Jazz (1960–70s) (Reference)

The reference list includes records that have been obtained and/or rated (in blue) as well as many other records that have been recommended from various sources.

Juhani Aaltonen (1935– )

Etiquette [1974, Love]
Strings [1976, Love]
Mother Tongue [2002, Tum], A–
Strings Revisited [2003, Tum], B+
w/Reggie Workman, Andrew Cyrille: Reflections [2003, Tum], A–
Conclusions [2009, Tum], U

Ahmed Abdullah (1947– )

Live at Ali's Alley [1978, Cadence]
Tara's Song [2004, TUM], A–

Kaoru Abe (1948–78)

Solo [1972, PSFD]

John Abercrombie (1944– )

Timeless [1974, ECM], B
Gateway [1975, ECM]
w/Ralph Towner: Sargasso Sea [1976, ECM], B–
Characters [1977, ECM]
Night [1984, ECM]
Current Event [1985, ECM]
Getting There [1987, ECM]
Animato [1989, ECM], B+
Now It Can Be Played [1992, Steeplechase]
While We're Young [1992, ECM], B
November [1992, ECM], B+
Speak of the Devil [1993, ECM]
Tactics [1996, ECM]
Open Land [1999, ECM]
The Hudson Project [1999, Stretch]
w/Jarek Smietana: Speak Easy [1999, PAO], B+
Cat 'n' Mouse [2002, ECM], A–
Three Guitars [2003, Chesky]
Class Trip [2003, ECM], B+
The Third Quartet [2006, ECM], B
Wait Till You See Her [2008, ECM], B+(**)

Muhal Richard Abrams (1930– )

Levels and Degrees of Light [1967, Delmark], B–
Young at Heart / Wise in Time [1968, Delmark]
Things to Come From Those Now Gone [1972, Delmark], A–
Afrisong [1975, Why Not], A–
Sightsong [1975, Black Saint]
Rejoicing in the Light [1983, Black Saint]
View from Within [1984, Black Saint], B
The Hearinga Suite [1989, Black Saint], B+
Duets and Solos [1990, Black Saint]
Blu Blu Blu [1991, Black Saint], B+
Family Talk [1993, Black Saint], B
Think All, Focus One [1994, Black Saint]
Song for All [1995, Black Saint]
One Line, Two Views [1995, New World], B
w/Marty Ehrlich: The Open Air Meeting [1996, New World], B+
w/George Lewis, Roscoe Mitchell: Streaming [2005, Pi], B+(*)
Vision Towards Essence [1998, Pi], U

George Adams (1940–92)

Sound Suggestions [1979, ECM]
w/Dannie Richmond: Hand to Hand [1980, Soul Note], B+
Life Line [1981, Timeless]
w/Don Pullen: City Gates [1983, Timeless], B+
w/Don Pullen: Live at the Village Vanguard [1983, Soul Note], A–
w/Don Pullen: Live at the Village Vanguard Vol. 2 [1983, Soul Note], B+
Decisions [1984, Timeless]
Nightingale [1989, Blue Note], B+
America [1989, Blue Note]

Air [1971–1986]

Air Song [1975, Why Not], B+(***)
Air Time [1977, Nessa], B+
Open Air Suite [1978, Novus], U
Lore [1979, Novus], A
80 Degrees Below '82 [1982, Antilles], A–
New Air: Air Show No. 1 [1986, Black Saint], U

Toshiko Akiyoshi (1929– )

Toshiko-Mariano Quartet [1960, Candid], B+
Toshiko Mariano and Her Big Band: Recorded in Tokyo [1965, Vee-Jay]
The Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band [1974–76, Novus], B+
Finesse [1978, Concord], B
The Tribute to Billy Strayhorn [1978, Jazz America]
Salted Ginko Nuts [1978, Ascent]
Sumi-e [1979, Insights]
Farewell [1980, Ascent]
Wishing Peace [1986, Ken/Bellaphon]
Remembering Bud / Cleopatra's Dream [1991, Evidence]
Carnegie Hall Concert [1991, Columbia]
Live At Maybeck Recital Hall, Vol. 36 [1994, Concord]
Hiroshima: Rising From the Abyss [2002, True Life], B+(**)

Monty Alexander (1944– )

Three Originals [1974–77, MPS, 2 CD]
Live at the Montreux Festival [1976, MPS]
Jamento [1978, OJC]
Ivory and Steel [1980, Concord], B+
The River [1985, Concord]
Jamboree [1988, Concord]
Maybeck Recital Hall Series Volume 40 [1994, Concord]
Echoes of Jilly's [1997, Concord]
Concord Jazz Heritage Series: Monty Alexander [1979–97, Concord]
w/Ernest Ranglin: Rocksteady [2003, Telarc], C–
Live at the Iridium [2005, Telarc], B
Concrete Jungle: The Music of Bob Marley [2005, Telarc], B

Rashied Ali (1935–2009)

New Directions in Modern Music [1971, Knit Classics]
w/Frank Lowe: Duo Exchange [1972, Knitting Factory], A–
w/Leroy Jenkins: Swift Are the Winds the Life [1973, Survival], A–
Rashied Ali Quintet [1973, Knit Classics]
w/Arthur Rhames: The Dynamic Duo [1981, Ayler, 2 CD], B+
Prima Materia: Peace on Earth [1994, Knitting Factory]
w/Borah Bergman, Joe McPhee, Wilber Morris, Myra Melford: The October Revolution [1994, Evidence], B+
Prima Materia: Meditations [1995, Knitting Factory]
Prima Materia: Bells [1996, Knitting Factory]
Charles Gayle, William Parker: By Any Means: Live at Crescendo [2007, Ayler, 2 CD], B+(*)

Jan Allan (1934– )

Jan Allan: 70 [1968–69, Phono Suecia], B+
Sweet and Lovely [1992, Dragon]
Software [1998, Imogena]

Barry Altschul (1943– )

You Can't Name Your Own Tune [1977, Muse]
That's Nice [1985, Soul Note]

Amalgam

Prayer for Peace [1969, FMR], A
Innovation [1974, FMR]
Another Time [1976, FMR]

AMM [1965– ]

AMMusic 1966 [1966, Matchless], B
The Crypt — 12th June 1968 [1968, Matchless, 2 CD], B
The Inexhaustible Document [1987, Matchless]
The Nameless Uncarved Block [1990, Matchless]
Newfoundland [1992, Matchless], B
Laminal [1969–94, Matchless, 3 CD]
Live in Allentown USA [1994, Matchless]
From a Strange Place [1995, Modern Music]
Before Driving to the Chapel We Took Coffee with Rick and Jennifer Reed [1996, Matchless]
Fine [2001, Matchless]

Curtis Amy (1929–2002)

Way Down [1962, Pacific Jazz]
w/Dupree Bolton: Katanga! [1962–63, Pacific Jazz], A–

Arild Andersen (1945– )

Molde Concert [1981, ECM]
Sagn [1990, ECM]
Hyperborean [1996, ECM], A–
Rarum XIX: Selected Recordings [1975–99, ECM], A–
Electra [2002–3, ECM], B+(**)
w/Vassilis Tsabropoulos, John Marshall: The Triangle [2004, ECM], B+
Live at Belleville [2007, ECM], A–

Fred Anderson (1929– )

Dark Day: Live in Verona 1979 [1979, Atavistic Unheard Music]
The Missing Link [1979, Nessa]
The Milwaukee Tapes, Vol. 1 [1980, Atavistic]
w/Ken Vandermark: Fred Anderson / DKV Trio [1996, Okkadisk], U
Live at the Velvet Lounge [1999, Okkadisk]
w/Hamid Drake, Kidd Jordan, William Parker: 2 Days in April [1999, Eremite], B–
On the Run: Live at the Velvet Lounge [2001, Delmark]
Duets 2001: Live at the Empty Bottle [2001, Thrill Jockey]
Back at the Velvet Lounge [2002, Delmark], A–
w/Hamid Drake: Back Together Again [2004, Thrill Jockey, 2 CD], A–
w/Hamid Drake, William Parker: Blue Winter [2004, Eremite, 2 CD], A–
Timeless: Live at the Velvet Lounge [2005, Delmark], A–
w/Hamid Drake: From the River to the Ocean [2007, Thrill Jockey], A–
Staying in the Game [2008, Engine Studios], B+(**)
21st Century Chase [2009, Delmark], B+(*)

Charly Antolini (1937– )

Knock Out 2000 [1999, Inak], B+(**)

Art Ensemble of Chicago [1966– ]

Art Ensemble 1967–68 [1967–68, Nessa, 5 CD], B
People in Sorrow [1969, EMI Jazztime]
Les Stances a Sophie [1970, Universal Sound]
With Fontella Bass [1970, Musidisc], B+
AEC With Fontella Bass [1970, Free America/Verve], B+
Certain Blacks [1970, Free America/Verve], B
Americans Swinging in Paris: The Pathe Sessions [1969–70, EMI]
Phase One [1971, Free America/Verve], A–
Live at Mandel Hall [1972, Delmark]
Bap-Tizum [1972, Atlantic]
Fanfare for the Warriors [1973, Koch], B–
Great Black Music [1978, Affinity]
Full Force [1980, ECM]
Urban Bushmen [1980, ECM, 2 CD], B+
The Third Decade [1984, ECM]
Rarum, Vol. 6: Selected Recordings [1978–84, ECM]
The Alternate Express [1989, DIW], B+(***)
Live at the Eighth Tokyo Music Joy [1990, DIW]
Coming Home Jamaica [1998, Atlantic], B+
Tribute to Lester [2001, ECM], B+
The Meeting [2003, Pi]
Non-Cognitive Aspects of the City: Live at Iridium [2004, Pi, 2 CD], B+(*)

Albert Ayler (1936–70)

The First Recordings: Volume 2 [1962, DIW]
Goin' Home [1964, Black Lion], B
Witches and Devils [1964, Freedom], B+
Prophecy [1964, Get Back]
Spiritual Unity [1964, ESP-Disk], A
w/Don Cherry, John Tchicai, Roswell Rudd, Gary Peacock, Sunny Murray: New York Eye and Ear Control [1964, ESP-Disk], B+(*)
w/Don Cherry: Vibrations [1964, Freedom/Black Lion], B
The Hilversum Session [1964, ESP-Disk], A–
The Copenhagen Tapes [1964, Ayler]
Bells / Prophecy [1964–65, ESP-Disk], A–
Spirits Rejoice [1965, ESP], B+
At Slug's [1966, Get Back]
Slugs' Saloon [1966, ESP-Disk, 2 CD], B+(*)
Lörrach, Paris 1966 [1966, Hatology]
Live in Greenwich Village: The Complete Impulse Recordings [1967, Impulse, 2 CD], B
Love Cry [1967–68, Impulse], B
New Grass [1968, Impulse], B+
Music Is the Healing Force of the Universe [1969, Verve/Impulse], B+
The Impulse Story [1965–69, Impulse], B+(**)
Fondation Maeght Nights Vol. 1 [1970, Jazz View]
Fondation Maeght Nights, Vol. 2 [1970, Jazz View]

Azimuth [1977– ]

Azimuth / The Touchstone / Départ [1977–79, ECM, 3 CD]
Azimuth '85 [1985, ECM]
How It Was Then . . . Never Again [1994, ECM], B+

Back Door

The Human Bed [1973–74, Hux]

Benny Bailey (1925– )

Grand Slam [1978, Storyville]
For Heaven's Sake [1988, Hot House], B+
While My Lady Sleeps [1990, Gemini]
No Refill [1992, TCB]

Derek Bailey (1932–2005)

w/Han Bennink, Evan Parker: Topography of Lungs [1970, Incus]
Incus Taps: Solo Guitar 101–104 [1973, Organ of Corti]
w/John Stevens, Trevor Watts: Dynamics of the Impromptu [1973–74, Entropy], B+(*)
Domestic and Public Pieces [1975–77, Emanem]
Aida [1980, Incus]
Dart Drug [1981, Incus]
Arch Duo [1982, Rastascan]
Yankees [1983, Charly]
w/Steve Lacy: Outcome [1983, Potlatch]
w/Evan Parker: Compatibles [1986, Incus]
w/Han Bennink: Han [1986, Incus], B+
Drop Me Off at 96th [1986, Scatter]
w/Barre Phillips: Figuring [1987–88, Incus], B
Lace [1989, Emanem]
Solo Guitar Volume 2 [1991, Incus]
Village Life [1991, Incus]
Playing [1992, Incus]
w/Henry Kaiser: Wireforks [1995, Shanachie], B–
Banter [1995, O.O. Discs]
Harras [1995, Avant]
Soho Suites [Incus, 2 CD]
Guitar, Drums 'n' Bass [1996, Avant]
w/Pat Metheny, Gregg Bendian, Paul Wertico: The Sign of Four [1996, Knitting Factory, 3 CD], U
Tohjinbo [1997, Paratactile]
No Waiting [1997, Potlatch]
Trio Playing [1997, Incus]
Takes Fakes and Dead She Dances [1995–97, Incus]
Locational [1999, Incus]
Mirakle [2000, Tzadik]
Ore [2000, Arrival]
Ballads [2002, Tzadik]
Standards [2002, Tzadik], B+(*)
Limescale [2002, Incus]

Duck Baker (1949– )

Finger Style Jazz Guitar [1979, Kicking Mule]
Spinning Song: Duck Baker Plays the Music of Herbie Nichols [1996, Avant]

Gabe Baltazar (1929– )

Back in Action [1992, VSOP]
Birdology [1992, Fresh Sound]

Billy Bang (1947– )

Rainbow Gladiator [1981, Soul Note], A–
Sweet Space / Untitled Gift [1979–82, 8th Harmonic Breakdown, 2 CD], A–
The Fire From Within [1984, Soul Note]
Valve No. 10 [1988, Soul Note], A–
w/Sun Ra: A Tribute to Stuff Smith [1992, Soul Note], A–
Bang On! [1997, Justin Time], A–
Commandment (For the Sculpture of Alain Kirili) [1997, No More Records], B
Big Bang Theory [1999, Justin Time], B+
Vietnam: The Aftermath [2001, Justin Time], A
w/Frank Lowe: Above & Beyond: An Evening in Grand Rapids [2003, Justin Time], A–
Vietnam: Reflections [2004, Justin Time], A–

Gato Barbieri (1934– )

In Search of the Mystery [1967, ESP]
Last Tango in Paris [1969, Varese Sarabande], B
El Pampero [1971, RCA]
El Gato [1971, Flying Dutchman]
Fenix [1971, Flying Dutchman]
Under Fire [1971, BMG]
Bolivia / Under Fire [1971–73, Bluebird/BMG Heritage], A–
The Best of the Early Years [1971–73, BMG], B+
Yesterdays [1974, Flying Dutchman], B
Chapter One: Latin America [1973, Impulse], A–
Chapter Two: Hasta Siempre [1973, Impulse], A–
Latino America [1973–74, Impulse, 2 CD], A–
Chapter Three: Viva Emiliano Zapata [1974, Impulse], B+
Priceless Jazz [1973–74, GRP], B
Chapter Four: Alive in New York [1975, Impulse], B+
The Impulse Story [1973–75, Impulse], B+(***)
Ruby, Ruby [1978, A&M], B+(*)
Tropico [1978, A&M], B
Gato . . . Para Los Amigos [1981, Columbia]

George Barnes (1921–77)

w/Carl Kress: Two Guitars and a Horn [1962, Jass]

Bill Barron (1927–89)

Modern Windows Suite [1961, Savoy Jazz]

Kenny Barron (1943– )

Sunset to Dawn [1973, Muse]
Peruvian Blue [1974, 32 Jazz], A–
First Half Highlights [1962–74, 32 Jazz]
In Tandem [1975, Muse]
Golden Lotus [1980, Muse]
Soft Spoken Here [1973–80, 32 Jazz]
At the Piano [1981, Prevue]
Green Chimneys [1983, Criss Cross]
1 + 1 + 1 [1984, Blackhawk]
Scratch [1985, Enja], U
The Artistry of Kenny Barron [1990, Wave]
Lemuria-Seascape [1991, Candid]
Other Places [1993, Verve], B
Wanton Spirit [1994, Verve], B+
w/Mino Cinelu: Swamp Sally [1995, Verve], A
The Perfect Set [1996, Sunnyside], B+(**)
Things Unseen [1997, Verve]
Spirit Song [2000, Verve], B+
w/Regina Carter: Freefall [2001, Verve], B
w/Trio da Paz: Canta Brasil [2002, Sunnyside]
Images [2003, Sunnyside], B–
The Traveler [2007, Sunnyside], B+(**)

Gary Bartz (1940– )

Harlem Bush Music [1970–71, Milestone], A–
West 42nd Street [1990, Candid], B
There Goes the Neighborhood [1990, Candid], B
Shadows [1991, Timeless]
Alto Memories [1993, Verve]
The Red and Orange Poems [1994, Atlantic]

Gordon Beck (1938– )

Experiments With Pops [1967, Art of Life], A–
Gyroscope [1968, Art of Life]
For Evans' Sake [1991, JMS], A–
One for the Road [1995, JMS]

Joe Beck (1945–2008)

The Journey [1990, DMP]
Beck [2002, Kudu]
w/Santi Debriano, Thierry Arpino: Trio 7 [2007, Whaling City Sound], B+(*)
Brazilian Dreamin' [2007, Tokuma]
w/John Abercrombie: Coincidence [2007, Whaling City Sound], B+(**)
w/Laura Theodore: Golden Earrings [2006–7, Whaling City Sound], B+(**)

Harry Beckett (1935– )

Flare Up [1970, Jazzprint]
Passion and Possession [1991, ITM]
All Four One [1991, Spotlite]
Images of Clarity [1992, Evidence]

Richie Beirach (1947– )

w/Dave Liebman: Omerta [1978, Storyville], B
Convergence [1990, Triloka], B
Chant [1991, CMP]
Maybeck Hall Recital Series: Volume 19 [1992, Concord]
Trust [1993, Evidence]
The Snow Leopard [1996–97, Evidence]
Round About Bartók [1999, ACT]

Marcus Belgrave (1936– )

Gemini [1974, Universal Sound], B+
w/Lawrence Williams: Working Together [1992, DJM]

Han Bennink (1942– )

Nerve Beats [1973, Atavistic], B+
Jazz Bunker [1980, Leo Golden Years, 2 CD]
w/Dave Douglas: Serpentine [1996, Songlines]
When We're Smiling [1999, Incus]
w/Terrie Ex: The Laughing Owl [2001, Atavistic]
Hazentijd [2009, Data Images, DVD], U

Karl Berger (1935– )

Live at the Donaueschingen Festival [1979, MPS]
w/Dave Holland, Ed Blackwell: Transit [1988, Black Saint]
Around [1990, Black Saint], B

Borah Bergman (1933– )

Bursts of Joy [1976, Chiaroscuro]
A New Frontier [1983, Soul Note], A–
The Human Factor [1992, Soul Note]
w/Roscoe Mitchell, Thomas Buckner: First Meeting [1994, Knitting Factory], B+
Reflections on Ornette Coleman and the Stone House [1995, Soul Note]
Eight By Three [1996, Mixtery]
w/Oliver Lake: A New Organization [1997, Soul Note], B+
The River of Sounds [2001, Boxholder]
Meditations for Piano [2001, Tzadik]
Luminescence [2008, Tzadik], A–

Bill Berry (1930– )

Hello Rev [1976, Concord]
Shortcake [1978, Concord]

Gene Bertoncini (1937– )

Bridges [1977, MPS]
Just the Two of Us [2000, Chiaroscuro]
Quiet Now [2005, Ambient]
Concerti [2005, Ambient], C+
w/Roni Ben-Hur: Smile [2008, Jazz Foundation/Motéma], B

Big Black (1934– )

Ethnic Fusion [1982, Mutable Music], B

Lou Blackburn (1922– )

The Complete Imperial Sessions [1963, Blue Note], B+(***)

Travis Biggs

Challenge [1975, Soul Jazz]

Black Eagle Jazz Band

Jersey Lightning [1990, Stomp Off]
Skeletons in the Closet [1995, BE]
The Black Eagles at Naworth Castle [1996, Lake]

Walter Bishop Jr (1927–98)

Trio, 1965 [1962–63, OJC]
Cubicle [1978, Muse]
What's New [1990, DIW]

Ran Blake (1935– )

Duke Dreams [1981, Soul Note]
Vertigo [1984, Owl]
Painted Rhythms: Volume 1 [1985, GM], B
Painted Rhythms: Volume 2 [1985, GM], U
Short Life of Barbara Monk [1987, Soul Note], A–
You Stepped Out of a Cloud [1989, Owl]
That Certain Feeling [1990, Hat Art], B
Epistrophy [1991, Soul Note]
Unmarked Van [1994, Soul Note], B
Something to Live For [1998, Hatology]
Sonic Temples [2001, GM, 2 CD]
All That Is Tied [2006, Tompkins Square], B+(**)
Driftwoods [2008, Tompkins Square], U

Carla Bley (1938– )

Escalator Over the Hill [1968–71, JCOA/ECM, 2 CD], B
Tropic Appetites [1973–74, Watt]
Dinner Music [1976, Polygram]
European Tour 1977 [1977, Watt], B+
Musique Mechanique [1978, Watt], B
Social Studies [1980, Watt]
Live! [1981, Watt]
Heavy Heart [1984, Watt], U
w/Steve Swallow: Duets [1988, Watt], B
Fleur Carnivore [1988, Watt]
The Very Big Carla Bley Band [1991, Watt], B
The Carla Bley Big Band Goes to Church [1997, Watt]
4 x 4 [1999, Watt]
Rarum XV: Selected Recordings [1961–99, ECM], B+
Looking for America [2002, Watt], A–
w/Andy Sheppard, Steve Swallow, Billy Drummond: The Lost Chords [2004, Watt], B+
Appearing Nightly [2006, Watt], B+(**)
The Lost Chords Find Paolo Fresu [2007, Watt], B+(**)
w/Steve Swallow, The Partyka Brass Quintet: Carla's Christmas Carols [2008, Watt], B+(*)

Hamiet Bluiett (1940– )

Birthright: A Solo Blues Concert [1977, India Navigation]
Resolution [1977, Black Saint]
w/Don Pullen, Fred Hopkins, Don Moye: Im/possible to Keep [1977, India Navigation, 2 CD], B+
Saying Something for All [1977–79, Just a Memory]
Live in Berlin with the Clarinet Family [1984, Black Saint]
Live at Carlos I [1986, Just a Memory]
Live at Carlos I: Another Night [1986, Just a Memory], B+
Live at Carlos I: Last Night [1986, Just a Memory], A–
The Clarinet Family [1987, Black Saint], B
. . . If You Have to Ask . . . You Don't Need to Know [1991, Tutu], B+
Sankofa / Rear Garde [1992, Soul Note]
Young Warrior, Old Warrior [1995, Mapleshade], A–
Bluiett's Barbeque Band [1995–96, Mapleshade], B–
Libation for the Baritone Saxophone Nation [1997, Justin Time]
Live at the Knitting Factory [1997, Knitting Factory]
Makin' Whoopee: Tribute to the Nat King Cole Trio [1997, Mapleshade], A–
w/D.D. Jackson, Mor Thiam: Same Space [1998, Justin Time], B+
w/D.D. Jackson, Mor Thiam: Join Us [1998, Justin Time]
Blueback [2001, Justin Time], B
w/D.D. Jackson, Kahil El'Zabar: The Calling [2001, Justin Time], A–

Arthur Blythe (1940– )

In Concert: The Grip / Metamorphosis [1977, India Navigation], B+
Lenox Avenue Breakdown [1978, Koch], A
In the Tradition [1979, Columbia], A–
Illusions [1980, Columbia], B+
Basic Blythe [1987, Columbia], B
Retroflection [1993, Enja], A–
Calling Card [1993, Enja]
w/David Eyges, Bruce Ditmas: Synergy [1996, In+Out], B+
Night Song [1997, Clarity], B–
w/David Eyges: Today's Blues [1997, CIMP], B–
Spirits in the Field [2000, Savant], A–
Blythe Byte [2001, Savant]
Focus [2002, Savant], A
Exhale [2003, Savant], B+

Phil Bodner (1919– )

The Clarinet Virtuosity of Phil Bodner: Once More With Feeling [1960, Arbors], B+(***)

Joe Bonner (1948– )

Triangle [1975, Why Not], B+(***)
Parade [1979, Steeplechase], B
Impressions of Copenhagen [1981, Steeplechase]
Suite for Chocolate [1985, Steeplechase]
The Lost Melody [1987, Steeplechase], B+

Lester Bowie (1940–99)

American Gumbo [1974–75, 32 Jazz, 2 CD], B+
The Great Pretender [1981, ECM], B+
w/Nobuyoshi Ino: Duet [1985, Paddle Wheel]
Works [1981–86, ECM]
Serious Fun [1989, DIW], B+
My Way [1990, DIW], A–
Lester Bowie and the New York Organ Ensemble: The Organizer [1991, DIW]
Lester Bowie's N.Y. Organ Ensemble: Funky T, Cool T [1991, DIW]
The Fire This Time [1992, In+Out], A
The Odyssey of Funk and Popular Music Vol. 1 [1997, Birdology]

Charles Brackeen (1940– )

Rhythm X [1968, Strata East]
Bannar [1987, Silkheart]
Worshippers Come Nigh [1987, Silkheart], B

Joanne Brackeen (1938– )

Six Ate [1975, Candid]
Special Identity [1981, Antilles], B+
Havin' Fun [1985, Concord], B+
Fi-Fi Goes to Heaven [1986–87, Concord], B
Live at Maybeck Recital Hall Volume 1 [1989, Concord]
Where Legends Dwell [1991, Ken]
Breath of Brazil [1991, Concord]
Turnaround [1992, Evidence]
Take a Chance [1993, Concord Picante], B+
Power Talk [1994, Turnipseed Music], B+
Pink Elephant Music [1999, Arkadia], B+
Popsicle Illusion [1999, Arkadia]

Bobby Bradford (1934– )

One Night Stand [1993, Soul Note]

Anthony Braxton (1945– )

