Penguin Guide to Jazz Diffs: 7th vs. 8th Editions


Note: These lists are [not] believed to be complete. The sort order has changed slightly between editions, so we use the more recent (8th Edition). Whole artist diffs are noted in red for drops, blue for adds.

Artist Title 7th Ed. 8th Ed.
Mezz Mezzrow The Alternative Takes: Volume 1 [38-45, Neatwork] ***  
  The Alternative Takes: Volume 2 [47, Neatwork] ***  
  Mezz Mezzrow, 1951-1953 [Classics]   **(*)
Nando Michelin Art [98, Double-Time] ***  
  Chants [99, Double-Time] **(*)  
Joakim Milder Consensus [92, Opus] ***(*)  
  Sister Majs Blouse [93, Mirrors] ***(*)  
  Ord Pa Golvet [95, LJ] ***  
Marcus Miller Live & More [96, Dreyfus] ***  
  Silver Rain [Dreyfus]   **
Mulgrew Miller Live at Yoshi's Vol. 1 [03, MaxJazz]   ***(*)
  Live at Yoshi's Vol. 2 [03, MaxJazz]   ***
Punch Miller Punch Miller & John Handy in California [69, GHB] **  
Pino Minafra Noci . . . Strani Frutti [90, Leo] ***  
  Sudori [95, Victo] ****  
  Canto Libero [00, Victo] ***  
Dom Minasi Finishing Touches [99, CIMP] **(*)  
Charles Mingus Complete Savoy and Period Master Takes [54, Fresh Sound]   ***
  Mingus Three\Trio [57, Blue Note]   ***
  The Complete 1959 Columbia Recordings [59, Columbia] ***(*)  
  Alternate Takes [59, Columbia] ***  
  The Great Concert of Charles Mingus [64, Verve]   ****
Mingus Big Band I Am Three [04, Sunnyside]   ***
Phil Minton AMMO [84, Leo]   ****
  Dada Da [93, Leo]   ***(*)
  Past [01, ReR]   ***(*)
  Drainage [98-03, Emanem, 2CD]   ***(*)
Bob Mintzer Quality Time [98, TVT Jazz] ***  
  Old School: New Lessons [05, MCG Jazz]   ***
Blue Mitchell Boss Horn [66, Blue Note]   ***
Red Mitchell Red Mitchell-Warne Marsh Big Two: Volume 2 [80, Storyville] ***(*) ***
  Evolution [90, Dragon]   ***
  Live in Stockholm [91, Dragon]   ***
  Live at Port Townsend [92, Challenge]   ***(*)
Robert Mitchell Trust [04, F-IRE]   *(*)
Roscoe Mitchell Roscoe Mitchell [78, Chief] ***  
MJT (+3) Make Everybody Happy [60, Collectables]   ***
  MJT+3 [60, Vee Jay]   ***
  Message From Walton Street [60, Koch]   ***
Bill Mobley Triple Bill [93, Evidence]   ***(*)
  Live at Small's: Volume 1 [96, Space Time]   ***
  Live at Small's: Volume 2 [96, Space Time]   ***
  Mean What You Say [99, Space Time]   ****
  New Light [01, Space Time]   ***
Modern Jazz Duo Off the Beaten Track [98, Tall Poppies] **(*)  
Modern Jazz Quartet The Comedy [60-62, Atlantic] ***  
  Live at the Lighthouse [67, Wounded Bird]   ***
  Under the Jasmin Tree [67, EMI/Capitol]   ***
  Space [69, EMI/Capitol]   ***
Paul Moer The Contemporary Jazz Classics of the Paul Moer Trio [61, Del-Fi] ***  
  Plays the Music of Elmo Hope [91, Fresh Sound] ***  
Louis Moholo(-Moholo) Spirits Rejoice/Bra Louis - Bra Tebs [78-95, Ogun, 2CD]   ****
  Meets . . . [95, Ogun]   ***
  Khumbala [94, Ogun]   ***(*)
Nils Petter Molvaer Steamer [02, Sula]   ***
  ER [05, Universal International]   ***(*)
Ravish Momin Climbing the Banyan Tree [03-04, Clean Feed]   ***
Antonio Moncada The True Story of Twelve Colours [91, Splasc(h)] **  
