The List

Here’s the list of music I’ll be getting to know in 2019…

1. Kind of Blue – Miles Davis, 1959
2. A Love Supreme – John Coltrane, 1964
3. Minus Ah Um – Charles Mingus, 1959
4. Time Out – The Dave Brubeck Quartet, 1959
5. Somethin’ Else – Cannonball Adderley, 1958
6. Bitches Brew – Miles Davis, 1970
7. Giant Steps – John Coltrane, 1959
8. Saxophone Colossus – Sonny Rollins, 1956
9. Moanin’ – Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, 1958
10. Out to Lunch! – Eric Dolphy, 1964
11. Black Saint & the Sinner Lady – Charles Mingus, 1963
12. Getz/Gilberto – Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto, 1963
13. The Shape of Jazz to Come – Ornette Coleman, 1959
14. Maiden Voyage – Herbie Hancock, 1965
15. Blue Train – John Coltrane, 1957
16. Brilliant Corners – Thelonious Monk, 1956
17. The Koln Concert – Keith Jarrett, 1975
18. Waltz for Debby – Bill Evans Trio, 1961
19. In a Silent Way – Miles Davis, 1969
20. Head Hunters – Herbie Hancock, 1973
21. Speak No Evil – Wayne Shorter, 1965
22. The Sidewinder – Lee Morgan, 1963
23. The Inner Mounting Flame – Mahavishnu Orchestra, 1971
24. Song for My Father – The Horace Silver Quintet, 1964
25. My Favorite Things – John Coltrane, 1960
26. High Fives & Sevens – Louis Armstrong, 1928
27. Heavy Weather – Weather Report, 1977
28. Buena Vista Social Club – Buena Vista Social Club, 1997
29. The Blues and the Abstract Truth – Oliver Nelson, 1961
30. Naked City – John Zorn, 1990
31. Karma – Pharoah Sanders, 1969
32. The Savoy & Dial Studio Sessions – Charlie Parker, 1948
33. Sunday at the Village Vanguard – Bill Evans Trio, 1961
34. Go! – Dexter Gordon, 1962
35. Incredible Jazz Guitar – Wes Montgomery, 1960
36. Spiritual Unity – Albert Ayler Trio, 1964
37. Ella & Louis – Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, 1956
38. Ellington at Newport – Duke Ellington & His Orchestra, 1956
39. Midnight Blue – Kenny Burrell, 1963
40. Sketches of Spain – Miles Davis, 1960
41. Soul Station – Hank Mobley, 1960
42. Idle Moments – Grant Green, 1963
43. Night Train – The Oscar Peterson Trio, 1962
44. The Real McCoy – McCoy Tyner, 1967
45. Point of Departure – Andrew Hill, 1965
46. The Best of Chet Baker Sings – Chet Baker, 1956
47. Birth of the Cool – Miles Davis, 1950
48. Birds of Fire – Mahavishnu Orchestra, 1973
49. Jaco Pastorius – Jaco Pastorius, 1976
50. Journey in Satchidananda – Alice Coltrane, 1971
51. A Charlie Brown Christmas – Vince Guaraldi Trio, 1965
52. Free Jazz – Ornette Coleman, 1960
53. Columbia Recordings (1933-44) – Billie Holiday, 1944
54. Return to Forever – Chick Corea, 1972
55. The Complete Atomic Basie – Count Basie Orchestra, 1957
56. Cool Struttin’ – Sonny Clark, 1958
57. Elegant Gypsy – Al DiMeola, 1976
58. Machine Gun – Peter Brotzmann Octet, 1968
59. Study in Brown – Clifford Brown & Max Roach, 1955
60. Astigmatic – Krzysztof Komeda, 1965
61. At Carnegie Hall – Thelonious Monk w/ John Coltrane, 1957
62. Les Stances a Sophie – Art Ensemble of Chicago, 1970
63. Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus… – Charles Mingus, 1963
64. Jazz in Silhouette – Sun Ra & His Arkestra, 1958
65. Meets the Rhythm Section – Art Pepper, 1957
66. Lady in Satin – Billie Holiday, 1958
67. Sarah Vaughan w/ Clifford Brown – Sarah Vaughan w/ Clifford Brown, 1954
68. Bright Size Life – Pat Metheny, 1975
69. Best of Django Reinhardt – Django Reinhardt, 1940
70. Eastern Sounds – Yusef Lateef, 1961
71. Money Jungle – Duke Ellington w/Minus & Roach, 1962
72. Blanton-Webster Recordings – Duke Ellington & His Orchestra, 1942
73. ‘Round About Midnight – Miles Davis, 1957
74. Unit Structures – Cecil Taylor, 1966
75. Wave – Antonio Carlos Jobim, 1967
76. The Best Of…with Chet Baker – The Gerry Mulligan Quartet, 1953
77. Spectrum – Billy Cobham, 1973
78. We Insist! Freedom Now Suite – Max Roach, 1960
79. Body & Soul – Coleman Hawkins, 1956
80. Page One – Joe Henderson, 1963
81. Bird and Diz – Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie, 1950
82. Songs for Swingin’ Lovers – Frank Sinatra, 1956
83. With the Oscar Peterson Trio – Lester Young, 1952
84. Pithecanthropus Erectus – Charles Mingus, 1956
85. Unity – Larry Young, 1965
86. The Time – Mozdzer, Danielsson & Fresco, 2005
87. Legendary Sidney Bechet – Sidney Bechet, 1941
88. Jazz Samba – Stan Getz & Charlie Bird, 1962
89. Empryean Isles – Herbie Hancock, 1964
90. Jazz at Massey Hall – The Quintet w/ Charlie Parker, 1952
91. Blues & Roots – Charles Mingus, 1959
92. The Sermon – Jimmy Smith, 1958
93. Live in Paris – Diana Krall, 2002
94. The Genius of the Electric Guitar – Charlie Christian, 1941
95. Juju – Wayne Shorter, 1964
96. At the Jazz Band Ball – Bix Beiderbecke, 1928
97. Ask the Ages – Sonny Sharrock, 1992
98. Django – Modern Jazz Quartet, 1955
99. Reprise Studio Recordings – Frank Sinatra & Count Basie, 1964
100. Dialogue – Bobby Hutcherson, 1965