"You don't know what you like, you like what you know. In order
to know what you like, you have to know everything.”

- Ellis Marsalis                                


Important Jazz Artists


 

Soprano Saxophone
Alto Saxophone
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone
Trumpet
Trombone
Piano
Guitar
Bass
Drums

Vibes
Organ
Flute
Clarinet
Bass Clarinet
Violin
Cello
Harmonica
Steel Pan

Groups
Vocalists
Big Bands
Jazz Composers & Arrangers
Television & Film Composers
Educators
Theorists
Impresarios
Conductors
Jazz Writers
 

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  Soprano Saxophone  
David Liebman Jane Ira Bloom Kenny Garrett Wayne Shorter Sidney Bechet
         
  Sidney Bechet
Jane Ira Bloom
John Coltrane
Joe Farrell
Kenny Garrett
Steve Grossman
Steve Lacy
David Liebman
Chris Potter
Wayne Shorter
 




  Alto Saxophone  
Phil Woods Richie Cole Charlie Parker Paquito D'Rivera Lee Konitz
         
  Cannonball Adderley
Gary Bartz
Arthur Blythe
Benny Carter
Richie Cole
Ornette Coleman
Steve Coleman
John Coltrane
Paul Desmond
Eric Dolphy
Lou Donaldson
Paquito D'Rivera
Kenny Garrett
Herb Geller
Bunky Green
Jimmy Greene
Antonio Hart
Johnny Hodges
Lee Konitz
Charlie Mariano
Jackie McLean
Frank Morgan
Lennie Niehaus
Greg Osby
Charlie Parker
Art Pepper
Bud Shank
Jim Snidero
James Spaulding
Sonny Stitt
Bobby Watson
Steve Wilson
Phil Woods
John Zorn
 




  Tenor Saxophone  
Michael Brecker Sonny Rollins John Coltrane Joshua Redman Branford Marsalis
         
  Eric Alexander
Gene Ammons
Bob Berg
Jerry Bergonzi
Don Braden
Michael Brecker
Don Byas
Pete Christlieb
George Coleman
John Coltrane
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Bill Evans
Joe Farrell
Joel Frahm
Bud Freeman
Chico Freeman
Von Freeman
Stan Getz
Benny Golson
Paul Gonsalves
Dexter Gordon
Johnny Griffin
Scott Hamilton
Eddie Harris
Coleman Hawkins
Jimmy Heath
Joe Henderson
Illinois Jacquet
Clifford Jordan
Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Pat LaBarbera
Harold Land
Yusef Lateef
David Liebman
Charles Lloyd
Joe Lovano
Branford Marsalis
Warne Marsh
Don Menza
Bob Mintzer
Hank Mobley
James Moody
David Murray
Houston Person
Chris Potter
Dewey Redman
Joshua Redman
Sonny Rollins
David Sanchez
Pharoah Sanders
Archie Shepp
Wayne Shorter
Zoot Sims

Sonny Stitt
Ira Sullivan
Lew Tabackin
Stanley Turrentine
Grover Washington, Jr.
Ben Webster
Walt Weiskopf
Frank Wess
Lester Young
 




  Baritone Saxophone  
Gerry Mulligan Pepper Adams Nick Brignola Ronnie Cuber Gary Smulyan
         
  Pepper Adams
Nick Brignola
Serge Chaloff
Ronnie Cuber
Gerry Mulligan
Cecil Payne
Sahib Shihab
Gary Smulyan
 




  Trumpet      
Tim Hagans Freddie Hubbard Dizzy Gillespie Clifford Brown Miles Davis
         
  Nat Adderley
Louis Armstrong
Chet Baker
Terence Blanchard
Lester Bowie
Randy Brecker
Cecil Bridgewater
Clifford Brown
Donald Byrd
Don Cherry
Buck Clayton
Miles Davis
Kenny Dorham
Dave Douglas
Harry Edison
Roy Eldridge
John Faddis
Art Farmer
Dizzy Gillespie
Tim Hagans
Roy Hargrove
Tom Harrell
Freddie Hubbard
Ingrid Jensen
Thad Jones
Booker Little
Brian Lynch
John McNeil
Wynton Marsalis
Blue Mitchell
Lee Morgan
Fats Navarro
Nicholas Payton
Barry Ries
Red Rodney
Wallace Roney
Arturo Sandoval
Carl Saunders
Woody Shaw
Bobby Shew
Terell Stafford
Clark Terry
Cuong Vu
Scott Wendholt
Kenny Wheeler
 




  Trombone      
Slide Hampton Conrad Herwig J. J. Johnson Bob Brookmeyer Wycliff Gordon
         
  Bob Brookmeyer
Robin Eubanks
Carl Fontana
Curtis Fuller
Wycliff Gordon
Urbie Green
Slide Hampton
Conrad Herwig
J. J. Johnson
Julian Priester
Jim Pugh
Josh Roseman
Roswell Rudd
Steve Turre
Bill Watrous
 




  Piano      
Oscar Peterson Bill Evans Herbie Hancock Keith Jarrett Chick Corea
         
  Monty Alexander
Geri Allen
Lynne Arriale
Kenny Barron
Count Basie

Paul Bley
Alan Broadbent
Dave Brubeck
Ray Bryant
Jaki Byard
Joey Calderazzo
Michel Camilo
Bill Charlap
Cyrus Chestnut
Sonny Clark
Nat King Cole
Chick Corea
Stanley Cowell
Kenny Drew
George Duke
Taylor Eigsti
Eliane Elias
Duke Ellington
Tommy Flanagan
Hal Galper
Red Garland

