From the reference on Page 53, and the 'Suggested tunes to work on' (Page 58):
ACQUIRED:
Blue in Green - Miles Davis (Kind of Blue)
Old Folks - Oscar Peterson Trio (Live at the Blue Note)
What is this thing called love? - Mel Torme & The Mel-Tones With Artie Shaw (Late Night Jazz)
Peace for South Africa - Oscar Peterson Trio (Live at the Blue Note)1
Stella by Starlight - Ella Fitzgerald (Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie)
Stella by Starlight - Oscar Peterson and the Trumpet Kings (Jousts)
Inner Urge - Joe Henderson (Inner Urge)
Woody 'n' You - Coleman Hawkins & His Orchestra featuring Dizzy Gillespie (Jazz Legends)
Someday My Prince Will Come (Columbia) - Miles Davis2
Search for Peace - McCoyTyner (McCoy Tyner Quartet)
Peace (Horace Silver) - Takeshi Shibuya (Solo Famous Composers)
Quiet Now - The Bill Evans Trio (Live in Paris 1974)
STILL TO GET:
None.
1 Not sure if this is the same as 'Peace'
2Where the piano solo on title track is one of Wynton Kelly's best according to the author, Mark Levine.
Monday, 21 June 2010
CHAPTER 7: Recordings
From the example referenced (Page 44), and the 'Suggested tunes to work on' (Page 48):
ACQUIRED:
Just Friends - Coleman Hawkins (Ken Burns Jazz Collection)
Just Friends - Oscar Peterson (Benny Carter Meets Oscar Peterson)
Just Friends - Amy Winehouse
Satin Doll - Peggy Lee (Beauty and the Beat)
Satin Doll - Oscar Peterson
Autumn in New York - Harry Connick, Jr. (When Harry Met Sally)
Giant Steps - John Coltrane (Giant Steps) + Alternate Title track on same album
Autumn Leaves - Chick Corea (Akoustic Band)
Autumn Leaves - Frank Sinatra (Where Are You)
Autumn Leaves - Miles Davis (Ballads & Blues)
Tune Up - Chet Baker (Cool Spring)
Relaxin' (Fantasy, 1956) - Miles Davis, with Red Garland on Piano.
Invitation - John Coltrane (Standard Coltrane)
Take the A Train - Duke Ellington (Take the 'A' Train)
STILL TO GET:
Take the A Train (the more definitive 1941 version)
Beatrice
SIDENOTES:
From the JazzStandards.com website, with regards to 'Take the A Train':
(http://www.jazzstandards.com/compositions-0/taketheatrain.htm)
"That 1941 recording of “Take the ‘A’ Train” may be considered definitive... The original Feb 15, 1941, Victor 27380 recording can be heard on the 3-CD set, Duke Ellington, Blanton-Webster Band, released in 1990 on RCA 5659."
ACQUIRED:
Just Friends - Coleman Hawkins (Ken Burns Jazz Collection)
Just Friends - Oscar Peterson (Benny Carter Meets Oscar Peterson)
Just Friends - Amy Winehouse
Satin Doll - Peggy Lee (Beauty and the Beat)
Satin Doll - Oscar Peterson
Autumn in New York - Harry Connick, Jr. (When Harry Met Sally)
Giant Steps - John Coltrane (Giant Steps) + Alternate Title track on same album
Autumn Leaves - Chick Corea (Akoustic Band)
Autumn Leaves - Frank Sinatra (Where Are You)
Autumn Leaves - Miles Davis (Ballads & Blues)
Tune Up - Chet Baker (Cool Spring)
Relaxin' (Fantasy, 1956) - Miles Davis, with Red Garland on Piano.
Invitation - John Coltrane (Standard Coltrane)
Take the A Train - Duke Ellington (Take the 'A' Train)
STILL TO GET:
Take the A Train (the more definitive 1941 version)
Beatrice
SIDENOTES:
From the JazzStandards.com website, with regards to 'Take the A Train':
(http://www.jazzstandards.com/compositions-0/taketheatrain.htm)
"That 1941 recording of “Take the ‘A’ Train” may be considered definitive... The original Feb 15, 1941, Victor 27380 recording can be heard on the 3-CD set, Duke Ellington, Blanton-Webster Band, released in 1990 on RCA 5659."
Sunday, 20 June 2010
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