Penguin Guide to Jazz: Added to 6th Edition


Note: These lists are believed to be complete. The sort order has changed slightly between editions, so we use the more recent (6th Edition).

Artist Title 6th Ed.
Dizzy Gillespie Live, 1957 [Jazz Unlimited] ***(*)
  Have Trumpet, Will Excite! [Verve] ***
  An Electrifying Evening With the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet [Verve] ***
  Olympia November 1965 [RTE/Europe] ***
  The Giant [Emarcy] **
  Closer to the Source [Atlantic] *(*)
Greg Gisbert The Court Jester [Criss Cross] ***
Frode Gjerstad Hello, Goodbye [Emanem] ***(*)
  The Blessing Light [Cadence] ***
Globe Unity Orchestra Globe Unity 67 & 70 [Atavistic Unheard Music] ****
Harry Gold Live in Leipzig [Lake] ***
Larry Goldings As One [Palmetto] ***(*)
Per Goldschmidt Loneliness [Stunt] **(*)
Vinny Golia Music for Electronics and Woodwinds [Nine Winds] ***
  Nine Pieces for Solo B Clarinet [Meniscus] ***
Mac Gollehon In the Spirit of Fats Navarro [Half Note] ***(*)
Benny Golson That's Funky [Arkadia] ***(*)
Dennis Gonzalez Home [Daagnim] **
Benny Goodman Benny Goodman 1939-1940 [Classics] ***(*)
  Benny Goodman 1940 [Classics] ***(*)
  Benny Goodman 1940-1941 [Classics] ***(*)
Bobby Gordon Bobby Gordon / Keith Ingham / Hal Smith Trio [Jump] ***
Dexter Gordon L.T.D. Live at the Left Bank [Prestige] ***
  Settin' the Pace [Proper] ***
Joe Gordon Lookin' Good [OJC] ***
Jon Gordon The Things We Need [Double Time] ***
  Possibilities [Double Time] ***(*)
Wycliffe Gordon Slidin' Home [Nagel-Heyer] ***
  The Search [Nagel-Heyer] ***
  The Gospel Truth [Criss Cross] ***
  What You Dealin' With [Criss Cross] ****
Dusko Goykovich Belgrade Blues [Cosmic Sounds] **(*)
  Balkan Connection [Enja] ***
  In My Dreams [Enja] ***
Paul Grabowsky Ringing the Bell Backwards [Origin] ***(*)
  PG3 [Origin] ***(*)
  Shiner [Decca] ***
Jerry Granelli The Only Juan [Love Slave] **(*)
  Iron Sky [Love Slave] **
  El Oh El Ay [Love Slave] ***
Stéphane Grappelli Live in Dublin, Ohio [Starburst] ***
  Vintage Grappelli [Concord] ***
  Live at the Cambridge Folk Festival: The BBC Sessions [Varese] ***
Lou Grassi Quick Wits [CIMP] **(*)
  Mo' Po [CIMP] ***
  Neo Neo [CIMP] ***
  PoZest [CIMP] ***
  The Joy of Being [CIMP] ***
Milford Graves Milford Graves Percussion Ensemble [ESP] **
  Grand U nification [Tzadik] ***
  Stories [Tzadik] ***(*)
Georg Gräwe Other Songs [Nuscope] ***
Benny Green Naturally [Telarc] ***(*)
  Green's Blues [Telarc] ***
Grant Green The Main Attraction [CTI/Epic] **
Urbie Green East Coast Jazz Series 6 [Bethlehem] ***
  Just Friends [ILR] ***
  Sea Jam Blues [Chiaroscuro] ***
Sonny Greenwich Standard Idioms [Kleo] ***
  Hymn to the Earth [Kleo] **
  Spirit in the Air [Kleo] **(*)
  Days Gone By [Sackville] **(*)
Guillermo Gregorio Otra Music [Atavistic] ***
  Degrees of Iconicity [Hat Now] ***
Drew Gress Heyday [Soul Note] ***
