ella is a goddess and her dynamic with louis is so good, the levity and contrasting vocal tones are fantastic. can't forget oscar peterson absolutely cooking on the piano as well. top tier jazz ballads/duets.
these aren’t super deep cuts or anything just the greats knocking it out of the park and making it look easy 😮💨 lmk what you like and maybe i can recommend more to u specifically ?
Carmen McRae - Bittersweet
Erroll Garner - Concert by the Sea
Billie Holiday - An Evening with Billie Holiday
Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Sings Soulfully
Charles Mingus - Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
Ornette Coleman - Change of the Century
John Coltrane - Blue Train
Mary Lou Williams - Zodiac Suite
Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk
Art Ensemble of Chicago - A Jackson in Your House
Pharaoh Sanders - Tauhid
Probably the single best trinket ever made. I have a hard time even defining what it is… A puzzle? An obstacle course? It’s sort of like a portable marble run set except instead of manipulating the marble you manipulate the structure around it. Incredible stuff. Extremely loud and obnoxious in a good way
Jazz teacher mentioned this in passing a year or two ago. Really really beautiful I’m always trying to put everyone onto this. slow orchestral silky jazz
Shirley Horn sounds like she’s seen it all. Beautiful voice
this year is his last year teaching and because of his class jazz developed a really special spiritual meaning for me. Can’t imagine where i’d be without that training