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JAZZ ALBUMS

Cannonball Adderley
See also: Gene Ammons, Miles Davis

• Somethin' Else (1958) - LP [38:30]
  • Personnel includes: Miles Davis
• Mercy, Mercy, Mercy (1966) - CD [41:07]
  • Personnel includes: Nat Adderley, Joe Zawinul

Airto
See also: Hank Crawford, Miles Davis, Freddie Hubbard, Duke Pearson, Grover Washington, Jr., Weather Report, Compilations

• Free (1972) - LP [37:55]
  • Personnel includes: George Benson, Ron Carter, Chick Corea

Gene Ammons
See also: Bennie Green, Compilations

• All Star Sessions (1956) - LP [43:00]
  • Includes sessions from 1950, 1951, and 1955; Personnel includes: Lou Donaldson, Junior Mance, Sonny Stitt
• The Happy Blues (1956) - CD [40:32]
  • Personnel includes: Candido, Jackie McLean
• Jammin' With Gene (1957) - LP [39:20]
  Personnel includes: Donald Byrd, Jackie McLean
• The Big Sound (1958) - CD [49:20]
  Personnel includes: John Coltrane
• Groove Blues (1958) - CD [44:30]
  • Personnel includes: John Coltrane
• Boss Tenor (1960) - CD [36:35]
  • Personnel includes: Ray Barretto
• Boss Tenors (1961) - CD [38:56]
  • Personnel includes: Sonny Stitt, Buster Williams
• Live! In Chicago (1961) - CD [53:47]
  • Recorded live in Chicago on 8/29/61
• We'll Be Together Again (1961) - CD [40:31]
  • Personnel includes: Sonny Stitt, Buster Williams
• Gene Ammons and Friends at Montreux (1973) - LP [46:30]
  • Recorded live on 7/7/73 in Montreux, Switzerland; Personnel includes: Cannonball Adderley, Nat Adderley, Dexter Gordon
• Soul Summit (1992) - CD [73:14]
  • Includes Soul Summit (1961) and Soul Summit, Vol. 2 (1962); Personnel includes: Ray Barretto, Red Holloway, Etta Jones, Jack McDuff, Oliver Nelson, Sonny Stitt, Harold Vick
• Up Tight! (1994) - CD [75:31]
  • Includes Up Tight! (1961) and Boss Soul! (1962); Personnel includes: Ray Barretto
• Greatest Hits: The '70's (1998) - CD [56:23]
  • Includes tracks from 1969-71; Personnel includes: Billy Butler, Candido, Ron Carter, Harold Mabern, Junior Mance, Idris Muhammad, Houston Person, Sonny Phillips, Sonny Stitt, Buster Williams

George Benson
See also: Airto, Hank Crawford, Miles Davis, Red Holloway, Jack McDuff, Lonnie Smith, Stanley Turrentine, Larry Young, Compilations, Soul: (Stevie Wonder)

• Beyond the Blue Horizon (1971) - LP [33:16]
  • Personnel includes: Ron Carter
• Benson Burner (2 LP's) (1966-67) [95:16]
  • Collection of recordings from 1966-67; Personnel includes: King Curtis, Lonnie Smith
• Talkin' Verve (1997) - CD [58:34]
  • Collection from 1968 Verve LP's Goodies and Giblets Gravy; Personnel include: Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock, Jimmy Smith

Art Blakey
See also: Sonny Clark, John Coltrane, Grant Green, Charlie Parker, Compilations

• Ugetsu (1963) - CD [57:17]
  • Recorded live at Birdland on 7/17/63; Personnel includes: Curtis Fuller, Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Shorter, Cedar Walton

Willie Bobo
See also: Grant Green, Wes Montgomery, Gabor Szabo, Cal Tjader, Compilations

• Spanish Grease/Uno Dos Tres (1994) - CD [66:57]
  • Includes Spanish Grease (1965) and Uno Dos Tres 1-2-3 (1966)
• Talkin' Verve (1996) - CD [58:38]
  • Collection of Verve recordings from 1965-68

Brooklyn Funk Essentials

• Cool and Steady and Easy (1995) - CD [65:46]

Rusty Bryant
See also: Boogaloo Joe Jones, Charles Kynard, Jimmy McGriff

• Legends of Acid Jazz (1996) - CD [73:27]
  • Includes Night Train Now! (1969) and Soul Liberation (1970): Personnel includes: Charles Earland, Boogaloo Joe Jones, Idris Muhammad, Bernard Purdie, Melvin Sparks

Donald Byrd
See also: Gene Ammons, Paul Chambers, Sonny Clark, John Coltrane, Herbie Hancock, Cal Tjader, Compilations

• Up With (1964) - CD [41:37]
  • Personnel include: Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock
• Black Byrd (1972) - CD [44:21]
  • Personnel includes: Wilton Felder and Joe Sample (Crusaders)
• Street Lady (1973) - CD [42:12]
• Early Byrd: The Best of the Jazz-Soul Years (1964-70) - CD [75:15]

James Carter
See also: Compilations

• Conversin' With the Elders (1996) - CD [62:20]
  • Personnel includes: Lester Bowie, Harry "Sweets" Edison
• In Carterian Fashion (1998) - CD [62:19]
• Layin' in the Cut (2000) - CD [47:17]
  • Personnel includes: Marc Ribot, Jamaaladeen Tacuma

Ron Carter
See also: Airto, Gene Ammons, George Benson, Hank Crawford, Miles Davis, Lou Donaldson, Herbie Hancock, Andrew Hill, Freddie Hubbard, Bobby Hutcherson, Boogaloo Joe Jones, Herbie Mann, Wes Montgomery, Duke Pearson, Wayne Shorter, Horace Silver, Jimmy Smith, Woody Shaw, Gabor Szabo, Bobby Timmons, Stanley Turrentine, Grover Washington, Jr., Tony Williams, Compilations

• Blues Farm (1973) - CD [36:15]

Paul Chambers
See also: Sonny Clark, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Joe Henderson, Hank Mobley, Wes Montgomery, Ike Quebec, Woody Shaw, Compilations

• Paul Chambers Quintet (1957) - CD [41:34]
  • Personnel includes: Donald Byrd, Tommy Flanagan, Elvin Jones, Cliff Jordan 