  Trois Éclats de Temps [00, Splasc(h)] **(*)  
Grachan Moncur III Evolution [63, Blue Note]   ****
  Some Other Stuff [64, Blue Note]   ***(*)
  New Africa/Aco Dei de Madrugada [69, Charly]   ***(*)
  Exploration [04, Capri]   ***(*)
Ben Monder Flux [95, Songlines]   ***
  Dust [96, Arabesque]   **(*)
  Excavation [99, Arabesque]   ****
  Oceana [99, Arabesque]   ***(*)
  The Distance [04, Songlines]   ***
Jane Monheit Taking a Chance on Love [04, N-Coded]   ***
  The Best of Jane Monheit [00-04, N-Coded]   ***
Thelonious Monk The Complete Prestige Recordings [52-54, Prestige, 3CD] ****  
  With John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall [57, Blue Note]   ****
  Live in Stockholm [61, DIW, 2CD] ***(*)  
JR Monterose The Message [59, Fresh Sound] ***(*)  
  Body and Soul [70, Blue Moon]   ***
  A Little Pleasure [81, Reservoir] ***  
Buddy Montgomery Here Again [97, Sharp Nine] ***  
  A Love Affair in Paris [00, Spacetime] ***  
Ned Otter Powder Keg   ***(*)
  So Little Time [02, Two & Four]   ***
  The Secrets Inside [02, Two & Four]   ***
Vardan Ovsepian Abandoned Wheel [01, Fresh Sound] ***  
  Sketch Book [02, Fresh Sound] ***  
Tony Oxley The Baptised Traveller [69, Columbia] ****  
  Four Compositions for Sextet [70, Columbia] ***(*)  
Makoto Ozone Treasure [02, Verve]   ***
Charlie Parker The Complete Dean Benedetti Recordings [47-48, Mosaic, 7CD] ****  
  Charlie Parker, 1945-1947 [Classics] ***  
  Volume 1 - 1945-1947: The Complete Alternative Takes in Chronological Order [Neatwork] **(*)  
  Volume 2 - 1947: The Complete Alternative Takes in Chronological Order [Neatwork] **(*)  
  Volume 3 - 1947-1948: The Complete Alternative Takes in Chronological Order [Neatwork] **(*)  
  Royal Roost Bop [48-49, Arpeggio]   ***
  Charlie Parker, 1950 [Classics]   **(*)
  Complete JATP Concerts [46-49, Definitive] ***  
  Complete Pershing Club Sets [50, Definitive]   ***
  Montreal [53, Uptown]   ***
  At the Open Door, NY [53, Ember]   ***
  Boss Bird [44-51, Proper, 4CD]   ***(*)
  Complete Recordings With Lennie Tristano [47-51, Definitive]   ***
  Liveology [48-52, Universal]   ***
  At Café Society Downtown & Birdland [50-52, Ember]   ****
  Bird at Birdland [50-54, Charly, 4CD]   ***(*)
  Legendary Jam Sessions [52, Definitive]   ***(*)
  Bird on the Side [41-49, Naxos]   ***
  Mellow Bird [41-49, Naxos]   ***
  Ornithology [41-49, Naxos]   ***
Evan Parker Collective Calls (Urban) [72, Psi]   ****
  Saxophone Solos [75, Chronoscope] ****  
  Monoceros [78, Chronoscope] ***  
  4,4,4 [79, Konnex] ***  
  Birmingham Concert [93, Rare Music] ***  
  Improvvisazioni [95, ADA] ***  
  Tempranillo [95, New Contemporary Music] ***  
  Naan Tso [04, Psi]   ****
  Brot & Honig [99, True Muze] **  
  Two Chapters & an Epilogue [99, Matchless]   ****
  Free Zone Appleby 2004 [04, Psi]   ***
  Short Stories [05, Leo]   ***
  Eleventh Hour [04, ECM]   ***(*)
  The Bishop's Move [03, Victo]   ****
  America 2003 [03, Psi]   ****
  With Birds [05, Treader]   ***
Rick Parker New York Gravity [02, Fresh Sound]   ***
