Essential jazz records

Wes Montgomery- Smokin at the Half Note

Charlie Parker- Bird with strings
Dave Brubeck- Time out
Herbie Hancock-Maiden Voyage
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers- Ugetsu
Thelonious Monk-Straight, No Chaser

But Kind of Blue is probably the greatest jazz CD ever.

Herbie Hancock -Headhunters
Coltrane -Giant Steps
Louis Armstrong and the Hot Five
Anything by Duke Ellington
Max Roach and Clifford Brown
Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker
And of corse Bill Evans -Waltz For Debbie

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - Ugetsu
Clifford Brown - A New Star on the Horizon
Freddie Hubbard - Red Clay
Thelonious Monk - Dream

more later

Dexter Gordon.

django reinhardt is an incredible guitarist, everything he plays is enjoyable imo




and sonny stitt and ike quebec are my favorite tenor players, i try to emulate some of their stylistic elements when i play my trumpet, but being as good as they are is not at all easy





one of my favorite stitt tracks, all solos on it are enjoyable


and then of course because i am a trumpet player anything miles davis or dizzy is incredible, but clifford brown, blue mitchell and clark terry are all amazing trumpet players who deserve alot of recognition


there are better recording of clifford on this track but it is one of my favorites to play, and his solo is tenacious


horace silver is also on this track and its a pleasure to listen to

Herbie Mann- At the Village Gate/ Herbie Mann Returns to the Village Gate

I play(ed) trumpet with the Garfield High School Jazz Band, graduated this year

check it out


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