As well as listing below links to the live albums featured on this website, there is also the poll to find the greatest live jazz albums.
Live Jazz Albums recorded in the 1970s include:
Count Basie Jam Session At The Montreux Jazz Festival 1975
Jeff Beck With The Jan Hammer Group Live 1976
Dave Brubeck Gerry Mulligan Live At The Berlin Philharmonie 1970
Ornette Coleman Live In Paris 1971
Miles Davis Bitches Brew Live 1969 1970
Miles Davis Live At The Fillmore East 1970
Miles Davis Live-Evil 1970
Miles Davis The Cellar Door Sessions 1970
Miles Davis Dark Magus Live At Carnegie Hall 1974
Miles Davis Agharta 1975
Miles Davis Pangaea 1975
Paul Desmond & The Modern Jazz Quartet 1971
Paul Desmond Like Someone in Love 1975
Paul Desmond Audrey 1975
Duke Ellington Live At The Whitney 1972
Bill Evans Paris Concert Edition One 1979
Bill Evans Paris Concert Edition Two 1979
Bill Evans Homecoming 1979
Stan Getz Quartet Live at Montreux 1972
Dizzy Gillespie The Giant 1973
Keith Jarrett The Koln Concert 1975
Mahavishnu Orchestra Between Nothingness & Eternity 1973
Charles Mingus and Friends in Concert 1972
Modern Jazz Quartet Complete Last Concert 1974
Lee Morgan Live At The Lighthouse 1970
Gerry Mulligan Paul Desmond Dave Brubeck Complete 1972 Berlin Concert
Sarah Vaughan Live At The 1971 Monterey Jazz Festival
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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 decade but there is a poll to find the all time best live jazz albums:
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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 –
Live At The Lighthouse is a live album by Lee Morgan.
It was recorded at The Lighthouse in Hermosa Beach, California on July 10, 11 & 12, 1970.
Playing on the album are:
Lee Morgan – trumpet,
Bennie Maupin – flute, tenor saxophone,
Harold Mabern – piano,
Jymie Merritt – bass,
Mickey Roker – drums,
Jack DeJohnette – drums.
Beware of an imposter album, also called Live At The Lighthouse which people say is from radio shows a few weeks earlier than the proper album.
Between Nothingness & Eternity is a live album by the Mahavishnu Orchestra.
It was recorded at the Schaefer Music Festival in Central Park, New York on August 18, 1973.
Playing on the album are:
John McLaughlin – guitar,
Jan Hammer – piano, synthesizer,
Jerry Goodman – violin,
Rick Laird – bass,
Billy Cobham – drums.
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Live at Montreux 1972 is a live album by the Stan Getz Quartet.
It was recorded at the Casino De Montreux in Switzerland on July 23, 1972 as part of the famous jazz festival.
This may come as a shock to anyone used to the cool sound of Getz or his days promoting the bossanova. Here he tries out jazz fusion.
Playing on the album are:
Stan Getz – Tenor Saxophone,
Chick Corea – Piano,
Stanley Clarke – Bass,
Tony Williams – Drums.
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Like Someone in Love is a live album by the Paul Desmond Quartet.
It was recorded at the Bourbon Street Jazz Club in Toronto, Canada on March 29, 1975.
Playing on the album are:
Paul Desmond – alto saxophone,
Ed Bickert – guitar,
Don Thompson – bass,Jerry Fuller – drums.
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Live In Paris 1971 is a live album by the Ornette Coleman Quartet.
It was recorded in France on November 1, 1971.
Playing on the album are:
Ornette Coleman – alto saxophone, trumpet, violin,
Dewey Redman – tenor saxophone,
Charlie Haden – bass,
Ed Blackwell -drums.
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Pangaea is a live album by Miles Davis.
It was recorded in Osaka in Japan on 1 February 1975 and was the second set on the same day as Ahgartha was recorded.
Playing on the album are:
Miles Davis – trumpet, organ
Sonny Fortune – soprano sax, alto sax, flute
Reggie Lucas – guitar
Pete Cosey – guitar, synthesiser, percussion
Michael Henderson – bass
Al Foster – drums
Mtume – percussion
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The Complete 1972 Berlin Concert by the Gerry Mulligan, Paul Desmond and the Dave Brubeck Trio.
Playing on the album are:
Alto Saxophone – Paul Desmond
Baritone Saxophone – Gerry Mulligan
Piano – Dave Brubeck
Bass – Jack Six
Drums – Alan Dawson
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Audrey: Live In Toronto 1975 is a live album by Paul Desmond’s Canadian Quartet.
It was recorded live at the Bourbon Street Club in Toronto in 1975.
Backing the alto saxophone playing of Paul Desmond are:
Ed Bickert – guitar,
Don Thompson – bass,
Jerry Fuller – drums.
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Jam Session At The Montreux Jazz Festival 1975 is a live album by Count Basie.
It was recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland, July 19, 1975.
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Dark Magus: Live At Carnegie Hall is a live album by Miles Davis.
It was recorded in New York City on March 30, March 1974.
Playing on the album are:
Miles Davis – trumpet, Hammond organ,
Azar Lawrence – tenor saxophone,
David Liebman – tenor and soprano saxophones,
Peter Cosey – guitar,
Dominique Gaumont – guitar,
Reggie Lucas – guitar,
Michael Henderson – bass,
Al Foster – drums
James Mtume – percussion.
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