JazzWax

Miles Davis: 'Walkin' and 'Musings'

The 1950s produced two pop superstars—Elvis Presley and Miles Davis. Both began the decade recording for smaller labels and were launched into the mainstream by larger ones—Presley on Sun and then RCA, and Davis on Prestige and then Columbia. Both were perceived as ultra cool and a departure from the norm, both were viewed as sex symbols and both achieved fame through a conversational lyricism—Presley with his vocal approach and Davis with his trumpet.

What's more, both Presley and Davis are still thought of as cultural starting points for their musical realms in the 12-inch LP era. Presley is still viewed as the king of rock 'n' roll and Davis is still considered the first jazz superstar. Interestingly, both started their trajectory to fame and fortune between 1954 and '55.

In the case of Davis, two album he recorded for Prestige offer a glimpse of the trumpet star waxing: Walkin' (recorded in April 1954) and The Musings of Miles (recorded in June 1955). Walkin' wasn't released until 1957, thanks to a deal worked out by Columbia producer George Avakian. 

Eager to sign Davis to Columbia in 1955 with the onset of the 12-inch pop LP, George convinced Bob Weinstock of Prestige to have Davis record the four remaining albums he owed the label all at once in a marathon session. 

As George said during one of our many conversations, he told Weinstock that by releasing these albums slowly along with any 12-inch reissues of the 10-inch material released  years earlier, Prestige would be able to boost sales by riding the coattails of Davis's popularity at Columbia. Weinstock immediately saw the value and agreed. 

Walkin' was a 12-inch LP of material previously released by Prestige on two  10-inch LPs. The title track, credited to Jimmy Mundy and Richard Carpenter, is often mischaracterized as the first hard bop recording. In fact, that honor belongs to the Lou Donaldson/Clifford Brown Quintet's New Faces, New Sounds album recorded in June 1953.

The first two tracks of Walkin'—Walkin' and Blue 'n' Boogie—features Miles Davis (tp), Lucky Thompson (ts), J. J. Johnson (tb), Horace Silver (p), Percy Heath (b) and Kenny Clarke (d). The last three—Solar, You Don't Know What Love Is and Love Me or Leave Me—combines Miles Davis (tp), David Schildkraut (as), Horace Silver (p), Percy Heath (b) and Kenny Clarke (d).

The Musings of Miles was Davis's first 12-inch LP and featured Miles Davis (tp), Red Garland (p), Oscar Pettiford (b) and Philly Joe Jones (d). This album was also the first to provide an inkling of Davis's tender approach that he'd exploit at Columbia starting with 'Round About Midnight, recorded in 1955 and '56 and released in 1957.

The tracks on Musings are Will You Still Be Mine?, I See Your Face Before Me, I Didn't, A Gal in Calico, A Night in Tunisia and Green Haze. 

Now, Craft Recordings has remastered and reissued both albums on 180-gram vinyl with their original cover art and back-cover liner notes by Ira Gitler. They sound warm and deep.

For vinyl fans who want to have fun, listen to Walkin', then Musings of Miles followed by 'Round About Midnight (Columbia) for a full sense of Miles Davis's chronological evolution, from trumpet innovator in 1954 to stylist in 1955 and '56 and jazz superstar in 1957.

JazzWax tracks: You'll find the LP reissues of Walkin' and The Musings of Miles here and here.

Or listen on all major streaming platforms. YouTube's Musings stream is here. Craft doesn't seem to have posted a Walkin' one yet.

JazzWax clips: Here's Walkin', from Walkin'...

And here's Green Haze from The Musings of Miles..

Michael, Roger and Buster

In The Wall Street Journal this week, I interviewed actor Michael Gandolfini, son of the late James Gandolfini, who played Tony Soprano on TV's The Sopranos, for my House Call column in the Mansion section (go here). Michael is in Warfare, one of the most powerful and gripping anti-war movies I've ever seen. [Photo of Michael Gandolfini as Lt. McDonald in Warfare, courtesy of A24]

Here's Michael as the teenage Tony Soprano in The Sopranos' prequel film, The Many Saints of Newark...

And here's Warfare...

What I'm watching

Currently...