Eroll Garner
Larry Goldings
Benny Green
Dave Grusin
Al Haig
Herbie Hancock
Sir Roland Hanna
Barry Harris
Gene Harris
Hampton Hawes
Fred Hersch
Andrew Hill
Earl Hines
Christian Jacob
Ahmad Jamal
Bob James
Keith Jarrett
Hank Jones
Bill Evans
Victor Feldman
Hank Jones
Geoffrey Keezer
Wynton Kelly
Kenny Kirkland
Steve Kuhn
John Lewis
Ramsey Lewis
Les McCann
Marian McPartland
Harold Mabern
Bill Mays
Lyle Mays
Brad Mehldau
Mulgrew Miller
Thelonious Monk
Jason Moran
Jelly Roll Morton
Phineas Newborn, Jr.
Alan Pasqua
Duke Pearson
Danilo Perez
Oscar Peterson
Michel Petrucciani
Bud Powell
Makoto Ozone
Marcus Roberts
Renee Rosnes
Gonzalo Rubalcaba
Sergio Salvatore
Joe Sample
George Shearing

Matthew Shipp
Horace Silver

Art Tatum
Billy Taylor
Cecil Taylor
Jacky Terrasson
Bobby Timmons
Lennie Tristano
McCoy Tyner
Cedar Walton
Kenny Werner
Randy Weston
James Williams
Mary Lou Williams
Teddy Wilson
Joe Zawinul
 




  Guitar      
Joe Pass Bill Frisell Pat Metheny Wes Montgomery Mike Stern
         
  John Abercrombie
Howard Alden
Laurindo Almeida
George Benson
Peter Berstein
Gene Bertoncini
Joshua Breakstone
Jimmy Bruno
Kenny Burrell
Charlie Byrd
Charlie Christian
Larry Coryell
Al DiMeola
Herb Ellis
Kevin Eubanks
Tal Farlow
Bill Frisell
Frank Gambale
Mick Goodrick
Freddie Green
Grant Green
Jim Hall
Scott Henderson
Allan Holdsworth
Charlie Hunter
Barney Kessel
Earl Klugh
Julian Lage
John McLaughlin
John McLean
Russell Malone
Pat Martino
Pat Metheny
Ben Monder
Wes Montgomery
Joe Pass
Bucky Pizzarelli
John Pizzarelli
Jimmy Raney
Django Reinhardt
Emily Remler
Kurt Rosenwinkel
John Scofield
Mike Stern
Ralph Towner
George Van Eps
Mark Whitfield
Atilla Zoller
 




  Bass      
Ray Brown Jaco Pastorius John Patitucci Christian McBride Victor Wooten
         
  Jeff Berlin
Jimmy Blanton
Ray Brown
Dave Carpenter
Ron Carter
Paul Chambers
Stanley Clarke
John Clayton
Scott Colley
Richard Davis
Jimmy Garrison
Eddie Gomez
Larry Grenadier
Charlie Haden
Percy Heath
Milt Hinton
Dave Holland
Anthony Jackson
Alphonso Johnson
Marc Johnson
Sam Jones
Scott LaFaro
Cecil McBee
Christian McBride
Marcus Miller
Charlie Mingus
William Parker
Jaco Pastorius
John Pattitucci
Gary Peacock
Niels Ørsted Pedersen
Oscar Pettiford
Lynn Seaton
Steve Swallow
Miroslav Vitous
Buster Williams
Victor Wooten
Reggie Workman
 




  Drums      
Peter Erskine Jack DeJohnette Steve Gadd Tony Williams Buddy Rich
         
  Joey Baron
Louie Bellson

Ed Blackwell
Brian Blade
Art Blakey
Terri Lynne Carrington
Dennis Chambers
Joe Chambers
Kenny Clarke
Jimmy Cobb
Billy Cobham

Vinnie Colaiuta
Steve Davis
Jack DeJohnette
Billy Drummond
Bobby Durham
Peter Erskine
Al Foster
Steve Gadd
Chico Hamilton
Jeff Hamilton
Billy Hart
Roy Haynes
Tootie Heath
Billy Higgins
Papa Jo Jones
Philly Jo Jones
Elvin Jones
Connie Kay
Billy Kilson
Gene Krupa
Stan Levy
Shelly Manne
Butch Miles
Airto Moreira
Bob Moses
Paul Motian
Alphonse Mouzon
Idris Muhammed
Lewis Nash
Adam Nussbaum
Ralph Peterson
Tito Puente
Bernard Purdie
Buddy Rich
Danny Richmond
Max Roach
Mickey Roker
Marvin “Smitty” Smith
Steve Smith
Ed Soph
Bill Stewart
Grady Tate
Ed Thigpin
Kenny Washington
Jeff "Tain" Watts
Dave Weckl
Lenny White
Tony Williams
Matt Wilson
 




  Vibes   Organ   Flute   Clarinet   Bass Clarinet  
Gary Burton Jimmy Smith Herbie Mann Eddie Daniels Eric Dolphy
         
  Roy Ayers
Gary Burton
Dave Friedman
Terry Gibbs
Lionel Hampton
Stefon Harris
Bobby Hutcherson
Milt Jackson

Joe Locke
Johnny Lytle
Steve Nelson
Red Norvo
Dave Samuels
Cal Tjader
Joey DeFrancesco
Charles Earland
Larry Goldings
Richard Holmes
Jack McDuff
Jimmy McGriff
John Medeski
Tony Monaco
Jimmy Smith
Dr. Lonnie Smith
Reuben Wilson
Larry Young
Sam Yahel
Eric Dolphy
Joe Farrell
Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Yusef Lateef
Hubert Laws
David Liebman
Charles Lloyd
Herbie Mann
James Moody
Bud Shank
Lew Tabackin
Frank Wess
Sidney Bechet
Don Byron
Paquito D'Rivera
Eddie Daniels
Buddy DeFranco
Pete Fountain
Jimmy Giuffre
Benny Goodman
Woody Herman
Ken Peplowski
Artie Shaw
Phil Woods
Eric Dolphy
Bob Mintzer
Art Pepper




