun Ra
- Yucatan – Sun Ra
- Bimini” – Sun Ra
- Atlantis – Sun Ra
Duke Ellington: Far East Suite (1967)
Label: Bluebird / RCA
Personnel:
- Cootie Williams — trumpet
- William “Cat” Anderson — trumpet
- Mercer Ellington — trumpet, flugelhorn
- Herbie Jones — trumpet, flugelhorn
- Lawrence Brown — trombone
- Buster Cooper — trombone
- Chuck Connors — trombone
- Jimmy Hamilton — clarinet, tenor saxophone
- Johnny Hodges — alto saxophone
- Russell Procope — alto saxophone, clarinet
- Paul Gonsalves — tenor saxophone
- Harry Carney — baritone saxophone
- Duke Ellington — piano
- John Lamb — bass
- Rufus Jones — drums
Producer: Brad McKuen
Track listing
- Tourist Point of View – Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn
- Bluebird of Delhi – Mynah
- Isfahan – Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn
- Depk – Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn
- Mount Harissa – Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn
- Blue Pepper (Far East of the Blues) – Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn
- Agra – Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn
- Amad – Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn
- Ad Lib on Nippon – Duke Ellington
Miles Davis: In a Silent Way (1969)
Label: Columbia
Personnel:
- Miles Davis – trumpet
- Wayne Shorter – soprano saxophone
- John McLaughlin – electric guitar
- Chick Corea – electric piano
- Herbie Hancock – electric piano
- Joe Zawinul – organ
- Dave Holland – double bass
- Tony Williams – drums
Producer: Teo Macero
Track listing
- Shhh / Peaceful – Miles Davis Shhh Peaceful Shhh
- In a Silent Way / It’s About That Rime – Joe Zawinul, Miles Davis In a Silent Way It’s About That Time In a Silent Way
Charlie Haden: Liberation Music Orchestra (1969)
Label: Impulse
Personnel:
- Perry Robinson — clarinet
- Gato Barbieri — tenor saxophone, clarinet
- Dewey Redman — alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
- Don Cherry — cornet, flute, Indian wood & bamboo flutes
- Michael Mantler — trumpet
- Roswell Rudd — trombone
- Bob Northern — French horn, hand wood blocks, crow call, bells, military whistle
- Howard Johnson — tuba
- Sam Brown — guitar, Tanganyikan guitar, thumb piano
- Carla Bley — piano, tambourine
- Charlie Haden — bass
- Paul Motian — drums, percussion
- Andrew Cyrille — drums, percussion
Producer: Charlie Haden
Track listing
- The Introduction – Carla Bley / Song of the United Front – Brecht, Eisler
- El Quinto Regimiento (The Fifth regiment) – arr. Carla Bley Los Cuatro Generales (The Four generals) – trad. arr. Bley
Viva la Quince Brigada (Long live the fifteenth brigade) – melody trad. words Bart Van Derschelling - The Ending to the Frst Side – Carla Bley
- Song for Ché – Charlie Haden
- War Orphans – Ornette Coleman
- The Interlude (Drinking Music) – Carla Bley
- Circus ’68 ’69 – Charlie Haden
- We shall overcome – Horton, Hamilton, Carawan, Seeger
Tony Williams Life Time: Emergency (1969)
Label: Verve
Personnel:
- John McLaughlin – Guitar
- Tony Williams – Drums, vocals
- Larry Young – Organ
Producer: Monte Kay – Jack Lewis
Track listing
- Emergency – Tony Williams
- Beyond Games – Tony Williams
- Where – John McLaughlin
- Vashkar – Carla Bley
- Via the Spectrum Road – John McLaughlin, Tony Williams
- Spectrum – John McLaughlin
- Sangria for Three – Tony Williams
- Something Spiritual – Dave Herman
Pharaoh Sanders: Karma (1969)
Label: Impulse
Personnel:
- Pharoah Sanders – tenor savophone
- Leon Thomas – percussion, vocals
- Julius Watkins – French horn
- James Spaulding – flute
- Lonnie Liston Smith – piano
- Reggie Workman – bass
- Richard Davis – bass
- Ron Carter – bass
- Billy Hart – drums