William Parker Long Hidden: The Olmec Series [93-97, AUM Fidelity]   ***
  Black Cherry [04, AUM Fidelity]   ***
  Sound Unity [04, AUM Fidelity]   ***(*)
  Vision: Volume 3 [03, AUM Fidelity]   ****
Horace Parlan Relaxin' With Horace [03, Stunt]   ***
Phil Parnell Dear Jo [96, Slam] ***  
Partisans Sourpuss [01, Babel]   ***
  Max [05, Babel]   ****
Michel Portal Fast Mood [82, RCA] ***  
  Concerts [98-03, Dreyfus]   ***(*)
  Chateauvallon, 23 August 1972 [Emarcy]   ***
Position Alpha The Great Sound of Sound [84, Dragon] ****  
  Greetings From the Rats [90, Dragon] ***  
  Titbits [93, Dragon] **  
  Yeti [00, Dragon] ***  
Chris Potter Underground [05, Sunnyside]   ***
Ike Quebec It Might As Well Be Spring [61, Blue Note] ***(*)  
  Heavy Soul [61, Blue Note]   **(*)
  Blue Harlem [44-46, Proper]   ***
  Swing Hi, Swing Lo [44-46, Definitive]   ***
Queen Mab Barbie's Other Shoe [97, Nine Winds]   ***
  Sea Saw [02, Wig]   ***(*)
  Close [00, Spool]   ***
Gene Quill Three Bones and a Quill [58, Fresh Sound]   ***
Paul Quinichette The Vice Pres [51-54, Emarcy]   ***
  The Kid From Denver [56-59, Biograph]   ***
Cathie Rae Time Out [02, JBS]   ***(*)
  Flow [05, JBS]   ***
Ronnie Rae Sr From the Cradle to the Groove [05, Ten to Ten]   ****
Sylvia Rae Close Enough [05, Caber]   ***(*)
Boyd Raeburn & His Orchestra 1944 [44, Circle]   ***
  Jubilee Performances 1946 [46, Hep]   ***
  & His Orchestra [45-46, Storyville]   ***
Hugh Ragin Metaphysical Question [84, Cecma]   ***
  Return to Saturn [93, Black Saint]   ***
  An Afternoon in Harlem [99, Justin Time]   ***(*)
  Feel the Sunshine [02, Justin Time]   ***
  Revelation [04, Justin Time]   ***(*)
  Gallery [98, CIMP]   ***
  Fanfare & Fiesta [00, Justin Time]   ***
Mark Ramsden Tribute to Paul Desmond [98, 33Jazz] ***  
  Above the Clouds: Saxophone and Organ [00, Naxos] ***  
John Rangecroft Blythe Hill [96, Slam] ***(*)  
Jim Rattigan Jazz French Horn [04, 33Jazz]   **(*)
François Raulin Trois Plans Sur La Comète [00, Hatology] ***  
Enrico Rava La Dolce Vita [99, Camjazz]   ***
  Happiness Is to Win a Big Prize [02, Stunt]   ***
  Full of Life [02, Camjazz]   ****
  Tati [04, ECM]   ***(*)
Chuck Redd All This and Heaven Too [01, Arbors]   ***
  Remembers Barney Kessel: Happy All the Time [05, Arbors]   ***
Freddie Redd Music From the Connection [60, Blue Note]   ***(*)
  Redd's Blues [61, Blue Note]   **(*)
  Lonely City [85, Uptown]   ***
Rob Reddy Post-War Euphoria [96, Songlines] ***  
  Songs That You Can Trust [99, Koch] ***(*)  
  However Humble [00, Koch] ***  
  Seeing By the Light of My Own Candle [01, Knitting Factory] ***(*)  
Dewey Redman Momentum Space [98, Verve] **(*)  
Herlin Riley Cream of the Crescent [04, Criss Cross]   ****
Howard Riley Angle [69, Columbia] ***(*)  
  The Day Will Come [70, Columbia] ****  
  Flight [71, Future Music] ****  
  Duality [81, Jazzprint]   ****
  Wishing on the Moon [95, Future Music] ***(*)  
  Descending Circles [95, Blueprint] ****  
  Classics (Live) [96, Slam] ***(*)  
  Air Play [00, Slam] ***(*)  
  At Lincoln Cathedral [01, Heliopause]   ****
