Recommended jazz albums
Recommended jazz albums – part 3
This is part 3 of my list of recommended jazz albums that I think you should be listening to. You can find the complete list in chapter 10 of Learn Jazz Piano book 3.
I’m starting with another essential Bill Evans album and this time it’s live. I was fortunate enough to see him at Ronnie Scott’s in 1980.
For learning jazz pianists (and I count myself among them) there are certain piano players that I find more accessible and I’ve listed two of them below: Horace Silver and Wynton Kelly.
Anyone that knows me will not be surprised that I’ve included two Monk albums. The eccentricity of Monk often overshadows his unique approach. I feel it’s a mistake to assume that he’s playing strange and dissonant voicings just to be different. In fact, everything he plays has a logic and purpose.
My one ‘guilty pleasure’ in this list is the inclusion of Andrew Hill. Again, he is an acquired taste, but a true original.
I’ve not included Oscar Peterson in his own right as you can hear him supporting the great sax player Ben Webster in his 1959 album.
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Artist: Bill Evans
Instrument: piano
Title: The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings
Date: 1961
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Artist: Charles Mingus
Instrument: bass
Title: Ah Um
Date: 1959
Piano: Horace Parlan
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Artist: Ben Webster
Instrument: sax
Title: Ben Webster With The Oscar Peterson Trio
Date: 1959
Piano: Oscar Peterson
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Artist: Wynton Kelly
Instrument: piano
Title: Kelly Blue
Date: 1959
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Artist: Hank Mobley
Instrument: tenor sax
Title: Roll Call
Date: 1960
Piano: Wynton Kelly
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Artist: Art Blakey
Instrument: drums
Title: Mosaic
Date: 1961
Piano: Cedar Walton
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Artist: Horace Silver
Instrument: piano
Title: Horace Silver And The Jazz Messengers
Date: 1954
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Artist: Dexter Gordon
Instrument: tenor sax
Title: Go!
Date: 1962
Piano: Sonny Clark
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Artist: Andrew Hill
Instrument: piano
Title: Point Of Departure
Date: 1964
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Artist: Art Blakey
Instrument: drums
Title: Mosaic
Date: 1961
Piano: Cedar Walton
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Artist: Thelonious Monk
Instrument: piano
Title: It’s Monk’s Time
Date: 1964
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Artist: Thelonious Monk
Instrument: piano
Title: Monk Alone
Date: 1962 – 1968
Monk
Happy listening!
Paul
No Brubeck ?