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Jazz Recordings

Listening to great musicians and trying to imitate them is one of the greatest way to improve as musician. Just as young athletes try to swing a baseball bat or golf club like a professional. Young musicians should try to make their instrument sound like a professional. Listed below are some great jazz CD's that can help with that. Many are available at local stores or on line.

Many of these musician can be also be found on YouTube performing.

Alto Sax Tenor Sax Bari Sax Trumpet Trombone Baritone
Vibes Guitar Piano Bass Drums Big Band
 

 
         
Alto Sax
Cannonball Adderley
Something Else
Blue Note Records

Listen at Amazon

   
Alto Sax
Lou Donaldson
Blues Walk
Blue Note Records


Listen at Amazon
   
Tenor Sax
Lester Young
With the Oscar Peterson Trio
Polygram Records

Listen at Amazon

   
Tenor Sax
Hank Mobley
Soul Station
Blue Note Records

Listen at Amazon

   
Bari Sax
Gerry Mulligan
Quartet
Polygram Records
 

Listen at Amazon

   
Bari Sax
Pepper Adams
Encounter!
OJC Records

Listen at Amazon

   
Trumpet
Blue Mitchell
The Thing to Do
Blue Note Records

Listen at Amazon

   
Trumpet
Clifford Brown
Study in Brown
Polygram Records

Listen at Amazon

   
Trombone
Jay Jay Johnson
The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Vol. 1
Blue Note Records

Listen at Amazon

   
Trombone
Jay Jay Johnson and Kai Winding
Jay and Kai + 6: The Jay and Kai Trombone Octet/J.J. in Person

Collectables

 

Listen at Amazon

   
Baritone & Tuba
The MJT Project
Live at the Bottom Line
Heart Dance Music

Listen at Hear Dance Music

   
Vibes
Milt Jackson & Cannonball Adderley
Things are Getting Better
OJC

Listen at Amazon

   
Vibes
Gary Burton
For Hamp, Red, Bags, and Ca
l
Concord Records
 

Listen at Amazon

   
Guitar
Wes Montgomery
Smokin' at the Half Note
Verve

Listen at Amazon

   
Guitar
Kenny Burrell
Midnight Blue
Blue Note Records

Listen at Amazon

   
Bass
Any of the above CDs have great bass playing. 
Check out
Sam Jones on Cannonball Adderely's
Something Else
Blue Note Records

Listen at Amazon

   
Bass
Paul Chambers
Bass on Top
Blue Note Records

Listen at Amazon

   
Piano
Oscar Peterson
Night Train
Polygram Records

 

Listen at Amazon

   
Piano
Horace Silver
Cape Verde Blues
Blue Note Records

Listen at Amazon

   
Drums
Buddy Rich & Max Roach
Rich vs. Roach

Listen at Amazon

   
Drums
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
Moanin'
Blue Note Records

Listen at Amazon

   
Big Band
Count Basie Orchestra
Basie Straight Ahead
Verve

Listen at Amazon

   
Big Band
Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band
The Phat Pack
Immeregent

Listen at Amazon

   
Ray Sings, Basie Swings by Ray Charles and Count Basie Orchestra
Amazing in so many ways. 

Listen at Amazon



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