Penguin Guide to Jazz: Added to 7th Edition


Note: These lists are believed to be complete. The sort order has changed slightly between editions, so we use the more recent (7th Edition).

Artist Title 7th Ed.
Juhani Aaltonen Etiquette [Love] ****
  Strings [Love] ***(*)
  Mother Tongue [TUM] ****
  Strings Revisited [TUM] ***(*)
  Reflections [TUM] ***(*)
AALY Trio Double or Nothing [Okkadisk] ***
Tom Abbs Conscription [CIMP] **(*)
Ahmed Abdul-Malik Jazz Sounds of Africa [Prestige] ***
Jon Abercrombie Class Trip [ECM] ****
Rabih Abou-Khalil Il Sospiro [Enja] ***
  Morton's Foot [Enja] ***
Bruce Adams Good Bait [Jazz House] ***
  All the Way! [Mainstem] ***
  Always and Forever [Woodville] ***
Julian 'Cannonball' Adderley Julian 'Cannonball' Adderley [Verve] ***
  Live Session [Capitol] ***
Nat Adderley The Soul of the Bible [Blue Note] **(*)
Christopher Adler Transcontinental [9 Winds] ***
Oskar Aichinger Elements of Poetry [Between the Lines] ***
  To Touch a Distant Soul [Between the Lines] ***
  Synapsis [Between the Lines] ***
Toshiko Akiyoshi Hiroshima; Rising From the Abyss [True Life] ****
Eric Alexander Summit Meeting [Milestone] ***(*)
  Nightlife in Tokyo [Milestone] ***(*)
Monty Alexander Triple Scoop [Concord] ***
  Island Grooves [Concord] ***
  Ballad Essentials [Concord] ***
  Monty Meets Sly and Robbie [Telarc] ***
  My America [Telarc] ***
Rashied Ali Deals, Ideas & Ideals [Hopscotch] ***
Geri Allen In the Year of the Dragon [Winter & Winter] ***
Henry 'Red' Allen The Alternative Takes 1929-1941 [Neatwork] ***
  Henry 'Red' Allen With Alex Welsh [Jazzology] ***(*)
J.D. Allen In Search Of . . . [Red] ***
  Pharoah's Children [Criss Cross] ***
Ben Allison Peace Pipe [Palmetto] ***(*)
Mose Allison The Mose Chronicles - Live in London Volume 2 [Blue Note] ***(*)
John Allred In the Beginning . . . [Arbors] ***
  Head to Head [Arbors] ***
Karrin Allyson In Blue [Concord] ***(*)
Mikhail Alperin Night [ECM] ***
Myriam Alter Alter Ego [Intuition] ***(*)
  If [Enja] ***
Barry Altschul Brahma [Sackville] ***
Amalgam Prayer for Peace [FMR] ****
  Innovation [FMR] ***(*)
  Another Time [FMR] ***
Ari Ambrose United [Steeplechase] ***(*)
  Jazmin [Steeplechase] ***
AMM At the Roundhouse [Anomalous] ***
  AMM/Formanex [Fibrr] ***
Gene Ammons Gene Ammons 1947-1949 [Classics] **(*)
  Gene Ammons 1949-1950 [Classics] **(*)
  Fine and Mellow [Prestige] ***
  Left Bank Encores [Prestige] ***
Franck Amsallem On Second Thought [Naïve] ***
Amsterdam String Trio Winter Theme [Winter & Winter] ***
Arild Andersen The Triangle [ECM] ***
Ernestine Anderson My Kinda Swing [Verve] ***
Ray Anderson It Just So Happens [Enja] ***
Luke Annesley Beginning [FMR] ***
The Antique Six New Orleans to Chicago [A6] **(*)
  Six of One Half a Dozen of Another [A6] **
Julian Arguëlles As Above So Below [Provocateur] ***
Louis Armstrong The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings Vol. 1 [Columbia] ****
  The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings Vol. 2 [Columbia] ****
  The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings Vol. 3 [Columbia] ****
  The Alternative Takes Vol. 1 [Neatwork] ***(*)
  The Alternative Takes Vol. 2 [Neatwork] ***
  Louis Armstrong 1950-1951 [Classics] ***
  Louis Armstrong 1951-1952 [Classics] ***
Lynne Arriale Arise [Motema] ***(*)
Art Ensemble of Chicago Tribute to Lester [ECM] ***
