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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 –
Offering: Live At Temple University is a live album by jazz legend John Coltrane.
It was recorded in his home town of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at Temple University on November 11, 1966.
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Performing This Week Live At Ronnie Scott’s is a live album and DVD by Jeff Beck.
It was recorded at the famous jazz club in London in 2007.
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Thelonious In Action is a live album by the Thelonius Monk Quartet with Johnny Griffin.
It was recorded at the Five Spot Cafe in New York City on August 7, 1958.
Playing on the album are:
Johnny Griffin – tenor saxophone,
Thelonious Monk – piano,
Ahmed Abdul-Malik – bass,
Roy Haynes – drums.
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A Night At Birdland Vol 1 is a live album featuring Art Blakey and Clifford Brown.
It was recorded at Birdland in New York City on February 21, 1954.
Playing on the album are:
Clifford Brown – trumpet,
Lou Donaldson – alto saxophone,
Horace Silver – piano,
Curly Russell – bass,
Art Blakey – drums.
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Live At The Village Vanguard: The Master Takes is a live album by John Coltrane.
It was recorded in New York City on November 2nd and 3rd, 1961.
Various versions of recordings of these nights exist.
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Thelonious Monk Quartet With John Coltrane At Carnegie Hall is a live album.
It was recorded on 29 November 1957 in New York as part of a benefit concert for the Morningside Community Center in Harlem.
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Live At The Fillmore East is a live album by Miles Davis.
It was recorded at the Fillmore East in New York on June 17th to 20th, 1970.
Concert by the Sea is a live album by jazz pianist Erroll Garner.
It is a recording from a concert in a converted church on a military base near Carmel, California on September 19, 1955. It was originally an unofficial recording and the sound is not to standard.
However the playing of Erroll Garner shines through.
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Live At The 1971 Monterey Jazz Festival is a live album by Sarah Vaughan.
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The Koln Concert is a live album by pianist Keith Jarrett.
It was recorded at the Opera House in Cologne in Germany on January 24, 1975 and consists of solo piano improvisations.
