The Good Stuff

Grover Washington Jr.

INNER CITY BLUES

Verve   1972 / 2008

Washington's first session as leader.

Inner City Blues :  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1xYt0oIFtI

Mercy Mercy Me : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV6WkpDg_K0

Ain't no Sunshine : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltMwiCoRAng

Cheers

The Manhattan Transfer

THE MANHATTAN TRANSFER

Atlantic  1975 

Tuxedo Junction : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwL9xf3YQ-4

Operator : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldo_MyO-QHU

Gloria : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElPTTxBNj-0

Java Jive : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XxsasUHzaQ

Candy : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6ya7VsA_mQ

Cheers

Modest Mussorgsky

PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION

Evgeny Kissin (piano)

RCA  2001

Recorded at SWR Studio, Freiburg Germany, August 4&5, 2001

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rH_Rsl7fjok

Cheers

Clark Terry

PORGY and BESS

with the Chicago Jazz Orchestra

Americana Music / 2004

It ain't necessarily so : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vMTZ1mivvc

I love you porgy : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1FW-A46xt8

There's a boat leaving : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zD0Ws7MIGo

Cheers

Lee Morgan

THE COOKER

Blue Note 1957 / 2006 RvG Edition

Lee Morgan(trumpet), Pepper Adams(baritone sax), Bobby Timmons(piano), Paul Chambers(bass), Philly Joe Jones(drums)

Notes: If we accept Morgan’s distinction between an original style (which he claimed not to have at this point in his career) and an identity, THE COOKER can be heard as the album in which the Lee Morgan identity is announced.

Morgan is 19 years old on this recording. His 5th recording in less than a year.

A Night in Tunisia : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXYtFqXBGTU

Lover Man : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0Kyqap3ZIs

Just one of those things : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2bKSBO40js

Cheers

Modern Jazz Quartet

CONCORDE

Prestige / OJCCD    1955 / 1987

Milt Jackson(vibes), John Lewis(piano), Percy Heath(bass), Connie Kay(drums)

Notes : The earlier MJQ sessions were released on 78s, 45s, EPs and 10 inch LPs.  Later they were collated on 12-inch LPs.  This was the first session done specifically for 12-inch and was also Connie Kay's first recording with the group after replacing Kenny Clarke.

Ralph's New Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tlHmbZvHZk

Gershwin Medley : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es6D-WEIUtU

Concorde : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z3J9tbOM7A

Cheers

Miles Davis

STEAMIN' WITH THE MILES DAVIS QUINTET

Prestige / OJCCD   1956 / 1989    (released 1961)

Miles Davis(trumpet), John Coltrane(tenor sax), Red Garland(piano), Paul Chambers(bass), Philly Joe Jones(drums)

Salt Peanuts : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e27xcTwkIgY

Well you needn't : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IADoYWvaFYI

Surrey with fringe on top : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OZormKf7Gs

Cheers

Another of the all time greats has departed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cytUz9KkK9M

Cheers

McCoy Tyner

NIGHTS OF BALLADS AND BLUES

Impulse / MCA  1963 / 1997

Notes : McCoy Tyner, in his third album under his own name, vividly illustrates he is one of those rare Jazz musicians that bridges the gap between erudite Jazz and lyrical commercial appeal.  Like Erroll Garner and Dave Brubeck, Tyner has "something" that engenders a universal listening response.

Satin Doll : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD_L_twj_50

Round Midnight : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxIj_8V865o

Blue Monk : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnsDmKd04Uk

Star Eyes : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dB2XrXxtboo

Days of wine and roses : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XD9P3M7FARM

Cheers

Louis Armstrong

THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION

Hip-o Records / Verve  2006

Excellent booklet with pictures.

Basin Street Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8V7kjJFETUw&list=OLAK5uy_mwbtuQ7xoTuRdT4Ie3Ktxy4I5EYI-jzmU&index=10

Cabaret : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJra5gYKJDk&list=OLAK5uy_mwbtuQ7xoTuRdT4Ie3Ktxy4I5EYI-jzmU&index=2

Hello Dolly : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7a8L5JyHKo&list=OLAK5uy_mwbtuQ7xoTuRdT4Ie3Ktxy4I5EYI-jzmU&index=4

Wonderful World : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBrd_3VMC3c&list=OLAK5uy_mwbtuQ7xoTuRdT4Ie3Ktxy4I5EYI-jzmU&index=1

Saints go Marching : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlwGamclHGM&list=OLAK5uy_mwbtuQ7xoTuRdT4Ie3Ktxy4I5EYI-jzmU&index=19

Love is here to stay** : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2cnMbi_27A&list=OLAK5uy_mwbtuQ7xoTuRdT4Ie3Ktxy4I5EYI-jzmU&index=5

and 17 more!!
** with Ella Fitzgerald

Cheers

Easter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JH3T6YwwU9s

Cheers

Various Artists

JAZZ AT THE PHILHARMONIC BEST OF THE 1940s CONCERTS

Verve (compilation)  1998

Excellent foldout with pictures.

