Top 18 Albums - An Easy Introduction To Jazz (CD)

płytowa kolekcja składa się aż z 18 pełnych jazzowych płyt, z których wszystkie są już klasykami, Wszystkie z nich zostały nagrane od połowy lat 50. do wczesnych lat 60., kiedy techniki nagrywania znacznie się rozwinęły w stosunku do poprzednich lat. Okres ten był także początkiem ery LP. Reprezentowane są tutaj niektóre z najważniejszych postaci jazzu, które można usłyszeć na ich najlepszych płytach. 

Ten zestaw zawiera następujące 18 oryginalnych albumów:
Cannonball Adderley: „Somethin’ Else”
Wes Montgomery: „Groove Yard”
Miles Davis: „Kind Of Blue”
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong: „Ella And Louis”
John Coltrane: Giant Steps
Clifford Brown & Max Roach: Study In Brown
Chet Baker: „Chet Baker Sings”
Oscar Peterson: „Plays The Cole Porter Song Book”
Art Tatum & Ben Webster: „The Art Tatum-Ben Webster Quartet”
Thelonious Monk: „The Thelonious Monk Trio”
Billie Holiday: „Lady Sings The Blues”
Bill Evans: „Waltz For Debby”
Art Blakey: „Moanin’”
Sonny Rollins: „Tenor Madness”
Dave Brubeck: „Time Out”
Count Basie: „The Atomic Mr. Basie”
Coleman Hawkins: „The High And Mighty Hawk”
Stan Getz & Gerry Mulligan: „Getz Meets Mulligan In Hi-Fi”

Includes 20-page booklet. 

Tracklista: 

CD 1: Somethin' Else (Blue Note BST 81595)
1. Autumn Leaves 11:01
2. Love For Sale 7:06
3. Somethin' Else 8:15
4. One For Daddy-O 8:26
5. Dancing In The Dark 4:07

Groove Yard (Riverside RLP 362)
6. Bock To Bock 6:45
7. Groove Yard 3:01
8. If I Should Lose You 5:50
9. Delirium 3:37
10. Just For Now 4:57
11. Doujie 4:37
12. Heartstrings 4:35
13. Remember 5:38

CD 2: Kind Of Blue (Columbia CS 8163) + Bonus Tracks
1. So What 9:05
2. Freddie Freeloader 9:35
3. Blue In Green 5:28
4. All Blues 11:33
5. Flamenco Sketches 9:26
6. On Green Dolphin Street (Bonus Track) 9:49
7. Fran-Dance (Bonus Track) 5:49
8. Stella By Starlight (Bonus Track) 4:44
9. So What (Bonus Track) 8:50

CD 3: Ella & Louis (Verve MGV-4003) + Bonus Tracks
1. Can't We Be Friends 3:48
2. Isn't This A Lovely Day ? 6:17
3. Moonlight In Vermont 3:43
4. They Can't Take That Away From Me 4:40
5. Under A Blanket Of Blue 4:18
6. Tenderly 5:08
7. A Foggy Day 4:33
8. Stars Fell On Alabama 3:34
9. Cheek To Cheek 5:54
10. The Nearness Of You 5:43
11. April In Paris 6:32
12. Don't Be That Way (Bonus Track) 4:57
13. Autumn In New York (Bonus Track) 5:58
14. Let's Call The Whole Thing Off (Bonus Track) 4:13
15. Love Is Here To Stay (Bonus Track) 3:59
16. Stompin' At The Savoy (Bonus Track) 5:12

CD 4: Giant Steps (Atlantic SD1311)
1. Giant Steps 4:46
2. Cousin Mary 5:49
3. Countdown 2:25
4. Spiral 6:02
5. Syeeda's Song Flute 7:05
6. Naima 4:25
7. Mr. P.C. 6:57

Study In Brown (EmArcy MG 36037)
8. Cherokee 5:43
9. Jacqui 5:11
10. Swingin' 2:53
11. Land's End 4:57
12. George's Dilemma 5:36
13. Sandu 4:54
14. Gerkin For Perkin 2:57
15. If I Love Again 3:22
16. Take The A Train 4:17

