Resources: Albums
Each link below connects to an iconic jazz album.
To 1958
Genius of Modern Music, Vols. One & Two - Thelonious Monk, 1951
The Amazing Bud Powell – Bud Powell,1952
The Quintet: Jazz At Massey Hall – The Quintet, 1953
Clifford Brown & Max Roach – The Clifford Brown and Max Rach Quintet,1954
Sarah Vaughan Featuring- Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown,1955
Concert by the Sea – Frank Sinatra,1955
Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Song Book – Ella Fitgerald,1956
Ella and Louis – Louis Armstrong,1956
Ellington at Newport – Duke Ellington,1956
Saxophone Colossus – Sonny Rollins,1957
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book – Ella Fitzgerald 1957
Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section – Art Pepper, 1957
The Atomic Mr. Basie – Count Basie,1958
To 1964
At the Pershing: But not for me – Ahmad Jamal,1958
Blue Train – John Coltrane,1958
Moanin’ – Art Blakey,1959
Mingus Ah Um – Charles Mingus, 1959
Time Out – The Dave Brubeck Quartet, 1959
Giant Steps – John Coltrane, 1960
Soul Station – Hank Mobley, 1960
My Favorite Things - John Coltrane, 1961
Go! – Dexter Gordon, 1962
Waltz for Debby – Bill Evans Trio,1962
Night Train – The Oscar Peterson Trio, 1963
John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman - John Coltrane, 1963
Out to Lunch! – Eric Dolphy, 1964
1965 Onward
Maiden Voyage – Herbie Hancock, 1965
A Love Supreme – John Coltrane,1965
Song for My Father – The Horace Silver Quintet, 1965
Sinatra at the Sands – Frank Sinatra, 1966
Now He Sings, Now He Sobs – Chick Corea, 1968
Karma – Pharoah Sanders, 1969
Bitches Brew – Miles Davis, 1970
The Koln Concert – Keith Jarrett, 1975
The Original American Decca Recordings – Count Basie, 1992
Charlie Parker With Strings – Charlie Parker, 1995
Appassionata - Ramsey Lewis, 1999
Essential Jazz, 2002
The Best Jazz, 2005
Be Good – Gregory Porter, 2012
Greatest Jazz, 2018