Philharmonic Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onVVxT6YRzA

Flying Home : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38ugWinexiE

Bugle Call rag : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqVTlWUncsU

How high the moon : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPYPht-Vaf8

Embraceable You : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5awGkfcRMak

Cheers

Various Artists

ATLANTIC JAZZ  THE BEST OF THE '50s

Atlantic / Rhino  1993

Nice fold out with pictures.

Back water blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBZTkwMkac8

Cousin Mary : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAf8YyFtVDA

Pithecanthropus : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5xi3Dm7IGI

Evidence : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySN6o6vpHTs

Django : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x99MToFAAao

Cheers

Lee Morgan

THE COMPLETE LIVE AT THE LIGHTHOUSE

Blue Note  1970 / 2021    8 CD set

Lee Morgan's last release during his life time.

Friday, 10 July 1970,   Set Two

I remember Britt : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPLsU0h66jc

Absolutions : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JJsTlRgbeM&t=76s

Speedball : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1eq7b9UPhA

Cheers

Horace Silver

JAZZ HAS A SENSE OF HUMOR

Verve 1998

Notes : ..There are many more young Jazz musicians who are capable of carrying the music forward and insuring that it stays alive and vibrant. Insuring that it remains pure and unadulterated. Insuring that the masters have not sacrificed and dedicated their lives to this music in vain. Long live Jazz in its pure and unadulterated form.  -- Horace Silver

Silver’s final studio album.

Satisfaction Guaranteed : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NUB1-0R4J4

I love Annie’s fanny : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4f09BF_xJp8

Where do I go from here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ed2_841wz34

The mama suite:

not enough mama : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIhxp0IduAo

too much mama : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K07-kUiFgQ

just right mama : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaen9OZwhOg

Cheers

Mozart 35 / Bohm

I have that CD.  One of my favorite conductors.  His Beethoven's 9th with Norman and Domingo is my favorite performance of that symphony.  Probably because it is as slow as molasses in the winter time.

Cheers.

Various Artists

BODY + SOUL  LOVE SERENADE

Sony Music   1998  2cd set

from CD # 2:

cruisin' : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlzY6cWpoMQ

Love You Down : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMYw_sDFQwI

Can you stop the rain : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt9yRFWvY8s

Oh Girl : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fBJuYf9m8E

Shake you down : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc8wmLul3uw

Float On : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91E4aSMEpkQ

Me and Mrs Jones : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYOQDnWFXYI

Cheers

Sly and The Family Stone

THE ESSENTIAL SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE

Epic / Sony   1967-1975 / 2002    2CD set

Dance to the music : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NSSw7wjyIM

Stand : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48mDuNrEGxk

Sing a simple song : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4qqNl_nsUQ

Everyday People : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQ-cBthmUPI

I want to take you higher : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fjZaSRoWG0

Cheers

Nancy Wilson

Outstanding!!   I saw her in concert at Constitution Hall in Washington. back in the day.  Like Ella, she is in a class by herself.

Cheers

Chick Corea

NOW HE SINGS, NOW HE SOBS

Blue Note   1968

Chick Corea(piano), Miroslav Vitous(bass), Roy Haynes(drums)

Steps-What Was : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foPHn7xGjZE

Matrix : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZOprqPzpZY

Bossa : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_i2r_1V_S0

Windows : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hp5B64jXbu0

Pannonica : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRqcobYcDoc

Cheers

Florence Price's symphonies. 

I have the CD with her Symphonies 1 & 3.  

Yannick Nezet-Seguin / Philadelphia Orchestra.

Have not played it yet.  Will tomorrow.  Thanks for the review.

DG :  There was a time when I thought DG and Karajan was all you needed in Classical Music. 😞

Cheers

Wynton Marsalis and Eric Clapton

PLAY THE BLUES: LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER

Reprise Records   2011

Real Fusion.