• The Four Seasons
• Deep Cover
• Mobland
• Bosch Legacy

Worthwhile stuff that has started or will start soon...

• Bosch Legacy S3 (Prime)
• 1923 (Paramount+)
• Mobland (Paramount+)
• Dark Winds S3 (AMC)
• Long Bright River (Peacock)
• Good American Family (Hulu)
• Alto Knights (film)
• The Four Seasons (May 1/Netflix)
• The Better Sister (May 22/Prime)
• Deep Cover (June 12/film)

My favorite streaming series, ranked...

1. Babylon Berlin
2. My Brilliant Friend
3. The Promised Life
4. Killing Eve
5. The Crown
6. Mad Men
7. The Americans
8. Younger
9. Fleabag
10. Band of Brothers
11. The Sopranos
12. Enlightened
13. Friday Night Lights
14. Justified
15. Good American Family
16. Feud: Bette and Joan
17. The Old Man
18. Downton Abbey
19. The Blacklist
20. Goliath
21. The Gentlemen
22. Turn: Washington's Spies
23. Unbelievable
24. Landman
25. Voiceless (Bella da morire (2020/MHz)
26. Black Doves
27. Web Therapy

Past recommended series, films and documentaries...

TV series

• The Affair—(2014-2019/Hulu)
• Alaska Daily—(2022/Prime)
• The Americans—(2013-2018)/Prime)
• Anatomy of a Scandal—(2022/Netflix)
• Apples Never Fall—2024/Peacock)
• Babylon Berlin (2017-2024/MHz via Prime Video)
• Band of Brothers—(2001/Netflix) 
• The Bay (2019-current/BritBox)
• Black Doves (2024/Netflix)
• The Blacklist (2013-2023/Netflix)
• Belgravia—(2020/Prime Video)
• Blue Lights—(2023/BritBox)
• Bosch—(2014-2021/Prime)
• Bosch: Legacy—(2022-current/Prime)
• The Crown—(2016-2023/Netflix)
• Cherif—(2013-2019/Prime)
• Dark Winds—(2022/AMC)
• The Diplomat—(2023/Netflix)
• Downton Abbey—(2020-2015/Prime)
• The Dropout (2022/Hulu)
• Elizabeth 1 (2005/Max)
• Emily in Paris—(2020-present/Netflix)
• Enlightened—(2011-2013/Max)
• Feud (S1): Bette and Joan—(2017/Hulu)
• Feud: Capote Vs. The Swans—(2024/FX, with streaming on Hulu)
• Fisk—(2021/Netflix)
• Friday Night Lights (2006-2011/Netflix)
• The Gentlemen—(2024/Netflix)
• Godless—(2017/Netflix)
• Goliath—(2016-2021/Prime)
• The Gilded Age—(current/Max)
• High Water—(2022/Netflix)
• Homeland—(2011-2020/Showtime)
• Il Commissario Manara (Inspector Manara) (2009-2011/MHz)
• Jane Eyre—(2006/Britbox)
• Justified—(2010-2015/Hulu)
• Killing Eve—(2018-2022/Netflix)
• Life & Beth—(Seasons 1& 2, 2022-present/Hulu)
• Lincoln Lawyer—(2022-present/Netflix)
• Lioness—(2023-current/Paramount+)
• Loudermilk—(2017-2020/Netflix)
• MI-5, the Series—(2002-2011/BritBox)
• Monsieur Spade—(2024/AMC)
• Murdaugh Murders: The Movie, Parts 1 and 2—(2023/Lifetime)
• My Brilliant Friend—(2018-current/Max)
• The Night Agent—(2023-present/Netflix)
• 1923—(2022-present/Paramount+)
• 1883—(2021-2022/Prime)
• The Old Man—(2022/Hulu)
• On Call—2025/Amazon Prime)
• Outlander—(2014-present/Netflix)
• The Perfect Couple—(2024/Netflix)
• Poldark—(2015-2019/Prime)
• The Promised Life—(2018/MHz via Prime Video)
• Reacher—(2016-present/Netflix)
• Ripley—(2024/Netflix)
• Scott & Bailey (2011-2016/Prime)
• The Spy—(2019/Netflix)
• Turn: Washington's Spies—(2014-2017/Prime)
• Unbelievable—(2019/Netflix)
• Under the Banner of Heave—(2022/Hulu)
• Veronica Mars—(2004 to 2019/Hulu)
• Voiceless (Bella da morire—(2020/MHz)
• The Watcher—(2022/Netflix)
• The Way Home—(2023-current/Peacock)
• Who Is Erin Carter—(2023/Netflix)
• The Woman in the Wall—(2024/Showtime)
• The Veil—(2024/Hulu-FX)
• Web Therapy—(2011-2015/Fandango)
• Wilder—(2017-current)
• WPC 56—(2013-2015/Britbox)
• Yellowstone—(2018-present/Paramount Network)
• Younger—(2015-2021K/Netflix)

