Wayne Shorter’s Blue Note debut as a leader -- six originals with Lee Morgan, McCoy Tyner, Reggie Workman, and Elvin Jones. The album where jazz’s greatest composer found his voice.
Teddy Edwards at his most lyrical -- working through standards and originals for Richard Bock's Pacific Jazz label with Joe Castro, Leroy Vinnegar, and Billy Higgins. Listen on Deep in the Stacks.
Jimmy Heath's 1960 Riverside date with all three Heath brothers, Clark Terry, and both Adderley brothers -- big band thinking scaled down to ten pieces.
Booker Ervin's 1964 Prestige standards date with Tommy Flanagan, Richard Davis, and Alan Dawson -- the hardest-blowing tenor in jazz at his most tender.
Gil Melle's 1956 Prestige quartet date -- a restless innovator who painted covers for Miles Davis and built his own instruments, captured across two Van Gelder sessions.