CD 5
Chet Baker Sings (Pacific Jazz Records PJ-1222)
1. That Old Feeling 3:01
2. It's Always You 3:32
3. Like Someone In Love 2:23
4. My Ideal 4:23
5. I've Never Been In Love Before 4:26
6. My Buddy 3:17
7. But Not For Me 3:01
8. Time After Time 2:43
9. I Get Alone Without You Very Well 2:56
10. My Funny Valentine 2:18
11. There Will Never Be Another You 2:57
12. The Thrill Is Gone 2:49
13. I Fall In Love Too Easyly 3:18
14. Look For The Silver Lining 2:38

Money Jungle (United Artists UAS 15017)
15. Money Jungle 5:29
16. Fleurette Africaine 3:36
17. Very Special 4:26
18. Warm Valley 3:32
19. Wig Wise 3:20
20. Caravan 4:12
21. Solitude 5:33

CD 6: The Art Tatum-Ben Webster Quartet (Verve MGV-8220)
1. All The Things You Are 7:13
2. Gone With The Wind 4:46
3. Have You Met Miss Jones? 4:47
4. Night And Day 5:28
5. Where Or When 6:25
6. My Ideal 7:15
7. My One And Only Love 6:13

Thelonious Monk Trio (Prestige LP 7027)
8. Blue Monk 7:39
9. Just A Gigolo 3:01
10. Bemsha Swing 3:10
11. Reflections 2:48
12. Little Rootie Tootie 3:06
13. Sweet And Lovely 3:34
14. Bye-Ya 2:47
15. Monk's Dream 3:07
16. Trinkle Tinkle 2:50
17. These Foolish Things 2:46

CD 7: Lady Sings The Blues (Verve MGV-8099)
1. Trav'lin' Light 3:10
2. I Must Have That Man 3:06
3. Some Other Spring 3:39
4. Lady Sings The Blues 3:46
5. Stranege Fruit 3:04
6. God Bless The Child 4:00
7. Good Morning, Heartache 3:32
8. No Good Man 3:18
9. Love Or Leave Me 2:34
10. Too Marvelous For Words 2:12
11. Willow Weep For Me 3:06
12. I Thought About You 2:46
12. Bill Evans - Waltz For Debbie (Riverside RLP9399)
13. My Foolish Heart 4:57
14. Waltz For Debby 7:00
15. Detour Ahead 7:37
16. My Romance 7:11
17. Some Other Time 5:00
18. Milestones 6:33

CD 8
Moanin' (Blue Note BLP 4003)
1. Moanin' 9:34
2. Are You Real ? 4:50
3. Along Came Betty 6:11
4. The Drum Thunder Suite 7:35
5. Blues March 6:17
6. Come Rain Or Come Shine 5:47

Tenor Madness (Prestige LP 7047)
7. Tenor Madness 12:21
8. When Your Lover Has Gone 6:12
9. Paul's Pal 5:13
10. My Reverie 6:08
11. The Most Beautiful Girl In The World 5:35

CD 9: Time Out (Columbia CS 8192)
1. Blue Rondo A La Turk 6:46
2. Strange Meadow Lark 7:24
3. Take Five 5:27
4. Three To Get Ready 5:26
5. Kathy's Waltz 4:51
6. Everybody's Jumpin' 4:25
7. Pick Up Sticks 4:17

The Atomic Mr. Basie (Roulette R52003)
8. The Kid From Red Bank 2:41
9. Duet 4:11
10. After Supper 3:26
11. Flight The Foo Birds 3:23
12. Double-O 2:46
13. Teddy The Toad 3:19
14. Whirly-Bird 3:51
15. Midnite Blue 4:28
16. Splanky 3:36
17. Fantail 2:56
18. Li'l Darlin' 4:50

CD 10
The High And Mighty Hawk (Felsted SJA2005)
1. Bird Of Prey Blues 11:18
2. My One And Only Love 7:25
3. Vignette 4:31
4. Ohh-Wee, Miss G.P. ! 3:58
5. You've Changed 7:43
6. Get Set 4:55

Getz Meets Mulligan In Hi-Fi (Verve MG VS-6003)
7. Let's Fall In Love 6:31
8. Anythings Goes 3:39
9. Too Close For Confort 6:59
10. That Old Feeling 5:59
11. This Can's Be Love 8:49
12. A Ballad 5:51