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Posted by David Luebbert, 3/19/05 at 9:16:14 AM.

Listed below are albums that contain excellent performances of tunes that appear in The Changes. The album names are linked to the page on Amazon that describes that album. The song titles that are listed below an album title are recorded on that album and are linked to the page in The Changes that provides the chord sequence for that tune.

Each chord sequence page from SongTrellis that is reachable from this list includes a link which will allow you to hear a performance of the tune. Look for the link towards the bottom of the page that says "Listen to a sample performance of this song". Frequently, this link will allow you to hear the tune's entire melody as it's played with its chord accompaniment.

I've chosen to link to the Windows Media Player renditions on Amazon.com because those clips are playable by both Windows and Macintosh browsers. To listen to the samples, Mac users will need to install a plug-in for Windows Media Player that is available for download. On a high speed connection, the download takes about a minute.

I consider  the albums listed here to be the foundation of my own music collection. I recommend them to you enthusiastically. When one of these songs is mentioned, the album listed is the one that instantly comes to mind.

When the song is performed by the composer, as is true for many of the jazz compositions listed here, you'll be hearing their best ideas on how to interpret their piece.

Wayne Shorter - Night Dreamer

Night Dreamer
Oriental Folk Song
Virgo
Blue Nile
Charcoal Blue
Armageddon

Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil

Witch Hunt
Infant Eyes
Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum
Speak No Evil
Dance Cadaverous
Wild Flower

Wayne Shorter - Adams Apple

Adam's Apple
502 Blues
El Gaucho
Chief Crazy Horse
Teru

Wayne Shorter - The Soothsayer

Lost
The Big Push
Valse Triste

Wayne Shorter - JuJu

JuJu 
Deluge
Mahjong 
House Of Jade
Yes And No
Twelve More Bars To Go

Wayne Shorter - Schizophrenia

Go
Miyako

Bill Evans - Crosscurrents

Eiderdown

Bill Evans - Quintessence

A Child Is Born
Martina

Bill Evans - Moonbeams

Re:Person I Knew
If You Could See Me Now
Polka Dots And Moonbeams
In Love In Vain
Very Early

Bill Evans - Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Gloria's Step
Solar
All Of You
Alice In Wonderland

Bill Evans - Waltz For Debby

Waltz For Debby
My Romance
Detour Ahead
Some Other Time
I Loves You Porgy

Bill Evans - Affinity

Sno' Peas

Toots Theilemans - Ony Trust Yout Heart

Estate
Three And One
Rain Waltz
Only Trust Your Heart
Hello, Young Lovers

Ray Charles and Betty Carter

Everytime We Say Goodbye
Baby, It's Cold Outside
Cocktails For Two
Side By Side

Dinah Washington - Dinah Jams!

Lover Come Back To Me
I've Got You Under My Skin

Duke Ellington - The Blanton Webster Band

Warm Valley
Cottontail
Johhny Come Lately
I Don't Know What Kind Of Blues I Got
In A Mellow Tone
Harlem Air Shaft
What Am I Here For
All Too Soon
I Got It Bad
Take The A Train

Duke Ellington - His Mother Called Him Bill

Daydream
My Little Brown Book
UMMG
Lotus BlossomBlood Count
Rain Check

Duke Ellington and Mahalia Jackson- Black,Brown And Beige

Come Sunday

Duke Ellington and John Coltrane

In A Sentimental Mood
Big Nick

Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins

Solitude

Eric Dolphy-Outward Bound

245

Eric Dolphy - Last Date

The Madrig Speaks, The Panther Walks

Eric Dolphy - Far Cry

Miss Ann

Cecil Taylor - The World Of Cecil Taylor

This Nearly Was Mine

Charlie Mingus - Mingus Ah Um

Goodbye Porkpie Hat
Pussy Cat Dues

John Coltrane - Coltrane

Soul Eyes
Out Of This World
Inch Worm

John Coltrane - Crescent

Crescent
Wise One
Bessie's Blues

John Coltrane - A Love Supreme

Resolution
Pursuance

John Coltrane - Ballads

All Or Nothing At All
Say It (Over And Over Again)
What's New
It's Easy To Remember

John Coltrane - Lush Life

Lush Life
I Hear A Rhapsody
I Love You
Like Someone In Love

John Coltrane - Expression

Ogunde
Expression
Offering

John Coltrane - Live At The Village Vanguard

Chasin' The Trane
Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise

John Coltrane -Afro Blue/Impressions

Lonnie's Lament
Naima
I Want To Talk About You

John Coltrane - Live At Birdland

Afro-Blue
The Promise

John Coltrane - Giant Steps

Giant Steps
Cousin Mary
Spiral
Syeeda's Spng Flute
Mr. P.C.

