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DON CHERRY Complete Communion Blue Note BST 84226 Recorded December 24th, 1965 1. Complete Communion - a. Complete Communion; b. And Now; c...

THE MODERN JAZZ QUARTET Under The Jasmin Tree Apple SAPCOR4 Recorded 1968 Side One 1. Blue Necklace 2. Three Little Feelings, Pts. 1-3 Side ...

Yes, you read that right, today is The Daily Jazz's 100th birthday! That's 100 posts, of course, not years. Some readers may be able...

The daily jazz isn't feeling too well today, so is going to leave all the hard work to someone else and suggest that you have a look at ...

MILES DAVIS The Cellar Door Sessions 1970 PERSONNEL MILES DAVIS; trumpet GARY BARTZ; soprano sax, alto sax KEITH JARRETT; electric piano, pi...

LOU DONALDSON Lou Donaldson Sextet Vol. 2 Blue Note 5055 Recorded 22nd August 1954 Side One 1. After You've Gone 2. Caracas Side Two 1. ...

OK, it's time to let you all in on a secret (shh, don't tell anyone). I might live to regret this if you all suddenly pile in and bu...

HERBIE HANCOCK Maiden Voyage Blue Note 84195 Recorded 1965 1. Maiden Voyage 2. The Eye Of The Hurricane 3. Little One 4. Survival Of The Fit...

Ahh, blue note. Possibly the single most famous label in Jazz, and home to many great artists over the years. Almost as famous as the music ...

Despite my near-addiction to avant-garde jazz, it's always great to return to some down home hard-bop. I really love some of those 1950s...

A few words about the obscure, talented and tragic Tina Brooks. I first became aware of Brooks' playing through his work with Jimmy Smit...

MILES DAVIS Miles In Berlin Columbia CBS (G) SBPG 62976 Recorded at the Berlin Philharmonie on September 25, 1964 1. Milestones 2. Autumn Le...

ARCHIE SHEPP Three For A Quarter, One For A Dime impulse! AS-9162 Recorded February 19th, 1966 at the Both/And Club Side 1 1. Three For A Qu...

CHARLIE PARKER The Very Best Of Charlie Parker 1. A Night In Tunisia 2. Dizzy Atmosphere 3. Groovin' High 4. Confirmation 5. Ko-Ko 6. Ma...

CANNONBALL ADDERLEY (with orchestra arranged and conducted by Oliver Nelson) Domination Capitol ST 2203 Recorded 26th April 1965 Produced by...

I've been listening to quite a bit of Miles this past couple of weeks, and have been really getting into his early 1970s music particula...

ARCHIE SHEPP Live At The Donaueschingen Music Festival MPS 21 20651-3 Stereo Recorded 21st Octobert 1967 Side One 1. One For The Trane (part...

May I invite all of my readers to head on over to my new website, devoted to the high priest of free jazz himself, Archie Shepp . Regular re...

JIMMY SMITH Cool Blues Blue Note 84441 Recorded April 7th, 1958 Recorded Live at Small's Paradise, New York City 1. Dark Eyes 2. Groovin...

TOMASZ STANKO Balladyna ECM 1071 Recorded 1975 1. First Song 2. Tale 3. Num 4. Duet 5. Balladyna 6. Last Song 7. Nenaliina PERSONNEL Tomasz ...