List some of your favorite live Jazz recordings

@mahgister

No problem! My thinking, in making such a distinction, was simply that live recordings can provide a sense of being "with the musicians, in the club", as the music is unfolding, moment-to-moment. I don’t regard live recordings as inherently superior, but they can offer a greater sense of "immediacy".

I don’t know how to insert an image -- it used to happen automatically, when the url was typed but that changed at some point. I’m afraid my computer skills are elementary at best!

I will look for the trumpet recording you mentioned and see if I can find any live Turre recordings.

@mahgister

OK ... to embed url, select the "chain" image to the right of the emoji image at the top of the audiogon text box. 

A Link box will open, where you can paste the url.

The url for the Trumpet Summit video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omgOfzCgFy0

@drbb 

I'm familiar with the Jarrett but will check out the other two you've mentioned. 

@bigtwin 

They also did a second, 2 CD release: "Trilogy 2". 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUx4mojdKNo&list=PLWfB7VeEXCumOJNfTsXzd5FJaJ0XBQPsU

@dweller

Of course, I’m familiar with it.

Not Jazz, but good!

@mahgister 

Well, OK but given just how many live recordings Jarrett has released, odds are no-one has heard them all. ;o)

There aren't as many live Miles releases (definitely not hundreds)  but the "Bootleg Series" has certainly increased their number.

I don't know why Harrell isn't better known. Or Charles Tolliver, for that matter. I haven't heard any live Harrell recordings. Have you? We're focusing on live releases, here. Accordingly, can you suggest a live Steve Turre recording you like?  

Thanks for all the suggestions -- keep 'em comin' !  

@curiousjim

Yeah; me too.

@jazzaudiophilewannabe

I’ll have to check out that J. Redman.

@markmoskow

I wish I’d bought the Mosaic Charles Tolliver box set before it went out of print!

I love the studio albums by the Miles group with Wayne but I actually prefer the live recordings of the group before Wayne replaced George Coleman.

If you haven’t already, check out the "companion" to McCoy’s "Passion Dance" -- "Counterpoints: Live in Tokyo".

I like both Cedar Walton and Clifford Jordan and will seek out the album you mention.

@rmdmoore

"Full House" is another excellent live Wes album with W. Kelly.

@pdreher 

Lots of (to me) unfamiliar artists on your list-- will check them out.

@alexatpos 

Great list!  

Stan Getz "Dynasty" is not one I've heard others mention often. 

Have you heard "Eddy Louiss Trio" on Dreyfuss?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4qr9D5Ybjs

@simonmoon

Thanks for your list !

Can you tell Post Bop is my favorite sub-genre ? ;o)

The Mahavishnu O. box set contains a second disc of previously-unreleased tunes from the same gig as "Between Nothingness and Eternity".

"Oregon -- 1974" is an excellent 2 disc set from a European tour. I was fortunate to see them in the late 70’s and it remains one of my favorite shows of all I’ve attended.

@scowler1 

I saw Les in 1975. That guy was extremely charismatic -- he could really work a crowd. He took us all to church, skillfully merging so-called "sacred" and "profane" elements together so that you couldn't tell where one ended and the other began. All you knew was it sure felt good!  

@alexatpos 

Thanks for the suggestion -- will check it out. 

@alexatpos 

Cool -- thanks! 

Kenny Burrell and Grant Green together?! 

@linnvolk

I was fortunate enough to see T. A. / L. T. Big Band live in the mid 70’s. Wow!

I really enjoy Lew Tabackin’s recordings as a leader, too.

@coltrane1

My only exposure so far to Ulf Wakenius has been his terrific playing on the killer live NHOP Trio CD. I will check out the O. Peterson.

A few I forgot to mention in my initial post:

Bobby Hutcherson: Live at Montreux

Shakti (first album)

Mal Waldron Quintet: Seagulls of Kristiansund

Michelle Rosewoman: Guardians of the Light

Monk: Misterioso & Thelonious in Action

Larry Coryell and Steve Khan : Two for the Road

Gary Bartz Quintet: West 42nd Street

Jimmy Raney: Live in Tokyo

Johnny Griffin and Eddie Lockjaw Davis: Live at Minton’s

Charlie Mariano, Philip Catherine, Jasper Van’t Hof: The Great Concert

Perter Bernstein: Signs Live

Keith Jarrett ("European" quartet w/ Jan Garbarek): Sleeper

@thastum

Hi i think a couple are missing

Ben Webster Live at the Renaisance

Red Norvo Quintet The foreward look, this was Keith Johnsons first recording

Many more than a couple -- inevitably so, given that Jazz is such a diverse genre with so many excellent practitioners.

BTW, who is Keith Johnson??????

@nicotico 

I don’t know if anyone responded to your comment “I haven't heard any live Harrell recordings. Have you?”  ….Tom has a “Live At The Village Vanguard” recording which is very good. Also, there is a DVD release of Horace Silver’s band playing somewhere in Europe with a younger Tom on trumpet. 

As a sideman, he also worked with Phil Woods and that group released at least one live album: "integrity". 

Seems there are two live "Vanguard" releases as a leader: 2002's "Live at the Village Vanguard" and 2013's "Colors of A Dream: Live at the Village Vanguard". 

@tom2441 

The Art Blakey Quintet “A Night At Birdland”  Vol. 1 and 2
Classic lineup, classic venue

Classics, indeed!  

@thr1961 

"Waltz for Debbie" is an old favorite of mine, as well. The Craft release is vinyl? 

Not sure why but I've never developed a taste for Coltrane's playing with Miles. I much prefer the next Miles quintet, either with George Coleman or W. Shorter on sax.  

@cautionbison 

"At the Five Spot" for more live E. Dolphy. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlWCUN2EdNc

He also played live on occasion with Coltrane. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SDSVEIVOCs

@thr1961 

Ah. OK -- I'm strictly CDs. 

@simonmoon 

Let me add, that none of my choices were made due to sound quality, or audiophile cred.

They were all chosen for performance and musical content. 

Bravo!