John Coltrane - Ole Coltrane

Dahomey Dance
Aisha

Miles Davis - Sorcerer

Prince of Darkness
Pee Wee
The Sorcerer
Limbo

Miles Davis Complete Columbia Recordings 1965-1968

Circle
Footprints
Water Babies
Delores

Miles Davis - E.S.P.

E.S.P.
Eighty One
Iris

Miles Davis - Nefertiti

Nefertiti
Fall
Pinnochio

Miles Davis- Miles '58

On Green Dolphin Street
Fran-Dance

Miles Davis - The Complete Concert 1964: My Funny Valentine + Four

My Funny Valentine
Stella By Starlight
I Thought About You
Seven Steps to Heaven
There Is No Greater Love

Miles Davis - Workin'

It Never Entered My Mind
Four
In Your Own Sweet Way
Half Nelson

Miles Davis - Steamin'

Diane
When I Fall In Love
Surrey With The Fringe On Top

Miles Davis - Relaxin'

If I Were A Bell
You're My Everything

I Could Write A Book
Oleo
It Could Happen To You
Woody N You

Miles Davis - Cookin'

Airegin
Tune Up

Miles Davis - Miles Ahead

Miles Ahead
Meaning Of The Blues
The Duke
My Ship

Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue

Blue In Green
Freddie The Freeloader
All Blues
Flamenco Sketches

Clifford Brown - Clifford Brown and Max Roach

Delilah
Daahoud
Jordu
Joy Spring

Cannonball Adderly - Somethin' Else

Autumn Leaves
Dancing In The Dark
One For Daddy-O

Jim Hall - Live!

Angel Eyes
The Way You Look Tonight

Djavan - Bird Of Paradise

Carnaval No Rio
Doidice
Dou-não-dou

Wes Montgomery-The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery

West Coast Blues

Joe Henderson - Page One

Blue Bossa
Recorda Me
Homestretch

Joe Henderson - In N Out

Punjab

Joe Henderson - Inner Urge

Isotope

Joe Henderson - State Of The Tenor, Volume 1 and 2

Beatrice
Friday The 13th

Joe Henderson - Double Rainbow

A felicidade
Estrada branca (This Happy Madness)
Dreamer
Fotographia
Zingaro
Ligia

Joe Henderson - Mode For Joe

Carribean Fire Dance
Granted

Dexter Gordon - Go

Love For Sale

Dexter Gordon - A Swingin Affair

Soy Califa
Don't Explain
You Stepped Out Of A Dream

Dexter Gordon - Our Man In Paris

Scrapple From The Apple
Broadway
A Night In Tunisia
Willow Weep For Me

Dexter Gordon - The Panther

Body And Soul
Christmas Song
Mrs. Minniver

Dexter Gordon - Sophisticated Giant

Laura
How Insensitive

Barry Harris - Magnificent!

Bean And The Boys
Dexterity

Frank Morgan - A Lovesome Thing

A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing

McCoy Tyner - The Real McCoy

Contemplation
Search For Peace
Blues On The Corner

Lee Morgan - Search For The New Land

The Joker
Morgan The Pirate
Melancholee
Mr. Kenyatta

Lee Morgan - The Procrastinator

Soft Touch
Stop Start
Dear Sir
Rio
Party Time

Lee Morgan - The Gigolo

Speedball
Trapped
You Go To My Head

Lee Morgan - Cornbread

Ill Wind
Ceora
Our Man Higgins

Lee Morgan - The Sidewinder

Gary's Notebook
Hocus Pocus

Lee Morgan - Here's Lee Morgan

Running Brook

Pete La Roca - Basra

Lazy Afternoon

Art Blakey - Moanin'

Moanin
Along Came Betty

Art Blakey and The Jazz Messenger's - A Night In Tunisia

Yama
Kozo's Waltz
Sincerely Diana

Art Blakey and The Jazz Messenger's - The Freedom Rider

Blue Lace

Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers - Ugetsu

One By One
Ping Pong

Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers- Caravan
Sweet N Sour
This Is For Albert
Thermo

Freddie Hubbard - Ready For Freddie
Arietis
Crisis
Marie Antoinette

Freddie Hubbard - Open Sesame
One Mint Julep

Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage

Maiden Voyage
Eye Of The Hurricane
Dolphin Dance

Herbie Hancock - Empyrean Isles

One Finger Snap
Oliloqui Valley
Cantaloupe Island

Herbie Hancock - Takin' Off

Watermelon Man
Driftin'