  Violin       Cello   Harmonica   Steel Pan  
Stephane Grappelli Mark O'Connor David Baker Toots Theileman Andy Narell
         
  Regina Carter
Jerry Goodman
Stephane Grappelli
Michal Urbaniak
  Mark O'Connor
Jean-Luc Ponty
Stuff Smith
Joe Venuti
    David Baker   Toots Theileman
Gregoire Maret
    Andy Narell  




    Groups      
Flecktones Yellowjackets Take 6
     
  The Brecker Brothers
Bela Fleck
Brooklyn Funk Essentials
Head Hunters
The Hi-Lo’s
James Taylor Quartet
Jamiroquai
The Jazz Messengers
The Jazz Crusaders
Lambert, Hendricks & Ross
Mahavishnu Orchestra
Manhattan Transfer
Medeski, Martin & Wood
The Modern Jazz Quartet
New York Voices
Pieces of a Dream
Return to Forever
Rippingtons
Steps Ahead
Supersax
Swingle Singers
Take 6
Tribal Tech
Vital Information
Weather Report
World Saxophone Quartet
Yellowjackets
 




  Vocalists      
Mark Murphy Jon Hendricks Kurt Elling Bobby McFerrin Joni Mitchell
         
  Mose Allison
Karrin Allyson
Ernestine Anderson
Chet Baker
Patricia Barber
Tony Bennett
Andy Bey
Dee Dee Bridgewater
Betty Carter
Ray Charles
June Christy
Rosemary Clooney
Freddy Cole
Nat King Cole
Natalie Cole
Harry Connick, Jr.
Jamie Cullum
Bobby Darin
Billy Eckstine
Eliane Elias

Kurt Elling
Ella Fitzgerald
Michael Franks
Dave Frishberg
Giacomo Gates
Johnny Hartman
Jon Hendricks
Billie Holiday
Shirley Horn
Al Jarreau
Eddie Jefferson
Etta Jones
Norah Jones
Diana Krall

Cleo Laine
Peggy Lee
Abbey Lincoln
Kevin Mahogany
Bobby McFerrin
Carmen McRae
Joni Mitchell
Jane Monheit
Mark Murphy
Anita O’Day
John Pizzarelli
Arthur Prysock
Flora Purim
Kenny Rankin
Lou Rawls
Dianne Reeves
Diane Schuur
Nina Simone
Frank Sinatra
Carol Sloane
Luciana Souza
Esperanza Spalding
Dakota Staton
Tierney Sutton
Mel Torme
Sarah Vaughan
Dinah Washington
Joe Williams
Cassandra Wilson
Nancy Wilson
 




    Big Bands      
Count Basie Orchestra Vanguard Jazz Orchestra Woody Herman Orchestra
     
   

Jazz Big Bands
Toshiko Akiyoshi Big Band
Count Basie Orchestra
Louie Bellson Big Band
Bob Brookmeyer New Art Orchestra
Duke Ellington Orchestra
Maynard Ferguson
Gordon Goodwin Big Phat Band
Lionel Hampton Orchestra
Woody Herman Big Band
Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Big Band
Stan Kenton Orchestra
Rob McConnell's Boss Brass
Mingus Big Band
Bob Mintzer Big Band
Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band
Buddy Rich Big Band
Maria Schneider Orchestra
Vanguard Jazz Orchestra

Dance Bands
The Tex Beneke Orchestra
Les Brown and his Band of Renowns
Cab Calloway Orchestra
Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra
Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
Benny Goodman Orchestra
Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra
Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra
Glenn Miller Orchestra
Don Redman Orchestra
Brian Setzer Orchestra
Artie Shaw Orchestra
Chick Webb and His Orchestra
Paul Whiteman
 




  Jazz Composers & Arrangers      
Carla Bley Quincy Jones Duke Ellington Toshiko Akiyoshi Billy Childs
         
  Toshiko Akiyoshi
David Baker
Carla Bley
Paul Bley
Anthony Braxton
Alan Broadbent
Billy Childs
Duke Ellington
Don Ellis
Gil Evans
Russell Garcia
Michael Gibbs
Neal Hefti
Jerry Hey
Dave Holland
Bill Holman
Les Hooper
Gordon Jenkins
Antonio Carlos Jobim
Thad Jones
Quincy Jones
Billy May
Rob McConnell
Vince Mendoza
Don Menza
Charles Mingus
Bob Mintzer
Jelly Roll Morton
Sammy Nestico
Oliver Nelson
Ray Noble
Claus Ogerman
Don Redman
Nelson Riddle
Johnny Richards
Pete Rugolo
Don Sebesky
Maria Schneider
Billy Strayhorn
Steve Swallow
 




  Television & Film Composers      
Henry Mancini Howard Shore John Williams Dave Grusin Michael Kamen
         
  John Barry
Elmer Bernstein
Danny Elfman
Elliot Goldenthal
Jerry Goldsmith
Dave Grusin
Marvin Hamlisch
Jan Hammer
David Holmes
James Horner
James Newton Howard
Mark Isham
Ron Jones
Michel Legrand
Michael Kamen
Henry Mancini
Johnny Mandel
Alfred Newman
David Newman
Joey Newman
Lionel Newman
Randy Newman
Tom Newman
Mike Post
John Powell
Jeff Rona
Leonard Rosenman
Miklos Rozsa
Gustavo Santaolalla
Marc Shaiman
Howard Shore
Alan Silvestri
W.G. Snuffy Walden
John Williams
Patrick Williams
Hans Zimmer
 




  Educators   Theorists   Impresarios   Conductors   Jazz Writers  
Lennie Tristano George Russell Norman Granz Gunther Schuller Ben Ratliff
         
