“Soul Stirrin’” is a great album from a great trombone player, Bennie Green. It was recorded in 1958 and when hundreds of legendary Jazz recordings
Yes, this is truly a classic album featuring the great Jazz pianist Elmo Hope and the great tenor saxophonist Frank Foster. They are joined by
“Nica’s Tempo” is considered to be a Jazz classic album and should be found in every Jazz lovers musical library. It offers a rare compilation
As the title suggests, this is a very bluesy album and a great example of how down and dirty Jackie McLean can get. McLean’s “bitter-sweet”,
The cover of this 1964 Cannonball album, “Fiddler on the Roof” misrepresents its superior quality. This album can be one of Cannonball Adderley’s best. As
This 1965 album, “Lucky Strikes” is probably Lucky Thompson’s most known album. A very interesting point that I would like to touch on about Lucky
The Sun Ra Arkestra was an amazing band that didn’t have the same recognition as the other Jazz artists who were experimenting in the mid
Last Tuesday, I featured “Blues” Part One and where I gathered all the songs that specifically start with the word “Blues” and feature them on
Pepper Adams was a major part of Charles Mingus recordings, so he was given permission to record an album containing all Mingus tunes. This 1963
Jazz comes from the Blues and there’s no better indicator than Jazz tunes that start with the word “Blues.” That’s why I decided to gather
There really isn’t too much that I can add to the two descriptions below on each of both volumes. Here we have two albums that
Art Taylor was considered as one of the elite Jazz drummer of the 50’s and 60’s. This album is a real “Classic,” right from the
Here’s an album that is not spoken about enough and could be considered as one of Monk’s finest. The title of this 1959 album, “5
This album, “Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane,” was recorded on March 7, 1958, it was originally released on the New Jazz label as NJ 8276 in
This album was recorded as result of a growing concern towards Jazz musicians and their exclusion from the annual Newport Jazz Festival. Charles Mingus and
Here’s an amazing album featuring to saxophone masters together, a combination rarely recorded. We have Gene Ammons on tenor and Jackie McLean, joining together along
Jaki Byard was one of the best Jazz pianist ever but as rarely spoken of. He was a very intricate part of Mingus’ studio and
Here’s an amazing album from Zoot Sims named “Americans Swinging in Paris” that was recorded in 1956 but released in 2005. Very enjoyable music and
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Here’s a real “sleeper,” if you want to use that term. I prefer not to because this 1957 album was great when is was released
This album “Crosstown” is a compilation of recordings done in Van Gelder’s studio in 1955. They all took place on three separate dates, May 22nd,
This “Live” recorded 1959 album from the Verve label is a real classic and every jazz fan should have a copy at home. The description
“Mating Call” is primarily a Tadd Dameron album, all compositions are by him. Of course, having John Coltrane onboard always opens up the opportunity to
Jazz Musician Mel Martin has establish an enormous following on his Saxophone Forum. It is located on Facebook and it is actually public! It is
This album is a collection of all the live performances (4 CD Box Set) of Shelly Manne and his very talented band, consisting of Bass
And yet another recording from the famous Cafe Bohemia, a night club that only lasted two years but hosted an extraordinary amount of legendary jazz
There’s no better general description and anything more that I could add about this album, “Sonny Rollins Plus 4” than this one from Wikipedia. All
Here’s a very unknown Cannonball Adderley “Live” album that somehow managed to be undetected. Maybe it could be the tacky album cover or maybe it
The article below is so informative that there is no reason to add anything else. I don’t know why Volume One and Volume Two are reasonably
The multiple techniques that Pepper Adams possessed when playing the baritone sax is what made him different than the others and why he is considered
Here’s a big band album by the very innovative Don Ellis, which introduced an array of electric instruments. The result was a funky avant-garde styled
This was the 4th talk show on Classic Jazz Talk and it featured jazz historian and author Cary Ginell. It was an interview that almost
This album was recorded in 1960 and is jazz trombonist Julian Priester’s debut album as a leader. It is a straight mellow hard bop album
Here’s a great 1959 recording of Max Roach with the Turrentine brothers and as mentioned below in the description, without a piano player to be
Cecil Payne is outstanding here in this straight forward early hard bop recording. He leads throughout and gives Kenny Dorham long breaks as he joins
New Music Podcasts with Classic Jazz Talk on BlogTalkRadio Alan (Giants of Jazz Radio) and Jose (Jazz Con Class Radio) are very honored to have
Jimmy Heath is not spoken of and even compared to the artists of his time. He was overlooked and this album shows it as he
Alan Bramwell (Giants of Jazz Radio) and I we be conducting a LIVE interviewing with Jeremy Yudkin, author of “Miles Smiles, and the Invention of Post
There’s almost no information about this particular recording and its a crying shame! In fact, “The Book Cooks” is Booker Ervin’s debut album and most
The Jazz Con Class Radio listeners should be very happy to know that I, along with Alan Bramwell, who also has a classic jazz radio
