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Recommended Listening for Drumset
Some fantastic drumming and improvising - on some fantastic recordings. Remember, this list is only a beginning. Investigate these legendary artists on your own. For more information on these artists go to the internet site: All Music Guide. The web address is: http://www.allmusic.com
Roy Haynes
Album |
Artist |
Label |
We Three |
w/Phineas Newborn and Paul Chambers |
OJC |
Out of the Afternoon |
Roy Haynes |
Impulse |
Now He Sings, Now He Sobs |
Chick Corea |
Blue Note |
Wanton Spirit |
Kenny Barron |
Verve |
Max Roach
Album |
Artist |
Label |
Max Roach and Clifford Brown Vol I & II |
Max Roach/Clifford Brown |
GNP |
Deeds Not Words |
Max Roach |
OJC |
Clifford Brown/Max Roach |
Brown and Roach Inc. |
Emarcy |
Percussion Bitter Sweet |
Max Roach |
Impulse |
Elvin Jones
Album |
Artist |
Label |
A Love Supreme |
John Coltrane |
Impulse |
The Real McCoy |
McCoy Tyner |
Blue Note |
Puttin’ it Together |
Elvin Jones |
Blue Note |
Ready for Freddie |
Freddie Hubbard |
Blue Note |
Shelly Manne
Album |
Artist |
Label |
Way Out West |
Sonny Rollins |
OJC |
The West Coast Sound |
Shelly Manne |
Contemporary |
At the Blackhawk |
Shelly Manne |
Contemporary |
Four! |
Hampton Hawes |
Contemporary |
Louie Bellson
Album |
Artist |
Label |
Roy and Diz |
Roy Eldridge |
Verve |
Hi-Fi Ellington |
Duke Ellington |
CBS |
Live From New York |
Louie Bellson |
Telarc |
Prime Time |
Louie Bellson |
Concord |
Buddy Rich
Album |
Artist |
Label |
Mercy Mercy |
Buddy Rich Band |
World Pacific |
Rich Versus Roach |
Buddy Rich/Max Roach |
Mercury |
Bird and Diz |
Charlie Parker |
Verve |
Swingin’ New Big Band |
Buddy Rich |
Blue Note |
Jack DeJohnette
Album |
Artist |
Label |
Special Edition |
Jack DeJohnette |
ECM |
Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival |
Bill Evans |
Verve |
Bye Bye Blackbird |
Keith Jarrett |
ECM |
Live at the Blue Note |
Keith Jarrett |
ECM |
Kenny Clarke
Album |
Artist |
Label |
Milt Jackson Quintet |
Milt Jackson |
OJC |
Our Man in Paris |
Dexter Gordon |
Blue Note |
The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson - Vol. I & Vol. II |
J.J. Johnson |
Blue Note |
Thelonius Monk plays Duke |
Thelonius Monk |
OJC |
Paul Motian
Album |
Artist |
Label |
Waltz for Debby |
Bill Evans Trio |
OJC |
Sunday at the Village Vanguard |
Bill Evans |
OJC |
Explorations |
Bill Evans Trio |
OJC |
Trioism |
Paul Motian Trio |
JMT |
Jeff “Tain” Watts
Album |
Artist |
Label |
Standard Time Volume I |
Wynton Marsalis |
Columbia |
Citizen Tain |
Jeff “Tain” Watts |
Columbia |
The Nurturer |
Geri Allen |
Blue Note |
Joey Calderazzo |
Joey Calderazzo |
Sony |
Billy Higgins
Album |
Artist |
Label |
The Art Blakey Legacy |
Cedar Walton Sextet |
Evidence |
Eastern Rebellion w/Cedar Walton |
Cedar Walton & George Coleman | Impulse |
Firm Roots |
Clifford Jordan |
SteepleChase |
Piano Man |
Hilton Ruiz Trio |
SteepleChase |
"Philly Joe" Jones
Album |
Artist |
Label |
Sonny Clark Trio |
Sonny Clark |
Blue Note |
Blue Train |
John Coltrane |
Blue Note |
Workin’ |
Miles Davis |
OJC |
Time Waits: The Amazing Bud Powell - Vol. I |
Bud Powell |
Blue Note |
"Papa" Jo Jones
Album |
Artist |
Label |
The Main Man |
Jo Jones |
Pablo /OJC |
The Essential Jo Jones |
Jo Jones |
Vanguard |
Jo Jones Trio |
Jo Jones Trio |
Everest |
The Hawk Flies High |
Coleman Hawkins |
OJC |
Mel Lewis
Album |
Artist |
Label |
Mel Lewis & the Jazz Orchestra |
Mel Lewis |
Finesse |
Art Pepper + Eleven |
Art Pepper |
OJC |
Cuban Fire |
Stan Kenton |
Capitol |
The Definitive Thad Jones - Vol I |
Thad Jones Orchestra |
Music Masters |
Ed Thigpen
Album |
Artist |
Label |
The Oscar Peterson Trio + One |
Oscar Peterson |
Verve |
The Trio |
Oscar Peterson |
Verve |
Mr. Taste |
Ed Thigpen |
Justin Time |
It’s Entertainment |
Ed Thigpen |
Sundance |
Art Blakey
Album |
Artist |
Label |
Moanin’ |
Art Blakey’s Jazz Messangers |
Blue Note |
Ugetsu |
Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers |
Riverside/OJC |
Soul Station |
Hank Mobley |
Blue Note |
No Room For Squares |
Hank Mobley |
Blue Note |
Tony Williams
Album |
Artist |
Label |
The Complete Concert:1964 My Funny Valentine + Four & More |
Miles Davis |
Columbia/Legacy |
Maiden Voyage |
Herbie Hancock |
Blue Note |
Empyrean Isles |
Herbie Hancock |
Blue Note |
The Collection |
Tony Williams Lifetime |
Columbia/Legacy |
Arthur Taylor
Album |
Artist |
Label |
Five by Monk by Five |
Thelonius Monk |
OJC |
A Garland of Red |
Red Garland Trio |
OJC |
Looking Ahead |
Ken McIntyre/Eric Dolphy |
OJC |
Funky |
Gene Ammons All-Stars |
OJC |
Al Foster
Album |
Artist |
Label |
Giant Steps |
Tommy Flanagan |
Enja |
Let’s Call This |
Steve Khan |
Blue Moon |
So Near, So Far |
Joe Henderson |
Verve |
State of the Tenor - Live at the Village Vanguard |
Joe Henderson |
Blue Note |
Ed Blackwell
Album |
Artist |
Label |
At the Five Spot - Vol I, Vol II |
Eric Dolphy |
OJC |
Ornette!! |
Ornette Coleman |
Atlantic |
The Art of the Improvisers |
Ornette Coleman |
Atlantic |
Walls-Bridges |
Ed Blackwell |
Enja |
Remember: This is just a beginning, investigate these artists on your own!!