  David Baker
Charlie Banacos
Harold Danko
Mick Goodrick
Dan Haerle
David Liebman
Herb Pomeroy
Ramon Ricker
Lennie Tristano
George Russell Norman Granz Gunther Schuller Leonard Feather
Ben Ratliff



Valuable Jazz Sites

General
All About Jazz
Jazz Corner
Gallery 41
Jazz Online
JazzProfessional.com
JazzStandards.com
Ejazznews.com
Jazz Review
Ohio IAJE
Jazz Improv
Jazz Profiles
Piano Jazz
Drummer World
Jazz Clubs Worldwide
JazzFusion.TV
Top 100 Jazz CDs
The New Breed Top 100

Jazz Magazines
JazzTimes
Down Beat

Of Local Interest
Gilly's
Cityfolk
Jazz Central
The Jazz Kitchen




Learning Tools

Transcriptions & Patterns Recommended YouTube Videos

Brecker-isms
Jazz Sax Solos
Jazz Sax Solos 2
Jazz Guitar Solos
Coltrane Patterns
Jazz Trumpet Solos
Jazz Scales & Chords
Jazz Solo Transcriptions
Keith Jarret Transcriptions
Various Artist Transcriptions
Clark Terry Solo Transcriptions
Scale Choices for Improvisation
Pat Metheny Solo Transcriptions
Ray Brown's Diminished Patterns

Transcription Software
Transcribe!
Sound Idea
Slow Gold

Ear Training
Good Ear
Ear Plane
Ear Master
Interval Recognition Chart

The Real Book

History of the Real Book
Real Book Listening Guide

Jazz Publications

Jamey Aebersold

Articles & Essays
The Art of The Piano Trio
Ben Ratliff discusses Coltrane

Career Guidance
Artists House Music


Take 5
Al Jarreau & Kurt Elling

Hush Little Baby
Bobby McFerrin

In the Winelight
Kurt Elling

Big Country
Bela Fleck & the Flecktones

Letter From Home
Pat Metheny

Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Keith Jarrett

My Funny Valentine
Keith Jarrett

Manuscript Paper
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12 Stave
10 Stave
5 Two-Staff Systems
6 Two-Staff System
5 Two-Staff Systems with Clefs
6 Two-Staff Systems with Clefs
4 Three-Staff Systems with Clefs
Jazz Ensemble Scoring Paper




Student Transcriptions

Lee Dynes


Album
Next Generation
For Hamp, Red, Bags & Cal
Six Pack
Speak Like A Child
Live Wires/Yellowjackets



Zack Martinsek


Album
Sergio Salvatore
Something Cool/T. Sutton
Question & Answer



Kris Alavattam


Album
Spectrum
Know What I Mean?
Two Against Nature/S. Dan
Cannonball Takes Charge



Tyler Fosnight


Album
Live at the Show Boat
Don't Explain
Just In Case.../Sonny Stitt
In Style



Matt Buehrle


Album
Art of the Trio, Vol. 1
Live at the Blue Note
Like Minds/Gary Burton



Nate Duling


Album
Portrait In Jazz
The GB Cookbook
Standard Language



Chris Alverson


Album
Three Quartets/Chick Corea
Spectrum
Introducing Kenny Garrett


List of Standards

The Great American Songbook

Harold Arlen
Blues in the Night
Come Rain or Come Shine
It's Only a Paper Moon
Last Night When We Were Young
Let's Fall in Love
One for My Baby
Over the Rainbow
Sleepin' Bee
Stormy Weather
That Old Black Magic

Irving Berlin
Blue Skies
Cheek to Cheek
Just in Time
Puttin' on the Ritz
Steppin' Out with My Baby

Louis Bonfa
Black Orpheus
Gentle Rain

Hoagy Carmichael
Georgia on My Mind
The Nearness of You
Skylark
Stardust

Cy Coleman
The Best is Yet to Come
Witchcraft

Matt Dennis
Angel Eyes
Everything Happens to Me

Vernon Duke
April in Paris
Autumn in New York
I Can't Get Started
Taking a Chance on Love

Duke Ellington
C Jam Blues
Caravan
Come Sunday
Cottontail
Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me
Don't Get Around Much Anymore
I Got it Bad
I'm Beginning to See the Light
In A Mellow Tone
In A Sentimental Mood
It Don't Mean a Thing
Just Squeeze Me
Mood Indigo
Prelude to a Kiss
Solitude
Sophisticated Lady
What Am I Here For

George Gershwin
But Not For Me
Embraceable You
Fascinating Rhythm
A Foggy Day
I Got Rhythm
The Man I Love
Our Love is Here to Stay
Someone to Watch Over Me
Summertime
S'Wonderful
They Can't Take That Away From Me

Johnny Green
Body and Soul
Out of Nowhere

Jimmy Van Heusen
But Beautiful
Come Fly With Me
Darn That Dream
Here's That Rainy Day
Imagination
I Thought About You
It Could Happen To You
Like Someone in Love
Polka Dots and Moonbeams

Isham Jones
It Had to Be You
There is No Greater Love

Bronislau Kaper
Green Dolphin Street
Invitation

Jerome Kern
All the Things You Are
The Song is You
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Way You Look Tonight, The
Yesterdays

Burton Lane
Old Devil Moon
On a Clear Day

Michel Legrand
The Summer Knows
What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?
Watch What Happens
You Must Believe in Spring

Lerner & Loewe
Almost Like Being in Love
I've Grown Accustomed to Your Face
On The Street Where You Live

Henry Mancini
Charade
Days of Wine and Roses
Moon River
Two for the Road

Johnny Mandel
Emily
The Shadow of Your Smile
Suicide is Painless (M*A*S*H)

