Mar 13, 2019
You may or may not know that I have a background in jazz piano
(I wrote and performed the intro and outro music for this show, for
example). In this album I introduce you to about ten of my very
favorite jazz albums. This is an experimental solo episode, but
don’t worry, we’ll be back to interviews next week.
Links
The main list:
Charlie Parker, “Parker’s Mood” (1948) (listen to this
original version, not the overdubbed version from Clint Eastwood’s
depressing film Bird!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Wa7El-k3jQ
Best of the Savoy and Dial Master Takes (I mentioned
the complete set in the episode but this is more approachable):
https://www.amazon.com/Best-Complete-Savoy-Studio-Recordings/dp/B000067FUO/
“Size”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okrNwE6GI70
Erroll Garner, The Complete Concert by the Sea
(1958):
https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Concert-Sea-Erroll-Garner/dp/B00ZJ5QXDO/
“I’ll Remember April”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_aILGaLqyc
Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto, Getz/Gilberto
(1964): https://www.amazon.com/Getz-Gilberto-Stan/dp/B0000047CX/
“Desafinado”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=So718wk426c
Wes Montgomery and the Wynton Kelly Trio, Smokin’ at
the Half Note (1965):
https://www.amazon.com/Smokin-At-Half-Note-Remastered/dp/B0006VXF4G/
“Unit 7”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D12_468jvNk
Miles Davis, Kind of Blue (1959): https://www.amazon.com/Kind-Blue-Miles-Davis/dp/B000002ADT/
“Blue in Green”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veDgWww1hIQ
Bill Evans’s liner notes:
https://www.sfjazz.org/onthecorner/bill-evans-kind-blue-liner-notes/
Bill Evans, Alone (1968): https://www.amazon.com/Alone-VME-Bill-Evans/dp/B00006C79A/
“Here’s That Rainy Day”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMa2VaV3Voo
Miles Davis, Nefertiti (1968): https://www.amazon.com/Nefertiti-Miles-Davis/dp/B003O5MODY/
“Nefertiti”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHBIfBex7Ig
Herbie Hancock, Speak Like a Child (1968):
https://www.amazon.com/Speak-Like-Child-Herbie-Hancock/dp/B0007LLQ3W/
“Speak Like a Child”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTNLWi-xAkE
Chick Corea, Friends (1978): https://www.amazon.com/Friends-CHICK-COREA/dp/B01LVWGSGJ
“Waltz for Dave”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNdowVQ9nxE
Other albums mentioned:
Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, Bird and
Diz (1950): https://www.amazon.com/Bird-Diz-Charlie-Parker/dp/B009R50YU0/
“Bloomdido”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MCGweQ8Oso
Elis Regina and Antonio Carlos Jobim, Elis &
Tom (1974):
https://www.amazon.com/Elis-Antonio-Carlos-Jobim-Regina/dp/B0017YWG2S
“Waters of March”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1tOV7y94DY
Miles Davis, Miles Smiles (1967): https://www.amazon.com/Miles-Smiles-Davis/dp/B016QE48TM/
“Footprints”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62p-CXrYmf4
Herbie Hancock et al., Tribute to Miles (1992):
https://www.amazon.com/Tribute-Miles-Various-Artists/dp/B000002MG7/
“Elegy”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_DJJyJ5Ogg
Chick Corea, Three Quartets (1981): https://www.amazon.com/Three-Quartets-Chick-Corea/dp/B000003OZE/
“Quartet No. 2, Pt. 2: Tribute to John Coltrane”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQx96DsZXxA