Three Compositions of New Jazz [1968, Delmark], B
For Alto [1968, Delmark], D
Donna Lee [1972, Free America/Verve], B+
Saxophone Improvisations Series F [1972, Free America/Verve, 2 CD], B+
Town Hall (Trio & Quintet) 1972 [1972, Hat Art], B+
In the Tradition, Vol. 1 [1974, Steeplechase]
In the Tradition, Vol. 2 [1974, Steeplechase]
Duo, Vols. 1 and 2 [1974, Emanem]
First Duo Concert [1974, Emanem]
New York, Fall 1974 [1974, Arista], B+(***)
Five Pieces 1975 [1975, Arista], A–
Anthony Braxton Live [1975, RCA]
Creative Orchestra Music 1976 [1976, Arista], A
Duets 1976 [1976, Arista], B+(*)
The Montreux / Berlin Concerts [1975–76, Arista, 2LP], A–
Silence / Time Zones [1976, Black Lion]
w/George Lewis: Donaueschingen (Duo) 1976 [1976, Hat Art], B+
Dortmund (Quartet) 1976 [1976, Hat Art], A–
News From the '70s [1972–76, Felmay]
For Trio [1977, Arista], B
Creative Orchestra (Köln) 1978 [1978, Hat Art, 2 CD], B+
Solo (Köln) 1978 [1978, Leo Golden Years of New Jazz]
For Four Orchestras [1978, Arista, 3LP], B+(**)
Alto Saxophone Improvisations 1979 [1978–79, Arista, 2LP], B+(*)
Solo (Milano) 1979: Volume 1 [1979, Leo Golden Years of New Jazz]
Performance (9–1–1979) [1979, Hat Hut]
w/Frederic Rzewski, Ursula Oppens: For Two Pianos [1980, Arista], A–
The Complete Arista Recordings of Anthony Braxton [1974–80, Mosaic, 8 CD], A–
Composition No. 94: For Three Instrumentalists [1980, Golden Years of New Jazz]
Composition No. 96 [1981, Leo]
Four Compositions (Quartet) 1983 [1983, Soul Note], B
Quartet (London) 1985 [1985, Leo, 2 CD]
Quartet (Birmingham) 1985 [1985, Leo, 2 CD]
Quartet (Coventry) 1985 [1985, Leo, 2 CD]
Five Compositions (Quartet) 1986 [1986, Black Saint]
Six Monk's Compositions [1987, Black Saint], A–
London (Solo) 1988 [1988, Impetus]
2 Compositions (Järvenpää) 1988 [1988, Leo]
Victoriaville 1988 [1988, Victo]
Seven Compositions (Trio) 1989 [1989, Hat Art]
Eugene (1989) [1989, Black Saint]
Eight (+3) Tristano Compositions 1989 [1989, Hat Art], A–
Two Compositions (Ensemble) 1989 / 1991 [1989–91, Hat Art]
Willisau (Quartet) 1991 [1991, Hat Art, 4 CD], A–
Composition No. 107 (Excerpt, 1982) / In CDCM Computer Music Series, Vol. 10 [1982–91, Centaur]
Four (Ensemble) Compositions [1992, Black Saint], B
Composition No. 165 [1992, New Albion]
Wesleyan (12 Altosolos) 1992 [1992, Hat Art]
9 Standards (Quartet) 1993 [1993, Leo, 2 CD]
Duo (London) 1993 [1993, Leo]
Trio (London) 1993 [1993, Leo]
Quartet (Santa Cruz) 1993 [1993, Hat Art, 2 CD]
The Braxton Quartet Plays Twelve Braxton Compositions [1993, Music & Arts, 2 CD]
Braxton at the Leipzig Gewandhaus [1993, Music & Arts]
Charlie Parker Project 1993 [1993, Hat Art, 2 CD], A–
Duo (Wesleyan) 1994 [1994, Leo]
w/Richard Teitelbaum: Duet: Live at Merkin Hall, NYC [1994, Music & Arts], B
Small Ensemble Music (Wesleyan) 1994 [1994, Splasc(h)]
Knitting Factory (Piano / Quartet) 1004, Vol. 2 [1994, Leo, 2 CD]
Seven Standards 1995 [1995, Knitting Factory]
11 Compositions (Duo) 1995 [1995, Leo]
Four Compositions (Quartet) 1995 [1995, Braxton House]
Sextet (Istanbul) 1995 [1995, Braxton House, 2 CD], B
Ensemble (New York) 1995 [1995, Braxton House], B+
Octet (New York) 1995 [1995, Braxton House]
10 Compositions (Duet) 1995 [1995, Konnex]
w/Joe Fonda: Duets 1995 [1995, Clean Feed], B+(***)
Tentet (New York) 1996 [1996, Braxton House]
14 Compositions (Traditional) 1996 [1996, Leo]
Ninetet (Yoshi's) 1997: Volume 1 [1997, Leo, 2 CD]
Ninetet (Yoshi's) 1997: Volume 2 [1997, Leo, 2 CD]
Two Compositions (Trio) 1998 [1998, Leo, 2 CD]
Compositions No. 10 and No. 16 (+101) [1998, Hat Hut]
Ten Compositions (Quartet) 2000 [2000, CIMP]
Nine Compositions (Hill) 2000 [2000, CIMP]
Six Compositions (GTM) 2001 [2001, Rastascan, 4 CD]
8 Standards (Wesleyan) 2001 [2001, Barking Hoop, 2 CD], B+
Solo (NYC) 2002 [2002, Parallactic]
23 Standards (Quartet) 2003 [2003, Leo, 4 CD], A–
20 Standards (Quartet) 2003 [2003, Leo, 4 CD], A
w/Matt Bauder: 2 + 2 Compositions [2003, 482 Music], B
Solo Willisau [2003, Intakt], B+(**)
w/Kyle Brenders: Toronto (Duets) 2007 [2007, Barnyard, 2CD], B+(**)
w/Milford Graves, William Parker: Beyond Quantum [2008, Tzadik], A–
w/Maral Yakshieva: Improvisations (Duo) 2008 [2008, SoLyd, 2 CD], B+(***)

Lenny Breau (1941–84)

w/Don Francks, Eon Henstridge: At the Purple Lounge [1962, Art of Life], C+
Five O'Clock Bells / Mo Breau [1977, Genes]
w/Brad Terry: The Living Room Tapes [1978, Dos], U
Live at Bourbon St. [1983, Guitarchives, 2 CD]

Randy Brecker (1945– )

Score [1969, Blue Note]
Some Skunk Funk [2003, Telarc], C
Randy in Brasil [2006, MAMA], B–
Nostalgic Journey: Tykocin Jazz Suite/The Music of Wlodek Pawlik [2008, Summit], B+(***)

Willem Breuker (1944– )

Baal Brecht Breuker Handke [1973–74, Bvhaast]
Live in Berlin [1975, FMP]
Superstars [1978, FMP]
In Holland [1981, Bvhaast]
Driebergen-Zeist [1983, Bvhaast]
De Klap [1985, Bvhaast]
Bob's Gallery [1987, Bvhaast], B–
To Remain [1983–89, Bvhaast]
Parade [1990, Bvhaast]
Heibel [1990, Bvhaast], B+
De Onderste Steen [1972–91, Entr'acte], B
Deze Kant Op, Dames / This Way, Ladies [1992, Bvhaast]
The Parrot [1980–95, Bvhaast]
Kurt Weill [1983–97, Bvhaast]
Pakkepapèn [1997, Bvhaast]
Psalm 122 [1998, Bvhaast]
Hunger! [1999, Bvhaast]
Thirst! [2000, Bvhaast]
Celebrating 25 Years on the Road [(2000), Bvhaast]

Nick Brignola (1936–2002)

On a Different Level [1989, Reservoir], A–
Like Old Times [1994, Reservoir]
The Flight of the Eagle [1997, Reservoir], B+
Tour de Force [2000, Reservoir]

Alan Broadbent (1947– )

Live at Maybeck Recital Hall Vol. 14 [1991, Concord], B+
w/Gary Foster: Duo Series Vol. 4 [1993, Concord], B+
Pacific Standard Time [1995, Concord], U
Personal Standards [1996, Concord], B
Every Time I Think of You [2005, Artistry], B+(**)

Roy Brooks (1938– )

The Free Slave [1970, 32 Jazz], B+
Duet in Detroit [1984, Enja]

Peter Brötzmann (1941– )

For Adolphe Sax [1967, Atavistic Unheard Music]
Machine Gun [1968, FMP], B+
The Complete Machine Gun Sessions [1968, Atavistic], B+(**)
Nipples [1969, Atavistic Unheard Music]
More Nipples [1969, Atavistic Unheard Music]
Fuck de Boere: Dedicated to Johnny Dyani [1968–70, Atavistic Unheard Music], B
The End [1971, FMP]
FMP 0130 [1973, Atavistic], B
w/Han Bennink: Schwarzwaldfahrt [1977, Atavistic, 2 CD], B
3 Points and a Mountain . . . Plus [1979, FMP]
The Nearer the Bone, the Sweeter the Meat [1979, FMP]
Opened, But Hardly Touched [1980, FMP, 2 LP]
Alarm [1981, Atavistic], B+(***)
w/Albert Mangelsdorff, Günter Sommer: Pica Pica [1982, Atavistic], B+(*)
14 Love Poems [1984, FMP]
14 Love Poems Plus Ten More [1984, FMP]
Berlin Djungle [1984, Atavistic], B+
Low Life [1987, Celluloid]
No Nothing [1990, FMP, 2 CD]
Dare Devil [1991, DIW]
Songlines [1991, FMP]
Die Like a Dog [1993, FMP], B
w/Hamid Drake: The Dried Rat-Dog [1994, Okkadisk], B
Evolving Blush or Driving Original Sin [1996, PSFD]
The WELS Concert [1996, Okkadisk]
The Chicago Octet / Tentet [1997, Okkadisk, 3 CD]
Little Birds Have Fast Hearts, No. 1 [1997, FMP]
Little Birds Have Fast Hearts, No. 2 [1997, FMP]
Live at the Empty Bottle [1998, Okkadisk]
From Valley to Valley [1998, Eremite]
Noise of Wings [1999, Slask]
Stone/Water [1999, Okkadisk], B+
Three Rocks and a Pine [1999, Ninth World Music]
Live at Nefertiti [1999, Ayler]
Aoyama Crows [1999, FMP]
Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet Plus Two: Broken English [2000, Okka Disk], B+
Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet Plus Two: Short Visit to Nowhere [2000, Okka Disk], B+
Never Too Late but Always Too Early [2001, Eremite, 2 CD]
The Darkest River [2001, Ninth World Music]
Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet: Images [2002, Okka Disk], B+
Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet: Signs [2002, Okka Disk], B
Medicina [2004, Atavistic], A–
Be Music, Night [2005, Okka Disk], B+(**)
Chicago Tentet: American Landscapes 1 [2006, Okkadisk], B+(***)
Chicago Tentet: American Landscapes 2 [2006, Okkadisk], B+(**)
w/Peeter Uuskyla: Born Broke [2006, Atavistic, 2 CD], B+(***)
w/Paal Nilssen-Love: Sweet Sweat [2006, Smalltown Superjazz], B+(**)
w/Fred Lonberg-Holm: The Brain of the Dog in Section [2007, Atavistic], B+(*)
w/Marino Pliakas, Michael Wertmüller: Full Blast / Black Hole [2008, Atavistic], B+(***)
w/Toshinori Kondo, Massimo Pupillo, Paal Nilssen-Love: Hairy Bones [2008, Okka Disk], A–

Marion Brown (1931– )

Marion Brown [1965, ESP-Disk], A–
Three for Shepp [1966, Impulse], B
Why Not? [1966, ESP], A–
Porto Novo [1967–70, Black Lion]
Afternoon of a Georgia Faun [1970, ECM]
Geechee Recollections [1973, Impulse], U
Duets [1975, Arista/Freedom], U
Back to Paris [1980, Freelance], B
Recollections — Ballads and Blues for Saxophone [1987, Creative Works]

Bill Bruford (1948– )

Feels Good to Me [1977, Winterfold], B
One of a Kind [1979, Winterfold], B–
Rock Goes to College [1979, Winterfold], B
The Bruford Tapes [1980, EG]
Master Strokes: 1978–1985 [1978–85, EG]
The Winterfold Collection 1978–1986 [1977–85, Winterfold], B–
Bill Bruford's Earthworks [1986, Summerfold], B+
Dig? [1989, Summerfold], B+
All Heaven Broke Loose [1991, EG]
Stamping Ground: Live [1994, EG]
Footloose and Fancy Free [2002, Discipline, 2 CD]
w/Tim Garland: Random Acts of Happiness [2004, Summerfold], B+
w/Michael Borstlap: Every Step a Dance, Every Word a Song [2003–4, Summerfold], B+
w/Tim Garland: Earthworks Underground Orchestra [2005, Summerfold], B+(*)
World Drummers Ensemble: A Coat of Many Colors [1996–2005, Summerfold], B
w/Michael Borstlap: In Two Minds [2006–7, Summerfold], B+(*)
The Summerfold Collection 1987–2008 [1986–2007, Summerfold, 2 CD], B
Skin and Wire: PianoCircus Featuring Bill Bruford: Play the Music of Colon Riley [2009, Summerfold], A–

Rusty Bryant (1929–91)

Legends of Acid Jazz [1969–70, Prestige]

John Bunch (1921– )

John Bunch Plays Kurt Weill [1975–91, Chiaroscuro]
The Best Thing for You [1987, Concord]
NY Swing [1991, LRC]
Struttin' [1995, Arbors]
Solo [1996, Arbors]
At the Nola Penthouse: Salutes Jimmy Van Heusen [2006, Arbors], B
w/Frank Wess: Plays the Music of Irving Berlin [2008, Arbors], B+(**)

Dave Burrell (1940– )

High Won — High Two [1968, Black Lion], A–
After Love [1970, Free America/Verve], A–
The 360 Degree Music Experience: In: Sanity [1976, Black Saint]
Plays Ellington and Monk [1978, Denon], A–
Windward Passages [1979, Hat Art], A–
w/David Murray: Daybreak [1989, Gazell]
The Jelly Roll Joys [1991, Gazell], B+
w/David Murray: In Concert [1991, Victo], A–
w/David Murray: Brother to Brother [1993, Gazell]
Recital [2000, CIMP]
Live at Caramoor [2001, Sonoris]
Expansion [2003, High Two], B+
w/Billy Martin: Consequences [2005, Amulet], B+(***)
Momentum [2005, High Two], B+(***)

Gary Burton (1943– )

Duster [1967, Koch]
Lofty Flake Anagram [1967, One Way]
A Genuine Tong Funeral [1967, RCA (France)], B+
Artist's Choice [1963–67, RCA]
Country Roads and Other Places [1968, Koch]
Paris Encounter [1969, Atlantic]
Gary Burton and Keith Jarrett [1969–70, Rhino]
Alone at Last [1971, Atlantic]
w/Chick Corea: Crystal Silence [1972, ECM], B+(**)
w/Steve Swallow: Hotel Hello [1974, ECM], B+
Dreams So Real [1976, ECM], B–
Duet [1978, ECM], B+(*)
w/Chick Corea: Crystal Silence: The ECM Recordings 1972–79 [1972–79, ECM, 4 CD], B+(*)
Times Like These [1988, GRP]
w/Pat Metheny: Reunion [1989, GRP]
w/Makoto Ozone: Face to Face [1994, GRP]
w/Chick Corea, Pat Metheny, Roy Haynes, Dave Holland: Like Minds [1998, Concord]
Libertango: The Music of Astor Piazzolla [1999, Concord]
For Hamp, Red, Bags and Cal [2000, Concord]
Virtuosi [2001, Concord]
w/Pat Metheny, Steve Swallow, Antonio Sanchez: Quartet Live [2007, Concord], B+(*)

Jaki Byard (1922–99)

Blues for Smoke [1960, Candid]
Out Front! [1961, OJC], A–
Here's Jaki [1961, OJC]
Hi-Fly [1962, OJC]
w/Joe Farrell: The Last From Lennie's [1965, Prestige], A–
Freedom Together! [1966, Prestige OJC], B
The Jaki Byard Experience [1968, Prestige OJC]
Sunshine of My Soul [1978, High Note], B+(*)
Phantasies II [1988, Soul Note]
At Maybeck Recital Hall Volume 17 [1991, Concord]
w/David Eyges: Night Leaves [1997, Brownstone]

George Cables (1944– )

Why Not? [1975, Why Not], B+(***)
Cables' Vision [1979, Contemporary OJC]
Morning Song [1980, High Note], B+(*)
Phantom of the City [1985, Contemporary]
By George [1987, Contemporary], B
Cables Fables [1991, Steeplechase], B+
Night and Day [1991, DIW]
Beyond Forever [1991, Steeplechase]
Maybeck Recital Hall Series: Volume 35 [1994, Concord]
Quiet Fire [1994, Steeplechase]
Person to Person [1995, Steeplechase]
Dark Side, Light Side [1996, Steeplechase]
You Don't Know Me [2008, Kind of Blue]

Hadley Caliman (1932– )

Celebration [1977, Catalyst]
Gratitude [2007, Origin], B+(**)
Straight Ahead [2008, Origin], B+(*)

Frank Capp (1931– )

w/Nat Pierce: Juggernaut [1976, Concord]
w/Nat Pierce, Joe Williams: Live at the Century Plaza [1978, Concord]

Rüdiger Carl (1944– )

Buben Plus [1978–94, FMP]
Solo [1993–95, FMP]
Book / Virtual COWWS [1977–96, FMP, 3 CD]

Larry Carlton (1948– )

Larry Carlton [1978, Warner Brothers]
The Larry Carlton Collection, Vol. 2 [(1987), GRP]

Ernie Carson (1937– )

Ernie Carson and Rhythm [1975, Jazzology]
Ernie Carson and the Social Polecats [1991, GHB]
Southern Comfort [1983–93, GHB]
One Beer [1993, GHB]
Every Man a King [1993, GHB], A–
If I Had a Talking Picture of You [1993, GHB]
Where'm I Gonna Live? [1994, Stomp Off]

John Carter (1929–91)

West Coast Hot [1969, Novus]
Seeking [1969, Hat Art]
Castles of Ghana [1985, Gramavision], B–
Fields [1988, Gramavision], B
Shadows on a Wall [1989, Gramavision], B+

Ron Carter (1937– )

w/Eric Dolphy, Mal Waldron: Where? [1961, New Jazz OJC], B+
Uptown Conversation [1969, Atlantic]
Third Plane [1978, Fantasy OJC]
Etudes [1982, Discovery], A–
w/Jim Hall: Telephone [1984, Concord]
w/Jim Hall: Telepathy [1982–84, Concord]
Stardust [2001, Blue Note]
Dear Miles, [2006, Blue Note], B+(**)

Michael Carvin (1944– )

Between Me and You [1988, Muse]
Marsalis Music Honors Michael Carvin [2005, Marsalis Music/Rounder], B

Catalyst [1972–1975]

The Funkiest Band You Never Heard [1972–75, 32 Jazz, 2 CD]

Philip Catherine (1942– )

Sleep, My Love [1979, CMP]
I Remember You [1990, Criss Cross]
Moods: Volume 1 [1992, Criss Cross]
Guitar Groove [1999, Dreyfus], B
Blue Prince [2000, Dreyfus]

André Ceccarelli

Golden Land [2006, CAM Jazz], B

Andrea Centazzo

Shock!! [1984, New Tone]
Real Time Two [(2000), Robi]

Joe Chambers (1942– )

Phantom of the City [1991, Candid]
Mirrors [1998, Blue Note]
The Outlaw [2005, Savant], B+(**)

Jim Chappell

Tender Ritual [1979, Real Music]
Nightsongs and Lullabies [1991, Real Music]
Over the Top [1993, Real Music]

Don Cherry (1936–95)

Live at the Montmartre: Volume 1 [1965, Magnetic], B
Live at the Montmartre: Volume 2 [1965, Magnetic]
Complete Communion [1965, Blue Note], A–
Symphony for Improvisers [1966, Blue Note], B
Where Is Brooklyn [1966, Blue Note], A–
Live at Café Montmartre 1966 [1966, ESP-Disk], B+(*)
Live at Café Montmartre 1966: Volume Two [1966, ESP-Disk], B
Eternal Rhythm [1968, Saba]
Mu (The Complete Session) [1969, Affinity]
"Mu" First Part / "Mu" Second Part [1969, Fuel 2000], A–
Blue Lake [1971, Fuel 2000], B+
w/Jazz Composers Orchestra: Relativity Suite [1973, JCOA], B+
w/Bernt Rosengren, Christer Bothen, Agneta Ehrnstrom, Bengt Berger: Eternal Now [1973, Antilles], B+
The Sonet Recordings [1969–73, Verve, 2 CD]
Brown Rice [1975, A&M], B+
w/Nana Vasconcelos, Collin Walcott: Codona [1978, ECM], B+(**)
w/Nana Vascencelos, Collin Walcott: Codona 2 [1980, ECM], B+(*)
w/Ed Blackwell: El Corazón [1982, ECM], B+
w/Nana Vascencelos, Collin Walcott: Codona 3 [1982, ECM], B
w/Nana Vasconcelos, Collin Walcott: The Codona Trilogy [1978–82, ECM, 3 CD], B+(*)
Art Deco [1989, A&M], A–
Multi Kulti [1988–90, A&M], B+

Pete Christlieb (1945– )

w/Warne Marsh: Conversations with Warne, Vol. 1 [1978, Criss Cross]
w/Warne Marsh: Conversations with Warne, Vol. 2 [1978, Criss Cross], B+
For Heaven's Sake [1999, CARS]

Gunter Christmann (1942– )

We Play [1973, FMP]
Earmeals [1978, Moers]
Alla Prima [1997, Concepts of Doing]
One to (Two) [1997, Okkadisk]
Here Now [1998, Concepts of Doing]
(For) Friends and Neighbo(u)rs [2001, Concepts of Doing]

Stanley Clarke (1951– )

Journey to Love [1975, Epic]
School Days [1976, Epic]
Live at the Greek [1993, Epic]
The Toys of Men [2007, Heads Up], B

Billy Cobham (1944– )

Spectrum [1973, Atlantic]
Rudiments: The Billy Cobham Anthology [1973–78, Atlantic, 2 CD]
Flight Time [1980, Inakustik]
Stratus [1981, Inak], B

Tony Coe (1934– )

Some Other Spring [1964, Hep]
Some Other Autumn [1971, Hep]
Nutty on Willisau [1983, Hat Art]
Mainly Mancini [1985, Nato]
Canterbury Song [1988, Hot House]
Les Sources Bleues [1988–92, Nato]
w/Bob Brookmeyer: Captain Coe's Famous Racearound [1995, Storyville], B–
Blue Jersey [1995, AB]
In Concert [1997, AB]
w/Alan Barnes: Days of Wine and Roses [1997, Zephyr], B+
Ruby [1998, Zah Zah]

Richie Cole (1948– )

Alto Madness [1977, Muse]
Keeper of the Flame [1978, Muse]
Hollywood Madness [1979, Muse]
Some Things Speak for Themselves [1981, Muse]
Alive! at the Village Vanguard [1981, Muse]
Pure Imagination [1986, Concord]

George Coleman (1935– )

Dynamic Duo [1977, Timeless]
Playing Changes [1979, Ronnie Scott's Jazz House], B+
At Yoshi's [1987, Evidence], A–
My Horns of Plenty [1991, Birdology], A
Blues Inside Out [1997, Ronnie Scott's Jazz House]
I Could Write a Book: The Music of Richard Rodgers [1998, Telarc], B
Danger High Voltage [1996, Two and Four]

Johnny Coles (1926– )

Little Johnny C [1963, Blue Note], B+
New Morning [1982, Criss Cross]

Graham Collier (1937– )

Deep Dark Blue Centre [1967, Disconforme]
Darius [1974, Disconforme]
Workpoints [1968–75, Cuneiform, 2 CD], A–
New Conditions [1976, Disconforme]
Symphony of Scorpions [1976, Disconforme]
The Day of the Dead [1978, Disconforme]
Hoarded Dreams [1983, Cuneiform], B+(*)
The Third Colour [1997, ASC]

Alice Coltrane (1937–2007)

A Monastic Trio [1968, Impulse]
Huntington Ashram Monastery [1969, Impulse]
Ptah the El Daoud [1970, Impulse]
Journey in Satchidananda [1971, Impulse]
Universal Consciousness [1971, Impulse]
World Galaxy [1971, Impulse]
The Impulse Story [1968–2000, Impulse], B+(*)
Translinear Light [2004, Impulse], B+

Company [1977–1991]

Company 3 [1976, Incus]
Company 4 [1976, Incus]
Company 5 [1977, Incus]
Company 6 and 7 [1977, Incus]
Fables [1980, Incus]
Trios [1983, Incus]
Once [1987, Incus]
Company 91 [1991, Incus]
Company 91 [1991, Incus]
Company 91 [1991, Incus]

Bill Connors (1949– )

Swimming With a Hole in My Body [1979, ECM]
Assembler [1987, Evidence]

The Contemporary Jazz Quintet [1966–1967]

Actions [1966–67, Atavistic], B+

Junior Cook (1934–92)

Somethin's Cookin' [1981, Muse]
Senior Cookin' [1979–81, 32 Jazz], B+

Jerome Cooper (1946– )

Root Assumptions [1978, Anima]

Cooper-Moore (1946– )

Outtakes 1978 [1978, Hopscotch], B+(**)
Deep in the Neighborhood of History and Influence
w/Tom Abbs, Chad Taylor: Triptych Myth [2003, Hopscotch], A–
w/Assif Tsahar: America [2003, Hopscotch], B+
Tryptych Myth: The Beautiful [2005, AUM Fidelity], A–
Digital Primitives: Hum Crackle & Pop [2004–7, Hopscotch], U

Chick Corea (1941– )

Tones for Joan's Bones [1966, Rhino/Atlantic], B+(**)
Chick Corea [1968, Blue Note]
Now He Sings, Now He Sobs [1968, Blue Note], B
The Complete "Is" Sessions [1969, Blue Note, 2 CD]
The Song of Singing [1970, Blue Note]
w/Anthony Braxton, Dave Holland, Barry Altschul: Early Circle [1970, Blue Note], B
Circulus [1970, Blue Note]
w/Anthony Braxton, Dave Holland, Barry Altschul: Circle: Paris-Concert [1971, ECM, 2 CD], A–
Piano Improvisations, Vols. 1 and 2 [1971, ECM]
Return to Forever [1972, ECM], A–
Light as a Feather [1972, Polydor], B
Return to the Seventh Galaxy [1972–75, Verve, 2 CD]
My Spanish Heart [1976, Polydor]
Jazz Masters 3 [1972–78, Verve]
In Concert, Zürich, October 28, 1979 [1979, ECM, 2 CD], B+(*)
Three Quartets [1981, Stretch]
Live in Montreux [1981, Stretch], B
Eye of the Beholder [1988, GRP]
Alive [1991, GRP]
Expressions [1993, GRP]
The Best of Chick Corea [(1993), Capitol]
Time Warp [1995, Stretch], B+
Music Forever and Beyond: The Selected Works of Chick Corea [1964–96, GRP, 5 CD]
Remembering Bud Powell [1997, Stretch], B
w/Gary Burton: Native Sense: The New Duets [1997, Stretch]
Origin: Live at the Blue Note [1998, Stretch], B
A Week at the Blue Note [1998, Stretch, 6 CD]
Change [1998, Stretch]
Past, Present and Future [2001, Stretch]
Rendezvous in New York [2001, Stretch, 2 CD]
To the Stars [2004, Stretch], C
The Ultimate Adventure [2006, Stretch], B
w/Bela Fleck: The Enchantment [2007, Concord], B–
w/Gary Burton: The New Crystal Silence [2007, Stretch, 2 CD], B–

Larry Coryell (1943– )

Spaces [1970, Vanguard]
The Restful Mind [1974, Universe]
Improvisations: The Best of the Vanguard Years [1968–75, Vanguard, 2 CD]
Equipoise [1985, Muse]
Major Jazz Minor Blues [1989, 32 Jazz]
Shining Hour [1990, 32 Jazz], B
Twelve Frets to One Octave [1991, Shanachie]
Live from Bahia [1992, CTI]
Monk, Trane, Miles and Me [1998, High Note]
New High [1999, High Note]

Jacques Coursil

Black Suite [1969, BYG]
Way Ahead [1969, BYG]
Clameurs [2006, Sunnyside], B+(**)

Stanley Cowell (1941– )

Blues for the Viet Cong [1969, Freedom], U
Travellin' Man [1969, Black Lion]
Brilliant Circles [1969, Black Lion]
We Three [1987, DIW]
Sienna [1989, Steeplechase], B+
Back to the Beautiful [1989, Concord], B
Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume 5 [1990, Concord], B
Close to You Alone [1990, DIW]
Departure No. 2 [1990, Steeplechase]
Live [1993, Steeplechase]
Angel Eyes [1993, Steeplechase], B+
Setup [1993, Steeplechase], B+
Mandara Blossoms [1995, Steeplechase]
Hear Me One [1996, Steeplechase]

Kenny Cox (1940– )

Introducing Kenny Cox and the Contemporary Jazz Quintet [1968–69, Blue Note], B+(***)

Lol Coxhill (1932– )

