Penguin Guide to Jazz Diffs: 5th vs. 6th Editions


Note: These lists are believed to be complete. The sort order has changed slightly between editions, so we use the more recent (6th Edition).

Artist Title 5th Ed. 6th Ed.
Seamus Blake Echonomics [Criss Cross]   ***(*)
Rob Blakeslee Last Minute Gifts [Louie]   ***(*)
Art Blakey Live at Montreux and Northsea [Timeless] ***  
  Album of the Year [Timeless] ***(*)  
  Oh - By the Way [Timeless] ***  
  Blue Night [Timeless] **(*)  
  The Art of Jazz [In + Out] ***  
Terence Blanchard Let's Get Lost [Sony Classics]   ***(*)
Carla Bley 4 x 4 [Watt]   ***(*)
Paul Bley Sankt Gerold [ECM]   ****
  Basics [Justin Time]   ***(*)
Jane Ira Bloom As One [Winter & Winter]   ***
  Sometimes the Magic [Arabesque]   ***(*)
Johanne Blouin Everything Must Change [Justin Time]   **(*)
Hamiet Bluiett The Clarinet Family [Black Saint] **** **(*)
  You Don't Need to Know . . . If You Have to Ask [Tutu] ***  
  Sankofa / Rear Garde [Soul Note] ***(*)  
  Bluiett's Barbeque Band [Mapleshade] ***  
  The Calling [Justin Time]   ***
  With Eyes Wide Open [Justin Time]   ***
Arthur Blythe Spirits in the Field [Savant]   ***
  Blythe Bite [Savant]   ***
Paul Bollenback Original Visions [Challenge] **(*) ***(*)
Claudio Bolli Empty Jazz Quintet & Octet [Splasc(h)] ***  
Bone Structure Bone Structure [Calligraph] **(*)  
Louis Bonilla Pasos Gigantes [Candid] ***  
Joe Bonner Monkisms [Capri]   ***
Michael Borstlap The Sextet Live! [Challenge]   ****
  Body Acoustic [Emarcy]   ***
  Liveline [Emarcy]   **(*)
  Gramercy Park [Emarcy]   ***
Ralph Bowen Soul Proprietor [Criss Cross]   ***(*)
Lester Bowie When the Spirit Returns [Birdology]   **(*)
Michele Bozza Around [Red] ***  
Charles Brackeen Bannar [Silkheart] ***(*)  
  Attainment [Silkheart] ***  
  Worshippers come Nigh [Silkheart] ****  
JoAnne Brackeen New True Illusion [Timeless] ***  
  Invitation [Black Lion] ***  
  AFT [Timeless] ***  
  Fi-Fi Goes to Heaven [Concord] *** **(*)
  Popsicle Illusion [Arkadia]   ***(*)
Don Braden Organic [Columbia] ***  
  Contemporary Standards Ensemble [Double Time]   ***
  Brighter Days [High Note]   ****
Ruby Braff Ruby Braff-Buddy Tate With the Newport All Stars [Black Lion] **(*) ***(*)
  Plays Rodgers & Hart [Concord] **(*) ***
  Ruby and Woody: It Had to Be Us [Chiaroscuro]   ***
  The Canadian Sessions [Sackville]   ***
  Ruby Braff and Dick Hyman Play Nice Tunes [Arbors] *** **(*)
  The Cape Codfather [Arbors]   ***(*)
  Music for the Still of the Night [Arbors]   ***
  I Hear Music [Arbors]   ***(*)
George Braith The Complete Blue Note Sessions [Blue Note]   ***
Anthony Braxton For Alto [Delmark]   ****
  News From the 70s [Felmay]   ****
  In the Tradition [Steeplechase] **(*)  
  In the Tradition [Steeplechase] ***(*)  
  What's New in the Tradition [Steeplechase]   **(*)
  Quintet (Basel) 1977 [Hatology]   ***
  Five Compositions (Quartet) 1986 [Black Saint] **(*) ***(*)