- Freddie Waits – drums
- Nathaniel Bettis – percussion
Producer: Bob Thiele
Track listing
- The Creator Has a Master Plan – Pharoah Sander, Leon Thomas
- Colors – Pharoah Sanders, Leon Thomas
Don Cherry: Mu (1969)
Label: BYG Records
Personnel:
- Don Cherry – pocket trumpet, piano, flute, bamboo flute, composer, arranger
- Ed Blackwell – drums
Producer: Jean Georgakarakos, Jean Luc Young
Track listing
- Brilliant Action – Don Cherry
- Omejelo – Don Cherry
- Total Vibration (part 1) – Don Cherry
- Total Vibration (part 2) – Don Cherry
- Sun of the East – Don Cherry
- Terrestrial Beings – Don Cherry
Miles Davis: Bitches Brew (1970)
Label: Columbia
Personnel:
- Miles Davis – trumpet
- Wayne Shorter – soprano saxophone
- Bennie Maupin – bass clarinet
- Joe Zawinul – electric piano – Left
- Chick Corea – electric piano – Right
- John McLaughlin – electric guitar
- Dave Holland – bass
- Harvey Brooks – electric bass
- Lenny White – drum set – Left
- Jack DeJohnette – drum set – Right
- Don Alias – congas
- Juma Santos (credited as “Jim Riley”) – shaker, congas
Producer: Teo Macero
Track listing
- Pharoah’s Dance – Joe Zawinul
- Bitches Brew – Miles Davis
- Spanish Key – Miles Davis
- John McLaughlin – Miles Davis
- Miles Runs the Voodoo Down – Miles Davis
- Sanctuary – Wayne Shorter
Duke Ellington: New Orleans Suite (1970)
Label: Atlantic
Personnel:
- Duke Ellington – piano
- Cootie Williams, Fred Stone – trumpet
- Money Johnson, Al Rubin – trumpet
- Cat Anderson – trumpet
- Booty Wood, Julian Priester – trombone
- Dave Taylor – bass trombone
- Chuck Connors – bass trombone
- Russell Procope – alto saxophone, clarinet
- Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone
- Norris Turney – clarinet, alto saxophone, flute
- Harold Ashby – clarinet, tenor saxophone
- Paul Gonsalves – tenor saxophone
- Harry Carney – clarinet, bass clarinet, baritone saxophone
- Wild Bill Davis – organ
- Joe Benjamin – bass
- Rufus Jones – drums
Producer: Duke Ellington
Track listing
- Blues for New Orleans – Duke Ellington
- Bourbon Street Jingling Jollies – Duke Ellington
- Portrait of Louis Armstrong – Duke Ellington
- Thanks for the beautiful land on the Delta – Duke Ellington
- Portrait of Wellman Braud – Duke Ellington
- Second line – Duke Ellington
- Portrait of Sidney Bechet – Duke Ellington
- Aristocracy a la Jean Lafitte – Duke Ellington
- Portrait of Mahalia Jackson – Duke Ellington
If: If (1970)
Label: Island
Personnel:
- Dennis Elliott – drums
- J.W. Hodkinson – vocals
- John Mealing – keyboards, vocals
- Dick Morrissey – saxophones, flute
- Dave Quincy – saxophones
- Jim Richardson – bass
- Terry Smith – guitar
Producer: Lew Futterman
Track listing
- I’m Reaching Out On All Sides – Dave Quincy and Fishman
- What Did I Say About the Box, Jack? – Dick Morrissey
- What Can a Friend Say? – Dave Quincy
- Woman Can You See – W. Hodkinson
- Raise the Level of Your Conscious Mind – Fishman, Marsala
- Dockland – Daryl Runswick
- The Promised Land – Dave Quincy
The Mahavishnu Orchestra: The Inner Mounting Flame (1971)
Label: Columbia
Personnel:
- John McLaughlin: guitar
- Rick Laird: bass
- Billy Cobham: drums, percussion
- Jan Hammer: keyboards, organ
- Jerry Goodman: violin
Producer: Mahavishnu Orchestra
Track listing
- Meeting of the Spirits – John McLaughlin
- Dawn – John McLaughlin
- The Noonward Race – John McLaughlin
- A Lotus on Irish Streams – John McLaughlin
- Vital Transformation – John McLaughlin
- The Dance of Maya – John McLaughlin
- You Know You Know – John McLaughlin
- Awakening – John McLaughlin
Carla Bley: Escalator Over the Hill (1971)
Label: JCOA Records
Personnel:
- Gato Barbieri – tenor saxophone
- Souren Baronian – clarinet