  Spin & Drift [Premonition] ***
Johnny Griffin The Big Soul-Band [OJC] ***
  Johnny Griffin and Steve Grossman Quintet [Dreyfus] ***
Don Grolnick The London Concert [Fuzzy Music] ***(*)
Richard Grossman Where the Sky Ended [Hatology] ***
Marty Grosz Hooray for Bix! [Good Time Jazz] ***
  Sings of Love and Other Matters [Jazzology] ***(*)
  Left to His Own Devices [Jazzology] ***
  At Bob Barnard's Jazz Party [Nif Nuf] ***(*)
George Gruntz Merryteria [TCB] ***
  Global Excellence [TCB] ***(*)
Gul 3 Soul [Crazy Wisdom] ***
Lars Gullin Like Grass [EMI/Odeon] ***
Russell Gunn Smokin' Gunn [High Note] ***(*)
John Gunther Gone Fishin' [CIMP] ***
Gush Live at Fasching [Dragon] ***(*)
Mats Gustafsson Improvisers [Kontrans] **(*)
  Hidros One [Caprice] ***
  Windows [Blue Chopsticks] ***(*)
  Port Huron Picnic [Spool Line] ***(*)
  Xylophonen Virtuosen [Incus] ***
  The Thing [Crazy Wisdom] ****
  Diskaholics Anonymous Trio [Crazy Wisdom] ***
Charlie Haden In Montreal [ECM] ***
  Nocturne [Verve] ***
Tim Hagans Re-Animation Live! [Blue Note] ***
Al Haig Invitation [Spotlite] ****
  Bebop Live [Spotlite] ***
The Halfway House Orchestra The Halfway House Orchestra 1925-1928 [Jazz Oracle] ***
Jim Hall Concierto [CTI] ****
  Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival [Challenge] ***(*)
  The Concord Jazz Heritage Series [Concord] ***
  Jazzpar Quartet + 4 [Storyville] ***
  By Arrangement [Telarc] ***(*)
  Grand Slam: Live at the Regattabar [Telarc] ***(*)
  Jim Hall & Basses [Telarc] ***(*)
Bengt Hallberg Stardust in My Heart [Improkomp] ***
Chico Hamilton With Strings Attached / The Three Faces of Chico [Warners] ***
  The Original Ellington Suite [Blue Note] ***
  Forestorm [Koch] ***
Jeff Hamilton Hamilton House [Mons] ***
Jimmy Hamilton Can't Help Swingin' [Prestige] ***
Scott Hamilton The Grand Appearance [Progressive] ***
Lionel Hampton Lionel Hampton 1949-1950 [Classics] **(*)
  Lionel Hampton 1950 [Classics] **(*)
  The Lionel Hampton Quintet [Verve] ***(*)
  Mai 1956 [Emarcy] ***
  Ring Dem Vibes [Emarcy] ***
Slide Hampton Sister Salvation [Collectables] ***
  Exodus [Emarcy] ***
  Mellow-Dy [Delta] ***
Herbie Hancock Fat Albert Rotunda [Warners] ***
  Mwandishi [Warner Brothers] ***
  Crossings [Warner] ***
  Future 2 Future [Transparent] **(*)
Roland Hanna Easy to Love [Koch] ***
  Swing Me No Waltzes [Storyville] **
Alex Harding Freeflow [CIMP] **(*)
Bill Hardman Jackie's Pal [OJC] ***
Tom Harrell Paradise [RCA] ***
Barry Harris Newer Than New [OJC] **(*)
  For the Moment [Uptown] ***
  Live at 'DUG' [Enja] **
Beaver Harris Beautiful Africa [Soul Note] ***(*)
Bill Harris Live at Birdland 1952 [Baldwin Street Music] ***
Eddie Harris The In Sound / Mean Greens [Rhino/Atlantic] ***
  Live at Newport / Instant Death [Collectables] **(*)
  Yeah You Right [Eastside] *(*)
Wendell Harrison Rush & Hustle [Enja] ***