Ear of the Beholder [1970–71, See for Miles]
Coxhill on Ogun [1977–78, Ogun]
The Dunois Solos [1981, Nato]
Couscous [1983, Nato]
Halim [1992–93, Nato]
One Night in Glasgow [1994, Scatter]
Three Blokes [1994, FMP]
w/Veryan Weston: Boundless [1998, Emanem], B
Alone and Together [1991–99, Emanem]
Spectral Soprano [1954–99, Emanem, 2 CD]
Worms Organising Archdukes [2001–2, Emanem]
Out to Launch [2001–2, Emanem]

Hank Crawford (1934– )

Midnight Ramble [1982, Milestone]
Indigo Blue [1983, Milestone]
w/Jimmy McGriff: On the Blue Side [1989, Milestone], B
Heart and Soul [1958–92, Rhino/Atlantic, 2 CD]

Connie Crothers (1941– )

Love Energy [1988, New Artists]
New York Night [1989, New Artists]
Jazz Spring [1993, New Artists]
Session [1996, New Artists]

Ronnie Cuber (1941– )

Cuber Libre [1976, Xanadu]
The Scene Is Clean [1993, Milestone]

Ted Curson (1935– )

Plays Fire Down Below [1962, Prestige OJC]
Tears for Dolphy [1964, Black Lion]
The New Thing and the Blue Thing [1965, Koch], B+
Blue Piccolo [1975, Why Not], B+(***)
Traveling On [1996, Evidence], B

Leo Cuypers (1947– )

Songbook [1995, Bvhaast]

Andrew Cyrille (1939– )

Metamusicians' Stomp [1978, Black Saint]
Nuba [1979, Black Saint]
Double Clutch [1981, Silkheart]
The Navigator [1982, Soul Note], B+
Galaxies [1990, Music & Arts]
My Friend Louis [1991, DIW], B+
X-Man [1993, Soul Note], B
Good to Go, With a Tribute to Bu [1995, Soul Note]
C/D/E [2000, Jazz Magnet]
Profound Sound Trio: w/Paul Dunmall, Henry Grimes: Opus de Life [2008, Porter], A–

Eddie Daniels (1941– )

First Prize [1966, Prestige OJC]
Breakthrough [1986, GRP]
To Bird With Love [1987, GRP]
Under the Influence [1993, GRP]
Mean What You Say [2005, IPO], B+(*)
w/Roger Kellaway: A Duet of One: Live at the Bakery [2005, IPO], B+(*)
Homecoming: Live at the Iridium [2006, IPO, 2 CD], B

Harold Danko (1947– )

Mirth Song [1982, Sunnyside]
After the Rain [1994, Steeplechase]
New Autumn [1995, Steeplechase]
Tidal Breeze [1995–96, Steeplechase]
The Feeling of Jazz [1996, Steeplechase], B+
Stable Mates [1997, Steeplechase]
This Isn't Maybe [1998, Steeplechase]
Prestigious [2001, Steeplechase]
Fantasy Exit [2002, Steeplechase]
Trilix [2003, Steeplechase]

Wolfgang Dauner (1935– )

Get Up and Dauner [1962–75, MPS]
One Night in '88 [1988, Mood]
Pas de Trois [1992, Mood]

Kenny Davern (1935–2006)

The Hot Three [1979, Monmouth]
Stretchin' Out [1983, Jazzology], B+
w/Dick Wellstood: Never in a Million Years [1984, Challenge], B+
Playing for Kicks [1985, Jazzology], B+
I'll See You in My Dreams [1988, Musicmasters]
Spanish Eyes [1995, Chiaroscuro]
Breezin' Along [1996, Arbors]
Smiles [1998, Arbors]
The Kenny Davern Quartet at the Mill Hill Playhouse [2003, Arbors], B+
In Concert, Albuquerque, 2004 [2004, Arbors], B+
w/Ken Peplowski: Dialogues [2005, Arbors], B+(***)

Charles Davis (1933– )

Land of Dreams [2006, Smalls], B+(**)

Nathan Davis (1937– )

Two Originals [1965, MPS]
London By Night [1987, DIW], B

Elton Dean (1945–2006)

Just Us [1971–72, Cuneiform], B+
Duos [ED Tapes]
EDQ Live [1989, ED Tapes]
All the Tradition [1990, Slam]
The Vortex Tapes [1990, Slam]
Two's and Three's [1994, Voiceprint]
Silent Knowledge [1995, Cuneiform]
Rumours of an Incident [1996, Slam]
Newsense [1997, Slam]
Into the Nierika [1998, Slam]
Moorsong [1998–99, Cuneiform], B+

Barrett Deems (1913–98)

Deemus [1978, Delmark]
How D'You Like It So For? [1994, Delmark]

Jack DeJohnette (1942– )

Special Edition [1979, ECM]
New Directions in Europe [1979, ECM]
Tin Can Alley [1980, ECM]
Inflation Blues [1982, ECM], U
Album Album [1984, ECM], B
Irresistible Forces [1987, MCA], U
Audio Visualscapes [1988, Impulse], U
Earth Walk [1991, Blue Note], B+
Dancing with Nature Spirits [1995, ECM], A–
Oneness [1998, ECM], B+
w/Larry Goldings, John Scofield: Trio Beyond: Saudades [2004, ECM, 2 CD], B+(*)

Walt Dickerson (1931–2008)

This Is Walt Dickerson! [1961, Prestige OJC]
A Sense of Direction [1961, New Jazz OJC]
Relativity [1962, New Jazz OJC]
To My Queen [1962, New Jazz OJC]
Unity [1964, Audio Fidelity]
Tell Us Only the Beautiful Things [1975, Why Not], B+(***)
Peace [1976, Steeplechase], B
Dialogue [1977, Steeplechase, 2 CD]

Al DiMeola (1954– )

Elegant Gypsy [1976, Columbia]
Land of the Midnight Sun [1976, Columbia]
Casino [1977, Columbia/Legacy]
Splendido Hotel [1979, Columbia]
w/John McLaughlin, Paco DeLucia: Friday Night in San Francisco [1980, Columbia/Legacy], B+
Kiss My Axe [1988, Tomato]
World Sinfonia [1990, Tomato]
Consequence of Chaos [2006, Telarc], B

Bill Dixon (1925– )

Opium [1974–75, Between the Lines]
Collection: Music for Solo Trumpet [1970–76, Cadence]
Bill Dixon in Italy: Volume 1 [1980, Soul Note], B+
Bill Dixon in Italy: Volume 2 [1980, Soul Note], B–
November 1981 [1981, Soul Note]
Sons of Sisyphus [1988, Soul Note]
Solo Works (Odyssey) [1970–90, no label]
Vade Mecum [1993, Soul Note], B
Vade Mecum II [1993, Soul Note], B
w/Tony Oxley: Papyrus, Vol. I [1998, Soul Note]
w/Tony Oxley: Papyrus, Vol. II [1998, Soul Note]
Berlin Abbozzi [2000, FMP]
w/Exploding Star Orchestra: Bill Dixon With Exploding Star Orchestra [2007, Thrill Jockey], B+(**)
17 Musicians in Search of a Sound: Darfur [2007, AUM Fidelity], B
Tapestries for Small Orchestra [2009, Firehouse, 2 CD+DVD], B+(***)

Klaus Doldinger (1936– )

Doldinger's Best [1963–77, Act]

Eric Dolphy (1928–64)

Out There [1960, OJC]
w/Booker Little: Far Cry [1960, Prestige OJC], B+
At the Five Spot: Volume 1 [1961, Prestige OJC], A–
At the Five Spot: Volume 2 [1961, Prestige OJC]
Memorial Album [1961, Prestige OJC]
In Europe: Volume 1 [1961, OJC]
Complete Prestige Recordings [1960–61, Prestige, 9 CD]
The Best of Eric Dolphy [1960–61, Prestige], A–
Softly as in a Morning Sunrise [1961, Natasha], B
The Illinois Concert [1963, Blue Note], A–
Conversations [1963, Celluloid]
Out to Lunch! [1964, Blue Note], A–
Last Date [1964, EmArcy], B+

Pierre Dørge (1946– )

Brikama [1984, Steeplechase]
Very Hot — Even the Moon Is Dancing [1985, Steeplechase], B+
Johnny Lives [1987, Steeplechase], B+
Different Places, Different Bananas [1988, Olufsen]
Music from the Danish Jungle [1995, Dacapo], A–
Zig Zag Zimfoni [2000, Stunt]
Dancing Cheek to Cheek [2004, Stunt], A–
Negra Tigra [2005, ILK], U

Gerd Dudek (1938– )

w/Buschi Niebergall, Edward Vesala: Open [1977, Atavistic], A–
After All [Konnex]

Johnny Dyani (1945–86)

Witchdoctor's Son [1978, Steeplechase]
Song for Biko [1978, Steeplechase]
w/Mal Waldron: Some Jive Ass Boer: Live at Jazz Unité [1981, Jazz Unité], B+
Mbizo [1981, Steeplechase]
Angolan Cry [1985, Steeplechase]

Charles Earland (1941–99)

Black Talk! [1969, Prestige OJC], B+
Living Black! [1970, Prestige]
In Concert: At the Montreux Jazz Festival and the Lighthouse [1972–74, Prestige]
w/Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson: Leaving This Planet [1973, Prestige]
Third Degree Burn [1989, Milestone]
Cookin' With the Mighty Burner [1999, High Note]

Eastern Rebellion [1975–1995]

Eastern Rebellion [1975, Timeless], A
Eastern Rebellion 2 [1975, Timeless]
Mosaic [1990, Musicmasters]
Simple Pleasures [1992, Musicmasters], B+
Just One of Those ... Nights at the Village Vanguard [1995, Musicmasters], B+

Don Ellis (1934–78)

Live at Monterey [1966, Pacific Jazz]
Electric Bath [1967, Columbia], A–

Emergency

Homage to Peace [1970, Free America/Verve], B+

Booker Ervin (1930–70)

That's It [1961, Candid], B+
The Song Book [1964, Prestige OJC], A–
The Blues Book [1964, Prestige OJC], B+
The Freedom Book [1963, Prestige], A–
The Space Book [1964, Prestige OJC], A–
Setting the Pace [1965, Prestige], A–
Booker 'n' Brass [1967, Pacific Jazz], B
The In Between [1968, Blue Note]
Tex Book Tenor [1968, Blue Note], B+
Lament for Booker Ervin [1965–75, Enja]

Jon Faddis (1953– )

Youngblood [1976, Pablo]
Legacy [1985, Concord]
Remembrances [1997, Chesky]
Teranga [2005, Koch], A

Joe Farrell (1937–86)

Joe Farrell Quartet [1970, Columbia]
Sonic Text [1979, Contemporary OJC], B+
w/Art Pepper: Darn That Dream [1982, Drive], B+

Zusaan Kali Fasteau

w/Donald Rafael Garrett: Memoirs of a Dream [1975–77, Flying Note, 2CD], B+
Prophecy [1990–92, Flying Note], B
Sensual Hearing [1995, Flying Note], B+
Vivid [2001, Flying Note], B
Oneness [2003, Flying Note], B+
Making Waves [2000–4, Flying Note], B
w/Kidd Jordan: People of the Ninth: New Orleans and the Hurricane 2005 [2005, Flying Note], B+(**)
Kidd Jordan: Live at the Kerava Jazz Festival: Finland [2007, Flying Note], B+(*)

Pierre Favre (1937– )

w/Paul Motian, Fredy Studer, Nana Vasconcelos: Singing Drums [1984, ECM], B
Window Steps [1995, ECM]
Soufflés [1997, Intakt]
European Chamber Ensemble [2002, Intakt]
w/Yang Jing: Two in Ones [2005, Intakt], B+(**)
Fleuve [2005, ECM], B+(**)

Bobby Few (1935– )

Continental Jazz Express: Live at the 2000 Vision Festival, NYC [2002, Boxholder]
Lights and Shadows [2004, Boxholder], B+(*)

Mongezi Feza (1945–75)

Free Jam [1971, Ayler, 2 CD], B+

Clare Fischer (1928– )

Blues Trilogy [1982, Discovery]
By and With Himself [1985–86, Discovery]

Ricky Ford (1954– )

Loxodonta Africana [1977, New World], B+
Flying Colors [1980, Muse], B+
Tenor for the Times [1981, Muse]
Shorter Ideas [1984, Muse]
Looking Ahead [1987, Muse], U
Saxotic Stomp [1988, Muse], U
Hard Groovin' [1989, Muse], B
Manhattan Blues [1989, Candid]
Ebony Rhapsody [1990, Candid], B+
Hot Brass [1991, Candid], B+
American-African Blues [1991, Candid], A–
Tenor Madness Too! [1992, Muse], B+

Bruce Forman (1956– )

Full Circle [1984, Concord]
Pardon Me! [1988, Concord]
Still of the Night [1991, Kamei]
w/Joe Henderson: Forman on the Job [1992, Kamei]

Sonny Fortune (1939– )

Laying It Down [1989, Konnex]
Monk's Mood [1993, Konnex], A–
Four in One [1994, Blue Note], A–
A Better Understanding [1995, Blue Note]
In the Spirit of John Coltrane [1999, Shanachie]
Great Friends [2003, Black & Blue]
You and the Night and the Music [2007, 18th & Vine], B+(*)

Gary Foster (1936– )

w/Putter Smith: Perfect Circularity [2006, AJI], B+(**)

Chico Freeman (1949– )

Morning Prayer [1976, Why Not], B+(**)
Chico [1977, India Navigation]
Chico Freeman Quartet [1978, India Navigation]
The Inside Within [1978, India Navigation]
Spirit Sensitive [1979, India Navigation], B+
Still Sensitive [1979, India Navigation]
No Time Left [1979, Black Saint]
Destiny's Dance [1981, Contemporary OJC], A–
Tradition in Transition [1982, Elektra], U
Tales of Ellington [1987, Black Hawk], B+
w/Arthur Blythe: Luminous [1989, JazzHouse], B+
w/Arthur Blythe: The Unspoken Word [1993, JazzHouse], B+
Focus [1994, Contemporary], B

Von Freeman (1922– )

Doin' It Right Now [1972, Atlantic]
Serenade and Blues [1975, Nessa]
Young and Foolish [1977, Daybreak]
Never Let Me Go [1992, Steeplechase], A–
Lester Leaps In [1992, Steeplechase], B+
Live at the Dakota [1996, Premonition], B+(*)
75th Birthday Celebration [1998, Half Note], B
w/Ed Petersen: Von and Ed [1998, Delmark]
You Talkin' to Me? [1999, Delmark]
The Improvisor [2001–2, Premonition]
Vonski Speaks [2002, Nessa]
The Great Divide [2004, Premonition/Koch], A–
Good Forever [2006, Premonition], B+(***)
The Best of Von Freeman on Premonition [1996–2006, Premonition, 2CD+DVD], A–

Don Friedman (1935– )

Circle Waltz [1962, Riverside OJC]
w/Attila Zoller: Dreams and Explorations [1964, Riverside OJC], B+
Metamorphosis [1966, Prestige OJC]
I Hear a Rhapsody [1984, Stash], B+
Don Friedman at Maybeck: Maybeck Recital Hall Series Volume 33 [1993, Concord], U
Almost Everything [1995, Steeplechase], B
The Days of Wine and Roses [1995, Soul Note]
My Romance [1996, Steeplechase]
Invitation [1998, Progressive]
Attila's Dreams [1999, Ephemeris Jazz]

Eddie Gale (1941– )

Eddie Gale's Ghetto Music [1968, Water], A
Black Rhythm Happening [1969, Water], A–
Afro-Fire [2004, Black Beauty], B+

Hal Galper (1938– )

Reach Out [1976, Steeplechase]
Children of the Night [1978, Double Time]
Redux '78 [1978, Concord]
Portrait [1989, Concord], A–
Invitation to a Concert [1990, Concord]
Just Us [1993, Enja], A–
Rebop [1994, Enja]
Fugue State [1997, Blue Chip Jazz], B
w/Jeff Johnson, John Bishop: Furious Rubato [2006, Origin], B+(**)
Agents of Change [2007, Fabola]
w/Reggie Workman, Rashied Ali: Art-Work [2008, Origin], A–

Ganelin Trio [1971–1990]

Poco a Poco [1977–82, Leo]
Catalogue: Live in East Germany [1977–82, Leo], A–
Concerto Grosso [1978, Melodiya]
Encores [1978–81, Leo]
Ancora Da Capo [1980, Leo], A–
Non-Troppo [1982, Hat Art]
New Wine . . . [1982, Leo]
Old Bottles [1982–83, Leo]
Con Affetto [1983, Leo]
Ttaango . . . in Nickelsdorf [1985, Leo Golden Years, 2 CD]

Jan Garbarek (1947– )

Esoteric Circle [1969, Arista Freedom], B+
Afric Pepperbird [1970, ECM]
w/Arild Andersen, Edward Vesala: Triptykon [1972, ECM]
w/Bobo Stenson: Witchi-Tai-To [1973, ECM], A
w/Bobo Stenson: Dansere [1975, ECM], B
Dis [1977, ECM], B+
Places [1977, ECM]
w/Ustad Fateh Ali Khan: Ragas and Sagas [1990, ECM], A–
Star [1991, ECM], A–
w/Anouar Brahem, Ustad Shaukat Hussain: Madar [1992, ECM], B+
Twelve Moons [1993, ECM], B+
Officium [1993, ECM], A–
Rarum, Vol. 2: Selected Recordings [1974–95, ECM, 2 CD], A–
Rites [1998, ECM, 2 CD], B
w/The Hilliard Ensemble: Mnemosyne [1998, ECM, 2 CD], B
In Praise of Dreams [2004, ECM], B+
Dresden [2007, ECM, 2 CD], A–

Linton Garner (1915–2003)

Quiet Nights [2002, Cellar Live], B+(**)

Carlos Garnett (1938– )

Journey to Enlightenment [1974, Muse]
Fire [1974–77, 32 Jazz], B+(***)
Under Nubian Skies [1997, High Note]
Moon Shadow [1999, Savant]

Donald Rafael Garrett (1932–89)

The Sea Ensemble: We Move Together [1976, ESP]

Giorgio Gaslini (1929– )

L'Integrale No. 3, No. 4 [1964–68, Soul Note, 2 CD]
Gaslini Plays Monk [1981, Soul Note], B+
Ayler's Wings [1991, Soul Note], B+
Lampi [1994, Soul Note], A–
Jelly's Back in Town [1996, DDQ]
Mister O [1996, Soul Note]
Enigma [2000–1, Soul Note]

Gateway [1975– ]

Homecoming [1994, ECM]
In the Moment [1994, ECM]

Michael Gibbs (1937– )

Michael Gibbs [1970, Deram]
Tanglewood 63 [1970, Deram]
The Only Chrome Waterfall Orchestra [1975, Ah Um]
Big Music [1988–90, ACT]
By the Way ... [1993, Ah Um]
Europeana [1995, ACT]
Nonsequence [2001, Provocateur]

Egberto Gismonti (1947– )

Academia de Dancas [1974, Carmo]
Dança Das Cabeças [1976, ECM], B
Circense [1980, ECM]
Duas Vozes [1984, ECM]
Danca dos Escravos [1989, ECM]
Zig Zag [1995, ECM]
Saudações [2006–7, ECM, 2 CD], B

Globe Unity Orchestra (1966–86)

Globe Unity 67 and 70 [1967–70, Atavistic Unheard Music Series], B+
Live in Wuppertal 73 [1973, FMP]
Hamburg '74 [1974, Atavistic], B
Rumbling [1975, FMP]
Pearls [1976, FMP]
20th Anniversary [1986, FMP]
Globe Unity Orchestra 2002 [2002, Intakt]

Vinny Golia (1946– )

Pilgrimage to Obscurity [1985, Nine Winds]
Regards From Norma Desmond [1986, Fresh Sound], A–
Out for Blood [1988, Nine Winds]
Commemoration [1991–92, Nine Winds, 2 CD]
Decennium Dans Axlan [1992, Nine Winds]
Against the Grain [1993, Nine Winds]
Razor [1995, Nine Winds]
Dante No Longer Repents [1996, Music & Arts]
Nation of Laws [1996, Nine Winds], B+
w/George Lewis, Bertram Turetzky: Triangulation [1996, Nine Winds], B
Portland 1996 [1996, Nine Winds], B
Lineage [1998, Nine Winds]
The Other Bridge (Oakland 1999) [1999, Nine Winds, 2 CD]
Birdology [2003, Leo]
Sfumato [2003, Clean Feed], B+(**)

Bobby Gordon (1941– )

Bobby Gordon/Keith Ingham/Hal Smith Trio [1990, Jump]
Bobby Gordon Plays Joe Marsala: Lower Register [2007, Arbors], B+(***)

Dusko Goykovich (1931– )

Swinging Macedonia [1966, Enja]
After Hours [1971, Enja]
Celebration [1987, DIW]
Soul Connection [1993, Enja], B+
Bebop City [1995, Enja], A–
Balkan Connection [1995, Enja], B+
Balkan Blue [1996, Enja, 2 CD]
Portrait [1959–99, Enja]

Milford Graves (1941– )

Percussion Ensemble [1965, ESP]
Stories [2000, Tzadik]

The Great Jazz Trio [1976– ]

Someday My Prince Will Come [2002–3, Eighty-Eights/Columbia], B+

Bunky Green (1935– )

My Baby (Step High) [1960, Collectables]
Healing the Pain [1989, Delos]

Grant Green (1931–79)

Grant's First Stand [1961, Blue Note]
Green Street [1961, Blue Note]
Sunday Morning [1961, Blue Note]
Standards [1961, Blue Note]
Grantstand [1961, Blue Note]
The Latin Bit [1961, Blue Note], B
w/Sonny Clark: The Complete Quartets With Sonny Clark [1961–62, Blue Note, 2 CD], B+
Born to Be Blue [1961–62, Blue Note], A–
Feelin' the Spirit [1962, Blue Note], B+
Goin' West [1962, Blue Note], B+
Idle Moments [1963, Blue Note], A–
Matador [1964, Blue Note], B
Solid [1964, Blue Note], B+
Talkin' About [1964, Blue Note]
Street of Dreams [1964, Blue Note], B+
I Want to Hold Your Hand [1965, Blue Note]
Alive! [1970, Blue Note]
Live at Club Mozambique [1971, Blue Note], B+(*)
The Original Jam Master, Volume One: Ain't It Funky Now [1969–72, Blue Note], B+
The Original Jam Master, Volume Two: For the Funk of It [1969–72, Blue Note], B+
The Original Jam Master, Volume Three: Mellow Madness [1969–72, Blue Note], B
Street Funk and Jazz Grooves: The Best of Grant Green [1964–72, Blue Note]

Bob Greene

St. Peter Street Strutters [1964, Delmark], U

Burton Greene (1937– )

The Free Form Improvisation Ensemble [1964, Cadence]
Burton Greene Quartet [1965, ESP], A–
Live at Grasland [2002, Drimala], B

Guillermo Gregorio (1941– )

Otra Musica [1963–70, Atavistic]
Degrees of Iconicity [2000, Hat Now]

Al Grey (1925–2000)

w/Billy Mitchell: Snap Your Fingers [1962, Verve], B
w/Arnett Cobb, Jimmy Forrest: Al Grey Featuring Arnett Cobb and Jimmy Forrest [1977, Black & Blue]
w/Jimmy Forrest: Truly Wonderful [1978, Stash], A–
Night Train Revisited [1978, Storyville]
Things Are Getting Better All the Time [1983, Pablo]
Al Meets Bjarne [1988, Gemini]
w/Jack McDuff: Me 'n' Jack [1995, Pullen]

Henry Grimes (1935– )

Henry Grimes Trio [1965, ESP]
Live at the Kerava Jazz Festival [2004, Ayler], B+

George Gruntz (1932– )

The George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band [1978, MPS]
The MPS Years [1971–80, MPS]
25 Years [(1981), TCB]
First Prize [1989, Enja]
Blues 'n Dues Et Cetera [1991, Enja]
Beyond Another Wall [1992, TCB]
Liebermann [1998, TCB]
Global Excellence [2001, TCB]
Tiger by the Tail [2005, TCB], B+(**)
Pourquoi Pas? Why Not? [2007, TCB]

Dave Grusin (1934– )

Sticks and Stones [1988, GRP]
Homage to Duke [1993, GRP]
Presents: West Side Story [1997, N2K]

Charlie Haden (1937– )

Liberation Music Orchestra [1969, Impulse], B+
The Golden Number [1976, A&M], U
Closeness [1976, A&M], B+
w/Hampton Hawes: As Long as There's Music [1976, Verve], B+
Duo [1978, Dreyfus]
w/Jan Garbarek, Egberto Gismonti: Folk Songs [1979, ECM]
The Ballad of the Fallen [1982, ECM], A–
Quartet West [1986, Verve]
Charlie Haden's Private Collection Volume 1 [1987, Naim]
Charlie Haden's Private Collection Volume 2 [1988, Naim], A–
In Angel City [1988, Verve], B
w/Don Cherry, Ed Blackwell: The Montreal Tapes Volume 1 [1989, Verve], A–
w/Paul Bley, Paul Motian: The Montreal Tapes Volume 2 [1989, Verve], B+
w/Geri Allen, Paul Motian: The Montreal Tapes Volume 3 [1989, Verve], B+
w/Paul Motian, Gonzalo Rubalcaba: The Montreal Tapes Volume 4 [1989, Verve], B+
The Montreal Tapes: Liberation Music Orchestra [1989, Verve], A–
w/Joe Henderson, Al Foster: The Montreal Tapes [1989, Verve], B+
w/Egberto Gismonti: In Montreal [1989, ECM]
Dream Keeper [1990, Blue Note], A–
First Song [1990, Soul Note]
Haunted Heart [1992, Verve], A–
Always Say Goodbye [1993, Verve], B+
w/Hank Jones: Steal Away: Spirituals, Hymns and Folk Songs [1995, Verve], A–
Now Is the Hour [1996, Verve], B+
The Best of Quartet West [1986–96, Verve], B+(*)
w/Pat Metheny: Beyond the Missouri Sky [1996, Verve], B+
w/Kenny Barron: Night and the City [1996, Verve], A–
w/Chris Anderson: None But the Lonely Heart [1997, Naim]
The Art of the Song [1999, Verve], B–
Nocturne [2001, Verve]
Land of the Sun [2004, Verve], A–
w/Liberation Music Orchestra: Not in Our Name [2004, Verve], A–
w/Antonio Forcione: Heartplay [2006, Naim], B+(***)
Rambling Boy [2008, Decca], B+(**)

Bob Haggart (1914–98)

A Portrait of Bix [1986, Jazzology]

Bengt Hallberg (1932– )

Kiddin' on the Keys [1959, Dragon]
At Gyllene Cirkeln [1962, Dragon]
The Hallberg Treasure Chest: A Bouquet from '78 [1978, Phontastic]
Hallberg's Surprise [1987, Phontastic]
Time on My Hands [1994–95, Improkomp, 2 CD]

Scott Hamilton (1954– )

Is a Good Wind Who Is Blowing Us No Ill [1977, Concord], A–
Scott Hamilton, 2 [1978, Concord], B+
From the Beginning [1977–78, Concord, 2 CD]
Tenorshoes [1979, Concord]
Groovin' High Live at E.J.'s [1981, JLR, 2 CD]
Close Up [1982, Concord], B+
The Scott Hamilton Quintet in Concert [1983, Concord], B+
w/Dave McKenna, Jake Hanna: Major League [1986, Concord], B+
Plays Ballads [1989, Concord], A–
Radio City [1990, Concord]
w/Ken Peplowski, Spike Robinson: Groovin' High [1991, Concord]
Scott Hamilton With Strings [1992, Concord]
Race Point [1992, Concord], B+
East of the Sun [1993, Concord], A–
Live at the Breçon Jazz Festival [1994, Concord], B+
Organic Duke [1994, Concord], A–
My Romance [1995, Concord], B+
After Hours [1997, Concord], B
w/Bucky Pizzarelli: The Red Door [1998, Concord], B+
Concord Jazz Heritage [1977–98, Concord]
Blues, Bop and Ballads [1999, Concord], B+
Jazz Signatures [2000, Concord]
Live in London [2002, Concord], B+
w/Harry Allen: Heavy Juice [2004, Concord], B+
Back in New York [2004, Concord], A–
Nocturnes & Serenades [2006, Concord], A–
Across the Tracks [2008, Concord], B+(**)