Films

• The Accountant—(2016/Hulu)
• American Gangster—(2007/Max)
• Armageddon Time—(2022/Prime)
• The Ballad of Buster Scruggs—(2018/Netflix)
• The Ballad of Lefty Brown—(2017/Netflix)
• Blackout (2022/Netflix) 
• The Bricklayer—(2024/Netflix)
• The Commuter (2018/Netflix)
• The Dig—(2021/Netflix)
• Eiffel—(2021/Prime)
• Enola Holmes 1 and 2—(2022/Netflix)
• Enrico Piaggio - Un Sogno Italiano (An Italian Dream) (2019/MHz)
• The Equalizer 1, 2 and 3—(2014-2024/Prime)
• The Great Lillian Hall—(2024/Max)
• The Family Man—(2000/Netflix)
• Fury—(2014/Netflix)
• God's Country—(2022/Hulu)
• Guy Ritchie's The Covenant—(2023/Prime)
• I Used to Be Funny (2023/Netflix)
• Jack Reacher (the movie)—(2012/Paramount+) 
• Just My Luck (2006/Paramount+)
• Kill Chain—(2019/Max)
• Killers of the Flower Moon—(2023/Apple+)
• La Palma (2024/Netflix)
• Knight and Day—(2010/Roku)
• Last Night in Soho—(2021/Prime)
• Last Seen Alive—(2020/Netflix)
• The Little Things—(2021/Netflix)
• Lonely Planet—(2024)/Netflix)
• Man on Fire—(2004/Max)
• Manchester by the Sea—(2016/Prime Video)
• MI-5—(2015/Max)
• The Mule—(2018/Netflix)
• The Night Agent—(2023/Netflix)
• Nobody—(2021/Prime)
• Nobody Wants This—(2024/Netflix)
• Ordinary Angels—(2024/assorted platforms)
• The Pledge—(2011/Peacock)
• Purple Hearts—(2022/Netflix)
• The Queen—(2006/Paramount+)
• The Queen's Gambit—(2020/Netflix)
• Queenpins—(2021/Pluto TV)
• Reptile—(2023/Netflix)
• Ruthless—(2023/Hulu)
• The Secret: Dare to Dream—(2020/Netflix).
• Sicario (2015/Netflix)
• Self Reliance—(2023/Hulu)
• Seraphim Falls—(2006/Netflix)
• Some Girl(s)—(2013/Amazon Prime)
• Somewhere in Queens—(2022/Hulu)
• Spy(ies)—(2009/Prime)
• The Stranger—(2022/Netflix)
• Toscana—(2022/Netflix)
• The Two Popes—(2019/Netflix)
• Up in the Air—(2009/Max)
• Woman in Gold—(2015/Max)
• Wonder Wheel—(2017/Prime)

Documentaries

• Aftershock: Everest and the Nepal Earthquake—(2022/Netflix)
• The Beach Boys—(2024/Disney)
• Carole King: Live in Central Park—(2023/PBS)
• The Comeback—(2005 and 2014/Max)
• Cunk on Earth—(2022/Netflix)
• Cyndi Lauper: Let the Canary Sing—(2023/Paramount+)
• Facing Nolan—(2022/Netflix)
• Five Came Back—(2017/Netflix)
• Jane Fonda in Five Acts—(2024/Max)
• Kate Hepburn: Call Me Kate—(2023/Netflix)
• The Only Girl in the Orchestra—(2023/Netflix)
• Suzi Q: Suzi Quatro—(2019/Prime)
• The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari—(2022/Netflix)
• 'Tis Autumn: The Search for Jackie Paris—(2007/go here)

Roger Kellaway on Sonny Rollins. Following my post on a new British jazz box from Cherry Red, I heard from legendary pianist Roger Kellaway:

"Hi Marc. I remember playing with several players from the box your posted about along with tenor saxophonist Ronnie Scott in the 1960s and '70s at the Half Note in New York. I had this glorious experience again in 1978 when I lived in London for a year.