- Karl Berger – vibraphone
- Carla Bley – organ, celeste, chimes, calliope, piano
- Sam Brown – guitar
- Jack Bruce – bass, vocal
- John Buckingham – tuba
- Sam Burtis – trombone
- Bob Carlisle – French horn
- Don Cherry – trumpet
- Roger Dawson – congas, xylophone
- Sharon Freeman – French horn
- Charlie Haden – bass
- Peggy Imig – clarinet
- Jack Jeffers – bass trombone
- Leroy Jenkins – violin
- Howard Johnson – tuba
- Sheila Jordan – vocal
- Jimmy Knepper – trombone
- Jeanne Lee – vocal
- Jimmy Lyons – alto saxophone
- Michael Mantler – prepared piano, trumpet, valve trombone
- Ron McClure – bass
- John McLaughlin – guitar
- Bill Morimando – orchestra bells, celeste
- Paul Motian – drums, dumbec
- Nancy Newton – viola
- Don Preston – Moog synthesizer
- Enrico Rava – trumpet
- Perry Robinson – clarinet
- Linda Ronstadt – vocal
- Roswell Rudd – trombone
- Calo Scott – cello
- Michael Snow – trumpet
- Chris Woods – baritone saxophone
- Richard Youngstein – bass
- Producer: Michael Mantler
Track listing
All compositions by Carla Bley
- Hotel Overture
- This is Here…
- Like Animals
- Escalator Over the Hill
- Stay Awake
- Ginger and David
- Song to Anything That Moves
- Eoth Theme
- Businessmen
- Ginger and David Theme
- Why
- It’s Not What You Do
- Detective Writer Daughter
- Doctor Why
- Slow Dance (Transductory Music)
- Small Town Agonist
- End of Head
- Over Her Head
- Little Pony Soldier
- Oh Say Can You Do?
- Holiday in Risk
- Holiday in Risk Theme
- I.R. (All India Radio)
- Rawalpindi Blues
- End of Rawalpindi
- End of Animals
- … And It’s Again
Nucleus: We’ll Talk About It Latter (1971)
Label: Vertigo
Personnel:
- Karl Jenkins – baritone saxophone, oboe, piano, electric piano
- Jeff Clyne – bass
- John Marshall – drums, percussion
- Brian Smith – flute, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
- Chris Spedding – guitar, bouzouki
- Ian Carr – trumpet, flugelhorn
Producer – Pete King
Track listing
- Song for the Bearded Lady – Karl Jenkins
- Sun Child – Jeff Clyne and John Marshall
- Lullaby for a Lonely Child – Karl Jenkins
- We’ll Talk About It Later – Karl Jenkins
- Oasis – Karl Jenkins
- Ballad of Joe Pimp – Ian Carr, Jeff Clyne
- Easter 1916 – Ian Carr, Karl Jenkins
Dave Holland Quartet: Conference of the Birds (1972)
Label: ECM
Personnel:
- Dave Holland – bass
- Sam Rivers – reeds, flute
- Anthony Braxton – reeds, flute
- Barry Altschul – percussion, marimba
Producer: Manfred Eicher
Track listing
All tracks by Dave Holland
- Four Winds
- Q & A
- Conference of the Birds
- Interception
- Now Here (Nowhere)
- See-Saw
Paul Bley: Open to Love (1972)
Label: ECM
Personnel:
- Paul Bley – piano
Producer: Manfred Eicher
Track listing
- Closer – Carla Bley
- Ida Lupino – Carla Bley
- Started – Paul Bley
- Open, to Love – Annette Peacock
- Harlem – Paul Bley
- Seven – Carla Bley
- Nothing Ever Was, Anyway – Annette Peacock
McCoy Tyner: Sahara (1972)
Label: Milestone
Personnel:
- McCoy Tyner – piano, koto, percussion, flute
- Sonny Fortune – alto saxophone , soprano saxophone , flute
- Calvin Hill – bass, reeds , percussion
- Alphonse Mouzon – drums, trumpet, reeds, percussion
Producer: Orrin Keepnews
Track listing
All tracks by McCoy Tyner
- Ebony Queen
- A Prayer for My Family
- Valley of Life
- Rebirth
- Sahara
Jimmy Smith: Root Down (1972)
Label: Verve
Personnel:
- Jimmy Smith – Hammond B3 organ
- Paul Humphrey – drums
- Wilton Felder – bass guitar
- Buck Clarke – congas, percussion
- Arthur Adams – guitar
- Steve Williams – harmonica
Producer: Mark Smith -Tom Greenwood – Eric Miller
Track listing
- Sagg Shootin’ His Arrow – Jimmy Smith
- For Everyone Under the Sun – Peter Chase
- After Hours – Avery Parrish