Jan Hammer (1948– )

Like Children [1974, Atlantic]
Oh Yeah [1976, Nemperor]

Gunter Hampel (1937– )

Cosmic Dancer [1975, Birth]
All the Things You Could Be If Charles Mingus Was Your Daddy [1978–80, Birth]
Dialog — Live at the Eldena Jazz Festival 1992 [1992, Birth]
Time Is Now — Live at the Eldena Jazz Festival 1992 [1992, Birth]
Legendary [1997, Birth]

Slide Hampton (1932– )

Roots [1985, Criss Cross], B+
Dedicated to Diz [1993, Telarc]
Callitwhachawana [2002, Blue Jack Jazz], U
Spirit of the Horn [2003, MCG Jazz]

Herbie Hancock (1940– )

Takin' Off [1963, Blue Note], A–
My Point of View [1963, Blue Note], B+
Inventions and Dimensions [1963, Blue Note]
Empyrean Isles [1964, Blue Note], A–
Maiden Voyage [1964, Blue Note], A
Cantaloupe Island [1962–65, Blue Note]
Speak Like a Child [1968, Blue Note]
The Complete Blue Note Sixties Sessions [1962–69, Blue Note, 6 CD]
Jazz to Funk [1966–69, Aim, 2 CD], B+(**)
Mwandishi: The Complete Warner Bros Recordings [1969–72, Warner, 2 CD], B
Sextant [1972, Columbia/Legacy]
Head Hunters [1973, Columbia], B+
Thrust [1974, Columbia]
V.S.O.P.: The Quintet [1977, Columbia]
The Piano [1978, Columbia/Legacy], B
V.S.O.P.: Live Under the Sky [1979, Columbia/Legacy, 2 CD], B+
Mr Hands [1982, Columbia], B
Future Shock [1983, Columbia/Legacy]
Sound System [1984, Columbia], B
Village Life [1985, Columbia]
The Herbie Hancock Box [1973–87, Columbia/Legacy, 4 CD]
The New Standard [1996, Verve], B
Gershwin's World [1998, Verve], B
The Essential Herbie Hancock [1962–98, Columbia/Legacy, 2 CD], B+(**)
Future 2 Future [2001, Transparent Music], B+(**)
Possibilities [2005, Hear Music], C
River: The Joni Letters [2007, Verve], B–
Then and Now: The Definitive Herbie Hancock [1964–2008, Verve], B

Captain John Handy (1900–71)

Capt. John Handy and His New Orleans Stompers Vol. 1 [1965, GHB]

John Handy (1933– )

Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival [1965, Koch], B
The Second John Handy Album [1966, Koch]
New View! [1967, Koch]

Jake Hanna (1931– )

Live at Concord [1975, Concord]

Sir Roland Hanna (1932–2002)

Perugia [1974, Freedom]
Round Midnight [1987, Town Crier]
Duke Ellington Piano Solos [1991, Musicmasters], B
Live at Maybeck Recital Hall Vol. 32 [1993, Concord]
Everything I Love [2002, IPO], B+
w/Carrie Smith: I've Got a Right to Sing the Blues [2002, IPO], A–
Tributaries: Reflections on Tommy Flanagan [2003, IPO], A–

Billy Harper (1943– )

Carpa Black [1973, Strata East]
Black Saint [1975, Black Saint], B+
Live on Tour in the Far East [1991, Steeplechase], B+
Live on Tour in the Far East, Volume 2 [1991, Steeplechase], A
Live on Tour in the Far East, Volume 3 [1991, Steeplechase]
Somalia [1993, Evidence], B
If Only Our Hearts Could See [1997, DIW]
Soul of an Angel [2000, Metropolitan], A–
Blueprints of Jazz, Vol. 2 [2006, Talking House], B+(**)

Barry Harris (1929– )

Listen to Barry Harris [1961, OJC]
Chasin' the Bird [1962, OJC]
Magnificent! [1969, OJC]
Live in Tokyo [1976, Xanadu]
The Bird of Red and Gold [1989, Xanadu], B
Live at Maybeck Recital Hall Vol. 12 [1990, Concord], U

Beaver Harris (1936–91)

Beautiful Africa [1979, Soul Note]
w/Don Pullen: A Well Kept Secret [1984, Hannibal], U

Eddie Harris (1934–96)

Exodus to Jazz / Mighty Like a Rose [1961, Vee Jay]
A Study in Jazz / Breakfast at Tiffany's [1961–62, Vee Jay]
The In Sound / Mean Greens [1965–66, Rhino]
Excursions [1966, Atlantic]
The Electrifying Eddie Harris / Plug Me In [1967–68, Rhino]
Greater Than the Sum of His Parts [1965–68, 32 Jazz, 2 CD]
Instant Death [1971, Atlantic]
Artist's Choice: The Eddie Harris Anthology [1961–76, Rhino/Atlantic, 2 CD]
Light and Lovely: The Definitive Black & Blue Sessions [1977, Black & Blue], A–
w/Ellis Marsalis: Homecoming [1985–2009, ELM], B+(*)
There Was a Time (Echo of Harlem) [1990, Enja], A
Vexatious Progressions [1994, Flying Heart]
Freedom Jazz Dance [1994, Musicmasters], B+
Greater Than the Sum of His Parts [(1998), 32 Jazz, 2 CD]

Billy Hart (1940– )

Enhance [1977, A&M]
Quartet [2005, High Note], B+(***)

Alfred Harth (1949– )

Trio Viriditas: Wilber Morris, Kevin Norton: Live at Vision Festival VI [2001, Clean Feed], B+(**)

Louis Hayes (1937– )

The Real Thing [1977, 32 Jazz]
Una Max [1989, Steeplechase]
Light and Lively [1989, Steeplechase]
Nightfall [1991, Steeplechase]
Blue Lou [1993, Steeplechase], B
Louis at Large [1996, Sharp Nine]
Dreamin' of Cannonball [2001, TCB]
w/Cannonball Legacy Band: Maximum Firepower [2006, Savant], B+(**)

Keith Hazevoet

Pleasure [1970, Atavistic], B+

The Headhunters

Survival of the Fittest [1975, RCA Victor]

The Heath Brothers

Brothers and Others [1983, Antilles]
As We Were Saying ... [1997, Concord]
Jazz Family [1998, Concord]

Julius Hemphill (1940–95)

Dogon A.D. [1972, Freedom]
Coon Bid'ness [1972–75, Freedom], B+
w/Abdul K. Wadud: Live In New York [1976, Red], B+
Roi Boye and the Gotham Minstrels [1977, Sackville, 2 CD]
Flat-Out Jump Suite [1980, Black Saint], A–
Julius Hemphill Big Band [1988, Elektra], U
Fat Man and the Hard Blues [1991, Black Saint], B+
Live from the New Music Café [1991, Music & Arts]
Five Chord Stud [1993, Black Saint], B+
At Dr. King's Table [(1997), New World]
One Atmosphere [2003, Tzadik]

Eddie Henderson (1940– )

Realization [1973, Capricorn]
Flight of Mind [1991, Steeplechase]
Inspiration [1994, Milestone]
Dark Shadows [1995, Milestone]
Dreams of Gershwin [1998, Keystone]
ReEmergence [1998, Sharp Nine]

Joe Henderson (1937–2001)

Page One [1963, Blue Note], B+
Our Thing [1963, Blue Note]
In 'n Out [1964, Blue Note], B+
Inner Urge [1964, Blue Note], A–
Mode for Joe [1966, Blue Note], B+
Tetragon / In Pursuit of Blackness [1967–71, BGP]
Joe Henderson in Japan [1971, OJC]
Milestone Profiles [1967–75, Milestone], A–
Relaxin' at Camarillo [1979, Fantasy OJC]
Mirror, Mirror [1980, MPS], B+
The State of the Tenor [1985, Blue Note, 2 CD], A–
The Blue Note Years [1963–90, Blue Note, 4 CD], A–
The Standard Joe [1991, Red], A–
Lush Life [1992, Verve], B+
So Near, So Far (Musings for Miles) [1993, Verve], B
Double Rainbow [1995, Verve], B+
Joe Henderson Big Band [1992–96, Verve]
Porgy and Bess [1997, Verve], B+

John Hicks (1941–2006)

After the Morning [1979, West]
Some Other Time [1981–84, Evidence], B+(*)
In Concert [1984, Evidence], B+
Inc. 1 [1985, DIW]
w/David Murray: Sketches of Tokyo [1985, DIW], A–
East Side Blues [1988, DIW]
Naima's Love Song [1988, DIW], A–
w/Ray Drummond: Two of a Kind [1988, Evidence]
Live at Maybeck Recital Hall Volume 7 [1990, Concord]
Is That So? [1990, Timeless]
Lover Man: A Tribute to Billie Holiday [1993, Red Baron], A–
Beyond Expectations [1993, Reservoir], B+
In the Mix [1994, Landmark]
Impressions of Mary Lou [1998, High Note]
Music in the Key of Clark [2001, High Note], B+
Sweet Love of Mine [2006, High Note], B+(**)
I Remember You [2006, High Note], B+(**)

Billy Higgins (1936–2001)

The Soldier [1979, Timeless]

Eddie Higgins (1932– )

Those Quiet Days [1990, Sunnyside]
Zoot's Hymns [1994, Sunnyside]
Haunted Heart [1997, Sunnyside]

Andrew Hill (1931–2007)

Black Fire [1963, Blue Note], A–
Smoke Stack [1963, Blue Note], A–
Judgment! [1964, Blue Note], B+
Point of Departure [1964, Blue Note], A–
Andrew!!! [1964, Blue Note], A–
Pax [1965, Blue Note], A–
Compulsion [1965, Blue Note], A–
Change [1966, Blue Note], A–
Grass Roots [1968, Blue Note]
Dance With Death [1968, Blue Note], A–
Lift Every Voice [1969, Blue Note]
Passing Ships [1969, Blue Note], A–
Mosaic Select [1967–70, Mosaic, 3 CD], B+
Mosaic Select: Solo [1978, Mosaic, 3 CD]
Strange Serenade [1980, Soul Note]
Verona Rag [1986, Soul Note], B
Shades [1986, Soul Note], A–
Eternal Spirit [1989, Blue Note], A–
Dusk [1999, Palmetto], B+
A Beautiful Day [2002, Palmetto], B
Time Lines [2005, Blue Note], B+(***)

Buck Hill (1927– )

Scope [1979, Steeplechase]
The Buck Stops Here [1990, Muse], B
I'm Beginning to See the Light [1991, Muse], B+
Impulse [1992, Muse]
Uh-Huh! Buck Hill Live at Montpelier [2000, Jazzmont]
Relax [2006, Severn], B+(**)

Jay Hoggard (1954– )

Solo Vibraphone [1978, India Navigation]
Mystic Winds, Tropical Breezes [1982, India Navigation]
Overview [1989, Muse]
The Little Tiger [1990, Muse]
The Fountain [1991, Muse]
In the Spirit [1992, Muse]

Dave Holland (1946– )

w/Barre Phillips: Music From Two Basses [1971, ECM], B+
Conference of the Birds [1972, ECM], A
Jumpin' In [1983, ECM], B
The Razor's Edge [1987, ECM]
Extensions [1990, ECM], B+
Dream of the Elders [1995, ECM], B+
Points of View [1997, ECM]
Prime Directive [2000, ECM], A–
Rarum X: Selected Recordings [1972–2000, ECM], B+
Not for Nothin' [2001, ECM]
What Goes Around [2001, ECM], A–
Extended Play: Live at Birdland [2001, ECM, 2 CD], B+(**)
Overtime [2002, Dare2/Sunnyside], B+(***)
Critical Mass [2005, Dare2/Sunnyside], B+(***)
Pass It On [2007, Dare2/Emarcy], B+(*)
w/Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Christ Potter, Eric Harland: The Monterey Quartet: Live at the 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival [2007, Monterey Jazz Festival], B+(***)
Pathways [2009, Dare2], U

Red Holloway (1927– )

Legends of Acid Jazz [1963–65, Prestige], B
w/Clark Terry: Locksmith Blues [1989, Concord]
Go Red Go! [2008, Delmark], B+(**)

Richard "Groove" Holmes (1931–91)

w/Ben Webster: Groove [1961, Pacific Jazz], A–
w/Gene Ammons: Groovin with Jug [1961, Pacific Jazz], B+
After Hours [1962, Pacific Jazz]
Soul Message [1965, Prestige OJC]
Blue Groove [1966–67, Prestige], A–
Legends of Acid Jazz [1968, Prestige]
Blues All Day Long [1988, 32 Jazz]

Tristan Honsinger

Double Indemnity / Imitation of Life: 1980–1981 [1980–81, Atavistic Unheard Music]
Map of Moods [1994, FMP], B
A Camel's Kiss [1998, ICP]

Hugh Hopper

Hopper Tunity Box [1976, Cuneiform], B+(*)

Noah Howard (1943– )

Noah Howard Quartet [1966, ESP]
At Judson Hall [1966, ESP]
Berlin Concert [1975, FMP]
Patterns / Message to South Africa [1971–79, Eremite]
In Concert [1997, Cadence]

Norman Howard (1944– )

w/Joe Phillips: Burn Baby Burn [2007, ESP-Disk], B+(**)

Freddie Hubbard (1938–2008)

Open Sesame [1960, Blue Note], A–
Goin' Up [1960, Blue Note]
Hub Cap [1961, Blue Note]
Ready for Freddie [1961, Blue Note], A–
Hub-Tones [1962, Blue Note], B+
The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard [1962, Impulse], B
Caravan [1962, Impulse]
Here to Stay [1962, Blue Note], B+(***)
The Body and the Soul [1963, Impulse]
Breaking Point [1964, Blue Note], B+
Blue Spirits [1965, Blue Note], A–
The Night of the Cookers [1965, Blue Note, 2 CD], B
Without a Song: Live in Europe 1969 [1969, Blue Note], B+(**)
Red Clay [1970, CTI]
Straight Life [1970, CTI], A–
Sing Me a Song of Songmy [1971, Atlantic], U
w/Woody Shaw: Double Take [1985, Blue Note]
w/Woody Shaw: Eternal Triangle [1987, Blue Note]
w/Woody Shaw: The Freddie Hubbard and Woody Shaw Sessions [1985–87, Blue Note, 2 CD], B
Bolivia [1991, Musicmasters], B
On the Real Side [2007, 4Q/Times Square], B

Daniel Humair (1938– )

Daniel Humair Surrounded [1964–87, Blue Flame]
w/Eddy Louiss, Jean-Luc Ponty: Humair / Louiss / Ponty Vol. 1 [1968, Dreyfus]
w/Eddy Louiss, Jean-Luc Ponty: Trio HLP [1968, Dreyfus, 2 CD], B
w/Francois Jeanneau, Henri Texier: Akagera [1980, JMS], B+
9–11 p.m. Town Hall [1988, Label Bleu], B
Edges [1991, Label Bleu], B+
Quatre Fois Trois [1996–97, Label Bleu]
Liberté Surveillée [2002, Sketch]
Ear Mix [2003, Sketch]

Bobby Hutcherson (1941– )

The Kicker [1963, Blue Note]
Components [1965, Blue Note]
Dialogue [1965, Blue Note], A–
Happenings [1966, Blue Note], A–
Stick-Up! [1966, Blue Note], B+
Oblique [1967, Blue Note], A–
Total Eclipse [1967, Blue Note]
San Francisco [1970, Blue Note]
Head On [1971, Blue Note], B+(**)
Live at Montreux [1973, Blue Note]
Montara [1975, Blue Note]
Now! [1969–77, Blue Note], B–
Solo / Quartet [1981–82, OJC]
Farewell Keystone [1982, Evidence]
Color Schemes [1985, Landmark]
Vibe Wise [1984–85, 32 Jazz, 2 CD]
In the Vanguard [1986, 32 Jazz]
Cruisin' the 'Bird [1988, Landmark]
Mirage [1991, Landmark], B
Skyline [1999, Verve]
For Sentimental Reasons [2006, Kind of Blue], B+(**)

Dick Hyman (1927– )

Moog: The Electric Eclectics of Dick Hyman [1969, Varese]
Jelly and James [1973, Sony]
Live at Michael's Pub [1981, Jazz Mania]
w/Ruby Braff: Manhattan Jazz [1987, Musicmasters]
Music of 1937 [1990, Concord]
w/Ralph Sutton, Jay McShann, Mike Lipskin, Harry Sweets Edison: Stride Piano Summit [1990, Milestone]
All Through the Night [1991, Musicmasters], B–
Dick Hyman and Ralph Sutton [1993, Concord]
Elegies, Mostly [1995, Gemini]
Cheek to Cheek [1995, Arbors]
Forgotten Dreams [2001, Arbors]
w/Tom Pletcher: If Bix Played Gershwin [2004, Arbors], B+
w/Randy Sandke: Now and Again [2005, Arbors], B+
w/Chris Hopkins: Teddy Wilson in 4 Hands [2006, Victoria], A–

Abdullah Ibrahim (1934– )

Dollar Brand: Duke Ellington Presents the Dollar Brand Trio [1963, Reprise]
Dollar Brand: Cape Town Fringe [1965, Chiaroscuro], B
African Piano [1969, Japo], U
Ancient Africa [1973, Sackville]
Good News from Africa [1973, Enja]
Dollar Brand: Ode to Duke Ellington [1973, Inner City], B+
Sangoma [1973, Sackville]
Banyana: The Children of Africa [1976, Enja], B
Voice of Africa [1976, Kaz], A
Autobiography [1978, Elephant]
African Sun [1971–79, Kaz]
Tintinyana [1971–79, Kaz], A–
Blues for a Hip King [1974–79, Kaz], B+
Echoes from Africa [1979, Enja]
African Marketplace [1979, Discovery], A–
Montreux '80 [1980, Enja]
Duke's Memories [1981, String]
African Dawn [1982, Enja]
w/Carlos Ward: Live at Sweet Basil Vol. 1 [1983, Ekapa], B+
Ekaya [1983, Ekapa], A
Water From an Ancient Well [1985, Tiptoe], A–
The Mountain [1985, Camden]
African River [1989, Enja]
Best of Abdullah Ibrahim [1976–90, Masingita]
No Fear, No Die / S'en fout la mort [1993, Tiptoe], A–
Knysna Blue [1993, Tiptoe], B
Yarona [1995, Tiptoe]
Cape Town Flowers [1997, Tiptoe]
African Suite [1997, Enja/Tiptoe]
Cape Town Revisited [1997, Enja/Tiptoe]
The Very Best of Abdullah Ibrahim [(2000), Music Club], B+
Ekapa Lodumo [2000, Tiptoe]
African Magic [2003, Enja]
Senzo [2008, Sunnyside], A–
w/WDR Big Band Cologne: Bombella [2008, Sunnyside], B+(***)

ICP Orchestra [1971– ]

Instant Composer's Pool [1971, ICP]
Groupcomposing [1971, ICP]
Tetterettet [1977, ICP]
Two Programs: Performs Herbie Nichols and Thelonious Monk [1987, ICP]
Jubilee Varia [1999, Hat Hut]
Oh, My Dog! [2001, ICP], B+
Aan and Uit [2003, ICP], B+

Isotope [1974–1976]

Golden Section [1974–75, Cuneiform], A–

Fred Jackson

Hootin' 'n' Tootin' [1962, Blue Note], B+

Joseph Jarman (1937– )

Song For [1966, Delmark]
As If It Were the Seasons [1968, Delmark], B+(**)
w/Famoudou Don Moye: Egwu-Anwu (Sun Song) [1978, India Navigation, 2CD], B
Magic Triangle [1979, Black Saint]
Black Paladins [1979, Black Saint]

Keith Jarrett (1945– )

Life Between the Exit Signs [1967, Vortex]
El Juicio (The Judgement) [1971, Atlantic]
El Juicio (The Judgment) / Life Between the Exit Signs [1967–71, Collectables], A–
Expectations [1971, Columbia/Legacy], B+
Expectations [1971, Columbia/Legacy, 2 CD]
Facing You [1971, ECM]
Solo Concerts [1973, ECM, 2 CD]
Fort Yawuh [1973, Impulse], B+
Treasure Island [1974, Impulse], A–
Backhand [1974, Impulse]
The Impulse Years, 1973–1974 [1973–74, Impulse, 5 CD], B+
Belonging [1974, ECM], A
The Köln Concert [1975, ECM], A–
Arbour Zena [1975, ECM], U
Foundations: The Keith Jarrett Anthology [1966–75, Rhino, 2 CD]
The Survivor's Suite [1976, ECM], U
Mysteries: The Impulse Years 1975–1976 [1975–76, Impulse, 4 CD]
The Impulse Story [1973–76, Impulse], B+(***)
My Song [1977, ECM], A–
Nude Ants [1979, ECM]
Standards: Volume 1 [1983, ECM], B+
Standards: Volume 2 [1983, ECM], B+
Changes [1983, ECM], B
Setting Standards: New York Sessions [1983, ECM, 3 CD], B+(**)
Standards Live [1985, ECM], B+
Still Live [1986, ECM, 2 CD]
Standards in Norway [1989, ECM]
Works by Lou Harrison [1989, New World]
Changeless [1990, ECM]
The Cure [1990, ECM], B+
Vienna Concert [1991, ECM]
Bye Bye Blackbird [1991, ECM]
At the Deer Head Inn [1992, ECM], B+
At the Blue Note [1994, ECM, 6 CD]
La Scala [1995, ECM]
Tokyo '96 [1998, ECM]
The Melody at Night, With You [1999, ECM], B+
Whisper Not [2000, ECM, 2 CD], B+
Inside Out [2000, ECM, 2 CD]
Always Let Me Go: Live in Tokyo [2001, ECM, 2 CD]
w/Gary Peacock, Jack DeJohnette: My Foolish Heart: Live at Montreux [2001, ECM, 2 CD], A–
w/Gary Peacock, Jack DeJohnette: Yesterdays [2001, ECM], B+(**)
Rarum, Vol. 1: Selected Recordings [(2002), ECM, 2 CD]
Up for It: Live in Juan-Les-Pins [2002, ECM]
Radiance [2002, ECM, 2 CD], B+
The Out-of-Towners [2004, ECM], B+
The Carnegie Hall Concert [2005, ECM, 2 CD], B
Paris/London: Testament [2008, ECM, 3 CD], B+(**)

Jazz Composers Orchestra

Communications [1968, JCOA]

Leroy Jenkins (1932–2007)

w/Jazz Composers Orchestra: For Players Only [1975, JCOA], A–
Solo Concert [1977, India Navigation]
Lifelong Ambitions [1977, Black Saint]
The Legend of A.I. Glatson [1978, Black Saint], B+
Mixed Quintet [1979, Black Saint]
Space Minds, New Worlds, Survival of America [1979, Tomato], B+
Live! [1992, Black Saint], A–
Themes and Improvisations on the Blues [1992, CRI]
Solo [1998, Lovely Music]

Jan Johansson (1931–68)

8 Bitar [1961–62, Heptagon]
Jazz Pa Ungerska / In Pleno [1964, Heptagon]
Live in Tallinn [1966, Heptagon]
Folkvisor [1962–67, Heptagon]
Den Korta Fristen [1967–68, Heptagon], B+

Elvin Jones (1927–2004)

Illumination! [1963, Impulse], B+
Live at the Village Vanguard [1968, Enja]
Very Rare [1978–79, Evidence], B+
When I Was at Aso-Mountain [1990, Enja]
Youngblood [1992, Enja]
Live at Pit Inn, Tokyo [1992, Columbia]
It Don't Mean a Thing [1993, Enja], B

Joe "Boogaloo" Jones (1926– )

Legends of Acid Jazz [1969–70, Prestige]

Roger Kellaway (1939– )

A Portrait of Roger Kellaway [1963, Fresh Sound], B+
The Roger Kellaway Trio [1965, OJC]
Fifty-Fifty [1987, Natasha]
Live at Maybeck Recital Hall Vol. 11 [1991, Concord]
Roger Kellaway Meets Gene Bertoncini and Michael Moore [1992, Chiaroscuro]
w/Red Mitchell: Life's a Take [1992, Concord], U
Heroes [2005, IPO], B+(**)
Live at the Jazz Standard [2006, IPO, 2 CD], B

Steve Khan (1947– )

Tightrope [1977, Columbia]
Evidence [1980, Jive/Novus]
Eyewitness [1981, Antilles]
Let's Call This [1991, Polydor], B+
Got My Mental [1996, Evidence], A–
Borrowed Time [2005–7, Tone Center], B

Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1936–77)

w/Jack McDuff: Kirk's Work [1961, Prestige OJC], B+(***)
We Free Kings [1961, Mercury], A
Domino [1962, Verve]
Verve Jazz Masters 27 [1961–64, Verve], A–
Rahsaan: The Complete Mercury Recordings of Roland Kirk [1961–65, Mercury, 10 CD], U
Rip, Rig and Panic / Now Please Don't You Cry, Beautiful Edith [1965–67, Emarcy], A
The Inflated Tear [1968, Atlantic], B+
Volunteered Slavery [1969, Rhino], B
Blacknuss [1971, Rhino]
Brotherman in the Promised Land [1972, Hyena], B+(**)
w/Al Hibbler: A Meeting of the Times [1966–72, Warner Jazz], A
I, Eye, Aye: Live at Montreux 1972 [1972, Rhino], B+
Compliments of the Mysterious Phantom [1974, Hyena], B+(**)
Dog Years in the Fourth Ring [1963–75, 32 Records, 3 CD]
The Man Who Cried Fire [1973–77, Hyena], B+(*)
Simmer, Reduce, Garnish and Serve [1976–78, Warner Brothers, 2 CD], B

Eric Kloss (1949– )

About Time [1965–66, Prestige]
First Class! [1966–67, Prestige], B+
Sky Shadows in the Land of the Giants [1969, Prestige]
Eric Kloss and the Rhythm Section [1969–70, Prestige]

Jimmy Knepper (1927– )

I Dream Too Much [1984, Soul Note]

Krzysztof Komeda (1931–69)

Crazy Girl [1960–61, Power Bros]
Knife in the Water [1957–62, Power Bros]
Ballet Etudes / Breakfast at Tiffany's [1962–63, Power Bros]
Astigmatic [1965, Power Bros], A
Astigmatic in Concert [1965, Power Bros]
Polish Jazz: Volume 3 — Krzysztof Komeda [1960–65, Polskie Nagrania Muza]

Peter Kowald (1944–2002)

Die Jungen: Random Generators [1979, FMP]
Paintings [1981, FMP]
Bass Duets [1979–82, FMP]
Duos Europa [1986–89, FMP]
Duos America [1986–90, FMP]
Duos Japan [1984–86, FMP]
Duos: Europa America Japan [1986–90, FMP]
When the Sun Is Out You Don't See the Stars [1990–91, FMP]
Was Da Ist [1994, FMP], B+

Ernie Krivda (1945– )

The Alchemist [1978, Inner City]
Tough Tenor, Red Hot [1985, Cadence]
Ernie Krivda Jazz [1991, Cadence]
The Art of the Ballad [1993, Koch]
w/Dan Wall: Golden Moments [1995, Koch]
The Band That Swings [1998, Koch]
The Music of Ernie Krivda [2001, Cadence]
Plays Ernie Krivda [2003, CIMP]

Joachim Kühn (1944– )

