My first four “Jazz I Love"s – #1, #2, #3, and #4 – were assorted jazz recordings from the past few decades. #5 focused on 1960s jazz.
I’ll now share a piano-focused edition, which I hope to follow up with additional instrument-focused editions. I’ve tried to include a performance by many of the greats. Please treat this as a starting point for discovering more amazing performances by these incredible artists.
Enjoy!
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Brad Mehldau, Johnny O’Neal, and Emmet Cohen Six-Hands Piano
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Makoto Ozone & WDR Big Band No Siesta
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Michel Camilo (performing his own composition) Concerto for Jazz Trio & Orchestra - Triple Concerto
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Chick Corea & Hiromi Uehara duet Spain
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John Coltrane & Wynton Kelly On Green Dolphin Street - 1960 - Düsseldorf
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Oscar Peterson & Count Basie Live 1974
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Dorothy Donegan (incredible performance!) Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival 1980
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Art Tatum Yesterdays
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Hiromi Uehara The Trio Project, Lugano 2011
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Thelonious Monk Live At Berliner Jazztage (1969)
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Emmet Cohen with special guests Miami Live 2024
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Bill Evans Trio BBC studio, London, March 19th, 1965 (colorized)
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Herbie Hancock Live in Concert 2006
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McCoy Tyner Trio with George Benson Live at Umbria Jazz 1989
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Duke Ellington Take the A Train (solo piano)
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Ahmad Jamal Poinciana - At Jazz à Vienne
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Keith Jarrett Trio Oleo - Tokyo 1993
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Michel Petrucciani, Anthony Jackson, Steve Gadd Live from Stuttgart 1998
** Youtube won’t let me embed this concert with Anthony Jackson and Steve Gadd, but you can watch it in a separate window. Embedding a different Petrucciani concert here: **
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Michel Camilo & Tito Puente Festival Internacional de Jazz de Montreal
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Earl Hines & Coleman Hawkins Live in New York 1965 At the Village Vanguard
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Charles Mingus 6 with Bud Powell I’ll Remember April - Live 1960
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Dave Brubeck Quartet Paris Jazz Festival 1964
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Errol Garner 35 Minutes of Erroll Garner Live in ‘64!
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Bob James, David Sanborn & Steve Gadd Leverkusener Jazztage 2013
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Horace Silver Quintet Song for My Father - 1968 Rotterdam
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Riyoko Takagi Live at D-Bop Jazz Club 21 Nov 2023
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Oscar Peterson, Joe Pass, and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen Live at “Bussoladomani” Lido di Camaiore Italy 1985
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Chucho Valdés & Chick Corea Live 2019
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Michel Camilo + Hiromi Uehara Caravan
With thanks to Sterling Lanier for their photo on Unsplash