"I also loved your reference to Sonny Rollins’s Alfie album from 1966—one of my favorites that I had the pleasure of playing on. On the track Transition Theme for Minor Blues, I wound up taking two piano solos when I was just supposed to take one. During the session, I took my first and I could see Sonny from across the room. Sonny then soloed until he suddenly stopped and squatted down, as if to rest. I knew immediately there was going to be dead space on the track, so, I jumped in with another solo. I have no idea why he did that.

"Just after recording Alfie, I was playing a jazz concert at Lincoln Center's Philharmonic Hall. As I stood backstage, an elevator door opened. The only person in there was Sonny, in the far-left corner, squatting down. I guess he did that a lot either to rest or to think.

"That same year, I was playing a gig at New York's Half Note in Greenwich Village with the Clark Terry/Bob Brookmeyer Quintet. On a break, I was outside the club when an Alfa Romeo pulled up. It was Sonny, wearing a cowboy hat. He looked at me and I looked at him. He said, 'Hey, Kellaway!' I said,'Hi, Sonny.' Those two greetings add up to our entire verbal relationship to this day. The rest was communicated through music."

Here's Transition Theme for Minor Blues, from the Alfie soundtrack, with two solos by pianist Roger Kellaway...

Jimmy Mundy. After my post on swing arranger-composer Jimmy Mundy, I heard from Alan Matheson, a jazz pianist and trumpeter as well as an educator at the University of British Columbia in Canada [photo above of Paul Whiteman]:

"Hi Marc. Many thanks for your great tribute to Jimmy Mundy, an absolute master. Your post included Mundy's arrangement of Tea for Two for Artie Shaw. Listening to it, I realized that Mundy had recycled part of an earlier arrangement for the Shaw chart.

"Back in 1995, we performed Mundy's arrangement of A Zoot Suit during a tribute concert at CBC Vancouver’s Studio One. He had written it for Paul Whiteman in 1942. After listening to the Artie Shaw clip, I realize Mundy had used part of his shout chorus for A Zoot Suit as the shout chorus for his arrangement two years later of Tea For Two.

"By the way, Mundy wrote a number of excellent arrangements for the 1940-42 Whiteman band, including: Tangerine and Take the A Train, which weren’t recorded, and Travelin’ Light and I’m Old Fashioned, which were. Whiteman had hired Mundy to modernize his book of arrangements during this period. We played them all back in 1995, and they sounded great."

[Editor's note: A shout chorus is when the entire band plays together on a chorus, often loud and with high energy.]

Here's Mundy's arrangement of Tea for Two, played by the Artie Shaw Orchestra in 1944 (the shout chorus comes at 2:33)...

And here's Mundy's arrangement of A Zoot Suit, played by the Paul Whiteman Orchestra in 1942 (the shout chorus comes at 2:27)...

Bonus: Here's Mundy's arrangement of Travelin' Light for Whiteman in 1942...

And here's Mundy's arrangement of I'm Old Fashioned for Whiteman in 1942...

Maynard Ferguson. Bret Primack recently sent along a link to a live radio broadcast of the Maynard Ferguson Big Band at Birdland on December 31, 1963 [photo above of Maynard Ferguson]. Go here...

Buster Keaton was one of the funniest and most daring of all the comic silent-film stars. Here's an impossibly clever scene from Keaton's Sherlock Jr. (1924) [photo above of Buster Keaton]...

Julia Child. I can totally relate to the following. I often feel tears coming on when something creative is overwhelmingly beautiful and perfect—whether that's music, writing, acting, art or food. Here's Julia Child (above), choking up and on the verge of crying over a perfect dessert. Watch the entire episode—or move the time bar to 21:12, when Nancy Silverton's tart comes out of the oven...

