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.
Kahil El'Zabar The Power [CIMP]   **(*)
  Africa N'Da Blues [Delmark]   **
  One World Family [CIMP]   ***(*)
James Emery Luminous Cycles [Between the Lines]   ***(*)
Johannes Enders Bright Nights [Enja]   ***
  Quiet Fire [Enja]   ***
Enten Eller Medea [CMC]   ***
  Auto Da Fe [Splasc(h)]   ***
Peter Erskine Big Theatre [Ah Um] **(*)  
  Live at Rocco [Fuzzy Music]   ***(*)
Booker Ervin Lament for Booker Ervin [Enja] ***(*)  
Pee Wee Erwin Dr Jazz Vol. 14: Pee Wee Erwin [Storyville]   ***(*)
  . . . Swingin' That Music [Jazzology]   ***
Ellery Eskelin Ramifications [Hatology]   ***
  Vanishing Point [Hatology]   ***(*)
  12 (+1) Imaginary Views [Hatology]   ***
John Etheridge Second Vision [Voiceprint]   ***
  Ash [JazzPrint]   ***
  The Music of Frank Zappa: Absolutely Live [JazzPrint]   ***
Eureka Brass Band In Rehearsal, 1956 [American Music]   ***(*)
Bill Evans Soul Inside [ESC]   ***
Bill Evans Tenderly [Milestone]   ***
  Live in Europe Vol. I [EPM] **(*)  
  Live in Europe Vol. II [EPM] **(*)  
  Symbiosis [MPS] ***  
  The Last Waltz [Milestone]   ***
Gil Evans Blues in Orbit [Enja] **  
  Live at Umbria Jazz: Volume 1 [Appaloosa]   ***
  Live at Umbria Jazz: Volume 2 [Appaloosa]   ***
  75th Birthday Concert [BBC Legends]   ***
  The Honey Man [Newtone]   ***
Jenny Evans Shiny Stockings [Enja]   **(*)
Orrin Evans Justin Time [Criss Cross]   ***(*)
  Captain Black [Criss Cross]   ***(*)
  Grown Folk Bizness [Criss Cross]   ***
  Listen to the Band [Criss Cross]   ****
  Blessed Ones [Criss Cross]   ***(*)
Sangoma Everett The Courage to Listen to Your Heart [TCB]   ***
Don Ewell Free 'N' Easy! [Good Time Jazz]   ***
The Excelsior Vintage Jazz Band Down in Jungle Town [P.E.K. Sound]   **(*)
Digby Fairweather Twelve Feet Off the Ground [Flat Five]   ***
  Moon Country [A]   ***
Dalia Faitelson Diamond of the Day [Stunt]   ***
  Point of No Return [Stunt]   ***
Maffy Falay Hank's Tune [Liphone] ***  
Charles Fambrough The Proper Angle [CTI] ***(*)  
  The Charmer [CTI] **(*)  
  Blues at Bradley's [CTI] ***  
Tal Farlow Finest Hour [Verve]   ***
Art Farmer In Europe [Enja]   **(*)
  In Concert [Enja] **(*) ***(*)
  Soul Eyes [Enja] ***  
  Art Farmer and the Jazz Giants [Prestige]   ***
  Art in Wroclaw [Emarcy] ***  
Joe Farrell Moongerms [CTI/Epic]   ***
Claudio Fasoli Welcome [Soul Note]   ***(*)
Ricardo Fassi Belleville (Vite in Sospeso) [Splasc(h)]   ***(*)
  Serial Killer [Splasc(h)]   ***
Pierre Favre Singing Drums [ECM] **(*) ***(*)
  Punctus [Spalsc(h)]   ***
Rick Fay Tunes for Tommy [Arbors]   ***(*)
John Fedchock Hit the Bricks [Reservoir]   ***(*)
Avram Fefer Calling All Spirits [Cadence]   ***(*)
  Lucille's Gemini Dream [CIMP]   ***
Victor Feldman Departure Dates [Jasmine]   ***(*)
  In London Vol. 1 [Jasmine]   ***(*)
  In London Vol. 2 [Jasmine]   ***(*)
