Have you been wanting to add to your Jazz music library? Are you wanting to learn Jazz or simply don't know where to start? Well here is a list of albums that I consider to be essential listening for anyone interested in the Jazz genre.
Below you will find over 40 albums, many of them remastered, listed by artist, album title, the drummer on the recording and the original label. Point to any title to purchase or simply find out more information on — even listen to several sample cuts from the album.
ARTIST | TITLE | DRUMMER | LABEL | |
Miles Davis | Kind of Blue | Jimmy Cobb | Columbia 40579 | |
Miles Davis | Milestones | Philly Joe Jones | Columbia 40837 | |
Miles Davis | Relaxin' | Philly Joe Jones | Prestige OJC 190 | |
Miles Davis | Nefertiti | Tony Williams | Columbia 46113 | |
Miles Davis | ESP | Tony Williams | Columbia 46863 | |
Miles Davis | Complete Concert: 1964 | Tony Williams | Columbia C2K 48821 | |
Wes Montgomery | Smokin' At the Half Note | Jimmy Cobb | Verve 829 578 | |
Wayne Shorter | Speak No Evil | Elvin Jones | Blue Note 46509 | |
Wayne Shorter | Juju | Elvin Jones | Blue Note 376-44 | |
John Coltrane | Giant Steps | Taylor Cobb | Atlantic 1311 | |
John Coltrane | Blue Train | Philly Joe Jones | Blue Note 460952 | |
John Coltrane | A Love Supreme | Elvin Jones | Impulse 155 | |
John Coltrane | Impressions | Elvin Jones | Impulse 5887 | |
John Coltrane | Live At Birdland | Elvin Jones | Impulse 33109 | |
Sonny Rollins | Saxophone Colossus | Max Roach | Prestige OJC 291 | |
Sonny Rollins | The Contemporary Leaders | Shelly Manne | OJCCD-340-2 | |
Joe Henderson | Page One | Pete LaRoca | Blue Note 84140 | |
Joe Henderson | The Wynton Kelly Trio | Jimmy Cobb | Verve 314 531 561-2 | |
Joe Henderson | Lush Life | Greg Hutchinson | Verve 511-779 | |
Joe Henderson | So Near, So Far | Al Foster | Verve 314 517 674-2 | |
McCoy Tyner | The Real McCoy | Elvin Jones | Blue Note 46512 | |
Art Blakey | Night At Birdland - Vol 1 | Art Blakey | Blue Note 46520 | |
Art Blakey | Night At Birdland - Vol 2 | Art Blakey | " " " | |
Art Blakey | Moanin' | Art Blakey | Blue Note 46516 | |
Chick Corea | Now He Sings, Now He Sobs | Roy Haynes | Blue Note 9005 | |
Charlie Parker | Now's The Time | Max Roach | Verve 825-671 | |
Clifford Brown | Brown / Roach Inc. | Max Roach | Emarcy 814-644 | |
Clifford Brown | More Study In Brown | Max Roach | Emarcy 814-637 | |
Art Pepper | Art Pepper +11 | Mel Lewis | OJCCD 341-2 | |
Louis Armstrong | Satchmo at Symphony Hall | Sid Catlett | Decca GRD-661 | |
Ornette Coleman | Change of the Century | Billy Higgins | Atlantic 7-81341-2 | |
Stan Getz | Yours and Mine | Ben Riley | Concord 4740 | |
Stan Getz | Sweet Rain | Grady Tate | Verve 815 054-2 | |
Keith Jarrett | At the Blue Note | Jack DeJohnette | ECM 1577 | |
Ahmad Jamal | At the Pershing | Vernel Fournier | Chess CHD 9108 | |
Gene Krupa / Buddy Rich | Krupa & Rich | Krupa / Rich | Verve 835 314-2 | |
Joe Lovano | From the Soul | Ed Blackwell | Blue Note 7-986362 | |
Gerry Mulligan | Meets Ben Webster | Mel Lewis | Verve 841-661-2 | |
Thelonious Monk | Monk's Dream | Frankie Dunlop | Columbia 40786 | |
Thelonious Monk | Criss Cross | Frankie Dunlop | Columbia 48823 | |
Bill Stewart | Snide Remarks | Bill Stewart | Blue Note 32489 | |
John Ambercrombie | Tactics | Adam Nussbaum | ECM 1623 | |
Larry Young | Unity | Elvin Jones | Blue Note 84221 | |
Bunk Johnson | King of the Blues | Baby Dodds | American Music 1 | |
Baby Dodds | Baby Dodds | Baby Dodds | American Music 17 | |
Baby Dodds | Talking & Drum Solos | Baby Dodds | Folkways F-02290 |