VA - Jazz Instrumentals (A Butterboy Compilation) (3 x CD's)

JAZZ INSTRUMENTALS

VA - Jazz Instrumentals (A Butterboy Compilation) (3 x CD's)

Wynton Marsalis said "The real power of Jazz is that a group of people can come together and create improvised art and negotiate their agendas... and that negotiation is the art"  

Ornette Coleman said "Jazz is the only music in which the same note can be played night after night but differently each time." 

Gary Burton said "Improvising musicians are musical travelers, voyagers. There is a freedom to wander the musical landscape."

These are the feelings I have listening to Jazz. The instrumentals here have as many flavours of jazz as there are pebbles on a beach, but the majority combine rhythmic invention with instrumental virtuosity to create a sound that can transport the listener to a different plane. Whether your ear is caught by the saxophone, the flute, or effervescent keyboards or scatty drums, one thing is certain, the jazz instrumental still reigns supreme.  I hope you enjoy these selections.

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Track lists

CD1

01 Calvin Keys B. E. 7:22

02 Herbie Mann Blues Walk 4:08

03 George Shearing Quartet Lullaby of Birdland 2:45

04 Pharoah Sanders Thembi 7:04

05 Dave Brubeck Take Five 5:25

06 Erroll Garner Misty 2:49

07 Ramsey Lewis Wade in the Water 3:26

08 Quincy Jones Tuxedo Junction 2:44

09 Horace Silver Song for My Father 7:17

10 Ray Charles One Mint Julep 3:07

11 Joe Torres Nightwalk 4:17

12 Auratones Cool Rules 3:46

13 Chick Corea & Return to Forever Spain 9:50

14 Jimmy Smith Quartet Back at the Chicken Shack 8:03

15 Chuck Mangione Feels So Good 9:07

16 Phil Upchurch Combo You Can't Sit Down (Part 1 & 2) 4:13

17 Oscar Peterson Trio Night Train 4:50

18 Grover Washington Jr. Soulful Strut 4:15

19 Johnny Dankworth African Waltz 2:20

20 Cal Tjader Shoji 2:37

CD2

21 George Benson Breezin' 5:41

22 Grant Green Idle Moments (Long Version) 14:55

23 John Coltrane Giant Steps 4:45

24 Ben Webster & Oscar Peterson Bye Bye Blackbird 6:45

25 Eddie Harris Moon River 5:52

26 Cal Tjader Cha 3:41

27 Vince Guaraldi Trio Linus And Lucy 3:06

28 Spyro Gyra Morning Dance 3:57

29 King Curtis Harlem Nocturne 3:53

30 Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers Along Came Betty 6:07

31 Charles Mingus Goodbye Pork Pie Hat 4:49

32 Thelonious Monk Round Midnight 3:11

33 Miles Davis So What 9:25

34 Jimmy Smith Walk on the Wild Side 5:54

35 McCoy Tyner Passion Dance 8:45

36 Bud Powell Tempus Fugit 2:29

37 Clifford Brown The Blues Walk 6:51

38 Lenny Breau Visions 6:08

39 Wes Montgomery West Coast Blues 7:23

40 Herbie Hancock Watermelon Man 7:08

CD3

41 Jimmy Smith Midnight Special 9:53

42 Artie Shaw Begin the Beguine 3:17

43 Lee Morgan Totem Pole 10:14

44 Allen Toussaint West End Blues 3:51

45 Dexter Gordon Willow Weep for Me 8:47

46 Lester Young Lester Leaps In 3:15

47 Joe Henderson Lush Life 4:58

48 Kenny Dorham Featuring Jackie-McLean It Could Happen to You 6:02

49 Coleman Hawkins & His Orchestra Body and Soul 3:02

50 Dizzy Gillespie A Night in Tunisia 3:09

51 Cannonball Adderley With Miles Autumn Leaves 10:57

52 Wynton Marsalis I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry 5:57

53 Bill Evans Waltz for Debby 4:23

54 Oliver Nelson Stolen Moments 8:46

55 Archie Shepp Naima 7:10

56 Herbie Hancock Maiden Voyage 7:49

57 Gato Barbieri Europa 4:08

58 Art Pepper Duo Blues 7:55

59 Weather Report A Remark You Made 6:55

60 Acker Bilk Stranger on the Shore 2:55

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