  Rio Nights [Hindsight] *** **(*)
Simon H. Fell Composition No. 12.5 [Bruce's Fingers]   ****
  Ghost Notes [Bruce's Fingers]   ***(*)
Eric Felten Gratitude [Soul Note]   ***
Lionel Ferbos The Mighty Four - Dancing at the Melody Inn [American Music]   **(*)
  At the Jazz Band Hall [504]   ***
Maynard Ferguson Maynard Ferguson - Footpath Café [Hot Shot] ***  
Scott Fields Mamet [Delmark]   **(*)
Sigi Finkel Sweet Sue [Alex Merck Music] ***(*)  
  Dervish Dances [ORF] ***  
Firehouse Five Plus Two Plays for Lovers [Good Time Jazz]   **(*)
  Crashes a Party [Good Time Jazz]   **
  Around the World [Good Time Jazz]   **
  Goes to a Fire [Good Time Jazz]   **
Clare Fischer Thesaurus [Koch]   ***
  Latin Patterns [MPS/Motor] ***  
Ella Fitzgerald The Early Years Part 1 [GRP] *** **(*)
  Ella Fitzgerald 1937-1938 [Classics] **(*) ***(*)
  A-Tisket, A-Tasket [Naxos]   ***
  Lady Be Good [Dreyfus]   ***(*)
  Ella Fitzgerald 1949 [Classics]   ***
  Ella Fitzgerald 1950 [Classics]   ***(*)
  The Enchanting Ella Fitzgerald: Live at Birdland 1950-1952 [Baldwin Street Music]   ***(*)
  The Irving Berlin Songbook Vol. 1 [Verve] ***(*)  
  The Irving Berlin Songbook Vol. 2 [Verve] ***(*)  
  The Irving Berlin Songbook [Verve]   ***(*)
  Ella Sings Arlen Vol. 1 [Verve] ****  
  Ella Sings Arlen Vol. 2 [Verve] ****  
  Ella Sings the Harold Arlen Songbook [Verve]   ****
  Ella Sings Broadway [Verve]   ***
Paul Flaherty Prana [Zaabway]   ***
  Ottawa [Zaabway]   ***
  The Ilya Tree [Boxholder]   ***
  The Hated Music [Ecstatic Yod]   ***
Tommy Flanagan Jazz . . . It's Magic [Savoy] ***  
  Over [OJC]   ***(*)
  The Best of Tommy Flanagan [Pablo] *** ***(*)
  Eclipse [Enja] *** ***(*)
  Confirmation [Enja] **(*) ***
  Thelonica [Enja] **(*) ***
  Jazz Poet [Timeless] ****  
Joe Fonda Full Circle Suite [CIMP]   ***
  Distance [Leo Lab]   **(*)
  The Healing [Leo]   ***
Ricky Ford Loxodonta Africana [New World] ***  
Mitchell Forman Hand Made [Lipstick]   **(*)
  Harvest Song [Jazz Line]   **(*)
  Patience [Sanctuary]   ***
  Mr Clean [PGI]   **(*)
Michael Formanek Wide Open Spaces [Enja] ***(*)  
  Extended Animation [Enja] ***  
Arne Forsén Where Is the Moon? [Dragon]   ***
George 'Pops' Foster George 'Pops' Foster [American Music]   ***
Donal Fox Gone City [New World] ***(*)  
Bud Freeman Great Original Performances 1927-1940 [Jazz Classics in Digital Stereo] ****  
  The Dolphin Has a Message [JSP]   ***
George Freeman Birth Sign [Delmark]   ***
  Rebellion [Orchard]   **(*)
  George Burns! [Orchard]   ***
  At Long Last George [Savant]   ***
Russ Freeman One on One [Contemporary]   ***(*)
Von Freeman Inside Chicago: Volume 1 [Steeplechase]   ***
  Inside Chicago: Volume 2 [Steeplechase]   ***
  Live at the Dakota [Premonition]   ***
  You Talkin' to Me? [Delmark]   ***
Paolo Fresu Evening Song [Owl]   ***
  Contos [EGEA]   ***(*)
  Night on the City [Owl]   ***