Charlie Christian

• History of Folk Music: Jazz Series (19??) - LP [47:39]
  • Personnel includes: Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonius Monk

Sonny Clark
See also: Bennie Green, Grant Green, Ike Quebec, Compilations

• Sonny's Crib (1957) - CD [69:44]
  • Personnel includes: Donald Byrd, Paul Chambers, John Coltrane
• Cool Struttin' (1958) - CD [52:46]
  • Personnel includes: Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones, Jackie McLean
• My Conception (1959) - CD [60:57]
  • Also Includes material from 1957; Personnel includes: Art Blakey, Kenny Burrell, Donald Byrd, Paul Chambers, Hank Mobley
• Leapin' and Lopin' (1961) - CD [54:57]

John Coltrane
See also: Gene Ammons, Sonny Clark, Miles Davis, Rock Compilations

• Giant Steps (1960) - CD [62:34]
  • Personnel includes: Paul Chambers, Wynton Kelly
• My Favorite Things (1961) - CD
  • Personnel includes: Elvin Jones, McCoy Tyner
• His Greatest Years (2 LP's) (1970) [84:14]
  • Collection of Impulse recordings from 1961-66; Personnel includes: Elvin Jones, Pharoah Sanders, McCoy Tyner
• The Mastery of, Vol. II: To the Beat of A Different Drum (2 LP's) (1978) [90:55]
  • Collection of tracks from 1963-65; Personnel includes: Roy Haynes, McCoy Tyner
• Live at the Village Vanguard: The Master Takes (1997) - CD [64:22]
  • Recorded live in NYC on 11/2-3/61; Personnel includes: Eric Dolphy, Elvin Jones, McCoy Tyner
• Jazz Showcase (1998) - CD [69:58]
  • Collection of tracks from 1956-58; Personnel includes: Art Blakey, Donald Byrd, Paul Chambers, Red Garland, Coleman Hawkins, Thelonious Monk

Larry Coryell

• Spaces (1970) - LP [36:42]
  • Personnel includes: Billy Cobham, Chick Corea, John McLaughlin, Miroslav Vitous

Hank Crawford
See also: Cornell Dupree, Grant Green, Freddie Hubbard, David Newman, Bernard Purdie, Compilations, Blues: (Ronnie Earl), Rock: (Gregg Allman)

• The Art of . . . (2 LP's) (1971) [81:47]
  • Collection of recordings from 1960-70; Personnel includes: Pee Wee Ellis (J.B.'s), Jack McDuff, David Newman, Bernard Purdie
• We Got A Good Thing Going (1972) - LP [38:11]
  • Personnel includes: George Benson, Ron Carter, Cornell Dupree, Bernard Purdie
• Help Me Make It Through the Night (1972) - LP [33:02]
  • Personnel includes: Airto, Ron Carter, Cornell Dupree, Idris Muhammad, Bernard Purdie, Grover Washington, Jr.
• Crunch Time (1998) - CD [53:10]
  • Personnel includes: Cornell Dupree, Jimmy McGriff, Bernard Purdie, Melvin Sparks

Crusaders (Jazz Crusaders)
Personnel includes: Wilton Felder, Wayne Henderson, Stix Hooper, Joe Sample
See also: Compilations

• Live at the Lighthouse '66 (1966) - CD [59:31]
  • Recorded live in Hermosa Beach, CA on 1/14-16/66
• Lighthouse '68 (1968) - LP [45:20]
  • Recorded live in Hermosa Beach, CA in 1968; Personnel includes: Buster Williams
• I (1970) (2 LP's) [78:30]
• The Young Rabbits (1975) (2 LP's) [79:54]
  • Recordings from 1961-68; Personnel includes: Joe Pass, Buster Williams

Miles Davis
See also: Cannonball Adderley, Compilations, Rock Compilations

• Kind of Blue (1959) - CD [55:16]
  • Personnel includes: Cannonball Adderley, Paul Chambers, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Wynton Kelly
• Sorcerer (1967) - LP [39:58]
  • Personnel includes: Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Tony Williams
• Miles in the Sky (1968) - LP
  • Personnel includes: George Benson, Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Tony Williams
• Bitches Brew - Disc 1 (1970) [47:03]
• Bitches Brew - Disc 2 (1970) [58:40]
  • Personnel includes: Airto, Chick Corea, Jack DeJohnette, Bennie Maupin, John McLaughlin, Wayne Shorter, Larry Young, Joe Zawinul
• Live Evil (2 LP's) (1971)
  • Personnel includes: Airto, Ron Carter, Billy Cobham, Chick Corea, Jack DeJohnette, Herbie Hancock, Dave Holland, Keith Jarrett, John McLaughlin, Wayne Shorter, Joe Zawinul
• At Fillmore (2 LP's) (1971) [100:52]
  • Personnel includes: Airto, Chick Corea
• On The Corner (1972) - CD [54:35]
  • Personnel includes: Herbie Hancock
• Jazz at the Plaza (1973) - LP [39:51]
  • Recorded live in NYC on 7/28/58; Personnel includes: Cannonball Adderley, Paul Chambers, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Philly Joe Jones
• In Concert - Disc 1 (1973) [46:02]
  
• In Concert - Disc 2 (1973) [38:35]
  • Recorded live at Philharmonic Hall, NYC on 9/29/72
• Dark Magus - Disc 1 (1974) [50:12]
  
• Dark Magus - Disc 2 (1974) [50:49]
  • Recorded live at Carnegie Hall, NYC on 3/30/74
• Big Fun (2 LP's) (1974) [98:54]
  • Personnel includes: Airto, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, John McLaughlin, Wayne Shorter, Lonnie Smith
• Live Around the World (1996) - CD [70:44]
  • Collection of live recordings from 1988-91
• Miles Davis Quintet: 1965-68 (1997)
  • Personnel includes: Joe Beck, George Benson, Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Buster Williams, Tony Williams
    Disc 1: Includes E.S.P. and selections from Miles Smiles [71:58]
    Disc 2: Includes Sorcerer and selections from Miles Smiles [72:39]
    Disc 3: Includes selections from Nefertiti and Water Babies [75:46]
    Disc 4: Includes selections from Nefertiti, Directions, and Circle in the Round [70:35]
    Disc 5: Includes selections from Miles in the Sky and Circle in the Round [72:58]
    Disc 6: Includes selections from Miles in the Sky and Filles de Kilimanjaro [73:11]
• Panthalassa: The Music of Miles Davis 1969-1974 (1998) - CD [59:38]
  • Reconstruction/Translation by Bill Laswell