- Root Down – Jimmy Smith
- Let’s Stay Together – Al Green
- Slow Down Sagg – Jimmy Smith
Chick Corea: Return to Forever (1972)
Label: ECM
Personnel:
- Flora Purim – vocals, percussion
- Joe Farrell – soprano saxophone, flute
- Chick Corea – electric piano, Fender Rhodes
- Stanley Clarke – acoustic bass, electric bass
- Airto Moreira – drums, percussion
Producer: Manfred Eicher
Track listing
- Return to Forever – Chick Corea
- Crystal Silence – Chick Corea
- What Game Shall We Play Today – Chick Corea, Neville Potter
- Sometime Ago – La Fiesta – Chick Corea, Potter, Stanley Clarke, Joe Farrell
Herbie Hancock: Head Hunters (1973)
Label: Columbia
Personnel:
- Herbie Hancock: Fender Rhodes electric piano, Hohner D6 clavinet, ARP Odyssey synthesizer, ARP Soloist synthesizer
- Bennie Maupin: tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, saxello, bass clarinet, alto flute
- Paul Jackson: electric bass guitar, marímbula
- Bill Summers: congas, shekere, balafon, agogô, cabasa, hindewhu, tambourine, log drum, surdo, gankogui, beer bottle
- Harvey Mason: drums
Producer: Herbie Hancock – David Rubinson
Track listing
- Chameleon – Herbie Hancock, Paul Jackson, Harvey Mason, Bennie Maupin
- Watermelon – Herbie Hancock
- Sly – Herbie Hancock
- Vein Meilter – Herbie Hancock
Return To Forever: Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy (1973)
Label: Polydor
Personnel:
- Bill Connors – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
- Chick Corea – electric piano, acoustic piano, organ, harpsichord, gongs
- Stanley Clarke – electric bass, bell tree
- Lenny White – drums, percussion
Producer: Chick Corea
Track listing
- Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy – Chick Corea
- After the Cosmic Rain – Stanley Clarke
- Captain Señor Mouse – Chick Corea
- Theme to the Mothership – Chick Corea
- Space circus, Pts. 1 & 2 – Chick Corea
- The Game maker” – Chick Corea
Keith Jarrett: Belonging (1974)
Label: ECM
Personnel:
- Keith Jarrett – piano
- Jan Garbarek – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
- Palle Danielsson – bass
- Jon Christensen – drums
Producer: Manfred Eicher
Track listing
All tracks by Keith Jarrett
- Spiral Dance
- Blossom
- Long As You Know You’re Living Yours
- Belonging
- The Windup
- Solstice
Mahavishnu Orchestra: Apocalypse (1974)
Label: Columbia
Personnel:
- John McLaughlin – guitars, vocal composer
- Gayle Moran – keyboards, vocals
- Jean-Luc Ponty – electric violin, electric baritone violin
- Ralphe Armstrong – bass guitar, vocals
- Narada Michael Walden – drums, percussion, vocals
- Michael Tilson Thomas – conductor, piano
- Marsha Westbrook – viola
- Carol Shive – violin, vocals
- Philip Hirschi – cello, vocals
Producer: George Martin
Track listing
All compositions by John McLaughlin
- Power of Love
- Vision is a Naked Sword
- Smile of the Beyond
- Wings of Karma
- Hymn to Him
Oscar Peterson & Dizzy Gillespie: Oscar Peterson & Dizzy Gillespie (1974)
Label: Pablo
Personnel:
- Oscar Peterson – piano
- Dizzy Gillespie – trumpet
Producer: Norman Granz
Track listing
- Caravan – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills and Juan Tizol
- Mozambique – Dizzy Gillespie and Oscar Peterson
- Autumn Leaves – Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer and Jacques Prévert
- Close Your Eyes – Bernice Petkere
- Blues for Bird – Dizzy Gillespie and Oscar Peterson
- Dizzy atmosphere – Dizzy Gillespie
- Alone Together – Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz
- Con Alma – Dizzy Gillespie
Keith Jarrett: The Koln concert (1975)
Label: ECM
Personnel:
- Keith Jarrett – piano
Producer: Manfred Eicher
Track listing
All tracks by Keith Jarrett.
