2,500 Best CDs and Albums of All Time
2,500 Best CDs and Albums of All Time
2,500 Best CDs and Albums of All Time
Reproduced from the book "Best Musicians, Singers, Albums and Entertainment
Personalities of the 19th, 20th and 21st Centuries", Volume V of World Who's Who in
Jazz, Cabaret, Music and Entertainment. Published by the Federation of American
Musicians, Singers and Performing Artists (FAMSPA). Pages 2450-2474
54. ANDY MARTIN QUARTET - IT�S FINE... IT�S ANDY! - FRESH SOUND
58. ANTHONY BRAXTON & ROVA SAXOPHONE QUARTET: THE AGGREGATE (SOUND ASPECTS,
1989)
83. ART BLAKEY AND THE JAZZ MESSENGERS: MOANIN -BLUE NOTE
90. ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO: FANFARE FOR THE WARRIORS (ATLANTIC, 1973)
96. ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO: REESE AND THE SMOOTH ONES (1969)
148. BENNY GREEN AND RUSSELL MALONE: JAZZ AT THE BISTRO - TELARC
168. BILL EVANS: THE PARIS CONCERT EDITION 1& 2- BLUE NOTE
169. BILL EVANS: WALTZ FOR DEBBY (OJC, ORIGINAL JAZZ CLASSICS)
181. BILL PERKINS AND RICHIE KAMUCA: JUST FRIENDS -PACIFIC JAZZ
183. BILLIE HOLIDAY WITH LESTER YOUNG: LADY DAY & PRES, 1937-1941 (FREMEAUX,
FRANCE)
211. BOB BROOKMEYER: NEW ART ORCH NEW WORKS -CELEBRATION CHALLENGE
214. BOB FLORENCE BIG BAND: LIVE AT CONCERTS BY THE SEA -DISCOVERY
230. BOBBY PREVITE: DULL BANG, GUSHING SOUND, HUMAN SHRIEK (DOSSIER, 1987)
250. BRAD MEHLDAU: PROGRESSION: ART OF THE TRIO, VOL.5 - WARNER BROS
262. BRANFORD MARSALIS: THE BEAUTIFUL ONES ARE NOT YET BORN (1991)
274. BUD SHANK PLAYS THE MUSIC OF BILL EVANS -FRESH SOUND
302. CARNEGIE HALL CONCERT (VOL. 1 & 2)* - GERRY MULLIGAN AND CHET BAKER - CTI
348. CHARLES MINGUS: THE BLACK SAINT AND THE SINNER LADY (IMPULSE!, 1963)
357. CHARLIE HADEN AND KENNY BARRON: NIGHT & THE CITY -VERVE
362. CHARLIE HADEN: LIBERATION MUSIC ORCHESTRA: NOT IN OUR NAME -VERVE
370. CHARLIE PARKER: COMPLETE SAVOY & DIAL STUDIO RECORDINGS - SAVOY
371. CHARLIE PARKER: YARDBIRD SUITE, THE ULTIMATE CHARLIE PARKER COLLECTION
-RHINO
372. CHARLIE VENTURA AND BILL HARRIS: LIVE AT THE THREE DEUCES -HIGH NOTE, 1947)
381. CHICK COREA: NOW HE SINGS, NOW HE SOBS (SOLID STATE/BLUE NOTE, 1967)
412. CLAIRE MARTIN: THE VERY BEST OF CLAIRE MARTIN. EVERY NOW AND THEN (LINN
RECORDS, 2001)
414. CLAIRE MARTIN: WHEN LIGHTS ARE LOW (LINN RECORDS, 2005)
436. CONTE CANDOLI AND CARL FONTANA: COMPLETE PHOENIX RECORDINGS -WOOFY
PRODUCTIONS
437. CONTINUUM: MAD ABOUT TADD -QUICKSILVER
439. COUNT BASIE AND JOE WILLIAMS: EVERYDAY I HAVE THE BLUES -ROULETTE
457. DAN BALMER: CHANGE OF HEART - ALT RNATIV JA Z (YES, THAT'S REALLY THE WAY
IT'S SPELLED!)