  19 (Solo) Compositions 1988 [New Albion] **  
  Duo (Wesleyan) 1994 [Leo] *** **(*)
  Composition No. 173 [Black Saint] (***)  
  10 Compositions (Duet) 1995 [Konnex]   ***
  14 Compositions (Traditional) 1996 [Leo]   ***
  Trillium R: Shala Fears for the Poor - Composition No. 162 [Braxton House]   **
  Four Compositions (Washington, DC) 1998 [Braxton House]   **(*)
  Four Compositions (Duets) 2000 [CIMP]   *(*)
  Ten Compositions (Quartet) 2000 [CIMP]   ***(*)
  Nine Compositions (Hill) 2000 [CIMP]   ***(*)
  8 Compositions (Quintet) 2001 [CIMP]   ***
  Composition No. 247 [Leo]   **(*)
  Composition No. 169 + (186 + 206 + 214) [Leo]   **(*)
  Composition No. 249 [Parallactic]   ***
  Elliptical Axis 15 [Parallactic]   **(*)
  Compositions / Improvisations 2000 [Barely Auditable]   ***
Joshua Breakstone Evening Star [Contemporary] ***  
  9 By 3 [Contemporary] ***  
  Sittin' on the Thing With Ming [Capri] ***  
  The Music of Bud Powell [Double-Time]   ***
Michael Brecker Nearness of You: The Ballad Book [Verve]   ***
Randy Brecker Hanging in the City [ESC]   **
John Wolf Brennan Mountain Hymn [L+R] **(*)  
  Entupadas [Creative Works] **  
  An Chara [L+R] ***  
  Henceforward [Core] ***  
  Polyphyllum [L+R] **  
  MAP (Music for Another Planet) [L+R] ***  
  The Beauty of Fractals [Creative Works] ***  
  Iritations [Creative Works] **(*)  
  Ten Zentences [L+R] ***  
  Shooting Stars and Traffic Lights [Bellaphon] ***(*)  
Willem Breuker Hunger! [Bvhaast]   ***(*)
  Thirst! [Bvhaast]   ***(*)
  Previously Unreleased Recordings 1969-1994 [Bvhaast]   ***
Dee Dee Bridgewater Dee Dee Bridgewater [Atlantic] *** **(*)
  Just Family [Elektra Masters]   ***
  Live in Paris [Charly]   ***
  Live at Montreux [Verve]   ***
  Live at Yoshi's [Verve]   ***(*)
  This Is New [Verve]   **
Bright Moments Return of the Lost Tribe [Delmark] **(*)  
Nick Brignola A Tribute to Gerry Mulligan [Stash] ***  
  Tour de Force [Reservoir]   ***(*)
Gordon Brisker My Son John [Naxos Jazz]   **(*)
Bob Brookmeyer Quintets [Vogue] ***  
  Together [Challenge]   ***(*)
  Madly Loving You [Challenge]   ***
  Holiday [Challenge]   ***
Cecil Brooks III For Those Who Love to Groove [Savant]   ***
  Live at Sweet Basil [Savant]   ***
Roy Brooks Duet in Detroit [Enja] ***(*)  
Peter Brötzmann Fuck de Boere [Atavistic]   ***(*)
  Nipples [Atavistic]   ***(*)
  Stone Water [Okkadisk]   ****
  Three Rocks and a Pine [Ninth World Music]   ***(*)
  Live at Nefertiti [Ayler]   ***(*)
  From Valley to Valley [Eremite]   ***(*)
  Aoyama Crows [FMP]   ***(*)
  Fryed Fruit [Red Toucan]   ***
Clifford Brown The Beginning and the End [Columbia] ***(*)  
  Memorial Album [Blue Note]   ****
  The Complete Paris Sessions: Volume 1 [Vogue] ***(*)  
  The Complete Paris Sessions: Volume 2 [Vogue] ***(*)  
  The Complete Paris Sessions: Volume 3 [Vogue] ***  
  Jazz Immortal [Blue Note]   ***(*)
  Clifford Brown's Finest Hour [Verve]   ***
Damon Brown Blues on the Run [Jazz House]   ***(*)
