25 Jazz Albums Every Jazz Musician Needs to Know

One of the most important things that you can do is listen to jazz music, and that seems so simple, but literally you are practicing when you listen to jazz music.

You will become a better jazz musician, simply by putting on your headphones or putting them on the speakers and just listening to how this music actually sounds.

So today I'm gonna talk about 25 jazz albums that every jazz musician absolutely needs to know, absolutely needs to listen to.

In this episode:

1. Listening to jazz is essential for becoming a great jazz musician.
2. Being aware of different styles and artists in jazz is important for personal growth and inspiration.
3. Jazz albums can have a transformative effect on a musician's playing.
 #1: Louis Armstrong's "Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Sessions"
#2: Duke Ellington's "Live at Newport"
#3: Count Basie's "The Complete Deca Recordings"
#4: Benny Goodman's "The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert"
#5: Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie's "Quintet Jazz at Massey Hall"
#6: "Charlie Parker with Strings" - Charlie Parker
#7: Sonny Rollins' "Saxophone Colossus"
#8: John Coltrane's "Blue Train"
#9: Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers' "Moanin'"
#10: "Sonny Side Up" by Dizzy Gillespie
#11: "Boss Tenors" by Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt
#12: "Soul Station" by Hank Mobley
#13: Wes Montgomery's "Boss Guitar"
#14. "Kind of Blue" by Miles Davis
#15: "Time Out" by Dave Brubeck
#16:  "Mingus Ah Um" by Charles Mingus
#17: "The Shape of Jazz to Come" by Ornette Coleman
#18: "Giant Steps" by John Coltrane
#19:  "A Love Supreme" by John Coltrane
#20: "The Blues in the Abstract Truth" by Oliver Nelson
#21:  "Bitches Brew" by Miles Davis
#22:  "Head Hunters" by Herbie Hancock
#23:  "Heavy Weather" by Weather Report
#24:  "Bright Size Life" by Pat Metheny
#25:  "Deep Song" by Kurt Rosenwinkel

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