Ray Noble
Cherokee
The Very Thought of You

Gene De Paul
I'll Remember April
Star Eyes
Teach Me Tonight
You Don't Know What Love Is

Cole Porter
All of You
Begin the Beguine
I Get a Kick Out of You
I Love You
I've Got You Under My Skin
Just One of Those Things
Love for Sale
Night and Day
What is This Thing Called Love
You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To

Ralph Rainger
Easy Living
If I Should Lose You

Rodgers & Hammerstein
Hello, Young Lovers
If I Loved You
It Might As Well Be Spring
My Favorite Things
People Will Say We're in Love
Some Enchanted Evening

Rodgers & Hart
Bewitched
Blue Moon
Have you Met Miss Jones
I Could Write a Book
Isn't It Romantic
The Lady is a Tramp
My Funny Valentine
My Romance
Spring Is Here
Where or When

Victor Schertzinger
I Remember You
Tangerine

Arthur Schwartz
Alone Together
You and the Night and the Music

Billy Strayhorn
Chelsea Bridge
Lush Life
Satin Doll
Take the A Train

Harry Warren
At Last
I Only Have Eyes for You
Lullaby of Broadway
The More I See You
There Will Never Be Another You

Kurt Weill
Mack the Knife
My Ship
September Song
Speak Low

Victor Young
My Foolish Heart
Stella By Starlight
When I Fall in Love

Various Composers
Ain't Misbehavin'
All of Me
As Time Goes By
Autumn Leaves
Bye Bye Blackbird
East of the Sun
Fly Me to the Moon
Fools Rush In
God Bless the Child
Gone With the Wind
Good Morning Heartache
How High the Moon
I Can't Give You Anything But Love
If I Were a Bell
Indiana (Back Home in Indiana)
Just Friends
Laura
Moonlight in Vermont
My One and Only Love
The Night Has a Thousand Eyes
Secret Love
Softly as a Morning Sunrise
Someday My Prince Will Come
Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most
Summer Wind
Sweet Georgia Brown
Tenderly
That's All
These Foolish Things
Till There Was You
Unforgettable
What's New
When Lights are Low
When Sunny Gets Blue
Willow Weep for Me
You Stepped Out Of a Dream
You've Changed

Jazz Standards

Nat Adderly
Work Song

Dave Brubeck
Blue Rondo à la Turk
The Duke
In Your Own Sweet Way

Other influential recordings
Take Five

Clifford Brown
Daahoud
Joyspring
Sandu

Other influential recordings
I'll Remember April
Jordu

John Coltrane
Blue Train
Central Park West
Countdown
Giant Steps
Grand Central
Impressions
Lazy Bird
Lonnie's Lament
Moment's Notice
Mr. P.C.
Naima

Other influential recordings
Afro Blue
Invitation
My Favorite Things
My One and Only Love
The Night Has 1000 Eyes

Chick Corea
500 Miles High
Armando's Rhumba
Captain Marvel
Crystal Silence
Got a Match?
Humpty Dumpty
La Fiesta
Now He Sings, Now He Sobs
Open Your Eyes You Can Fly
Sea Journey
Senor Mouse
Spain
Tones For Joan's Bones
Windows

Tadd Dameron
Good Bait
If You Could See Me Now
Lady Bird

Miles Davis
All Blues
Blue In Green
Boplicity
Eighty-One
E.S.P.
Four
Freddie the Freeloader
Gingerbread Boy
Half Nelson
Israel
Milestones
Nardis
Nature Boy
Nefertiti
Pinnochio
Seven Steps To Heaven
Solar
So What
Tune Up
Walkin'

Other influential recordings
Bye Bye Blackbird
Dear Old Stockholm
Freedom Jazz Dance
Green Dolphin Street
If I Were a Bell
Minority
My Funny Valentine
Someday My Prince
Stella by Starlight
When Lights Are Low

Bill Evans
Peri's Scope
Remembering the Rain
Time Remembered
Turn Out The Stars
Very Early
Waltz for Debbie

Other influential recordings
Alice in Wonderland
Emily
Gloria's Step
How My Heart Sings

Errol Garner
Misty

Dizzy Gillespie
Groovin' High
Night in Tunisia, A
Woody'n You

Benny Golson
I Remember Clifford
Killer Joe
Whisper Not

Lionel Hampton
Flying Home
Midnight Sun

Herbie Hancock
Chameleon
Dolphin Dance
Eye Of The Hurricane
Maiden Voyage
One Finger Snap
The Sorcerer
Watermelon Man

Neil Hefti
Cute
Girl Talk
Li'l Darlin'
The Odd Couple Theme

Joe Henderson
Black Narcissus
Inner Urge
Recordame

Other influential recordings
Blue Bossa

Freddie Hubbard
Intrepid Fox
Red Clay
Up Jumped Spring

Antonio Carlos Jobim
Corcovado
Desafinado
Dindi
Girl from Ipanema, The
How Insensitive
Meditation
Once I Loved
One Note Samba
Summer Samba
Triste
Wave

Thad Jones
A Child Is Born

John Lewis
Afternoon in Paris
Skating In Central

Thelonious Monk
Straight, No Chaser
Well, You Needn't
Round Midnight
Rhythm-A-Ning

Gerry Mulligan
Five Brothers

Oliver Nelson
Stolen Moments

Charlie Parker
Anthropology
Au Privave
Billie's Bounce
Blues for Alice
Confirmation
Dewey Square
Dexterity
Donna Lee
Moose the Mooche
My Little Suede Shoes
Now's the Time
Ornithology
Scrapple from the Apple
Thriving From A Riff
Yardbird Suite

Other influential recordings
Cherokee

Bud Powell
Bouncin' With Bud

Sonny Rollins
Airegin
Doxy
Oleo
Pent-Up House
St. Thomas

George Shearing
Lullaby of Birdland

Horace Silver
Nica's Dream
Nutville
Peace
The Preacher
Sister Sadie
Song for My Father