  Good Cop Bad Cop [33 Jazz]   ***(*)
Jeri Brown Image in the Mirror: The Triptych [Justin Time]   ***
Marion Brown Porto Novo [Black Lion] ****  
  Recollections - Ballads and Blues for Saxophone [Creative Works] ****  
Ray Brown Duo Sessions [Concord]   ***
  Some of My Best Friends Are . . . the Trumpet Players [Telarc]   ***(*)
  Super Bass 2 [Telarc]   ***
Sandy Brown Work Song [Lake]   ***(*)
Dave Brubeck Jazz: Red, Hot and Cool [Columbia]   ***
  Take Five [Vipers Nest] ***  
  Brubeck & Rushing [Columbia Legacy] *** ***(*)
  Brandenburg Gate: Revisited [Columbia Legacy] *** ***(*)
  The Dave Brubeck Quartet at Carnegie Hall [Columbia]   ***(*)
  Jazz Impressions of Japan [Columbia]   ****
  Vocal Encounters [Columbia]   ***
  Back Home [Concord]   ***
  Tritonis [Concord]   ***
  New Wine [Musicmasters] ***  
  Trio Brubeck [Musicmasters] **(*)  
  Quiet as the Moon [Musicmasters] ***  
  Once When I Was Very Young [Musicmasters] ****  
  Triple Play [Telarc] ***(*)  
  Double Live From the USA and UK [Telarc]   ***
  The Crossing [Telarc]   ***
  One Alone [Telarc]   ***(*)
  80th Birthday Concert: Live With the LSO [LSO Mode]   ***
Jimmy Bruno Polarity [Concord]   ***
  Midnight Blue [Concord]   **
Gai Bryant High Jinx [Rufus]   ***(*)
Ray Bryant Hot Turkey [Black & Blue] ***  
The Buddy Rich Big Band Burning for Buddy [Atlantic] ***  
  Burning for Buddy Vol. II [Atlantic]   ***
Jane Bunnett Live at Sweel Basil [Denon]   ***
  Ritmo + Soul [Blue Note]   ***(*)
  Alma de Santiago [Blue Note]   ***
Chris Burn Music for Three Rivers [Victo] ****  
Dwayne Burns Thanks a Million [504] ***  
Dave Burrell Daybreak [Gazell] ***  
  Brother to Brother [Gazell] ***  
  In Concert [Victo] ****  
  Jelly Roll Joys [Gazell]   ****
  Recital [CIMP]   ***(*)
Kenny Burrell Blues: The Common Ground [Verve]   ***
  Ode to 52nd Street [Chess] **(*)  
  God Bless the Child [CTI/Epic]   **
  Stormy Monday Blues [Fantasy]   **(*)
  Togethering [Blue Note]   ***
  Lucky So and So [Concord]   ***
Abraham Burton Closest to the Sun [Enja] ***(*)  
  The Magician [Enja] ***(*)  
Gary Burton Who Is Gary Burton? [RCA]   ***
  Three in Jazz [RCA]   **(*)
  Paris Encounter [Atlantic] *** ***(*)
  Alone at Last [32 Jazz] ***  
  Works [ECM] ***  
  Right Time, Right Place [GNP]   ***
  Six Pack [GRP] **(*)  
  Libertango [Concord]   ***(*)
  For Hamp, Red, Bags and Cal [Concord]   ***(*)
  Virtuosi [Concord]   ***(*)
John Butcher 12 Milagritos [Spool Line]   ***
  Intentions [Nuscope]   ***(*)
  The Contest of Pleasures [Potlach]   ***
  Shooters and Bowlers [Red Toucan]   ***
  Points, Snags and Windings [Meniscus]   ***
  Vertices and Angels [Emanem]   ***(*)
  Fixations (14) [Emanem]   ****
Billy Butler Legends of Acid Jazz [Prestige]   **(*)
  Night Life [Prestige]   **
Jaki Byard Sunshine of My Soul [OJC]   ***
  Solo/Strings [Prestige]   ***
  Night Leaves [Brownstone]   ***(*)
Don Byas Original 1945 Recordings [Tax] ***(*)  
