Jazz
Artist Title Format Year Notes
Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington          
The Complete Sessions CD 1961 - 1963
    The Great Concert of Louis Armstrong LP 1951      
Louie Armstrong’s Greatest Hits LP ???
Ray Brown Trio   Some of My Best Friends Are Sax Players CD 1996      
Cab Calloway   Minnie the Moocher LP 1934      
John Coltrane   Coltrane Live at Birdieland LP 1963      
Chick Corea and Return to Forever          
Light as a Feather LP 1973
    Romantic Warrior LP 1976      
Kenny Davern and the Rhythm Men CD 1996      
Miles Davis   Kind of Blue                                                      (Hard Bop, Modal Jazz) CD 1959 Probably his most famous recording, performed with John Coltrane.    
In a Silent Way                                                                           (Fusion) CD 1969
On the Corner                                                         (Jazz-Funk, Fusion) CD 1972 Jazz-purists sometimes call this album their least-favorite Miles Davis recording, due to its heavy rhythms. I love this album, due to its fast intensity.
Agharta                                                                      (Fusion, Jazz-Rock) CD 1975 Deep, Hard Fusion. Very intense Jimi Hendrixian improvs, his most rhythmic music ever. Recorded in the afternoon of February 1, 1975.
Pangaea                                                                     (Fusion, Jazz-Rock) CD 1975 Recorded on the same day as the above, in the evening. More deep, hard Fusion. After this album Davis crashed creatively, not re-emerging for 6 years.
Paco De Lucia   Luzia CD 1998      
Al di Meola   The Essence of Al di Meola CD 1994      
Soaring Through a Dream CD 1985
    Land of the Midnight Sun CD 1976      
Casino LP 1978
    Electric Rendezvous LP 1982      
Friday Night in San Francisco ( w/McLaughlin & De Lucia ) CD 1980
    Di Meola Plays Piazzolla CD 1990      
Passion Grace and Fire           ( w/McLaughlin & De Lucia ) LP 1983
Duke Ellington   Duke Ellington at Newport LP ???      
The Nutcracker Suite LP 1960
Ella Fitzgerald   Ella Fitzgerald / The Duke Ellington Songbook LP 1957      
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, Porgy and Bess LP 1976
Erroll Garner   Concert by the Sea LP ???      
Stan Getz   Getz Au Go Go LP 1964      
Stan Getz and J.J. Johnson: At the Opera House LP ???
Benny Goodman   The Complete Goodman Vol. 1 – 1935 LP 1935      
The Best of Benny Goodman CD 1999
Dexter Gordon   Ballads  (Compilation) CD 1991      
Vince Guaraldi   Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus CD 1962 Great West Coast Jazz piano, aka "Cool Jazz". Very influenced by Brazillian Samba. His breakthru album.    
Jazz Impressions of a Boy Named Charlie Brown CD 1964 This is the recording everyone remembers him for. More Cool Jazz piano, forever associated with Charlie Brown. He died in 1974, in Menlo Park, CA.
Isaac Hayes   Hot Buttered Soul CD 1969 Technically Soul, not Jazz.    
The Jazz Crusaders The Jazz Crusaders at the Lighthouse LP 1962      
Pat Metheny Group Promotional Sampler LP 1983 Misc tracks: Straight On Red, Are You Going With Me?, Songs for Bilbao, Phase Dance, As Falls Wichita, Travels, etc.    
Turk Murphey’s Jazz Band LP        
Passport   Looking Thru LP 1974 Jazz-Fusion. A band with rotating members, formed by saxophonist Klaus Doldinger. Each album is different lineup.    
Jean-Luc Ponty   Mystical Adventures CD 1981      
Imaginary Voyage LP 1976
Lalo Schifrin   Mission: Impossible and More  (1962 - 1972) CD 1996 Jazz composer of great themes to TV shows, like the original Mission: Impossible.    
Black Widow CD 1976
Toots Thielemans   Verve Jazz Masters 59 CD 1996 Jazz-harmonica from Belgium. He "Jazz-whistles" too. A compilation of Toots' unique brand of Jazz, spanning from 1953-1991.    
Dave Valentin   Primitive Passions CD 1996      
Sounds from the Verve Hi-Fi CD 2002      
Jazz Collections
Title Format Year
So Blue, So Funky   "Heroes of the Hammond", Jazz on the Hammond Organ CD 1999      
Blue 70’s   Jazz from the 1970's CD 2000