- Part I
- Part IIa
- Part IIb
- Part IIc
Don Pullen: Capricorn Rising (1975)
Label: Black Saint
Personnel:
- Don Pullen – piano
- Sam Rivers – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
- Alex Blake – bass
- Bobby Battle – drums, tambourine
Producer: Giacomo Pellicciotti
Track listing
- Break Out – Sam Rivers
- Capricorn Rising – Don Pullen
- Joycie Girl – Don Pullen
- Fall Out – Sam Rivers, Don Pullen
Cecil Taylor: Silent Tongues (1975)
Label: Freedom
Personnel:
- Cecil Taylor – piano
Producer: Alan Bates, Michael Cuscuna
Track listing
All tracks by Cecil Taylor
- Abyss (First movement) / Petals and filaments (Second movement) / Jitney (Third movement)
- Crossing part 1 (Fourth movement Part 1)
- Crossing part 2 (Fourth movement Part 2)
- After all (Fifth movement)
- Jitney No. 2
- After all No. 2
Gary Burton Quartet with Eberhard Weber: Passenger (1976)
Label: ECM
Personnel:
- Gary Burton— vibraphone
- Pat Metheny— electric guitar
- Steve Swallow— electric bass
- Eberhard Weber— bass
- Dan Gottlieb— drums
Producer: Manfred Eicher
Track listing
- Sea Journey – Chick Corea
- Nacada – Pat Metheny
- The Whopper – Pat Metheny
- B & G (Midwestern Nights Dream) – Pat Metheny
- Yellow Fields – Eberhard Weber
- Claude and Betty – Steve Swallow
George Benson: Breezin (1976)
Label: Warner Bros.
Personnel:
- George Benson – guitar, vocals
- Jorge Dalto – piano, clavinet
- Ronnie Foster – electric piano, Moog synthesizer
- Phil Upchurch – rhythm guitar
- Ralph MacDonald – percussion
- Stanley Banks – bass
- Claus Ogerman – arranger, conductor
- Harvey Mason – drums
Producer: Tommy LiPuma
Track listing
- Breezin – Bobby Womack
- This Masquerade – Leon Russell
- Six To Four – Phil Upchurch
- Affirmation – Jose Feliciano
- So This Is Love – George Benson
- Lady – Ronnie Foster
Tomasz Stanko: Balladyna (1976)
Label: ECM
Personnel:
- Tomasz Stańko – trumpet
- Tomasz Szukalski – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
- Dave Holland – bass
- Edward Vesala – drums
Producer: Manfred Eicher
Track listing
- First Song – Tomasz Stanko
- Tale – Dave Holland, Tomasz Stańko, Edward Vesala
- Num – Edward Vesala
- Duet – Dave Holland and Tomasz Stańko
- Balladyna – Tomasz Stanko
- Last song – Tomasz Stanko
- Nenaliina – Tomasz Stanko
Pat Metheny: Bright Size Life (1976)
Label: ECM
Personnel:
- Pat Metheny – 6-string guitar, electric 12-string guitar
- Jaco Pastorius – fretless bass
- Bob Moses – drums
Producer: Manfred Eicher
Track listing
- Bright Size Life – Pat Metheny
- Sirabhorn – Pat Metheny
- Unity Village – Pat Metheny
- Missouri Uncompromised – Pat Metheny
- Midwest Night Dreams – Pat Metheny
- Uniquity Road – Pat Metheny
- Omaha Celebration – Pat Metheny
- Round Trip / Broadway Blues – Ornette Coleman
Weather Report: Heavy Weather (1977)
Label: Columbia
Personnel:
- Joe Zawinul – 2 ARP 2600, electric piano, piano, synthesizers , vocal, guitar, tabla
- Wayne Shorter – soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
- Jaco Pastorius – electric bass , mandocello, vocals, drums
- Alex Acuña – drums, congas, tom-toms, handclaps
- Manolo Badrena – tambourine, congas, vocal, timbales, percussion
Producer: Joe Zawinul
Track listing
- Birdland – Joe Zawinul
- A Remark You Made – Joe Zawinul
- Teen Town – Jaco Pastorius
- Harlequin – Wayne Shorter
- Rumba Mama – Badrena amd Acuna
- Palladium – Wayne Shorter
- The Juggler – Joe Zawinul
- Havona – Jaco Pastorius
Keith Jarrett: My Song (1978)
Label: ECM
Personnel:
- Keith Jarrett – piano
- Jan Garbarek – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
- Palle Danielsson – bass
- Jon Christensen – drums
Producer: Manfred Eicher
Track listing
All tracks by Keith Jarrett
- Questar
- My Song
- Tabarka
- Country
- Mandala
- The Journey Home
Charles Mingus: Cumbia & Jazz Fusion (1978)
Label: Atlantic
Personnel:
- Charles Mingus: bass, vocals, percussion, arranger
- Jack Walrath: trumpet, percussion
- Jimmy Knepper: trombone, bass trombone
- Mauricio Smith: flute, piccolo, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone
- Paul Jeffrey: oboe, tenor saxophone
- Gene Scholtes: bassoon
- Gary Anderson: contrabass clarinet, bass clarinet
- Ricky Ford: tenor saxophone, percussion
- Bob Neloms: piano
- Dannie Richmond: drums
- Candido: congas
- Daniel Gonzales: congas
- Ray Mantilla: congas
- Alfredo Ramirez: congas
- Bradley Cunningham: percussion
- Dino Piana: trombone
- Anastasio Del Bono: oboe, English horn
- Pasquale Sabatelli: bassoon
- Roberto Laneri: bass clarinet
- Giancarlo Maurino: alto saxophone
- Quarto Maltoni: alto saxophone
- George Adams: tenor saxophone, alto flute
- Danny Mixon: piano, organ
Producer: Daniele Senatore
Track listing
All tracks by Charles Mingus
- Cumbia and Jazz Fusion
- Music for Todo Modo
Art Ensemble Of Chicago: Nice Guys (1979)
Label: ECM
Personnel:
- Lester Bowie: trumpet, celeste, bass drum
- Malachi Favors Maghostut: bass, percussion instruments, melodica
- Joseph Jarman: saxophones, clarinets, percussion instruments, vocal
- Roscoe Mitchell: saxophones, clarinets, flute, percussion instruments
- Don Moye: drums, percussion, vocal
Producer: Manfred Eicher
Track listing
- Ja – Lester Bowie
- Nice Guys – Roscoe Mitchell
- Folkus – Don Moye
- 597–59 – Joseph Jarman
- CYP – Roscoe Mitchell
- Dreaming of the Master – Joseph Jarman
Arthur Blythe: Lenox Avenue Breakdown (1979)
Label: Columbia
Personnel:
- Arthur Blythe – alto saxophone, mixing
- James Newton – flute
- Bob Stewart – tuba
- James “Blood” Ulmer – guitar
- Cecil McBee – bass
- Jack DeJohnette – drums
- Guillermo Franco – percussion
Producer: Bob Thiele
Track listing
All compositions by Arthur Blythe.
- Down San Diego Way
- Lenox Avenue Breakdown
- Slidin’ Through
- Odessa
Betty Carter: The audience With (1979)
Label: Betcar
Personnel:
- Betty Carter – vocals
- John Hicks – piano
- Curtis Lundy – double bass
- Kenny Washington – drums
Producer: Betty Carter
Track listing
- Sounds – Betty Carter
- I Think I got It Now – Betty Carter
- Caribbean Sun – Carlos Garnett
- The Trolley Song – Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin
- Everything I Have Is Yours – Harold Adamson, Burton Lane
- I’ll Buy You a Star – Dorothy Fields, Arthur Schwartz
- I Could Write a Book – Lorenz Hart and Richard Rodgers
- Can’t We Talk It Over / Either It’s Love or It Isn’t – Doris Fisher, Allan Roberts, Ned Washington, Victor Young
- Deep Night – Charles Henderson, Rudy Vallée
- Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most – Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf
- Tight – Betty Carter
- Fake – Betty Carter
- My Favorite Things – Oscar Hammerstein II, Rodgers
- Open the Door – Betty Carter
Anthony Davis: Lady of the Mirrors (1980)
Label: India Navigation
Personnel:
- Anthony Davis – piano
Producer: Anthony Davis
Track listing
All tracks by Anthony Davis
- Beyond Reason
- Lady of the Mirrors
- Five Moods from an English Garden
- Under the Double Moon
- Man on a Turquoise Cloud
Muhal Richard Abrams: Blues Forever (1982)
Label: Black Saint
Personnel:
- Muhal Richard Abrams – piano, conductor
- Baikida Carroll – trumpet, flugelhorn
- Craig Harris – trombone
- Wallace Laroy McMillan – baratone saxophone, flute
- Jimmy Vass – alto saxophone, flute
- Eugene Ghee – tenor saxophone, clarinet
- Vincent Chancey – French horn
- Howard Johnson – tuba, baritone saxophone
- Jean-Paul Bourelly – guitar
- Michael Logan – bass
- Andrew Cyrille – drums
Producer: Giovanni Bonandrini
Track listing
All tracks by Muhal Richard Abrams
- Ancient and Future Reflections
- Du King” (Dedicated to Duke Ellington)
- Chambea
- Duet for One World
- Blues Forever
- Cluster for Many Worlds
- Quartet to Quartet
Henry Treadgill Sextet: When Was That (1982)
Label: About Time
Personnel:
- Henry Threadgill: alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, clarinet, flute, bass flute
- Craig Harris: trombone
- Olu Dara: cornet
- Brian Smith: piccolo bass
- Fred Hopkins: bass
- John Betsch: drums
- Pheeroan akLaff: drums
Producer: Alan Ringel, Ed Fishman, Larry Shengold
Track listing
All tracks by Henry Threadgill
- Melin
- 10 to 1
- Just B
- When Was That?
