Artist | Title | 7th Ed. |
---|---|---|
Hubert Laws | The Laws of Jazz [Rhino] | *** |
The Rite of Spring [Epic] | **(*) | |
In the Beginning [Columbia] | ***(*) | |
Baila Cinderella [Scepterstein] | **(*) | |
Ronnie Laws | Pressure Sensitive [Blue Note] | ** |
Fever [Blue Note] | **(*) | |
Tribute tot he Legendary Eddie Harris [Blue Note] | ** | |
Nguyên Lê | Bakida [ACT] | *** |
Purple: Celebrating Jimi Hendrix | **(*) | |
The Leaders | Unforseen Blessings [Black Saint] | **(*) |
Joelle Léandre | Tricotage [Ambiances Magnetiques] | *** |
Organic Mineral [In Situ] | *** | |
C'Est Ça [Red Toucan] | **** | |
Signature (Two Duets) [Red Toucan] | ***(*) | |
Evident [482 Music] | *** | |
LeeAnn Ledgerwood | Walkin' Up [Steeplechase] | **(*) |
Jeanne Lee | The Newest Sound Around [RCA] | *** |
Natural Affinities [Owl] | **** | |
After Hours [Owl] | *** | |
Travelling in Soul Time [BvHaast] | *** | |
Michel Legrand | Big Band [Verve] | *** |
Jed Levy | Round and Round [Steeplechase] | ***(*) |
Lou Levy | Jazz in Hollywood [OJC] | *** |
Solo Scene [RCA] | *** | |
Jazz in Four Colors [RCA] | ***(*) | |
A Most Musical Fella [RCA] | *** | |
My Old Flame [Fresh Sound] | *** | |
George Lewis | At Manny's Tavern, 1949 [American Music] | *** |
At the Municipal Auditorium, Congo Square [American Music] | *** | |
Bands, Trios & Quintets [American Music] | *** | |
Jazz Funeral in New Orleans [Tradition] | **** | |
Second Bakersfield Concert 1954 [Storyville] | *** | |
Doctor Jazz [Good Time Jazz] | *** | |
Famous Manchester Free Trade Hall Concert - 1957 - Rehearsal/First Half [504] | *** | |
Famous Manchester Free Trade Hall Concert - 1957 - Second Half [504] | *** | |
1959 - Live in Germany [504] | *** | |
In Concert 1959 - Manchester Free Trade Hall - Opening House [504] | *** | |
In Concert 1959 - Manchester Free Trade Hall - Second House [504] | *** | |
With Papa Bue's Viking Jazz Band [Storyville] | **(*) | |
George E. Lewis | Solo Trombone Album [Sackville] | ***(*) |
Ramsey Lewis | Sound of Christmas [Universal] | **(*) |
The In Crowd [Chess] | ***(*) | |
Simple Pleasures [Narada] | **(*) | |
Vic Lewis | New York Jazzmen and Jam Session [Upbeat Jazz] | *** |
Me & You! [Candid] | *** | |
The Golden Years [Candid] | *** | |
With Love to Gerry [Sea Breeze] | *** | |
David Liebman | Drum Ode [ECM] | **** |
The Energy of the Chance [Heads Up] | ** | |
Voyage [Evidence] | **** | |
Bookends [Hatology] | *** | |
Colors [Hatology] | **** | |
Conversation [Sunnyside] | ***(*) | |
Beyond the Line [Omnitone] | *** | |
Chris Lightcap | Lay-Up [Fresh Sound] | *** |
Bigmouth [Fresh Sound] | ***(*) | |
Abbey Lincoln | Over the Years [Verve] | *** |
It's Me [Verve] | *** | |
John Lindberg | Two by Five [Between the Lines] | (***) |
Ruminations Upon Ives & Gottschalk [Between the Lines] | **** | |
Trevor Lines | The Cats Hide Under the Bed When I Play My Gary Windo Records [Wriggly Pig] | *** |
Booker Little | Sounds of the Inner City [Collectables] | *** |
Booker Little and Friend [Bethlehem/Avenue Jazz] | **** | |
Martin Litton | Jazz Piano [Solo Art] | ***(*) |
Fredrik Ljungkvist | Walk, Stop, Look and Walk [Crazy Wisdom] | ***(*) |
