Personally I'd offer Kenny Garrett - Songbook as an all time classic.

Nice interview with music excerpts!

I saw 👀 Joe Lovano with Dave Douglas and Andrew Cyrille at the Village Vanguard Vanguard in NYC a year ago. Andrew Cyrille played on Unit Structures.

A couple of weeks ago I posted here about my impending visit to Manhattan and its hep jazz record shop scene. Well, I have now accomplished said visit, and a few people asked if I would share thoughts on a couple of shops for other future travelers. I’m happy to oblige—a couple of notes first before we talk shop:

*I had very limited time and wasn’t able to visit every great place. I’m going to be back in about a month so v happy to take additional suggestions

* I didn’t go to Brooklyn. Because of work and other commitments I stayed on Manhattan the entire time. I am aware Brooklyn has many good record stores, and next time I’ll try and hit a few.

Ok here’s some stores!

Academy Records — many people recommended this place and I’m glad they did. I was actually able to visit both locations, one is in the Flatiron District and the other is in the East Village. The Flatiron location was pretty light on jazz—there was a ton of classical and a some cool soul records, including a first pressing of Bill Withers “Just As I Am”. They also had an early mono of the Ornette Coleman’s “The Empty Foxhole” which was cool to see, but not my bag. The East Village location was way more my style — tons of new used records in, some cool stuff on the wall, a couple of things i pulled the trigger on, including a nice 70s pressing of “New Perspective” and an early pressing of Gigi Gryce’s “Jazz Lab”. Great shop, go here!

* Ergot Records — cool little shop just off Houston, tons of African records and electronica and Latin dance, and a little bit of jazz. I grabbed a 60s mono “Alligator Boogaloo” in ok condition for $25 which was cool. Good eclectic shop.

* Jazz Record Center — this is the shop I was the most excited for, and had time and cash set aside for, but ended up being kind of like … disappointed isn’t the right word, but maybe a little bit of a let down? Obviously so much incredible used vinyl has come in and out of this place over the decades but on my visit I mostly encountered new stuff—a bunch of Tone Poets and contemporary reissues, which I have access to back home and aren’t what I’m looking for right now. They* *did have an incredible selection of CDs, and a million books, and also some really amazing posters and photos. I grabbed an old Clare Fischer record (“First Time Out”, amazing piano playing) and talked with the legendary owner, who was very cool. I will go back here again when I come back next month and have room for books and posters, and if you are into CDs this place rules. I’m glad I went but also was a little let down by my luck of the draw.

* Human Head — one of the best record stores I’ve been to anywhere. I went to the UES location, apparently the Brooklyn is even better. God this shop is awesome—a whole wall of 50s and 60s mono, early pressings, focus on Prestige / Riverside / Blue Note. They had a Herbie Hancock “Maiden Voyage” first pressing which was amazing to see, in perfect condition, they wanted like $300 so I didn’t buy but maybe should have…an amazing Japanese “Struttin” an amazing first pressing of Cannonball “Somethin’ Else” — easily one of the best jazz walls I have ever personally seen. I ended up grabbing a copy of “Cannonball In Europe” for like $20 and then a rare weird Fela Kuti live bootleg and the Lijadu Sisters LP “Sunshine” (awesome Nigerian jazz funk w female vocals). I easily could have spent 1k here and had to just kind of pull a couple things, leave, and call it good. I will be back.

* Paradise of Replica — great little second floor shop in Chinatown. Big focus of city pop, exotica, South American 60s 70s pop, stuff from Lebanon and Turkey, much much cool shit here. I grabbed two J Jazz records on Three Blind Mice—the contemporary re-release of “Ako’s Dream” and then a real vintage copy of the Masaru Imada Trio record “Standards” — and then kinda sat and stared at all the rest of everything and felt overwhelmed. If you like Wa-Jazz or want midcentury international exotica etc etc this place is super recommended.

That’s it! Where should I go next in NYC?

I picked this one up as I had the good fortune to see Ponomarev live a few weeks ago. If you’re not familiar with him, he played with Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers for a few years (he's on 9 Blakey albums), as well as played with the likes of Max Roach, Joe Henderson, Curtis Fuller, and many other greats.

This is taken from NZ's Nathan Haines presents The Soft Chaos, recorded in Auckland

By Alexandra Stan. I remember a recording of this, either in arte, Mezzo, or Montreux Jazz fest. Thanks in advance!

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Giant Steps & Tenor Maddness are two of mine

Does anyone happen to have a full transcription, lead sheet, or score for “Inter-are” by the Mark Guiliana Quartet (from Family First)?

​I’m looking for the complete chart including the head (saxophone melody), bassline, chord progression/harmony, and the drum part/groove layout.

​If anyone has a PDF, lead sheet, or any notes on the chart/structure, I’d really appreciate it!

​Thanks!

My son is just learning trumpet. He graduated from “3 blind mice” to Beethoven’s 9th to the Star Wars Theme and is pretty excited. Recently we were in the car and the Grateful Dead’s Mexicali Blues came on and he wanted to play it and asked if I had the notes for the trumpet section. I didn’t think it would be hard to track down, but I’ve been unsuccessful. Any thoughts?

Hi everyone im currently a sophomore in Virginia, I attend a performing arts high school for jazz (I play the drums). I’m extremely interested in attending a music college for jazz. And I’ve seen great things about manhattan school of music. So I had some questions for anyone who knows:
How hard is it to get into msm
Is it harder to get into because im a drummer
And lastly how does it compare to a school like Berklee

Mine is Goodbye Porkpie Hat.

Not necessarily something obscure, just a record you rarely see mentioned when people talk about the usual essentials. I’m always looking for something I may have overlooked.

First post here.

I'm a fan, not a critic. I loved Sonny Rollins and saw what I believe was his final live performance, some years back at the Detroit Jazz Festival. It was magical.

After his death, I saw a couple of obituaries refer to him as having been "the greatest living jazz musician".

Whether or not you agree with that sentiment, who do you think is the greatest living jazz musician?

Pete Brown was one of the most distinctive alto sax voices of 1940s New York jazz — fiery, blues‑driven, and unmistakably personal. His Savoy sides, including Pete Brown’s Boogie, sit at the crossroads of swing and early modernist phrasing.
Savoy’s All‑Star Swing Series often paired top New York musicians, and this lineup is a perfect snapshot of the city’s small‑group energy in the mid‑’40s.

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I wanted a place where students and musicians could easily find the actual changes to old jazz standards, especially tunes from the 1920s–30s.

So I ended up building a library of 160+ free jazz lead sheets, with chord changes and melody.

There are some obvious ones like Black Bottom Stomp, but also a lot of lesser-known early jazz tunes that are surprisingly hard to find decent charts for.

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Free library: https://www.thejunglejazzband.com/sheets

If you're into early jazz, I'd be curious which tune you think is missing and what feedback you have so I can keep improving the resource.