  The Meeting [PI] ***
Dorothy Ashby Afro-Harping [Verve] ***
Svend Asmussen Prize Winners [Mecca Music] **
Georgie Auld Georgie Auld 1940-1945 [Classics] ***
AustraLYSIS Moving the Landscape [Tall Poppies] ***
  The Next Room [Tall Poppies] **(*)
  Present Tense [Tall Poppies] **(*)
Available Jelly Available Jelly [Ramboy] ***
Franck Avitabile Lumières [Dreyfus] ***
  In Tradition [Dreyfus] ***
  Right Time [Dreyfus] ***
  Bemsha Swing [Dreyfus] ***(*)
Omer Avital Third World Love Songs [Fresh Sound] ***
Albert Ayler Witches and Devils [1201 Music] ***(*)
  Prophecy [Get Back] ***(*)
  Bells [Calibre] ***
  Bells/Prophecy [ESP] ***(*)
  New York Eye and Ear Control [Calibre] **(*)
  The Copenhagen Tapes [Ayler] ***
  Spirits Rejoice [Calibre] ***
  At Slug's [Get Back] ***(*)
  Lörrach, Paris 1966 [Hatology] ***(*)
  Love Cry [Impulse] ***
  Music Isthe Healing Force of the Universe [Impulse] ***
  Nuits de la Fondation Maeght [Water] **(*)
Jay Azzolina Past Tense [Double Time] ***
  Live at One Station Plaza [Azziz] ***
Ab Baars Krang [Geestgronden] **
  3900 Carol Court [Geestgronden] **(*)
  Sprok [Geestgronden] ***
  Verderame [Geestgronden] **(*)
  Hef [Terp] ***
  Party at the Bimhuis [Wig] ***(*)
Back Bay Ramblers Cuttin' Up [Stomp Off] ***(*)
Back Door Back Door [Warners] ***
  8th Street Nites [Warners] ***
  The Human Bed [Hux] ***(*)
Gerard Badini A Night at the Popcorn [Black & Blue] ***
The Bad Plus These Are the Vistas [Columbia] ***(*)
  Give [Columbia] ****
Benny Bailey The Satchmo Legacy [Enja] ***
Derek Bailey Outcome [Potlach] ***
  Dynamics of the Impromptu [Entrophy] ***(*)
  Incus Taps: Solo Guitar 101-104 [Organ of Corti] ****
  Tristan (Duo) [Incus] ***
  New Sights, Old Sounds [Incus] ***
  Close to the Kitchen: London Guitar Duos August 96 [Blue Chopsticks] ***
  Flying Dragons [Incus] ***
  Departures [Volatile] ***
  Unanswered Questions - Intermission [BvHaast] ***
  LOCationAL [Incus] ****
  Bids [Incus] ***
  Seven [Incus] ***
  Duos London 2001 [Incus] ***
  Barcelona [Hopscotch] **(*)
  Limescale [Incus] ****
  Poetry & Playing [Paratactile] ***
  Scale Points on the Fever Curve [Emanem] ***
Mildred Bailey Mildred Bailey 1937-1938 [Classics] ***
  Mildred Bailey 1938 [Classics] ***
  Mildred Bailey 1939 [Classics] ***
  Mildred Bailey 1940-1942 [Classics] ***
  Mildred Bailey 1943-1945 [Classics] ***(*)
  Mildred Bailey 1945-1947 [Classics] ***(*)
  Mrs Swing [Properbox] ***(*)
Victor Bailey Low Blues [ESC] ***
  That's Right [ESC] ***
Chet Baker Chet Baker & Charlie Parker: Complete Jam Sessions [Definitive] ***
  The Art of the Ballad [Prestige] ***
  Picture of Heath [EMI] ***
  The Most Important Jazz Album of 1964/65 [Roulette] ***
  Sings/Plays Live at the Keystone Korner [High Note] ***
  Oh You Crazy Moon [Enja] ***
  Mistery B/As Time Goes by/Cool Cat [Timeless] ***
  Live in Rosenheim/Sings Again/Heartbreak [Timeless] ***
Jon Balke Nonsentration [ECM] ***
  Further [ECM] ***(*)
  Kyanos [ECM] ****
Iain Bellamy Veggie [Rune Grammofon] ***(*)
Denys Baptiste Let Freedom Ring! [Dune] ***(*)
Chris Barber The Complete Decca Sessions 1954/55 [Lake] ****
  Chris Barber at the BBC [Upbeat] ***
  Chris Barber at the BBC Vol. 2 [Upbeat] ***(*)
  The Pye Jazz Anthology [Castle] ****
  In Barber's Chair [Lake] ***(*)
  American Jazz Band [Black & Blue] ***