Charles Mingus radio. WKCR-FM in New York will present its annual Charles Mingus Birthday Broadcast on Tuesday, April 22, presenting the music of the legendary bassist and composer. The radio tribute will last for 24 hours and will start at 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Monday night. You can listen from anywhere in the world by going here. [Photo above of Charles Mingus, courtesy of Spotify]

And finally, move this video clip to 34:30 and enjoy two of the world's greatest jazz-pop vocalists singing together on a duet in London in 1961... 

Backgrounder: 'East Coast - West Coast Scene' (1954)

By 1954, the 10-inch 33 1/3 and seven-inch 45 album formats had made strong inroads with record buyers and were fast replacing the 78. On the West Coast, labels that had been cultivating Los Angeles musicians already came to realize that jazz out there had its own sound.

With the 10-inch LP expected to expand to 12 inches within the year and become the industry standard, and the 45 likely to become used exclusively for rock 'n' roll, R&B and country singles, the record business was on the verge of a boom. RCA, as always, was out front.

Labels were looking for ways to fill their new, 12-inch release pipelines. On the East Coast, jazz had a more muscular, bluesy sound while on the West Coast, jazz placed a greater emphasis on harmony, counterpoint and a breezy articulation. These differences gave RCA producer Jack Lewis in L.A. an idea. [Click liner notes image above to enlarge]

Lewis asked trumpeter Shorty Rogers—one of Hollywood's hottest jazz composer-arrangers—to assemble a group and record three songs. Then he asked tenor saxophonist Al Cohn—one of New York's ace composer-arrangers—to put together a group there and also record three. To keep things even, both groups would use 11 musicians and the exact same instrumentation.

Lewis's goal wasn't to stage a bi-coastal shootout. Instead, the album would be a way for RCA to expand its jazz market. The concept was designed to announce to jazz record fans that there was more jazz out there than they thought. Two different blends, if you will, both top-notch but each with their own personality and mood. The point was to get buyers hooked on two different sounds and widen their buying preferences as the 12-inch LP loomed.

When released in 1955, the six-song RCA album (available on 12-inch vinyl and on three 45s) was called East Coast-West Coast Scene, with two different authors of the back-cover liner notes—one covering the East Coast group and one for the West. It's a gorgeous landmark album featuring the cream of two different region's studio jazz players. You'll love this one.

The ensembles, recording dates and tracks:

Side A/East Coast Scene: Al Cohn and His "Charlie's Tavern" Ensemble, featuring Joe Newman (tp), Billy Byers and Eddie Bert (tb), Hal McKusick and Gene Quill (as), Al Cohn (ts,arr), Sol Schlinger (bar), Sanford Gold (p), Billy Bauer (g), Milt Hinton (b) and Osie Johnson (d) (October 26, 1954)

1. Inside Out (Al Cohn)
2. Autumn Leaves (Joseph Kosma)
3. Serenade for Kathy (Al Cohn)

Side B/West Coast Scene: Shorty Rogers and His Augmented Giants, featuring Shorty Rogers (tp), Milt Bernhart and Bob Enevoldsen (tb), Jimmy Giuffre (cl,ts,bar), Lennie Niehaus and Bud Shank (as), Zoot Sims (ts), Pete Jolly (p), Barney Kessel (g), Curtis Counce (b) and Shelly Manne (d). (September 11, 1954)

1. Cool Sunshine (Shorty Rogers)
2. Loki (Shorty Rogers)
3. Elaine's Lullaby (Shorty Rogers)

Having listened to this album many times, I'd have to call the jazz juxtaposition a draw on every level. Not to be outdone, both Cohn and Rogers gave these tracks everything they had. A special thanks to Todd Selbert for reminding me about this one.

Here's the complete East Coast-West Coast Scene (RCA)...