  Melos [RCA Victor]   ***(*)
Erik Friedlander The Watchman [Tzadik]   ***
  Skin [Slam]   ***
  Grains of Paradise [Tzadik]   **(*)
Dave Friedman Of the Wind's Eye [Enja] ***  
  Shades of Change [Enja] **(*)  
Don Friedman The Days of Wine and Roses [Soul Note]   ***(*)
The Fringe Live in Israel [Soul Note]   ***(*)
Bill Frisell Smash and Scatteration [Minor Music] ***  
  American Blood / Safety in Numbers [VeraBra] ***  
  Rarum: Bill Frisell Selected Recordings [ECM]   ***
  Ghost Town [Nonesuch]   ***(*)
  With Dave Holland and Elvin Jones [Elektra/Asylum]   **
Frisque Concordance Spellings [Random Acoustics] ***(*)  
Wolfgang Fuchs Trigger Zone [FMP]   ***(*)
Full Monte Spark in the Dark [Slam] ***  
Curtis Fuller Curtis Fuller and Hampton Hawes With French Horns [OJC]   ***
  Four on the Outside [Timeless] **(*)  
  Meets Roma Jazz Trio [Timeless] **(*)  
  Blues-ette II [Savoy] ***(*)  
Slim Gaillard Original 1938 Recordings: Volume 1 [Tax] **(*)  
  Original 1938-39 Recordings: Volume 2 [Tax] **(*)  
Richard Galliano Passatori [Dreyfus]   ***
  Concerts / Inedits [Dreyfus]   ****
  Gallianissimo: The Best of Richard Galliano [Dreyfus]   ****
Joe Gallivan Peace on Earth [Third Millenium]   **(*)
  Mindscapes [Third Millenium]   ***
  Expression to the Winds [Third Millenium]   ***
Hal Galper Now Hear This [Enja] ***  
  Ivory Forest [Enja] **(*)  
  Dreamsville [Enja] **(*)  
  At Café des Copains [Philology] ***  
  Maybeck Duets [Philology] ***  
Vyacheslav (Slava) Ganelin Trio Alliance [Leo Lab] ***  
Ganelin Trio Con Anima / Concerto Grosso [Leo Garden Years of New Jazz]   ***
  Encores [Leo] ***(*)  
  . . . Old Bottles [Leo] ***(*)  
Jan Garbarek Ragas and Sagas [ECM] *** ***(*)
Dick Garcia A Message From Dick Garcia [Dawn]   **
Hank Garland Jazz Winds From a New Direction [Columbia]   ***
Red Garland Red's Good Groove [OJC]   **(*)
  Feelin' Red [32 Jazz] **(*)  
  I Left My Heart . . . [32 Jazz] **(*)  
  Misty Red [Timeless] **  
Erroll Garner Erroll Garner 1947-1949 [Classics]   ***
  Erroll Garner 1949 [Classics]   ***
  Erroll Garner 1949 Vol 2 [Classics]   ***
  Erroll Garner 1949-1950 [Classics]   ***
  Soliloquy / At the Piano [Columbia] ***  
  Paris Impressions [Columbia] ***  
Carlos Garnett Fire [32 Jazz] **(*)  
Kenny Garrett Happy People [Warner Bros]   ***
Michael Garrick The New Quartet [Jazz Academy]   ***(*)
George Garzone Alone [NYC]   ***
  The Fringe in New York [NYC]   ***
Geoff Gascoyne Autumn [Jazzizit]   ***(*)
Giorgio Gaslini L'Integrale No. 1, No. 2 [Soul Note]   ***
  L'Integrale No. 3, No. 4 [Soul Note]   ***(*)
  Enigma [Soul Note]   ***(*)
Jacques Gauthé Yerba Buena Style [GHB]   ***(*)
Charles Gayle Daily Bread [Black Saint]   ***(*)
  Jazz Solo Piano [Knitting Factory]   ***
Gianni Gebbia H Portraits [Rastascan]   ***
  People in Motion [Rastascan]   ***
Jonathan Gee Chez Auguste [Jazz House]   ***(*)
