 | Campus Concert/Feeling Is Believing by Erroll Garner
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $2.70 When I first heard "Feeling" I was shocked. It was the first time I heard Garner and I never heard piano played that way. It was the most exciting thing I ever heard.
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 | Dreamstreet/One World Concert by Erroll Garner
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $4.49 After I heard "Feeling" from my father's record collection I decided I HAD to buy something by this guy. And this was the first album by Garner I bought.
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 | Magician/Gershwin and Kern by Erroll Garner
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $1.75 And soon I bought this one..........
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 | Concert by the Sea by Erroll Garner
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $1.97 And finally I bought this. Many people might say this is his best. It's probably his most popular album. I love his version of "It's Alright With Me".
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 | The Dave Brubeck Quartet at Carnegie Hall by Dave Brubeck
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $12.85 Dave Brubeck was another strong fixture in my early love of jazz music. The first cd I ever bought was a Brubeck one.
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 | Jazz at Oberlin by Dave Brubeck Quartet
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $5.65 When I heard Brubeck and Desmond play it really seemed to open something inside me. I knew I wanted to play the saxophone.
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 | Dave Brubeck Quartet Plays Music From West Side Story And Wonderful Town And More by Dave Brubeck
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $3.49 I personally think this is one of their best. It's not an actual album but a compilation......
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 | Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $3.11 This is what most people think of as Brubeck's best. It is his most influential album. And set him off in a new direction.
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 | The Best of Paul Desmond by Paul Desmond
Buy used from: $1.98 One of a few albums I own by Desmond without Brubeck.
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 | Hail the Conquering Nero/New Piano in Town by Peter Nero
Buy new: $16.97 / Used from: $7.99 It was around this time I came to discover Peter Nero. I can honestly say he is the single greatest pianist I ever heard! For me no one comes close.
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 | Verve Jazz Masters 34 by Coleman Hawkins
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $0.65 When I first heard Coleman Hawkins I thought he played well. And I enjoyed listening to him. But, it wasn't until I started playing sax myself....
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 | On Broadway by Coleman Hawkins
Buy new: $18.98 / Used from: $5.42 That I really came to appreciate his style of playing.
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 | Chet Baker & Strings by Chet Baker
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $1.49 Chet Baker is my favorite trumpet player. I love his tone and the way he phrases a song....
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 | Chet (20 Bit Mastering) by Chet Baker
Buy used from: $4.48 I understand he may not be the popular choice, but then again this is MY collection of music that has inspired me and me only.
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 | Swing Guitar Masterpieces 1938-1957 by Oscar Alemán
Buy new: $20.98 / Used from: $12.99 Growing up I heard a lot of Reinhardt music. And I enjoyed it up to a point. But when I heard Aleman play I started to think about playing the guitar.
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 | Legendary Sidney Bechet by Sidney Bechet
Buy used from: $4.20 I soon became very interested in New Orleans jazz. One of the first people I listened to was Bechet. To this day he is still an inspiration to me.
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 | All-Star Stompers by Albert Nicholas w
Buy new: $16.99 / Used from: $5.78 Nicholas plays one song on the above album. After I heard it I went out to buy some albums by him. Not many are out there....
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 | New Orleans-Chicago Connection by Albert Nicholas-Art Hodes Quartet
Buy new: $16.99 / Used from: $8.58 But Nicholas is my favorite clarinet player. Because of him I went out to buy a clarinet.
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 | Pete Fountain's New Orleans by Pete Fountain
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $3.95 Pete Fountain came to my attention a little bit before Nicholas. But, he is one of my favorites.
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 | At the Mardi Gras by Al Hirt
Buy used from: $6.99 I had discovered Al Hirt arounded the same time I discovered Fountain. This was my New Orleans kick.
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 | Chicago Jazz by Muggsy Spanier
Buy used from: $6.98 And soon Muggsy Spanier came to my attention. I instantly loved his style. He became my favorite cornet player and I even started thinking about playing it too.
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