  Live 1998 - Cornbread, Peas and Black Molasses [Timeless] ***
  Misty Morning [Timeless] ***(*)
  The First Eleven [Timeless] ***(*)
Patricia Barber A Distortion of Love [Antilles] **
  Verse [Blue Note/Premonition] ***
Leandro 'Gato' Barbieri In Search of the Mystery [ESP] ***
  Hamba Khale [Fuel 2000] ***
  Yesterdays [BMG International] ***
  The Shadow of the Cat [Peak] ***
Dale Barlow Windmills on Mars [Hipnotation] ***
  Where We live [Hipnotation] **(*)
  Live [Jazzhead] ***(*)
Rob Barnard Stardust [La Brava] **(*)
  The Man From the South [La Brava] ***
  Presents Oz Originals [La Brava] ***
  The Joint Is Jumpin' [La Brava] ***
Alan Barnes Swingin' the Samba [Woodville] ***(*)
  The Sherlock Holmes Suite [Woodville] ***
John Barnes Like We Do [Lake] ***
  The Talk of the Town [Raymer Sound] ***
Charlie Barnet Charlie Barnet 1939-1940 [Classics] ***
  Charlie Barnet 1940 [Classics] ***
Dan Barrett Moon Song [Arbors] ***(*)
Bruce Barth Live at the Village Vanguard [Max Jazz] ***
  East and West [Max Jazz] ***
Gary Bartz Music Is My Sanctuary [Blue Note] **
Count Basie America's #1 Band! [Columbia] ***(*)
  King of Swing [Verve] ***
  Basie on the Beatles [Ocium] ***
Conrad Bauer Between Heaven and Earth [Intakt] ****
Gordon Beck Gyroscope [Art of Life] ****
Mick Beck Picture August [Bruce's Fingers] ***
  The Three B's [Fencing Flatworm] ***
Harry Beckett Flare Up [Jazzprint] ***(*)
Allen Beechey Bridging the Gap [Lake] ***(*)
Bix Beiderbecke Bix and Tram [JSP] ****
  The Alternative Takes 1924-1930 [Neatwork] ***
Richie Beirach Round About Monteverdi [ACT] ***
Roberto Bellatalla Borrowed Time [Slam] ***
Louie Bellson Matterhorn Original [Jazz Classics] ***
  Inferno! [Concord] ***(*)
Roni Ben-Hur Backyard [TCB] ***
  Sofia's Butterfly [TCB] ***(*)
  Anna's Dance [TCB] ***(*)
Han Bennink Tempo Comodo [Data] **(*)
  Train Kept a Rollin' (21 Years Later) [Leo] ***
  The Laughing Owl [Atavistic] ***
  Grass Is Greener [Psi] ***
Anders Bergcrantz Twenty-Four Hours [Dragon] ***(*)
Karl Berger Around [Black Saint] ***
  Conversations [In + Out] ***
  No Man Is an Island [Knitting Factory] ***
Borah Bergman Reflections on Ornette Coleman and the Stone House [Soul Note] ***
  Ride Into the Blue [Konnex] ***
  Blue Zoo [Konnex] ***
  Toronto 1997 [Boxholder] ***
  The Italian Concert [Soul Note] ***
  Meditations for Piano [Tzadik] ***(*)
  Double Idea [Boxholder] ***
Jerry Bergonzi A Different Look [Double-Time] ***(*)
  Live Gonz! [Double-Time] ***
  Dreaming Out Loud [Whaling City] ***(*)
David Berkman Start Here, Finish There [Palmetto] ***
Tim Berne Fractured Fairy Tales [Winter & Winter] ***
  Pace Yourself [Winter & Winter] ***
  Please Advise [Screwgun] ***
  Saturation Point [Screwgun] ***
  The Sevens [New World] ***
  The Sublime And [Thirsty Ear] ****
Marc Bernstein Blue Walls [Storyville] ***
  Dear Tom Harrell [Storyville] ***(*)
Peter Bernstein Heart's Content [Criss Cross] ****
Tony Bevan Under Tracey's Bed [Foghorn] ***
Faruq Z. Bey 19 Moons [Entropy Stereo] **(*)
  Ashirai Pattern [Entropy Stereo] ***
Acker Bilk Acker [Lake] ***
David Binney Luxury of Guessing [Audioquest] ***(*)
  Afinidad [Red] ***
  South [ACT] ***(*)
  Balance [ACT] ***
Ketil Bjørnstad The Nest [Emarcy] ***
The Blackbottom Stompers Friends [PEK Sound] ***
Black Eagle Jazz Band New Black Eagle Jazz Band [GHB] ***
