Live recordings

[Chrome]

The live Art Blakey disc w/Bud Powell and Barney Wilen sitting in on a couple of tracks is great, although I can't remember it's exact name ...

Clifford Jordan: The Night of the Mark VII is really good, too.

[PHILLYQ]

'Mingus at Carnegie Hall'- not a great disc, but I was there.

'Between Nothingness & Eternity' Mahavishnu Orchestra- recorded over two nights, and I was there for one night.

'A Night at the VV'- Sonny Rollins- listened to it last night and it's still great

'8:30'- Weather Report

'Agharta', 'Pangaea', 'Plugged Nickel', all the live stuff on the new box

John Zorn's Masada, at Seville & Tonic

Non jazz:

Allman Bros.- at the Fillmore

Santana- Lotus

J. Geils- Full House

James Brown- Love Power Peace(no home should be without it!)

[medjuck]

Costello @ the El Mocombo

Hey I was there! My wife, who's a journalist, got me in. Her hearing's still affected 25 years later. The cd captures it pretty well but it leaves out a guest appearance by Nick Lowe who sang "I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass".

[mikeweil]

Kenny Burrell at the Vanguard - both the trio version with Richard Davis and Roy Haynes and the two Guitar Band CDs on Blue Note with Rodney Jones and Bobby Broom

Mongo Santamaria at the Blackhawk

Cal Tjader at the Blackhawk

Wes Montgomery at Tsubo's

Ellington at Newport 56

any Clarke-Boland

Monk Big Band at Lincoln center 1963 !!!!!!

... just those that come to my mind right now.

[king ubu]

Mingus at Antibes!

[ADR]

Trane: "Complete 1961 Live at the Village Vanguard"

Miles: "Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel"

Mingus: "Live at Antibes"

Bill Evans: "Sunday at Village Vanguard/Waltz for Debby"

Cecil Taylor: "Nefertiti: The Beautiful One has Come"

DKV Trio: "Live at Wells and Chicago"

Fred Anderson: "Two Days in April"

Ornette Coleman: "At the Golden Circle"

Jimmy Giuffre: "Emphasis, Stuttgart 1961"

Keith Jarrett: "Complete Live at the Blue Note"

Masada: "Live in Sevilla"

Brad Mehldau: "Art of the Trio IV: Back at the Vanguard"

Monk: "Live at the It Club: Complete"

Wes Montgomery: "Full House"

Bird: "Complete Savoy Live Performances"

Greg Osby: "Banned in New York"

Sonny Rollins: "Our Man in Jazz"

Horace Tapscott: "The Dark Trees Vol.s I & II"

Steve Lacy: "Morning Joy"

Gary Bartz: "There Goes the Neighborhood"

[brownie]

Tony Fruscella and Brew Moore at the Open Door!

[EKE BBB]

-Louis Armstrong: The complete Town Hall concert 1947

-Albert Ayler: Live in Greenwich Village. The complete Impulse recordings

-Count Basie: Chatterbox live broadcastings 1937

-Art Blakey: A night at Birdland

-Buck Clayton All-Stars: Copenhagen concert

-John Coltrane: Live in the Village Vanguard

-Eric Dolphy: At the Five Spot

-Hawkins/Eldridge: At the Opera House

-Hawkins/Eldridge/Hodges: Alive! At the Village Gate!

-Duke Ellington: Fargo concert 1940

-Duke Ellington: Complete Prestige Carnegie Hall concerts 1943-44

-Duke Ellington: Newport 56

-Bill Evans: Sunday at Village Vanguard/Waltz for Debby

-Ella Fitzgerald: Ella in Rome

-Benny Goodman: 1938 Carnegie Hall concert

to be continued...

[catesta]

In no particular order:

1969 All Star Tribute to Duke Ellington

That's a good one!

Another live recording I really enjoy...

Very intimate, and I love the vibes Duke gives off.

Edited October 13, 2004 by catesta

[Dave James]

What...no mention of Shelly Manne's Live at the Blackhawk? Those five discs are ones I return to with great regularity. That band is as crisp as the snap of a chalk line. And, it's very well recorded.

Up over and out.

[Dr. Rat]

In no particular order:

1969 All Star Tribute to Duke Ellington

That's a good one!

Another live recording I really enjoy...

Very intimate, and I love the vibes Duke gives off.

I liked this record a lot, too. I've also seen critics who have trashed it. Never quite got that.

--eric

[catesta]

What's not to like? It's Duke being very much Duke.

I find a spin it a lot on Sundays when taking it easy.

It is for me a comfort cd.

[Sundog]

Mingus at Antibes has been mentioned a number of times and I totally agree. Also, have to put "Mingus In Wonderland" right up there.

[LAL]

The Audience With Betty Carter

Another to Art Blakey's A Night At Birdland

Duke at Basin Street East '64

Duke - Paris Jazz Concert

Duke - In the Uncommon Market

Come to think of it, all of Duke's concerts I've heard are favourites, some more than others. B-)

[paul secor]

Many of my favorites have already been mentioned, but I'll add some that I haven't seen posted:

Henry "Red" Allen: Feeling Good (Columbia)

Ornette Coleman: Coleman Classics Vol. 1

and it's companion album - The Fabulous Paul Bley Quintet

Ornette Coleman: Lenox School of Jazz Concert

Miles Davis and John Coltrane: Live in Stockholm - 1960

The Paul Desmond Quartet Live (A&M)

and its companion - Paul Desmond (Artists House)

Paul Desmond with the Modern Jazz Quartet: The Only Recorded Performance

Zoot Sims in Paris (UA)

The Real Lee Konitz

and its companion - Peter Ind Presents Lee Konitz in Jazz from the Nineteen Fifties (Wave)

Charlie Parker at the Open Door

Mal Waldron & Steve Lacy: Let's Call This

Steve Lacy & Mal Waldron: Herbe de L'Oubli & Snake Out

Coleman Hawkins: Live at the Golden Circle Stockholm 1963 (Dragon)

Ben Webster: Montmartre recordings (Black Lion)

Pres: Olivia Davis' Patio Lounge, Washington D.C. recordings

Bud Powell: Shaw Nuff (Xanadu) - especially the tracks with Johnny Griffin

Ornette's Golden Circle Recordings and Sonny's Our Man in Jazz have been mentioned, but they're both long time favorites of mine, and I thought I'd give them another shout.