Jazz for Jeff

This page is a gift of sorts to all, but especially to my dissertation advisor, Jeff Spinner-Halev. Jeff guided me through the difficult process of the PhD. Along the way, we discovered a shared love for jazz music. As a thank you, I’ve created a list of excellent jazz records I think he (and you) will enjoy. No one will like all of it, but everyone will like some of it–of that I am sure. These are all albums which I’ve listened to several times at one point or another.

Now, in no particular order, the list.

  • Bill Evans
    • California, Here I Come
    • Alone
    • Conversations with Myself
    • Undercurrent
    • Waltz for Debby (Trio)
    • Waltz for Debby (Monica Zetterlund)
    • The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album
    • The Solo Sessions vol 1 and 2
    • We Will Meet Again
  • Joe Pass
    • Unforgettable
    • Virtuoso
    • Virtuoso 2
  • Oscar Peterson
    • The Giants
    • We Get Requests
    • Sonny Stitt Sits with the Oscar Peterson Trio
    • Night Train
    • Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson
    • Quiet Now
    • Exclusively for My Friends
    • Solo
    • Tracks
    • Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio
  • John Coltrane
    • Giant Steps
    • A Love Supreme
    • Duke Ellington and John Coltrane
    • Blue Train
    • Stardust
    • Soultrane
    • The Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings (Thelonius Monk)
  • Sarah Vaughan
    • Time After Time
    • Sarah Vaughan
  • Abbey Lincoln
    • You Gotta Pay the Band
  • Charles Mingus
    • Mingus Ah Um
  • Jacob Mann Big Band
    • Greatest Hits Vol 1 and 2
  • Frank Sinatra
    • Sinatra at the Sands
    • It Might As Well Be Swing
  • Fred Hersch
    • Songs from Home
    • Live at Jazz Standard
    • Songs without Words
    • Songs we Know (Bill Frisell)
  • Joe Henderson
    • The Kicker
    • Tetragon
    • The Standard Joe
  • Maria Schneider
    • Concert in the Garden
  • Kurt Rosenwinkel
    • Standards Trio: Reflections
    • Berlin Baritone
  • Ella Fitzgerald
    • Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook
    • Ella and Louis
  • Kurt Elling
    • Flirting with Twilight
    • Dedicated to You: Kurt Elling Sings the Music of Coltrane and Hartman
    • Live in Chicago
  • Miles Davis
    • Kind of Blue
    • Miles Davis – In Person Friday and Saturday Nights at the Blackhawk
    • Someday My Prince Will Come
  • Billy Harper
    • Capra Black
    • Black Saint
  • Chris Potter
    • Gratitude
    • Imaginary Cities
    • Circuits
    • Follow the Red Line
    • Got the Keys to the Kingdom
    • Pathways (Dave Holland)
    • Critical Mass (Dave Holland)
    • Overtime (Dave Holland)
    • We Are (Alina Engibaryan)
    • What Goes Around (Dave Holland)
    • Moments Captured (Alex Sipiagin)
  • Wayne Escoffery
    • Times Change
    • Roman Nights (Tom Harrell)
  • Joshua Redman
    • Spirit of the Moment
    • Moodswing
    • Joshua Redman
    • Compass
    • Freedom in the Groove
    • Walking Shadows
    • Nearness (Brad Mehldau)
  • Brad Mehldau
    • Highway Rider
    • Introducing Brad Mehldau
    • Largo
    • Blues and Ballads
    • Anything Goes
    • Seymour Reads the Constitution
    • Chris Thile and Brad Mehldau
    • Elegiac Cycle
    • Art of the Trio vols 1-4
    • Live in Tokyo
    • Your Mother Should Know
    • RoundAgain
  • Sonny Stitt
    • Personal Appearance
    • Sonny Side Up (Dizzy and Rollins)
  • Roy Hargrove
    • Earfood
    • Approaching Standards
  • Walter Smith III
    • Twio
  • Michael Brecker
    • Nearness of You
    • Tales from the Hudson
    • Wide Angles
  • Gonzalo Rubalcaba
    • Tokyo Adagio
    • Solo
    • Avatar
  • Miguel Zenon
    • Esta Plena
    • El Arte Del Bolero
  • SFJAZZ Collective
    • Music of Stevie Wonder
    • Live 2010: 7th Annual Concert Tour
    • New Works and Classics Reimagined
  • Keith Jarrett
    • The Koln Concert
    • Jasmine
    • After the Fall
  • Charles Lloyd
    • The Water is Wide
    • Hyperion with Higgins
  • Brian Blade
    • Kings Highway
    • Body and Shadow
    • Season of Changes
    • Landmarks
  • Snarky Puppy
    • GroundUp
    • We Like It Here
    • Empire Central
    • Live at Royal Albert Hall
    • Culcha Vulcha
    • Tell Your Friends
  • Julian Lage
    • The Layers
    • View with a Room
    • Squint
    • World’s Fair
    • Arclight
  • Esperanza Spaulding
    • Esperanza
  • Biréli Lagrène
    • Summertime
    • Duet (with Sylvain Luc)
    • Solo Suites
    • Bireli Legrene Plays Loulou Gaste
  • Cannonball Adderley
    • Somethin’ Else
    • Know What I Mean
    • Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley
  • Charles Mingus
    • Ah Um
  • Ahmad Jamal
    • Happy Moods
    • Cross Country Tour: 1958-1961
    • The Awakening
  • Oliver Nelson
    • The Blues and the Abstract True
  • Jimmy Smith
    • Back at the Chicken Shack
  • Art Tatum
    • The Standard Transcriptions
    • Piano Starts Here
  • Makaya McCraven
    • In the Moment
    • Deciphering the Message
    • In These Times
  • Shaun Martin
    • Focus
  • Bob Reynolds
    • Deja Vu
    • Scott Ave (Yayennings)
    • Yayennings Vol 2
  • Robert Glasper
    • R+R=NOW Live
    • Collagically Speaking
  • Kamsi Washington
    • Harmony of Difference
  • Michael Mayo
    • Fly
    • Bones
  • Nate Smith
    • Pocket Change
    • Pocket Change 2
    • Kinfolk
    • Kinfolk 2
  • Charlie Hunter
    • Dionne, Dionne
    • Natty Dread
    • People Please
    • Sam Fribush Organ Trio Vol 1 & 2
  • Ashley Henry
    • Beautiful Vinyl Hunter
  • Kiefer
    • Something for Real
    • Superbloom
    • Between Days
    • When There’s Love Around
  • Larry Goldings
    • Music from the Front Room
    • In My Room
  • Duke Ellington
    • Such Sweet Thunder
    • The Ellington Suites (esp. The Queen’s Suite)
    • The Nutcracker
  • BADBADNOTGOOD
    • III
    • IV
  • Nubya Garcia
    • Source