Steve Swallow
Eidertown
Falling Grace
I'm Your Pal

Wayne Shorter
Black Nile
Delores
El Gaucho
Fall
Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum
Footprints
Ju-Ju
Night Dreamer
Speak No Evil
Wildflower

Toots Theileman
Bluesette

Joe Zawinul
Birdland
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy




Jazz Arts CD Library

Pianists

Lynne Arriale
Kenny Barron
David Benoit
Alan Broadbent
David Brubeck
Michel Camilo
Bill Charlap
Chick Corea
Chick Corea
Chick Corea
Chick Corea
Chick Corea
Chick Corea
Chick Corea & Gary Burton
Eldar
Eliane Elias
Bill Evans
Bill Evans
Bill Evans
Bill Evans
Bill Evans
Bill Evans
Tommy Flanagan
Benny Green
Dave Grusin
Dave Grusin
Dave Grusin
Dave Grusin
Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock
Gene Harris
Gene Harris
Gene Harris
Fred Hersch
Ahmad Jamal
Ahmad Jamal
Keith Jarrett
Keith Jarrett
Keith Jarrett
Keith Jarrett
Keith Jarrett
Keith Jarrett
Lyle Mays
Brad Mehldau
Oscar Peterson
Oscar Peterson
Oscar Peterson
Oscar Peterson
Oscar Peterson
Oscar Peterson
Sergio Salvatore
Sergio Salvatore
Joe Sample
George Shearing
Paul Tardif
McCoy Tyner
Horace Silver
Frank Vincent
Kenny Werner
Kenny Werner

Inspiration
Spirit Song
The Best of David Benoit
You and the Night and the Music
Time Out
Thru My Eyes
Written in the Stars
Return to Forever
Light as a Feather
Rendezvous in New York
Concerto
Akoustic Band
Time Warp
The New Crystal Silence
Eldar
Everything I Love
At the Village Vanguard
Best of Bill Evans Live
With Symphony Orchestra
Verve Jazz Masters 5
Portrait in Jazz
Waltz for Debby
The Birthday Concert
These are Soulful Days
Out of the Shadows
Two for the Road
West Side Story
The Firm
Gershwin's World
Head Hunters
Maiden Voyage
The New Standard
An Evening With Hancock & Corea
River: The Joni Letters
Black and Blue
At Last
World Tour 1990
Songs We Know
Digital Works
Complete Live at the Pershing
At the Blue Note
Standards Live
Up For It
Whisper Not
My Song
The Koln Concert
Solo
Art of the Trio
Exclusively for my Friends
We Get Requests
Trio+One (with Clark Terry)
Oscar Peterson and the Bassists
Oscar in Paris
At Newport
Sergio Salvatore
Point of Presence
Voices in the Rain
Back to Birdland
Points of Departure
The Real McCoy
Song for My Father
Close enough for Jazz
Form and Fantasy
Beat Degeneration

   

Organists

 
Jimmy Smith Back at the Chicken Shack
   

Saxophonists

Michael Brecker
Michael Brecker
Cannonball Adderley
Cannonball Adderley
Rich Chiaraluce
John Coltrane
John Coltrane
John Coltrane
Paul Desmond
Joel Frahm
Kenny Garrett
Kenny Garrett
Stan Getz
Stan Getz & JJ Johnson
Stan Getlz & Joao Gilberto
Scott Hamilton
Joe Henderson
Joe Henderson
Lee Konitz
Joe Lovano
Branford Marsalis
Hank Mobley
Gerry Mulligan & Chet Baker
Oliver Nelson
Charlie Parker
Charlie Parker
Joshua Redman
Joshua Redman
Sonny Rollins
Sonny Rollins
Bud Shank
Wayne Shorter
Zoot Simms
Sonny Stitt
Supersax
Phil Woods
Phil Woods
Various Saxophonists

Wide Angles
Nearness of You
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy!
Verve Jazz Masters 31
Because I Love You
Blue Trane
Giant Steps
A Love Supreme
The Best of Paul Desmond
Don't Explain
Standards of Language
Songbook
Anniversary
At the Opera House
Getz/Gilberto
Blues, Bop & Ballads
So Near, So Far
Page One
Motion
Trio Fascination
Contemporary Jazz
No Room for Squares
Complete 1953 Studio Masters
The Blues and the Abstract Truth
Diz 'N Bird at Carnegie Hall
Ken Burns Jazz
Joshua Redman
Freedom in the Groove
Saxophone Colossus
Tenor Madness
Bud Shank plays Harold Arlen
Footprints live!
Zoot Simms & the Gershwin Brothers
In Style
Supersax Plays Bird
Musique Du Bois
Into the Woods
The Art of Jazz Saxophone
      - The Masters
      - Be Bop and Beyond
      - Classic Sounds
      - Explore
      - Impressions

   

Trumpeters

 

Terence Blanchard
Clifford Brown
Clifford Brown
Clifford Brown
Miles Davis
Miles Davis
Miles Davis
Miles Davis
Miles Davis
Miles Davis
Miles Davis
Miles Davis
Miles Davis
Miles Davis
Miles Davis
Art Farmer
Dizzy Gillespie
Freddie Hubbard
Freddie Hubbard
Wynton Marsalis
Lee Morgan
Gerry Mulligan & Chet Baker
Clark Terry

Wandering Moon
Clifford Brown & Max Roach
Clifford with Strings
Definitive Collection
'Round About Midnight
Live at the Filmore East
Live Around the World
Best of Capital/Blue Note
Best of Miles Davis & John Coltrane
Birth of the Cool
Kind of Blue
Miles Davis & the Modern Jazz Giants
Miles Smiles
Milestones
Bitches Brew
Farmer's Market
Diz 'N Bird at Carnegie Hall
The Best of Freddie Hubbard
Red Clay
Standard Time
The Sidewinder
Complete 1953 Studio Masters
Trio+One (with Oscar Peterson)