Karl Denson
See also: Greyboy Allstars

• The D Stands for Diesel (1995) - CD [55:01]

Lou Donaldson
See also: Gene Ammons, Compilations

• Good Gracious! (1963) - CD [41:57]
  • Personnel includes: Grant Green, John Patton
• Lush Life (1967) - CD [35:30]
  • Personnel includes: Ron Carter, Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Shorter, McCoy Tyner
• A Man With A Horn (1999) - CD [55:23]
  • Includes tracks from 1961 and 1963; Personnel includes: Grant Green, Jack McDuff, John Patton

Cornell Dupree
See also: Hank Crawford, Eddie Harris, Herbie Mann, Les McCann, Bernard Purdie, Sonny Stitt, Stuff, Stanley Turrentine, Compilations, Blues: (King Curtis, Tony Z), Soul: (Aretha Franklin, King Curtis), Rock: (Lulu)

• Teasin' (1974) - LP [36:13]
  • Personnel includes: David Newman, Bernard Purdie
• Shadow Dancing (1978) - LP [45:56]
  • Personnel includes: Hank Crawford, Jimmy Smith
• Coast to Coast (1988) - LP [46:18]
  
• Can't Get Through (1991) - CD [44:35]
  
• Child's Play (1993) - CD [45:07]
  
• Bop 'N' Blues (1995) - CD [49:21]
  
• Uncle Funky (1998) - CD [51:04]
  • Recorded live at Lonestar Roadhouse, NYC on 5/28/92

Charles Earland
See also: Rusty Bryant, Boogaloo Joe Jones

• Black Talk! (1969) - CD [38:41]
  • Personnel includes: Idris Muhammad, Houston Person, Melvin Sparks
• Third Degree Burn (1989) - LP [42:34]
  • Personnel includes: David Newman, Grover Washington, Jr.
• Living Black (1997) - CD [56:00]
  • Recorded live in Newark, NJ on 9/17/70; Personnel includes: Grover Washington, Jr.

Booker Ervin
See also: Andrew Hill, Sonny Stitt

• Back From the Gig (1976) (2 LP's) [75:19]
  • Two previously unreleased sessions from 2/15/63 and 6/24/68; Personnel includes: Kenny Barron, Grant Green, Horace Parlan, Woody Shaw

Kevin Eubanks

• Live at Bradley's (1996) - CD [73:01]
  • Recorded live at Bradley's, NYC on 5/21/94

Stan Getz
See also: Compilations

• A Stan Getz Sampler (196?) - LP [29:23]
  
• The Best of (196?) - LP [38:13]

Dizzy Gillespie
See also: Charlie Christian, Charlie Parker, Compilations

• Gillespiana!/Carnegie Hall Concert (1961) - CD [50:19/33:20]
  • Recorded live at Carnegie Hall, NYC on 3/4/61
• The Cool World/Dizzy Goes Hollywood (1964/1963) - CD [38:50/35:13]

Bennie Green
See also: Compilations

• Soul Stirrin' (1958) - CD [46:38]
  • Personnel includes: Gene Ammons, Sonny Clark, Elvin Jones

Grant Green
See also: Lou Donaldson, Booker Ervin, Dodo Greene, Herbie Hancock, Bobby Hutcherson, Charles Kynard, Hank Mobley, John Patton, Houston Person, Ike Quebec, Sonny Stitt, Reuben Wilson, Harold Vick, Larry Young, Compilations

• Grant's First Stand (1961) - CD [39:49]
  • Personnel includes: "Baby Face" Willette
• Green Street (1961) - CD [53:55]
  
• Grantstand (1961) - CD [42:21]
  • Personnel includes: Yusef Lateef, Jack McDuff
• Sunday Mornin' (1961) - CD [47:11]
  
• Standards (1961) - CD [56:49]
  
• The Complete Quartets with Sonny Clark - Disc 1 (1961) [69:38]
  
• The Complete Quartets with Sonny Clark - Disc 2 (1962) [64:30]
  • Personnel includes: Art Blakey, Sonny Clark
• Born To Be Blue (1962) - CD [59:22]
  • Personnel includes: Sonny Clark, Ike Quebec
• Feelin' the Spirit (1962) - CD [46:56]
  • Personnel includes: Herbie Hancock
• The Latin Bit (1962) - CD [59:29]
  • Personnel includes: Willie Bobo, Ike Quebec
• Blues For Lou (1963) - CD [43:13]
  • Personnel includes: John Patton
• Idle Moments (1963) - CD [64:12]
  • Personnel includes: Duke Pearson, Joe Henderson, Bobby Hutcherson
• Solid (1964) - CD [47:23]
  • Personnel includes: Joe Henderson, Elvin Jones, McCoy Tyner
• Talkin' About (1964) - CD [40:46]
  • Personnel includes: Elvin Jones, Larry Young
• I Want to Hold Your Hand (1964) - CD [41:07]
  • Personnel includes: Elvin Jones, Hank Mobley, Larry Young
• Street of Dreams (1965) - CD [33:22]
  • Personnel includes: Bobby Hutcherson, Elvin Jones, Larry Young
• Matador (1965) - CD [51:29]
  • Personnel includes: Elvin Jones, McCoy Tyner
• His Majesty King Funk (1965) - CD [33:04]
  • Personnel includes: Harold Vick, Larry Young
• Iron City (1967) - CD [39:31]
  • Personnel includes: John Patton
• Live at the Lighthouse (1972) - CD [70:04]
  • Recorded live in Hermosa Beach, CA on 4/21/72; Personnel includes: Wilton Felder (Crusaders)
• The Main Attraction (1976) - LP [37:03]
  • Personnel includes: Hubert Laws
• Easy (1978) - LP [45:50]
  • Personnel includes: Hank Crawford
• Best of, Vol. 2 (1996) - CD [63:51]
  • Includes Blue Note tracks from 1969-72; Personnel includes: Cornell Dupree, Wilton Felder (Crusaders), Bernard Purdie, Reuben Wilson

