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Robin Shier's

ESSENTIAL JAZZ RECORDINGS

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Geri Allen

  The Nurturer (Blue Note CDP 7 95139 2) 5/90
Louis Armstrong *** The Hot Fives Vol. I (CBS 460821-2) 11/25-6/26

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The Hot Fives and Hot Sevens Vol. II (CBS 463052-2) 6/26-5/27
Count Basie *** The Original American Decca Recordings (MCA GRP 36112-2) 1/37-2/39
  April in Paris (Verve 825575) 1/56
Bix Beiderbecke   Vol. I Singin' the Blues (CBS 466309) 2-9/27
  Vol. II At the Jazz Band Ball (CBS 460825) 10/27-4/28
Art Blakey   The Jazz Messengers at the Café Bohemia, Volumes 1, 2 (Blue Note CDP 746521-2, 746522-2) 11/55
  Moanin' (Blue Note COP 746516-2) 10/58
*** A Night in Tunisia (Blue Note CDP 784949-2) 8/60
*** Free for All (Blue Note BCT-84170) 2/64
Michael Brecker   Michael Brecker (Impulse! MCA 5980) 87
Clifford Brown ** Clifford Brown Memorial Album (Blue Note COP 781526) 6 & 8/53
  Study in Brown (EmArCy 814646)  
  In Concert (Vogue 655602) 4 & 8/54
Ornette Coleman ** This Is Our Music (Atlantic SD 1353) 10/59
  Free Jazz (Atlantic SD 1364) 12/60
John Coltrane   Soultrane (Original Jazz Classics OJC 021) 2/58
** Blue Train (Blue Note COP 7460952) 9/57
*** Giant Steps (Atlantic 781337-2) 5/59
  Ballads (MCA MCAD 5885)  
*** A Love Supreme (MCA DMCL 1648) 12/64
Chick Corea   Akoustic Band (GRP 838 396-2) 89
Miles Davis ** Birth of the Cool (Capitol COP 792862) 1/49-3/50
  Cookin' (Original Jazz Classics OJC 128) 10/56
  Relaxin' (Original Jazz Classics OJC 190) 5/56
  Workin' (Original Jazz Classics OJC 296) 5/56
  Steamin' (Original Jazz Classics OJC 391) 5/56
** Miles Ahead (CBS 460606) 5/57
*** Kind of Blue (CBS 32109) 3-4/59
** The Complete Concert 1964 My Funny Valentine + Four & More (Columbia C2K 48821) 2/64
** ESP (CBS 467899) 1/65
  Nefertiti (CBS 467089) 6-7/67
  Bitches Brew (CBS) 11/69
  We Want Miles (CBS) (CBS) 6/81
Eric Dolphy   Far Cry (Original Jazz Classics OJC 400) 12/60
  Out to Lunch (Blue Note COP 746522) 2/64
Duke Ellington *** The Blanton-Webster Band (RCA Bluebird 5659-2-RB) 3/40-7/42
*** Such Sweet Thunder (Columbia COL 469149 2) 56/57
Bill Evans ** Sunday at the Village Vanguard (Original Jazz Classics OJC 140) 6/61
  Waltz for Debby (Original Jazz Classics OJC 210) 6/61
Gil Evans *** New Bottle Old Wine (Pacific Jazz EMI COP 7 46855 2) 4-5/58
Dizzy Gillespie *** Shaw 'Nuff (Musicraft MVSCD-53) 2/45-11/46
Herbie Hancock ** Maiden Voyage (Blue Note 743392)  
Coleman Hawkins   Body and Soul (RCSA Bluebird ND 85717) 10/39-1/56
Woody Herman   The Thundering Herds 1945-47 (Columbia CK 44108) 2/45-12/47
Billie Holiday   The Quintessential Billie Holiday Vol. 4 1937 (CBS 463333) 2-6/37
Keith Jarrett   Still Live (ECM 1360/1) 10/89
J. J. Johnson   The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 1 (Blue Note B21 Y 81505) 6/53-6/55
Elvin Jones   Live at the Lighthouse (Blue Note COP 7844472) 9/72
Thad Jones/Mel Lewis   Thad Jones/Mel Lewis (LRC CDC 9004) 7/69, 1/70, 5/70
Wynton Marsalis   Black Codes (From the Underground) (Columbia CK 40009) 1/85
Charles Mingus   The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (MCA MCAD 5649) 1/63
Hank Mobley   Soul Station (Blue Note COP 7465282) 2/60
Thelonious Monk ** Genius of Modern Music: Vol. 1 (Blue Note 781510) 10/47-5/52
  Genius of Modern Music: Vol. 2 (Blue Note 781511) 10/47-5/52
Charlie Parker ** Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve (Verve 837141) 1/46-12/54
** Charlie Parker on Dial: Vol 1-6 (Spotlite SPJ 101 to 106) 2/46-12/47
*** The Charlie Parker Story (Savoy SV-01 05) 11/45
  The Quintet/Jazz at Massey Hall (Original Jazz Classics OJC 044) 5/53
Sonny Rollins   Way Out West (Original Jazz Classics OJC 337) 3/57
** Tenor Madness (Original Jazz Classics OJC 124) 5/56
Woody Shaw   Lotus Flower (Enja 4018) 1/82
Wayne Shorter ** Speak No Evil (Blue Note 746509) 12/64
  Juju (Blue Note 746514) 4/64
Art Tatum ** Classic Early Solos 1934-39 (MCA GRD 607) 8/34-11/37
Weather Report   Heavy Weather (Columbia)  

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