This page contains a listing of my personal jazz collection. This is mostly maintained to give you perspective on my jazz background. It is also in case you want to make a suggestion for a blog posting of mine (I’ll mostly only be posting on albums from my collection from now). You’ll notice, of course, some huge holes in here as well as some strange albums given to me as gifts or something.
Abdullah Ibrahim (b. 1934)
African Piano Water From An Ancient WellAlbert Ayler (1936-1970)
Goin’ Home (1964) My Name Is Albert Ayler Spirits Rejoice Spiritual UnityArchie Shepp (b. 1937) & Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (1946-2005)
Looking At BirdArt Blakey (1919-1990)
Moanin’ Album Of The Year Buhaina’s Delight Free For All (1964) The Freedom RiderArt Tatum (1909-1956)
The Complete Capitol Recordings The Complete Pablo Group MasterpiecesBen Schachter (b. 1962)
Nothingman OmnibusBen Webster (1909-1973)
King Of The Tenors SoulvilleBenny Golson (b. 1929)
Free The Modern Touch Up, Jumped, Spring That’s FunkyBenny Green (b. 1963)
Jazz At The BistroBill Evans (1929-1980)
Sunday At The Village VanguardBilly Harper (b. 1943)
Destiny Is YoursBix Beiderbecke (1903-1931)
The Complete Bix Beiderbecke & Frankie Trumbauer Collection The Indispensible Bix BeiderbeckeBoney James (b. 1961)
SeductionBrad Mehldau (b. 1970)
Elegiac Cycle The Art Of The Trio, Volume 3: SongsBranford Marsalis (b. 1960)
RequiemBud Powell, Charles Mingus, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach
Live At Massey Hall, Volumes 1 & 2 (1953)Cab Calloway (1907-1994)
The Early Years, 1930-1934, Volume 1Cannonball Adderley (1928-1975)
Cannonball Takes Charge Presenting “Cannonball” Things Are Getting BetterCannonball Adderley (1928-1975) & Bill Evans (1929-1980)
Know What I Mean? (1961)Cannonball Adderley (1928-1975) & John Coltrane (1926-1967)
Cannonball & ColtraneCharles Mingus (1922-1979)
Blues & Roots The Clown Mingus Plays Piano: Spontaneous Compositions and Improvisations Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus Mingus Ah UmPithecanthropus Erectus
Charlie Parker (1920-1955)
The Jazz Biography (a compilation album)Chet Baker (1929-1988)
The Best Of Chet Baker SingsChick Corea (b. 1941)
Akoustic Band Solo Improvisations From Japan Three QuartetsClifford Brown (1930-1956)
At Basin Street Best Coast Jazz Brown and Roach, Inc. Clifford Brown & Max Roach Clifford Brown All Stars Clifford Brown With Strings Jam Session Study In Brown Complete Emarcy RecordingsCount Basie (1904-1984)
Basie’s Beat Classics 1939-1940Dave Brubeck (b. 1920)
On TimeDave Holland (b. 1946)
Extended Play: Live At BirdlandDexter Gordon (1923-1990)
Gettin’ Around Go! Ladybird Lullaby For A Monster Our Man In Paris (1963) A Swingin’ AffairDexter Gordon (1923-1990), Sonny Rollins (b. 1930), & Sonny Stitt (1924-1982)
Sonny Side UpDuke Ellington (1899-1974)
And His Mother Called Him Bill Complete RCA Victor Recordings (Centennial Edition) Greatest Hits—Legend Series Masterpieces, 1926-1949 Money Jungle Such Sweet Thunder (1957)Black, Brown & Beige
Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996)
Cole Porter Songbook Duke Ellington Songbook George And Ira Gershwin Songbook Harold Arlen Songbook (1961) Intimate Ella Irving Berlin Songbook Jerome Kern Songbook Johnny Mercer Songbook Rogers and Hart SongbookEric Dolphy (1928-1964)
Out To LunchFreddie Hubbard (1938-2008)
Open Sesame Ready For FreddieHank Mobley (1930-1986)
Soul StationHerbie Hancock (b. 1940)
Head Hunters Maiden Voyage Man-Child River: The Joni Letters Thrust PossibilitiesJ.J. Johnson (1924-2001)
