Jazz Recordings

--- available on loan to any P.H.S. Jazz Band member or parent

CD #

  1. Ray Brown: Some of My Best Friends Are . . . The Trumpet Players - Bassist Brown features Terence Blanchard, Jon Faddis, Roy Hargrove, James Morrison, Nicholas Payton & Clark Terry.
  2. Ray Brown Trio with Ulf Wakenius: Summertime - Brown's trio with guitarist Wakenius.
  3. Dave Brubeck: The 40th Anniversary Tour of the U.K. - pianist Brubeck's quartet recorded live.
  4. Dave Brubeck, Ahmad Jamal, Oscar Peterson, George Shearing: Playing Our Songs - features two classic compositions by each of the four featured artists.
  5. Freddy Cole: Merry Go Round - Nat King Cole's vocalist brother.
  6. George Coleman Quartet: I Could Write A Book, The Music of Richard Rodgers - saxophonist Coleman's quartet performs Rodgers' greatest hits.
  7. Harry "Sweets" Edison: Live At The Iridium - Legendary trumpeter Edison is featured with Clark Terry on flugelhorn & Frank Wess on tenor & flute.
  8. "Duke Ellington Swings" featuring Ray Brown, Dave Brubeck, Jim Hall, Admad Jamal, Joe Pass, Oscar Peterson, Andre Previn, Bobby Short, and Mel Torme - the best of the Telarc artists performing Ellington.
  9. Benny Green: Naturally - contemporary pianist Green performs his own compositions with trio.
  10. Jim Hall: By Arrangement - guitarist Hall performs standards & his own compositions several notable guest artists & his trio.
  11. "Grand Slam" Live at the Regattabar with Jim Hall, Joe Lovano, George Mraz, & Lewis Nash - guitar
  12. Monty Alexander: Stir It Up - The Music of Bob Marley - features the Jamaican/Reggae music of Marley.
  13. The Jazz Messengers: The Legacy of Art Blakey Live at the Iridium - a tribute tom the late drummer Blakey features Golson, Blanchard, Fuller, Keezer, Washington & Nash.
  14. Frank Morgan with the Rodney Kendrick Trio: Bop! - Morgan on alto featuring his quartet performing several jazz classics.
  15. "The Art of Gerry Mulligan" - The Final Recordings - a compilation of bari sax player Mulligan's last three CDs.
  16. Jacques Loussier Trio: Bach's Goldberg Variations - French jazz trio rearranges the true classics.
  17. Jacques Loussier Trio: Plays Debussy
  18. Jacques Loussier Trio: Ravel's Bolero - the best CD to hear first from this trio.
  19. Jacques Loussier Trio: Satie- Gymnopedies - Gnossiennes
  20. Jacques Loussier Trio: Vivaldi - The Four Seasons
  21. Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, Milt Jackson, Karriem Riggins: The Very Tall Band - 1998 Live at the Blue Note featuring four very tall jazz artist (Peterson on piano).
  22. "Oscar Peterson Meets Roy Hargrove and Ralph Moore" with Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen & Lewis Nash - Hargrove on trumpet & Moore on tenor.
  23. George Shearing: Favorite Things, solo piano -Shearing merges classical piano literature with jazz standards.
  24. Tierney Sutton: Unsung Heros - contemporary female jazz vocalist with trio.
  25. McCoy Tyner: Jazz Roots - solo pianist Tyner performs 14 jazz standards.
  26. George Shearing: Reflections (1992-1998) The Best of George Shearing - compilation of Shearing's best.
  27. John Serry: Enchantress - pianist Sherry performs his original compositions with quartet.
  28. McCoy Tyner with Stanley Clarke & Al Foster - contemporary compositions preformed by pianist Tyner & trio.
  29. Ken Burns Jazz Sampler - nine classic jazz recordings by Armstrong, Holiday, Parker, Coltrane, Davis, Monk, Webb, Goodman and Ellington.  This is the advance CD to the PBS documentary (January, 2001) which contains an 8 minute video.

See the Telarc Web Site @ http://www.telarc.com/jazz/ for detailed information on these recordings 1 through 28.

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Last Update:  October 29, 2001