  Some Sweet Day [Lake] ***
  Don't Monkey With It [Stomp Off] ***
  Jersey Lightning [Stomp Off] ***(*)
  Hear Me Talkin' to Ya [Stomp Off] ***
  On Tour in England [Stomp Off] **(*)
  When Your Hair Has Turned to Silver [Stomp Off] ***
  Skeletons in the Closet [BE] ***(*)
  The Black Eagles at Naworth Castle [Lake] ***(*)
Eubie Blake Memories of You [Shout! Factory] ***
  Tricky Fingers [Quicksilver] (***)
Ran Blake Horace Is Blue: A Silver Noir [Hatology] ***
Ron Blake Lest We Forget [Mack Avenue] ***
Seamus Blake Mosh for Lovers [Fresh Sound] ***
Art Blakey Hard Bop/Paris Concert [Collectables] ***
  A Night in Tunisia [Bluebird] ***
  A Night in Tunisia/Play Lerner and Loewe [Collectables] ***
  Blakey's Beat [Concord] ***
  Coast to Coast [Concord] ***(*)
Terence Blanchard Bounce [Blue Note] ***(*)
Walter Blanding The Olive Tree [Criss Cross] ***
Carla Bley Looking for America [Watt] ***(*)
Paul Bley Paul Bley [Emarcy] ***
  Barrage [ESP/Calibre] ***(*)
  Closer [ESP/Calibre] ****
  Paul Bley in Haarlem [TJC] ***(*)
  Quiet Song [Improvising Artists] ***
  Japan Suite [Improvising Artists] ***
  Axis [Improvising Artists] ***
  Montmartre Live [Steeplechase] ***
  The Life of a Trio: Saturday [Owl] ****
  The Life of a Trio: Sunday [Owl] ***(*)
  Partners [Owl] ***
  Annette [Hatology] ***(*)
  Homage to Carla [Owl] ****
  Chaos [Soul Note] ***
  Not Two, Not One [ECM] ***
  Sweet Time [Justin Time] ***
  Hands On [Evidence] ***
Oddbjørn Blindheim Horace Hello [Gemini] ***
Blue Goat Quartet Talking Idly [Altrisuoni] ***
Hamiet Bluiett Blueblack [Justin Time] ***
Arthur Blythe Night Song [Clarity] ****
  Focus [Savant] ***(*)
Paul Bollenback Dreams [Challenge] ***
Claude Bolling Tribute to the Piano Greats [Fremeaux] ***
  Inspirations [Magnum] (***)
  Rolling With Bolling [Fremeaux] ***(*)
  Black Brown and Beige/A Drum Is a Woman [Milan] ***
  Paris Swing [Milan] ***
Thomas Borgmann The Cooler Suite [Grob] ***
Ralph Bowen Keep the Change [Criss Cross] ***
Don Braden The New Hang [HighNote] ***(*)
Bobby Bradford Purple Gums [Asian Improv] ***
Ruby Braff Linger Awhile [Vanguard] ***
  2 × 2: Ruby Braff and Ellis Larkins Play Rodgers and Hart [Vanguard] ****
  R & R [Chiaroscuro] ***
  America the Beautiful [Arbors] ***
  Watch What Happens . . . [Arbors] ***
  Variety Is the Spice of Braff [Arbors] ***
Anthony Braxton Anthony Braxton/B-X/N-O-147A [Sunspot] ***
  This Time . . . [Sunspot] ***
  Quartet (Dortmund) [Hatology] ***
  Solo (Köln) 1978 [Leo Golden Years of New Jazz] ***(*)
  Solo (Milano) 1979: Volume 1 [Leo Golden Years of New Jazz] ****
  Victoriaville 1988 [Victo] ***
  (Victoriaville) 1992 [Victo] ***
  Knitting Factory (Piano/Quartet) 1994: Volume 2 [Leo] ***
  Composition No. 173 [Black Saint] (***)
  Small Ensemble Music (Wesleyan) 1994 [Splasc(h)] ***(*)
  Ninetet (Yoshi's) 1997: Volume 1 [Leo] ****
  Ninetet (Yoshi's) 1997: Volume 2 [Leo] ****
  Two Compositions (Trio) [Leo] ***
  Compositions No. 10 & No. 16 (+101) [HatNow] (***)
  Four Compositions (GTM) 2000 [Delmark] ***
  Four Compositions (GTM) 2000 [CIMP] ***
  Solo (NYC) 2002 [Parallactic] ****
  Eight Standards (Wesleyan) 2001 [Barking Hoop] ***
  Duets (Wesleyan) 2002 [Innova] ***
Joshua Breakstone Tomorrow's Hours [Capri] ***
Michael Brecker Wide Angles [Verve] ***
Randy Brecker Score [Koch] ***
  34th N Lex [ESC] **(*)
