Leonard Lyons (USA) - The 101 best jazz albums: A history of jazz on records (1980)

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Part One: Traditional Jazz

Ragtime: Classic and Harlem

Scott Joplin
1916 (1971) [Compilation]

Max Morath
The World of Scott Joplin (1991) [Compilation]

Eubie Blake
The Eighty-Six Years of Eubie Blake (1969)

Luckey Roberts / Willie "The Lion" Smith
Harlem Piano (1960)

James P. Johnson
The Original James P. Johnson (1973) [Compilation]

Fats Waller
Piano Solos: 1929-1941 (1977) [Compilation]



New Orleans, Dixieland and the Jazz Solo


King Oliver
King Oliver's Jazz Band 1923 (1975) [Compilation]

Louis Armstrong
The Genius of Louis Armstrong Volume 1: 1923-1933 (1971) [Compilation]

Louis Armstrong & Earl Hines
Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines 1928 (1981) [Compilation]

Bessie Smith
Nobody's Blues But Mine (1972) [Compilation]

Jelly Roll Morton
Jelly Roll Morton and His Red Hot Peppers (1926-1927) Volume 3 (1972) [Compilation]

Jelly Roll Morton
1923/24 [Milestone] (1974) [Compilation]

Bix Beiderbecke
The Bix Beiderbecke Story: Volume 2 - Bix & Tram (1956) [Compilation]



Swing and the Big Bands


Fletcher Henderson
Developing an American Orchestra 1923-1937 (1977) [Compilation]

Duke Ellington and the Jungle Band
"Rockin' in Rhythm" Vol. 3 (1929-1931) (1980) [Compilation]

Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington 1940 (1978) [Compilation]

Duke Ellington
The Duke Ellington Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1943 (1977)

Duke Ellington
The Golden Duke (1974) [Compilation]

Duke Ellington
Pure Gold (1978)

Count Basie
The Best of Count Basie (1980) [Compilation]

Count Basie
Sixteen Men Swinging (1977) [Compilation]

Earl Hines
Another Monday Date (1974) [Compilation]

Benny Goodman
The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert (1953)

Charlie Christian
Solo Flight: The Genius of Charlie Christian [Compilation]

Lionel Hampton
The Complete Lionel Hampton 1937-1941 (1975) [Compilation]

Lester Young
The Lester Young Story Vol. 1: Jones-Smith & Wilson-Holiday Inc. (1976) [Compilation]

Billie Holiday
The Billie Holiday Story, Vol. II (1973) [Compilation]

Art Tatum
The Art Tatum Solo Masterpieces, Vol. 3 (1975) [Compilation]

Woody Herman
The 3 Herds (1954) [Compilation]



Part Two: Modern Jazz


Bebop and Modern Jazz (The Earlier Styles)

Charlie Parker
The Very Best of Bird (1977) [Compilation]

Charlie Parker
Bird / The Savoy Recordings (Master Takes) (1976) [Compilation]

Dizzy Gillespie
In the Beginning (1974) [Compilation]

The Original Dizzy Gillespie Big Band
Dizzy Gillespie & His Big Band in Concert (1957)

The Quintet / Bud Powell
The Greatest Jazz Concert Ever [Compilation]

Thelonious Monk
The Complete Genius (1976) [Compilation]

Thelonious Monk
Brilliance (1975) [Compilation]

Thelonious Monk
Pure Monk (1973) [Compilation]

Art Blakey Quintet
A Night at Birdland, Volume 1 (1956) [Compilation]

The Horace Silver Quintet
Doin' the Thing: The Horace Silver Quintet at the Village Gate (1961)

Bud Powell
The Amazing Bud Powell, Volume 1 (1956) [Compilation]

Clifford Brown (with Max Roach)
The Quintet, Vol. 1 (1976) [Compilation]

Sonny Rollins
Saxophone Colossus and More (1975) [Compilation]

Sonny Rollins
More From the Vanguard (1975)