Dodo Greene

• My Hour of Need (1962) - CD [59:16]
  • Personnel includes: Grant Green, Ike Quebec

Greyboy Allstars
Personnel includes: Karl Denson

• A Town Called Earth (1997) - CD [73:09]

Groove Collective
Personnel includes: Brad Jones, EJ Rodriquez, Josh Roseman, Bill Ware
See also: Vibes, Compilations

• Groove Collective (1994) - CD [63:31]
  
• We the People (1996) - CD [69:03]
  
• Dance of the Drunken Master (1998) - CD [70:52]

Chico Hamilton
See also: Gabor Szabo, Compilations

• Man From Two Worlds (1964) - CD [66:12]
  • Personnel includes: Gabor Szabo

Herbie Hancock
See also: George Benson, Donald Byrd, Miles Davis, Grant Green, Freddie Hubbard, Bobby Hutcherson, Last Exit, Wes Montgomery, Woody Shaw, Compilations, Soul (Axiom Funk, Stevie Wonder)

• My Point of View (1963) - CD [34:17]
  • Personnel includes: Donald Byrd, Grant Green, Tony Williams
• Headhunters (1973) - CD [41:34]
  • Personnel includes: Bennie Maupin
• Thrust (1974) - LP [38:44]
  • Personnel includes: Bennie Maupin
• Man-Child (1975) - LP [45:13]
  • Personnel includes: Wayne Shorter, Stevie Wonder
• Mwandishi: The Complete Warner Bros. Recordings - Disc 1 [57:08]
  
• Mwandishi: The Complete Warner Bros. Recordings - Disc 2 [67:19]
  • Set includes Fat Albert Rotunda (1970) [33:44], Mwandishi (1971) [44:49] and Crossings (1972) [45:54]; Personnel includes: Joe Henderson, Bernard Purdie, Buster Williams
• V.S.O.P. (2 LP's) (1977) [87:35]
  • Recorded live in NYC on 6/29/76; Personnel includes: Ron Carter, Freddie Hubbard, Bennie Maupin, Wayne Shorter, Buster Williams, Tony Williams

Eddie Harris
See also: Les McCann, Bernard Purdie, Poncho Sanchez

• Come on Down! (1970) - CD [37:14]
  • Personnel includes: Cornell Dupree, Donald "Duck" Dunn (M.G.'s)

Gene Harris
See also: Three Sounds, Compilations

• Live (1998) - CD [59:11]
  • Recorded live in San Diego on 4/22/95; Personnel includes: Kenny Burrell, Stanley Turrentine

Stefon Harris
See also: Charlie Hunter, New Directions, Steve Turre

• A Cloud of Red Dust (1998) - CD [48:38]
  • Personnel includes: Mulgrew Miller, Steve Turre

Joe Henderson
See also: Grant Green, Herbie Hancock, Bobby Hutcherson, Lee Morgan, Woody Shaw, Horace Silver, Larry Young, Compilations

• Four (1994) - CD [71:37]
  • Recorded live in Baltimore on 4/21/68; Personnel includes: Paul Chambers, Wynton Kelly

Andrew Hill
See also: Compilations

• Grass Roots (1968) - CD [68:48]
  • Personnel includes: Ron Carter, Booker Ervin, Lee Morgan, Idris Muhammad, Woody Shaw

Red Holloway
See also: Gene Ammons, Jack McDuff

• Legends of Acid Jazz (1998) - CD [73:53]
  • Includes The Burner (1963) and Red Soul (1965); Personnel includes: George Benson, John Patton, Lonnie Smith

Freddie Hubbard
See also: Art Blakey, Lou Donaldson, Herbie Hancock, Bobby Hutcherson, Stanley Turrentine, Compilations

• Hub-Tones (1962) - CD [62:21]
  • Personnel includes: Herbie Hancock, James Spaulding
• Red Clay (1970) - CD [49:15]
  • Personnel includes: Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock
• Straight Life (1970) - CD [36:17]
  • Personnel includes: George Benson, Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock
• Sky Dive (1972) - CD [47:36]
  • Personnel includes: Airto, George Benson, Ron Carter
• In Concert (1973) - LP [38:24]
  • Recorded live in Chicago on 3/3/73 and Detroit on 3/4/73; Personnel includes: Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock, Stanley Turrentine
• Best of (1990) - CD [70:36]
  • Includes Columbia tracks from 1970-73; Personnel includes: Airto, George Benson, Ron Carter, Hank Crawford, Herbie Hancock, Grover Washington, Jr.

Charlie Hunter
See also: Stanton Moore, T.J. Kirk, Compilations, Soul: (Spearhead)

• Bing, Bing, Bing! (1995) - CD [56:19]
  • Charlie Hunter Trio
• Ready . . . Set . . . Shango! (1996) - CD [52:34]
  • Charlie Hunter Quartet
• Return of the Candyman (1998) - CD [52:22]
  • (w/Pound For Pound); Personnel includes: Stefon Harris
• Duo (1999) - CD [44:30]
  • (w/Leon Parker)
• Charlie Hunter (2000) - CD [48:18]
• Personnel includes: Leon Parker, Josh Roseman (Groove Collective)   

Bobby Hutcherson
See also: Grant Green, John Patton, Duke Pearson, Sonny Stitt, Compilations

• The Kicker (1963) - CD [53:58]
  • Personnel includes: Grant Green, Joe Henderson, Duke Pearson
• Components (1965) - CD [40:51]
  • Personnel includes: Ron Carter, Joe Chambers, Herbie Hancock, Freddie Hubbard
• Medina (1969) - CD [68:04]
  • Also includes Spiral (1968); Personnel includes: Harold Land
• Live at Montreux (1974) - CD [50:17]
  • Recorded live at Montreux, Switzerland on 7/5/73; Personnel includes: Woody Shaw

Irakere
Personnel includes: Chucho Valdes

• Live at Ronnie Scott's (1993) - CD [61:16]
  • Recorded live in London in 9/91

Fred Jackson
See also: John Patton, Compilations

• Hootin' 'N Tootin' (1962) - CD [72:47]

