Category: Jazz Live Albums

Jazz Live Albums

I have a readers poll to find the best live jazz albums:

What Are The FIVE Best Live Jazz Albums?

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I have also split jazz albums by decade to help you find albums that fit your tastes as jazz evolves from the early days through swing, bebop, hard bop and cool through to fusion and more modern jazz.

I have polls to find the best live jazz albums for the following artists: – Louis Armstrong –  Count Basie – John Coltrane – Miles Davis – Eric Dolphy – Duke Ellington – Dizzy Gillespie –  Billie Holiday – Charles Mingus – Thelonious Monk – Charlie Parker – Lester Young –

 

Miles Davis The Complete Live At The Plugged Nickel 1965

The Complete Live At The Plugged Nickel is a live album by Miles Davis.

It was recorded at the Plugged Nickel nightclub in Chicago on December 22 and 23, 1965. The seven disc CD boxset was released in July 1995 and a single disc Highlights was released in November 1995.

It captures recordings of seven performance sets over the two nights by the second great Davis quintet.

Playing on the album are:

Miles Davis – trumpet
Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone
Herbie Hancock – piano
Ron Carter – bass
Tony Williams – drums

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What Are The Best Live Albums By Duke Ellington?

Below is a poll for you to vote for your favourite Duke Ellington live albums.

There is a huge number – well over fifty – and whilst you probably haven’t heard them all, which of those that you have heard, would you recommend to other people?

Is there a difference between the albums that you’d recommend to someone who is familiar with many of the studio recordings by Duke Ellington and his orchestra and those that you’d recommend to an Ellington novice?

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Charlie Parker Jazz at the Philharmonic 1949

Jazz at the Philharmonic 1949 is a live recording of Charlie Parker performing at the Carnegie Hall in New York in September 1949.

This is the usual loose jam session mixing bop and swing musicians. Joining Parker are trumpeter Roy Eldridge and tenor saxophonist Lester Young. Other horn players include tenor saxophonist Flip Phillips and trombonist Tommy Turk. The rhythm section is pianist Hank Jones, bassist Ray Brown and Buddy Rich on drums.

Ella Fitzgerald adds vocals to some of the tracks.

There is a very similar titled album from 1946, Charlie Parker Jazz At The Philharmonic 1946 which also features Lester Young.

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What Are The Best Live Albums By Charlie Parker?

What are the best recordings of Charlie Parker performing live?

Parker died in 1955 but for the ten years prior to his death, we are blessed with some great jazz recordings as bebop was developed by Parker, his friend Dizzy Gillespie and others.

He made famous studio recordings for Savoy, Dial and Verve but when and where were the best live performances recorded?

I have the 1946 and 1949 albums he did with JATP where he played with Lester Young, One Night In Birdland from 1950 and the Jazz At Massey Hall concert from 1953.

I’m probably missing something essential.

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Sarah Vaughan The Town Hall Concert 1947

One Night Stand – The Town Hall Concert 1947 is a live album by Sarah Vaughan and Lester Young.

It was recorded at The Town Hall in New York City on November 8, 1947.

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The Oscar Peterson Trio At The Stratford Shakespearean Festival 1956

At The Stratford Shakespearean Festival is a live album by The Oscar Peterson Trio.

It was recorded at the festival in Ontario, Canada on August 8, 1956.

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Count Basie At Newport 1957

At Newport is a live album by Count Basie and his orchestra including special guests, the former Basie members, saxophonist Lester Young and singer Jimmy Rushing.

It was recorded at the Newport Jazz Festival on July 7, 1957.

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Sonny Rollins A Night At The Village Vanguard 1957

A Night At The Village Vanguard is a live album by Sonny Rollins.

It was recorded at the Village Vanguard in New York over sessions in the afternoon and evening on November 3, 1957.

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The Dave Brubeck Quartet Live At Carnegie Hall 1963

Live At Carnegie Hall is a live album by the Dave Brubeck Quartet.

It was recorded at the Carnegie Hall in New York on February 22, 1963.

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