An Essential Discography – For Jazz Musicians
This is by no
means a complete list, but a great place to get started on your jazz CD
collection!
|
Instrument |
Artists |
Album Title |
|
Trumpet |
Freddie
Hubbard |
Hub
of Hubbard |
|
Trumpet |
Freddie Hubbard |
Sky Dive |
|
Trumpet |
Freddie Hubbard |
Keep Your Soul Together |
|
Trumpet |
Freddie Hubbard |
Ready For Freddie |
|
Tenor Sax |
Sonny Rollins |
The Bridge |
|
Tenor Sax |
Sonny Rollins |
Max Roach Plus 4 |
|
Tenor Sax |
Sonny Rollins |
Newk’s Time |
|
Tenor Sax |
Sonny Rollins |
Now’s the Time |
|
Tenor Sax |
Sonny Rollins |
Next Album |
|
Tenor Sax |
Sonny Rollins |
Sonny Rollins |
|
Tenor Sax |
Sonny Rollins |
Saxophone Colossus |
|
Trumpet |
Clifford Brown |
Study In Brown |
|
Trumpet |
Clifford Brown |
Brown & Roach Inc. |
|
Trumpet |
Clifford Brown |
Brownie Eyes |
|
Trumpet |
Clifford Brown |
The Beginning of the End |
|
Piano |
Herbie Hancock |
The Best of Herbie Hancock |
|
Piano |
Herbie Hancock |
Empyrean Isles |
|
Piano |
Herbie Hancock |
Maiden Voyage |
|
Piano |
Herbie Hancock |
The Prisoner |
|
Piano |
Herbie Hancock |
Crossings |
|
Trumpet |
Miles Davis |
Jazz at the Plaza |
|
Trumpet |
Miles Davis |
My Funny Valentine |
|
Trumpet |
Miles Davis |
Milestones |
|
Trumpet |
Miles Davis |
Seven Steps to Heaven |
|
Trumpet |
Miles Davis |
Miles Davis |
|
Trumpet |
Miles Davis |
Nefertiti |
|
Trumpet |
Miles Davis |
Kind of Blue |
|
Alto Sax |
Charlie Parker |
Jazz at Massey Hall |
|
Alto Sax |
Charlie Parker |
Miles of Jazz |
|
Alto Sax |
Charlie Parker |
Now’s the Time |
|
Alto Sax |
Charlie Parker |
One Night in
|
|
Tenor Sax |
John Coltrane |
Live at Birdland |
|
Tenor Sax |
John Coltrane |
Impressions |
|
Tenor Sax |
John Coltrane |
A Love Supreme |
|
Tenor Sax |
John Coltrane |
Crescent |
|
Tenor Sax |
John Coltrane |
Blue Train |
|
Tenor Sax |
John Coltrane |
The Art of John Coltrane |
|
Tenor Sax |
John Coltrane |
Giant Steps |
|
Tenor Sax |
John Coltrane |
More Lasting than Bronze |
|
Alto Sax |
Ornett Coleman |
Town Hall Concert |
|
Alto Sax |
Ornett Coleman |
Something Else |
|
Alto Sax |
Ornett Coleman |
This is our Music |
|
Piano |
Chick Corea |
Light as a Feather |
|
Piano |
Chick Corea |
Now He Sings, Now He Sobs |
|
Drums |
Elvin Jones |
Live at the Lighthouse |
|
Drums |
Elvin Jones |
Live at Village Vanguard |
|
Tenor Sax |
Joe Henderson |
Live in |
|
Tenor Sax |
Joe Henderson |
Power to the People |
|
Tenor Sax |
Joe Henderson |
Inner Urge |
|
Trumpet |
Lee Morgan |
Cornbread |
|
Trumpet |
Lee Morgan |
The Sidewinder |
|
Tenor Sax |
|
Speak No Evil |
|
Piano |
Horace Silver |
Song for My Father |
|
Piano |
Horace Silver |
The |
|
Piano |
Horace Silver |
The Jody Grind |
|
Piano |
McCoy Tyner |
The Real McCoy |
|
Piano |
McCoy Tyner |
Enlightenment |
|
Piano |
McCoy Tyner |
Reevaluation: The Impulse
Years |
|
Piano |
McCoy Tyner |
The Early Trios |
|
Alto Sax |
Cannonball Adderley |
Something Else |
|
Alto Sax |
Cannonball Adderley |
Takes Charge |
|
Alto Sax |
Cannonball Adderley |
Inside Straight |
|
Alto Sax |
Cannonball Adderley |
Phenix |
|
Trombone |
J.J. Johnson |
The Eminent J.J. Volume 1 |
|
Trombone |
J.J. Johnson |
The Eminent J.J. Volume 2 |
|
Trombone |
J.J. Johnson |
J.J. Inc. |
|
Trombone |
J.J. Johnson |
The Trombone Master |
|
Trombone |
J.J. Johnson |
The J.J. & Kai Octet |
|
Trumpet |
Chet Baker |
The Touch of Your Lips |
|
Drums |
Art Blakey |
Jazz Messengers |
|
Drums |
Art Blakey |
Night At Birdland |
|
Bass |
Ray Brown |
Bam, Bam, Bam |
|
Bass |
Ray Brown |
Don’t Forget the Blues |
|
Vibes |
Milt |
Bags Meets Wes! |
|
Trumpet |
Wynton Marsalis |
Standard Time |
|
Piano |
Thelonius Monk |
Monk & Trane |
|
Guitar |
Wes Montgomery |
Trio |
|
Guitar |
Wes Montgomery |
Full House |
|
Guitar |
Wes Montgomery |
The Small Group Recordings |
|
Tenor Sax |
Oliver Nelson |
Blues and the Abstract
Truth |
|
Alto Sax |
Sonny Stitt |
The Stitt/Rollins
Session |
|
Alto Sax |
Sonny Stitt |
Constellation |
|
Alto Sax |
Phil Woods |
Bouquet |
|
Big Band |
Count Basie |
Live In Sweeden |
|
Big Band |
Count Basie |
The Complete Atomic Basie |
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