Author: S. Shyam Sundar

MILES DAVIS—On Green Dolphin Street—Media Pix FREDDIE HUBBARD—Red Clay—Media Pix JOHN COLTRANE—Giant Steps—The Best of John Coltrane—Atlantic—1970 JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA WITH WYNTON MARSALIS—Hymn to Freedom—Handful of Keys—Blue Engine Records—2017 STEVE TURRE—Back in the Day—TNT—Telarc—2001 ELIANE ELIAS—Angel Eyes—Love Stories—Concord Jazz—2019 BILL CHARLAP TRIO—Satellite—Uptown Downtown—Impulse!—2017 ANTONIO HART—Rock Candy—Blessings—Jazz Legacy—2015 THEO CROKER—The Messenger—Star People Nation—Sony Music […]

LOUIS ARMSTRONG—Gee Baby, Ain’t I Good To You?—Media Pix GRANT GREEN—Nancy (with the Laughing Face)—Media Pix DJANGO REINHARDT—Avalon—Media Pix THELONIOUS MONK—Japanese Folk Song—Media Pix CHARLIE PARKER & DIZZY GILLESPIE—Cubano-Be, Cubano-Bop—Media Pix DAVID MURRAY BLACK SAINT QUARTET (featuring CASSANDRA WILSON)—Sacred Ground—Sacred Ground—Justin Time Records—2007 KENNY GARRETT—When the Days Were Different—Sounds from the Ancestors—Mack Avenue Records—2021 EMMET […]

JOHN COLTRANE—Blues To You—Media Pix BOB MINTZER—Joshua—Media Pix CHARLIE PARKER—Things to Come—Media Pix SHIRLEY HORN—My Man Is Gone Now—Media Pix JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA WITH WYNTON MARSALIS—Yes or No—The Music of Wayne Shorter—Blue Engine Records—2020 CHARLES RUGGIERO—Monk’s Dream—Charles Ruggiero Plays Monk Live! At the Baked Potato—RMF Records—2026 ANDY JAMES & JOHN PATITUCCI—Autumn in New […]

LOUIS ARMSTRONG—They Can’t Take That Away from Me—Media Pix JULIE LONDON—Easy Street—Media Pix DJANGO REINHARDT—My Melancholy Baby—Media Pix SHIRLEY HORN—I Got Lost in His Arms—Media Pix LESTER YOUNG & OSCAR PETERSON TRIO—Tea for Two—Media Pix WES MONTGOMERY—Airegin—Media Pix GRACHAN MONCUR III—Monk in Wonderland—Media Pix ARTURO SANDOVAL—Eso Es Lo Que Hay—Live at Blue Note—Half Note Records—2004 […]

LOUIS ARMSTRONG—There’s a Boat Dat’s Leaving Soon for New York—Media Pix CHARLIE HUNTER—Mystic Relaxation—Media Pix DJANGO REINHARDT—Tea for Two—Media Pix THELONIOUS MONK—Evidence—Media Pix JOSHUA REDMAN—Moose the Mooch—Media Pix MEDESKI, MARTIN & WOOD—Seven Dead-Lies—Media Pix SHIRLEY HORN—I Fall in Love—Media Pix WYNTON MARSALIS—Crepuscle with Nellie—Columbia—1991 CHARLIE PORTER—Immigration Nation—Immigration Nation—OA2 Records—2019 THE LARRY GOLDINGS TRIO—Comfort Zone—Palmetto Records—1999 […]

LOUIS ARMSTRONG—I’ve Got My Love—Media Pix HERBIE HANCOCK—Wandering Spirit—Media Pix BILL FRISELL—Baba Drame—Valentine—Blue Note–2020 CHICK COREA—Noon Song—Sometime Ago: Live in Germany 1972—MIG Music—2026 DIZZY GILLESPIE ALUMNI ALL STAR BIG BAND—A Night in Tunisia—Things to Come—Telarc—2002 CONRAD HERWIG—Bianco’s Waltz—Reflections – Facing South—Savant Records—2025 MONTY ALEXANDER—Mount Zanda—Live at the Iridium—Telarc—2006 BRIA SKONBERG—Comin’ Home Baby/You’d Be So Nice […]

ANTHONY BRAXTON—Triplet Diatonic—Media Pix MEDESKI, MARTIN & WOOD—Hey Joe—Media Pix LESTER YOUNG—I Can’t Get Started—Media Pix MILT JACKSON & JOHN COLTRANE—Be-Bop—Media Pix JOSHUA REDMAN—We Had a Sister—Media Pix TIA FULLER & SHAMIE FULLER-ROYSTON—Dear John—Fuller Sound Vol. 2—Cellar Music—2026 THE OSCAR PETERSON TRIO—Confirmation—Live at Baker’s Keyboard Lounge: The Complete Recordings—Verve—2026 DEANNE MATLEY—The Alberta Lounge—The Alberta Lounge—Barbette […]

CHET BAKER—Like Someone in Love—Media Pix TOM HARRELL—Cheetah—Media Pix ZOOT SIMS—Come Rain or Come Shine—Media Pix THELONIOUS MONK—Criss Cross—Media Pix LESTER YOUNG—I Can’t Give You Anything But Love—Media Pix STAN KENTON—Sophisticated Lady—Media Pix JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA WITH WYNTON MARSALIS—Lulu’s Back in Town—Media Pix JAMES CARTER ORGAN TRIO—Little Red Rooser—Out of Nowhere—Half Note Records—2005 […]

CHET BAKER—I’ve Never Been In Love Before—Media Pix GRANT GREEN—Two for One—Media Pix JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA WITH WYNTON MARSALIS—Baa Baa Black Sheep—Live in Cuba—Blue Engine Records—2015 BOB BELDEN—El Swing—Miles Espanol: New Sketches of Spain—Entertainment One Music–2011 MONTY ALEXANDER—Well You Needn’t—Wareika Hill: Rastamonk Vibrations—MACD Records—2019 MICHEL CAMILO—Nardis—Spirit of the Moment—Telarc—2007 ORRIN EVANS—For Miles—The Evolution […]

CHICK COREA—The Law of Falling and Catching—Media Pix MASADA—Katzatz—Media Pix ZOOT SIMS—Up a Lazy River—Media Pix BILLIE HOLIDAY—Yesterdays—Media Pix DJANGO REINHARDT—I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight—Media Pix BILLIE HOLIDAY—Autumn in New York—Media Pix DAVE DOUGLAS—Ageless—Media Pix BILL FRISELL—Holiday—Four—Blue Note—2022 THE DIVA JAZZ ORCHESTRA—Heart—Diva Swings Broadway—DIVA Jazz—2022 ARTEMIS—Empress Afternoon—In Real Time—Blue Note—2023 JOHN PIZZARELLI—Ain’t That […]