Listening ListsBegin listening to artists who play your instrument, then work your way around the band. Also, be familiar with standards that have made history or have withheld the test of time. Bookmark this page for easy access. Even better, begin your own jazz listening anthology and begin to learn some of your favorites.
CKMS Jazz Ensemble Listening Collection
PianoCount Basie
Red Garland - Milestones BassPaul Chambers - Milestones
DrumsPhilly Joe Jones - Milestones
Count Basie (early 40's) Max Roach GuitarFreddie Green
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Essential Jazz Listening List
Duke Ellington
Count Basie Billie Holiday Coleman Hawkins Dizzy Gillespie Charlie Parker Thelonious Monk Louis Armstrong Miles Davis Dave Brubeck John Coltrane Charles Mingus Herbie Hancock Ella Fitzgerald |
The Duke - The Essential Collection
Complete Brunswick An Vocalion Recordings (1926 - 1931) Ellington Uptown The Great Paris Concert And His Mother Called Him Bill Ellington at Newport The Complete Decca Recordings The Essential Count Basie Basie Straight Ahead Sixteen Men Swinging The Legacy Body and Soul Shaw 'Nuff The Complete RCA/Victor Recordings Greatest Hits The Complete Savoy and Dial Studio Sessions Bird at St. Nick's Now's The Time Genius of Modern Music The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings Satch Plays Fats The Complete RCA Victor Recordings Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man The Complete Birth of the Cool King of Blue Milestones Time Out John Coltrane: Giant Steps Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus Future Shock Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook |