Author: S. Shyam Sundar

CHET BAKER—My Funny Valentine—Media Pix GRANT GREEN—‘Taint Nobody’s Business—Media Pix DJANGO REINHARDT/BENNY CARTER—Blue Light Blues—Media Pix ELIANE ELIAS—Brigas Nunca Mais—Media Pix JULIE LONDON—Can’t Help Lovin’ That Man—Media Pix LESTER YOUNG—There Will Never Another You—Media Pix JOHN SCOFIELD—Faded Love—Country for Old Men—Verve—2016 CHARLES LLOYD TRIOS—Dorotea’s Studio—Chapel—Blue Note—2022 TUCK & PATTI—The Very Thought of You—I Remember You—T&P […]

CHARLIE CHRISTIAN—Solo Flight—Media Pix JOE HENDERSON—The Bead Game—Media Pix LESTER YOUNG & THE OSCAR PETERSON TRIO—Almost Like Being in Love—Media Pix ELIANE ELIAS—Missing You—Media Pix HERBIE HANCOCK—Three Bags Full (Alternate Take)—Media Pix CHARLIE PARKER & DIZZY GILLESPIE—Koko—Media Pix KENNY BARRON QUINTET—DPW—Concentric Circles—Blue Note—2018 AL DI MEOLA—Insieme—Opus—e.a.r music—2018 SEAN JONES—Piscean Dichotomy—Live from Jazz at the Bistro—Mack […]

CHET BAKER—It’s Always You—Media Pix LEE MORGAN—Search for the N—Media Pix CHARLIE PARKER—Dizzy Atmosphere—Media Pix BRUCE BARTH TRIO—George’s Dance—Dedication—Origin Records—2022 STEVE SLAGLE—Big Mac—Ballads: Into the Heart of it—Panorama Records—2022 BILL CHARLAP TRIO—Your Host—Street of Dreams—Blue Note—2021 VIJAY IYER—Revolutions—Reimagining—Savoy Jazz—2005 CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE & INSIDE STRAIGHT—The Shade of the Cedar Tree—Live at the Village Vanguard—Mack Avenue Records—2021 […]

CHARLIE CHRISTIAN—Six Appeal—Media Pix HANK MOBLEY—Avila and Tequila—Media Pix ZOOT SIMS—Come Rain or Come Shine—Media Pix FREDDIE HUBBARD—Straight Life—Media Pix THE BLUE NOTE 7—Mosaic—Mosaic—Blue Note—2009 RANDY BRECKER WITH DR BIG BAND—Goldfinger—The Jazz Ballad Song Book—Red Dot Music—2011 JAMES CARTER ORGAN TRIO—Le Manoir De Mes Reves—Live from Newport Jazz—Blue Note—2019 JANE MONHEIT—Waters of March—Come Dream With […]

DAVE DOUGLAS—Mary’s Idea—Media Pix FREDDIE HUBBARD—Delphia—Media Pix DONALD BYRD & PEPPER ADAMS—Bitty Ditty—Motor City Scene—Avenue Jazz—1961 HOUSTON PERSON & RON CARTER—Blue Seven—Jazz for a Lazy Day—Jazz Heritage—1999 KENNY GARRETT—Chasing the Wind—Do Your Dance!—Mack Avenue Records—2016 ANAIS RENO—Caravan—Lonesome Thing—Harbinger Records—2021 BRAD MEHLDAU—After Bach: Flux—After Bach—Nonesuch Records—2018 BILL CHARLAP TRIO—What Are You Doing the Rest of Your […]

LOUIS ARMSTRONG—I’ve Got My Love—Media Pix HELEN MERRILL—Summertime—Media Pix CHARLIE PARKER—Cubano-Be, Cubano-Bop—Media Pix WES MONTGOMERY—Airegin—Media Pix KEN PEPLOWSKI BIG BAND—Clarinet in Springtime—Sunrise—Arbors Records—2018 MCCOY TYNER—Sama Layuca—Quartet—Half Note Records—2007 GEOFFREY KEEZER—Footprints—Zero One—Dreyfus—1999 STEVE TURRE—E.J.—TNT—Telarc—2001 SCOTT ROBINSON—The Nearness of You—TenorMore—Arbors Records—2018 ANN HAMPTON CALLAWAY—I’m Too White to Sing the Blues Blues—Telarc—2006 AVISHAI COHEN TRIO—Video Game—Shifting Sands—Believe/Naïve—2022 ETHAN […]

ANTHONY BRAXTON—Ballade—Media Pix STAN GETZ—I’ll Remember April—Media Pix SONNY ROLLINS—Way Out West—Media Pix HANK MOBLEY—Take Your Pick—Media Pix CHARLIE PARKER—Things to Come—Media Pix FREDDIE HUBBARD—Cold Turkey—Media Pix DIANA KRALL—A Blosson Fell—Media Pix CHARLIE CHRISTIAN—Wholly Cats—Media Pix TITO PUENTE—Elegua Chango—Cuban Carnival—BMG Music—1990 DAVID SANBORN—Tin Tin Deo—Closer—Verve—2005 ARTEMIS—Goddess of the Hunt—Artemis—Blue Note—2020 TODD MARCUS—Amy Pookie—Trio+–Stricket Street Records—2019 […]

LOUIS ARMSTRONG & ELLA FITZGERALD—Stars Fell on Alabama—Media Pix HERBIE HANCOCK—Wiggle Waggle—Media Pix DJANGO REINHARDT—Melancholy Baby—Media Pix QUINCY JONES—Bright Moon—Media Pix SONNY ROLLINS—My One and Only—Media Pix DONALD HARRISON, RON CARTER & BILLY COBHAM—Blues for Happy People—New York Cool: Live at the Blue Note—Half Note Records—2005 CYRUS CHESTNUT—Whoopi—Earth Stories—Atlantic—1996 RODNEY WHITAKER—Aloogabooga—Outrospection—Origin Records—2021 JOE LOCKE—Blue November—Force […]

CHET BAKER—Someone to Watch Over Me—Media Pix JAMES JOHNSON—Carolina Shout—Media Pix CHARLIE PARKER—A Night in Tunisia—Media Pix MARTIN MEDESKI—Hey-Hee-Hi-Ho—Media Pix WARREN VACHE—I Can’t Get Started—Jazz for a Rainy Afternoon—Jazz Heritage—1998 DUKE ROBILLARD—Cadillac Slim—The Rounder Years—Bullseye Blues—1997 JON FADDIS—Teranga—Teranga—Koch Records—2006 JOE LOCKE—Alpha Punk—Force of Four—Origin Records—2008 BOBBY SANABRIA MULTIVERSE BIG BAND—Cool—West Side Story Reimagined—Jazzheads—2018 MARIA MULDAUR—I’ve […]

SHIRLEY HORN—Basin Street Blues—Media Pix DJANGO FESTIVAL ALL STARS—Nuages—Django Festival All Starrs 2012—Three’s A Crowd Records—2013 KEITH JARRETT—Ritooria—Facing You—ECM—1971 ELLA FITZGERALD—Cheek to Cheek—Ella at the Hollywood Bowl: The Irving Berlin Songbook—Verve—2022 KIKOSKI/CARPENTER/NOVAK/SHEPPARD—Bolivia—From the Hip—BFM Jazz—2013 MICHELLE LORDI—Lover Man—Break Up With the Sound—Cabinet of Wonder JAY T. VONADA—Sisaroo—Swing-Nova Live—Summit Records—2021 ROSA PASSOS—Alibi—Romance—Telarc—2008 AVISHAI COHEN—Shifting Sands—Shifting Sands—Naïve—2022 […]