Geisser-Mazzola Quartet Maze [Quixotic]   **
  Heliopolis [Cadence]   **(*)
Herb Geller Hollywood Portraits [Hep]   ***(*)
German Jazz Orchestra First Take [Mons] ***  
Bruce Gertz Blueprint [Freelance] **(*)  
  Third Eye [RAM] ***  
Stan Getz Recorded Fall 1961 [Verve]   ****
  Mickey One [Verve]   ***(*)
  Quartet in Paris [Emarcy]   ***
  The Master [Columbia] ***  
  The Essential Stan Getz [Columbia] ***  
  The Lyrical Stan Getz [Columbia] ***  
  The Final Concert Recording [Eagle]   ***
  The Very Best of Stan Getz [Verve]   ***
  Getz Plays Jobim: The Girl From Ipanema [Verve]   ***
Tiziana Ghiglioni My Essential Duke [Philology] ***  
Maurizio Giammarco Inside [Soul Note] ***(*)  
Michael Gibbs The Only Chrome Waterfall Orchestra [Ah Um] ***(*)  
  By the Way . . . [Ah Um] ***(*)  
  Nonsequence [Provocateur]   ***(*)
Terry Gibbs Play That Song [Chiaroscuro]   ***
  Wham [Chiaroscuro]   ***
  Plays Steve Allen [Contemporary]   ***
The Gibson Brass Band The Gibson Brass Band of New Orleans [American Music]   ***
Dizzy Gillespie Dizzy Gillespie 1947-1949 [Classics]   ***(*)
  Dizzy Gillespie 1949-1950 [Classics]   ***(*)
  The Dizzy Gillespie Story 1939-1950 [Proper]   ****
  Night in Tunisia [Dreyfus]   ***(*)
  Cubana Be, Cubana Bop [Dreyfus]   ***(*)
  Pleyel Concert 1953 [Vogue] ***  
  Ooh-Shoo-Be-Doo! [Natasha] ***  
  Cognac Blues [Emarcy]   ***
  Dizzy in South America [Consolidated Artists]   ***(*)
  Dizzy in South America Vol. 2 [Consolidated Artists]   ***
  Live, 1957 [Jazz Unlimited]   ***(*)
  Have Trumpet, Will Excite! [Verve]   ***
  An Electrifying Evening With the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet [Verve]   ***
  Olympia November 1965 [RTE/Europe]   ***
  The Giant [Emarcy]   **
  Montreux '77 [OJC] **(*) ***(*)
  Closer to the Source [Atlantic]   *(*)
Greg Gisbert The Court Jester [Criss Cross]   ***
Jimmy Giuffre Diary of a Trio: Saturday [Owl] ****  
  Diary of a Trio: Sunday [Owl] ****  
  Fly Away, Little Bird [Owl] ***(*)  
Frode Gjerstad Hello, Goodbye [Emanem]   ***(*)
  The Blessing Light [Cadence]   ***
Ole Amund Gjersvik Milonga Triste [Acoustic] ***  
Globe Unity Orchestra Globe Unity 67 & 70 [Atavistic Unheard Music]   ****
Harry Gold Live in Leipzig [Lake]   ***
Larry Goldings Intimacy of the Blues [Minor Music] ***  
  Light Blue [Minor Music] ***  
  Caminhos Cruzados [Novus] ***  
  Whatever It Takes [Warner Bros] ***(*)  
  Big Suff [Warners] ***  
  Awareness [Warners] ***  
  As One [Palmetto]   ***(*)
Per Goldschmidt Cage Rage [Olufsen] ***  
  Another Night, Another Day [Olufsen] ***  
  The Frame [Timeless] ***  
  Loneliness [Stunt]   **(*)
Vinny Golia Music for Electronics and Woodwinds [Nine Winds]   ***
  Nine Pieces for Solo B Clarinet [Meniscus]   ***
Mac Gollehon In the Spirit of Fats Navarro [Half Note]   ***(*)
Benny Golson California Message [Timeless] ***  
