Jazz
I note down here what I listen to, what I learn, and what I explore: discovered albums and musicians, progress (and struggles) with the instrument, and detours through history and theory.
A selection of my favourite albums, neither exhaustive nor set in stone.
Giant Steps
John Coltrane · 1960
The Mood
Maurice Brown · 2017
Idle Moments
Grant Green · 1965
Culcha Vulcha
Snarky Puppy · 2016
Maiden Voyage
Herbie Hancock · 1965
Get Ready
Carl Allen & Rodney Whitaker · 2007
My Latin Heart
Roger Glenn · 2025
Afrodeezia
Marcus Miller · 2015
Tuff Times Never Last
Kokoroko · 2025
Pithecanthropus Erectus
Charles Mingus · 1956
Time Out
The Dave Brubeck Quartet · 1959
Hank Mobley
Hank Mobley · 1957
Saxophone Colossus
Sonny Rollins · 1956
The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery
Wes Montgomery · 1960
Feel Good Music
Endea Owens · 2023
This Is All I Ask
NHØP · 1998
Blue Giant
Hiromi Uehara · 2023
Kind of Blue
Miles Davis · 1959
Bass on Top
Paul Chambers · 1957
Pié Coco'a
Nicolas Lossen · 2016
Moanin'
Art Blakey · 1959
Takin' Off
Herbie Hancock · 1962
In a Silent Way
Miles Davis · 1969
Sunday at the Village Vanguard
Bill Evans · 1961
Somethin' Else
Cannonball Adderley · 1958
Pastel Blues
Nina Simone · 1965
Samba Tzigane
Dusko Goykovich · 2006
Take Ten
Paul Desmond · 1963
Au club St. Germain
Art Blakey et les Jazz-Messengers · 1959
Ella and Louis
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong · 1956
A Love Supreme
John Coltrane · 1965
Beautiful Vinyl Hunter
Ashley Henry · 2018
Double Bass
NHØP & Sam Jones · 1976
Mingus Ah Um
Charles Mingus · 1959
Song for My Father
Horace Silver · 1965
7Summers
Shaun Martin · 2015
The Kicker
Joe Henderson Sextet · 1968
Paul Chambers Quintet
Paul Chambers · 1958
The Sage
Jacob Chung · 2024
Blue Train
John Coltrane · 1958
