 | Bird & Diz by Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $5.74 A seminal album in the Bop revolution - exquisite compositions and consummate musicianship. A must have!
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 | Complete Live Performances on Savoy: Sept. 29, 1947-Oct. 25, 1950 by Charlie Parker
Buy new: $49.98 / Used from: $29.99 Listen in on the creation of a new art form - these are amazing sessions, many recorded at the famous Royal Roost. Charlie Parker teams up with Miles, Monk, Max Roach, and many more.
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 | The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1 by Bud Powell
Buy new: $8.97 / Used from: $4.65 "Amazing" indeed! "Bouncing with Bud," "52nd Street Theme," and the explosive "Dance of the Infidels" - a classic!
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 | Brilliant Corners by Thelonious Monk
Buy used from: $3.79 Unquestionably brilliant - the arrangement and composition are hard to beat on this one. Probably the best album by one of the leading lights of modern jazz.
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 | Thelonious in Action: Recorded at the Five Spot Cafe by Thelonious Monk Quartet
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $6.08 Monk live at the 5-Spot - the power of live jazz captured for posterity. "Blue Monk" is especially worth the album.
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 | Study in Brown by Clifford Brown
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $5.98 Clifford Brown's career was cut short by a car accident - but his output has stood the test of time. Here he teams up with Max Roach to deliver some of the best trumpeting I've ever heard.
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 | Sonny Side Up by Dizzy Gillespie
Buy used from: $4.94 The best band leader in Bop teamed with two scintillating sax talents - what more can I say?
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 | Somethin' Else by Cannonball Adderley
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $5.95 Mellow and enticing - like a nice bourbon on a summer evening. Ends on a high note with "Allison's Uncle."
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 | Soul Station by Hank Mobley
Buy new: $28.98 / Used from: $25.99 Hank Mobley is criminally underestimated - if Coltrane comes at you with a full frontal assault, Mobley flanks you and takes you by surprise. Rediscover this amazing musician!
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 | Workout by Hank Mobley
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $5.34 Another tour de force by Mobley and company.
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 | Roll Call by Hank Mobley
Buy new: $8.94 / Used from: $4.99 Another in Mobley's must-own early '60's sessions.
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 | Point of Departure by Andrew Hill
Buy new: $8.97 / Used from: $4.90 Hill is a unique voice - defying categorization. An amazing composer and bandleader.
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 | Black Fire by Andrew Hill
Buy new: $8.94 / Used from: $4.99 Another fantastic set by Hill - this is the album that sold me on his sound.
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 | Judgment! by Andrew Hill
Buy new: $8.97 / Used from: $5.98 OK, OK, so Hill rules. Get it?
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 | Out to Lunch by Eric Dolphy
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $4.66 We've arrived at the other side of Bop here - Dolphy is pushing the envelope, and creating something magical.
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 | East Coasting by Charles Mingus
Buy new: $8.98 / Used from: $4.79 A great introduction to Mingus - funky and sophisticated.
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 | The Shape of Jazz to Come by Ornette Coleman
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $3.75 A breakthrough avante-gard album - controversial in its time and still today. Definitely worth picking up - judge for yourself!
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