Comments on: 10 Truly Great Jazz Performances

By: Bill "Doc" Webster

Bill "Doc" Webster — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 00:06:50 +0000

Perhaps it was excluded because it happened when live recording was still new, but
TO ME, the single GREATEST JAZZ PERFORMANCE was Charlie Parker’s solo on OH LADY BE GOOD, performed with Jazz at the Philharmonic. I THINK the year was 1946.

By: Jermaine

Jermaine — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 10:43:52 +0000

I’m glad to see you put Ahmad Jamal in here.

By: ShoresLady

ShoresLady — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 07:00:50 +0000

Would love a virtual tour of your collection. Hope you'll do a list of your faves to share with all. I so enjoy it when a song opens the door as you mention above. "That's All Right, Mama" did that for me in 1977 when trying to answer the question "Why Elvis?" After hearing Presley on Sun Records I sought out his influence Arthur "Big Boy" Cruddup, which jumped back to Lightnin' Hopkins' "Mean Ol' Frisco". And so it delightfully goes as the lines twist and twine.

By: ShoresLady

ShoresLady — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 06:50:58 +0000

Definitely include pianist, composer, bandleading pioneer Horace Silver in your Intro sessions. "Song for my Father" should easily win your heart and ears. It can be fun to choose the instrument that "speaks" to you and follow it to see how Chet Baker's cool California jazz trumpet compares to what Miles was doing at the same time. Listen to Cannonball Adderly, Sam Butera, Coleman Hawkins, and Gerry Mulligan on saxophone…you'll be swingin'.

By: ShoresLady

ShoresLady — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 06:43:40 +0000

I want to come over and listen to your jazz collection. My MA in Pop Culture means I can *****yze the album cover art and liner notes while we listen.

By: ShoresLady

ShoresLady — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 06:33:23 +0000

For the record: Louis Prima, composer,

By: herb.1 week ago

herb.1 week ago — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 02:42:05 +0000

enjoyed theclips very much. some of them were kind of blippy.

By: bart

bart — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:10:22 +0000

i think you should limit this kind of a list to one sub-genre
how come no fusion? or freejazz? or no coltrane from newport?

By: ElMorris

ElMorris — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 06:32:22 +0000

I think this one is really impressive: It is Cab Calloway Band featuring the Nicholas Brothers. Give it a try!

By: CastingCrowns

CastingCrowns — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:34:34 +0000

Wonderful World is a pop song. I would have chosen Potato Head Blues from 1927 as Louis Armstrong’s contribution to this list.