Fungus [Moserobie] | ***(*) | |
Charles Lloyd | Dream Weaver [Collectables] | *** |
In Europe [Atlantic] | *** | |
Which Way Is East [ECM] | *** | |
Lift Every Voice [ECM] | *** | |
Joe Locke | 4 Walls of Freedom [Sirocco] | *** |
Giuseppi Logan | The Giuseppi Logan Quartet [ESP/Calibre] | *** |
More [ESP/Calibre] | ** | |
Joe Lovano | Ten Tales [Owl] | *** |
On This Day . . . at the Vanguard [Blue Note] | ***(*) | |
Frank Lowe | Lowe-down and Blue [CIMP] | *** |
Henry Lowther | Fungii Mama [GWB] | *** |
Jesper Lundgaard | This Bass Was Made for Walking [Music Mecca] | *** |
Two Basses [Touché Music] | *** | |
Carmen Lundy | Good Morning Kiss [Justin Time] | *** |
Moment to Moment [Arabesque] | *** | |
Lunge | Braced & Framed [ACTA] | *** |
Strong Language [Emanem] | ***(*) | |
Chick Lyali | Broken Poems [Caber] | ***(*) |
Jimmy Lyons | The Box Set [Ayler] | **** |
Humphrey Lyttelton | The Best of Humphrey Lyttelton [EMI Gold] | ***(*) |
I Play as I Please [Lake] | ***(*) | |
Triple Exposure [Calligraph] | **** | |
Scatterbrains [Lake] | *** | |
. . . It Seems Like Yesterday! [Upbeat] | ***(*) | |
Laura Macdonald | Awakenings [Spartacus] | **** |
Alex Maguire | Mt Olympus [Ramboy] | ***(*) |
Mahavishnu Orchestra | Best of the Mahavishnu Orchestra [Columbia] | *** |
Adam Makowicz | A Handful of Stars [Chiaroscuro] | *** |
Reflections on Chopin [Musicians Showcase] | *** | |
Plays Duke Ellington [Musicians Showcase] | *** | |
Raphe Malik | Storyline [Boxholder] | ***(*) |
Looking East: A Suite in Three Parts [Boxholder] | *** | |
Companions [Eremite] | *** | |
Speak Easy [Le Systeme] | *** | |
Russell Malone | Playground [Maxjazz] | ***(*) |
Stefano Maltese | Double Minor [Splasc(h)] | **(*) |
Junior Mance | Junior's Blues [OJC] | **** |
Happy Time [OJC] | ***(*) | |
Harlem Lullaby/I Believe to My Soul [Collectables] | *** | |
With a Lotta Help From My Friends [Collectables] | *** | |
That Lovin' Feeling [Milestone] | *** | |
For Dancers Only [Sackville] | **** | |
Here 'Tis - Play the Music of Dizzy Gillespie [Sackville] | *** | |
Blue Mance [Chiaroscuro] | ***(*) | |
Jubilation [Sackville] | ***(*) | |
Mance [Chiaroscuro] | *** | |
Plays Monk [Chiaroscuro] | ***(*) | |
Blues, Ballads and 'A' Train [Trio] | *** | |
On the Record [Trio] | *** | |
Joe Maneri | Tenderly [Hatology] | *** |
Out Right Now [Hatology] | ***(*) | |
Going to Church [Aum Fidelity] | **** | |
Mat Maneri | Fifty One Sorrows [Leo] | ***(*) |
Sustain [Thirsty Ear] | **** | |
For Consequence [Leo] | **** | |
Herbie Mann | Eastern European Roots [Lightyear] | *** |
Shelly Manne | Li'l Abner [OJC] | *** |
Yesterdays [Pablo] | *** | |
Checkmate [OJC] | *** | |
The Navy Swings! [Studio West] | *** | |
Marc O'Connor's Hot Swing Trio | In Full Swing [Sony] | *** |
Michael Marcus | Blue Reality [Soul Note] | **** |
Charlie Mariano | Reflections [Warners] | **(*) |
An American in Italy [Timeless] | *** | |
Deep in a Dream [Enja] | **(*) | |
René Marie | How Can I Keep From Singing? [MaxJazz] | ***(*) |
Vertigo [MaxJazz] | **** | |
Live at Jazz Standard [MaxJazz] | ***(*) | |
