Outstanding Jazz Groups for Suggested Listening
This is by no
means a complete list, but a great place to get started on your jazz CD
collection!
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Small Groups (Combo) |
Big Bands |
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Weather Report |
Count Basie |
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Steps (Ahead) |
Thad Jones/Mel Lewis |
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Modern Jazz Quartet |
Woody Herman |
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Art Ensemble of |
Stan Kenton |
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Don Ellis |
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Jazz Messengers |
Buddy Rich |
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Return to Forever |
Maynard Ferguson |
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The Yellow Jackets |
Duke Ellington |
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Bob Florence |
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Les Hooper |
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Bob Mintzer |
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GRP Big Band |
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Village Vanguard |
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Dave McMurdo |
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Rob McConnell |
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Bob Curnow |
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Bill Holman |
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Sun Ra |
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Gerald Wilson |
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Bill Watrous |
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Gordon Goodwin |
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Tom Kubis |
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Louis Bellson |
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Airmen of Note |
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Gil Evans |
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Dizzy Gillespie |
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Toshiko Akiyoshi & Lew Tabachin |
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The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra |
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