LIVE JAZZ RECORDINGS

Jazz is not primarily the style of music that I listen to. With that being said (and my relative ignorance of jazz) I LOVE Al Hirt "Live on Bourbon Street" (Laserlight 17 075). Very good pressing. His love of the trumpet, playfulness with band members and the audience ("St. James Infirmary") as well as some truly memorable solos make this a CD that, in my opinion, captures the essence of this man's greatness. Through this recording, the late Al Hirt will live forever in my heart! Happy Tunes!

In addition to the above you might check out the following:
Bill Evans Trio-Waltz For Debby (24K Gold-Analogue Productions), Chet Baker-The Last Great Concert Vol. I & II, Pat Martino-Live At Yoshi's, SuperBass 2 w/Ray Brown, John Clayton, & Christian McBride-Live At The Blue Note, The Stan Getz Quartet w/Chet Baker-Quintessence Vol. I & II, Keith Jarrett w/Gary Peacock & Jack Dejohnette-Tokyo'96, Scott Hamilton-Live At Brecon Jazz Festival, Kevin Eubanks-Live At Bradley's, & Joshua Redman Quartet-Spirit Of The Moment-Live At The Village Vanguard.

These are just a few that come to mind.

Enjoy!

Overlooked the "master" himself: Jimmy Smith Trio-The Master-includes such classics as "I Got My Mojo Workin' and "Back At the Chicken Shack." Recorded live at Kirin Plaza Osaka, Japan.

Enjoy!

The Paul Desmond Quarter "Live" This hard to find double LP finally arrived on cd a few years. Much to be enjoyed.

Hi, the Jazz at the Pawnshop recording I was referring to is vol. 1, the original. On CD it is just one disk, but it's a double LP. Another one I just listened to, this time on Sunday morning, is Shelly Manne at the Manne-Hole, any one of vols. 1-5. A series of live recordings, really beautiful. He's called "West Coast jazz."