Chuck Marohnic | Copenhagen Suite [Steeplechase] | *** |
Permutations [Steeplechase] | *** | |
Many Mansions [Challenge] | ***(*) | |
White Men Can't Monk [Summit] | **(*) | |
Hank Marr | It's 'Bout Time [Double Time] | *** |
Groovin' It [Double Time] | *** | |
Hank & Frank [Double Time] | ***(*) | |
Branford Marsalis | The Steep Anthology [Columbia] | ***(*) |
Footsteps of Our Fathers [Marsalis Music] | **(*) | |
A Jazz Celebration [Marsalis Music] | *** | |
Romare Bearden Revealed [Marsalis Music] | ***(*) | |
Wynton Marsalis | All Rise [Sony Classical] | **(*) |
The Magic Hour [Blue Note] | *** | |
Warne Marsh | Jazz of Two Cities [Fresh Sound] | *** |
More Jazz From the East Village [Wave] | *** | |
Live in Las Vegas 1962 [Naked City] | *** | |
Sweet Basil 1980 [Fresh Sound] | *** | |
Marshlands [Storyville] | ***(*) | |
John Marshall | Bopera House [VSOP] | *** |
Keep On Keepin' On [Mons] | *** | |
Andy Martin | Andy Martin Quartet With Dave Pell [Woofy] | *** |
It's Fine . . . It's Andy! [Fresh Sound] | *** | |
Claire Martin | Too Darn Hot [Linn] | ***(*) |
Joe Martin | Algorythm [Orchard] | ** |
Passage [Fresh Sound] | ** | |
Rebecca Martin | Middlehope [Fresh Sound] | ***(*) |
Pat Martino | Think Tank [Blue Note] | **(*) |
Barry Martyn | Let's Go England [GHB] | **(*) |
Steve Masakowski | For Joe [Compass] | *** |
Hugh Masekela | Grrr [Verve] | *** |
Stimela [Connoisseur Collection] | *** | |
Live at the BBC [Fuel 2000] | **(*) | |
Hope [Razor & Tie] | *** | |
Sixty [Shanachie] | *** | |
Time [Sony] | **(*) | |
Grazing in the Grass: The Best of Hugh Masekela [Columbia] | *** | |
Eugene Maslov | When I Need to Smile [Mack Avenue] | *** |
The Faceo fLove [Mack Avenue] | **(*) | |
The Fuse Is Lit [Mack Avenue] | *** | |
Sabir Mateen | Divine Mad Love [Eremite] | **(*) |
Secrets of When [Bleu Regard] | ***(*) | |
Mat Mathews | The Gentle Art of Love [Dawn] | *** |
The Modern Art of Jazz [Dawn] | *** | |
Swingin' Pretty and All That Jazz [Design] | *** | |
Tina May | I'll Take Romance [Linn] | ***(*) |
Bill Mays | Out in PA [No Blooze] | *** |
Summer Sketches [Palmetto] | **** | |
Going Home [Palmetto] | ***(*) | |
Marilyn Mazur | All the Birds [Stunt] | ***(*) |
Robert Mazurek | Silver Spines [Delmark] | *** |
Christian McBride | Gettin' to It [Verve] | *** |
Number Two Express [Verve] | *** | |
Fingerpainting [Verve] | ***(*) | |
A Family Affair [Verve] | *** | |
Sci-Fi [Verve] | *** | |
Vertical Vision [Warner Bros] | *** | |
Les McCann | Another Beginning/Hustle to Survive [Collectables] | ** |
Ron McClure | Match Point [Steeplechase] | ***(*) |
Rob McConnell | Thank You, Ted [Justin Time] | ***(*) |
Music of the Twenties [Justin Time] | *** | |
Susannah McCorkle | The Beginning 1975 [A] | *** |
Jack McDuff | The Best of the Concord Years [Concord] | *** |
Gary McFarland | The October Suite [Verve] | *** |
Rod McGaha | Preacherman [Compass] | *** |
Howard McGhee | Howard McGhee 1945-1946 [Classics] | *** |
Howard McGhee 1946-1948 [Classics] | *** | |
Maggie: The Savoy Sessions [Savoy] | *** | |
Howard McGhee 1949-1952 [Classics] | *** | |
Jimmy McGriff | I've Got a Woman [Collectables] | *** |
