In the Wee Small Hours – Frank Sinatra
The first, great pop album.
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Concert by the Sea – Erroll Garner
For piano lovers especially – the performance of a lifetime.
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Dinner in Caracas – Aldemaro Romero
A worthwhile primer of Venezuelan folk songs, played by a classical orchestra.
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Blue Moods – Miles Davis
One of Miles Davis’ most underrated and anomalous early releases.
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Clifford Brown & Max Roach – 1955
Clifford Brown with Strings: A
Brown and Roach Incorporated: A-
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In a Romantic Mood – Oscar Peterson
One of the more underrated LPs in the jazz catalogue.
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Vocal Jazz in 1954
Reviews of two 1954 albums by Chet Baker and June Christy. Continue reading Vocal Jazz in 1954
Clifford Brown & Max Roach (1954)
The debut LP from Clifford Brown (trumpeter) and Max Roach (drummer) is a jazz landmark.
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Al Haig Trio – Al Haig
The best album from one of the more underrated founders of bebop.
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Black Coffee – Peggy Lee
One of the most pleasurable vocal-jazz albums of all time.
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Jazz at Massey Hall – The Quintet
Perhaps the first “landmark” concert recording.
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The Duke Plays Ellington – Duke Ellington
My all-time favorite Duke Ellington LP.
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