The Good Stuff

Ahmad Jamal

THE ESSENCE PART 1

Verve   1994-1995

Notes : "Liner notes are boring." One of the best pieces ever done liner-notes-wise was done by Delfayo marsalis - Brilliant.  

This music represents some of the things I have heard and continue to hear during my career as Composer, Pianist, Orchestrator. - Ahmad Jamal

Catalina : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0aY-QcCxZc

Lover Man : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMaTUGEtphs

Autumn Leaves : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnkgxUk-UlY

Bahia : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8jVyZ0cNSU

Cheers

J.J. Johnson and Kai Winding

THE GREAT KAI AND J.J.

Impulse 1961

The very first Impulse recording. Later known as the Label that Coltrane built.

The start of something : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dayk0txtYLg

Blue Monk : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khbVC7g2cmU

Side by Side : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7tRbqJQpr4

Theme from Picnic : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8u54iLpZZU

Georgia on my Mind : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07KM47zupXk

Cheers

Clifford Brown - Max Roach Quintet

THE COMPLETE STUDY IN BROWN

EmArcy / Essential Jazz Classics   1955 / 2016  2CD set

Notes : This release includes all existing music related to the classic Clifford Brown-Max Roach Quintet's albums Study in Brown and More Study in Brown.  It consists of the original contents of both albums, complemented by every surviving alternate take of the tunes from the LPs.  These albums are among the most treasured gems in Jazz history.

Swingin' : https://www.youtube.com/watc=wEy5uTFOMvI

Sandu : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wpcrWCutFQ

Take the A train : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZO_hGJaIKk

Cherokee : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BDS4ONdKHk

Cheers

James Booker

CLASSIFIED

Rounder   1982 / 2013

Excellent Booklet.  Booker died in 1983, a few months after this recording session. 

Lawdy Miss Clawdy : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zp1QK9l8shA

Lonely Avenue : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc7frlqhLu4

All around the world : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Bbwya4dqtc

Prof Longhair Medley : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYjy5_A6BS8

Warsaw Concerto : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iCOf3dyVys

Amen : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6MKI8YyMAs

and 16 more!

Cheers

Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers

FREE FOR ALL

Blue Note 1964 / 2004

Notes : The magic that transpired here was absent on Kyoto, though, which is why Free For All remains the true summation of the Hubbard/Fuller/Shorter/Walton Messengers.

Free for All : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJBLA39spc4

Hammer Head : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk_T6YmbSNk

Pensativa : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gJOSoSbba4

The Core : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJBLA39spc4

Cheers