LIVE JAZZ RECORDINGS

There are hundreds, and probably several thousand, of jazz performances that were recorded live, and I could recommend any number of them for you. However, it would be helpful if you could provide some more information, such as:
1. style(s) of jazz that interest you;
2. any artists that you like;
3. time period(s) you prefer (1930's; 1940's; 1950's; etc.)

With some of this information, I'd be happy to recommend some live recordings. Out of curiosity, why the special interest in live vs. studio recordings?

Clifford Jordan - "Live At Ethell's" on Mapleshade.

Bill Evans - Sunday at the Village Vanguard on XRCD.

Tennisball: I like live stuff too sometimes and sometimes not. I am curious like Scott as to why you like live and exactly what is "live" anyway? In front of an audiece I guess?

Sometimes the crowd adds excitement or something which I like and sometimes I want to tell then to "shut up" as the noise just gets in the way. In any event, I tend to like live pop music more than jazz. Especially, if the pop music is recorded piece by piece (individual tracks for everybody) and then mixed. It's hard to put together a good recording that way and to often you hear the "seams" of the mix. You avoid this with a live performance and when musicans actually play together there seems to be a dynamic that cannot be created by editing and mixing a bunch of solos done in recording boths. This is true for vocals and instruments. There is thread now that talks about some cds sounding worse the more you improve your equipment. In my opinion this holds true for lots of studio pop stuff.

More of the good jazz studio recordings are actually recorded "live" in the sense that everybody is in the studio at one time playin the music. Sadly, I've been told that this is a rarity in popular music these days. Many of the so called "live" performaces are dubbed to death back in the studio too.

Back to the thread and as Scott says there are so many I will give you one listened to today:

Horace Silver, Natives are Restless Tonight. I think this is cut from several concerts.

Sincerely, I remain