Nightline New York [1981, Inak]
w/Daniel Humair, J.F. Jenny-Clark: Easy to Read [1985, Owl], A–
From Time to Time Free [1988, CMP], A–
Dynamics [1990, CMP], U
Let's Be Generous [1990, CMP], B+
Get Up Early [1991, Ambiance]
w/Daniel Humair, Jean-François Jenny-Clark: Music from The Threepenny Opera [1995, Verve], B+
Triple Entente [1997, Mercury]
w/Majid Bekkas, Ramon Lopez: Kalimba [2006, ACT], B+(***)
w/Michael Wollny: Piano Works IX: Live at Schloss Elmau [2008, ACT], B+(*)

Rolf Kühn (1929– )

Impressions of New York [1967, Impulse]
Rolf Kühn [1978–80, Blue Flame]
As Time Goes By [1989, Blue Flame]
Big Band Connection [1993, Blue Flame], B+

Steve Kuhn (1938– )

Country and Western Sound of Jazz Pianos [1963, Dauntless]
The October Suite [1966, Impulse]
Three Waves [1966, BMG]
Trance [1974, ECM], B+
Ecstasy [1974, ECM], B+(*)
Motility [1977, ECM], B+(**)
w/Sheila Jordan: Playground [1979, ECM], B+(***)
Life's Backward Glances: Solo and Quartet [1974–79, ECM, 3 CD], B+(**)
Life's Magic [1986, Black Hawk]
Looking Back [1990, Concord]
Live at Maybeck Recital Hall Volume 13 [1990, Concord]
Years Later [1992, Concord], B+
Seasons of Romance [1995, Postcards]
w/Steve Swallow: Two by Two [1995, Owl/Sunnyside], B+(*)
Countdown [1999, Reservoir]
The Best Things [1999, Reservoir]
Quiéreme Mucho [2000, Sunnyside], B
Pastorale [2002, Sunnyside], B+(***)
Promises Kept [2004, ECM], B
Live at Birdland [2006, Blue Note], B+(***)
w/Joe Lovano: Mostly Coltrane [2008, ECM], B+(*)

Scott LaFaro (1936–61)

w/Don Friedman, Pete LaRoca: Pieces of Jade [1961–85, Resonance], B

Guy Lafitte (1927– )

Joue Charles Trenet [1977–84, Black & Blue]

Oliver Lake (1944– )

Heavy Spirits [1975, Black Lion]
Zaki [1979, Hat Art], B+
Expandable Language [1984, Black Saint], B+
Gallery [1986, Gramavision]
Compilation [1982–88, Gramavision], A–
Again and Again [1991, Gramavision], B+
Virtual Reality: Total Escapism [1991, Gazell]
Edge-Ing [1993, Black Saint], B
Movement, Turns and Switches [1996, Passin' Thru]
Talkin' Stick [2000, Passin' Thru]
Trio 3: Encounter [2001, Passin' Thru]
Trio 3: Open Ideas [2001, Palmetto]
Trio 3: Time Being [2005, Intakt], B+(***)

Art Lande (1947– )

Rubisa Patrol [1976, ECM], B–

Pete LaRoca (1938– )

Basra [1965, Blue Note]

Prince Lasha (1929– )

w/Sonny Simmons: Firebirds [1967, Contemporary OJC], B+(**)
Journey to Zoar [Enja]

Christof Lauer (1953– )

Christof Lauer [1989, CMP]
Bluebells [1992, CMP], U

Carmen Leggio (1927– )

Smile / Tarrytown Tenor [1977–78, Progressive]
Carmen Leggio Quartet [2007, Mighty Quinn]

Mark Levine (1938– )

Smiley and Me [1985, Concord Jazz]
One Notch Up [1997, Heavywood]
Hey, It's Me [2000, Left Coast Clave]
Off and On: The Music of Moacir Santos [2009, Left Coast Clave], B+(*)

George Lewis (1952– )

Solo Trombone Album [1976, Sackville]
Shadowgraph, 5 (Sextet) [1977, Black Saint], B
Chicago Slow Dance (1977) [1977, Lovely Music]
Homage to Charles Parker [1979, Black Saint], A–
Changing with the Times [1993, New World], B+
Voyager [1993, Avant]
Endless Shout [1995–97, Tzadik]
w/Miya Masaoka: The Usual Turmoil and Other Duets [1998, Music & Arts]
The Shadowgraph Series [1999, Spool]
Sequel (For Lester Bowie) [2004, Intakt], B+(***)

Mel Lewis (1929–90)

The Definitive Thad Jones Vol. 1 [1988, Musicmasters], B
The Lost Art [1989, Musicmasters]

Dave Liebman (1946– )

Drum Ode [1974, ECM]
Doin' It Again [1980, Timeless]
Spirit Renewed [1982, Owl]
w/Richie Beirach: Double Edge [1985, Storyville]
Trio + One [1988, Owl]
Quest / Natural Selection [1988, Core/Line], B
West Side Story (Today) [1990, Owl]
Classic Ballads [1990–91, Candid], B+
Setting the Standard [1992, Red], A–
Joy: The Music of John Coltrane [1992, Candid], B
Miles Away [1994, Owl]
Voyage [1995, Evidence]
John Coltrane's Meditations [1995, Arkadia]
Return of the Tenor / Standards [1996, Double Time]
New Vista [1996, Arkadia]
Monk's Mood [1998, Double Time]
Souls and Masters [1999, Cactus]
Liebman Plays Puccini: A Walk in the Clouds [2000, Arkadia]
Latin Genesis [2001, Whaling City Sound]
In a Mellow Tone [2001, Zoho], B
Colors [2002, Hatology]
Conversation [2003, Sunnyside]
w/Phil Markowitz: Manhattan Dialogues [2005, Zoho], B
w/Steve Swallow, Adam Nussbaum: We Three: Three for All [2005, Challenge], B+(**)
w/Bobby Avey: Vienna Dialogues [2005, Zoho], B
w/Roberto Tarenzi, Paolo Benedettini, Tony Arco: Dream of Nite [2005, EmArcy], B+(*)
w/Roberto Tarenzi, Paolo Benedettini, Tony Arco:: Negative Space [2005, Verve], B+(**)
w/Anthony Jackson, Mike Stern, Tony Marino, Marko Marcinko, Vic Juris: Back on the Corner [2006, Tone Center], B+(***)
w/Joe Lovano, Ravi Coltrane: Seraphic Light: Dedicated to Michael Brecker [2007, Telarc], B

Ove Lind (1926–91)

One Morning in May [1975–76, Phontastic]
Summer Night [1975–76, Phontastic]

Nils Lindberg (1933– )

Sax Appeal and Trisection [1960–63, Dragon]
Symphony No. 1 and Jazz From Studio A [1961–63, Dragon]
Saxes Galore / Brass Galore [1979–81, Bluebell]
Lindberg Mitchell Paulsson [1992, LCM]
Melody in Blue [1993, Dragon]

Charles Lloyd (1938– )

Of Course, Of Course [1964–65, Mosaic], A–
Dream Weaver [1966, Atlantic]
The Flowering [1966, Atlantic]
The Flowering of the Original Charles Lloyd Quartet [1967, Collectables]
Just Before Sunrise [1966–67, 32 Jazz, 2 CD], B
Journey Within / In Europe [1966–67, Collectables], B+
Charles Lloyd in the Soviet Union [1967, Atlantic]
Forest Flower / Soundtrack [1967–69, Atlantic/Rhino]
Notes From Big Sur [1991, ECM], B
Acoustic Masters I [(1993), Atlantic]
All My Relations [1994, ECM]
Canto [1996, ECM]
Voice in the Night [1999, ECM], A–
The Water Is Wide [2000, ECM]
Hyperion With Higgins [1999, ECM]
w/Billy Higgins: Which Way Is East [2001, ECM, 2 CD], A–
Lift Every Voice [2002, ECM]
Jumping the Creek [2005, ECM], B+
Sangam [2004, ECM], A–
Rabo de Nube [2007, ECM], B+(***)

Giuseppi Logan (1935– )

Giuseppi Logan Quartet [1964, ESP], B+
The Giuseppi Logan Quintet [2010, Tompkins Square], U

London Improvisers Orchestra

Proceedings [1999, Emanem, 2 CD]
The Hearing Continues [1999, Emanem, 2 CD]

London Jazz Composers Orchestra (1970– )

w/Barry Guy: Ode [1972, Intakt, 2 CD], B
Zurich Concerts [1987–88, Intakt, 2 CD]
Harmos [1989, Intakt]
Double Trouble [1989, Intakt]
Theoria [1991, Intakt]
Portraits [1993, Intakt, 2 CD]
Double Trouble II [1995, Intakt]
Three Pieces for Orchestra [1996, Intakt], B

Eddy Louiss (1941– )

Trio [1968, Dreyfus]
Conférence de Presse [1994, Dreyfus]
Conférence de Presse Vol. 2 [1994, Dreyfus]
Sentimental Feeling [1998, Dreyfus], B+(*)
Récit Proche [(2001), Dreyfus]

Love Cry Want

Love Cry Want [1972, New Jazz]

Paul Lovens (1949– )

The Ericle of Delphi [1976–85, Po Torch, 2 LP]

Frank Lowe (1943–2003)

Black Beeings [1973, ESP-Disk], B–
The Flam [1975, Black Saint]
Fresh [1974–75, Black Lion]
Exotic Heartbreak [1981, Soul Note], B+
Live from Soundscape [1982, DIW], B+(**)
Decision in Paradise [1984, Soul Note], B
Inappropriate Choices [ITM Pacific]
Bodies and Souls [1995, CIMP], B+
Vision Blue [1997, CIMP]
w/Billy Bang: One for Jazz [2001, No More], A–

Gene Ludwig (1937– )

w/Bill Warfield: Duff's Blues [2008, 18th & Vine], B+(*)

Jimmy Lyons (1931–86)

Jump Up [1980, Hat Art]
w/Andrew Cyrille: Something in Return [1981, Black Saint]
w/Andrew Cyrille: Burnt Offering [1982, Black Saint], B
Give It Up [1985, Black Saint]
The Box Set [1972–85, Ayler, 5 CD], A–

Harold Mabern (1936– )

Straight Street [1989, DIW]
Lookin' on the Bright Side [1993, DIW]
The Leading Man [1992–93, Columbia], B+
Mabern's Grooveyard [1996, DIW]

Mahavishnu Orchestra [1971–1976]

The Inner Mounting Flame [1971, Columbia], A
Birds of Fire [1972, Columbia], B+
Love, Devotion and Surrender [1972, Columbia]
Between Nothingness and Eternity [1973, Columbia], U
The Lost Trident Sessions [1973, Columbia/Legacy], B+
Apocalypse [1974, Columbia/Legacy], U
Visions of the Emerald Beyond [1975, Columbia/Legacy], U
Inner Worlds [1975, Columbia/Legacy], U

Mike Mainieri (1938– )

Blues on the Other Side [1962, Argo]
An American Diary [1994, NYC]
w/Marnix Busstra: Twelve Pieces [2006, NYC], B+(**)

Henryk Majewski

40 Years [1970–87, CDSound], B

Junior Mance (1928– )

At the Village Vanguard [1961, OJC]
Junior's Blues [1962, OJC]
Happy Time [1962, OJC]
Smokey Blues [1980, JSP]
For Dancers Only [1983, Sackville]
Softly as in a Morning Sunrise [1994, Enja]
Blue Mance [1995, Chiaroscuro]
Live at the 1996 Floating Jazz Festival: The Music of Duke Ellington [1996, Chiaroscuro]
Jubilation [1996, Sackville]
Plays Monk [1996–2000, Chiaroscuro]

Joe Maneri (1927–2009)

Paniots Nine [1963, Avant]
w/Peter Dolger: Peace Concert [1964, Atavistic Unheard Music Series], U
Get Ready to Receive Yourself [1993, Leo Lab], B
Dahabenzapple [1993, Hat Art]
Coming Down the Mountain [1993, Hatology]
Let the Horse Go [1995, Leo]
Out Right Now [1995, Hatology]
w/Joe Morris, Mat Maneri: Three Men Walking [1995, ECM], B
In Full Cry [1996, ECM], U
Blessed [1997, ECM]
The Trio Concerts [1997–98, Leo, 2 CD]
Maneri Ensemble: Going to Church [2000, Aum Fidelity], B+
w/Barre Phillips, Mat Maneri: Angles of Repose [2002, ECM], B+

Albert Mangelsdorff (1928–2005)

Live in Tokyo [1971, Enja], B+
Tromboneliness [1976, Sackville]
Three Originals: The Wide Point / Trilogue / Albert Live in Montreux [1975–80, MPS, 2 CD], B+
Three Originals: Never Let It End / A Jazz Tune I Hope / Triple Entente [1970–82, MPS, 2 CD]
w/Lee Konitz: The Art of the Duo [1983, Enja], B+
Purity [1992, Mood]
Shake, Shuttle and Blow [1999, Enja]

Emil Mangelsdorff (1925– )

Meditation [1994, L+R]

Ray Mantilla (1934– )

Hands of Fire [1984, Red]
Synergy [1986, Red]
Dark Powers [1988, Red], B+
Man-Ti-Ya [2004, Savant]
Good Vibrations [2006, Savant], B+(*)

Michael Mantler (1943– )

w/Carla Bley: 13 and 3/4 [1975, Watt], U
w/Robert Wyatt: The Hapless Child and Other Inscrutable Stories [1975–76, Watt], A
Silence [1976, Watt], U
No Answer / Silence [1973–76, Watt, 2 CD]
Movies [1978, Watt], B+
Movies / More Movies [1977–80, Watt]
Something There [1983, Watt]
Alien [1985, Watt], U
Live [1987, Watt]
Many Have No Speech [1987, Watt], U
Cerco un Paese Innocente [1994, ECM]
Songs and One Symphony [1993–98, ECM]
Hide and Seek [2000, ECM], B+

Chuck Marohnic

Many Mansions [1998, Challenge]

Ellis Marsalis (1934– )

A Night at Snug Harbor, New Orleans [1989, Evidence], B
Ruminations in New York [2003, ESP-Disk], B
An Open Letter to Thelonious [2007, ELM], B

Cal Massey (1928–72)

Blues to Coltrane [1961, Candid]

Pat Martino (1944– )

Strings! [1967, Prestige OJC]
Footprints [1972, 32 Jazz]
Live! [1972, Muse]
Head and Heart [1972–74, 32 Jazz, 2 CD]
Impressions [1972–76, Camden, 2 CD]
Nightwings [1994, Muse]
The Maker [1994, Evidence]
Live at Yoshi's [2000, Blue Note]
Remember: A Tribute to Wes Montgomery [2005, Blue Note], B

Mat Marucci (1945– )

Lifeline [1980, Marco]
3 the Hard Way [2006, CIMP]
w/Doug Webb: Change-Up [2006, CIMP], B+(***)

Hugh Masekela (1939– )

The Lasting Impressions of Ooga Booga [1965, Verve], B+
Grrr [1966, Verve], B+
Masekela [1968, UNI]
Stimela [1966–72, VSOP]
Home Is Where the Music Is [1972, Verve], A–
The Boy's Doin' It [1975, Verve]
Techno-Bush [1984, Jive], B
Tomorrow [1986, Warner Brothers]
Black to the Future [1997, Shanachie]
Collected [(1999), RCA]
Revival [2005, Heads Up], B+
Live at the Market Theatre [2006, Times Square/4Q, 2 CD], A–
Phola [2009, 4Q/Times Square], B+(**)

Bennie Maupin (1940– )

The Jewel in the Lotus [1974, ECM], B
Driving While Black [1998, Intuition]
Penumbra [2003, Cryptogramophone], B+(*)
Early Reflections [2007, Cryptogramophone], B

Cecil McBee (1935– )

Music From the Source [1977, Enja]
Flying Out [1982, India Navigation]
Compassion [1983, Enja]
Unspoken [1996, Palmetto]

Paul McCandless (1947– )

All the Mornings Bring [1979, Elektra]
Heresay [1988, Windham Hill]
Shape Shifter [2004, Synergy Music], B+

Les McCann (1935– )

Much Les [1968, Rhino]
w/Eddie Harris: Swiss Movement [1969, Rhino], A–
On the Soul Side [1994, Musicmasters]

Rob McConnell (1935– )

Brassy and Sassy [1992, Concord]
Our 25th Year [1993, Concord]
Overtime [1994, Concord]
Don't Get Around Much Anymore [1995, Vanguard]
Play the Jazz Classics [1997, Concord]
Thank You, Ted [2002, Justin Time]

Jack McDuff (1926–2001)

Tough 'Duff [1960, Prestige OJC]
The Honeydripper [1961, Prestige OJC], B+
w/Gene Ammons: Brother Jack Meets the Boss [1962, Prestige OJC]
w/Kenny Burrell: Crash! [1963, Prestige]
Live! [1963, Prestige]
The Prestige Years [1960–65, Prestige], B+
Color Me Blue [1991, Concord]
It's About Time [1995, Concord]
Bringin' It Home [1998, Concord]
Brotherly Love [1996–2000, Concord]

Gary McFarland (1933–71)

w/Bob Brookmeyer: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying / Gloomy Sunday and Other Bright Moments [1961, Verve]

Chris McGregor (1936–90)

Chris McGregor and the Brotherhood of Breath [1970, Neon]
Eclipse at Dawn [1971, Cuneiform], B+(*)
Brotherhood of Breath: Live at Willisau [1973, Ogun]
Travelling Somewhere [1973, Cuneiform], A–
w/Brotherhood of Breath: Bremen to Bridgwater [1971–75, Cuneiform, 2 CD], B+
w/Chris McGregor, Johnny Dyani, Louis Moholo: Blue Notes for Mongezi [1975, Ogun], U
Blue Notes for Johnny [1987, Ogun]
Country Cooking [1988, Venture]

Jimmy McGriff (1936–2008)

Greatest Hits [1963–71, Blue Note], B
The Starting Five [1986, Milestone]
The Dream Team [1996, Milestone]

Kalaparush Maurice McIntyre (1936– )

Humility in the Light of the Center [1969, Delmark]
Peace and Blessings [1979, Black Saint]
Kalaparush & the Light: Morning Song [2003, Delmark], B+

Ken McIntyre (1931–2001)

Stone Blues [1960, Fantasy OJC]
w/Eric Dolphy: Looking Ahead [1960, New Jazz OJC]
The Complete United Artists Sessions [1962–63, Blue Note, 2 CD], B
Hindsight [1974, Steeplechase]
Home [1975, Steeplechase], B+
Open Horizon [1975, Steeplechase]
Introducing the Vibrations [1976, Steeplechase]
Chasing the Sun [1978, Steeplechase], B+
In the Wind: The Woodwind Quartets [1995–96, Passin' Thru], C+

Dave McKenna (1930–2008)

w/Zoot Sims: Dave McKenna Quartet Featuring Zoot Sims [1974, Chiaroscuro]
Giant Strides [1979, Concord]
w/Scott Hamilton, Jake Hanna: No Bass Hit [1979, Concord]
Left Handed Complement [1979, Concord], B+
Celebration of Hoagy Carmichael [1983, Concord]
Dancing in the Dark [1985, Concord]
No More Ouzo for Puzo [1988, Concord]
Live at Maybeck Recital Hall Volume 2 [1989, Concord]
Shadows and Dreams [1990, Concord]
A Handful of Stars [1992, Concord], B
Easy Street [1994, Concord]
An Intimate Evening With Dave McKenna [1999, Arbors]

John McLaughlin (1942– )

Extrapolation [1969, Polydor], A–
My Goal's Beyond [1970, Rykodisc]
Devotion [1970, Celluloid]
Where Fortune Smiles [1971, One Way], B+
Electric Guitarist [1979, Columbia], B
w/Jaco Pastorius, Tony Williams: Trio of Doom [1979, Columbia/Legacy], B+(*)
w/Al DiMeola, Paco DeLucia: Passion Grace and Fire [1982, Columbia], B
This Is Jazz 17 [1971–82, Columbia/Legacy], B+(**)
Adventures in Radioland [1986, Verve], C+
Live at the Royal Festival Hall [1989, JMT], B+
Qué Alegria [1991, Verve], B+
Time Remembered: John McLaughlin Plays Bill Evans [1993, Verve], B–
Tokyo Live [1993, Verve], U
Compact Jazz [(1993), Verve]
After the Rain [1994, Verve], B+
The Promise [1995, Verve], B
The Heart of Things [1997, Verve], U
Live in Paris [1998, Verve]
Remember Shakti [1999, Verve], U
Montreux Concerts [1974–99, Warner Music Switzerland, 17 CD]
w/Zakir Hussain, U. Shrinivas, V. Selvaganesh: Remember Shakti: The Believer [2000, Verve], U
Remember Shakti: Saturday Night in Bombay [2000, Verve], U
Thieves and Poets [2003, Verve], B
Industrial Zen [2006, Verve], B+(*)
The Essential John McLaughlin [1963–2006, Columbia/Legacy, 2 CD], A–
Floating Point [2008, Abstract Logix], B+(**)
w/Chick Corea: Five Peace Band Live [2008, Concord, 2 CD], B+(**)

Jim McNeely (1949– )

Rain's Dance [1976, Steeplechase]
Jim McNeely at Maybeck (Maybeck Recital Hall Series, Volume Twenty) [1992, Concord], A–
Group Therapy [2000, Omnitone]
In This Moment [2003, Stunt]
w/Kelly Sill, Joel Spencer: Boneyard [2007, Origin], B+(**)

John McNeil (1948– )

East Coast Cool [2005, Omnitone], B+(*)
w/Bill McHenry: Rediscovery [2007, Sunnyside], B+(**)

Joe McPhee (1939– )

Underground Railroad [1969, CJR]
Underground Railroad/Live at Holy Cross [1968–69, Atavistic Unheard Music], A–
Nation Time [1970, Atavistic Unheard Music]
Trinity [1971, Atavistic Unheard Music], B+
w/John Snyder: Pieces of Light [1974, Atavistic], B+(*)
Variations on a Blue Line [1977, Hat Hut]
Tenor / Fallen Angels [(1977), Hatology]
Old Eyes and Mysteries [1979, Hat Art]
Oleo and A Future Retrospective [1982, Hat Art], A–
Visitation [1983, Sackville]
Linear B [1990, Hat Art], A–
Sweet Freedom — Now What? [1994, Hat Art]
Impressions of Jimmy Giuffre [1991, CELP], A–
Common Threads: Live at the Tractor Tavern [1995, Deep Listening]
As Serious as Your Life [1996, Hatology]
Legend Street One [1996, CIMP], B+
Legend Street Two [1996, CIMP]
Inside Out [1996, CIMP]
w/Ken Vandermark, Kent Kessler: A Meeting in Chicago [1996, Okkadisk], B
Trio-X: Rapture [1998, Cadence]
w/Dominic Duval: The Dream Book [1998, Cadence]
In the Spirit [1999, CIMP]
Mr. Peabody Goes to Baltimore [2000, Recorded]
Trio-X: On Tour: Toronto/Rochester [2001, Cadence]
Trio-X: Journey [2003, CIMP]
Trio-X: Moods: Playing With the Elements [2004, CIMP], B+(***)
w/Peter Brötzmann, Kent Kessler, Michael Zerang: Guts [2005, Okka Disk], B+(***)
w/Paal Nilssen-Love: Tomorrow Came Today [2007, Smalltown Superjazz], A–

Charles McPherson (1939– )

Be-Bop Revisited [1964, OJC], B
Con Alma! [1965, OJC]
McPherson's Mood [1969, OJC]
Beautiful! [1975, Xanadu], A
Live in Tokyo [1976, Xanadu]
Free Bop! [1978, Xanadu]
First Flight Out [1994, Arabesque], B+
Come Play with Me [1995, Arabesque]
Manhattan Nocturne [1998, Arabesque]
Is That It? . . . No But [2000, Vega]

Memphis Nighthawks

Jazz Lips [1976–77, Delmark], U

Misha Mengelberg (1935– )

w/Steve Lacy, George Lewis, Harjen Gorter, Han Bennink: Change of Season [1984, Soul Note], U
Dutch Masters [1987, Soul Note]
Impromptus [1990, FMP], B–
Mix [1994, ICP]
Who's Bridge [1994, Avant]
The Root of the Problem [1996, Hatology]
No Idea [1996, DIW], A–
Live in Holland '97 [1997, X-OR]
Two Days in Chicago [1998, Hatology, 2 CD], B+
Four in One [2001, Songlines]
Afijn [2006, ICP 44/Data Images, DVD], U

Don Menza (1936– )

Horn of Plenty [1979, Voss]
Hip Pocket [1981, Palo Alto]
Live at Claudio's [1991, Sackville]

Pat Metheny (1954– )

Bright Size Life [1975, ECM]
Pat Metheny Group [1978, ECM]
American Garage [1980, ECM]
80/81 [1980, ECM]
Offramp [1981, ECM]
Rejoicing [1983, ECM], B
w/Ornette Coleman: Song X [1985, Geffen], A–
w/Ornette Coleman: Song X: Twentieth Anniversary [1985, Nonesuch], A
Still Life (Talking) [1987, Geffen]
Letter from Home [1989, Geffen]
Question and Answer [1989, Geffen]
Zero Tolerance for Silence [1992, DGC], B–
The Road to You [1992–93, Geffen], B
We Live Here [1994, Geffen]
Imaginary Day [1997, Warner Brothers], B–
Trio 99 -> 00 [2000, Warner Brothers]
Speaking of Now [2002, Warner Brothers]
One Quiet Night [2003, Warner Brothers]
The Way Up [2005, Nonesuch], B+
w/Brad Mehldau: Metheny Mehldau Quartet [2005, Nonesuch], B+(**)
Day Trip [2005, Nonesuch], B+(**)
Orchestrion [2010, Nonesuch], B+(**)

Pierre Michelot (1928– )

Bass and Bosses [1989, Emarcy]

Harry Miller (1941–83)

Which Way Now [1975, Cuneiform], A–
The Collection [1974–83, Ogun, 3 CD]

Steve Miller [piano] (1943–98)

w/Lol Coxhill: Miller / Coxhill [1971–74, Cuneiform, 2 CD], U

Dom Minasi (1943– )

Time Will Tell [2001–2, CDM], B+
The Vampire's Revenge [2005, CDM, 2 CD], B+(***)
Dissonance Makes the Heart Grow Fonder [2009, Konnex], B+(**)

Billy Mitchell (1926– )

De Lawd's Blues [1980, Xanadu]

Roscoe Mitchell (1940– )

Sound [1966, Delmark], B
The Solo Concert [1973, AECO], B+(*)
Nonaah [1976, Nessa]
More Cutouts [1981, Cecma]
Roscoe Mitchell and the Sound and Space Ensembles [1983, Black Saint], B
Songs in the Wind [1990, Victo]
Four Compositions [1992, Lovely Music]
Hey Donald [1994, Delmark]
Nine to Get Ready [1997, ECM], B+
w/Transatlantic Art Ensemble: Composition/Improvisation Nos. 1, 2 and 3 [2004, ECM], B+(**)

Louis Moholo (1940– )

Spirits Rejoice [1978, Ogun]
w/Larry Stabbins, Keith Tippett: Tern [1982, Atavistic]

Grachan Moncur III (1937– )

Evolution [1963, Blue Note], B+
Some Other Stuff [1964, Blue Note], B
Exploration [2004, Capri], B

Tete Montoliu (1933–97)

Songs for Love [1971, Enja]
That's All [1971, Steeplechase]
Body and Soul [1971, Enja]
It's About Blues Time [1971, Fresh Sound]
Tete! [1974, Steeplechase]
Tete a Tete [1976, Steeplechase], B+
Tootie's Tempo [1976, Steeplechase]

Brew Moore (1924–73)

Svinget 14 [1962, Black Lion], B+

Dick Morrissey (1940– )