  Laura [Dreyfus]   ***(*)
  Featuring Mary Lou Williams Trio and Beryl Booker Trio [BMG] ***  
Charlie Byrd Latin Byrd [Milestone]   ***
  I've Got the World on a String [Timeless]   ***
  Au Courant [Concord]   ***
  My Inspiration: Music of Brazil [Concord]   ***
  Concord Jazz Heritage Series [Concord]   ***(*)
Donald Byrd Groovin' for Nat [Black Lion] ***(*)  
  Electric Byrd [Blue Note] **(*) ***(*)
  Street Lady [Blue Note] **(*) ***(*)
  Thank You . . . for F.U.M.I. [Elektra]   **
  Landmarks [32 Jazz] **(*)  
Don Byron Nu Blaxploitation [Blue Note] ***  
  A Fine Line: Arias and Lieder [Blue Note]   ***
  You Are #6 [Blue Note]   ***(*)
George Cables One for My Baby [Steeplechase]   ***
Uri Caine Zohar Keter [Knitting Factory]   ***(*)
  Love Fugue [Winter & Winter]   ***
  Rio [Winter & Winter]   ***
  Bedrock [Winter & Winter]   ***
  Solitaire [Winter & Winter]   ***(*)
Cab Calloway Hi De Ho Man [Columbia]   ***
Brun Campbell Joplin's Disciple [Delmark]   ***
John Campbell Turning Point [Contemporary] **(*)  
Roy Campbell It's Krunch Time [Thirsty Ear]   ***
  Ethnic Stew and Brew [Delmark]   ***(*)
Tony Campise First Takes [Heart] **(*)  
  Once in a Blue Moon [Heart] **(*)  
  Ballads Blues Bebop and Beyond [Heart] ***  
Conte Candoli Fascinating Rhythm [Fresh Sound]   ***
  Conte-nuity [Fresh Sound]   ***(*)
Claudio Capurro Algonchina [DDQ] ***  
Fredrik Carlquist It's About Time, It's About Love [Dragon]   ***(*)
  Opposite [Dragon]   ***
Brian Carrick Brian Carrick With Waldren 'Frog' Joseph and His New Orleans Boys [504]   **
Terri Lyne Carrington Jazz Is a Spirit [ACT]   ***
Baikida Carroll Marionettes on a High Wire [OmniTone]   ***
Bill Carrothers After Hours Vol. 4 [Go Jazz]   ***
  Duets With Bill Stewart [Birdology]   ***
  Swing Sing Songs [Birdology]   ***(*)
Benny Carter The Various Facets of a Genius [Black & Blue] ***(*)  
  New Jazz Sounds: The Urbane Sessions [Verve] ***(*)  
  Tickle Toe [Vee Jay]   **(*)
  The Best of Benny Carter [Pablo] **(*) ***(*)
  In the Mood for Swing [Musicmasters] ***(*)  
  My Kind of Trouble [Pablo] ***  
  Cooking at Carlos I [Musicmasters] ***  
  My Man Benny, My Man Phil [Musicmasters] ***  
  All That Jazz - Live at Princeton [Musicmasters] ***(*)  
  Harlem Renaissance [Musicmasters] ***(*)  
  Elegy in Blue [Musicmasters] ***(*)  
Betty Carter Meet Betty Carter and Ray Bryant [Columbia] ***  
James Carter Chasin' the Gypsy [Atlantic]   **(*)
  Layin' in the Cut [Atlantic]   ***
John Carter Castles of Ghana [Gramavision] ****  
Kent Carter Beauvais Cathedral [Emanem]   ***
Regina Carter Motor City Moments [Verve]   ***
Ron Carter Heart and Soul [Timeless] ***  
  Live at Village West [Concord] ***  
  Telephone [Concord] ****  
  Telepathy [Concord]   ***(*)
  Panamahattan [Evidence]   **(*)
  The Bass and I [Blue Note]   ***
  Orfeu [Blue Note]   ***
  When Skies Are Grey [Blue Note]   ***
Dick Cary Got Swing? [Arbors]   ****