Forty-Four : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOixoY6k0I4

Careless Love : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThjNXVHxwWc

Kidman Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n28YNV3KNM

Layla : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b6wCTi-FrQ

Corrine, Corrina : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7eeb1MTkUY

Cheers

Count Basie

THE COMPLETE ATOMIC BASIE

Roulette / Blue Note    1957 / 1994   Mono

Kid From Red Bank : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R0KmnsqFew

Foo Birds : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN8HHmSXjkI

Whirly-Bird : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HJOD1_KfWU

Duet : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVST9MiElfY

Li'l Darlin' : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqn4nyZz0to

Splanky : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMJOGhOrgrU

Cheers

Remember the Sabbath:

My God is a Rock : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwwcsr5GXhQ

Poor Mourner : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQFe0i98xBk

Wade in the Water : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaPCXRNFzUI

Soon one  Mornin' : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJp8ckdaasM

Lift me Up : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoqU-NI_ajQ

Oh Freedom : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5XaKmUsqoc

Hush! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVxm7g8xbE4

Something got a-hold of me : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wt4PyEFlf6Q

Battle Hymn : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRnOZFB6afY

Amen

Cheers

Dark Beauty checks all the boxes for me.

Me2

Cheers

Audiophile-Grade Brains???

Cheers

McCoy Tyner Quartet

NEW YORK REUNION

McCoy Tyner(piano), Joe Henderson(tenor sax), Ron Carter(bass), Al Foster(drums)

Chesky Records  1991

Recorda me : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D57hpVCOEw

Miss Bea : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW0PJHukXnE

What is this thing : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Xy4_evCWWY

Ask me now : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc6XLApQ7hE

Cheers

Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra

¡Qué Viva Harlem!

Jazzheads  2014

Notes : The MSM ACJO is dedicated to performing the music of the majestic "tradición" of the Latin Jazz continuum while pushing the genre forward premiering new works.

Mambo Inferno : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT1dhw_bOQc

Moon Over Cuba : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6KhStp6bDo

Feeding the Chickens : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkFREdgKydw

Let there be swing : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IA8ZJREg0U

Cheers

Dave Brubeck Quartet / Jimmy Rushing

BRUBECK AND RUSHING

Columbia / Sony  1960 / 1998

Nice try.  No cigar.

Blues in the Dark : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqLqmEvQcnM

Ain't Misbehavin' : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u23r1FIInIc

Evenin' : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25w-3gQ7T0c

Cheers

Roland Kirk

VOLUNTEERED SLAVERY

Atlantic / Collectables  1969 / 2002

Volunteered Slavery : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uFWNAf7IPo

Spirits up above : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnVcdXngMcA

My Cherie Amour : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3Xih5LKOaM

Tribute John Coltrane : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kht0E9bmTo

Three for the Festival : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q25K1qVZvF0

Cheers

Cheers

Cheers

Cheers

Sunday

Cheers

Wayne Shorter

THE SOOTHSAYER

Blue Note  1965 / 2007    RvG Edition

Excellent Booklet with notes from the original LP and the CD remaster.

Angola : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbE3jlLhJL8

The Big Push : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_laSspoY0M

The Soothsayer : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giIFf_a42t4

Lady Day : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK8uA9M2zoY

Cheers

Lizz Wright

GRACE

Concord Records  2017

Wiki  :  Wright was born in the small town of Hahira, Georgia, one of three children and the daughter of a minister and the musical director^[2] of their church. She started singing gospel music and playing piano in church as a child, and also became interested in jazz and blues. She attended Houston County High School, where she was heavily involved in choral singing, receiving the National Choral Award. She went on to Georgia State University in Atlanta to study singing.^[2]

Southern Nights : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdX7ZHt6XCs

Stars Fell on Alabama : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAscgXTlzDA

Singing in my Soul : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6K8AOoOYMo

Grace : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eln747SehSE

All the way Here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fe2aIvC3_Ro

Cheers

Herbie Hancock

INVENTIONS AND DIMENSIONS

Blue Note  1963 / 2005    RvG edition

Hancock's third album.

Mimosa(alt take) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5DxAvMDYvI

Succotash : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSFJbFkwTgQ

Triangle : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkWyhZFujsA

Cheers

All Rock is not just noise.

Cheers

McCoy Tyner

TRIDENT

Milestone / OJC 1975 / 1992

McCoy Tyner(piano, harpsichord, celeste), Ron Carter(bass), Elvin Jones(drums)

You feel like you will hear Coltrane any minute now. Jones and Carter for the Bass and drum enthusiast.

