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  1. 1Sunday at the Village Vanguard (1961)Sunday at the Village Vanguard (1961)Released 1 Jan 1961Recorded on 25 June 1961 at New York's Village Vanguard, this session captures a historic breakthrough in trio democracy. Amidst the gentle clinking of cocktail glasses, bassist Scott LaFaro stops merely walking time and engages Bill Evans's delicate piano in fluid, conversational counterpoint,…0
  2. 2Four & More (1966)Four & More (1966)Released 1 Jan 1966Recorded on 12 February 1964 at Philharmonic Hall in Lincoln Center, New York, this concert is a white-hot lesson in live kinetic momentum. Seventeen-year-old drummer Tony Williams pushes standard bebop tunes to blistering tempos, daring Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and George Coleman to navigate…0
  3. 3Misterioso [Original Jazz Classics Remasters] (1958)Misterioso [Original Jazz Classics Remasters] (1958)Released 1 Jan 1958Captured in August 1958 at New York's intimate Five Spot Cafe, this record places you directly at a front-row cabaret table. The live setting lets you hear Thelonious Monk coaching fiery tenor saxophonist Johnny Griffin in real time: dropping out completely, inserting sudden percussive chord jabs,…0
  4. 4A Night at Birdland, Volume 1 (1954)A Night at Birdland, Volume 1 (1954)Released 1 Jan 1954Recorded on 21 February 1954 at Birdland in New York City, this date represents the explosive public birth of hard bop. Pee Wee Marquette's iconic gravelly introduction sets the stage for Art Blakey's thunderous press rolls, verbal shouts and ferocious swing, driving young Clifford Brown and Horace…0
  5. 5Ellington at Newport (1956)Ellington at Newport (1956)Released 1 Jan 1956Recorded on 7 July 1956 at the Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island, this performance revitalised Duke Ellington's career overnight. When tenor saxophonist Paul Gonsalves steps forward on Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue, he unleashes twenty-seven blues choruses of mounting frenzy, turning an…0
  6. 6At Carnegie Hall (1963)At Carnegie Hall (1963)Released 1 Jan 1963Recorded on 21 February 1963 at Carnegie Hall, New York, this concert displays a world-famous quartet operating with crystalline symphonic precision. Paul Desmond's dry-martini alto saxophone phrasing floats over Joe Morello's intricate 5/4 drum solo on Take Five, generating a level of live…0
  7. 7Mingus at Antibes (1976)Mingus at Antibes (1976)Released 1 Jan 1976Recorded on 13 July 1960 at the seaside festival in Juan-les-Pins, France, the Mediterranean night air supercharges Charles Mingus's ensemble. Mingus's shouting vocal cues and thunderous bass plucks spar openly with Eric Dolphy's volcanic bass clarinet and Booker Ervin's tenor saxophone, delivering…0
  8. 8The Köln Concert (1975)The Köln Concert (1975)Released 1 Jan 1975Recorded on 24 January 1975 at the Cologne Opera House in Germany, this legendary solo piano concert was born from adversity. Faced with an inferior, out-of-tune baby grand piano and physical exhaustion, Keith Jarrett embraced repetitive, percussive left-hand vamps, transforming instrument…0
  9. 9Concert by the Sea (1955)Concert by the Sea (1955)Released 1 Jan 1955Recorded on 19 September 1955 in an old military hall in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, this recording captures pure unadulterated joy. Pianist Erroll Garner, who could not read sheet music, improvises whimsical, teasing orchestral introductions that keep his bassist and drummer guessing until he…0
  10. 10European Concert (2005)European Concert (2005)Released 1 Jan 2005Recorded in April 1960 across Scandinavian concert halls, this album reveals the Modern Jazz Quartet's astonishing chamber-like discipline. In the quiet resonance of European auditoriums, John Lewis's spare piano counterpoint and Milt Jackson's warm, singing vibraphone interact with whisper-quiet…0