It's Morrissey, Man [1961, Redial]

Sal Mosca (1927–2007)

A Concert [1979, Jazz Records]
You Go to My Head [2001–6, Blue Jack Jazz], B+(***)

Bob Moses (1948– )

Family [1980, Sutra]
When Elephants Dream of Music [1982, Gramavision], U
Visit with the Great Spirit [1983, Gramavision]
Love Animal [2003, Amulet]
Father's Day B'hash [2006, Sunnyside], B–

Paul Motian (1931– )

Tribute [1974, ECM]
Dance [1977, ECM], B
Jack of Clubs [1984, Soul Note]
It Should've Happened a Long Time Ago [1984, ECM]
Misterioso [1986, Soul Note]
Rarum XVI: Selected Recordings [1972–87, ECM], B+
Monk in Motian [1988, JMT], B+
Paul Motian on Broadway: Volume 1 [1988, JMT], B
Paul Motian on Broadway: Volume 2 [1989, JMT], B+
Bill Evans [1990, JMT], B+
Motian in Tokyo [1991, JMT]
Paul Motian on Broadway: Volume 3 [1991, JMT]
Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band [1992, JMT], A–
Trioism [1993, JMT], B
Reincarnation of a Love Bird [1994, JMT], B
You Took the Words Right Out of My Heart [1995, JMT]
Sound of Love [1995, Winter & Winter]
Flight of the Blue Jay [1998, Winter & Winter]
Play Monk and Powell [1998, Winter & Winter], B
2000 + One [1999, Winter & Winter]
Europe [2000, Winter & Winter]
Holiday With Strings [2001, Winter & Winter]
w/Bill Frisell, Joe Lovano: I Have the Room Above Her [2004, ECM], B+(***)
Garden of Eden [2004, ECM], B+(**)
On Broadway Vol. 4 [2005, Winter & Winter], A–
w/Bill Frisell, Joe Lovano: Time and Time Again [2006, ECM], B
Live at the Village Vanguard, Vol. I [2006, Winter & Winter], B+(**)
Live at the Village Vanguard, Vol. II [2006, Winter & Winter], B+(**)
w/Chris Potter, Jason Moran: Lost in a Dream [2009, ECM]

Alphonse Mouzon (1948– )

In Search of a Dream [1978, MPS]

Bob Mover (1952– )

Things Unseen! [1981]
In the True Tradition [1981]
It Amazes Me . . . [2006, Zoho], B+(***)

Idris Muhammad (1939– )

Power of Soul [1974, Kudu]
House of the Rising Sun [1976, CTI/Epic/Legacy], B
Kabsha [1980, Theresa]
Right Now [1998, Cannonball]

David Murray (1955– )

Flowers for Albert: The Complete Concert [1976, India Navigation, 2 CD], B+(***)
Low Class Conspiracy [1976, Adelphi], A–
Live at the Peace Church [1976, Danola]
At the Bim Huis: First Set [1977, Circle], B+(*)
The London Concert [1978, Cadillac]
Interboogieology [1978, Black Saint]
Sweet Lovely [1979, Black Saint], A–
Ming [1980, Black Saint], A
Home, B+
Murray's Steps [1982, Black Saint], B+
Morning Song [1984, Black Saint], A–
Live at Sweet Basil, Vol. 1 [1984, Black Saint], B
Live at Sweet Basil, Vol. 2 [1984, Black Saint], B
New Life [1985, Black Saint], B
I Want to Talk About You [1986, Black Saint], A–
The Hill [1986, Black Saint], A–
In Our Style [1986, DIW]
Hope Scope [1987, Black Saint], B
w/Randy Weston: The Healers [1987, Black Saint], B
Lucky Four [1988, Tutu], B+
Deep River [1988, DIW], A
Lovers [1988, DIW]
Tenors [1988, DIW], A–
Ballads [1988, DIW], A
Spirituals [1988, DIW], A–
Ming's Samba [1989, Portrait], B+
Golden Sea [1990, Sound Aspects]
Special Quartet [1990, DIW], A–
w/George Arvanitas: Tea for Two [1990, Fresh Sound], A
Remembrances [1990, DIW]
Shakill's Warrior [1991, DIW/Columbia], A
w/Butch Morris: David Murray Big Band Conducted by Lawrence "Butch" Morris [1991, DIW/Columbia], B
w/Pierre Dørge: The Jazzpar Prize [1991, Enja], B+
David Murray / James Newton Quintet [1991, DIW], B+
Fast Life [1991, DIW], A–
Ballads for Bass Clarinet [1991, DIW], A–
w/Milford Graves: Real Deal [1991, DIW], A–
Black and Black [1991, Red Baron], B+
A Sanctuary Within [1991, Black Saint]
Death of a Sideman [1991, DIW]
Picasso [1992, DIW]
South of the Border [1992, DIW], A–
Shakill's II [1993, DIW], A–
Body and Soul [1993, Black Saint], B+
Live '93 Acoustic Octfunk [1993, Sound Hills]
MX [1993, Red Baron], B
Saxmen [1993, Red Baron], B+
Jazzosaurus Rex [1993, Red Baron], A
For Aunt Louise [1993, DIW], A–
Love and Sorrow [1993, DIW]
w/Dave Burrell: Windward Passages [1993, Black Saint], A–
The Tip [1994, DIW], B+
Jug-a-Lug [1994, DIW], B+
w/Ray Anderson, Anthony Davis: David Murray Quintet with Ray Anderson and Anthony Davis [1994, DIW], A–
Live at the Village Vanguard [1995, 441 Records], B+
Dark Star: The Music of the Grateful Dead [1996, Astor Place], B
Fo Deuk Revue [1996, Justin Time], B+
Long Goodbye: A Tribute to Don Pullen [1996, DIW], A
Creole [1998, Justin Time], A
Seasons [1998, Pow Wow], B+
w/Fontella Bass: Speaking in Tongues [1999, Justin Time], B
Octet Plays Trane [2000, Justin Time], A–
Like a Kiss That Never Ends [2001, Justin Time], A
w/Mal Waldron: Silence [2001, Justin Time], A–
w/The Gwo-Ka Masters: Yonn-Dé [2002, Justin Time], A–
David Murray Latin Big Band: Now Is Another Time [2001–2, Justin Time], A–
Waltz Again [2002, Justin Time], B–
Gwotet [2004, Justin Time], A
Sacred Ground [2006, Justin Time], A
w/Taj Mahal: The Devil Tried to Kill Me [2007, Justin Time], B+(*)

Sunny Murray (1937– )

Sunny Murray [1966, ESP-Disk], B
Sunny Murray [1966, ESP-Disk], B
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break [1969, Affinity]
Live at Moers [1979, Moers]
Illuminators [1996, Audible Hiss]
We Are Not at the Opera [1998, Eremite], A–
Perles Noires Vol. I [2005, Eremite], B+(**)
Perles Noires Vol. II [2005, Eremite], B+(**)

Music Improvisation Company

The Music Improvisation Company 1968–1971 [1968–71, Incus]

Zbigniew Namyslowski (1936– )

Polish Jazz: Volume 4 — Zbigniew Namyslowski [1966–87, Polskie Nagrania]
Winobranie [1973, Power Bros], A–
Kujaviak Goes Funky [1975, Power Bros]
The Last Concert [1991, Polonia]

Buell Neidlinger (1936– )

Across the Tracks [1981, K2B2], A–
Swingrass '83 [1983, Antilles], A–
Rear View Mirror [1979–86, K2B2], A–
Locomotive [1987, Soul Note], A–
Ready for the 90s [1960–89, K2B2]
Big Drum [1990, K2B2], B+
Blue Chopsticks [1994, K2B2]

New York Art Quartet (1964– )

New York Art Quartet [1964, ESP], A–
Old Stuff [1965, Cuneiform], U
35th Reunion [2000, DIW]

Sal Nistico (1948–91)

Empty Room [1988, Red]

Walter Norris (1931– )

Drifting [1974–78, Enja]
Winter Rose [1978–80, Enja]
Live at Maybeck Recital Hall Volume 4 [1990, Concord]
Sunburst [1991, Concord], U
Love Every Moment [1992, Concord], B+
w/George Mraz: Hues of Blues [1995, Concord], A–
From Another Star [1998, Sunburst]

Old and New Dreams [1979–1987]

Old and New Dreams [1979, ECM]
One for Blackwell [1987, Soul Note], B+

Oregon [1970– ]

Music of Another Present Era [1973, Vanguard], A–
Distant Hills [1973, Vanguard], B
Winter Light [1974, Vanguard], B+
The Essential Oregon [1973–74, Vanguard]
Jade Muse: The Best of Oregon [1971–79, Universe]
Troika [1993, Intuition]
Beyond Words [1995, Chesky]
North West Passage [1997, Intuition]
1000 Kilometers [2006, CAM Jazz], B+(**)

Niels-Henning Ørsted-Pedersen (1946–2005)

Jaywalkin' [1975, Steeplechase]
Double Bass [1976, Steeplechase]
Trio 1 [1977, Steeplechase], B+
Trio 2 [1977, Steeplechase], A–
The Bassic Trio [1977, Steeplechase, 2 CD]
Dancing on the Tables [1979, Steeplechase]
The Viking [1983, Pablo]
w/Renee Rosnes, Jonas Johansen: Friends Forever [1995, Milestone], A–
Those Who Were [1996, Verve], B+
This Is All I Ask [1998, Verve], B
The Unforgettable NHØP Trio Live [1999–2005, ACT], B+(**)

Anthony Ortega (1928– )

New Dance [1967, Hat Art]
Anthony Ortega on Evidence [1992, Evidence]

Mike Osborne (1941– )

Outback [1970, Future Music]
Shapes [1972, FMR]
All Night Long [1975, Ogun]
Tandem [1976, Ogun]

Tony Oxley (1938– )

The Baptised Traveler [1969, Columbia], B+
Ichnos [1969, RCA]
Four Compositions for Sextet [1970, Columbia]
w/Alan Davie: The Tony Oxley/Alan Davie Duo [1974–75, A/L/L]
The Tony Oxley Quartet [1992, Incus]
The Enchanted Messenger [1994, Soul Note]

Evan Parker (1944– )

Collective Calls (Urban) (Two Microphones) [1972, Psi]
Three Other Stories (1971–1974) [1971–74, Emanem]
At the Unity Theatre [1975, Psi]
Two Octobers (1972–1975) [1972–75, Emanem]
Saxophone Solos [1975, Chronoscope]
Monoceros [1978, Incus]
Six of One [1980, Incus]
Incision [1981, FMP]
The Snake Decides [1986, Psi], B+
Atlanta [1986, Impetus]
Conic Sections [1989, Ah Um], B
Nailed [1990, FMP]
The Ayes Have It [1983–91, Emanem], A–
Imaginary Values [1993, Maya], B+(**)
Corner to Corner [1993, Ogun]
Synergetics: Phonomanie III [1993, Leo, 2 CD]
50th Birthday Concert [1994, Leo, 2 CD], B+
Breaths and Heartbeats [1994, Rastascan]
Obliquities [1994, Maya]
The Redwood Sessions [1995, CIMP]
Chicago Solo [1995, Okka Disk], B+
Towards the Margins [1996, ECM], B+(*)
Natives and Aliens [1996, Leo]
At the Vortex (1996) [1996, Emanem]
London Air Lift [1997, FMP]
Most Materiall [1997, Matchless, 2 CD]
Live at Les Instants Chavires [1997, Leo], C+
New Excursions [1998, Ninth World]
Drawn Inward [1999, ECM]
After Appleby [1999, Leo, 2 CD]
The Two Seasons [1999, Emanem, 2 CD]
Foxes Fox [1999, Emanem]
w/Keith Rowe: Dark Rags [1999–2000, Potlach]
Synergetics: Phonomanie III [2000, Leo]
w/Patrick Scheyder: Evan Parker / Patrick Scheyder [2000, Leo], B+
Lines Burnt in Light [2001, Psi]
Dividuality [2001, Maya]
Alder Brook [2002, Leo]
Memory/Vision [2002, ECM], B
w/Alexander von Schlippenbach, Paul Lytton: America 2003 [2003, Psi, 2 CD]
The Eleventh Hour [2004, ECM], B+(**)
A Glancing Blow [2006, Clean Feed], B+(**)
Townhouse Orchestra: Belle Ville [2007, Clean Feed, 2 CD], B+(***)
w/Ingebrigt Häker Flaten: The Brewery Tap [2007, Smalltown Superjazz], B+(***)
Boustrophedon [2008, ECM], B+(***)
The Moment's Energy [2007, ECM], A–

William Parker (1952– )

Through Acceptance of the Mystery Peace [1974–79, Eremite], B+
w/Ellen Christi, Lisa Sokolov, Yuko Fujiyama: Song Cycle [1991–93, Boxholder], B–
Testimony [1994, Zero In], B+
Compassion Seizes Bed-Stuy [1995, Homestead], A–
w/Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra: Sunrise in the Tone World [1997, Aum Fidelity, 2 CD], B
Lifting the Sanctions [1997, No More], B+
Posium Pendasem [1998, FMP]
The Peach Orchard [1998, Aum Fidelity, 2 CD], A
Mayor of Punkville [1999, Aum Fidelity, 2 CD], B+
Painter's Spring [2000, Thirsty Ear], A–
w/Hamid Drake: Piercing the Veil [2000, AUM Fidelity], A–
w/Hamid Drake: First Communion + Piercing the Veil [2000, AUM Fidelity, 2 CD], A–
O'Neal's Porch [2000, AUM Fidelity], A–
w/Joe Morris, Hamid Drake: Eloping With the Sun [2001, Riti], B+
Raincoat in the River [2001, Eremite]
Raining on the Moon [2001, Thirsty Ear], A
Bob's Pink Cadillac [2002, Eremite, 2CD], A–
. . . And William Danced [2002, Ayler], A
Scrapbook [2002, Thirsty Ear], A
Fractured Dimensions [2003, FMP]
Spontaneous [2003, Splasc(h)]
Luc's Lantern [2004, Thirsty Ear], A–
Sound Unity [2004, AUM Fidelity], A
Long Hidden: The Olmec Series [1993–2005, AUM Fidelity], B+(**)
w/Hamid Drake: Summer Snow [2005, AUM Fidelity], B+(**)
Corn Meal Dance [2007, AUM Fidelity], A–
Double Sunrise Over Neptune [2007, AUM Fidelity], A
Petit Oiseau [2007, AUM Fidelity], A–

Horace Parlan (1931– )

On the Spur of the Moment [1961, Blue Note], A–
Up and Down [1961, Blue Note]
Happy Frame of Mind [1963, Blue Note], A–
Blue Parlan [1978, Steeplechase], B+
Musically Yours [1979, Steeplechase]
The Maestro [1979, Steeplechase]
Like Someone in Love [1983, Steeplechase]
Glad I Found You [1984, Steeplechase], B+

Pasadena Roof Orchestra

The Pasadena Roof Orchestra [1974, Island], B

Joe Pass (1929–94)

Virtuoso [1973, Pablo], B+
Virtuoso No. 2 [1976, Pablo]
Guitar Virtuoso [1973–77, Pablo, 4 CD]
w/Niels-Henning Orsted-Pedersen: Chops [1978, Pablo OJC], B
Virtuoso Live! [1992, Pablo]
Finally [1992, Emarcy]

Jaco Pastorius (1951–87)

Jaco [1974, DIW]
Pastorius Metheny Ditmas Bley [1974, Improvising Artists]
Jaco Pastorius [1975, Epic], B+
Portrait of Jaco: The Early Years 1968–1978 [1968–78, Holiday Park]
Word of Mouth [1980, Warner Brothers]
The Birthday Concert [1980, Warner Brothers]
The Essential Jaco Pastorius [1975–81, Epic/Legacy, 2 CD], B–
Holiday for Pans [1980–82, Sound Hills]
Punk Jazz: Live in New York City Volume One [1986, Big World], B
Live in New York City: Trio [1986, Big World]
Live in Italy [1986, Jazzpoint]
Punk Jazz: The Jaco Pastorius Anthology [1968–86, Warner Brothers/Rhino, 2 CD]

Don Patterson (1936–88)

Boppin' and Burnin' [1968, Prestige OJC]
Dem New York Blues [1968–69, Prestige]

Big John Patton (1935–2002)

Along Came John [1963, Blue Note], B+
Blue John [1963, Blue Note], B+
Let 'Em Roll [1965, Blue Note], A–
Got a Good Thing Goin' [1966, Blue Note]
Soul Connection [1983, Just a Memory], B+(**)

Gary Peacock (1935– )

w/Keith Jarrett, Jack DeJohnette: Tales of Another [1977, ECM], A–
Partners [1989, Owl]
Oracle [1993, ECM]
w/Bill Frisell: Just So Happens [1994, Postcards], B
w/Marc Copland: Insight [2005–7, Pirouet], B+(***)

Duke Pearson (1932–80)

Wahoo! [1964, Blue Note]
Sweet Honey Bee [1966, Blue Note], B+
The Right Touch [1967, Blue Note]

Bill Perkins (1924– )

Remembrance of Dino's [1986, Interplay]
Warm Moods [1991, Fresh Sound], B+

Charlie Persip (1929– )

No Dummies Allowed [1987, Soul Note]

Houston Person (1934– )

Legends of Acid Jazz [1970–71, Prestige]
The Talk of the Town [1987, Muse], B
Why Not! [1990, Muse], B+
w/Ron Carter: Now's the Time [1990, Muse]
w/Ron Carter: The Complete Muse Sessions [1989–90, 32 Jazz, 2 CD]
Person-ified [1996, HighNote]
My Romance [1998, High Note]
Soft Lights [1999, High Note]
To Etta With Love [2004, High Note], A–
All Soul [2005, HighNote], B+(**)
w/Ron Carter: Just Between Friends [2005, High Note], B+(***)
w/Bill Charlap: You Taught My Heart to Swing [2006, High Note], B+(***)
Thinking of You [2007, High Note], B+(**)
The Art and Soul of Houston Person [1996–2008, High Note, 3 CD], A
Mellow [2009, High Note], B+(**)

Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky

SelbDritt [1980, FMP]

Barre Phillips (1934– )

Mountainscapes [1976, ECM], B+
Three Day Moon [1978, ECM], A–
Naxos [1987, CELP]
Camouflage [1989, Victo]
Aquarian Rain [1991, ECM], B
Uzu [1996, PSF]
Journal Violone 9 [2000, Emouvance]
w/Joëlle Léandre, William Parker, Tetsu Saitoh: After You've Gone [2003, Victo]

Dave Pike (1938– )

Bossa Nova Carnival [1962, New Jazz]
Carnavals [1962, Prestige]
Manhattan Latin [1964, Verve], B–
Pike's Groove [1986, Criss Cross]
Peligroso [2000, Cubop]
Live at the Philharmonie [2008, Promising/MPS]

Trudy Pitts (1933– )

w/Pat Martino: Legends of Acid Jazz [1967, Prestige]

Bucky Pizzarelli (1926– )

Plays Bix Beiderbecke Arrangements by Bill Challis [1972, Monmouth]
w/Bud Freeman: Buck and Bud [1977, Flying Dutchman]
Love Songs [1981, Stash]
The Complete Guitar Duos (The Stash Sessions) [1980–84, Stash]
w/John Pizzarelli: Contrasts [1998, Arbors]
April Kisses [1999, Arbors]
Flashes: Solo 7-String Guitar, Volume 3 [2004, Arbors], B
w/Frank Vignola: Moonglow [2005, Hyena], B+
5 for Freddie: Bucky's Tribute to Freddie Green [2006, Arbors], A–
w/John Pizzarelli: Generations [2006, Arbors], B+(**)
The Pizzarelli Boys: Sunday at Pete's [2007, Challenge], B+(*)
So Hard to Forget [2008, Arbors], B+(**)
w/Red Norvo, Slam Stewart: Rhythm Encounters [Stash]

Pekka Pohjola

Harakka Bialoipokku [1974, Love]

Jean-Luc Ponty (1942– )

King Kong [1969, Blue Note], B
Le Voyage [1975–85, Rhino/Atlantic, 2 CD]
No Absolute Time [1992–93, Atlantic]
Live at Chene Park [1996, Atlantic]

Michel Portal (1935– )

Splendid Yzlment [1971, Columbia]
¡Dejarme Solo! [1979, Dreyfus]
Arrivederci le Chouartse [1980, Hat Hut]
Men's Land [1987, Label Bleu]
Dockings [1997, Label Bleu]
w/Stephen Kent, Mino Cinelu: Burundi [2000, PAO], A–
Birdwatcher [2006, Sunnyside], B+(**)

Preservation Hall Jazz Band [1966– ]

New Orleans, Vol. 1 [1976, Columbia]
New Orleans, Vol. II [1981, CBS], B
The Best of Preservation Hall Jazz Band [1976–87, Columbia]
Shake That Thing [2001, Preservation Hall], B+(**)
Preservation Hall Hot 4 With Duke Dejan [(2004), Preservation Hall]

Eddie Prévost (1942– )

Live [1979, Matchless]
Continuum [1983, Matchless]
Supersession [1984, Matchless]
Loci of Change — Sound and Sensibility [1996, Matchless]
Touch — The Weight, Measure and Feel of Things [1997, Matchless]
Material Consequences [2001, Matchless]
Seventh of May 2001 — The Matchless Day [2001, Matchless, 2 CD]
The Blackbird's Whistle [2003, Matchless]
Imponderable Evidence [2003, Matchless]

Julian Priester (1935– )

Keep Swingin' [1960, OJC], B+
Love, Love [1974, ECM], A–
Polarization [1977, ECM]
w/Sam Rivers: Hints on Light and Shadow [1996, Postcards], B

Dudu Pukwana (1938–90)

In the Townships [1973, Earthworks], A
Flute Music [1975, Caroline], A–
Diamond Express [1977, Arista/Freedom], B–
Zila '86 [1986], U
Mbizo Radebe [1987, Affinity]

Don Pullen (1944–95)

Solo Piano Album [1975, Sackville]
Tomorrow's Promises [1976–77, Koch], B+
Montreux Concert [1977, Koch]
w/Chico Freeman, Fred Hopkins, Bobby Battle: Warriors [1978, Black Saint], A–
Milano Strut [1979, Black Saint], B+
Evidence of Things Unseen [1983, Black Saint], B+
The Sixth Sense [1985, Black Saint]
w/George Adams: Breakthrough [1986, Blue Note], A+
w/George Adams: Song Everlasting [1987, Blue Note], A–
New Beginnings [1988, Blue Note], A
Random Thoughts [1990, Blue Note], A–
Mosaic Select [1986–90, Mosaic, 3 CD], A
Kele Mou Bana [1992, Blue Note], A–
Ode to Life [1993, Blue Note], A

Bernard Purdie (1939– )

Legends of Acid Jazz [1971, Prestige]
Soul Is ... Pretty Purdie [1972, Fly]

Ram Ramirez (1913–94)

Live in Harlem [1960, Black & Blue]

Phil Ranelin

The Time Is Now [1973–74, Hefty], A–
Vibes From the Tribe [1976, Hefty], B+
Remixes [1973–76, Hefty], B+
Inspiration [2004, Wide Hive], B+

Doug Raney (1957– )

Listen [1980, Steeplechase]
Blue and White [1984, Steeplechase]
Something's Up [1988, Steeplechase]
The Doug Raney Quintet [1988, Steeplechase], A–
Raney '96 [1996, Steeplechase], B+
The Backbeat [2000, Steeplechase]

Enrico Rava (1943– )

Il Giro del Giorno in 80 Mondi [1972, Black Saint]
The Pilgrim and the Stars [1975, ECM]
The Plot [1975, ECM]
Enrico Rava Quartet [1978, ECM], A–
Secrets [1986, Soul Note]
Bella [1990, Philology]
Nausicaa [1993, EGEA]
Noir [1996, Label Bleu]
D.N.A. [1996, Giants of Jazz]
w/Ran Blake: Duo en Noir [1999, Between the Lines]
Shades of Chet [1999, Label Bleu]
Full of Life [2002, CAM Jazz], B+
Easy Living [2003, ECM], B+
Tati [2004, ECM], B+
The Words and the Days [2005, ECM], B+(***)
w/Stefano Bollani: The Third Man [2006, ECM], B
New York Days [2008, ECM], B+(*)

Dewey Redman (1931–2006)

Look for the Black Star [1966, Freedom]
The Ear of the Behearer [1973, Impulse], B
Musics [1978, Galaxy OJC]
The Struggle Continues [1982, ECM], B+(*)
Living on the Edge [1989, Black Saint], B+
Choices [1992, Enja]
In London [1996, Palmetto], B+
w/Cecil Taylor, Elvin Jones: Momentum Space [1999, Verve], A–

Steve Reid (1944– )

Rhythmatism [1976, Universal Sound], A–
Nova [1976, Universal Sound]
Daxaar [2007, Domino], A–

Revolutionary Ensemble [1971–1977]

Revolutionary Ensemble [1972, ESP], B+(**)
The People's Republic [1975, A&M], B+
The Psyche [1975, Mutable]
And Now . . . [2004, Pi], A–
Beyond the Boundary of Time [2005, Mutable Music], B

Melvin Rhyne (1936– )

Organ-izing [1960, Jazzland OJC]
The Legend [1991, Criss Cross]
Boss Organ [1993, Criss Cross]
Stick to the Kick [1994–95, Criss Cross]
Kojo [1997, Criss Cross]

Howard Riley (1943– )

Angle [1968–69, Columbia], A–
The Day Will Come [1970, Columbia], A–
Flight [1971, Future Music]
Synopsis [1973, Emanem]
Singleness [1974, Jazzprint]
Overground [1974–75, Emanem]
Trisect [1980, Jazzprint]
In Focus [1984, Jazzprint]
Procession [1990, Wondrous]
Feathers with Jaki [1981–91, Slam]
Beyond Category [1993, Wondrous]
The Bern Concert: Interchange [1993, Future Music]
Interchange [1993, Jazzprint]
Wishing on the Moon [1995, Future Music]
Descending Circles [1995, Blueprint]
Inner Minor [1996, ASC]
Classics (Live) [1996, Slam]
Making Notes [1997, Slam]
Air Play [2000, Slam]
Synopsis [2000, Incus]
Duology [2002, Slam]

Sammy Rimington (1942– )

One Swiss Night [1991, Music Mecca]
Watering the Roots [1995, Jazz Crusade]

Lee Ritenour (1952– )

w/Larry Carlton: Larry and Lee [1994, GRP]
Alivein L.A. [1997, GRP]
This Is Love [1997, I.E.]