One of Mine [Collectables] | **(*) | |
Jimmy McGriff at the Organ [Collectables] | *** | |
Christmas With Jimmy McGriff [Collectables] | *** | |
At the Apollo [Collectables] | **(*) | |
Topkapi [Collectables] | ** | |
Blues for Mister Jimmy [Collectables] | *** | |
The Worm [Blue Note] | *** | |
Straight Up [Milestone] | *** | |
McGriff's House Party [Milestone] | *** | |
McGriff Avenue [Milestone] | *** | |
Bill McHenry | Jazz Is Where You Find It [Fresh Sound] | *** |
Rest Stop [Fresh Sound] | ***(*) | |
Graphic [Fresh Sound] | *** | |
Quartet Featuring Paul Motian [Fresh Sound] | *** | |
Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre | Humility in the Light of the Creator [Delmark] | *** |
The Moment [Entropy Stereo] | *** | |
Morning Song [Delmark] | **** | |
Ken McIntyre | A New Beginning [Passin Thru] | *** |
Dave McKenna | By Myself [Shiah] | *** |
Double Play: No Bass Hit/Major League [Concord] | *** | |
My Friend the Piano [Concord] | *** | |
No Holds Barred [Progressive] | *** | |
You Must Believe in Swing [Concord] | *** | |
Carlos McKinney | Up-Front [Sirocco] | *** |
McKinney's Cotton Pickers | Shag Nasty Vol. 3 - The Alternate Masters [Frog] | *** |
Mike McKoy | Swings to the Bossa Nova [Zephyr] | *** |
John McLaughlin | Montreux Concerts [Warner Music Switzerland] | **** |
Jackie McLean | Jackie's Bag [Blue Note] | *** |
Capuchin Swing [Blue Note] | *** | |
A Fickle Sonance [Blue Note] | *** | |
Destination . . . Out! [Blue Note] | ***(*) | |
Jacknife [Blue Note] | *** | |
Dave McMurdo | The Dave McMurdo Jazz Orchestra [Jazz Alliance] | **(*) |
Live at the Montreal Bistro [Sackville] | *** | |
Different Paths [Sackville] | *** | |
Fire and Song [Sackville] | *** | |
Jim McNeely | Group Therapy [Omnitone] | **** |
Marian McPartland | Contrasts [Jazz Alliance] | **** |
Windows [Concord] | **** | |
Joe McPhee | Nation Time [Atavistic] | *** |
Trinity [Atavistic] | *** | |
Survival Unit II: At WBAT's Free Music Store [HatArt] | *** | |
Tenor & Fallen Angels [Hatology] | *** | |
Visitation [Boxholder] | *** | |
Legend Street Two [CIMP] | *** | |
In Black and White - On Tour . . . Ann Arbor/NYC [Cadence] | *** | |
Let Paul Robeson Sing [CIMP] | *** | |
Journey [CIMP] | *** | |
Charles McPherson | Is That It? . . . No But [Vega] | **** |
Carmen McRae | Birds of a Feather [Verve] | *** |
The Sound of Silence/Portrait of Carmen [Collectables] | *** | |
The Art of Carmen McRae/For Once in My Life [Collectables] | *** | |
Jay McShann | Jumpin' the Blues [Proper] | *** |
Confessin' the Blues [Black & Blue] | *** | |
Kansas City Memories [Black & Blue] | **(*) | |
Last of the Whorehouse Piano Players [Chiaroscuro 206] | *** | |
Last of the Whorehouse Piano Players [Chiaroscuro 306] | *** | |
Goin' to Kansas City [Stony Plain] | *** | |
John Mehegan | Casual Affair [Fresh Sound] | *** |
Brad Mehldau | Largo [Warner Jazz] | ***(*) |
Anything Goes [Warner Jazz] | **** | |
Rajesh Mehta | Innovative Music Meeting [True Muse] | *** |
Orka [Hatology] | **(*) | |
Window Shopping [True Muse] | **** | |
Reconfigurations [Between the Lines] | *** | |
