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Link below not working? Let me know and I'll find another! Personal Favorites Heavy Metal BeBop (1978) - The Brecker Brothers (Electric jazz fusion) Michael Brecker; tenor sax, Randy Brecker; trumpet – both electrofied Heavy Weather (1977) or Black Market (1976)- Weather Report (electric/ acoustic jazz fusion) Joe Zawinul; piano/keyboards, Wayne Shorter; soprano/tenor sax, Jaco Pastorius; bass, Alex Acuña; drum set Kind of Blue (1959) - Miles Davis (Straight ahead cool jazz) Miles Davis; trumpet, Cannonball Adderley; alto sax, John Coltrane; tenor sax, Bill Evans/Wynton Kelly; piano, Paul Chamber; bass, Jimmy Cobb; drums Friends (1978) - Chick Corea, acoustic jazz Chick Corea; piano, Joe Farrell; saxes/flute, Eddie Gonez; bass, Steve Gadd, drums Romantic Warrior (1976) - Return to Forever (Jazz fusion) Chick Corea; piano/keyboards, Stanley Clarke; bass, Al DiMeola; guitar, Lenny White; percussion Live at Jimmy’s M.F. Horn 4 & 5 (1974) - Maynard Ferguson, big band Maynard Ferguson; trumpet XXL (2003) - Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band (LA modern big band sound) Songs: High Maintenance | Horn of Puente |Hunting Wabbits Headhunters (1973), Maiden Voyage (1965) - (70’s electro jazz funk/fusion) Herbie Hancock; keyboards, Bennie Maupin; saxes, Paul Jackson; bass, Bill Summers; percussion, Harvey Mason; drums Kaiso (2011) – Etienne Charles (Mid-60’s sounding jazz with a Creole feel) Etienne Charles; trumpet SAXOPHONE “Giant Steps", “Blue Train” - John Coltrane; tenor sax "Bird: The Savoy Recordings" Charlie Parker ; alto sax "Two Blocks From The Edge", “Time is of the Essence”, “Michael Brecker” - Michael Brecker "Three Women" - Ornette Coleman "Upfront" - David Sanborn "The Bridge" - Sonny Rollins "Mister Magic" - Grover Washington Jr. "Speak No Evil" - Wayne Shorter CLARINET “Stompin' at the Savoy" - Eddie Daniels (Also the album "Benny Rides Again" with Gary Burton, Vibraphone.) TROMBONE “The Eminent Volume 1", "Volume 2" - J. J. Johnson "Imagination" Curtis Fuller "Free for All" Frank Rosolino “Say That To Say This” - Trombone Shorty (2013) “Blues-ette” - Curtis Fuller Others: Wycliffe Gordon, Slide Hampton, Kai Winding, Melba Liston, Jimmy Cleveland TRUMPET "Clifford Brown & Max Roach”, “Study in Brown” (1955), “Complete Blue Note Recordings” - Clifford Brown "Groovin’ High (Salt Peanuts)", “Diz ‘n Bird at Carnegie Hall”, “The Complete RCA Victor Recordings” - Dizzy Gillespie "Sidewinder" - Lee Morgan "Hot House" - Arturo Sandoval “Chet Baker Sings”, “The Best of Chet Baker…”, “Deep in a Dream” (and many more...) - Chet Baker "Chameleon" Maynard Ferguson PIANO "Sunday at the Village Vanguard" (Or pretty much any.) - Bill Evans "Time Out" - Dave Brubeck Quartet “My Spanish Heart”, “Light as a Feather”, “The Leprechaun”, “The Mad Hatter” - Chick Corea Others: Sun Ra: "Greatest Hits 1956-1973" *student suggestion Art Tatum, Bud Powell, Thelonious Monk, Keith Jarrett BASS "Jaco Pastorius", “Word of Mouth” - Jaco Pastorius (The best bass player ever. EVER.) "Whims of Chambers" - Paul Chambers "School Days" - Stanley Clarke "Stardust" - Ron Carter Others: Dave Holland, Charles Mingus, Victor Wooten, Charlie Haden, John Patitucci DRUMS "Moanin" Art Blakey "One Of A Kind" Bill Bruford "Spectrum" (1973), “The Funky Thide of Sings" (1975) - Billy Cobham "Proto-Cosmos" (Believe It 1975), "Ultimate" - Tony Williams Lifetime album: "Synergy" Dave Weckl "Rich vs Roach" - Buddy Rich & Max Roach "Parallel Realities" - Jack DeJohnette GRAB BAG - A mix of harder to classify songs/albums/artists "Spring is Sprung" (1962) - Gerry Mulligan (normally Bari Sax, but on piano), Bob Brookmeyer; Valve Trombone CROSSOVER - Not strictly jazz, but rock/soul artists with some jazz flavor "Green Onions" - Booker T & the MG's "God Bless the Child" - Blood, Sweat, and Tears "Caledonia" - Louis Jordan (Tenor Sax/Jump-Swing Bandleader) "Jumpin' Jive" (1981) - Joe Jackson These are reworkings of the jump-swing classics |
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