Dave Brubeck／Time Out（Columbia, 1959） www.youtube.com This is an album that includes "Take Five" which everyone has heard before. This album is always introduced as an introductory album to jazz, but it is also a must-see album for jazz…

Keith Jarrett／Standards, Vol.1 www.youtube.com It's shocking that such a deep performance can be created from such a well-done standard song. This is an album where you can feel Keith's will power. He also has a sense of pride that they a…

Tommy Flanagan／Overseas（Prestige, 1958） www.youtube.com What I like about Flanagan is that the rolling piano sound never becomes frivolous. Although his playing style is directly descended from Bud Powell, his piano flows as smoothly as…

Booker Ervin／The Song Book（Prestige, 1964） www.youtube.com This is Booker Ervin's best masterpiece, playing the tenor saxophone with abandon. If you want a shower of tenor sound without logic, there's no better album than this. The over…

Johnny Griffin／The Kerry Dancers（Riverside, 1961） www.youtube.com This is Griffin's masterpiece. You can see that they are not just playing a lot, but are slowly and carefully progressing with their performance. Barry Harris's piano is …

Horace Parlan／Speakin' My Piece（Blue Note, 1960） www.youtube.com George Tucker's bass slowly invites the listener into a dark world, and Parlan's masterpiece "Wadin'" reveals its outline. The first solo was by Stanley Turrentine, who is…

Eric Dolphy At The Five Spot Vol.1（New Jazz, 1961） www.youtube.com Eric Dolphy was not blessed with a regular group. This album is his masterpiece with his only group, a double-headed combo with Booker Little. Dolphy's undulating alto sa…

Diana Krall／Turn Up The Quiet（Universal Music, 2017） www.youtube.com Jazz singer and pianist Diana Krall will come to Japan in May of this year. Her most attractive feature is her charming husky voice. She believes that the love of sing…

Herbie Hancock／Maiden voyage（Blue Note, 1965） www.youtube.com What is the difference between 50's jazz and 60's jazz ? This performance shows the difference most clearly. The atmosphere during the performance is completely different. In…

John Coltrane／Blue Train（Blue Note, 1957） www.youtube.com This is a very Blue Note-like Coltrane album. Coltrane, Lee Morgan, and Curtis Fuller's wind instruments are perfectly arranged. This is a classic hard bop masterpiece. This is a…

The Best Of Louis Armstrong: The Hot Five And Hot Seven Recordings（Columbia, 1926） www.youtube.com It sounds like a study in the history of jazz, but Satchmo in the 1920s is still wonderful. It doesn't take long to get used to the sound …

Carla Bley／European Tour 1977（Watt, 1977） www.youtube.com This album is the masterpiece of the 1970s by Carla Bley, a talented pianist, composer, and bandleader. The arrangement, which freely manipulates the electric sound while not ove…

Ann Burton／Ballads & Burton（CBS, 1969） www.youtube.com This album became more popular than the previous album "BLUE BURTON" due to the attractive song selection such as "Bang Bang". The highlight of this album is her unique singing styl…

Anita O'Day／Anita Sings The Most（Verve, 1957） www.youtube.com Anita sings on Oscar Peterson's swingy piano. You can feel the comfort among the technicians. It sounds like Anita sings with ease, but this is not a skill that can be develo…

Albert Ayler／Nuits De La Fondation Maeght 1970（Shandar, 1970） www.youtube.com This was Albert Ayler's last live performance, a hero of free jazz, and it was his masterpiece that brought tears to my eyes. In particular, the moving flow f…

James Blood Ulmer／Are You Glad To Be America ?（Axiom, 1992） www.youtube.com This is crazy guitarist Ulmer's best work. This is a pleasure album filled with blackness, dynamism, thrill, and the strong essence of black music. Ulmer's dist…

Chick Corea／Return To Forever（ECM, 1972） www.youtube.com It's hard for people to understand my shock when I came across this album. Human ears get used to it. I'm sure it's pleasant music, but I'm Fully aware that people will ask me wha…

Keith Jarrett／Staircase（ECM, 1976） www.youtube.com Keith has released tons of solo piano albums. If I had to choose one among them, I would choose this one. This is because, despite some overly sweet melodies and a bit of free-sounding …

Art Pepper／Surf Ride（Savoy, 1952） www.youtube.com This is a masterpiece album from Art Pepper's early days, where you can enjoy plenty of bright and brilliant alto sounds. That said, it's the hint of sadness in the phrasing that drives …

Chick Corea／Now He Sings, Now He Sobs（Solid State, 1968） www.youtube.com This album was the breakthrough work of Chick Corea, who gained attention as a sideman for Stan Getz. Bud Powell's influence can be seen, but everyone agreed that …

Kenny Drew Trio（Riverside, 1956） www.youtube.com If you want to listen to a piano trio that has a good vibe and swings, this is the album for you. It is no exaggeration to say that this album is Kenny Drew's masterpiece, a representative…

Bob Berg／Another Standard（Stretch, 1997） www.youtube.com ”You And The Night And The Music” runs at high speed, giving off an ominous atmosphere, and it's really cool. It's tryly modern jazz. Bob Berg is sometimes compared to Michael Bre…

八代亜紀／夜のアルバム（2012年） www.youtube.com Aki Yashiro also sings jazz standards. Although there are many sad songs in her repertoire, she herself seems to have a cheerful personality. When asked in a women's prison, "Who is the sing…

Dexter Gordon／Our Man In Paris（Blue Note, 1963） www.youtube.com This album is a restart session between the big names. Dexter Gordon, who went to Europe, performed with Bud Powell, who lives in Paris, for the first time in 17 years. Alt…

Count Basie／Basie & Zoot（Pablo, 1975） www.youtube.com Count Basie and Zoot Sims are an interesting combination. This is a quartet consisting of black big band leader and a white tenor player nicknamed Mr. Swinger. This combination is pe…

Art Blakey & Les Jazz-Messengers／Au Club Saint-Germain Vol.2（RCA, 1958） www.youtube.com This album is a masterpiece of funky jazz. At the live recording session at the Parisian club Saint-Germain, there was such an uproar that some peop…

Charles Mingus／Pithecanthropus Erectus（Atlantic, 1956） www.youtube.com No one but Charles Mingus can create such strong, self-asserting music. He perfectly manipulates the hard bop idol Jackie McLean, and even uses the strong-looking te…

Eric Dolphy／Outward Bound（New Jazz, 1960） www.youtube.com This is Dolphy's first work as a leader, but his style has already been perfected. We can enjoy his unique, violently fluctuationg phrasing from the beginning. It also goes well …

Clifford Brown And Max Roach At Basin Street（EmArcy, 1956） www.youtube.com The atmosphere of Clifford Brown and Max Roach's tow- headed band changed a bit after tenor player changed from Harold Land to newcomer Sonny Rollins. Their perfo…