The Galaxy Playlist

May 23rd, 2005

A little jazz, by request

Composer's name is listed where notable (i.e. Classical Performance, Jazz Performance).

Composer Performer Title Genre Label Notes
Miles Davis Pharaoh's Dance Jazz, '60s/Fusion Columbia, 1970
Miles Runs The Voodoo Down
Sonny Rollins Misterioso Jazz, '50s Blue Note, 1957 Misterioso was written by Thelonious Monk, and features Monk playing piano on the first half of the song, and the first piano solo. Horace Silver also plays and solos on piano during the 2nd half of the song
Decision Blue Note, 1956
Pat Metheny Open Jazz, '80s/traditional ECM, 1980
Eric Dolphy Gazzeloni Jazz, '60s/Free Blue Note, 1964
Charles Mingus Meditations on Integration Jazz, '60s/Free Revenge, 1996 Recorded April 17th, 1964, live in Paris; This Revenge Records release was the first authorized recording of this legendary (and well-bootlegged) concert; Eric Dolphy died a few months after this performance
John Coltrane Chasin' The Trane Jazz, Progressive Impulse, 1997 Recorded live at the Village Vanguard, NYC, 1961. Released in several combinations in 1962, 1963, 1977, 1979, and 1985, finally culminating with the 1997 box set (a highly recommended recording)

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