   

Guitarists

 

George Benson
Tal Farlow
Jim Hall
Russell Malone
Pat Martino
John McLean
Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny
Wes Montgomery
Joe Pass
Mike Stern
Mark Whitfield

This is Jazz
Finest Hour
Concierto
Sweet Georgia Peach
Footprints
Easy Go
American Garage
The Road To You
Secret Story
Speaking of Now
Finest Hour
The best of Joe Pass
Standards
7th Ave. Stroll

   

Bassists

 

Ray Brown
Dave Holland
Jaco Pastorius

Live at Starbucks
Prime Directive
Jaco Pastorius

   

Drummers

 

Art Blakey
Peter Erskine
Peter Erskine
Harvey Mason
Todd Reid
Buddy Rich
Rich & Herman Bands
Dave Weckl

Moanin'
Live at Rocco
Badlands
With All My Heart
Cymbal of Desire
The Best of Rich: The Pacific Years
Big Band Jazz
Dave Weckl Band

   

Other

 

Claude Bolling
Gary Burton
Eddie Daniels
Mark O'Connor
Mark O'Connor
TRI-OCITY
Paul Winter

Vintage Bolling
Like Minds
The Five Seasons
Fiddle Concerto
Appalachian Journey
Art of Jazz Organ Trio
Greatest Hits

   

Vocalists

 

Mose Allison
Karrin Allyson
Ernestine Anderson
Tonny Bennett
Andy Bey
Andy Bey
Dee Dee Bridgewater
Betty Carter
Betty Carter
Ray Charles
Ray Charles
June Christy
Nat King Cole
Jamie Cullem
Billy Eckstine
Eliane Elias
Kurt Elling
Kurt Elling
Kurt Elling
Kurt Elling
Kurt Elling
Ella Fitzgerald
Giacomo Gates
Shirley Horn
Al Jarreau
Al Jarreau
Al Jarreau
Eddie Jefferson
Diana Krall
Diana Krall
Abbey Lincoln
Abbey Lincoln
Monica Mancini
Kevin Mahogany
Bobby McFerrin
Bobby McFerrin
Bobby McFerrin
Carmen McRae
Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell
Mark Murphy
Anita O'Day
John Pizzarelli
John Pizzarelli
John Pizzarelli
Arthur Prysock
Kenny Rankin
Kenny Rankin
Lou Rawls
Lou Rawls
Dianne Reeves
Dianne Reeves
Diane Schuur
Frank Sinatra 
Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra 
Carol Sloane
Carol Sloane 
Tierney Sutton
Tierney Sutton
Tierney Sutton
Tierney Sutton
Esperanza Spalding
Torme & Shearing
Mel Torme
Dinah Washington
Dinah Washington
Cassandra Wilson
Nancy Wilson
Nancy Wilson
Nancy Wilson
Sarah Vaughan
Sarah Vaughan

Jazz Profile
By Request: The Best of Karrin Allyson
I Love Being Here With You
Complete Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Recordings
Tuesdays in Chinatown
Ain't Necessarily So
Red Earth
Look What I Got
Inside Betty Carter
Anthology
Genius Loves Company
The Jazz Sessions: June Christy
The Essential Masters of Jazz
Twentysomething
No Cover  No Minimum
Eliane Elias sings Jobim
This Time It's Love
Live in Chicago
Nightmoves
Man in the Air
Dedicated to You
The Definitive Ella Fitzgerald
Centerpiece
You Won't Forget Me
Accentuate the Positive
Best of Al Jarreau
Glow
The Jazz Singer
Live in Paris
When I Look in your Eyes
Wholly Earth
Over the Years
Monica Mancini
You Got What it Takes
Don't Worry, Be Happy
Bobby McFerrin
The Voice
Live at Bubba's
Both Sides Now
Mingus
Shadows and Light
Jazz Standards
Verve Jazz Masters 49
Dear Mr. Cole
John Pizzarelli Meets the Beatles
After Hours
The Best of Arthur Prysock
Kenny Rankin Album
Haven't We Met?
Lou Rawls Live
Seasons 4U
The Calling
I Remember
Friends for Schuur
Classic Sinatra
Sinatra at the Sands
Sinatra and Jobim
Love You Madly
The Real Thing
Blue in Green
Dancing in the Dark
Something Cool
Desire
Esperanza
An evening at Charlie's
Mel Torme with Buddy Rich Orchestra
The Millennium Collection
Dinah Washington's Finest Hour
Sings Standards
If I Had My Way
Best of Nancy Wilson
Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley
Golden Hits
Send in the Clowns

   

Big Bands

 

Count Basie
Blue Wisp Big Band
Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass
Jaco Pastorius Big Band
Buddy Rich
Rich & Herman Bands

Prime Time
Butterfly
Live at the Blue Note
Ken Burns Jazz
Mel Torme, Rob McConnell
Word of Mouth Revisited
The Best of Rich: The Pacific Years
Big Band Jazz

   

Groups

 

Bela Fleck
Bela Fleck
Manhattan Transfer
Modern Jazz Quartet
NY Hardbop Quartet
New York Voices
The Swingle Singers
Take Six
Take Six
Take Six
Take Six
Take Six
Take Six
Weather Report
Various Artists
Yellow Jackets
Yellow Jackets
Yellow Jackets

Live Art
Outbound
The Anthology: Down in Birdland
Concorde
Rokermotion
A Day Like This
Mood Swings
Live
Brothers
So Much To Say
Take Six
So Cool
Join the Band
Heavy Weather
Tribute to Weather Report
Collection
Live Wires
Club Nocturne