Dick Meldonian | 'S Wonderful [Circle] | *** |
It's a Wonderful World [Jazzology] | *** | |
Myra Melford | Alive in the House of Saints [Hatology] | ***(*) |
George Melly | The Pye Jazz Anthology [Castle] | *** |
Goodtime George [Spectrum] | ***(*) | |
Nuts/Son of Nuts [Warner Jazz] | ***(*) | |
Singing and Swinging the Blues [Robinwood] | **(*) | |
Helen Merrill | No Tears . . . No Goodbyes [Owl] | ***(*) |
Music Makers [Owl] | ***(*) | |
Neil Metcalfe | 2gether [Slam] | *** |
Pat Metheny | One Quiet Night [Warner Bros] | ** |
Mezz Mezzrow | Mezz Mezzrow, 1947-1951 [Classics] | **(*) |
The Alternative Takes, Volume 1 [Neatwork] | *** | |
The Alternative Takes, Volume 2 [Neatwork] | *** | |
Palle Mikkelborg | Imagine [Storyville] | ***(*) |
The Voice of Silence [Stunt] | ***(*) | |
Song - Tread Lightly [Columbia] | ***(*) | |
Joakim Milder | Epilogue [Mirrors] | ***(*) |
Silent Room [Apart] | *** | |
Monolithic [Apart] | ***(*) | |
Ron Miles | Laughing Barrel [Sterling Circle] | **** |
Mulgrew Miller | The Sequel [Max Jazz] | *** |
Dave Milligan | Late Show [Caber] | *** |
Charles Mingus | Complete 1945-1949 West Coast Recordings [Jazz Factory] | *** |
Giovanni Mirabassi | Architectures [Sketch] | *** |
Avanti! [Sketch] | *** | |
Dal Vivo! [Sketch] | *** | |
(((air))) [Sketch] | ***(*) | |
Miss Lulu White's Red Hot Creole Jazzband | My Sweet Lovin' Man [Stomp Off] | *** |
Billy Mitchell | This Is Billy Mitchell [Verve] | *** |
Red Mitchell | Red Mitchell-Warne Marsh Big Two: Volume 1 [Storyville] | *** |
Red Mitchell-Warne Marsh Big Two: Volume 2 [Storyville] | ***(*) | |
Mitchell's Talking [Capri] | *** | |
Live at Salishan [Capri] | *** | |
Robert Mitchell | Voyager [Dune] | *** |
Roscoe Mitchell | Solo 3 [Mutable] | *** |
Hank Mobley | No Room for Squares [Blue Note] | ***(*) |
The Flip [Blue Note] | *** | |
Thinking of Home [Blue Note] | *** | |
Modern Jazz Duo | Off the Beaten Track [Tall Poppies] | **(*) |
Modern Jazz Quartet | Beginnings [Savoy Jazz] | *** |
Third Stream Music [Wounded Bird] | *** | |
Jazz Dialogue [Wounded Bird] | *** | |
Plastic Dreams [Collectables] | *** | |
The Complete Prestige and Pablo Recordings [Prestige] | **** | |
Paul Moer | The Contemporary Jazz Classics of the Paul Moer Trio [Del-Fi] | *** |
Plays the Music of Elmo Hope [Fresh Sound] | *** | |
Louis Moholo | Bush Fire [Ogun] | *** |
Tern [Atavistic] | *** | |
Mpumi [Ogun] | *** | |
Nils Petter Molvaer | Khmer [ECM] | **** |
Solid Ether [ECM] | *** | |
NP3 [ECM] | **(*) | |
Jane Monheit | Never Never Land [N-Coded] | *** |
Come Dream With Me [N-Coded] | *** | |
In the Sun [N-Coded] | *** | |
T.S. Monk | Higher Ground [Thelonious] | ***(*) |
Thelonious Monk | Criss Cross [Proper] | *** |
Round Midnight [Definitive] | *** | |
Monkism [Laserlight] | **(*) | |
Immortal Concerts: At the Five Spot Café, New York, August 1958 [Giants of Jazz] | **(*) | |
Criss Cross [Columbia] | *** | |
At Newport 1963 and 1965 [Columbia] | ***(*) | |
Live at the Village Gate [Prevue] | *** | |
Solo Monk [Columia Legacy] | *** | |
Monk [Columbia] | *** | |
Monk in Paris: Live at the Olympia [Thelonious] | **** | |