  Time Speaks [Timeless] ***  
  This Is for You, John [Timeless] **(*)  
  That's Funky [Arkadia]   ***(*)
Dennis Gonzalez The Desert Wind [Silkheart] ***(*)  
  Hymn for the Perfect Heart of a Pearl [Konnex] ***(*)  
  The Earth and the Heart [Konnex] ****  
  Welcome to Us [Gowi] ***(*)  
  Home [Daagnim]   **
Jerry Gonzalez The River Is Deep [Enja] ***  
  Oblata [Enja] ***  
Benny Goodman Benny Goodman 1935 Vol. 1 [Tax] ***  
  Benny Goodman 1935 Vol. 2 [Tax] ***  
  The Birth of Swing (1935-1936) [RCA] ***  
  The Harry James Years Vol. 1 [RCA] ***(*)  
  The Harry James Years Vol. 2 [RCA] ****  
  The Complete Madhattan Room Broadcasts Vols. 1-6 [Viper's Nest] ***  
  Benny Goodman 1939-1940 [Classics]   ***(*)
  Benny Goodman 1940 [Classics]   ***(*)
  Benny Goodman 1940-1941 [Classics]   ***(*)
  Solo Flight [Vintage Jazz Classics] ****  
  Roll 'Em! [Vintage Jazz Classics] ****  
  'Way Down Yonder [Vintage Jazz Classics] ***(*)  
  Undercurrent Blues [Capitol] ****  
  Yale Archives Vols 9 & 10 [Musicmasters] ***  
  Yale Archives Vol. 2: Live at Basin Street [Musicmasters] ***  
  Happy Session [Columbia] ***  
  Bangkok 1956 [TCB] **(*) ***(*)
  Yale Archives Vol. 3 [Musicmasters] ***  
  Yale Archives Vol. 4: Big Band Recordings [Musicmasters] **(*)  
  Yale University Archives Vol. 5 [Musicmasters] ***(*)  
  Yale University Archives Vol. 7 [Musicmasters] ***  
  Yale University Archives Vol. 8 [Musicmasters] ***(*)  
  Benny Goodman Swings Again [Columbia] ***  
  Yale University Archives Vol. 6 [Musicmasters] ***  
  Yale Archives Vol. 1 [Musicmasters] ***(*)  
Mick Goodrick In Passing [ECM] ***  
  Biorhythms [CMP] ***(*)  
  Rare Birds [RAM] ***  
Bobby Gordon Bobby Gordon / Keith Ingham / Hal Smith Trio [Jump]   ***
Dexter Gordon The Resurgence of Dexter Gordon [OJC] **(*) ***(*)
  Live at the Amsterdam Paradiso [Le Jazz] ***  
  L.T.D. Live at the Left Bank [Prestige]   ***
  Settin' the Pace [Proper]   ***
Joe Gordon Lookin' Good [OJC]   ***
Jon Gordon The Things We Need [Double Time]   ***
  Possibilities [Double Time]   ***(*)
Wycliffe Gordon Slidin' Home [Nagel-Heyer]   ***
  The Search [Nagel-Heyer]   ***
  The Gospel Truth [Criss Cross]   ***
  What You Dealin' With [Criss Cross]   ****
Dusko Goykovich Belgrade Blues [Cosmic Sounds]   **(*)
  Balkan Connection [Enja]   ***
  In My Dreams [Enja]   ***
Paul Grabowsky Tee Vee [VeraBra] ***  
  Viva Viva [East West] **(*)  
  Ringing the Bell Backwards [Origin]   ***(*)
  PG3 [Origin]   ***(*)
  Shiner [Decca]   ***
Jerry Granelli Koputai [ITM Pacific] ***  
  Forces of Flight [ITM Pacific] **  
  A Song I Thought I Heard Buddy Sing [ITM Pacific] ***  
  Another Place [VeraBra] ***(*)  
  The Only Juan [Love Slave]   **(*)
  Iron Sky [Love Slave]   **
  El Oh El Ay [Love Slave]   ***
Stéphane Grappelli To Django [Accord] ***(*)  