Other ad-free Backgrounders in my series:

• Zoot Sims Plays Bossa Nova, go here.
• Lee Morgan: Lee-Way, go here.
• Bossa Nova for Swinging Lovers, go here.
• Leon Spencer: Louisiana Slim, go here.
• Bossa Nova Modern Quartet: Bossa Nova Jazz Samba, go here.
• Bill Evans & Luiz Eça: Piano Four Hands, go here.
• Ray Brown Trio: Don't Get Sassy, go here.
• Os Tatuis: Os Tatuis, go here.
• Waltel Branco: Mancini Tambem É Samba, go here.
• Jack Wilson Plays Brazilian Mancini, go here.
• Conjunto Copacabana Bossa: Bossa, go here.
• Ella Fitzgerald: Ella Swings Lightly, go here.
• Charles Earland: Charles Earland, go here.
• Kenny Burrell: Crash! w/ Jack McDuff, go here.
• Jack McDuff: The Heatin' System, go here.
• Horace Silver: Horace-Scope, go here.
• Antonio Carlos Jobim: Wave, go here.
• Sonny Stitt: Sonny Stitt Plays, go here.
• Sonny Stitt with Bennie Green: My Main Man, go here.
• Johnny Hodges and Earl Hines: Stride Right, go here.
• Lionel Hampton: Bossa Nova Jazz, go here.
• Johnny Hodges & Ben Webster: Cellar Session, go here.
• Bill Evans: Solo Sessions Vol. 1, go here.
• Frank Wess: Trombones & Flute, go here.
• Presenting the Buddy DeFranco & Tommy Gumina Quartet, go here.
• Ernest Ranglin: Wranglin', go here.
• Dave Pell Octet: Plays Rodgers & Hart, go here.
• Milt Buckner: Block Chords Parade, go here.
• Roberto Menescal: A Nova Bossa, go here.
• Count Basie: Have a Nice Day, go here.
• Freddie Green: Mr. Rhythm, go here.
• Leny Andrade: Leny Andrade, go here.
• Johnny Alf: Ele é Johnny Alf, go here.
• Dodo Marmarosa: Dodo's Back, go here.
• Freddie Redd: The Music From the Connection, go here.
• Nicola Stilo & Toninho Horta: Duets, go here.
• Urbie Green: Persuasive Trombone, go here.
• Johnny Richards: Something Else, go here.
• Wayne Shorter: JuJu, go here.
• Hampton Hawes: All Night Session!, go here.
• Shorty Rogers Plays Richard Rodgers, go here.
• Chet Baker: Pretty/Groovy, go here.
• Sonny Stitt: The Sensual Sound of Sonny Stitt, go here.
• Gil Mellé: New Faces, New Sounds, go here.
• Herbie Mann and Charlie Rouse: Just Wailin', go here.
• Bobby Hackett: Memorable & Mellow, go here.
• Tina Brooks: Back to the Tracks, go here.
• Sonny Rollins Plays for Bird, go here.
• Red Garland: A Garland of Red, go here.
• Grant Green: Gooden's Corner, go here.
• Eumir Deodato Plays Marcos Valle, go here.
• Horace Parlan; Movin' & Groovin', go here.
• Russ Garcia: Four Horns and a Lush Life, go here.
• Vic Lewis: Plays Bossa Nova at Home and Away, go here.
• Buddy Collette's Swinging Shepherds, go here.
• Dizzy Gillespie: Gillespiana, go here.
• Nelson Riddle: Communication, go here.
• Nelson Riddle: Changing Colors, go here.
• Elmo Hope: Complete Trios, 1953-1966, go here.
• Buddy Collette: Man of Many Parts, go here.
• The Herbie Mann-Sam Most Quintet, go here.
• Shorty Rogers: Cool and Crazy, go here.
• The Return of Art Pepper, go here.
• Benny Golson and the Philadelphians, go here.
• Moacir Santos: Coisas, go here.
• Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis: Lock, the Fox, go here.
• Tony Bennett: The Movie Song Album, go here.
• Thad Jones/Mel Lewis: Consummation, go here.
• James Moody: Return From Overbrook, go here.
• Barry Galbraith: Guitar and the Wind, go here.
• Count Basie: With Quincy Jones and Neal Hefti, go here.
• Johnny Richards: Walk Softly, Run Wild!, go here.
• Dave Pike: Bossa Nova Carnival, go here.
• Clare Fischer: Só Danço Samba, go here.