Duke Pearson was quite an innovator and this recording is a great example, as mentioned below in the description, he wrote and composed all but
This is Johnny Griffin’s unofficial debut album and was recorded at Rudy Van Gelder’s Hackensack studio on April 17 of the year 1956. This reissued
This “Super Tuesday jazz presentation” will go to your head as it will feature SEVEN versions of the the song “You go to my head”
Four young composer/arrangers and musicians, working and creating a classic jazz. All were innovators and key components of the modern jazz movement in the late
Here’s another great example of a “solid” Hard Bop recording that was done in the late 60’s. “Bull’s Eye” was recorded in 1968 and reflects
If any jazz fans were curious about the level of impact Art Blakey and his Jazz Messengers had during 1965, then they should listen to
The new and official “Schedule Link” is back in order to keep all the Jazz Con Class Radio listeners informed concerning the programing. It is
This 1964 recording was Charles McPhearson’s debut album as a leader. It was a memorable showing by this practically unknown alto saxophonist who managed to
Harold Land was not known too much on the east coast, so to make his presence known he came over to New York in 1960
I have added two very exciting jazz bands to the “Contemporary” playlist which airs on every Saturday, learn more here. Tune in and listen to
As mentioned below in the description, this album was in 1967 but on Vinyl only. This 1996 version of the “Straight No Chaser” has restored
This album was recorded in 1975 and is actually known as “Volume One” of the Eastern Rebellion recordings. There was a Volume Two which was
This is just another energetic album by Blue Mitchell to listen to that will only make you understand how talented he truly was. I am
This 1955 album brings together the legendary Lester “Pres” Young and Harry “Sweets” Addison. Lester Young was 45 years of age but in a physically
This 1954 Art Farmer recording is an excellent example of how and when Bebop began to transitioned into Hard Bop. It was about this time
If you are a listener/reader that keeps up with my album posts, then you might have questioned my use of the word “classic” in my
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The surprise is not Randy Weston at the live Five Spot but its the addition of the great Coleman Hawkins! What a treat, having Coleman
Starting on Wednesday March 26 the “The Wednesday Five Hour Special” will be played twice throughout the day. Now the Jazz Con Class Radio listeners
This extraordinary album “Extensions” was recorded in 1970 and released in 1972. It features a continuous stimulating theme, where if one were to connect all
Wow! Absolutely one of the sweetest sounding jazz albums I’ve ever heard. “Wayning Moments” was released in 1962 and features Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard, pianist
I had a gentleman from Japan who sent me an email describing how much he loved the station and how he would listen to Jazz
As all the Jazz Con Class Radio listeners know very well, on Tuesday I present a 3-hour jazz presentation and play it three times throughout
This classic album was recorded on on April 1st and 3rd of 1960 but was released in 1961. It features the great trombonist J.J. Johnson
“Red’s Good Groove” is an enjoyable album in a sort of unconventional manner. I personally feel this way about of this 1962 recording because of
“Little Giant” was his nickname and he sure lived up to it! Johnny Griffin was the real thing but somehow is left out in jazzy
The great thing about the Hard Bop era is the endless discovery of great recordings like this album, “Kelly Great.” I found it when searching
Wow! This album is actually one of my personal favorites! It has that late 60’s jazz sound I love but with that hard bopish grip
Every jazz fan knows how great of a special talent trumpet player Lee Morgan was and is very aware of all his enormous achievements, considering
Benny Golson was a monster on the tenor sax and could match up with the likes of Coltrane when it came to improvising, incredible! Now
This is a classic album featuring Donald Byrd(trumpet) and Phil Woods (Alto Sax), along with Al Haig (Piano), Teddy Kotick (Bass) and Charlie Persip (Drums).
Zoot Sims was part of the west coast jazz movement and maybe why many jazz fans have not paid enough attention to him. This album.
Clark Terry sure knows how to have fun when he records an album, he has that big smile on his face at all times. Jazz
Hank Mobley has a very interesting start to his career as a premiere jazz saxophonist, it goes like this: Mobley was born in Eastman, Georgia,
This 1956 recording goes under the heading of advanced jazz and early avant-garde. to achieve this vibraphonist Teddy Charles had to gather up a great
This album is another classic jazz album and that will only open your eyes even further concerning Yusef Lateef’s abilities. Although it was recorded in
The name of this 1957 album is “Art Blakey Big Band” and it is a killer! All these legends playing together but not in a
This is exactly what the album name implies, a guitar groove and one that you will love! René Thomas truly leads and the rest of
This album was released in 1956 but amazingly contains recordings from 1951 and 1953. It is considered to be Sonny Rollins debut album as a
The listeners will only be in a “Happy Frame of Mind” when listening to this bona fide classic 1963 album by a bunch of colorful
