Jazz on CD: The Essential Guide

album alto altoist Art Blakey artist ballad bandleader bass bassist bebop became Bechet began BENNY CARTER big band Billy Bley Blue Note Blue Note CDP bluesy career Charles Mingus Charlie Parker Chicago clarinet clarinettist Coleman Hawkins composer composition Count Basie dance debut died New York disc display Dizzy Gillespie Django drummer drums Duke Ellington early ensemble featuring free-jazz funk fusion Garbarek Getz Gil Evans guitar guitarist harmonic Herbie improvisation influenced Jazz Classics OJC jazz musicians Jimmy John Coltrane Johnny Jones Kenny Konitz later leader Lester Young Louis Armstrong lyricism Marsalis material Max Roach melodic MILES DAVIS notably Orchestra Original Jazz Classics Orleans Ornette Coleman percussion performances pianist piano players playing quartet recorded repertoire rhythm section rhythmic saxophone saxophonist session singer solo soloists songs Sonny Rollins sound Stan style swing tenor tenorist Thelonious Monk toured tracks trio trombonist trumpeter tunes