The Eminent, Volumes 1 & 2Jaco Pastorius (1951-1987)
Invitation Jaco Pastorius Punkjazz Word Of MouthJoe Henderson (1937-2001) with the Wynton Kelly Trio
Four!Joe Pass (1929-1994) & Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (1946-2005)
ChopspolishedJohn Coltrane (1926-1967)
Africa-Brass Afro Blue Impressions Blue Train Giant Steps A Love Supreme My Favorite Things The Very Best of John ColtraneJohnny Griffin (1928-2008)
A Blowin’ Session The Congregation Grab This! Introducing Johnny GriffinKenny Garrett (b. 1960)
SongbookLester Young (1909-1959) & Oscar Peterson Trio (1925-2007)
Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson TrioLouis Armstrong (1901-1971)
The Complete Hot Fives and Hot Seven RecordingsLouis Armstrong (1901-1971) & Duke Ellington (1899-1974)
The Great SummitLouis Armstrong (1901-1971) & Oscar Peterson (1925-2007)
Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar PetersonLucky Thompson (1924-2005)
TricotismMahavishnu Orchestra (active in 1970s)
Birds of Fire Inner Mounting FlameMiles Davis (1926-1991)
Birth Of The Cool The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions Cookin’ Jazz Masters: Miles Davis Ken Burns Jazz: Miles Davis Kind Of Blue Love Songs Miles Smiles Milestones Nefertiti Relaxin’ ‘Round About Midnight Someday My Prince Will Come Sorcerer Steamin’ Tutu Workin’ ’58 Sessions Bags’ GrooveMilt Jackson (1923-1999) Quintet
That’s The Way It IsThe Modern Jazz Quartet (active 1950s through 1970s)
The Complete Last ConcertNiels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (1946-2005) & Sam Jones (1924-1981)
Double BassNiels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (1946-2005), Stephane Grappelli (1908-1997), & Joe Pass (1929-1994)
Tivoli GardensNorman Brown (b. 1963)
After The StormOriginal Dixieland Jazz Band (active 1910s and 1920s)
The Complete Original Dixieland Jazz Band (1917-1936)Ornette Coleman (b. 1930)
Something Else!!! The Shape Of Jazz To ComeOscar Peterson (1925-2007)
Night Train (1962) The Oscar Peterson Trio Live At Zardi’s The Oscar Peterson Trio at the Stratford Shakespearean FestivalOscar Peterson Trio (1925-2007) & Clark Terry (b. 1920)
Oscar Peterson Trio + OneOscar Pettiford (1922-1960)
First BassPat Metheny (b. 1954)
Bright Size Life The First Circle The Way UpRay Brown (1926-2002)
Ultimate Ray BrownRay Brown (1926-2002), John Clayton (b. 1952), & Christian McBride (b. 1972)
SuperBassRay Charles (1930-2004)
Soul Brothers/Soul MeetingRichard Bona (b. 1967)
Munia (The Tale) (2003)Sam Jones (1924-1981)
The Soul SocietySidney Bechet (1897-1959)
The Legendary Sidney BechetSonny Rollins (b. 1930)
The Bridge Freedom Suite Saxophone Colossus Sonny Rollins Plus Four The Sound Of Sonny Tenor Madness Way Out West (1957)Sonny Sharrock (1940-1994)
Ask The AgesSonny Stitt (1924-1982)
Personal Appearance Sonny Stitt In Orbit Stitt Plays BirdSteve Lacy (1934-2004)
Plays MonkSun Ra (1914-1993)
Jazz In SilhouetteThelonious Monk (1917-1982)
Brilliant Corners The Complete Prestige Recordings The Complete Riverside Recordings Criss-Cross Monk Alone: The Complete Columbia Solo Studio Recordings Standards Straight, No Chaser Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane Underground 5 By Monk By 5 Misterioso Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane at Carnegie HallTina Brooks (1932-1974)
Minor MoveTrio Of Doom (1979)
Trio Of Doom (1979)Wayne Shorter (b. 1933)
The All Seeing Eye Speak No EvilWes Montgomery (1923-1968) & Wynton Kelly (1931-1971) Trio
Smokin’ At The Half Note
