Note: If you click on any artist's name below, you'll
bring up all their recordings available.
George
Benson
 Breezin'
This best selling light Jazz album is wonderful. From Breezin' to
This Masquerade, Benson delivers some of his finest work. He is an original
who has been imitated by many.
Weekend in L.A. - George Benson This live recording includes
his hit On Broadway.
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| Dave
Brubeck
Time Out - The Dave Brubeck Quartet This 1959 recording has been
remastered. Including the fabulous Take Five, this was an experiment
using unusual time signatures and is one of the all time classic jazz albums.
Paul Desmond's sax and Brubeck's keyboards are a super combination.
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| Chick
Corea
 Change
- Chick Corea Just Out!
Converge
- Chick Corea Another new one! Fresh experimental jazz
tunes including the title tune Converge, like alien jazz landscapes and
the frenetic Sundance.
Light as a Feather - Chick Corea and Return to Forever With Flora
Purim on vocals.
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| John
Coltrane
Legendary saxophonist and composer. John pushed
the boundaries of jazz far beyond the limits that existed in the early
60s. These works testify to his genius.
My Favorite Things
A Love Supreme
Giant Steps
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| Al
DiMeola
Winter Nights - A collection of Christmas music from this great Jazz
guitarist. Songs include "Scarborough Fair", "Greensleeves" and other standards.
However this captivating album includes lots of interesting percussion
and a Ukranian playing the Bandura.
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| Herbie
Hancock
Head Hunters - Funky party jazz music! Get up and dance!
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| Hiroshima
Another Place - This is Hiroshima at their best! Asian influenced Jazz
with Taiko drums and Koto transport you to "another place". Far better
than their later, hard rockin' music.
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| Mahavishnu
Orchestra
The Lost Trident Sessions Mahavishnu Orchestra and John McLaughlin.
This just released CD features the 1973 London sessions with keyboardist
Jan Hammer, drummer Billy Cobham and violinist Jerry Goodman.
Apocalypse - John McLaughlin. This work was produced by George
Martin (of the Beatles). Excellent performances, inlcuding Jean Luc
Ponty on violin. This work is more melodic and listenable than much of
McLaughlin's other work.
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| Manhattan
Transfer
The Very Best of The Manhattan Transfer Tight jazz harmony is what
The Manhattan Transfer is about. Their upbeat, pop tunes have spawned
many hits, most of which are included here, like "Birdland", "Soul Food
to Go", "Boy From New York City" and "Tuxedo Junction".
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| Miles
Davis
Kind of Blue - Miles Davis A Milestone in modern jazz.
This album showcases not only Davis, but also John Coltrane, Bill Evans,
and Cannonball Adderly. this work explored and further defined what
a small jazz band can do.
 Sketches
of Spain - Miles Davis With Bill Evans and a full orchestra Miles
struts his stuff.
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Michael
Franks
Barefoot on the Beach - Michael Franks NEW!
Blue Pacific - Michael Franks We think it's his best!
Woman in the Waves, Speak to Me, Chez Nous are all infectious tunes.
Franks' romantic jazz poetry is enhanced by the interesting tight arrangements.
The Best of Michael Franks. Includes Popscicle Toes, Your Secret's
Safe With Me, The Art of Love.
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| Keith
Jarrett
The Koln Concert
This solo album recorded live in Germany in 1975 is a
classic. Jarrett's improvisational blend of jazz and classical keeps
you entralled all the way through!
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| Chuck
Mangione
The Feeling's Back - Chuck Mangione - NEW!
Recorded in New York's St. Peter's Episcopal Church,
Mangione performs his own Brazilian-jazz compositions as well as the songs
of famed Brazilian composers such as Antonio Carlos Jobim, Toninho Horta,
and Dori Caymmi. If you like Mangione, you should check out his classic,
Feels
So Good.
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| Pat
Metheny
Works - Pat Metheny Metheny at his mellowist. Excellent
pieces. Good for meditating or making love.
As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls - Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays.
Still Life (Talking)
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| Lee
Ritenour
Color Rit
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| Spyro
Gyra
 The
Best of Spyro Gyra
 Got
The Magic - New!
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| Steely
Dan
 Aja
- Probably Steely Dan's best album, this one is mostly smooth jazz.
All the cuts are great including Aja, Josie and Peg. Walter Becker and
Donald Fagen's excellent melodies and intricate structure is backed up
by the likes of Wayne Shorter (on Aja). A must in any modern jazz collection.
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| Grover
Washington Jr.
 Prime
Cuts 1987-99 Columbia Years This new release is scheduled to
come out in December 1999. Grover's smooth soulful jazz is great
for those romantic evenings. Also check out Winelight,
one of his best works which includes "Just the Two of Us", and "In The
Name of Love"
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| Weather
Report
Heavy Weather - Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter and Jaco Pastorius scored
big with this breakthrough ensemble piece.
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