Nancy Harrow Wild Women Don't Hae the Blues [Candid] ***
  You're Nearer [Baldwin Street Music] ***
  Secrets [Soul Note] ***
  Lost Lady [Soul Note] ***
  The Marble Faun [Harbinger] ***
John Hart Scenes From a Song [Hep] ***
Michael Hashim Green Up Time [Hep] ***(*)
George Haslam Anglo-Argentine Jazz Quartet Live at the Red Rose [SLAM] ***(*)
Thomas Hass Notes in Time [Stunt] ***
  A Honeymoon Too Soon [Stunt] ***
Hampton Hawes The Sermon [OJC] ***(*)
Coleman Hawkins The Radio Days 1940 [Jazz Unlimited] ***
  Coleman Hawkins 1946-1947 [Classics] ***(*)
  Coleman Hawkins 1947-1950 [Classics] ***(*)
  Body and Soul [Dreyfus] ***(*)
  1949 Lausanne [TCB] ***
  Bean and the Boys [High Note] **(*)
  The Hawk in Hi-Fi [Bluebird] ***(*)
  At the Golden Circle 1963 [Dragon] ***
Erskine Hawkins Erskine Hawkins 1947-1949 [Classics] ***
Louis Hayes The Candy Man [TCB] ***
  Dreamin' of Cannonball [TCB] ***(*)
Tubby Hayes The Swinging Giant Volume 1 [Jasmine] ***
  The Swinging Giant Volume 2 [Jasmine] ***(*)
  The First and Last Words [Jasmine] ***(*)
  The Eighth Wonder [Jasmine] ****
Roy Haynes Birds of a Feather [Dreyfus] ***
David Hazeltine After Hours [Go Jazz] ***
  Blues Quarters Vol. 1 [Criss Cross] ***
  The Classic Trio Vol. 2 [Sharp Nine] ***(*)
  Good-Hearted People [Criss Cross] ***
Jon Hazilla Tiny Capers [Double-Time] ***
Gerry Hemingway Johnny's Corner Song [Auricle] ***(*)
  Chamber Works [Tzadik] ***
Fletcher Henderson The Harmony & Vocalion Sessions Vol 1 [Timeless] ***(*)
  The Harmony & Vocalion Sessions Vol. 2 [Timeless] ***(*)
  The Alternative Takes Vol 1 1923-1925 [Neatwork] ***
  The Alternative Takes Vol 2 1926-1936 [Neatwork] ***
Joe Henderson Our Thing [Blue Note] ****
  Joe Henderson in Japan [OJC] ***(*)
Jon Hendricks In Person at the Trident [Verve] ***
Ernie Henry Last Chorus [OJC] ***
Peter Herborn Peter Herborn's Acute Insights [Winter & Winter] ***
Woody Herman Woody Herman 1939 [Classics] ***(*)
  Woody Herman 1939-1940 [Classics] ***
  Blowin' Up a Storm! [Columbia] ****
  Four Brothers [Dreyfus] ****
  The Woody Herman Story [Proper] ***(*)
  The Great Soloists 1945-1958 [Blue Flame] ***
  Scene & Heard in 1952 [Jazz Band] ***
  Jantzen Beach Oregon 1954 [Status] ***
  1954 & 1959 [Status] ***
  Woody Herman - 1963 [Philips] ***(*)
  The Jazz Swinger / Music for Tired Lovers [Collectables] ***(*)
  Woody's Winners / Jazz Hoot [Collectables] ****
  Live East and West [Koch] ***
  Brand New [OJC] ***
  Woody Herman & the Thundering Herd [Jazz Band] **(*)
  King Cobra [OJC] ***
Vincent Herring Simple Pleasure [High Note] ***(*)
Fred Hersch Songs Without Words [Nonesuch] ***(*)
Conrad Herwig New York Breed [Double-Time] ***
  Heart of Darkness [Criss Cross] ***
  Osteology [Criss Cross] ***
  Unseen Universe [Criss Cross] ***(*)
  Hieroglyphica [Criss Cross] ***
Fred Hess Faith [Cadence] ***
