Jazz Handbook (Jamey Aebersold Jazz) |
p. 8 — Historically Significant Recordings
p. 11 — Song List for Beginners |
from Jim Crowley, composer and jazz aficionado |
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| 1920s: Louis Armstrong |
| 1930s & 40s: Any Duke Ellington big band, Count Basie big band, Charlie Parker (Bird), Dizzy Gillespie or Bud Powell |
| 1950s: Miles Davis (Birth of the Cool, 'Round Midnight, Milestones, Kind of Blue), John Coltrane (Giant Steps, Soultrane), Wes Montgomery (anything) |
| 1960s: Any Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans or Herbie Hancock |
| 1970s: Chick Corea, Keith Jarret, Weather Report or Pat Metheny |
from Grant Manhart, jazz trumpeter |
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Louis Armstrong “West End Blues”
Louis Armstrong “Hotter than That”
Any piece by Jelly Roll Morton on piano
Lee Morgan “Sidewinder”
Clifford Brown “Night in Tunisia”
Dizzy Gillespie “I Can’t Get Started”
Miles Davis “Bitches Brew” excerpt
Miles Davis “All Blues”
Coleman Hawkins “Body and Soul”
Don Byas “I Got Rhythm”
Any work by Don Cherry
Freddie Hubbard “Super Blue”
Herbie Hancock “Cantaloupe Island”
Ray Brown unaccompanied solo “Star Spangled Banner”
Jimi Hendricks at Woodstock, “Star Spangled Banner” |
from Mike Pagan, jazz pianist and composer |
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| John Coltrane — Giant Steps |
| Miles Davis — Kind of Blue |
| Dizzy Gillespie — Sonny Side Up |
| Duke Ellington — Live at Newport |
| Bill Evans — Sunday at the Village Vanguard |
| Charlie Parker (Bird) — Now's the Time |
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