Jazzhole

• . . . And the Feeling Goes Round (1995) - CD [55:09]

Jazz Is Dead
Personnel includes: Jimmy Herring, Alphonso Johnson, T Lavitz
See also: Live Recordings

• Blue Light Rain (1998) - CD [56:40]
  • Personnel includes: Billy Cobham
• Laughing Water (1999) - CD [64:44]
  • Recorded live in Boulder, CO and S.F. in April 1999; Personnel includes: Vassar Clements, Donna Jean Godchaux (Dead), Steve Kimock, Derek Trucks

Boogaloo Joe Jones
See also: Rusty Bryant

• Snake Rhythm Rock/Black Whip (1973) - CD [74:30]
  • Includes Snake Rhythm Rock (1973) and Black Whip (1973); Personnel includes: Rusty Bryant, Ron Carter, Sonny Phillips
• Legends of Acid Jazz (1996) - CD [73:30]
  • Includes Boogaloo Joe (1969) and Right on, Brother (1970); Personnel includes: Rusty Bryant, Charles Earland, Bernard Purdie

Elvin Jones
See also: Paul Chambers, John Coltrane, Bennie Green, Grant Green, Sonny Sharrock, Larry Young, Compilations

• At This Point in Time (1998) - CD [60:09]
  • Includes The Prime Element (1973); Personnel includes: Cornell Dupree

Roland Rahsaan Kirk
See also: Compilations

• Dog Years in the Fourth Ring - Disc 1 (1997) [48:44]
  
• Dog Years in the Fourth Ring - Disc 2 (1997) [45:47]
  • Live recordings from 1963-75
• Dog Years in the Fourth Ring - Disc 3 (1997) [37:53]
  • Includes Natural Black Inventions: Root Strata (1973)

Charles Kynard
See also: Compilations

• Reelin' With the Feelin' (1969) - LP [36:35]
  
• Legends of Acid Jazz (1999) - CD [76:45]
  • Includes Afro-Disiac (1970) and Wa-Tu-Wa-Zui (1970); Personnel includes: Rusty Bryant, Grant Green, Idris Muhammad, Houston Person, Bernard Purdie, Melvin Sparks

Last Exit
Personnel includes: Shannon Jackson, Bill Laswell, Sonny Sharrock

• The Noise of Trouble (1986) - LP
  • Recorded live in Tokyo in October 1986; Personnel includes: Herbie Hancock

Mahavishnu Orchestra
Personnel includes: Billy Cobham, John McLaughlin

• The Inner Mounting Flame (1972) - LP [46:18]

Herbie Mann
See also: Compilations

• Windows Opened (1968) - LP [36:55]
  • Personnel includes: Roy Ayers, Sonny Sharrock
• Live at the Whiskey-A-Go-Go (1969) - LP [29:09]
  • Personnel includes: Roy Ayers, Sonny Sharrock
• Memphis Underground (1969) - LP [35:58]
  • Personnel includes: Roy Ayers, Sonny Sharrock
• Muscle Shoals Nitty-Gritty (1970) - LP [38:14]
  • Personnel includes: Roy Ayers, Memphis Horns
• Memphis Two-Step (1971) - LP [44:05]
  • Personnel includes: Roy Ayers, Ron Carter, Sonny Sharrock
• Push Push (1971) - LP [43:22]
  • Personnel includes: Duane Allman, Donald "Duck" Dunn (MGs), Cornell Dupree, Bernard Purdie
• Mississippi Gambler (1972) - LP [39:11]
  • Personnel includes: David Newman
• Hold On I'm Comin' (1973) - LP [36:00]
  • Recorded Live at the 1972 New York and Montreux Jazz Festivals; Personnel includes: David Newman, Sonny Sharrock
• Turtle Bay (1973) - LP [39:53]
  
• Deep Pocket (1994) - CD [55:53]
  • Personnel includes: Cornell Dupree, Les McCann, David Newman

Wynton & Ellis Marsalis
See also: David Newman

• Joe Cool's Blues (1995) - CD [65:19]

Bobby Matos

• Sessions (1998) - CD [61:14]
  • Collection of tracks from 1983-96; Personnel includes: Poncho Sanchez

Christian McBride
See also: Jimmy Smith, Compilations

• Fingerpainting: The Music of Herbie Hancock (1997) [65:33]
  • Personnel includes: Nicholas Payton, Mark Whitfield

Les McCann
See also: Compilations

• Swiss Movement (1970) - LP [36:28]
  • Recorded live at Montreux, Switzerland in June 1969; Personnel includes: Eddie Harris
• Invitation To Openness (1972) - LP [51:59]
  • Personnel includes: Cornell Dupree, Yusef Lateef, Bernard Purdie

Jack McDuff
See also: Gene Ammons, Hank Crawford, Lou Donaldson, Grant Green, Compilations

• Down Home Style (1969) - LP [38:42]
  
• Bringin' It Home (1999) - CD [57:20]
  • Personnel includes: George Benson, Red Holloway, Mark Whitfield

Jimmy McGriff
See also: Hank Crawford, Compilations

• A Thing to Come By (1970) - LP [34:47]
  
• The Starting Five (1987) - LP
  • Personnel includes: Rusty Bryant, David Newman, Bernard Purdie
• McGriff's Blues (1994) - CD [58:04]
  • Personnel includes: Bernard Purdie
• Greatest Hits (1997) - CD [69:21]
  • Collection of recordings from 1963-71

John McLaughlin
See also: Larry Coryell, Miles Davis, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Wayne Shorter, Tony Williams, Compilations, Rock (Carlos Santana)

• Electric Guitarist (1978) - LP [37:46]
  • Personnel includes: Jack Bruce, Stanley Clarke, Billy Cobham, Chick Corea, Jack DeJohnette, Carlos Santana, Tony Williams

Medeski, Martin, and Wood
See also: John Scofield

• Shack-man (1996) - CD [54:44]