  Exposed [CIMP] ***(*)
Eddie Heywood Eddie Heywood 1944 [Classics] ***
  Eddie Heywood 1944-1946 [Classics] ***
  Eddie Heywood 1946-1947 [Classics] **(*)
John Hicks Some Other Time [Evidence] ***
  In Concert [Evidence] ***
  Trio & Strings [Mapleshade] ***
  Something to Live For: A Billy Strayhorn Songbook [High Note] ***
  Impressions of Mary Lou [High Note] ***(*)
Eddie Higgins Speaking of Jobim [Sunnyside] ***
  Time on My Hands [Arbors] ***
Matt Hilgenberg Rasa [Double-Time] ***(*)
Andrew Hill Lift Every Voice [Blue Note] ****
  Divine Revelation [Steeplechase] ***
  Les Trinitaires [Jazz Friends] ***
  Dusk [Palmetto] ***
Earl Hines At the Party [Delmark] ***
Milt Hinton East Coast Jazz/5 [Rhino] ***
  The Judge at His Best [Chiaroscuro] ***
Fred Ho Once Upon a Time in Chinese America . . . [Innova] ***(*)
Art Hodes Tribute to the Greats [Delmark] ***(*)
Amos Hoffman The Dreamer [Fresh Sound New Talent] ***
Billie Holiday Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933-1944 [Columbia] ****
  Lady Day: The Best of Billie Holiday [Columbia] ***(*)
Dave Holland Not for Nothin' [ECM] ***(*)
Red Holloway Keep That Groove Going! [Milestone] ***
Yuri Honing Seven [Challenge] ****
William Hooker Hard Time [Squealer] **(*)
Chris Hopkins Daybreak [Arbors] ***(*)
Claude Hopkins The Transcription Performances 1935 [Hep] **(*)
Johan Horlen Chills [Dragon] ***
Shirley Horn You're My Thrill [Verve] ***(*)
Wayne Horvitz Upper Egypt [Knitting Factory] ***(*)
  American Bandstand [Songlines] ***
  Sweeter Than the Day [Songlines] ***
François Houle Au Coeur du Litige [Spool Field] ***
  Cryptology [Between the Lines] ***
Avery 'Kid' Howard Kid Howard's Olympia Band & Sam Morgan Revisited [American Music] **(*)
Noah Howard Noah Howard Quartet [ESP] ***
  At Hudson Hall [ESP] ***(*)
  Red Star [Boxholder] ***
  Between Two Eternities [Cadence] **(*)
  Live at Unity Temple [Ayler] ***
Freddie Hubbard Open Sesame [Blue Note] ****
  A Soul Experiment [Atlantic] **
  The Black Angel [Atlantic] **(*)
  Red Clay [CTI/Epic] ***(*)
  New Colors [Hip Bop] **(*)
Daniel Humair Humair Urtreger [Michelot Sketch] ***
  Liberté Surveillée [Sketch] ***(*)
Helen Humes Sneakin' Around [Black & Blue] ***(*)
Charlie Hunter Songs From the Analog Playground [Blue Note] ***(*)
Bobby Hutcherson Dialogue [Blue Note] ***(*)
Dick Hyman The Piano Giants at Bob Haggart's 80th Birthday Party [Arbors] ***
  Forgotten Dreams [Arbors] ****
Susie Ibarra Flower After Flower [Tzadik] ***
  Songbird Suite [Tzadik] ***
Abdullah Ibrahim Ekapa Lodumo [Tiptoe] ***(*)
  Best of Abdullah Ibrahim [Masingita] ****
ICP Orchestra Jubilee Varia [Hatology] ***
  Oh, My Dog! [ICP] ****
Klaus Ignatzek Primal Sound [Acoustic Music] **(*)
Dieter Ilg Folk Songs [Jazzline] ***
  Fieldwork [Jazzline] ***
Implicate Order Sound Quest [Cadence] ***(*)
  At Seixal [Clean Feed] ***