Once I Loved : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lq1w3WoCR9M

Ruby My Dear : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPRShRZk7nE

Impressions : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlKTxP7rPkY

Celestial Chant : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHJfAF5iuhU

Cheers

Branford Marsalis Quartet

FOUR MFs PLAYIN' TUNES

Marsalis Music  2011

He took a different Jazz path from his brother.

Teo : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmSCArWQ8es

The Mighty Sword : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooHUl2zSfcw

Maestra : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_SiLtYLxWQ

Treat it Gentle : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3R8-mrtj3A

Cheers

Johnny Hodges & Billy Strayhorn

JOHNNY HODGES, SOLOIST, BILLY STRAYHORN AND ORCHESTRA

Verve / Fresh Sounds Records 1962 / 2013

Notes : Both albums collected here are delightful reminders not only of Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington’s alter ego as composer and pianist, but also one of the most beautiful Jazz instrumental voices ever--the alto saxophone of Johnny Hodges.

Don’t get around much anymore : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR3M35ycfqY

Jeep’s Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2JHdqnK-d0

Azure : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBYfmLXj-qY

Your Love has Faded : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cu9jDNPN2XA

Juice A-Plenty : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-a9L9_0eZg

Cheers

Sarah Vaughan and The Count Basie Orchestra

SEND IN THE CLOWNS

Pablo  1981 / 2001

The Basie Band, Minus The Count.

Send in the Clowns : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-a2LXx0WN8

I gotta right to sing the blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SJ-b9XcEJE

If you could see me now : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqXr--IQ_kA

When your lover has gone : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0F8BU4qISZE

Cheers

The Horace Silver Quintet

THE CAPE VERDEAN BLUES

Blue Note  1965 / 1989

featuring J.J. Johnson(trombone)

The Cape Verdean Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My6Jf-T5ZCQ

Pretty Eyes : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CABz7G5jYwY

Mo' Joe : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukHn8H49SlQ

The African Queen : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCjojzkl-hQ

Cheers

Art Tatum

SOLO MASTERPIECES VOL. TWO

Pablo  1992

Recorded 1953-1955

Elegy : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePUsJ8Jp5jw

Tea for Two : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yT0w0Qru02o

This can't be love : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWnPWpJ_6hE

The very thought of you : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ePYL6wS_ho

Lover come back to me : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7tzH9LzxDU

Cheers

Carmen McRae

FOR LADY DAY

Novus  1983 / 1995

Billie Holiday Tribute.

Miss Brown to you : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWBVfV5e2Bg

Good morning heartache : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caVBckscYxc

Fine and Mellow : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJquRsHG13o

Lover Man : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJYfbcrCxJg

Cheers

Charles Mingus

MINGUS THREE (A.K.A. TRIO)

Jubilee / Rhino 1957 / 2022 2CD set.

Very nice booklet with pictures, but overall very bad cardboard tri-fold packaging. Disc two is all alternate takes.

Back Home Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_DGCJKSK2s

Dizzy Moods : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wNQ0VwBgAU

Summertime : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTodjj8xtbc

Laura : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UBMypsuAD0

Cheers

It is Sunday


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elucuKKfda0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCwl7MT5tfA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDVb5wRn4ng

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHIP7-KaP_Q
.

Cheers

B. B. King

LIVE IN COOK COUNTY JAIL

MCA   1971 / 1998

Booklet has an interesting story as to how this concert came about.

The Thrill is Gone : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x9x3aAF8GA

Everyday I have the Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNbZ7e4Wb78

How blue can you get : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7UiZOiCwOs

Sweet Sixteen : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIwZnT-qbgg

Cheers

Hank Mobley

ROLL CALL

Blue Note  1960 / 2002   RvG  Edition

Roll Call : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9i8yYv83i3Q

The Breakdown : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9n3HnUu8-A

The More I See You : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaE4ZLEYiPQ

A Baptist Beat : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEMhnPLnRCQ

Cheers

Thelonious Monk

THELONIOUS IN ACTION

Riverside / OJCCD   1958 / 1988

Thelonious Monk(piano), Johnny Griffin(tenor sax), Ahmed Abdul-Malik(bass), Roy Haynes(drums)

Coming on the Hudson : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=py5oEI_JXM4

Rhythm-A-Ning : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzvxcyPG8IQ

Evidence : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AknVXi1m37Y

In Walked Bud : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfP-sKgCDvU

Cheers