- Soft Suicide at the Baths
Charlie Haden: The Ballad of the Fallen (1983)
Label: ECM
Personnel:
- Carla Bley — piano, glockenspiel
- Don Cherry — pocket trumpet
- Sharon Freeman — French horn
- Mick Goodrick — guitar
- Charlie Haden — bass
- Jack Jeffers — tuba
- Michael Mantler — trumpet
- Paul Motian — percussion, drums
- Jim Pepper — flute, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
- Dewey Redman — tenor saxophone
- Steve Slagle — clarinet, flute, alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
- Gary Valente — trombone
Producer: Manfred Eicher
Track listing
- Els Segadors (The Reapers) – traditional
- The Ballad of the Fallen – folk song from El Salvador
- If You Want to Write Me (Si Me Quieres Escribir) – traditional
- Grandola Vila Morena – José Afonso
- Introduction to People – Carla Bley
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated” (El Pueblo Unido Jamás Será Vencido!) – Sergio Ortega
- Silence – Charlie Haden
- Too Late – Carla Bley
- La Pasionaria – Charlie Haden
- La Santa Espina – Àngel Guimerà and Enric Morera
Branford Marsalis: Black Codes (1985)
Label: Columbia
Personnel:
- Wynton Marsalis — trumpet, leader
- Branford Marsalis — tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
- Kenny Kirkland — piano
- Charnett Moffett — bass
- Ron Carter — bass
- Jeff “Tain” Watts — drums
Producer: Steve Epstein
Track listing
- Black Codes – Wynton Marsalis
- For Wee Folks – Wynton Marsalis
- Delfeayo’s Dilemma – Wynton Marsalis
- Phryzzinian Man – Wynton Marsalis
- Aural Oasis – Wynton Marsalis
- Chambers of Tain – Kirkland
- Blues – Wynton Marsalis
Kip Hanrahan: Vertical’s Currency (1985)
Label: American Clave
Personnel:
- Steve Swallow – bass
- Milton Cardona, Puntilla Orlando Rios – congas, bongos
- Ignacio Berroa – drums
- Arto Lindsay – guitar
- Peter Sherer – keyboards, organ
- Kip Hanrahan – percussion
- David Murray – saxophone
- Jack Bruce – vocals, bass, piano
Producer: Kip Hanrahan
Track listing
All tracks by Kip Hanrahan
- A Small Map of Heaven
- Shadow Song
- Smiles and Grins
- Two Heartedly, To the Other Side
- Chances Are Good
- Make Love 2
- One Casual Song
- Intimate Distances
- Describing It To Yourself at Convex
- What Do You Think? That This Mountain Was Once Fire?
- Dark
Abdullah Ibrahim: Water From an Ancient Well (1986)
Label: Tiptoe
Personnel:
- Abdullah Ibrahim – piano
- Carlos Ward – alto flute
- Ricky Ford – tenor saxophone
- Charles Davis – baritone saxophone
- David Williams – bass
- Ben Riley – drums
- Dick Griffin – trombone
Producer: Sathima Bea Benjamin
Track listing
All tracks byAbdullah Ibrahim
- Mandela
- Song for Sathima
- Mannenberg (Revisited)
- Tuang Guru
- Water From an Ancient Well
- The Wedding
- The Mountain
- Sameeda
Miles Davis: Tutu (1986)
Label: Warner Bros.