Hank Mobley
See also: Sonny Clark, Grant Green, Cedar Walton, Compilations

• Workout (1961) - CD [46:03]
  • Personnel includes: Paul Chambers, Grant Green, Wynton Kelly
• A Caddy For Daddy (1965) - CD [39:15]
  • Personnel includes: Curtis Fuller, Lee Morgan, McCoy Tyner
• Third Season (1967) - CD [37:47]
  • Personnel includes: Lee Morgan, Cedar Walton

Wes Montgomery
See also: Jimmy Smith, Compilations

• The Small Group Recordings (1976) (2 LP's) [82:37]
  • Collection of recordings from 1965-66; Sides 1 & 2 recorded live in NYC in May/June 1965; Personnel includes: Ray Barretto, Paul Chambers, Wynton Kelly, Jimmy Smith
• The Alternative Wes Montgomery (1982) (2 LP's) [86:09]
  • Collection of recordings from 1960-63; Personnel includes: Paul Chambers, James Clay, Milt Jackson, Wynton Kelly
• Jazz 'Round Midnight (1994) - CD [75:47]
  • Collection of recordings from 1964-66; Personnel includes: Ray Barretto, Paul Chambers, Wynton Kelly, Jimmy Smith
• Talkin' Verve (1996) - CD [74:01]
  • Collection of recordings from 1964-66; Personnel includes: Ray Barretto, Ron Carter, Paul Chambers, Herbie Hancock, Wynton Kelly, Jimmy Smith, Cedar Walton

Stanton Moore

• All Kooked Out (1998) - CD [62:50]
  • Personnel includes: Charlie Hunter

Lee Morgan
See also: Hank Mobley, McCoy Tyner, Reuben Wilson, Larry Young, Compilations

• The Sidewinder (1963) - CD [50:39]
  • Personnel includes: Joe Henderson

Van Morrison
See also: Rock

• How Long Has This Been Going On (1995) - CD [50:49]
  • Personnel includes: Pee Wee Ellis (J.B.'s), Georgie Fame

New Directions
Personnel includes: Stefon Harris, Jason Moran, Greg Osby, Mark Shim

• New Directions (2000) - CD [61:18]

David Newman
See also: Hank Crawford, Cornell Dupree, Charles Earland, Herbie Mann, Jimmy McGriff, Compilations, Rock (Gregg Allman), Blues (Ronnie Earl)

• Lonely Avenue (1972) - LP [43:24]
  • Personnel includes: Roy Ayers, Cornell Dupree
• Fire! Live at The Village Vanguard (1988) - LP [43:10]
  • Recorded live in NYC on 12/22-23/88; Personnel includes: Hank Crawford, Stanley Turrentine
• Return to the Wide Open Spaces (1990) - CD [67:45]
  • Recorded live in Ft. Worth, TX; Personnel includes: James Clay, Cornell Dupree, Ellis Marsalis

Greg Osby
See also: New Directions

• Banned in New York (1998) - CD [59:07]
  • Recorded live

Oteil and the Peacemakers
See also: Rock (Allman Brothers Band)
See also: Live Recordings

• Love of a Lifetime (1998) - CD [66:22]
  • Personnel includes: Kofi Burbridge

Charlie Parker

• 1949 Concert and All-Stars 1950-51 (1988) - CD [67:25]
  • Recorded live; Personnel includes: Art Blakey, Dizzy Gillespie

Maceo Parker
See also: Soul (Axiom Funk, James Brown, J.B.'s, Parliament, P-Funk All-Stars, Compilations)

• Mo' Roots (1991) - CD [64:06]
  • Personnel includes: Pee Wee Ellis (J.B.'s), Fred Wesley (J.B.'s)
• Southern Exposure (1993) - CD [55:41]
  • Personnel includes: Pee Wee Ellis (J.B.'s), Leo Nocentelli (Meters), George Porter, Jr. (Meters), Rebirth Brass Band, Fred Wesley (J.B.'s)
• Funk Overload (1998) - CD [48:13]
  • Recorded live in NYC in 2/98; Personnel includes: Fred Wesley (J.B.'s)

Don Patterson
See also: Sonny Stitt, Compilations

• The Genius of the B-3 (1973) - CD [43:18]
  • Also known as The Return of Don Patterson

John Patton
See also: Lou Donaldson, Grant Green, Red Holloway, Harold Vick, Compilations

• Along Came John (1963) - CD [34:11]
  • Personnel includes: Grant Green, Fred Jackson, Harold Vick
• Blue John (1963) - CD [40:05]
  • Personnel includes: Grant Green
• Let It Roll (1966) - CD [39:58]
  • Personnel includes: Grant Green, Bobby Hutcherson
• Memphis to New York Spirit (1996) - CD [57:58]
  • Contains tracks from 1969-70; Personnel includes: James "Blood" Ulmer

Duke Pearson
See also: Grant Green, Bobby Hutcherson, Compilations

• I Don't Care Who Knows It (1996) - CD [59:54]
  • Collection of tracks from 1968-70; Personnel includes: Airto, Ron Carter, Bobby Hutcherson

Houston Person
See also: Gene Ammons, Charles Earland, Charles Kynard, Bernard Purdie, Compilations

• Goodness! (1969) - CD [37:51]
  • Personnel includes: Billy Butler, Sonny Phillips
• Legends of Acid Jazz (1996) - CD [78:10]
  • Contains Person to Person! (1970) and Houston Express (1971); Personnel includes: Billy Butler, Grant Green, Gerry Jemmott, Idris Muhammad, Sonny Phillips, Bernard Purdie, Harold Vick

Tito Puente
See also: Compilations

• Oye Como Va! The Dance Collection (1997) - CD [61:58]
  • Collection of tracks from 1984-96

Bernard Purdie
See also: Rusty Bryant, Hank Crawford, Cornell Dupree, Grant Green, Herbie Hancock, Boogaloo Joe Jones, Charles Kynard, Herbie Mann, Les McCann, Jimmy McGriff, Houston Person, Mongo Santamaria, Horace Silver, Jimmy Smith, Compilations, Blues (Tony Z), Soul (Aretha Franklin, King Curtis)

• Purdie Good/Shaft (1993) - CD [67:27]
  • Includes Purdie Good (1971) and Shaft (1972); Personnel includes: Houston Person
• Soul to Jazz (1996) - CD [65:12]
  • Personnel includes: Eddie Harris
• Soul to Jazz II (1997) - CD [63:04]
  • Personnel includes: Hank Crawford, Jack DeJohnette, Cornell Dupree, Stanley Turrentine

