Millions love this pianist/composer for his Peanuts music, but his biggest solo triumph, easily, was this 1962 LP. His imaginative interpretations of songs from the film Black Orpheus join Guaraldi... more

Never before released (not even as a bootleg), this 1976 concert was recorded at the Union Theater in Madison, Wisconsin. The ineffably influential piano genius is joined by Eddie Gomez and Eliot... more

One thinks of Blue Note when one thinks of Jazz Messengers studio recordings. This 1963 Riverside LP, though, captures them at the peak of their live powers at Birdland, with Blakey flanked by Curtis... more

Vinyl LP pressing. The second album by the original Bill Evans group - released in 1961 - was recorded after the pianist, bassist Scott LaFaro, and drummer Paul Motian had spent a year working... more

Red Garland's third session as a leader finds the distinctive pianist gliding deftly through eight standards (including 'Please Send Me Someone to Love,' 'Stompin' at the Savoy,' 'If I Were a Bell,'... more

Recorded on Norman Granz-produced tours in Berlin and Stockholm in the '60s, these performances weren't released on album until 1973. This is Trane's great quartet with McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison... more