Peter Ind Looking Out / Jazz Bass Baroque [Wave] ***
  Alone Together [Wave] ***
Keith Ingham We're in the Money [Sackville] ***
Italian Instabile Orchestra Litania Sibilante [Enja] ****
Ethan Iverson Live at Small's [Fresh Sound] ***
  The Bad Plus [Fresh Sound] ****
D.D. Jackson Anthem [RCA] ***(*)
  Sigame [Justin Time] ***(*)
Milt Jackson Wizard of the Vibes [Blue Note] ****
  Soul Route [OJC] ***
Oliver Jackson The Last Great Concert [Nagel-Heyer] ***
Ronald Shannon Jackson Montreux Jazz Festival [Knitting Factory] ***(*)
  Earned Dreams [Knitting Factory] ***
  Beast in the Spider Bush: Live at the Caravan of Dreams [Knitting Factory] **(*)
  Live at Greenwich House [Knitting Factory] **(*)
  Live in Warsaw [Knitting Factory] ***
  Talkeye [Knitting Factory] ***
  Puttin' On Dog [Knitting Factory] ***
Willis Jackson Legends of Acid Jazz - Keep On a Blowin' [Prestige] ***
  Gravy [Prestige] ***
  Nuther'n Like Thuther'n [Prestige] ***
Ahmad Jamal At the Pershing [Chess] ****
  Freeflight [Impulse] ***
  Digital Works [Atlantic] ***
  Big Byrd: The Essence: Part 2 [Birdology] ***
  A L'Olympia [Dreyfus] ****
Harry James Harry James 1941-1942 [Classics] ***
  Harry James 1942 [Classics] ***
  Record Session '39-'42 [Hep] ***(*)
Jon Jang Immigrant Suite No. 1 [Soul Note] ***
  Beijing Trio [Asian Improv] ***
  Self-Portrait [Asian Improv] ***
Lena Jansson Lena Jansson Nils Lindberg Stockholm Big Band [Bluebell] ***
  That Certain Feeling [Bluebell] ***
Joseph Jarman As If It Were the Seasons [Delmark] ***
  Egwu-Anwu [India Navigation] ***
Keith Jarrett Inside Out [ECM] ***
Bobby Jaspar Modern Jazz au Club St-Germain [Emarcy] ***
The Java Quartet Passages [Rufus] ***
  Dark Garden [ABC/EMI] ***
Jazz at the Philharmonic Carnegie Hall 1949 [Pablo] ****
  The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World [Pablo] ***
Jazz Jamaica Double Barrel [Hannibal] ***
Billy Jenkins Life [VOCD] ***(*)
Jerry Jerome Something Borrowed Something Blue [Arbors] ***
Pucci Amanda Jhones Sweet Dreams [Cadence] ***(*)
  Wild Is the Wind [CIMP] **(*)
Bunk Johnson Bunk Johnson 1942/1945 [Document] **(*)
Gunnar Johnson Gunnar Johnson Quintet 1957-1959 [Dragon] ***
Plas Johnson Positively [Concord] **(*)
Philip Johnston Flood at the Ant Farm [Black Saint] ***
  Music for Films [Tzadik] ***
  The Merry Frolics of Satan: The George Méliès Project [Koch] ***(*)
Pete Jolly Timeless [VSOP] ***
Chris Jonas Ensembles Unsynchronized [Newsonic] ***
  The Vermilion [Hopscotch] ***
Carmell Jones Jay Hawk Talk [OJC] ***
Elvin Jones Dear John C [Impulse] ***
  New Agenda [Universe] ***
Etta Jones Hollar! [OJC] ***
  The Best of Etta Jones: The Prestige Singles [Prestige] ***(*)
  Easy Living [High Note] ***(*)
  Sings Lady Day [High Note] ****
Hank Jones Darji's Groove [Prevue] **
Philly Joe Jones Philly Mignon [OJC] ***
Sam Jones Down Home [OJC] ***