Ike Quebec
See also: Grant Green, Compilations

• Blue and Sentimental (1961) - CD [50:31]
  • Personnel includes: Paul Chambers, Sonny Clark, Grant Green

Poncho Sanchez
See also: Bobby Matos, Cal Tjader, Compilations

• Para Todos (1994) - CD [63:45]
  • Personnel includes: Eddie Harris

Mongo Santamaria
See also: Steve Turre, Compilations

• Stone Soul (1969) - LP
  • Personnel includes: Sonny Fortune, Bernard Purdie

John Scofield

• A Go Go (1998) - CD [51:46]
  • Personnel includes: Medeski, Martin, and Wood

Shirley Scott
See also: Stanley Turrentine, Compilations

• Queen of the Organ (1964) - CD [70:19]
  • Recorded live in Newark, NJ on 9/23/64; Personnel includes: Stanley Turrentine

Sonny Sharrock
See also: Last Exit, Herbie Mann, Compilations

• Ask the Ages (1991) - CD [44:33]
  • Personnel includes: Elvin Jones, Pharoah Sanders
• Faith Moves (1991) - CD [38:19]
  • Personnel includes: Nicky Skopelitis

Woody Shaw
See also: Booker Ervin, Andrew Hill, Bobby Hutcherson, Horace Silver, Larry Young, Compilations

• Last of the Line (1997) - Disc 1 [42:24]
  • Includes Cassandranite (1965) and recordings from 1971; Personnel includes: Ron Carter, Joe Chambers, Paul Chambers, Herbie Hancock, Joe Henderson, Harold Vick, Larry Young
• Last of the Line (1997) - Disc 2 [43:09]
  • Includes Love Dance (1975); Personnel includes: Steve Turre

Wayne Shorter
See also: Art Blakey, Miles Davis, Lou Donaldson, Herbie Hancock, Bobby Timmons, Weather Report, Compilations

• Moto Grosso Feio (1970) - LP [42:00]
  • Personnel includes: Ron Carter, Chick Corea, John McLaughlin

Horace Silver
See also: Compilations

• The Tokyo Blues (1962) - CD [39:42]
  • Personnel includes: Blue Mitchell
• Song For My Father (1964) - CD [61:04]
  • Personnel includes: Joe Henderson, Blue Mitchell
• Serenade To A Soul Sister (1968) - CD [37:58]
  • Personnel includes: Billy Cobham, Bennie Maupin, Stanley Turrentine
• You Gotta Take A Little Love - LP [38:40]
  • Personnel includes: Billy Cobham, Bennie Maupin
• In Pursuit of the 27th Man (1973) - LP [40:17]
  
• Silver 'N Brass (1975) - LP [41:22]
  • Personnel includes: Ron Carter, Bernard Purdie
• Re-Entry (1996) - CD [56:13]
  • Recorded live in NYC on 4/16/65 and 2/11 & 18/66; Personnel includes: Joe Henderson, Woody Shaw

Jimmy Smith
See also: George Benson, Cornell Dupree, Wes Montgomery, Compilations

• Organ Grinder's Swing (1965) - LP [35:39]
  • Personnel includes: Kenny Burrell
• Bluesmith (1972) - LP [42:41]
  
• The Master (1994) - CD [49:20]
  • Recorded live in Osaka, Japan on 12/24-25/93; Personnel includes: Kenny Burrell
• Damn! (1995) - CD [61:48]
  • Personnel includes: Roy Hargrove, Christian McBride, Nicholas Payton, Bernard Purdie, Mark Whitfield
• Talkin' Verve (1996) - CD [73:10]
  • Collection of tracks from 1963-72; Personnel includes: Ray Barretto, Kenny Burrell, Billy Butler, Ron Carter, Wes Montgomery, Bernard Purdie

Lonnie Smith
See also: George Benson, Miles Davis, Red Holloway, Stanley Turrentine, Compilations

• Live at Club Mozambique (1995) - CD [73:34]
  • Recorded live in Detroit on 5/21/70; Personnel includes: George Benson
• Purple Haze: Tribute to Jimi Hendrix (1995) - CD [56:14]
  • Personnel includes: John Abercrombie

Sonny Stitt
See also: Gene Ammons, Compilations

• 12! (1972) - CD [40:44]
• Mr. Bojangles (1973) - LP [37:06]
  • Personnel includes: Cornell Dupree
• Soul People (1993) - CD [62:30]
  • Collection of recordings from 1964-69; Personnel includes: Booker Ervin, Grant Green, Don Patterson
• Endgame Brilliance (1997) - CD [78:02]
  • Includes Tune-Up! (1972) and Constellation (1972); Personnel includes: Roy Brooks
• Just In Case You Forgot How Bad He Really Was (1997) - CD [63:55]
  • Recorded live in San Francisco during September 1981; Personnel includes: Bobby Hutcherson, Cedar Walton

Stuff
Personnel includes: Cornell Dupree, Gordon Edwards, Eric Gale, Richard Tee

• Stuff (1976) - LP [39:37]
• Live in New York (1980) - LP [36:14]
  • Recorded live in New York in 1979
• The Right Stuff (1996) - CD [71:59]
  • Collection of tracks from 1976-80

Gabor Szabo
See also: Chico Hamilton, Compilations

• Spellbinder (1966) - LP [37:37]
  • Personnel includes: Willie Bobo, Ron Carter, Chico Hamilton
• The Sorcerer (1967) - CD [59:26]
  • Recorded live in Boston on 4/15-16/67
• High Contrast (1971) - LP [41:03]
  • Personnel includes: Bobby Womack

Three Sounds
Personnel includes: Gene Harris
See also: Compilations

• Live at the Lighthouse (1967) - CD [64:52]
  • Recorded live in Hermosa Beach, CA on 6/9,10/67

Bobby Timmons
See also: Compilations

• Workin' Out (1996) - CD [77:10]
  • Includes Workin' Out! (1964) and The Soul Man (1966); Personnel includes: Ron Carter, Wayne Shorter