511. DAVE STRYKER AND STEVE SLAGLE: THE STRYKER/SLAGLE BAND KHAEON
514. DAVID FATHEAD NEWMAN: KEEP THE SPIRITS SINGING -HIGH NOTE
537. DAVID NEWMAN & JAMES CLAY: THE SOUND OF THE WIDE OPEN SPACES (1960)
594. DIZZY GILLESPIE ALUMNI ALL STAR BIG BAND: THINGS TO COME - MCG/TELARC
646. DONALD BYRD AND GIGI GRYCE: JAZZ LAB ("EARLY BIRD") - COLUMBIA
655. DUKE ELLINGTON AND CHARLES MINGUS/MAX ROACH: MONEY JUNGLE -BLUE NOTE
661. DUKE ELLINGTON: BLACK BROWN AND BEIGE (RCA, 1943, AS PRIVATE EDITION;
PRESTIGE, 1977)
705. ELLA FITZGERALD AND JOE PASS: TAKE LOVE EASY -PABLO
777. FRED HERSCH AND FRIENDS: THE DUO ALBUM -CLASSICAL ACTION
812. GARY BURTON: FOR HAMP, RED, BAGS AND CAL -CONCORD
820. GENE BERTOCINI AND MICHEAL MOORE: ART OF THE DUO -STASH
836. GEORGE RUSSELL: ELECTRONIC SONATA FOR SOULS LOVED BY NATURE (1969)
837. GEORGE RUSSELL: ELECTRONIC SONATA FOR SOULS LOVED BY NATURE (SOUL NOTE,
1980)
854. GERALD WILSON ORCH: NEW YORK, NEW SOUND -MACK AVENUE
867. GERRY MULLIGAN & THE CONCERT JAZZ BAND AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD -VERVE
869. GERRY MULLIGAN QUARTET: REUNION WITH CHET BAKER -PACIFIC JAZZ
870. GERRY MULLIGAN: COMPLETE VERVE CONCERT JAZZ BAND SESSIONS -MOSAIC
890. GREG WILLIAMSON & BBGS: SWING YOUR BIG HEAD -PONY BOY
891. GRETA MATASSA & MIMI FOX: TWO FOR THE ROAD �ORIGIN
980. HORACE SILVER QUINTET: THE CAPE VERDEAN BLUES -BLUE NOTE
985. HORACE SILVER: HORACE SILVER AND THE JAZZ MESSENGERS (1955)
992. HORACE SILVER: THE CAPE VERDEAN BLUES (BLUE NOTE, 1965)
1001. IAN SHAW & CEDAR WALTON: IN A NEW YORK MINUTE -MILESTONE
1089. JAY THOMAS AND BECCA DURAN: SONG FOR RITA -MCVOUTY
1115. JESSICA WILLIAMS: SOME BALLADS SOME BLUES -RED & BLUE
1118. JILL TOWNSEND BIG BAND: TALES FROM THE SEA -PAGETOWN RECORDS
1192. JOE PASS & NDR BAND: JOE PASS IN HAMBURG �ACT
1200. JOE VENUTI, TONY ROMANO: NEVER BEFORE... NEVER AGAIN -JUST A MEMORY
1216. JOHN COLTRANE AND DON CHERRY: THE AVANT-GARDE -RHINO/ ATLANTIC JAZZ GALLERY
1231. JOHN COLTRANE: THE CLASSIC QUARTET -COMPLETE IMPULSE! STUDIO RECORDINGS
1232. JOHN COLTRANE: THE VERY BEST OF JOHN COLTRANE -RHINO / ATLANTIC
1259. JOHNNY HARTMAN: SONGS FROM THE HEART -BEHLEHEM/ AVENUE JAZZ
1281. JULIE LONDON: ULTRA LOUNGE: WILD, COOL AND SWINGIN (1999)
1285. JULIUS HEMPHILL: FAT MAN AND THE HARD BLUES (1991)
1288. JULIUS HEMPHILL: ROI BOYE AND THE GOTHAM MINSTRELS (1977)
1289. KAI WINDING AND J.J.JOHNSON: �NUF SAID -BETHLEHEM / AVENUE JAZZ
1297. KATIE BULL: BULL FONDA DUO, CUP OF JOE, NO BULL �CORN HILL INDIE
1318. KEITH TIPPETT: DEDICATED TO YOU BUT YOU WEREN'T LISTENING (1970)
1359. KENNY WHEELER: MUSIC FOR LARGE AND SMALL ENSEMBLE (1990)
1364. KEVIN ELASCHUYK AND CAMPBELL RYGA QRT- ANY ANSWERS -CELLAR LIVE