Dave Brubeck
Dave Brubeck's All-Time Greatest Hits (1974) [Compilation]

The Modern Jazz Quartet
European Concert (1960)

Miles Davis
'Round About Midnight (1957)

Miles Davis
Porgy and Bess (1959)

Miles Davis
Milestones (1958)

Erroll Garner
Concert by the Sea (1955)

Cannonball Adderley
Coast to Coast (1976) [Compilation]

Wes Montgomery
While We're Young (1973) [Compilation]

Joe Pass
Virtuoso (1974)

Oscar Peterson
In Concert

John Coltrane
Giant Steps (1960)



Modern Jazz Singers

Ella Fitzgerald
Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife (1960)

Count Basie & Sarah Vaughan
Count Basie / Sarah Vaughan (1961)

Carmen McRae
The Greatest of Carmen McRae (1977) [Compilation]

Betty Carter
Betty Carter (1976)

Lambert, Hendricks & Ross
The Hottest New Group in Jazz (1959)

Mose Allison
Seventh Son (1973)



Modern Jazz in Transition (The Later Styles)

Miles Davis
Kind of Blue (1959)

Miles Davis
'Four' & More: Recorded Live in Concert (1966)

Miles Davis Quintet
Miles Smiles (1967)

Bill Evans
The Village Vanguard Sessions (1973)

Bill Evans & Eddie Gómez
Intuition (1975)

Charles Mingus
The Charles Mingus Jazz Workshop: Stormy Weather (1971) [Compilation]

Charles Mingus
Passions of a Man: An Anthology of his Atlantic Recordings (1979) [Compilation]

Eric Dolphy
Copenhagen Concert (1973) [Compilation]

John Coltrane
My Favorite Things (1961)

John Coltrane
Coltrane "Live" at the Village Vanguard (1962)

John Coltrane
A Love Supreme (1965)

McCoy Tyner
Echoes of a Friend (1974)

McCoy Tyner
Enlightenment (1974)

Herbie Hancock
Maiden Voyage (1966)

Herbie Hancock
Speak Like a Child (1968)

V.S.O.P. the Quintet
V.S.O.P. The Quintet (1977)

George Russell
Other Thoughts (1975) [Compilation]

Freddie Hubbard
Breaking Point (1964)

Oliver Nelson
Three Dimensions (1978) [Compilation]

Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band
Insights (1978)



Part Three: Contemporary Jazz

Fusion (Jazz/Rock/Soul/Pop)

Miles Davis
Bitches Brew (1970)

The Mahavishnu Orchestra with John McLaughlin
The Inner Mounting Flame (1971)

The Crusaders
Scratch (1974)

Herbie Hancock
Head Hunters (1973)

Flora Purim
500 Miles High at Montreux (1976)

Chick Corea and Return to Forever
Light as a Feather (1973)

Return to Forever featuring Chick Corea
Where Have I Known You Before (1974)

Chick Corea
My Spanish Heart (1976)

George Benson
Weekend in L.A. (1978)

Chuck Mangione
The Best of Chuck Mangione (1978) [Compilation]

Weather Report
8:30 (1979)



Free Jazz

Ornette Coleman
The Shape of Jazz to Come (1959)

The Ornette Coleman Double Quartet
Free Jazz (1961)

Cecil Taylor
Unit Structures (1966)

Cecil Taylor
Silent Tongues (1975)

Sun Ra & His Arkestra
Live at Montreux (1978)

Anthony Braxton
The Montreux / Berlin Concerts (1977)

Keith Jarrett
The Köln Concert (1975)

Art Ensemble of Chicago
Nice Guys (1979)

Oregon
Out of the Woods (1978)

Air
Air Lore (1979)

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INFO https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Lyons
Leonard Lyons (born Leonard Sucher; 10 September 1906 - 7 October 1976) was an American newspaper columnist, best known for his New York Post column called "The Lyons Den."[citation needed]