Tag: 1960s Jazz

Live Jazz Albums From The 1960s

Blow is a list of the live albums featured on this website together with a poll to find the best live jazz albums.

Live Jazz Albums recorded in the 1960s include:

Cannonball Adderley At The Lighthouse 1960
Cannonball Adderley Cannonball in Europe 1962
The Cannonball Adderley Sextet In New York 1962
Cannonball Adderley Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! Live At “The Club” 1966
Louis Armstrong The Legendary Berlin Concert vol 1 1965
Chris Barber At The BBC 1961 1962
Count Basie The Complete Roulette Live Recordings of Count Basie and His Orchestra 1959-1962
Count Basie Live at the Sands (Before Frank) 1966
Tony Bennett & Dave Bubkeck Bennett & Brubeck The White House Sessions Live 1962
Art Blakey Paris Jazz Concert 1961
The Dave Brubeck Quartet Live At Carnegie Hall 1963
Dave Brubeck Quartet Live at Juan Les Pins 1967
The Ornette Coleman Trio At The Golden Circle Vol 1 1965
John Coltrane Live At The Village Vanguard 1961
John Coltrane Live Trane The European Tours 1961 1962 1963
John Coltrane Live At Birdland 1963
John Coltrane Live in Stockholm 1963
John Coltrane Afro Blue Impressions 1963
John Coltrane Newport 63
John Coltrane A Love Supreme Live In Juan-les-Pins France 1965
John Coltrane Offering Live At Temple University 1966
John Coltrane Live In Japan 1966
John Coltrane Live at Village Vanguard Again 1966
Miles Davis In Stockholm 1960 Complete
Miles Davis All Of You The Last Tour 1960
Miles Davis In Person Friday & Saturday Nights at the Blackhawk Complete 1961
Miles Davis Friday Night In Person at the Blackhawk in San Francisco Complete 1961
Miles Davis Saturday Night In Person at the Blackhawk in San Francisco Complete 1961
Miles Davis At Carnegie Hall 1961
Miles Davis In Europe 1963
Miles Davis Live At The 1963 Monterey Jazz Festival
Miles Davis My Funny Valentine 1964
Miles Davis The Complete Live At The Plugged Nickel 1965
Miles Davis Quintet Live In Europe 1967 The Bootleg Series Vol. 1
Miles Davis Bitches Brew Live 1969 1970
Eric Dolphy Live at the Five Spot Vol 1 1961
Eric Dolphy Live at the Five Spot Vol 2 1961
Eric Dolphy Live At The Five Spot Complete 1961
Eric Dolphy In Europe Vol 1 1961
Eric Dolphy In Europe Vol 2 1961
Eric Dolphy The Illinois Concert 1963
Duke Ellington The Great London Concerts 1963
Duke Ellington A Concert Of Sacred Music From Grace Cathedral 1965
Duke Ellington Berlin 65 / Paris 67
Duke Ellington Live At Cabaret L’Alcazar 1969
Duke Ellington’s 70th Birthday Concert 1969
Bill Evans Sunday At The Village Vanguard 1961
Bill Evans At Shelly’s Manne Hole 1963
Bill Evans Live at Town Hall 1966
Bill Evans At The Montreux Jazz Festival 1968
Bill Evans Live At Art D’Lugoff’s Top of the Gate 1968
Ella Fitzgerald Mack The Knife The Complete Ella in Berlin 1960
Ella Fitzgerald Ella In Hollywood 1961
Ella Fitzgerald Duke Ellington The Stockholm Concert 1966
Ella Fitzgerald Duke Ellington Ella & Duke At The Cote D’Azur 1966
Stan Getz Joao Gilberto Getz/Gilberto #2 Recorded Live At Carnegie Hall 1964
Dizzy Gillespie A Musical Safari Live At The 1961 Monterey Jazz Festival
Dizzy Gillespie An Electrifying Evening with the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet 1961
Dizzy Gillespie Legends Live Dizzy Gillespie Quintet 1961
Dizzy Gillespie Dizzy on the French Riviera 1962
Dizzy Gillespie Live At The 1965 Monterey Jazz Festival
Dizzy Gillespie Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac 1967
Coleman Hawkins Alive! At the Village Gate 1962
Earl Hines Coleman Hawkins Roy Eldridge Grand Reunion 1965
Charles Mingus At Antibes 1960
Charles Mingus The Complete Town Hall Concert 1962
Charles Mingus Sextet With Eric Dolphy Cornell 1964
Charles Mingus The Great Concert Of Charles Mingus 1964
Charles Mingus Right Now Live at the Jazz Workshop 1964
Charles Mingus Town Hall Concert 1964
Charles Mingus Eric Dolphy Complete Live in Amsterdam 1964
Charles Mingus At Monterey 1964
Modern Jazz Quartet Dedicated to Connie 1960
Modern Jazz Quartet European Concert Vol 1 1960
The Modern Jazz Quartet Blues At Carnegie Hall 1966
Thelonious Monk At The Blackhawk 1960
Thelonious Monk Complete Columbia Live Albums Collection 1963 -1965
Thelonious Monk At Newport 1963 1965
Thelonious Monk In Tokyo 1963
Thelonious Monk Live At The It Club 1964
Wes Montgomery Full House 1962
Wes Montgomery Wynton Kelly Smokin’ at the Half Note 1965
Wes Montgomery Live In Belgium 1965
Lee Morgan Unforgettable Lee Live At Birdland 1960
The Gerry Mulligan Quartets in Concert 1957 1962
Gerry Mulligan At The Village Vanguard 1960
Bud Powell Live In Lausanne 1962
Sonny Rollins Complete Live At The Village Gate 1962
Sonny Rollins Our Man In Jazz 1962 1963
Sonny Rollins Don Cherry Complete 1963 Stuttgart Concert
Sonny Rollins Don Cherry The Complete 1963 Copenhagen Concert

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The Best Live Jazz Albums Of All Time

I don’t have a readers poll to find the best live albums of the 1960s but there is a poll to find the all time best jazz live albums and plenty of the 1960s albums are nominated:

What Are The FIVE Best Live Jazz Albums?