Sam Rivers (1923– )

Fuschia Swing Song [1964, Blue Note], A
Contours [1965, Blue Note], B+
Dimensions and Extensions [1966, Blue Note], B
Involution [1966–67, Blue Note, 2LP]
Trio Live [1973, Impulse]
Streams: Live at Montreux [1973, Impulse]
Crystals [1974, Impulse]
w/Dave Holland: Dave Holland / Sam Rivers [1976, Improvising Artists]
Waves [1978, Tomato]
Contrasts [1979, ECM]
Colours [1982, Black Saint], B–
Portrait [1995, FMP]
Concept [1996, RivBea]
w/Alexander von Schlippenbach: Tangens [1997, FMP]
Configuration [1997, Nato]
Eight Day Journal [1998, Nato]
Winter Garden [1998, Nato]
Inspiration [1999, RCA], B+
Culmination [1999, RCA], B+
w/Ben Street, Kresten Osgood: Violet Violets [2004, Stunt], B+(***)

Perry Robinson (1938– )

Funk Dumpling [1962, Savoy], A–
Angelology [1996, Timescraper], A–
w/Burton Greene: Two Voices in the Desert [2008, Tzadik], B+(*)

Bernt Rosengren (1937– )

Notes from Underground [1973, EMI]
Summit Meeting: Full of Life [1991, Dragon], B+
Bent's Jump: Summit Meeting Live at Bent J [1993, Dragon]
Plays Evert Taube [1999, Arietta]

Rova [1977– ]

Favorite Street [1983, Black Saint]
The Crowd [1985, Hat Art]
Beat Kennel [1987, Black Saint], B–
This Time We Are Both [1989, New Albion]
The Works Vol. 1 [1992, Black Saint]
Pipe Dreams [1994, Black Saint]
The Works Vol. 2 [1995, Black Saint]
John Coltrane's Ascension [1995, Black Saint], B
Bingo [1996, Victo]
The Works, Vol. 3 [1997, Black Saint]
Morphological Echo [1998, Rastascan]
Electric Ascension 2003 [2003, Atavistic], B
The Juke Box Suite [2006, Not Two], A–

Roswell Rudd (1935– )

Roswell Rudd [1965, Free America/Verve], B+
Numatik Swing Band [1973, JCOA], A–
Flexible Flyer [1974, Black Lion], A+
Inside Job [1976, Arista/Freedom], C+
Regeneration [1982, Soul Note], A
The Unheard Herbie Nichols, Vol. 1 [1996, CIMP], A–
The Unheard Herbie Nichols, Vol. 2 [1996, CIMP], B
Broad Strokes [1999–2000, Knitting Factory], B
w/Toumani Diabate: Malicool [2003, Sunnyside], B+
w/Mark Dresser: Airwalkers [2004, Clean Feed], B+(**)
w/The Mongolian Buryat Band: Blue Mongol [2005, Sunnyside], A–
w/Yomo Toro: El Espíritu Jíbaro [2002–6, Sunnyside], B+(***)
Keep Your Heart Right [2007, Sunnyside], B+(*)
Trombone Tribe [2008, Sunnyside], A–

Hal Russell (1926–92)

Hal Russell's Chemical Feast: Elixir [1979, Atavistic], B+
Conserving NRG [1984, Principally Jazz]
The Finnish / Swiss Tour [1990, ECM], U
The Hal Russell Story [1992, ECM], B+

Ray Russell

Dragon Hill [1969, CBS]
Why Not Now [1999, Melt]
Live at the ICA: Retrospective [2000, Moikai]
Goodbye Svengali [2006, Cuneiform], U

Paul Rutherford (1940–2007)

ISKRA 1903: Chapter One: 1970–1972 [1970–72, Emanem, 3 CD], U
The Gentle Harm of the Bourgeoisie [1974, Emanem], B+
Rogues [1988, Emanem]
ISKRA / NCKA 1903 [1992, Maya]
Trombolenium [1986–95, Emanem]
Chicago 2002 [2002, Emanem]
w/Ken Vandermark, Torsten Müller, Dylan van der Schyff: Hoxha [2005, Spool/Line], B+

Terje Rypdal (1947– )

Odyssey [1975, ECM], B–
After the Rain [1976, ECM]
Waves [1977, ECM]
w/Miroslav Vitous, Jack DeJohnette: Terje Rypdal / Miroslav Vitous / Jack DeJohnette [1978, ECM]
Descendere [1979, ECM]
Works [1974–81, ECM]
The Singles Collection [1988, ECM], B
Skywards [1996, ECM]
Lux Aeterna [2000, ECM]
Vossabrygg [2003, ECM], B+(**)

Pharoah Sanders (1940– )

Pharoah's First [1964, ESP-Disk], B+(***)
Tauhid [1966, Impulse]
Izipho Zam [1969, Charly]
Karma [1969, Impulse], B
Deaf, Dumb, Blind (Summun, Bukmun, Umyun) [1970, Impulse]
Thembi [1970–71, Impulse]
Black Unity [1971, Impulse]
Elevation [1973, Impulse], B–
The Impulse Story [1966–73, Impulse], A–
Journey to the One [1979, Evidence], B+(*)
Rejoice [1981, Evidence]
Oh Lord, Let Me Do No Wrong [1987, CBS], B+
Africa [1987, Timeless], A–
Moon Child [1989, Timeless], B+(***)
Welcome to Love [1990, Timeless], A+
Crescent with Love [1992, Evidence, 2 CD], A–
w/Maleem Mahmoud Ghania: The Trance of Seven Colors [1994, Axiom], B
Message from Home [1996, Verve], B+

Michel Sardaby (1935– )

Night Cap [1970, Sound Hills]
Straight On [1992, Sound Hills]

Dieter Scherf

Inside-Outside Reflections [1974, Atavistic], B+(**)

Mario Schiano (1933– )

On the Waiting List [1973, Atavistic], B+
Sud [1973–78, Splasc(h)]
Unlike [1990, Slasc(h)]
Uncaged [1991, Splasc(h)]
Blue Memories [1994, Splasc(h)]
Used to Be Friends [1995, Splasc(h)]
Social Security [1996, Victo]
My Funny Valentine [1999, Splasc(h)]

Alex Von Schlippenbach (1938– )

The Living Music [1969, Atavistic]
Pakistani Pomade [1972, Atavistic], B+
Hunting the Snake [1975, Atavistic]
Live 1976/77 [1976–77, FMP]
Detto Fra di Noi [1981, Po Torch]
Das Hohe Lied [1981, Po Torch]
w/Sunny Murray: Smoke [1989, FMP], B+
Elf Bagatellen [1990, FMP], B+
Physics [1991, FMP]
The Morlocks [1993, FMP]
Complete Combustion [1998, FMP]
w/Tony Oxley: Digger's Harvest [1998, FMP]
Swinging the Bim [1998, FMP, 2 CD]
Boomriding [2002, Psi]
w/Axel Dörner, Rudi Mahall, Jan Roder, Uli Jennessen: Monk's Casino: The Complete Works of Thelonious Monk [2003–4, Intakt, 3 CD], A
w/Evan Parker, Paul Lovens: Gold Is Where You Find It [2008, Intakt], B+(***)
w/Daniele d'Agaro: Dedalus [2008, Artesuono], B+(***)

Manfred Schoof (1936– )

European Echoes [1969, Atavistic Unheard Music], B+(***)

Irène Schweizer (1941– )

Tuned Boots [1975, FMP]
Hexensabbat [1977, FMP]
The Storming of the Winter Palace [1985, Intakt]
Free Mandela! [1987, Intakt]
w/Gunter Sommer: Irène Schweizer / Gunter Sommer [1987, Intakt]
Irène Schweizer / Andrew Cyrille [1988, Intakt]
w/Pierre Favre: Irène Schweizer / Pierre Favre [1990, Intakt]
Piano Solo: Volume 1 [1990, Intakt]
Piano Solo: Volume 2 [1990, Intakt]
w/Han Bennink: Irène Schweizer / Han Bennink [1995, Intakt]
Many and One Direction [1996, Intakt]
Chicago Piano Solo [2000, Intakt]
Ulrichsberg [2003, Intakt]
Portrait [1984–2004, Intakt], A
First Choice: Piano Solo KKL Luzern [2005, Intakt], B+(**)

John Scofield (1951– )

Shinola [1981, Enja]
Out Like a Light [1981, Enja]
Still Warm [1985, Gramavision], U
Blue Matter [1986, Gramavision]
Pick Hits Live [1987, Gramavision]
Loud Jazz [1987, Gramavision]
Flat Out [1988, Gramavision]
Slo Sco: The Best of Ballads [1984–89, Gramavision], B
Time on My Hands [1989, Blue Note], B+
Meant to Be [1990, Blue Note], B+
Grace Under Pressure [1991, Blue Note], B+
w/Pat Metheny: I Can See Your House From Here [1993, Blue Note], B
Hand Jive [1993, Blue Note]
Groove Elation [1994, Blue Note], A–
Quiet [1996, Verve], A–
A Go Go [1998, Verve], B
Bump [2000, Verve]
Works for Me [2001, Verve]
ScoLoHoFo: Oh! [2002, Blue Note], B
En Route [2003, Verve], B+(*)
That's What I Say: Plays the Music of Ray Charles [2005, Verve], B+(*)
Piety Street [2009, EmArcy], B

Ronnie Scott (1927–96)

The Night Has a Thousand Eyes [1964, Jazz House]
When I Want Your Opinion, I'll Give It to You [1963–65, Jazz House], B+
The Night Is Scott and You're So Swingable [1964–65, Redial], B+
Live at Ronnie Scott's [1969, Columbia]
Never Pat a Burning Dog [1990, Jazz House], B+

Tom Scott (1948– )

Great Scott [1973, A&M]
Born Again [1992, GRP]
Smokin' Section [1999, Windham Hill]
Cannon Re-Loaded: An All-Star Celebration of Cannonball Adderley [2007, Concord Jazz], B+(**)

Al Sears (1910–90)

Swing's the Thing [1960, Prestige OJC], B

Don Sebesky (1937– )

Giant Box [1973, Columbia]
I Remember Bill: A Tribute to Bill Evans [1998, RCA]

Doc Severinsen (1927– )

Once More, With Feeling! [1991, Amherst]
The Very Best of Doc Severinsen [(1997), Amherst]

Sextet of Orchestra USA [1964– ]

The Theatre Music of Kurt Weill [1964, RCA], B+

Shadowfax [1976– ]

Shadowfax [1982, Windham Hill]

Sonny Sharrock (1940–94)

w/Wayne Henderson: Black Woman / People Get Ready [1967–69, Collectables], B+
Black Woman [1969, Water], A–
Guitar [1986, Enemy], A–
Seize the Rainbow [1987, Enemy], B+
Live in New York [1989, Enemy]
Highlife [1990, Enemy], A–
w/Nicky Skopelitis: Faith Moves [1991, CMP], B
Ask the Ages [1991, Axiom], B+
Space Ghost: Coast to Coast [1994, Cartoon Network]

Woody Shaw (1944–89)

Cassandranite [1965–71, Muse], B+
Song of Songs [1972, OJC]
The Moontrane [1974, 32 Jazz], A–
Little Red's Fantasy [1976, 32 Jazz]
Two More Pieces of the Puzzle [1976–77, 32 Jazz], B+
Rosewood [1977, Columbia], B
Stepping Stones: Live at the Village Vanguard [1978, Columbia/Legacy], B
Bemsha Swing [1986, Blue Note]
Solid [1986, 32 Jazz], B+
Dark Journey [1965–86, 32 Jazz]
Imagination [1987, 32 Jazz]
Solid [1974–87, Camden, 2 CD]
In My Own Sweet Way [1987, In+Out], A–

Archie Shepp (1937– )

Archie Shepp and the New York Contemporary Five [1963, Storyville]
w/Lars Gullin: The House I Live In [1963, Steeplechase]
Four for Trane [1964, Impulse], A–
Fire Music [1965, Impulse], A–
On This Night [1965, Impulse], B+
Live in San Francisco [1966, Impulse], B
Mama Too Tight [1966, Impulse], B
The Way Ahead [1968, Impulse], B+
Three for a Quarter / One for a Dime [1969, Impulse], B
Yasmina / Poem for Malcolm [1969, Affinity]
Blasé [1969, Charly]
Black Gipsy [1969, Free America/Verve], B
Attica Blues [1972, Impulse], A–
The Cry of My People [1972, Impulse], B
The Impulse Story [1964–72, Impulse], A–
Steam [1976, Enja], B–
w/Horace Parlan: Goin' Home [1977, Steeplechase], A
Lady Bird [1978, Denon]
w/Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen: Looking at Bird [1980, Steeplechase], B+
w/Horace Parlan: Trouble in Mind [1980, Steeplechase], A–
I Know About the Life [1981, Hatology], B+
I Didn't Know About You [1990, Timeless], A–
St. Louis Blues [1998, PAO], B+
w/Roswell Rudd: Live in New York [2001, Verve], A–
Tomorrow Will Be Another Day [2000, PAO], B+
w/Mal Waldron: Left Alone Revisited . . . A Tribute to Billie Holiday [2002, Synergy Music], B+

Alan Shorter

Orgasm [1968, Verve], B+
Tes Esat [1970, Free America/Verve], C+

Alan Silva (1939– )

In the Tradition [1993, In Situ]
A Hero's Welcome: Pieces for Rare Occasions, Vol. 1 [1998, Eremite]

Fred Simon

Musaic [1979, Flying Fish]
Tear It Up [1982, Flying Fish]
Usually Always [1991, Columbia], Open Book [#]
Since Forever [2008, Naim], B+(*)

Sonny Simmons (1933– )

The Complete ESP-Disk' Recordings [1966, ESP-Disk, 2 CD], A–
Jewels [1991, Boxholder], B
Ancient Ritual [1992, Qwest/Reprise], B+
Transcendence [1996, CIMP], A–
Judgement Day [1996, CIMP]
Live in Paris [2001, Arhoolie, 2 CD]
The Traveller [2004–5, Jazzaway], A–
I'll See You When You Get There [2004–5, Jazzaway], B+(**)

Sirone (1940– )

Artistry [1978, Of the Cosmos]
Live [1980, Serious]
w/Billy Bang: Configuration [2004, Silkheart], A–

Alan Skidmore (1942– )

Once Upon a Time . . . [1970, Vocalion], B+
Tribute to 'Trane [1988, Miles]
After The Rain [1998, Miles Music]

Derek Smith (1931– )

Derek Smith Trio Plays Jerome Kern [1980, Progressive]

Dr. Lonnie Smith

Think [1968, Blue Note]
Live at Club Mozambique [1970, Blue Note]
Too Damn Hot [2004, Palmetto], B
Jungle Soul [2005, Palmetto], B+(**)

Wadada Leo Smith (1941– )

Mass on the World [1978, Moers]
Divine Love [1978, ECM], B
Kabell Years, 1971–1979 [1971–79, Tzadik, 4 CD], B+
Go in Numbers [1980, Black Saint]
Procession of the Great Ancestry [1983, Chief], B+
Rastafari [1983, Sackville]
Kulture Jazz [1992, ECM]
Tao-Njia [1993, Tzadik], B
w/Vinny Golia, Bertram Turetzky: Prataksis [1997, Nine Winds], B
Golden Hearts Remembrance [1997, Chapchap]
Light Upon Light [1999, Tzadik]
Reflectativity [1999, Tzadik]
Golden Quartet [2000, Tzadik]
w/Thomas Mapfumo: Dreams and Secrets [2000, Anonymous Web], A–
Red Sulphur Sky [2001, Tzadik], B+
The Year of the Elephant [2002, Pi], B+
Luminous Axis [2003, Tzadik]
w/Anthony Braxton: Organic Resonance [2003, Pi]
w/Anthony Braxton: Saturn, Conjunct the Grand Canyon in a Sweet Embrace [2003, Pi]
Lake Biwa [2002–4, Tzadik]
Tabligh [2005, Cuneiform], B+(**)
w/Jack DeJohnette: America [2009, Tzadik], B+(***)
Spiritual Dimensions [2008–9, Cuneiform, 2 CD], A–

Günter "Baby" Sommer (1943– )

Hörmusik [1979, FMP]
Hörmusik III: Sächische Schatulle [1988, Intakt]

Soprano Summit [1973–2001]

Soprano Summit in Concert [1976, Concord]
Live at Concord '77 [1977, Concord]
Soprano Summit [1976–77, Chiaroscuro, 2 CD]
The Soprano Summit in 1975 and More [1975–79, Arbors, 2 CD], A–
Summit Reunion [1990, Chiaroscuro]
Summit Reunion 1992 [1992, Chiaroscuro]
Jazz im Amerika Haus, Vol. 5 [1994, Nagel-Heyer]
Yellow Dog Blues [1995, Chiaroscuro]
Summit Reunion in Atlanta [2001, Jazzology]

Mark Soskin (1953– )

One Hopeful Day [2006, Kind of Blue], B+(*)

Melvin Sparks (1946– )

Legends of Acid Jazz [1970–71, Prestige]
Groove On Up [2005, Savant], B–

Spontaneous Music Ensemble [1967– ]

Summer 1967 [1967, Emanem]
Karyobin [1968, Chronoscope], B+
Face to Face [1973, Emanem]
SME + = SMO [1974, Emanem]
Quintessence 1 [1973–74, Emanem]
A New Distance [1994, Acta]

Tomasz Stanko (1942– )

Music for K [1970, Power Bros]
Balladyna [1975, ECM], B+
Tales for a Girl, 12 / A Shaky Chica [1991, Jam]
Bluish [1991, Power Bros]
Bosanossa and Other Ballads [1993, Gowi], A–
A Farewell to Maria [1994, Gowi]
Matka Joanna [1994, ECM], B+(***)
Leosia [1996, ECM], A–
Litania: The Music of Krzysztof Komeda [1997, ECM], A–
From the Green Hill [1998, ECM], B+
Rarum XVII: Selected Recordings [1975–98, ECM], A–
Soul of Things [2001, ECM], A–
Suspended Night [2004, ECM], A–
Lontano [2006, ECM], B+(***)
Chameleon [2006, TC Music], B–
Dark Eyes [2009, ECM], U

Jeremy Steig (1942– )

w/Eddie Gomez: Outlaws [1976, Enja], U
Music for Flute and Double Bass [1978, CMP]
Jigsaw [1991, Triloka]

Bobo Stenson (1944– )

Very Early [1986, Dragon]
Reflections [1993, ECM]
War Orphans [1997, ECM], B+
Serenity [1999, ECM, 2 CD], A–
Rarum: Selected Recordings [1971–99, ECM]
w/Anders Jormin, Paul Motian: Goodbye [2005, ECM], B+(**)
Cantando [2007, ECM], B+(***)

John Stevens (1940–94)

The Longest Night: Volume 1 [1976, Ogun]
The Longest Night: Volume 2 [1976, Ogun]
No Fear [1977, Hi 4 Head]
New Cool [1992, The Jazz Label]
One Time [1992, Incus]

Louis Stewart (1944– )

Overdrive [1993, Hep]

String Trio of New York [1979– ]

First String [1979, Black Saint], B+
Area Code 212 [1981, Black Saint]
Common Goal [1981, Black Saint]
Rebirth of a Feeling [1983, Black Saint]
Natural Balance [1986, Black Saint]
w/Jay Clayton: String Trio of New York and Jay Clayton [1988, West Wind]
Ascendant [1990, Stash], B+
Intermobility [1992, Arabesque]
Octagon [1992, Black Saint]
Blues . . . ? [1993, Black Saint]
w/Anthony Davis: With Anthony Davis [1997, Music & Arts], B+
Faze Phour [1997, Black Saint], A–
Gut Reaction [2001, Omnitone]
w/Oliver Lake: Frozen Ropes [2005, Barking Hoop], B+(***)

Dick Sudhalter (1938– )

Ango-American Alliance [1968, Jazzology]
After Awhile [1994, Challenge], U
Melodies Heard Melodies Sweet [1999, Challenge]

John Surman (1944– )

Way Back When [1969, Cuneiform], A–
How Many Clouds Can You See? [1970, Deram]
w/John Warren: Tales of the Algonquin [1971, Vocalion], A–
Westering Home [1972, Island]
Morning Glory [1973, FMR]
Where Fortune Smiles / Live at Woodstock Town Hall [1971–76, Sequel, 2 CD]
Upon Reflection [1979, ECM]
The Amazing Adventures of Simon Simon [1981, ECM]
Such Winters of Memory [1982, ECM]
Private City [1987, ECM]
Road to Saint Ives [1990, ECM], B+
Adventure Playground [1991, ECM], B+
w/John Warren: The Brass Project [1993, ECM], B
Stranger than Fiction [1993, ECM]
Nordic Quartet [1994, ECM], B
A Biography of the Rev. Absalom Dawe [1994, ECM]
Coruscating [1999, ECM], B+
Rarum XIII: Selected Recordings [1976–99, ECM], B+
Invisible Nature [2000, ECM]
Free and Equal [2001, ECM]
The Spaces in Between [2006, ECM], B+(*)
Brewster's Rooster [2007, ECM], B+(**)

Steve Swallow (1940– )

Home [1979, ECM]
Swallow [1991, XtraWatt]
Real Book [1994, XtraWatt], B+
w/Ohad Talmor: L'Histoire du Clochard: The Bum's Tale [2002, Palmetto], C+
w/Robert Creeley: So There [2001–5, ECM/XtraWatt], B+(***)

Gabor Szabo (1936–82)

Spellbinder [1966, Impulse], B+
The Sorcerer [1967, Impulse]
More Sorcery [1967, Impulse]
High Contrast [1970, Blue Thumb]
Small World [1972, Four Leaf Clover]
Belsta River [1978, Four Leaf Clover]

Lew Tabackin (1940– )

w/Warne Marsh: Tenor Gladness [1976, Inner City]
Desert Lady [1989, Concord]
I'll Be Seeing You [1992, Concord], A–
What a Little Moonlight Can Do [1994, Concord], A–
Pyramid [1988–94, Koch]
Tenority [1996, Concord]
Tanuki's Night Out [2001, Dr-Fujii.com], B+(**)

Horace Tapscott (1934–99)

The Giant Is Awakened [1969, Flying Dutchman]
West Coast Hot [1969, Jive/Novus]
Flight 17 [1978, Nimbus]
The Call [1978, Nimbus]
Dial "B" for Barbara [1981, Nimbus]
The Tapscott Sessions: Volume 1 [1982, Nimbus]
The Tapscott Sessions: Volume 2 [1982, Nimbus]
The Tapscott Sessions: Volume 3 [1983, Nimbus]
The Tapscott Sessions: Volume 4 [1982, Nimbus]
The Tapscott Sessions: Volume 5 [1984, Nimbus]
The Tapscott Sessions: Volume 6 [1983, Nimbus]
The Tapscott Sessions: Volume 7 [1983, Nimbus]
Dissent or Descent [1984, Nimbus West], B+
The Dark Tree: 1 [1989, Hat Art], A
The Dark Tree: 2 [1989, Hat Art], A–
The Dark Tree [1989, Hatology, 2 CD]
Aiee! The Phantom [1995, Arabesque], B+
Among Friends [1995, Jazz Friends]
Thoughts of Dar Es Salaam [1997, Arabesque], A–

John Taylor (1942– )

Pause, and Think Again [1971, FMR]
Rosslyn [2002, ECM]
Insight [2003, Sketch]
Angel of the Presence [2004, CAM Jazz], B+(***)

John Tchicai (1936– )

Cadentia Nova Danica [1968, Freedom]
Real Tchicai [1977, Steeplechase], B+
Darktown Highlights [1977, Storyville]
John Tchicai and Strange Brothers [1977, FMP]
Ball at Louisiana [1974, Steeplechase]
Grandpa's Spells [1992, Storyville]
Love Is Touching [1994, B&W]
w/Garrison Fewell, Tino Tracanna, Paolino Dalla Porta, Massimo Manzi: Big Chief Dreaming [2003, Soul Note], B+
w/Charlie Kohlhase, Garrison Fewell: Good Night Songs [2003, Boxholder, 2 CD], B+(**)

Ed Thigpen (1930– )

Young Men and Olds [1989, Timeless]
Easy Flight [1989–90, Reckless]
It's Entertainment [1998, Stunt]
The Elements of Swing [1998, Stunt]

René Thomas (1927–75)

Guitar Groove [1960, Jazzland OJC], A–
Guitar Genius: Volume 2 [1960–70, RTBF]

Barbara Thompson (1944– )

Just Music [1974, Spotlite]
Pure Fantasy [1984, VeraBra], B
Heavenly Bodies [1986, VeraBra]
Songs from the Center of the Earth [1990, Black Sun]
Breathless [1990, Intuition], B+

Bob Thompson

Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit [1996, Ichiban], B

Danny Thompson (1939– )

Live 1967 [1967, What Disc]
Whatever [1988, Hannibal], A–

Clifford Thornton (1936–89)

Freedom and Unity [1967, Atavistic]
Ketchaoua [1969, BYG]
The Panther and the Lash [1970, Free America/Verve], B+
The Gardens of Harlem [1974, JCOA], B+

Bobby Timmons (1935–74)

This Here Is Bobby Timmons [1960, Riverside OJC], A–
In Person [1961, Riverside OJC], B+
Sweet and Soulful Sounds [1962, Riverside OJC]
Born to Be Blue [1963, OJC]
The Best of Bobby Timmons [1960–64, Riverside], B+
Working Out [1964–66, Prestige]

Keith Tippett (1947– )

Frames: Music for an Imaginary Film [1978, Ogun, 2 CD]
Mujician I / II [1981–86, FMP]
Mujician III (August Air) [1987, FMP]
The Dartington Concert [1990, Editions EG], B+
Twilight Etchings [1993, FMP]
Une Croix dans l'Océan [1995, Victo]
Couple in Spirit II [1996, ASC]

Charles Tolliver (1942– )

Paper Lion [1968, Black Lion]
The Ringer [1969, Black Lion], A–
Music Inc. [1970, Strata East]
Live at Historic Slugs [1970, Charly]
Grand Max [1972, Black Lion]
Live in Tokyo [1973, Charly]
Mosaic Select [1970–73, Mosaic Select, 3 CD]
Impact [1975, Charly], B+
Live in Berlin: At the Quasimodo, Vol. 1 [1988, Strata East]
With Love [2006, Blue Note/Mosaic], B
Emperor March: Live at the Blue Note [2008, Half Note], B+(**)

Ross Tompkins (1938– )

Scrimshaw [1976, Concord]
Live at Concord [1977, Concord]
Celebrates the Music of Jule Styne [1995, Progressive]
Celebrates the Music of Harold Arlen [1997, Progressive]

Ralph Towner (1940– )

Trios / Solos [1972, ECM]
Diary [1973, ECM], B+
Matchbook [1974, ECM]
Solstice [1974, ECM], B
Sound and Shadows [1977, ECM]
Batik [1978, ECM]
Old Friends, New Friends [1979, ECM], B
Solo Concert [1979, ECM], B+
Lost and Found [1995, ECM]
w/Gary Peacock: A Closer View [1995, ECM], B+
Ana [1996, ECM]
Time Line [2005, ECM], B+(*)
w/Paolo Fresu: Chiaroscuro [2009, ECM], U

Stan Tracey (1926– )

Under Milk Wood [1965, Blue Note]
Genesis [1987–89, Steam]
Portraits Plus [1992, Blue Note], B+
For Heaven's Sake [1995, Cadillac]
Solo: Trio [1997, Cadillac]
Suspensions and Anticipations [2003, Psi]

The Trio [1970– ]

The Trio [1970, BGO, 2 CD], A–

Gianluigi Trovesi (1944– )

Roccellanea [1983, Splasc(h)]
From G to G [1992, Soul Note]
Radici [1995, Egea]
Les Hommes Armés [1996, Soul Note]
Around Small Fairy Tales [1998, Soul Note]
w/Gianni Coscia: In Cerca di Cibo [1999, ECM]
Dedalo [2001, Enja]
Fugace [2002, ECM]
w/Gianni Coscia: Round About Weill [2004, ECM], B+
Vaghissimo Ritratto [2005, ECM], B+(**)
All'Opera: Profumo di Violetta [2006, ECM], B+(*)

Stanley Turrentine (1934–2000)

w/The 3 Sounds: Blue Hour [1960, Blue Note], B+
Look Out [1960, Blue Note]
Up at Minton's [1961, Blue Note, 2 CD], A–
Z.T.'s Blues [1961, Blue Note], B+
That's Where It's At [1962, Blue Note], B+
Let It Go [1964–66, Impulse]
Joyride [1965, Blue Note], B
The Spoiler [1966, Blue Note]
A Bluish Bag [1967, Blue Note], B+(***)
Return of the Prodigal Son [1967, Blue Note], B+(*)
Sugar [1970, CTI]
Flipped Out on Love [1971–72, Aim], B
Don't Mess With Mister T. [1973, CTI/Epic/Legacy], B+
Jazz Moods: Cool [1971–75, Epic/Legacy], B+
The Best of Mr T [1974–80, Fantasy]
The Best of Stanley Turrentine: The Blue Note Years [1960–84, Blue Note]
Ballads [1960–84, Blue Note], B+