John Wolf Brennan The Well-Prepared Clavier [Creative Works] ****
  Momentum 2: The Laws of Refraction [Leo] ***
  Momentum 3 [Leo] ***
  Flugel [Creative Works] ****
  Zero Heroes [Leo] ***(*)
Patrick Brennan Which Way What [Deep Dish] ***
  Sudani [Deep Dish] ***(*)
Bob Brookmeyer Waltzing With Zoe [Challenge] ***(*)
Cecil Brooks III Live at Sweet Basil: Volume 2 [Savant] ***
David 'Bubba' Brooks The Big sound of Bubba Brooks [Claves] ***
  Smooth Sailing [TCB] ***
  Polka Dots and Moonbeams [TCB] ****
Tina Brooks Minor Move [Blue Note] ***(*)
  Back to the Tracks [Blue Note] ***
  The Waiting Game [Blue Note] ***
Håkan Bröstrom Do You Remember? [Dragon] ***
Peter Brötzmann For Adolphe Sax [Atavistic] ***(*)
  More Nipples [Atavistic] ***
  Right as Rain [FMP] ***
  Never Too Late but Always Too Early [Eremite] ****
  The Darkest River [Ninth World Music] ***(*)
  Flying Feathers [FMR] ***
Marlon Browden Marlon Browden Trio [Fresh Sound] ***
Donald Brown The Sweetest Sounds [Evidence] ***(*)
  Piano Short Stories [Space Time] ***
  Enchanté [Space Time] ***
  French Kiss [Space Time] ***
  At This Point in My Life [Space Time] **(*)
  Autumn in New York [Space Time] ***
Guillermo E. Brown Soul at the Hands of the Machine [Thirsty Ear] ***
Jeri Brown Firm Roots [Justin Time] ***
Marion Brown Marion Brown Quartet [ESP Disk] ***
Pete Brown Pete Brown, 1942-1945 [Classics] ***
Ray Brown Jazz Cello [Verve] ***
  The Best of the Concord years [Concord] ****
  Live at Scullers [Telarc] ***(*)
  Live at Starbucks [Telarc] ***(*)
  Walk On [Telarc] ***
  Some of My Best Friends Are . . . Guitarists [Telarc] ****
  With Monty Alexander an dRussell Malone/Producer's Choice [Telarc] ***(*)
Sandy Brown Sandy's Sideman [Lake] ***(*)
Dave Brubeck Early Concepts [Proper Pairs] ****
  Jazz Goes to College [Sony International] ***
  Dave Digs Disney [Columbia] ***
  Jazz Impressions of Eurasia [Columbia] ***
  Gone With the Wind [Columbia] ***
  The Real Ambassadors [Columbia] **(*)
  Jazz Impressions of New York [Columbia] **(*)
  Ballads [Columbia] ***
  To Hope! A Celebration [Telarc] (***)
  Park Avenue South [Telarc] ****
  Classical Brubeck [Telarc] (****)
Brunies Brothers Dixieland Jazz Band Brunies Brothers Dixieland Jazz Band [American Music] ***
Georg Brunis George Brunies and His Rhythm Kings [Jazzology] ***(*)
Ray Bryant Ray Bryant Trio/Dancing the Big Twist [Collectables] ***
  The Madison Time [Collectables] ***
  Somewhere in France [Hyena] ***
Milt Buckner And His Alumni [Black & Blue] ***
  The Definitive Black & Blue Sessions: Pianistically Yours [Black & Blue] ***
  The Definitive Black & Blue Sessions: Green Onions [Black & Blue] ***
  Block Chords Parade [Black & Blue] ***
  Milt Buckner [Progressive] ***
Jane Bunnett Spirituals and Dedications [Justin Time] ***
  Cuban Odyssey [Blue Note] ***
Dave Burrell Live at Caramoor [Sonoris] ***(*)
Kenny Burrell Stolen Moments [Concord] ***
John Butcher Apples of Gomorrah [Grob] ***(*)
  Requests an dAntisongs [Erstwhile] ***
  Guerrilla Mosaics [482 Music] ***
  Tincture [Musica Genera] ***(*)
  Invisible Ear [Fringes] ***(*)
  Equation [Spool/Field] ***
Jaki Byard The Last From Lennie's [Prestige] ***
Charlie Byrd Jazz Recital [Savoy] ***
  Byrd's Word [OJC] ***
  Byrd on the Wind [OJC] ***


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