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Bebop & The Birth of Cool We are currently cataloguing material for our Jazz pages but have put together a sample selection of Modern Jazz albums for the time being. Text and detail will be added once cataloguing and listings are complete, but information can be found on the Amazon web site by clicking on the titles. Our taster selection focuses on the period between the late 1930s and the 1960s, when a number of innovative musicians, in various combinations, moved jazz forward through bebop to the distinctive laid-back sounds of cool jazz. At this stage of web site development, artists are organised alphabetically. Where information is available we have given a rough chronological sequence to the featured recordings, with collections and compilation albums heading the lists. We strongly suggest that you review the information provided on Amazon carefully before selecting your choices. Artists develop and draw upon their own repertoires of standard numbers which appear, in various combinations but with frequently changing line-ups, on a succession of albums. It is worth studying the available information to avoid unwanted duplication (although the variations produced by different ensembles are often interesting in their own right). On the other hand, compilation albums and sets can be of varying degrees of comprehensiveness, a factor that is often reflected in a wide range of prices. Where appropriate, we have tried to give choices that cater to all budgets.
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John Coltrane Detail to come.
Blue Train / John Coltrane Format: 1 Disc. 7 Tracks.
Giant Steps / John Coltrane Format: 1 Disc. 15 Tracks.
My Favourite Things/Coltrane Plays The Blues/Ole / John Coltrane Format: 3 Disc Box Set. 15 Tracks.
Impressions / John Coltrane Format: 1 Disc. 5 Tracks.
Africa/Brass / John Coltrane Format: 2 Disc Set. 7 Tracks.
Ballads / John Coltrane Format: 1 Disc. 8 Tracks.
Duke Ellington & John Coltrane / John Coltrane Format: 1 Disc. 7 Tracks.
A Love Supreme / John Coltrane Format: 1 Disc. 4 Tracks.
Crescent / John Coltrane Format: 1 Disc. 5 Tracks.
Ascension / John Coltrane Format: 1 Disc. 2 Tracks.
Interstellar Space / John Coltrane Format: 1 Disc. 6 Tracks.
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Miles Davis Detail to come.
Birth of the Cool / Miles Davis Format: 1 Disc. 12 Tracks.
Round About Midnight / Miles Davis Format: 1 Disc. 10 Tracks.
Milestones / Miles Davis Format: 1 Disc. 9 Tracks.
Kind of Blue / Miles Davis Format: 1 Disc. 6 Tracks.
Miles Ahead / Miles Davis Format: 1 Disc. 10 Tracks.
Porgy and Bess / Miles Davis Format: 1 Disc. 16 Tracks.
Sketches of Spain / Miles Davis Format: 1 Disc. 8 Tracks.
Bitches Brew / Miles Davis Format: 2 Disc Set. 7 Tracks.
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Dizzy Gillespie Detail to come.
The Dizzy Gillespie Story 1939-1950 / Dizzy Gillespie Format: 4 Disc Box Set. 100 Tracks.
Afro / Dizzy Gillespie Format: 1 Disc. 7 Tracks.
Bebop Professor / Dizzy Gillespie Format: 1 Disc. 13 Tracks.
Birk's Works: Verve Big Band Sessions / Dizzy Gillespie Format: 2 Disc Set. 42 Tracks.
Sittin' in / Dizzy Gillespie Format: 1 Discs. 4 Tracks.
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Thelonious Monk Detail to come.
Blue Monk / Thelonious Monk Format: 1 Disc. 5 Tracks.
Brilliant Corners / Thelonious Monk Format: 1 Disc. 5 Tracks.
Mulligan Meets Monk / Thelonious Monk Format: 1 Disc. 6 Tracks.
Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane / Thelonious Monk Format: 1 Disc. 6 Tracks.
Monk Mysterioso / Thelonious Monk Format: 1 Disc. 8 Tracks.
Thelonious Monk and His Quartet / Thelonious Monk Format: 1 Disc. 7 Tracks.
