jazz beyond jazz essentials
a few albums basic to stretching the definition of "jazz." If you decide to add to your collection, start here and you'll be connected to Amazon's secure server. (and you'll support further research on jazz beyond jazz.)
Twisted - The Best of Lambert, Hendricks & RossNative DancerCompulsion
Twisted - The Best of Lambert, Hendricks &a...
by Lambert Hendricks & Ross

Lambert, Hendricks and Ross were singing jazz for adults in competition with first Elvis then the Beatles corralling the kid m...
Native Dancer
by Wayne Shorter

Wayne Shorter's finest all instrumental album may be Speak No Evil, but his introduction of Brazilian singer Milton Nascimento...
Compulsion
by Andrew Hill
$8.97
Pianist-composer Hill was the last protege of Blue Note Records founder Alfred Lions, who considered him an heir to Monk. Comp...
The Best of Louis Jordan25 Greatest Hot Fives & SevensSmokin' at the Half Note
The Best of Louis Jordan
by Louis Jordan
$9.98
Jordan was a bridge between entertaining jazz and popular rhythm n blues -- would have been 100 in 2008, and his ha-ha-funny m...
25 Greatest Hot Fives & Sevens
by Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong established new frontiers of jazz in the mid '20s, with Earl Hines and others of his Hot 5s and Hot 7s -- high...
Smokin' at the Half Note
by Wes Montgomery
$14.99
The mellow, plumby guitar of Wed Montgomery takes on a loose mastery akin to what John COltrane was doing around the same time...
Hoodoo Man BluesThe Ultimate Otis ReddingSilver Apples of the Moon for Electronic Music Synthesizer
Hoodoo Man Blues
by Junior Wells' Chicago Blues Band
$11.99
Chicago blues with a full dose of soulful haronomica blowing and singing by Chicago's great hope Junior Wells with his partner...
The Ultimate Otis Redding
by Otis Redding
$10.99
Memphis soul music had Otis Redding as its biggest, gruffiest and most tender star; discover the voice of mature black America...
Silver Apples of the Moon for Electronic Mu...
$26.98
Something completely different -- electronic synthesized timbral compositions circa late '60s, when melting walls and buckling...
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