 | Consecration: The Final Recordings Part 2 by Bill Evans
Buy new: $73.97 / Used from: $154.34 Recordings of the next-to-last gig Bill Evans played before he died. The whole set is great, but track 4 on disc 1 (Song from M*A*S*H) alone is worth the purchase price. This is Evans at his height.
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 | The Amazing Bud Powell Volume 3 - Bud! by Bud Powell
Buy new: $8.97 / Used from: $5.98 "Bud on Bach" is a jazz rendering of CPE Bach's "Solfeggietto", a fast, almost-but-not-quite-one-handed classical piece. Almost all jazz piano goes back to Bud Powell.
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 | Piano Grand Master by Art Tatum
Buy new: $25.98 / Used from: $14.12 Did I say all jazz piano went back to Bud Powell? I meant Art Tatum. Here are 99 of his best pieces in one set. "Tatum Pole Boogie" does for Boogie Woogie piano what Bud's "Bud on Bach" did for Bach.
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 | Largo by Brad Mehldau
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $3.48 This is a truly strange album, with some very interesting and original sounds. My favorite is "Free Willy" which really does sound like Brad has a whale in his piano.
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 | The Art Of The Trio, Vol. 4 - Back At The Vanguard
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $3.97 Young, fresh and innovative are words that well describe Brad Mehldau and his music. You can hear Bill Evans in his music, but only very distantly. Don't miss "I'll Be Seeing You" on this CD.
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 | Solo Piano: Originals by Chick Corea
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $4.98 No list of good jazz would be complete without Chick Corea. "Armando's Rhumba" is a piece I've heard many times on several different CDs, and every time he plays it, it's a whole new piece.
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 | Children's Songs by Chick Corea
Buy used from: $6.37 Don't be misled by the title. Some of these are quite sophisticated, almost orchestral in nature -- using only a piano. In #12, Corea teases some very odd but wonderful sounds out of his piano(s).
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 | The Walter Bishop Trio by Jr. Walter Bishop
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $6.06 Not one of the great icons of jazz, but that's only perhaps because he didn't record much. "Summertime" is my favorite .
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 | Sea Changes by Tommy Flanagan
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $8.85 Although not what most people would label "jazz", Flanagan's "Dear Old Stockholm" is a fresh interpretation of a seldom-heard tune on this CD.
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