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The Other Decades Of Live Jazz Albums

1930s – 1940s  – 1950s – 1960s – 1970s – 1980s – 1990s – 2000s – 2010s

Live Album Polls For The Great Jazz Artists

I have polls 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 –

Gerry Mulligan At The Village Vanguard 1960

At The Village Vanguard is a live album by Gerry Mulligan And The Concert Jazz Band.

It was recorded at the Village Vanguard in New York City on December 11, 1960.

Playing on the album are:

Gerry Mulligan – baritone saxophone, piano,
Gene Allen – baritone saxophone, bass clarinet,
Bob Donovan – alto saxophone,
Gene Quill – alto saxophone, clarinet,
Jim Reider – tenor saxophone,
Don Ferrara – trumpet,
Clark Terry – trumpet,
Nick Travis – trumpet,
Willie Dennis – trombone,
Alan Raph – bass trombone,
Bob Brookmeyer – valve trombone,
Bill Crow – bass,
Mel Lewis – drums.

Gerry Mulligan At The Village Vanguard

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Modern Jazz Quartet Dedicated to Connie 1960

Dedicated to Connie is a live album by The Modern Jazz Quartet.

It was recorded in Ljubljana, Slovenia on May 27, 1960 and comes from the same tour that produced the equally memorable European Concert.

It was released in 1995 as a tribute to the group’s long term drummer Connie Kay who died on 30 November 1994.

Playing on the album are:

Milt Jackson – vibraphone
John Lewis – piano
Percy Heath – bass
Connie Kay – drums

Modern Jazz Quartet Dedicated to Connie

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The Modern Jazz Quartet Blues At Carnegie Hall 1966

Blues At Carnegie Hall is a live album by The Modern Jazz Quartet.

It was recorded live at The Carnegie Hall in New York in 1966 as a benefit for The Manhattan School Of Music.

Modern Jazz Quartet Blues At Carnegie Hall

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Duke Ellington Berlin 65 / Paris 67

Berlin 65 / Paris 67 is a live album by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra.

As the title suggests, it includes songs taken from two different concerts, two years apart in Europe.

Duke Ellington Berlin 65 / Paris 67

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Sonny Rollins Our Man In Jazz 1962 1963

Our Man In Jazz is a live album by Sonny Rollins and Don Cherry.

It catches two concerts:

  • Tracks 1-3 recorded at the Village Gate, Greenwich Village, New York City on July 29-30, 1962.
  • Tracks 4-6 recorded in New York City, February 20, 1963 were added as bonus songs when the CD was issued.

Playing on the 1962 tracks are:

Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone,
Don Cherry – trumpet,
Bob Cranshaw – bass,
Billy Higgins – drums

Playing on the 1963 tracks are:

Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone,
Don Cherry – trumpet,
Henry Grimes – bass,
Billy Higgins – drums

Sonny Rollins Our Man In Jazz

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Dizzy Gillespie Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac 1967

Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac is a live album by Dizzy Gillespie.

It was recorded at Memory Lane in Los Angeles over two nights on May 25 & 26, 1967.

Playing on the album are:

Dizzy Gillespie – Trumpet,
James Moody – alto sax, tenor sax, flute,
Mike Longo – piano,
Frank Schifano – bass,
Candy Finch – drums.

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John Coltrane Live In Japan 1966

Live In Japan is a four CD collection of two live performance by John Coltrane.

It was recorded at:

  • Shinjuku Kosei Nenkin Hall in Tokyo on July 11, 1966 (CDs 1 & 2); and
  • Sankei Hall in Tokyo on July 22, 1966 (CDs 3 & 4).

Playing on the album are:

John Coltrane – tenor sax, alto sax, soprano sax,
Pharoah Sanders  – alto, sax tenor sax, bass clarinet, and percussion,
Alice Coltrane – piano,
Jimmy Garrison – bass,
Rashied Ali – drums

John Coltrane Live In Japan

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Dizzy Gillespie Dizzy on the French Riviera 1962

Dizzy on the French Riviera is a live album by Dizzy Gillespie.

It was recorded at the 3rd International Jazz Festival D’Antibes in Juan-Les-Pins on July 24, 1962.

Playing on the album are:

Dizzy Gillespie – Trumpet
Leo Wright – Alto Saxophone, Flute,
Tzigane Elek Bacsik – Guitar,
Lalo Schifrin – Piano,
Chris White – Bass,
Rudy Collins – Drums,
Pepito Riestria -Percussion.

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Cannonball Adderley At The Lighthouse 1960

 At The Lighthouse is a live album by the Cannonball Adderley Quintet.

It was recorded at The Lighthouse in Hermosa Beach, California on October 16, 1960.

Playing on the album are:

Cannonball Adderley -Alto Saxophone
Nat Adderley – Cornet
Victor Feldman – Piano
Sam Jones – Bass
Louis Hayes – Drums

Cannonball Adderley At The Lighthouse

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