T.J. Kirk
Personnel includes: Charlie Hunter

• If Four Was One (1996) - CD [43:30]

Cal Tjader
See also: Compilations

• Several Shades of Jade/Breeze From the East (1997) - CD [71:36]
  • Contains Several Shades of Jade (1963) and Breeze From the East (1963)
• Soul Sauce (1964) - CD [58:24]
  • Personnel includes: Willie Bobo, Kenny Burrell, Donald Byrd
• El Sonido Nuevo (1966) - CD [53:35]
  • Personnel includes: Ray Barretto, Chick Corea, Eddie Palmieri
• Last Bolero In Berkeley (1973) - LP [34:20]
  • Personnel includes: Merl Saunders
• Here and There (1996) - CD [73:02]
  • Includes Guarabe (1976) and Here (1977); Here recorded live in San Francisco on 6/17-18/77; Personnel includes: Poncho Sanchez
• Talkin' Verve (1996) - CD [73:09]
  • Collection of recordings from 1961-67; Personnel includes: Ray Barretto, Willie Bobo, Kenny Burrell, Donald Byrd, Chick Corea, Eddie Palmieri

Steve Turre
See also: Stefon Harris, Woody Shaw, McCoy Tyner

• Steve Turre (1997) - CD [65:59]
  • Personnel includes: Stefon Harris, J.J. Johnson, Mongo Santamaria, McCoy Tyner, Cassandra Wilson
• Lotus Flower (1999) - CD [61:12]
  • Personnel includes: Mulgrew Miller, Buster Williams

Stanley Turrentine
See also: Gene Harris, Freddie Hubbard, David Newman, Bernard Purdie, Shirley Scott, Horace Silver, Compilations

• Up at Minton's (1961) - Disc 1 [44:40]
• Up at Minton's (1961) - Disc 2 [44:17]
  • Recorded live in NYC on 2/23/61; Personnel includes: Grant Green
• Let It Go (1966) - CD [66:16]
  • Personnel includes: Ron Carter, Shirley Scott; Includes tracks from Shirley Scott's Everybody Loves A Lover (1964)
• Sugar (1971) - CD [44:40]
  • Personnel includes: George Benson, Ron Carter, Freddie Hubbard, Lonnie Smith
• Cherry (1972) - LP [37:50]
  • Personnel includes: Ron Carter, Billy Cobham, Cornell Dupree, Milt Jackson
• Don't Mess With Mister T (1973) - LP [30:38]
  • Personnel includes: Ron Carter, Idris Muhammad

McCoy Tyner
See also: John Coltrane, Lou Donaldson, Grant Green, Hank Mobley, Steve Turre, Compilations

• Tender Moments (1967) - CD [37:42]
  • Personnel includes: Joe Chambers, Bennie Maupin, Lee Morgan, Julian Priester, James Spaulding
• McCoy Tyner and the Latin All-Stars (1999) - CD [61:54]
  • Personnel includes: Gary Bartz, Steve Turre

Us3
See also: Compilations

• Hand on the Torch (1993) - CD [54:42]

Chucho Valdes
See also: Irakere

• Bele Bele en La Habana (1998) - CD [56:12]

Vibes
Personnel includes: Brad Jones, EJ Rodriquez, Bill Ware
See also: Groove Collective

• Vibes (1998) - CD [73:48]
  • Recorded live in NYC in 10/97
• With Drawn (1999) - CD [68:17]

Harold Vick
See also: Gene Ammons, Grant Green, John Patton, Houston Person, Woody Shaw, Compilations

• Steppin' Out (1963) - CD [36:21]
  • Personnel includes: Grant Green, Blue Mitchell, John Patton

Howard Wales

• Side Trips, Vol. 1 (1998) - CD [65:14]
  • Recorded live in 1970; Personnel includes: Jerry Garcia

Cedar Walton
See also: Art Blakey, Wes Montgomery, Sonny Stitt, Compilations

• Breakthrough! with Hank Mobley (1972) - CD [43:00]

Walter Wanderley

• Rain Forest (1966) - LP [31:57]

Bill Ware
See also: Groove Collective, Vibes

• Long and Skinny (1993) - CD [68:45]
  • Recorded live in NYC in 1993

Grover Washington, Jr.
See also: Hank Crawford, Charles Earland, Freddie Hubbard, Compilations

• Inner City Blues (1971) - LP [35:14]
  • Personnel includes: Airto, Ron Carter, Idris Muhammad

Weather Report
Personnel includes: Wayne Shorter, Miroslav Vitous, Joe Zawinul

• Weather Report (1969) - LP [40:38]
  • Personnel includes: Airto
• Mysterious Traveller (1974) - LP [48:11]

Mark Whitfield
See also: Christian McBride, Jack McDuff, Jimmy Smith, Compilations

• True Blue (1995) - CD [74:58]
  • Personnel includes: Branford Marsalis, Nicholas Payton

Tony Williams
See also: Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, John McLaughlin

• Believe It (1975) - LP [33:15]
  
• Spectrum: The Anthology - Disc 1 (1997) [74:02]
  
• Spectrum: The Anthology - Disc 2 (1997) [70:41]
  • Collection of tracks from 1969-72; Personnel includes: Jack Bruce, Ron Carter, John McLaughlin, Larry Young

Reuben Wilson
See also: Grant Green, Compilations

• Love Bug (1969) - CD [50:15]
  • Personnel includes: Grant Green, Lee Morgan, Idris Muhammad
• Blue Mode (1969) - CD [41:34]
  • Personnel includes: Melvin Sparks

Larry Young
See also: Miles Davis, Grant Green, Woody Shaw, Tony Williams, Compilations, Rock (Carlos Santana)

• Into Somethin' (1964) - CD [47:59]
  • Personnel includes: Grant Green, Elvin Jones
• Unity (1965) - CD [39:41]
  • Personnel includes: Joe Henderson, Elvin Jones, Woody Shaw
• Of Love and Peace (1966) - CD [41:00]
• Contrasts (1967) - CD [39:04]
• Heaven on Earth (1968) - CD [37:50]
  • Personnel includes: George Benson
• Mother Ship (1969) - CD [41:05]
  • Personnel includes: Lee Morgan

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