Geoff Castle Expanded [Turret Records] **(*)  
Philip Catherine Spanish Nights [Enja]   ***
  Blue Prince [Dreyfus]   ***(*)
André Ceccarelli From the Heart [Verve] ***  
Andrea Centazzo Shock!! [New Tone]   ***(*)
Serge Chaloff The Fable of Mable [Black Lion] ***(*)  
Thomas Chapin Radius [Mu] ***(*)  
  Alive [Knitting Factory]   ****
Bill Charlap Written in the Stars [Blue Note]   ****
  Stardust [Blue Note]   ***(*)
Teddy Charles New Directions [OJC]   ***(*)
Allan Chase Silver Linin [Accurate] ***  
Doc Cheatham The Fabulous Doc Cheatham [Parkwood] ***(*)  
  Live! [Natasha] **(*)  
  The Eighty-Seven Years of Doc Cheatham [Columbia] ***  
Chris Cheek Vine [Fresh Sound]   ***
Don Cherry Actions [Intuition]   **
  Mu: First Part, Second Part [Varese]   ****
Ed Cherry The Spirits Speak [Justin Time]   ***
Laurie Chescoe Feeling Good [Lake]   **(*)
  Now We Are Ten [Lake]   ***
Cyrus Chestnut Soul Food [Atlantic]   ***(*)
Chicago Underground Duo/Trio Flamethrower [Delmark]   ***(*)
  Synesthesia [Thrill Jockey]   ***(*)
  Chicago Underground Quartet [Thrill Jockey]   ***(*)
George Chisholm Early Days 1935-1944 [Timeless]   ***(*)
Herman Chittison Herman Chittison, 1933-1941 [Classics] **(*) ***(*)
Charlie Christian Swing to Bop [Dreyfus]   ****
Jodie Christian Reminiscing [Delmark]   ***(*)
Denny Christianson Suite Mingus [Justin Time] ***  
  Shark Bait [Justin Time] ***(*)  
Pete Christlieb Conversations With Warne Vol. 1 [Criss Cross] ***  
  Live [Capri] ***  
June Christy Original Studio Radio Transcriptions [Swing Factory]   ***
  Something Cool [Capitol] ****  
  Something Cool: The Complete Mono and Stereo Versions [Capitol]   ****
Antonio Ciacca Hollis Avenue [YVP] **(*)  
Sarah Jane Cion Indeed [Cap]   ***
  Moon Song [Naxos]   ***(*)
  Summer Night [Naxos]   ***
Clarinet Summit In Concert at the Public Theater [India Navigation] ***  
  Southern Bells [Black Saint] ***(*)  
Sonny Clark Oakland 1955 [Uptown]   **(*)
  Sonny's Crib [Blue Note]   ***
  My Conception [Blue Note]   ***(*)
  Leapin' and Lopin' [Blue Note]   ***(*)
Clark-Boland Big Band All Blues / Sax No End [MPS]   ***
  Three Latin Adventures [MPS] ***  
  Théâtre National de Paris 1969 [RTE]   ***
Thomas Clausen Follow the Moon [Stunt]   **(*)
  Prelude to a Kiss [Stunt]   ***
  My Favorite Things [Stunt]   ***(*)
Buck Clayton Copenhagen Concert [Steeplechase] **(*) ***(*)
  Buck Clayton All-Stars, 1961 [Storyville] **(*) ***(*)
  Buck Clayton Meets Big Joe Turner [Black Lion] **  
  A Swingin' Dream [Stash] ***  
Jay Clayton Brooklyn 2000 [Sunnyside]   ***(*)
Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra Groove Shop [Capri] ***  
  Heart and Soul [Capri] ***  
  Absolutely! [Lake Street] ***  
Gilles Clement Wes Side Stories [Musidisc] **(*)  
Alex Cline Sparks Fly Upward [Cryptogramophone]   ***
  The Other Shore [Cryptogramophone]   ***(*)
  The Constant Flame [Cryptogramophone]   ****
Rosemary Clooney Blue Rose [Columbia] ****  