  Consequences [03, 33 Jazz]   ****
Sammy Rimington Watering the Roots [95, Jazz Crusade] **(*)  
  The Whitewater Session [96, PEK Sound] ***  
  Reed My Lips [99, Jazz Crusade] **(*)  
Sam Rivers Contours [65, Blue Note]   ***
  Tangens [97, FMP]   ***(*)
  Inspiration [98, RCA Victor] ****  
  Culmination [98, RCA] ***  
  Firestorm [01, RivBea]   ***
  Celebration: Live at the Jazz Bakery in LA [03, PosiTone]   ***(*)
  Purple Violets [04, Stunt]   **(*)
  Violet Violets [04, Stunt]   ***
  Vista [03, Meta]   ***
Riverside Reunion Band Mostly Monk [93, Milestone]   ***
  Hi-Fly [94, Milestone]   ***
Freddie Roach Good Move! [63, Blue Note]   ***
  Brown Sugar [64, Water]   ***(*)
  The Soul Book/Mocha Motion! [66-67, Prestige]   ***(*)
Max RoachThe Historic California Concerts 1954   *** Fresh Sound
  Jazz in 3/4 Time [56-57, Verve]   ***(*)
  Max [58, Chessmates]   ***
  Streams of Consciousness [77, Piadrum]   ***
  One in Two - Two in One [79, Hatology]   ***
  Max Roach + 4: On the Chicago Scene [58, Emarcy]   ***
Charlie Rouse Soul Mates [88, Uptown]   ***
ROVA Electric Raps [89, New Albion\] ***  
  Electric Ascension [03, Atavistic]   ****
Keith Rowe A Dimension of Perfectly Ordinary Reality [89, Matchless] ****  
  Dial: Log-Rhythm [97, Matchless] ***  
  Harsh [99, Grob] ***  
  The World Turned Upside Down [00, Erstwhile] ***  
  Grain [00, Zarek] ***  
  Weather Sky [00, Erstwhile] ***  
  Rabbit Run [00, Erstwhile] ***  
  Flypaper [01, Staubgold] ***  
  Thumb [01, Grob] ***  
  Duos for Doris [02, Erstwhile] ****  
Jimmy Rowles Ellington by Rowles [79, Cymbol] ***(*)  
Gonzalo Rubalcaba Antiguo [95-96, Blue Note] ***  
  Paseo [04, Blue Note]   **(*)
Howard Rumsey Jazz Rolls Royce [57, Fresh Sound]   ***
  Jazz Invention [89, OJC]   ***
Olaf Rupp Life Science [FMP]   ***(*)
  Weird Weapons [Emanem]   ***
Jimmy Rushing Mr Five by Five [29-42, Topaz] ***  
  Complete Goin' to Chicago and Listen to the Blues [54-57, Lonehill Jazz]   ****
  Rushing Lullabies [58-59, Columbia] ****  
George Russell The 80th Birthday Concert [03, Concept Publishing, 2CD]   ****
Hal Russell Generation [82, Chief] ***  
  Conserving NRG [84, Principally Jazz] ***(*)  
John Russell The Fairly Young Bean [81, Emanem]   ***(*)
  From Next to Last [01-02, Emanem]   ****
  Excerpts & Offerngs [00, ACTA]   ***
  Frequency of Use [02, Nurnichtnur Berslton]   ***
  Three Planets [03, Emanem]   ***(*)
Luis Russell The Luis Russell Collection, 1926-1934 [Collector's Classics] ****  
  Luis Russell & His Orchestra [29-34, Topaz] ****  
Pee Wee Russell The Land of Jazz [27-44, Topaz] ***  
Paul Rutherford Neuph [78-80, Emanem]   ***(*)
  Gheim [83, Emanem]   ****
  Iskra [04, Psi]   ****
  Hoxha [04, Spool]   ****
  RoTToR [98, Emanem]   ***
Jackie Ryan This Heart of Mine [03, 33 Jazz]   ***(*)
  Passion Flower [99, Open Art]   ***
  For Heaven's Sake [99, Open Art]   ***
Jenny Scheinman The Rabbi's Lover [02, Tzadik]   ***
  Shalagaster [03, Tzadik]   ***(*)
  12 Songs [04, Cryptogramophone]   ****
Andy Scherrer Second Step [00, TCB]   ***
  Remember Mal Waldron [03, TCB]   ***(*)