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Gerry Mulligan Detail to come.
Nights at the Turntable / Gerry Mulligan Format: 1 Disc. 20 Tracks.
The Best of Gerry Mulligan With Chet Baker / Gerry Mulligan Format: 1 Disc. 15 Tracks.
California High School / Gerry Mulligan Format: 1 Disc. 10 Tracks.
Original Sextet/Comp. Studio Masters / Gerry Mulligan Format: 2 Disc Set. 28 Tracks.
Gerry Mulligan Meets Johnny Hodges / Gerry Mulligan Format: 1 Disc. 6 Tracks.
Night Lights / Gerry Mulligan Format: 1 Disc. 6 Tracks.
Paraiso / Gerry Mulligan Format: 1 Disc. 11 Tracks.
My Funny Valentine / Gerry Mulligan Format: 2 Disc Set. 41 Tracks.
Complete Studio Recordings / Gerry Mulligan Format: 1 Disc. 15 Tracks.
Jeru / Gerry Mulligan Format: 4 Disc Box Set. 85 Tracks.
Mullenium / Gerry Mulligan Format: 1 Disc. 11 Tracks.
Dream a Little Dream / Gerry Mulligan Format: 1 Disc. 14 Tracks.
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Charlie Parker Detail to come.
Bird - The Charlie Parker Story / Clint Eastwood 1988. Colour. USA. 154 mins. DVD. Forest Whitaker stars in Clint Eastwoods unsentimental homage to a childhood hero. Based on an unpublished account by Parkers partner Chan Richardson that tells a story of a genius destroyed by personal demons and massive appetites Bird died at the early age of 34. Whitaker provides a moody and tortured characterisation, with Diane Venora in support as Chan. Clint Eastwood elected to use Parkers original alto sax solos rather than try to duplicate them. The film features a number of unreleased versions with the background accompaniments removed, and recreated by modern musicians. Must see. Bird The Charlie Parker Story / Soundtrack Album Format: 1 Disc. 11 Tracks.
Boss Bird / Charlie Parker Format: 4 Disc Box Set. 101 Tracks.
The Complete Norman Grantz Master Takes / Charlie Parker Format: 4 Disc Box Set. 84 Tracks.
The Genius of Charlie Parker / Charlie Parker Format: 2 Disc Set. 33 Tracks.
Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie: NYC Town Hall 1945 / Parker, Gillespie Format: 1 Disc. 17 Tracks.
Ornithology / Charlie Parker Format: 1 Disc. 24 Tracks.
Charlie Parker With Strings: the Master Takes / Charlie Parker Format: 1 Disc. 24 Tracks.
Yardbird Suite / Charlie Parker Format: 1 Disc. 22 Tracks.
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Oscar Peterson Detail to come.
Piano Moods: the Definitive Oscar Peterson / Oscar Peterson Format: 2 Disc Set. 33 Tracks.
The Genius of Oscar Peterson / Oscar Peterson Format: 2 Disc Set. 34 Tracks.
Very Tall: The Trio with Milt Jackson / Peterson, Jackson Format: 1 Disc. 6 Tracks.
Night Train / Oscar Peterson Format: 1 Disc. 11 Tracks.
The Oscar Peterson Trio + One / Oscar Peterson & Clark Terry Format: 1 Disc. 10 Tracks.
The Trio with Joe Pass & NHO Pederson / Peterson, Pass, Pederson Format: 1 Disc. 5 Tracks.
Silver Collection: Stan Getz & The Oscar Peterson Trio / Peterson, Getz Format: 1 Disc. 11 Tracks.
Jazz in Paris Vol 1: with Stephane Grappelli Quartet / Peterson, Grappelli Format: 1 Disc. 7 Tracks.
Jazz in Paris Vol 2: with Stephane Grappelli Quartet / Peterson, Grappelli Format: 1 Disc. 6 Tracks.
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