Thad Jones Greetings and Salutations [Four Leaf Clover] ***(*)
Clifford Jordan Mosaic [Milestone] ***
Louis Jordan Louis Jordan 1947-1949 [Classics] ***(*)
  Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five [JSP] ****
Sheila Jordan Jazz Child [High Note] ***(*)
Kristian Jørgensen Quartet [Stunt] **(*)
  Secret Love [Stunt] ***
Theo Jörgensmann Pagine Gialle [Hatology] ****
Anders Jormin Xieyi [ECM] ***(*)
Vic Juris Songbook [Steeplechase] ****
  Songbook 2 [Steeplechase] ***(*)
Ori Kaplan Delirium [CIMP] ***
Egil Kapstad Storytellers [Hot Club] ***
Jacob Karlzon Take Your Time! [Dragon] ***
Jan Kaspersen Katuaq Concert [Olufsen] ***(*)
Brian Kellock Something's Got to Give [Caber Music] ***
  Live at Henry's [Caber Music] ****
Wynton Kelly Live at the Left Bank Jazz Society 1967 [Fresh Sound] ***(*)
  Live at the Left Bank Jazz Society 1968 [Fresh Sound] ***(*)
Chris Kelsey Situational Music [Saxofonis Music] **(*)
  In Search of Emmett Hardy [Saxfonis Music] ***
Paul Kendall Unspoken Words [Cats Paw] ***
  Rhapsody [Sea Breeze] **(*)
  Excursions [Brownstone] ***
Stacey Kent Dreamsville [Candid] ***
  In Love Again [Candid] ***
Stan Kenton Balboa Bash [Naxos Jazz Legends] ***
  Etude for Saxophones [Naxos Jazz Legends] ***
  Stan Kenton 1950 [Classics] ***
  On the Air [Status] **(*)
  At the Arcadia Theatre 1974 [Magic] **(*)
Barney Kessel Let's Cook! [OJC] ***
  Swingin' Party [OJC] ***
  Workin' Out [OJC] ***
  Feeling Free [OJC] ***(*)
Talib Kibwe Eyes of the Elders [Arkadia] ***
David Kikoski Inner Trust [Criss Cross] ***(*)
  The Maze [Criss Cross] ***
  Almost Twilight [Criss Cross] ****
  Surf's Up [Criss Cross] ***(*)
Rebecca Kilgore The Starlit Hour [Arbors] ***(*)
  Rebecca Kilgore With the Keith Ingham Sextet [Jump] ***(*)
Jonny King The Meltdown [Enja] ****
Roy Kirby Way Down Yonder in New Orleans [P.E.K. Sound] ***
Rahsaan Roland Kirk Domino [Verve] ***(*)
Kenny Kirkland Kenny Kirkland [Verve] ***
Yoshiko Kishino Tenderness [GRP] **
Ryan Kisor Power Source [Criss Cross] ****
  The Dream [Criss Cross] ***
Goran Klinghagen Dilmst [Dragon] ***
Eric Kloss About Time [Prestige] **(*)
  Sky Shadows in the Land of Giants [Prestige] ***
Niclas Knudsen Human Beat Boxer [Stunt] **(*)
  Second Stroke [Stunt] ***
Franz Koglmann Venus in Transit [Between the Lines] ****
  Don't Play, Just Be [Between the Lines] ***
Eero Koivistoinen Wahoo!! [Warner Music Finland] ***
  The Front Is Breaking [Love Records] **(*)
  Labyrinth [Love Records] ***
  Eero Koivistoinen and Senegalese Drums [PROCD] **(*)
Peter Kowald Touch the Earth - Break the Shells [FMP] ***
  Bass Duets [FMP] ***(*)
  Duos: Europa America Japan [FMP] ****
  When the Sun Is Out You Don't See the Stars [FMP] ***(*)
  Was Da Ist [FMP] ****
  Open Secrets [Forward] ***(*)
  Mirrors - Broken But No Dust [Balance Point Acoustics] ***


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