Olympia, 6 Mars 1965, Part 1 [Trema] | *** | |
Olympia, 6 Mars 1965, Part 2 [Trema] | *** | |
Olympia, 7 Mars 1965 [Trema] | ***(*) | |
Paris at Midnight [Varese] | *** | |
Underground [Columbia] | **** | |
The Essential Thelonious Monk [Columbia] | *** | |
J.R. Monterose | Jaywalkin' [Fresh Sound] | *** |
Buddy Montgomery | Here Again [Sharp Nine] | *** |
A Love Affair in Paris [Spacetime] | *** | |
Wes Montgomery | Complete Recordings With Lionel Hampton [Definitive] | *(*) |
Complete Live at Jorgies [Definitive] | *** | |
The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery [Definitive] | ***(*) | |
Complete Live in Paris, 1965 [Definitive] | **** | |
Quintessential Wes [Fuel 2000] | ***(*) | |
Smokin' at the Half Note [Verve] | ***(*) | |
Willow Weep for Me [Verve] | *** | |
A Day in the Life [A&M] | **(*) | |
Road Song [A&M] | ** | |
James Moody | James Moody 1949-1950 [Classics] | *** |
Moody's Blues [Prestige] | *** | |
James Moody 1950-1951 [Classics] | *** | |
The Teachers [Sanctuary] | *** | |
Heritage Hum/The Teachers [Collectables] | *** | |
Feelin' It Together [Savoy] | *** | |
Timeless Aura [Universe] | *** | |
Homage [Savoy Jazz] | ***(*) | |
Jemeel Moondoc | We Don't [Eremite] | *** |
All-Stars Live in Paris [Cadence] | *** | |
Live at the Vision Festival [Ayler] | *** | |
Jason Moran | Modernistic [Blue Note] | ***(*) |
Presents the Bandwagon [Blue Note] | **** | |
Lee Morgan | The Birth of Hard Bop [Savoy Jazz] | *** |
Expoobident [Vee Jay] | *** | |
Lee-Way [Blue Note] | *** | |
The Rumproller [Blue Note] | *** | |
Sonic Boom [Blue Note] | *** | |
Joe Morris | You Be Me [Soul Note] | *** |
Age of Everything [Riti] | *** | |
Lawrence Butch Morris | Sonny Morris and Friends in Germany [Upbeat] | ** |
Jelly Roll Morton | The Alternative Takes Vol. 1 (1923-1929) [Neatwork] | *** |
The Alternative Takes Vol. 2 (1929-1940) [Neatwork] | *** | |
Danny Moss | At University College Oxford [MacJazz] | *** |
At Bob Barnard's Jazz Party 1999 [Nif Nuf] | *** | |
Returns to Bob Barnard's Jazz Party 2000 [Nif Nuf] | *** | |
At Bob Barnard's Jazz Party 2001 [Nif Nuf] | *** | |
Paul Motian | On Broadway: Volume 2 [Winter & Winter] | ***(*) |
Holiday With Strings [Winter & Winter] | ***(*) | |
:rarum - Selected Recordings [ECM] | *** | |
Idris Muhammad | Black Rhythm Revolution [BGP] | **(*) |
Legends of Acid Jazz [Prestige] | *** | |
Power of Soul [CTI] | *** | |
House of the Rising Sun [CTI] | **(*) | |
Kabsha [Evidence] | *** | |
Right Now [Cannonball] | ***(*) | |
Jim Mullen | Somewhere in the Hills [Hep] | ***(*) |
Gerry Mulligan | Young Mulligan [Proper] | *** |
Nights at the Turntable, 1951-1952 [Jasmine] | **(*) | |
The Original Gerry Mulligan Tentet & Quartet [GNP Crescendo] | *** | |
Live at Paris Olympia 1960 [Laserlight] | *** | |
Live in Zurich, 1960 [TCB] | *** | |
Concert in the Rain [Jazz Band] | *** | |
Live at the Village Vanguard [Verve] | ***(*) | |
Jazz Casual: Gerry Mulligan and Art Pepper [Koch] | ** | |
Summit - Reunion Cumbre [Orchard] | *** | |
Blues for Gerry: The Lionel Hampton Sessions [Universe] | *** |
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