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Original Dixieland Jazz Band, The Creators of Jazz (1917-1936) -- King Oliver, The Quintessence (1923-1928) -- Bessie Smith, The Essential Bessie Smith (1923-1933) -- Fletcher Henderson, A Study in Frustration: Thesaurus of Classic Jazz (1923-1938) -- Louis Armstrong, The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings (1925-1929) -- Jelly Roll Morton, Birth of the Hot: The Classic Chicago "Red Hot Peppers" Sessions, 1926-27 -- Bix Beiderbecke, Bix Beiderbecke, Volume 1: Singin' the Blues (1927) -- Duke Ellington, The OKeh Ellington (1927-1930) -- Louis Armstrong, The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (1930-1956) -- Billie Holiday, Lady Day: The Best of Billie Holiday (1933-1945) -- Benny Goodman, The Complete RCA Victor Small Group Recordings (1935-1939) -- Count Basie, The Complete Decca Recordings (1937-1939) -- Dizzy Gillespie, The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (1937-1949) -- Lester Young, The "Kansas City" Sessions (1938, 1944) -- Louis Jordan, Let the Good Times Roll: The Anthology 1938-1953 -- Chano Pozo, El Tambor de Cuba: Life and Music of the Legendary Cuban Conga Drummer (1939-1952) -- Duke Ellington, The Blanton-Webster Band (1940-1942) -- John Kirby and his Orchestra, 1941-1943 -- James P. Johnson, The Original James P. Johnson: 1942-1945, Piano Solos -- Coleman Hawkins, 1943-1944 -- Dinah Washington, First Issue: The Dinah Washington Story (The Original Recordings) (1943-1961) -- Charlie Parker, The Complete Savoy and Dial Studio Recordings 1944-1948 -- Mary Lou Williams, Zodiac Suite (1945) -- Charles Mingus, Charles "Baron" Mingus, West Coast 1945-49 -- Nat "King" Cole Trio, Live at the Circle Room (1946) -- Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys, The Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol. 3: Basin Street Blues (1946-1947) -- Thelonious Monk, Genius of Modern Music, Volume 1 (1947) -- Charlie Parker, Charlie Parker with Strings: The Master Takes (1947-1952) -- Django Reinhardt, Djangology 49 (1949) -- Stan Kenton, New Concepts of Artistry in Rhythm (1952) -- Gerry Mulligan, The Complete Pacific Jazz Recordings of the Gerry Mulligan Quartet with Chet Baker (1952-1957) -- Dave Brubeck Quartet, Brubeck Time (1954) -- Sarah Vaughan, Sarah Vaughan (1954) -- Clifford Brown and Max Roach, Clifford Brown and Max Roach (1954-1955) -- Horace Silver, Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers (1954-1955) -- Chet Baker, Chet in Paris: The Complete Barclay Recordings of Chet Baker, Volume 1 (1955) -- Erroll Garner, Concert by the Sea (1955) -- Herbie Nichols, The Art of Herbie Nichols (1955-1956) -- Lennie Tristano, Lennie Tristano/The New Tristano (1955-1962) -- Ella Fitzgerald, The Cole Porter Songbook (1956) -- Modern Jazz Quartet, Fontessa (1956) -- Art Tatum, The Tatum Group Masterpieces, Volume 8 (1956) -- Miles Davis, Miles Ahead (1957) -- Billie Holiday, Songs for Distingue Lovers (1957) -- Machito, Kenya (1957) -- Thelonious Monk, Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane (1957) -- Art Pepper, Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section (1957) -- Sonny Rollins, Way Out West (1957) -- Count Basie, The Complete Atomic Basie (1957-1958) -- Sun Ra and his Arkestra, Jazz in Silhouette (1958) -- Ahmad Jamal Trio, Cross Country Tour: 1958-1961 -- Miles Davis, Kind of Blue (1959) -- Charles Mingus, Blues and Roots (1959) -- Ornette Coleman, The Shape of Jazz to Come (1959-1960) -- Miles Davis with John Coltrane and Sonny Stitt, In Stockholm 1960 Complete -- Eric Dolphy, Eric Dolphy at the Five Spot (1961) -- Bill Evans Trio, Sunday at the Village Vanguard (1961) -- Jimmy Giuffre 3, 1961 -- Jeanne Lee and Ran Blake, The Newest Sound Around (1961) -- Abbey Lincoln, Straight Ahead (1961) -- "Baby Face" Willette, Face to Face (1961) -- Duke Ellington, Money Jungle (1962) -- Thelonious Monk, Monk Alone: The Complete Columbia Solo Studio Recordings, 1962-1968 -- Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto, Getz/Gilberto (1963) -- Dexter Gordon, Our Man in Paris (1963) -- John Coltrane Quartet, Crescent (1964) -- John Coltrane Quartet, A Love Supreme (1964) -- Andrew Hill, Point of Departure (1964) -- Wayne Shorter, Speak No Evil (1964) -- Miles Davis, The Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel 1965/Highlights from the Plugged Nickel (1965) -- Herbie Hancock, Maiden Voyage (1965) -- Moacir Santos, Coisas (1965) -- Archie Shepp, Fire Music (1965) -- Albert Ayler, Live in Greenwich Village: The Complete Impulse Recordings (1965-1967) -- Duke Ellington, The Far East Suite, Special Mix (1966) -- Roscoe Mitchell Sextet, Sound (1966) -- John Coltrane, Interstellar Space (1967) -- McCoy Tyner, The Real McCoy (1967) -- Jaki Byard, The Jaki Byard Experience (1968) -- Miles Davis, Get Up with It (1970-1974) -- Mahavishnu Orchestra, The Inner Mounting Flame (1971) -- Eddie Palmieri and his Orchestra, Vamonos Pa'l Monte (1971) -- Earl Hines, Earl Hines Plays Duke Ellington (1971-1975) -- Julius Hemphill, Dogon A.D. (1972) -- Pat Metheny, Bright Size Life (1975) -- Evan Parker, Monoceros (1978) -- Betty Carter, The Audience with Betty Carter (1979) -- Henry Threadgill Sextet, Just the Facts and Pass the Bucket (1983) -- Wynton Marsalis, Live at Blues Alley (1986) -- Cecil Taylor, For Olim (1986) -- Tommy Flanagan, Jazz Poet (1989) -- Keith Jarrett/Gary Peacock/Jack DeJohnette, Tribute (1989) -- Don Pullen, Random Thoughts (1990) -- Cassandra Wilson, Blue Light 'til Dawn (1993) -- Steve Coleman and Five Elements, The Ascension to Light (1999) -- Dave Holland Quintet, Prime Directive (1999) -- John Lewis, Evolution (1999) -- New Directions, New Directions (1999) -- Charlie Haden, Nocturne (2000) -- Jason Moran, Black Stars (2001) -- Another 100, more albums you should own, or at least know about. |