1413. LENNIE TRISTANO: DESCENT INTO THE MAELSTROM (INNER CITY, 1952)
1415. LENNIE TRISTANO: MANHATTAN STUDIO/ NEW YORK IMPROVISATIONS (ELEKTRA, 1956)
1433. LESTER BOWIE BRASS FANTASY: THE ODYSSEY OF FUNK & POPULAR MUSIC -ATLANTIC
1434. LESTER BOWIE BRASS FANTASY: WHEN THE SPIRIT RETURNS -DREYFUS JAZZ
1440. LINDA HOPKINS: THE LIVING LEGEND LIVE (FREEHAM RECORDS, 2006)
1451. LOUIS ARMSTRONG: COMPLETE HOT FIVE AND HOT SEVEN RECORDINGS -COLUMBIA/LEGACY
1452. LOUIS ARMSTRONG: COMPLETE HOT FIVE AND SEVEN REC. -COLUMBIA/ LEGACY
1458. LOUIS ARMSTRONG: LOUIS ARMSTRONG (KEN BURNS�S JAZZ SERIES) - COLUMBIA/SONY
1462. LOUIS ARMSTRONG: PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN, 1923-1934 �SONY
1465. LOUIS ARMSTRONG: THE GREAT SUMMIT, THE COMPLETE SESSIONS, -BLUE NOTE
1523. MARK LEVINE AND LATIN TINGE: ISLA -LEFT COAST CLAVE
1536. MARRIOTT JAZZ QUINTET: THE HIGH COUNTRY -RED RAS PUS
1538. MARTIAL SOLAL AND JOHNNY GRIFFIN: IN & OUT -DREYFUS JAZZ
1577. MAX ROACH AND ANTHONY BRAXTON: BIRTH AND REBIRTH (1978)
1606. MEDESKI MARTIN AND WOOD: FRIDAY AFTERNOON IN THE UNIVERSE (1995)
1607. MEDESKI MARTIN AND WOOD: NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND (1992)
1609. MEL TORM� AND FRANCES FAYE: PORGY & BESS -COMPLETE BETHLEHEM /AVENUE JAZZ
1652. MIKE MELVOIN AND PHIL WOODS: IT�S ALWAYS YOU -CITY LIGHT
1654. MILES DAVIS AND JOHN COLTRANE: COMPLETE COLUMBIA RECORDINGS -COLUMBIA
1656. MILES DAVIS WITH GIL EVANS ORCHESTRA: PORGY AND BESS -COLUMBIA
1657. MILES DAVIS/ AND GIL EVANS: COMPLETE COLUMBIA STUDIO REC. -COLUMBIA/ LEGACY
1687. MILES DAVIS: THE BEST OF MILES & COLTRANE -COLUMBIA LEGACY
1695. MILT JACKSON AND CLAYTON-HAMILTON JAZZ ORCH EXPLOSIVE! -QWEST / WARNER BROS
1704. MINGUS BIG BAND: THE ESSENTIAL MINGUS BIG BAND -DREYFUS JAZZ
1705. MINGUS BIG BAND: TONIGHT AT NOON, THREE OR FOUR SHADES OF LOVE -DREYFUS JAZZ
1734. MUHAL RICHARD ABRAMS: LEVELS AND DEGREES OF LIGHT (DELMARK, 1967)
1756. NANCY WILSON AND GERALD WILSON: YESTERDAYS LOVE SONGS, TODAY'S BLUES
-CAPITOL
1771. NEW YORK ART QUARTET: NEW YORK ART QUARTET (1964)
1790. NORMA WINSTONE AND FRED HERSCH: SONGS & LULLABIES -SUNNYSIDE
1791. NORMA WINSTONE AND JOHN TAYLOR: LIKE SONG, LIKE WEATHER KOCH
1799. OLIVER NELSON: BLUES AND THE ABSTRACT TRUTH (IMPULSE, 1961)
1804. ONE FOR ALL AND ERIC ALEXANDER: TOO SOON TO TELL -SHARP NINE
1829. OSCAR PETERSON, DIZZY GILLESPIE, FREDDIE HUBBARD: THE ALTERNATE BLUES
-PABLO
1830. OSCAR PETERSON, RAY BROWN AND MILT JACKSON: VERY TALL BAND -TELARC
1870. PAUL CHAMBERS AND WYNTON KELLY: COMPLETE VEEJAY SESSIONS -MOSAIC
1906. PEGGY LEE WITH DUET WITH BING CROSBY: WATERMELON WEATHER (1952)
1923. PEGGY LEE: I GOT IT BAD AND THAT AIN�T GOOD (1941)