Round Midnight Soundtrack

Never Said (Chan's Song)

V.S.O.P Quintet

Jessica
Little Waltz

Gene Ammons - The Gene Ammons Story: Gentle Jug

But Beautful
Someone To Watch Over Me
I'm Glad There Is You
Little Girl Blue
You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
Under A Blanket Of Blue
Street Of Dreams

Woody Shaw - Little Red's Fantasy

Little Red's Fantasy
In Case You Haven't Heard
Tomorrow's Destiny

Woody Shaw - Rosewood

Theme For Maxine

Larry Young - Unity

If
Beyond All Limits

Phil Woods - Musique Du Bois

The Summer Knows
Airegin
Samba Du Bois

Geri Allen - Twenty One

Lullaby Of The Leaves
A Beautiful Friendship

Milton Nascimento - Milton

Exits and Flags

Charlie Parker - Now's The Time

Now's The Time
Confirmation
I Remember You
The Song Is You

The Quintet - Jazz At Massey Hall

Perdido
Salt Peanuts
Wee
All The Things You Are
Hot House

Charlie Parker - Studio Chronicles 1940-1948

Yardbird Suite
Steeplechase
Relaxin' At Camarillo
Ornithology
Moose The Mooche
Marmaduke
Klactoveededstene
Donna Lee
Dewey Square
Cheryl
Buzzy
Bongo Bop
Bongo Beep
Blue Bird
Billie's Bounce

Charlie Parker -Swedish Schnapps

Si Si
Blues For Alice
Au Privave
Star Eyes
Lover Man

Stan Getz - Jazz Samba

Desafinado

Stan Getz - Getz/Gilberto

The Girl From Ipanema
Corcovado
O Grande Amor

Stan Getz - Captain Marvel

500 Miles High
Times Lie

Thelonious Monk - The London Collection, Volume 1

Crepescule With Nellie
Jackie-ing
Little Rootie Tootie
Nice Work If You Can Get It

Thelonious Monk - Genius Of Modern Music, Volume 1
Introspection
Thelonious
Ruby My Dear
In Walked Bud
Off Minor

Thelonious Monk - Brilliant Corners

Brilliant Corners
Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues Are
Bemsha Swing
Pannonica

Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins

Nutty
Work

Thelonious Monk - Underground

Ugly Beauty

Thelonious Monk The Complete Prestige Recordings

Think Of One
Blue Monk
We See
The Man I Love
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
Monk's Dream
Just A Gigolo
Hackensack
Bye-Ya
Reflections
Sweet And Lovely
These Foolish Things

Sonny Rollins - Sonny Rollins Next Album

The Everywhere Calypso
Keep Hold Of Yourself
Skylark

Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus

St. Thomas
You Don't Know What Love Is
Strode Rode
Moritat
Blues Seven

Sonny Rollins - The Bridge

Without A Song
Where Are You?
God Bless The Child
You Do Something To Me

Sonny Rollins - The Standard Sonny Rollins

Autumn Nocturne
Three Little Words
I'll Be Seeing You
Long Ago And Far Away
When You Wish Upon A Star

Sonny Rollins - Now's The Time

I Remember Clifford
Afternoon in Paris

Sonny Rollins - A Night At The Village Vanguard

Sonnymoon For Two
Old Devil Moon
I Can't Get Started
I'll Remember April
Get Happy

Chick Corea - Remembering Bud Powell

Bouncin' With Bud
Tempus Fugit

Bud Powell - The Amazing Bud Powell

Un Poco Loco
Dance Of The Infidels

Gil Evans - Priceless Jazz

La Nevada
Where Flamingos Fly

Oliver Nelson - Blues And The Abstract Truth

Stolen Moments
Cascades
Teenie's Blues

Keith Jarrett - Personal Mountains

Prism

Branford Marsalis - Royal Garden Blues

Dienda
Strike Up The Band

Vincent Herring - Days Of Wine And Roses

Triste
Dearly Beloved
Days Of Wine And Roses
Here's That Rainy Day
We'll Be Together Again

Karrin Allyson - From Paris To Rio

Plasir d'amour
My Little Boat
Inutil Paisagem (Useless Landscape)
Sous le Ciel de Paris (Under Paris Skies)




Last update: Thursday, September 15, 2005 at 4:05 AM.