Mario Schiano Gruppo Romano Free JAzz 1966/67 Schiano Trio 1969/70 [67-70, Splasc(h)] ***  
  Original Sins [67-70, Splasc(h)] ***  
  Sud [73-78, Splasc(h)] ***(*)  
  De Dé [77, Splasc(h)] **  
  Unlike [90, Splasc(h)] ***(*)  
  Uncaged [91, Splasc(h)] ***(*)  
  And So On [91, Splasc(h)] ***  
  Meetings [80-93, Splasc(h)] ***  
  Blue Memories [94, Splasc(h)] ***(*)  
  Used to Be Friends [95, Splasc(h)] ***(*)  
  Social Security [96, Victo] ****  
  The Friendship of Walnuts [96, Splasc(h)] ***  
  Supposing That . . . [01, Splasc(h)] ***  
Lalo Schifrin The Tin Deo [62, Fresh Sound] ***  
  Piano, Strings and Bossa Nova [62, Verve] ***  
  Black Widow [76, CTI] **  
Alexander von Schlippenbach Pakistani Pomade [72, Atavistic]   ****
  Monk's Casino [03-04, Intakt]   ****
  Vesuvius [04, Slam]   ***(*)
  Light Blue: Schlippenbach Plays Monk [96, Enja]   ***
  Open Speech [03, Forward]   **
Maria Schneider Concert in the Garden [04, ArtistShare]   ****
David Schnitter Sketch [01, Sunnyside]   ****
Joachim Schonecker Common Language [97, Double Time]   ***
  In the Moment [00, Nagel Heyer]   ***
Ed Schuller To Know Where One Is [95, GM]   ***
George Schuller Tenor Tantrums [98, New World]   ***
  The Jigsaw [00, 482 Music]   ****
Manfred Schulze Viertens: Number 12 [85-86, FMP] ***(*)  
  Konzertino [94, FMP] ***(*)  
Zoe Schwarz Dancing for Miles [03, 33 Records]   ***
  Devil or Dove [04, 33 Records]   ***
Irène Schweizer Live at Taktlos [84, Intakt]   ****
Louis Sclavis Roman [03, FMP]   ****
  Danses Et Autres Scene [00, ECM]   ***
John Scofield Shinola [81, Enja]   ***(*)
  Out Like a Night [81, Enja]   ***(*)
  Live - En Route [03, Verve]   ***(*)
  That's What I Say [04, Verve]   ***
Dave Scott Dave Scott/Tony Malaby Quartet [95, Nine Winds]   ***
  Song for Amy [04, Steeplechase]   ***
Matthew Shipp Prism [93, Hatology] ***  
  Critical Mass [94, 213] ***  
  Thesis [97, Hatology] **(*)  
  Pastoral Composure [00, Thirsty Ear]   ***(*)
  Harmony and Abyss [04, Thirsty Ear]   ***
  One [05, Thirsty Ear]   ****
  DNA [99, Thirsty Ear]   ***
Alan Shorter Orgasm [68, Verve]   ***(*)
  Tes Esat [70, America]   ****
Wayne Shorter The All Seeing Eye [65, Blue Note]   ***(*)
  Super Nova [69, Blue Note] ***  
  Atlantis [85, Columbia] ***  
  Beyond the Sound Barrier [02-04, Verve]   ***
  Great Sessions [64-66, Blue Note]   ****
Tab Smith Crazy Walk [55-56, Delmark]   ***
Tommy Smith Misty Morning and No Time [94, Linn] ***(*)  
  Symbiosis [04, Spartacus]   ***(*)
  Evolution [03, Spartacus]   ***(*)
  Forbidden Fruit [05, Spartacus]   ****
Wadada Leo Smith The Kabell Years [71-79, Tzadik, 4CD]   ****
  Procession of the Great Ancestry [83, Chief] ***(*)  
  Rastafari [83, Boxholder]   ***(*)
  Saturn, Conjunct the Grand Canyon in a Sweet Embrace [03, Pi]   ***
  Lake Biwa [02-04, Tzadik]   ****
Gary Smulyan The Real Deal [02, Reservoir]   ***
John Sneider Panorama [99-00, Double Time]   ***(*)
Jim Snidero Close Up [04, Milestone]   ***(*)
Frank Socolow New York Journeyman [45-56, Fresh Sound]   ***