  Joue George Gershwin et Cole Porter [Accord] ***  
  Stéphane Grappelli / Jean-Luc Ponty [Accord] ***  
  La Grande Réunion [Musidisc] ***(*)  
  Live in Dublin, Ohio [Starburst]   ***
  Satin Doll [Musidisc] ***  
  Vintage Grappelli [Concord]   ***
  Live at the Cambridge Folk Festival: The BBC Sessions [Varese]   ***
Lou Grassi Quick Wits [CIMP]   **(*)
  Mo' Po [CIMP]   ***
  Neo Neo [CIMP]   ***
  PoZest [CIMP]   ***
  The Joy of Being [CIMP]   ***
Milford Graves Milford Graves Percussion Ensemble [ESP]   **
  Grand U nification [Tzadik]   ***
  Stories [Tzadik]   ***(*)
Georg Gräwe Other Songs [Nuscope]   ***
Great Circle Saxophone Quartet Child King Dictator Fool [New World] **(*)  
Benny Green Naturally [Telarc]   ***(*)
  Green's Blues [Telarc]   ***
Grant Green Reaching Out [Black Lion] **(*)  
  Iron City [32 Jazz] ***  
  The Main Attraction [CTI/Epic]   **
Thurman Green Dance of the Night Creatures [Mapleshade] ***  
Green Room Hidden Music [Leo Lab] ***(*)  
  Live Trajectories [Leo Lab] ****  
Urbie Green East Coast Jazz Series 6 [Bethlehem]   ***
  Just Friends [ILR]   ***
  Sea Jam Blues [Chiaroscuro]   ***
Sonny Greenwich Standard Idioms [Kleo]   ***
  Hymn to the Earth [Kleo]   **
  Spirit in the Air [Kleo]   **(*)
  Days Gone By [Sackville]   **(*)
Guillermo Gregorio Otra Music [Atavistic]   ***
  Degrees of Iconicity [Hat Now]   ***
Drew Gress Heyday [Soul Note]   ***
  Spin & Drift [Premonition]   ***
Johnny Griffin The Big Soul-Band [OJC]   ***
  Tough Tenors Back Again! [Storyville] **(*) ***(*)
  Catharsis [Storyville] **(*)  
  Grif'N'Bags [Ubiquity] ***  
  Johnny Griffin and Steve Grossman Quintet [Dreyfus]   ***
Grismore / Scea Group Just Play [Accurate] **(*)  
  Of What [Accurate] ***  
Martin Groeneveld Friends [IKL] **(*)  
Don Grolnick Hearts and Numbers [VeraBra] ***  
  The London Concert [Fuzzy Music]   ***(*)
Richard Grossman Remember [Magnatone] ***  
  Where the Sky Ended [Hatology]   ***
Steve Grossman Reflections [Musidisc] ***  
  Live at Café Praga [Timeless] **(*)  
Marty Grosz Hooray for Bix! [Good Time Jazz]   ***
  Sings of Love and Other Matters [Jazzology]   ***(*)
  Left to His Own Devices [Jazzology]   ***
  At Bob Barnard's Jazz Party [Nif Nuf]   ***(*)
George Gruntz Merryteria [TCB]   ***
  Global Excellence [TCB]   ***(*)
Gul 3 Soul [Crazy Wisdom]   ***
Lars Gullin Like Grass [EMI/Odeon]   ***
Russell Gunn Smokin' Gunn [High Note]   ***(*)
John Gunther Gone Fishin' [CIMP]   ***
Gush Live at Fasching [Dragon]   ***(*)
Mats Gustafsson Improvisers [Kontrans]   **(*)
  Hidros One [Caprice]   ***
  Windows [Blue Chopsticks]   ***(*)
  Port Huron Picnic [Spool Line]   ***(*)
  Xylophonen Virtuosen [Incus]   ***
  The Thing [Crazy Wisdom]   ****
  Diskaholics Anonymous Trio [Crazy Wisdom]   ***
Bobby Hackett Off Minor [Viper's Nest] ***(*)  


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