  Rosie Solves the Swinging Riddle! [Koch]   ***
Clusone 3 I Am an Indian [Ramboy/Gramavision] ***(*)  
  Soft Lights and Sweet Music [Hat Art] ****  
  Love Henry [Gramavision] ***(*)  
  Rara Avis [Hatology] ***(*)  
  An Hour With [Hatology]   ***
Arnett Cobb The Wild Man of the Tenor Sax, 1943-1947 [EPM Musique] **(*) ***(*)
  Arnett Cobb, 1946-1947 [Classics] **(*) ***(*)
  Live [Timeless] **(*)  
  Texas Sax [Aim] **(*)  
  Tenor Tribute [Soul Note] ***(*) **(*)
Billy Cobham The Best of Billy Cobham [Atlantic] ***  
  Rudiments - The Billy Cobham Anthology [Atlantic]   ***(*)
  The Art of Three [Blowithard]   ***
Michael Cochrane Footprints [Steeplechase]   ***
  Minor Matrix [Steeplechase]   **(*)
  Quartet Music [Steeplechase]   ***
Tony Coe British-American Blue [Between the Lines]   ***
  Canterbury Song [Hot House] ***(*)  
  Dreams [Zephyr]   ***
Avishai Cohen Unity [Stretch]   ***
Greg Cohen Way Low [DIW] ***(*)  
  Moment to Moment [DIW] ***  
Al Cohn You 'N' Me [Verve]   ***(*)
  Body and Soul [32 Jazz] ***  
  Tour de Force [Concord] **(*) ***(*)
  In Concert at East Stroudsberg University [IAJRC]   ***(*)
  Rifftide [Timeless] ***(*)  
George 'Kid Sheik' Cola New Orleans Stompers [GHB]   ***
Freddy Cole Live at Vartan Jazz [Vartan] ***  
  Merry-Go-Round [Telarc]   ***
Nat Cole Sweet Lorraine [Vintage Jazz Classics] ***(*)  
  Straighten Up and Fly Right [Vintage Jazz Classics] ***  
  Anatomy of a Jam Session [Black Lion] ***  
  The King Cole Trios Live: 1947-48 [Vintage Jazz Classics] **(*)  
  Nat 'King' Cole 1947 Vol. 3 [Classics]   ***
  Nat 'King' Cole 1947-1949 [Classics]   ***
  Nat 'King' Cole 1949 [Classics]   ***
Richie Cole Richie & Phill & Richie [32 Jazz] **(*)  
  Popbop [Milestone] *(*)  
  Profile [Heads Up] **(*)  
Bill Coleman From Boogie to Funk [Emarcy]   ***(*)
  Bill Coleman Meets Guy Lafitte [Black Lion]   ***
  Au Caveau de la Huchette [Caveau de la Huchette] **(*)  
George Coleman Meditation [Timeless] **  
  My Horns of Plenty [Birdology]   ***(*)
  Danger High Voltage [Two and Four]   ***(*)
Ornette Coleman Virgin Beauty [Columbia] ***  
Steve Coleman The Ascension to Light [RCA]   ***
  Resistance Is Futile [Label Bleu]   ***(*)
John Colianni Blues-O-Matic [Concord] **(*) ***(*)
Collective Quartet The Ropedancer [Leo Lab] ***(*)  
  Orca [Leo Lab] ****  
  Live at Crescent [Leo Lab] ***  
Buddy Collette Big Band in Concert [Bridge]   ***
Scott Colley This Place [Steeplechase]   ***(*)
  Subliminal . . . [Criss Cross]   **(*)
Max Collie Frontline [Timeless] ***  
  Backline [Timeless] **(*)  
  Sensation [Timeless] **(*)  
  Latest and Greatest [Reality] **(*) ***
  Hot Jaz Celebration [Reality]   ***
Graham Collier Darius [Disconforme]   ***(*)
  Midnight Blue [Disconforme]   ***
  New Conditions [Disconforme]   ***(*)
  Symphony of Scorpions [Disconforme]   ***(*)
  The Day of teh Dead [Disconforme]   ***


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