Martial Solal At Newport 63 [63, RCA]   ***(*)
  Rue de Seine [05, Camjazz]   ***
  Portrait in Black and White [05, Nocturne]   ***
Nils Solberg You and the Night and the Music [98, Bass Clef]   ***
  Back to Back [99, Wave]   ****
Lew Soloff With a Song in My Heart [98, Milestone] ***  
Gunter 'Baby' Sommer Bib [92, FMP]   ***
  Sachsische Schatulle [92, Intakt]   ***
Arnie Somogyi Cold Cherry Soup [Forged]   ***
Mark Soskin Five Lands (Cinqueterra) [98, TCB] ***  
  17 (Seventeen) [TCB] ***  
Sune Spångberg Two Absent Friends [96, Dragon] **(*)  
  Live at Café Aguéli [97-98, Dragon] ***  
Muggsy Spanier Muggsy Spanier 1949-1954 [Classics]   ***(*)
Martin Speake The Journey [04, Black Box]   (***)
  Charlie Parker [04, Basho]   ***(*)
  Change of Heart [02, ECM]   ***
Glenn Spearman Let It Go [97, Red Toucan] ***  
  Working With the Elements [98, CIMP] *** **(*)
  First and Last [98, Eremite] *** **
Chris Speed Iffy [99, Knitting Factory] ***  
Sphere Four in One [82, Elektra] ***(*)  
  Flight Path [83, Elektra] ***  
  On Tour [85, Red] ***(*)  
  Pumpkin's Delight [86, Red] ***  
Spontaneous Music Ensemble A New Distance [94, Emanem]   ****
Bryan Spring The Spirit of Spring [04, Trio]   ***
Jess Stacy Tribute to Benny Goodman [54-55, Koch] ***  
Tomasz Stanko Suspended Night [03, ECM]   ****
Colin Steele Through the Waves [04, ACT]   ***(*)
Hugh Steinmetz NU! [66, Steeplechase] ***  
Bobo Stenson Goodbye [04, ECM]   ****
Nick Stephens Live at the Plough Stockwell [88-89, Loose Torque]   ***
Mike Stern Time in Place [87, Atlantic] ***  
  Jigsaw [89, Atlantic] ***  
  Standards (And Other Songs) [92, Atlantic] ***(*)  
  Is What It Is [93, Atlantic] ***(*)  
  Give and Take [97, Atlantic] ***  
John Setch Carpathian Blues [93-94, Terra Nova]   ***
  Green Grove [98, Justin Time]   ****
  Heavens of a Hundred Days [00, Justin Time]   ****
  Ukrainianism [01, Justin Time]   ****
  Exponentially Monk [03, Justin Time]   ****
  Rectangle Man [92, Terra Nova]   ***
  Stetching Out [95-96, Terra Nova]   ***
  Standards [01, Justin Time]   ***(*)
  Bruxin' [05, Justin Time]   (***)
John Stevens A Luta Continua [77-81, Konnex] ***  
  Mutual Benefit [77-80, Konnex] ***  
  Integration [78, Loose Torque]   ***
  Late for Lunch [81, Loose Torque]   ***
  Touching On [Konnex] ***  
  Fast Colour - Antwerp [88, Loose Torque]   ****
Tim Stevens Nine Open Questions [04, Rufus]   ***
  Three Friends in Winter [05, Rufus]   ***
Grant Stewart +4 [04, Criss Cross]   ***
Rex Stewart Baden 1966 & Montreux 1971 [66-71, Sackville]   ***
  Rex Stewart, 1948-1949 [Classics]   ***
  Rex Stewart, 1949 [Classics]   ***
Robert Stewart Judgement [94, World Stage] ***  
  Beautiful Love [94, Red] ***  
  Nat the Cat: The Music of Nat King Cole [00, Red] ***  
Slam Stewart Slam Bam [71, Black & Blue]   ***
  Slamboree [72, Black & Blue]   ***
Loren Stillman Cosmos [96, Soul Note]   ***
  How Sweet It Is [01-02, Nagel Heyer]   ***
  It Could Be Anything [04, Fresh Sound]   ***(*)
Sonny Stitt Sonny Stitt 1951-1953 [Classics]   ***


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