1932. PEGGY LEE: SHOW ME THE WAY TO GET OUT OF THIS WORLD (1950)
1934. PEGGY LEE: SONGS FROM PETE KELLY�S BLUES WITH ELLA FITZGERALD (1955)
1958. PHIL WOODS AND JOHNNY GRIFFIN: THE REV AND I -BLUE NOTE
1959. PHIL WOODS AND LOU TABACKIN - PHIL WOODS/LOU TABACKIN -EVIDENCE
1971. PLAS JOHNSON ANDRED HOLLOWAY: KEEP THAT GROOVE GOING! -MILESTONE
1982. RAHSAAN ROLAND KIRK: DOG YEARS IN THE FOURTH RING -32 JAZZ
1993. RAN BLAKE AND JEANNE LEE: THE NEWEST SOUND AROUND (1961)
2021. RAY CHARLES AND MILT JACKSON: SOUL BROTHERS/SOUL MEETING -ATLANTIC
2035. RENEE ROSNES AND THE DANISH RADIO BIG BAND -BLUE NOTE
2039. RICHARD BOUKAS AND JOVINO SANTOS NETO: BALAIO (BASKET) -MALANDRO
2040. RICHARD GALIANO AND EDDY LOUIS: FACE TO FACE -DREYFUS JAZZ
2062. RON ESCHETE AND MORT WEISS: NO PLACE TO HIDE -SMS JAZZ
2078. ROSEANNA VITRO: CATCHIN SOME RAYS, THE MUSIC OF RAY CHARLES (TERLAC,1997)
2081. ROSEANNA VITRO: REACHING FOR THE MOON (CHASE MUSIC, 1991)
2124. SARAH VAUGHN: HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN GOING ON -PABLO
2140. SHELLY MANNE & HIS MEN AT THE BLACKHAWK: VOLS. 1-5 -CONTEMPORARY
2142. SHELLY MANNE AND HIS MEN: MORE SWINGING SOUNDS -CONTEMPORARY
2143. SHELLY MANNE AND HIS ORCHESTRA: MY FAIR LADY -CAPITOL
2156. SLIDE HAMPTON WORLD OF TROMBONES: SPIRIT OF THE HORN - MCG / TELARC
2194. STAN GETZ: BOSSAS AND BALLADS: THE LOST SESSIONS -VERVE
2231. STEVE COLEMAN: THE SONIC LANGUAGE OF MYTH - BELIEVING LEARNING KNOWING (1999)
2232. STEVE DOUGLAS: RAINBOW SUITE (1981)
2239. STEVE KUHN/ MIROSLAV VITOUS/ ALDO ROMANO: OCEANS IN THE SKY -SUNNYSIDE
2270. STRING TRIO OF NEW YORK: REBIRTH OF A FEELING (BLACK SAINT, 1983)
2287. TEDDY EDWARDS AND LES MCCANN: IT'S ABOUT TIME -PACIFIC JAZZ
2301. TERRITORY BAND: A NEW HORSE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE ( 2005)
2313. THE GENE HARRIS ALL STAR BAND: TRIBUTE TO COUNT BASIE - CONCORD
2317. THE JAZZ MESSENGERS AT THE CAFE BOHEMIA, VOL. 1 & 2 - BLUE NOTE
2318. THE MODERN JAZZ QUARTET WITH LAURINDO ALMEIDA: COLLABORATION -ATLANTIC
2321. THE OSCAR PETERSON TRIO WITH MILT JACKSON: VERY TALL -VERVE
2325. THE VANGUARD JAZZ ORCH: LICKETY SPLIT - MUSIC OF JIM MCNEELY -NEW WORLD
RECORDS
2339. THELONIOUS MONK: THE COLUMBIA YEARS - �62- �68 -COLUMBIA / LEGACY
2389. TURTLE ISLAND STRING QUARTET: TURTLE ISLAND STRING QUARTET (1988)
2400. VARIOUS ARTISTS: THE BEST OF KEN BURNS JAZZ -COLUMBIA/ LEGACY
2401. VARIOUS ARTISTS: THE PIANO - SEATTLE JAZZ SAMPLER -ORIGIN RECORDS
2447. WILLIE THE LION SMITH: MEMOIRS (MUSIC & NARRATION) -KOCH JAZZ
2458. WOODY HERMAN: THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY CARNEGIE HALL CONCERT -RCA
2494. ZEENA PARKINS: SOMETHING OUT THERE (NO MAN�S LAND, 1987)