   

Jazz Collections

 

Jazz Masters Vo.2
Jazz Masters Vo.3
Jazz Masters Vo.4
The Smithsonian Collection of Jazz
The Story of America's Music - Ken Burns Jazz

Rock and R&B  

Earth, Wind & Fire
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Michael McDonald
Sting
Tower of Power
Rick Wakeman
Stevie Wonder

Greatest Hits
Best of ELP
Motown
Best of (1984-1994)
The Very Best of T.O.P.
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
The Definitive Collection
   
Videos  
Oscar Peterson
Oscar Peterson
Oscar Peterson
Oscar Peterson
Chick Corea Akoustic Band
Chick Corea
Buddy Rich
Buddy Rich
Woody Herman
Jazz: A Film by Ken Burns
Miles Davis
Joni Mitchell
Ray Charles
Bruce Hornsby
Dave Grusin
Dave Grusin
Dizzy Gillepsie
GRP
DeJohnette
Jane Monheit
Simon & Garfunkel
Keith Jarrett
Keith Jarrett
Music in the Key of Oscar
Trio '77
A Night in Vienna
The Berlin Concert
Alive
A Very Special Concert
Channel One Suite
The Lost Tapes
Woodchopper's Ball
Ken Burns
The Miles Davis Story
Shadows and Light
Ray Charles Live
Bruce Hornsby and Friends
N.Y./L.A. Dream Band
West Side Story
Dizzy's Dream Band
Live in Session
In Concert: 1990
Live at the Rainbow Room
The Concert in Central Park
Standards I/II
Live in Japan 93/96


Jazz Arts Book Library

Jazz Improvisation and Theory

 

Jazz Theory and Practice
Jazzology
Creative Jazz Improvisation (3rd ed.)
The Jazz Language
The Jazz Sound
Jazz Improv: How to Play and Teach It
Harmonic Foundation for Jazz and Popular Music
The Jazz Theory Book
Beyond Functional Harmony
Contemporary Harmony
Thinking in Jazz
Charlie Parker and Thematic Improvisation
The Augmented Scale in Jazz
Handbook of Chord Substitutions

Lawn and Hellmer
Robert Rawlins
Scott D. Reaves
Dan Haerle
Dan Haerle
Jimmy Amadie
Jimmy Amadie
Mark Levine
Wayne J. Naus
Ludmila Ulehla
Paul F. Berliner
Henry Martin
Weiskopf and Ricker
Andy Laverne

Composition and Arranging

 

Jazz Composition - Theory and Practice
The Professional Arranger Composer
The Professional Arranger Composer Book II
The Contemporary Arranger
Modern Arranging Technique
Scoring for Films
Sounds and Scores
Composition and Orchestration

Ted Pease
Russell Garcia
Russell Garcia
Don Sebesky
Gordon Delamont
Earl Hagen
Henry Mancini
William Russo

Varied Topics

 

Effortless Mastery
Jazz Pedagogy
Studio Basics
The Truth About the Music Business
2006 Songwriter's Market
The Guide to Midi Orchestration
The Nashville Number System
How to be a Working Musician
Harvard Concise Dictionary of Music
The Musician's Business & Legal Guide

Kenny Werner
David Baker
Richard Mansfield
Steve Moore
Ian Bessler, editor
Paul Gilreath
Chas Williams
Mike Levine
Don Michael Randel
Mark Halloran, Esq.

Ear Training

 

Hearin' the Changes
Training the Ear
Ear Training for Improvisers
Jazz Ear Training

Jerry Coker
Armen Donelian
Thom David Mason
Jamey Aebersold

Jazz History and Biography

 

The History of Jazz
Jazz: America's Classical Music
The Jazz Book: From Ragtime to Fusion and Beyond
Jazz: A History of America's Music
Jazz: The First Century
Jazz: The Rough Guide
Jazz: The 1980's Resurgence
Keeping Time: Readings in Jazz History
Notes & Tones: The Musician-to-Musician Interviews
Blue: The Murder of Jazz
Bill Evans: How My Heart Sings
Keith Jarrett

Ted Gioia
Grover Sales
Joachim Bevendt
Ken Burns
John Edward Hasse
Carr, Fairweather & Priestley
Stuart Nicholson
Robert Walser
Arthur Taylor
Eric Nisenson
Peter Pettinger
Ian Carr

Jazz Piano

 

The Contemporary Keyboardist
The Jazz Piano Book
Jazz Piano Harmony
Jazz Improvisation for Keyboard Players
The Pop Piano Book
Blues, Jazz and Rock Riffs for Keyboards
Play Like a Pro
Dick Hyman: Piano Pro

John Novello
Mark Levine
Bill Dobbins
Dan Haerle
Mark Harrison
William Eveleth
Various Authors
Dick Hyman

Jazz Piano Transcriptions

 
Oscar Peterson: Note for Note
Jazz Piano Transcribed Solos
Bill Evans: The Last Compositions
The Genius of George Shearing
The Gene Harris Collection
The Ahmad Jamel Collection
Kenny Barron: The Collection
Bud Powell Classics
Art Tatum Solo Book
Preludes

Oscar Peterson, Miles Black
Brian Priestly







Bill Dobbins
Other Jazz Transcriptions  
Charlie Parker Omni Book
Jazz Transcription


Niels Lan Doky
Aebersold Play-A-Longs  
Volume 1: How to Play Jazz and Improvise
Volume 3: The II-V7-I Progression
Volume 6: Charlie Parker
Volume 25: All-Time Standards
Volume 31: Jazz Bossa Novas
Volume 43: Groovin' High
Volume 54: Maiden Voyage
Volume 59: Invitation

 
Several Fake Books  
   
Several Combo Charts