Personnel:
- Miles Davis – trumpet
- Marcus Miller – bass guitars, guitar, synthesizers, drum machine programming, bass clarinet, soprano sax, other instruments
- Jason Miles – synthesizer programming
- Paulinho da Costa – percussion
- Adam Holzman – synthesizer
- Steve Reid – additional percussion
- George Duke – all except percussion, bass guitar
- Omar Hakim – drums and percussion
- Bernard Wright – additional synthesizers
- Michał Urbaniak – electric violin
- Jabali Billy Hart – drums, bongos
Producer: Marcus Miller, Tommy LiPuma
Track listing
- Tutu – Miles Davis
- Tomaas – Miles Davis, Marcus Miller
- Portia – Miles Davis
- Splatch – Miles Davis
- Backyard Ritual – George Duke
- Perfect Way – David Gamson, Green Gartside
- Don’t Lose Your Mind – Miles Davis
- Full Nelson – Miles Davis
Zakir Hussain: Making Music (1987)
Label: ECM
Personnel:
- Zakir Hussain — tabla, percussion, voice
- Hariprasad Chaurasia — flutes
- Jan Garbarek — tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
- John McLaughlin — acoustic guitar
Producer: Manfred Eicher
Track listing
- Making Music – Zakir Hussain
- Zakir – John McLaughlin
- Water Girl – Zakir Hussain
- Toni – Zakir Hussain
- Anisa – Zakir Hussain
- Sunjog” – Zakir Hussain
- You and Me – Zakir Hussain and John McLaughlin
- Sabah – Zakir Hussain
Dave Holland: Extensions (1988)
Label: ECM
Personnel:
- Steve Coleman – alto saxophone
- Kevin Eubanks – electric guitar
- Dave Holland – double bass
- Marvin “Smitty” Smith – drums
Producer: Manfred Eicher
Track listing
- Nemesis – Kevin Eubanks
- Processional – Dave Holland
- Black Hole – Steve Coleman
- The Oracle – Dave Holland
- 101° Fahrenheit (Slow Meltdown) – Steve Coleman)
- Color of Mind – Kevin Eubanks
Butch Morris: Dust to Dust (1990)
Label: New World Records
Personnel:
- Janet Grice – bassoon
- Marty Ehrlich – clarinet
- Lawrence D. “Butch” Morris – conductor
- Andrew Cyrille – drums
- Vickey Bodner – English horn
- Jean-Paul Bourelly – guitar
- Zeena Parkins – harp
- Wayne Horvitz – keyboards, electronics
- John Purcell – oboe
- Myra Melford – piano
- J.A.Deane – trombone, electronics
- Brian Carrott – vibraphone
- Jason Hwang – violin
Producer: Wayne Horvitz
Track listing
All compositions by Lawrence “Butch” Morris
- Othello B
- The Bartok Comprovisation
- Via Talciona
- Long Goodbye
- Dust to Dust, Second and Third Parts
- Food Chain Dialogue
- Othello A
John Zorn: Naked City (1990)
Label: Elektra / Nonesuch
Personnel:
- John Zorn – alto saxophone
- Bill Frisell – guitar
- Fred Frith – bass
- Joey Baron – drums
- Wayne Horvitz – keyboards
- Yamatsuka Eye – vocals
Producer: John Zorn
Track listing
- Batman – John Zorn
- The Sicilian Clan – Ennio Morricone
- You Will Be Shot – John Zorn
- Latin Quarter – John Zorn
- A Shot in the Dark – Henry Mancini
- Reanimator – John Zorn
- Snagglepuss – John Zorn
- I Want to Live – Johnny Mandel
- Lonely Woman -Ornette Coleman
- Igneous Ejaculation – John Zorn
- Blood Duster – John Zorn
- Hammerhead – John Zorn
- Demon Sanctuary – John Zorn
- Obeah Man – John Zorn
- Ujaku – John Zorn
- Fuck the Facts –John Zorn
- Speedball – John Zorn
- Chinatown – Jerry Goldsmith
- Punk China Doll – John Zorn
- Y. Flat Top Box – John Zorn
- Saigon Pickup – John Zorn
- The James Bond Theme – John Barry
- Den of Sins – John Zorn
- Contempt – Georges Delerue
- Graveyard Shift – John Zorn
- Inside Straight – John Zorn
I agree with so many of your picks. And your tastes are eclectic — i.e. not everyone would select (or even know about) Lenox Avenue Breakdown or Water From An Ancient Well or any number of your other choices.
Thx for the comment. I am glad that you like my choice.
Interesting to see a collection of great jazz. Some, like Monk and Ellington, one would expect to see reappear.
It must be very objective of course. And 100 is an arbitrary number.
I was pleased to spot a lot of my collection; there could be a bit more from Europe, though. Try the Vienna Art Orchestra, or Flat Earth Society.
One that should be in is the Under Milk Wood Suite, Stan Tracey and Bobby Wellins. Perhaps, ahead of If!!