Charles Tyler (1941–92)

Charles Tyler Ensemble [1966, ESP]
Definite [1981, Storyville]

McCoy Tyner (1938– )

Inception [1962, Impulse]
Inception / Nights of Ballads and Blues [1962–63, Impulse]
Reaching Fourth [1963, Impulse], B+
Live at Newport [1963, Impulse]
Today and Tomorrow [1963–64, Impulse], B+(**)
Plays Ellington [1964, Impulse]
The Impulse Story [1962–64, Impulse], B+(*)
The Real McCoy [1967, Blue Note], A–
Tender Moments [1967, Blue Note], B
Expansions [1968, Blue Note]
Extensions [1970, Blue Note]
Sahara [1972, Milestone OJC]
Echoes of a Friend [1972, OJC]
Enlightenment [1973, Milestone]
Sama Layuca [1974, Milestone]
Atlantis [1974, Milestone]
Trident [1975, Milestone OJC]
Focal Point [1976, OJC]
Fly With the Wind [1976, Milestone/Keepnews Collection], B
Supertrios [1977, Milestone]
Quartets 4x4 [1980, Milestone]
Milestone Profiles [1972–80, Milestone], B+(*)
w/Jackie McLean: It's About Time [1986, Blue Note], B+
Revelations [1988, Blue Note], B+
Uptown / Downtown [1988, Milestone]
Live at Sweet Basil [1989, Evidence]
Things Ain't What They Used to Be [1989, Blue Note]
44th Street Suite [1991, Red Baron], B+
Soliloquy [1991, Blue Note], B
Remembering John [1991, Enja]
New York Reunion [1991, Chesky]
The Turning Point [1991, Birdology], B+
Warsaw Concert 1991 [1991, Fresh Sound]
Journey [1993, Birdology], U
w/Bobby Hutcherson: Manhattan Moods [1993, Blue Note], B+
Infinity [1995, Impulse]
McCoy Tyner and the Latin All Stars [1998, Telarc]
McCoy Tyner With Stanley Clarke and Al Foster [1999, Telarc]
Jazz Roots [2000, Telarc]
Land of Giants [2002, Telarc]
Illuminations [2004, Telarc], B+
McCoy Tyner Quartet [2006, McCoy Tyner Music/Half Note], A–
Guitars [2006, McCoy Tyner Music/Half Note, CD+DVD], B+(*)
Solo: Live From San Francisco [2007, McCoy Tyner Music/Half Note], B

James Blood Ulmer (1942– )

Revealing [1977, In + Out]
Tales of Captain Black [1978, DIW], A–
Are You Glad to Be in America? [1980, Rough Trade], B+
Free Lancing [1982, Columbia], B
Black Rock [1982, Columbia]
Odyssey [1983, Columbia], A
America — Do You Remember the Love? [1987, Blue Note], B
Original Phalanx [1987, DIW]
Blues Allnight [1989, In+Out]
In Touch [1988, DIW]
Black and Blues [1990, DIW], A–
Blues Preacher [1992, DIW/Columbia], B
Harmolodic Guitar With Strings [1993, DIW]
Live [1994, In+Out]
Music Speaks Louder Than Words [1997, Koch]
Forbidden Blues [1998, DIW]
Odyssey the Band: Reunion [1998, Knitting Factory], B+
Memphis Blood: The Sun Sessions [2001, Label M], B+
No Escape From the Blues: The Electric Lady Sessions [2003, Hyena], A–
Birthright [2005, Hyena], A–
Odyssey the Band: Back in Time [2005, Pi], A–
Bad Blood in the City: The Piety Street Sessions [2006, Hyena], B+(***)

Phil Upchurch (1941– )

Tell the Truth! [2001, Evidence]

Michal Urbaniak (1943– )

Fusion III [1975, Columbia]
Songbird [1990, Steeplechase], B+
Some Other Blues [1994, Steeplechase]

Warren Vaché (1951– )

First Time Out [1976, Audiophile]
Iridescence [1981, Concord]
Easy Going [1986, Concord]
Horn of Plenty [1993, Muse]
An Affair to Remember [1995, Zephyr]
Talk to Me Baby [1995, Muse]
Meets Kenny Baker: Ain't Misbehavin' [1996, Zephyr]
Warren Plays Warren [1996, Nagel Heyer], B+
Shine [1997, Zephyr]
w/Allan Vaché: Mrs. Vaché's Boys [1999, Nagel-Heyer]
What Is There to Say? [1999, Nagel-Heyer]
w/Bill Charlap: 2gether [2000, Nagel-Heyer], A–
The Best Thing for You [2001, Zephyr]
Dream Dancing [2003, Arbors], A–
w/The Scottish Ensemble: Don't Look Back [2005, Arbors], B–
w/John Allred: Live in Bern Switzerland at Marians Jazzroom: Jubilation [2007, Arbors], B+(**)

Fred Van Hove (1937– )

Complete Vogel Recordings [1972–74, Atavistic]
Church Organ [1979, FMP]
Solo [1981, FMP]
ML DD 4 / Was Macht Ihr Denn? [1982, FMP]
ML BB 1: Berliner Begegnung [1983, FMP]
Letzte [1986, FMP]
Berliner Begegnung: Wo Der Kopf Sitzt [1986, FMP]
Suite for B . . . City [1996, FMP], C+
Flux [1998, Potlach, 2 CD]

Harry Verbeke

Gibraltar [1979, Timeless]
Stardust [1982, Timeless]

Edward Vesala (1945–99)

Nan Madol [1974, ECM], B+
Rodina [1976, Love]
Heavylife [1980, Leo]
Lumi [1986, ECM], A–
Ode to the Death of Jazz [1989, ECM], A–
Invisible Storm [1992, ECM], B

Harold Vick (1936–87)

Steppin' Out [1963, Blue Note]

Miroslav Vitous (1947– )

Infinite Search [1969, Collectables]
Mountain in the Clouds [1969, Atco]
Miroslav [1976–77, Freedom], B
Guardian Angels [1978, Evidence]
First Meeting [1979, ECM]
Journey's End [1982, ECM]
Emergence [1985, ECM], B+
w/Jan Garbarek: Atmos [1992, ECM], B+
Universal Syncopations [2002–3, ECM], A–
Universal Syncopations II [2004–5, ECM], B–
w/Michel Portal: Remembering Weather Report [2006–7, ECM], B+(***)

Mike Walbridge (1937– )

Crazy Rhythm [1966–2007, Delmark], A–

Collin Walcott (1945–84)

Cloud Dance [1975, ECM], B+
Grazing Dreams [1977, ECM]
Works [1975–84, ECM]

Terry Waldo (1944– )

Hot House Rag [1971, Delmark]
The Ohio Theatre Concert [1974, Delmark], B+(**)
Feelin' Devilish [1979, Stomp Off]
Waldo's Gutbucket Syncopators [1981, Musical Heritage Society]
Terry Waldo and the Gotham City Band [1984, Stomp Off]
Let It Shine [1974–2001, Stomp Off]

Dan Wall

On the Inside Looking In [2000, Double-Time], B+

Bennie Wallace (1946– )

The Fourteen Bar Blues [1978, Enja], B
Plays Monk [1981, Enja], B+
Mystic Bridge [1982, Enja], B+
Big Jim's Tango [1982, Enja]
Twilight Time [1985, Blue Note], A–
w/Yosuke Yamashita: Brilliant Corners [1986, Denon], A–
Bordertown [1987, Blue Note], A–
The Art of the Saxophone [1987, Denon], B+
The Old Songs [1993, Audioquest], A–
w/Tommy Flanagan, Eddie Gomez, Alvin Queen: Bennie Wallace [1998, Audioquest], A–
Someone to Watch Over Me [1999, Enja], A–
Moodsville [2002, Groove Note], A–
In Berlin [2002, Enja], A–
The Nearness of You [2004, Enja/Justin Time], A–
Disorder at the Border: The Music of Coleman Hawkins [2004, Enja/Justin Time], B+(**)

Per Henrik Wallin (1946– )

The Stockholm Tapes [1975–77, Ayler], B+
w/Johnny Dyani, Erik Dahlback: Burning in Stockholm [1981, Atavistic], A–
Raw Material [1981, Dragon]
Coyote [1986–87, Dragon]
Dolphins, Dolphins, Dolphins [1991, Dragon]
Deep in a Dream [1996, Dragon]
Proklamation I / Farewell to Sweden [2000–1, Hatology, 2 CD]
One Knife Is Enough [1982–3, Caprice]

Cedar Walton (1934– )

Cedar! [1967, OJC]
Cedar Walton Plays Cedar Walton [1967–69, Riverside OJC], B+
w/Hank Mobley: Breakthrough [1972, 32 Jazz]
Naima [1973, 32 Jazz]
First Set [1977, Steeplechase], B+
Second Set [1977, Steeplechase], A–
The Maestro [1980, Muse]
Among Friends [1982, Evidence], U
w/Ron Carter, Jack DeJohnette: Cedar Walton / Ron Carter / Jack DeJohnette [1983, Limetree]
Bluesville Time [1985, Criss Cross]
Cedar [1985, Timeless]
The Trio: Volume 1 [1985, Red]
The Trio: Volume 2 [1985, Red]
Blues for Myself [1986, Red]
Cedar Walton Plays [1986, Delos]
As Long as There's Music [1990, Muse]
Manhattan Afternoon [1992, Criss Cross], A–
Cedar's Blues [1993, Red]
Ironclad: Live at Yoshi's [1995, Monarch]
Composer [1996, Astor Place], B+
Roots [1997, Astor Place]
Promise Land [2001, High Note]
Underground Memoirs [2005, High Note], B+(**)
One Flight Down [2006, High Note], B+(**)
Seasoned Wood [2008, High Note], A–
Voices Deep Within [2009, High Note], B+(**)

Sadao Watanabe (1933– )

Dedicated to Charlie Parker [1969, Denon], B
Round Trip [1976, Universe]
Parker's Mood: Live at Bravas Club '85 [1985, Elektra], B
Tokyo Dating [1985, Elektra]
Selected [1983–88, Elektra]
Remembrance [1999, Verve]

Benny Waters (1902–98)

w/Ray Williams, Joe Temperley 2010: When You're Smiling [1980, Hep]
From Paradise (Small's) to Shangri-La [1987, Muse]
Memories of the Twenties [1988, Stomp Off]
Swinging Again [1993, Jazzpoint]
Plays Songs of Love [1993, Jazzpoint]
Birdland Birthday: Live at 95 [1997, Enja]

Bill Watrous (1939– )

Manhattan Wildlife Refuge [1974, Columbia]
Tiger of San Pedro [1975, Columbia]

Bobby Watson (1953– )

E.T.A. [1977, Roulette]
Jewel [1983, Evidence]
Gumbo [1983, Evidence], B+
Appointment in Milano [1985, Red]
Advance [1985, Enja], B+
Round Trip [1985, Red], A–
Love Remains [1986, Red], A
The Year of the Rabbit [1987, Evidence], B
The Inventor [1989, Blue Note], B
Post-Motown Bop [1990, Blue Note], B
Present Tense [1992, Columbia], A–
Tailor Made [1992, Columbia], B
Midwest Shuffle [1993, Columbia], B+
This Little Light of Mine [1993, Red], B
Quiet as It's Kept [1998, Red], A–
Live at Someday in Tokyo [2000, Red]
Horizon Reassembled [2004, Palmetto], B+
From the Heart [2007, Palmetto], B

Weather Report [1970–1985]

Weather Report [1971, Columbia/Legacy], B
I Sing the Body Electric [1972, Columbia], B+
Live in Tokyo [1972, Columbia, 2 CD]
Sweetnighter [1973, Columbia]
Mysterious Traveler [1973–74, Columbia], B
Live and Unreleased [1975–83, Columbia/Legacy, 2 CD]
Black Market [1976, Columbia]
Heavy Weather [1977, Columbia]
The Best of Weather Report [1973–84, Columbia]
This Is This [1985, Columbia]
Forecast: Tomorrow [1969–85, Columbia/Legacy, 3 CD], B+(**)

Eberhard Weber (1940– )

The Colors of Chloe [1973, ECM]
Yellow Fields [1975, ECM]
Fluid Rustle [1979, ECM]
Little Movements [1980, ECM]
Pendulum [1993, ECM]
Works [(1991), ECM]
Rarum XVIII: Selected Recordings [1974–2000, ECM], B
Stages of a Long Journey [2005, ECM], B+(*)

Dick Wellstood (1927–87)

Alone [1970, Solo Art]
w/Kenny Davern: Dick Wellstood and His Famous Orchestra Featuring Kenny Davern [1973–81, Chiaroscuro]
This Is the One ... Dig! [1975, Solo Art]
A Night in Dublin [1977, Arbors]
Live at the Sticky Wicket [1986, Arbors, 2 CD], U

Alex Welsh (1929–82)

Live at the Royal Festival Hall 1954–55 [1954–55, Lake]
Strike One [1966, Lake]
At Home With ... [1967, Dormouse]
Classic Concert [1971, Black Lion]

Fred Wesley (1944– )

A Blow for Me, a Toot for You [1977, Atlantic], B+
Comme Ci Comme Ça [1991, Antilles], B–
Swing and Be Funky [1992, Minor Music]
Final Blow [1995, Sequel]
It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing [2005, Sons of Sound], B+(*)

Mike Westbrook (1936– )

Celebration [1967, Deram]
Release [1968, Deram]
Marching Song [1969, Deram, 2 CD]
Citadel / Room 315 [1975, Novus]
Love / Dream and Variations [1976, Translaaantic/Line]
The Westbrook Blake: Bright as Fire [1980, Impetus]
The Cortege [1982, Enja, 2 CD], B
On Duke's Birthday [1984, Hat Art], B+
Love for Sale [1985, Hat Art]
Pierides [1986, Core/Line]
Westbrook-Rossini [1986, Hat Art]
Westbrook-Rossini [1986, Hat Art, 2 CD]
London Bridge Is Broken Down [1987, Venture, 2 CD]
Off Abbey Road [1989, Tiptoe]
Bar Utopia [1996, ASC]
Glad Day [1997, Enja, 2 CD]
Platterback [1998, PAO]
Chanson Irresponsable [2002, Enja]
L'Ascenseur / The Life [2002, Jazzprint]

Kenny Wheeler (1930– )

Gnu High [1975, ECM]
Deer Wan [1977, ECM], A–
Double, Double You [1983, ECM]
Welcome [1986, Soul Note]
Visions [1985–88, Justin Time]
Music for Large and Small Ensembles [1990, ECM, 2 CD], B
The Widow in the Window [1990, ECM], B+
Kayak [1992, Ah Um]
Angel Song [1995, ECM], B
Siren's Song [1996, Justin Time]
Dream Sequence [1995–2003, Psi]
w/John Taylor: Where Do We Go From Here? [2004, CAM Jazz], B+
What Now? [2005, CAM Jazz], B+
It Takes Two! [2005, CAM Jazz], B+(**)
Other People [2005, CAM Jazz], B+(*)

Harry Whitaker (1942– )

Black Renaissance [1976, Luv N' Haight]
One Who Sees All Things [1981–82, Smalls], B+(***)
The Sound of Harry Whitaker [2001, Fresh Sound]
Thoughts (Past and Present) [2007, Smalls], B+(*)

Lenny White (1949– )

Venusian Summer [1975, Nemperor]
The Adventures of Astral Pirates [1978, Elektra]

Michael White (1933– )

The Land of Spirit and Light [1973, Impulse], B+

Widespread Depression Orchestra [1979–1980]

Downtown Uproar / Boogie in the Barnyard [1979–80, Stash]

Don Wilkerson (1932–86)

The Complete Don Wilkerson on Blue Note [1962–63, Blue Note, 2 CD]

Baby Face Willette (1933– )

Face to Face [1961, Blue Note], B+(***)
Stop and Listen [1961, Blue Note]

Buster Williams (1942– )

Crystal Reflections [1976, 32 Jazz]
Toku Do [1978, Denon]
Something More [1989, In+Out], B
Somewhere Along the Way [1996, TCB]
Lost in a Memory [1997, TCB]
Houdini [2000, Sirocco]

Claude Williams (1908–2004)

Call for the Fiddler [1976, Steeplechase]
Live at J's, Vol. 1 [1989, Arhoolie]
Live at J's, Vol. 2 [1989, Arhoolie]
Swingtime in New York [1994, Progressive]
King of Kansas City [1996, Progressive]
Swingin' the Blues [2000, Bullseye Blues]

Jessica Williams (1948– )

And Then, There's This [1990, Timeless]
Live at Maybeck Recital Hall Volume 21 [1992, Concord]
The Next Step [1993, Hep]
In the Pocket [1993, Hep]
A Song That I Heard [1994, Hep]
Arrival [1994, Jazz Focus], B+
Momentum [1994, Jazz Focus]
Gratitude [1995, Candid]
Intuition [1995, Jazz Focus]
The Victoria Concert [1995, Jazz Focus]
Jessica's Blues [1996, Jazz Focus], A–
w/Leroy Vinnegar: Encounters II [1996, Jazz Focus]
Higher Standards [1996, Candid], B+
Jazz in the Afternoon [1998, Candid]
In the Key of Monk [1999, Jazz Focus], B+
I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart [2000, Hep]
This Side Up [2001, MaxJazz]
All Alone [2003, MaxJazz]
Live at Yoshi's, Volume One [2004, MaxJazz], B+
Billy's Theme: A Tribute to Dr. Billy Taylor [2006, Origin], B+(***)
Songs for a New Century [2008, Origin], B+(**)
The Art of the Piano [2009, Origin], B+(**)

Richard Williams (1931– )

New Horn in Town [1960, Candid]

Tony Williams (1945–97)

Life Time [1964, Blue Note], A–
Spring [1965, Blue Note], B+
Emergency! [1969, Polydor]
Turn It Over [1970, Polydor]
Ego [1971, Verve]
The Ultimate Tony Williams [1969–71, Verve]
Spectrum: The Anthology [1969–72, Verve, 2 CD], B
Foreign Intrigue [1985, Blue Note]
The Story of Neptune [1991, Blue Note]
Tokyo Live [1992, Blue Note, 2 CD]
Young at Heart [1996, Columbia], B+

Larry Willis (1940– )

Just in Time [1989, Steeplechase]
How Do You Keep the Music Playing? [1992, Steeplechase]
Solo Spirit [1992, Mapleshade]
A Tribute to Someone [1993, Audioquest]
The Big Push [2005, High Note], B+(**)
Blue Fable [2006, High Note], B+(**)
The Offering [2007, High Note], B

Jack Wilson (1936– )

Something Personal [1966, Blue Note]
Easterly Winds [1967, Blue Note], B

Reuben Wilson (1935– )

Blue Mode [1969, Blue Note]

Mike Wofford

Plays Jerome Kern [1980, Discovery, 2 CD]
Live at Athenaeum Jazz [2004, Capri], B+

Booty Wood (1919–87)

Chelsea Bridge [1978, Black & Blue]

World Saxophone Quartet [1977– ]

Point of No Return [1977, Moers], B
W.S.Q. [1980, Black Saint]
Revue [1980, Black Saint]
Plays Duke Ellington [1986, Elektra], C+
Dances and Ballads [1987, Elektra], B+
Rhythm and Blues [1989, Elektra], B–
Metamorphosis [1990, Elektra/Nonesuch], B+
w/Fontella Bass: Breath of Life [1992, Elektra/Nonesuch], B+
Moving Right Along [1993, Black Saint], B–
Four Now [1995, Justin Time]
M'Bizo [1997–98, Justin Time], B+
Selim Sevad: A Tribute to Miles Davis [1998, Justin Time], A–
Steppenwolf [1999, Justin Time], B–
Requiem for Julius [2000, Justin Time], B–
25th Anniversary: The New Chapter [2000, Justin Time]
Experience [2004, Justin Time], B+
Political Blues [2006, Justin Time], A

Frank Wright (1935–90)

Frank Wright Trio [1965, ESP]
Your Player [1967, ESP]
The Complete ESP-Disk Recordings [1965–67, ESP-Disk, 2 CD]
Uhuru Na Umoja [1970, Free America/Verve], B+
Unity [1974, ESP-Disk], A–

Richard Wyands (1928– )

Then, Here and Now [1978, Storyville]
As Long as There's Music [2001, Savant]

Yosuke Yamashita (1942– )

Clay [1974, Enja]
Ghosts By Albert Ayler [1977, West Wind]
It Don't Mean a Thing [1984, DIW]
w/Bill Laswell, Ryuicki Sakamoto: Asian Games [1988, Verve], U
Sakura [1990, Antilles]
Sakura Live at Sweet Basil, 1991 [1991, Verve (Japan)], B+
Kurdish Dance [1992, Verve], B+
Dazzling Days [1993, Verve]
Ways of Time [1994, Verve], B+
Spider [1995, Verve]
Canvas in Quiet [1995, Verve]
Canvas in Vigor [1996, Verve]
Fragments 1999 [1999, Verve]
Resonant Memories [2000, Verve]

Larry Young (1940–79)

Testifying [1960, OJC]
Young Blues [1960, Prestige/New Jazz OJC], B+
Into Something [1964, Blue Note], B+
Unity [1965, Blue Note], A
Of Love and Peace [1966, Blue Note], A–
Heaven on Earth [1968, Blue Note]
Mother Ship [1969, Blue Note], B+
The Art of Larry Young [1964–69, Blue Note], B
Lawrence of Newark [1973, Sanctuary]

Snooky Young (1919– )

Snooky and Marshal's Album [1978, Concord]
Horn of Plenty [1979, Concord]

Joe Zawinul (1932–2007)

The Rise and Fall of the Third Stream [1965, Vortex]
Zawinul [1970, Atlantic]
Dialects [1986, Columbia]
Black Water [1989, Columbia]
My People [1992, Escapade]
World Tour [1998, Zebra]
Faces and Places [2002, ESC], B+
Vienna Nights: Live at Joe Zawinul's Birdland [2004, BHM]
Brown Street [2005, Heads Up, 2 CD], B+(*)
75 [2007, Heads Up, 2 CD], B+(**)

Denny Zeitlin (1937– )

Carnival [1964, Columbia]
Zeitgeist [1966, Columbia]
Shining Hour [1966, Columbia]
Mosaic Select: The Columbia Studio Trio Sessions [1964–67, Mosaic, 3 CD]
w/Charlie Haden: Time Remembers One Time Once [1981, ECM], B+
In the Moment [1988, Windham Hill]
Trio [1988, Windham Hill]
Maybeck Hall Recital Series: Volume 27 [1992, Concord]
w/David Friesen: Denny Zeitlin / David Friesen: Concord Duo Series Volume 8 [1994, Concord]
Slickrock [2004, MaxJazz], B+
Solo Voyage [2005, MaxJazz], B+
w/Buster Williams, Matt Wilson: In Concert [2001–6, Sunnyside], B+(**)

James Zitro

Zitro [1967, ESP-Disk], B

Attila Zoller (1927–98)

Zo-Ko-So [1965, MPS]
Common Cause [1979, Enja]
The K & K in New York [1979, L+R]
Memories of Pannonia [1986, Enja]
Overcome [1986, Enja], B

John Zorn (1954– )

The Parachute Years [1977–80, Tzadik, 7 CD]
Locus Solus [1983, Eva/Wave]
Yankees [1983, Charly]
The Big Gundown [1984–85, Elektra], B+
Voodoo: The Music of Sonny Clark [1985, Black Saint], A–
Cobra [1985–86, Hat Art]
Spillane [1986–87, Elektra], B
News for Lulu [1987, Hat Art], A–
Spy Vs. Spy [1988, Elektra], B
More News for Lulu [1989, Hat Art], B+
Naked City [1989, Elektra/Nonesuch], B
Torture Garden [1989–90, Earache Mosh]
Filmworks: 1986–1990 [1986–90, Tzadik], A–
Naked City: Heretic, Jeux des Dames Cruelles [1991, Avant]
Elegy [1991, Tzadik]
Naked City: Grand Guignol [1992, Avant]
Kristallnacht [1992, Tzadik]
Live at the Knitting Factory [1992, Knitting Factory]
Naked City: Radio [1993, Avant]
Masada: Alef [1994, DIW]
Masada: Beit [1994, DIW]
Masada: Gimel [1994, DIW]
Elegy [1995, Tzadik]
w/Yamantaka Eye: Nani Nani [1995, Tzadik], D
Masada: Live in Taipei [1995, Tzadik, 2 CD], B+
New Traditions in East Asian Bar Bands [1995, Avant]
Bar Kokhba [1996, Tzadik, 2 CD]
Masada: Live in Jerusalem [1997, Tzadik, 2 CD], U
Painkiller: Collected Works [(1997), Tzadik]
The Circle Maker [1998, Tzadik, 2 CD]
Bribe [1998, Tzadik]
Masada 8 [1998, DIW], B+
w/Wayne Horvitz, Elliott Sharp, Bobby Previte: Downtown Lullaby [1998, Depth of Field], B+
Film Works, Vol. 8 [(1998), Tzadik]
Bribe [1998, Tzadik]
Godard / Spillane [(1999), Tzadik]
Masada: Live in Sevilla 2000 [2000, Tzadik]
Carton S&M [2000, Tzadik]
Love, Madness and Mysticism [2001, Tzadik]
The Gift [2001, Tzadik]
Film Works, Vol. 10: In the Mirror of Maya Deren [2001, Tzadik]
Masada: Live at Tonic, 2001 [2001, Tzadik]
Film Works, Vol. 11: Under the Wing [2002, Tzadik]
Film Works, Vol. 12: Three Documentaries [2002, Tzadik]
Film Works, Vol. 13: Invitation to a Suicide [2002, Tzadik]
Film Works, Vol. 14: Hiding and Seeking [2003, Tzadik]
Masada String Trio: 50th Birthday Celebration, Vol. 1 [2004, Tzadik]
50th Birthday Celebration, Vol. 4 [2004, Tzadik]
Six Litanies for Heliogabalus [2007, Tzadik]
The Dreamers [2007, Tzadik], B+(***)
Film Works, Vol. 19: The Rain Horse [2008, Tzadik], B+(**)
Alhambra Love Songs [2008, Tzadik], A–
Femina [2008, Tzadik], B–
O'o [2009, Tzadik], B+(**)
Masada Quintet: Stolas: The Book of Angels, Vol. 12 [2009, Tzadik], B+(**)

Axel Zwingenberger

Axel Zwingenberger and the Friends of Boogie Woogie: Volume 6 [1981–82, Vagabond]
The Boogie Woogie Album [1982, Vagabond]

Various Artists

Art-i-facts: Great Performances From 40 Years of Jazz at NEC [1973–2008, New England Conservatory], U
Delmark: 55 Years of Jazz [1944–2007, Delmark, CD+DVD], B+(*)
Droppin' Science: Greatest Samples From the Blue Note Lab [1966–74, Blue Note], C+
Flying Funk: Ultra Heavy Funk and Rare Grooves From Flying Dutchman, Bluebird and RCA [1968–75, Bluebird], B+
Flying Groove: Rare Grooves and Jazz Classics From Bluebird and Flying Dutchman [1963–75, Bluebird], A–
The House That Trane Built: The Best of Impulse Records [1961–76, Impulse], A–
Legends of Acid Jazz: Tenor Titans [1969–74, Prestige]
MVP: Roots of Jazz Funk Volume 1 [1956–66, React], A–
MVP: Roots of Jazz Funk Volume 2 [1958–66, React], A–
New Thing! [1956–84, Soul Jazz, 2 CD], B+
So Blue, So Funky [1962–70, Blue Note]
Wildflowers: The New York Loft Jazz Sessions: Complete [1976, Knitting Factory, 3 CD], U

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