• Reggie Johnson: First Edition, go here.
• John Graas: French Horn Jazz, go here.
• Eddie Lockjaw Davis & Johnny Griffin: Tough Tenor Favorites, go here.
• Bill Perkins: Bossa Nova With Strings Attached, go here.
• Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery, go here.
• Pepper Adams Quintet, go here.
• Sonny Rollins Plus 4, go here.
• Coleman Hawkins: Desafinado, go here.
• Sammy Davis Jr. Sings and Laurindo Almeida Plays, go here.
• Paul Quinichette: Moods, go here.
• Jimmy Forrest: Forrest Fire!, go here.
• Brazilian Jazz Quartet: Coffee and Jazz, go here.
• Art Blakey!!! Jazz Messengers!!!, go here.
• Sidney Bechet/Martial Solal, go here.
• John Carisi: The New Jazz Sound Of "Show Boat," go here.
• The Marty Paich Quartet, Featuring Art Pepper, go here.
• João Gilberto, 1998, go here.
• Bobby Timmons: Soul Time, go here.
• Gerry Mulligan: Jeru, go here.
• Ray Bryant: Alone With the Blues, go here.
• Leon Spencer Jr.: Bad Walking Woman, go here.
• Jimmy McGriff: Step 1, go here.
• Johnny "Hammond" Smith: Breakout, go here.
• Oliver Nelson: Taking Care of Business, go here.
• Quincy Jones: Americans in Paris, go here.
• Sonny Stitt: Tune-Up!, go here.
• Herbie Mann: Yardbird Suite, go here.
• Quincy Jones: Twilight Time, go here.
• Lou Levy Quartet: Jazz in Four Colors, go here.
• Johnny Alf: Rapaz de Bem, go here.
• Hank Mobley: Poppin', go here.
• Barney Kessel: Kessel's Kit, go here.
• Larry Young: Into Somethin', go here.
• Henry Mancini: The Jazz Sound From Peter Gunn, go here.
• Sonny Stitt: Night Crawler, go here.
• Maynard Ferguson: Around the Horn, go here.
• Frank Rosolino: Franky Speaking!, go here.
• Ben Webster: King of the Tenors, go here.
• Kenny Dorham: Una Mas, go here.
• Gigi Gryce: Nica's Tempo, go here.
• Charlie Parker With Strings: The Master Takes, go here.
• The Great Jazz Piano of Phineas Newborn Jr., go here.
• The Complete Chet Baker Sings, go here.
• Shorty Rogers Courts the Count, go here.
• Miles Ahead: Miles Davis +19, go here.
• Kenny Burrell, Jazzmen - Detroit, go here.
• Bill Watrous, In Love Again, go here.
• Gene Ammons, Boss Tenor, go here.
• Roy Eldridge: The Strolling Mr. Eldridge, go here.
• Clifford Brown and Max Roach with Sonny Rollins, go here.
• Fats Navarro: Nostalgia, go here.
• Hank Mobley: Hank Mobley Quintet, go here.
• Sandy Mosse: Relaxin' With..., go here.
• Maynard Ferguson: A Message From Newport, go here.
• Jimmy Raney: Two Jims and Zoot, go here.
• Zoot Sims Plays 4 Altos, go here.
• Jimmy Forrest: Out of the Forrest, go here.
• Jazz Studio 2, From Hollywood, go here.
• Billy Taylor: My Fair Lady Loves Jazz, go here.
• Hank Mobley: Soul Station, go here.
• Sylvia Telles, Lúcio Alves and Roberto Menescal: Bossa Session, go here.
• Horace Silver: The Horace Silver Trio, go here.
• Walter Davis: Davis Cup, go here.
• Wynton Kelly: Kelly at Midnite, go here.
• Jack Sheldon: Jack's Groove, go here.
• Herbie Nichols: Complete Masters, go here.
• Hank Mobley: Hank Mobley Quartet, go here.
• Mundell Lowe: Satan in High Heels, go here.
• Hal McKursick and Art Farmer: Quintet Sessions, go here.
• Os Poligonais: Os Poligonais, go here.
• Buddy Fite: Tasty, go here.
• Al Sears: Swing's the Thing, go here.
• A.K. Salim, Savoy recordings, go here.
• Rosinha de Valença, go here.
• Remo Rau, Evening at Cafe Africana, go here.
• Georgie Auld, Plays the Winners, go here.
• Complete Oscar Pettiford Orchestra, go here.