De cada libro lo mejor: en el libro La discoteca ideal del jazz, Joan Riambau, Primera Edición, 1995, Enciclopedias Planeta, Editorial Planeta, ISBN 84-08-01591-5, tras la introducción al libro, introduce una «Breve historia del jazz». En cada uno de esos apartados nos encontramos con las mejores grabaciones para cada uno de los diferentes apartados en que el autor divide la historia del jazz (fundamentalmente décadas). Este es el listado de todas ellas:
JAZZ Y ALCOHOL (CLANDESTINO)
LA ERA DEL SWING
EL BEBOP
LOS AÑOS CINCUENTA: BE-BOP, COOL Y RHYTHM AND BLUES
LOS AÑOS SESENTA: LA «NEW THING» Y EL SOUL
LOS AÑOS SETENTA Y EL ESPÍRITU DE FUSIÓN
VUELTA A LOS ORÍGENES Y NUEVAS PERSPECTIVAS
EL FUTURO DE HOY EN DÍA
Louis Armstrong
Hot Fives & Hot Sevens CBS 4608212
Bix Beiderbecke
Singin’the Blues CBS 4663092
Duke Ellington
The Okeh Ellington Columbia / 4669642
Fletcher Henderson
Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra 1923-1924 Original Jazz Classies / CLASSICS 683
Jelly Roll Morton
His Best Recordings 1926-1939 Best of Jazz / 4008
King Oliver
Great Original Performances 1923-1929 CDS Jazz Classics / RPCID 607
Bessie Smith The Collection Columbia / 463 339 2
Louis Armstrong y Ella Fitzgerald
Ella and Louis Verve 8253732
Count Basie
The Original American Decca Recordings GRIP 36112
Sidney Bechet
The Complete Sidney Bechet 1932-1941 Jazz Tribune / ND 89760
Ella Fitzgerald
75th Birthday Celebration GRIP 26192
Benny Goodman
The Complete Small Combinations (1935-1937) Jazz Tribune / ND 89753
Lionel Hampton
The Chronological Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra 1939-1940 Classics 706242
Coleman Hawkins
The Indispensable 1927-1956 Jazz Tribune / ND 89277
Billie Holiday y Lester Young
Lady Day and Pres. New York 1937- 1941 Frémeaux & Ass. / FA 013
Billie Holiday
Last Recording Verve 835 370-4
The John Kirby Sextet
The Biggest Little Band in the Land Columbia / 4721842
Jimmie Lunceford
His Best Recordings 1934-1942 Best Of jazz 4002
Lester Young
1937-1939 The Complementary Works Masters of Jazz / MJCD 46
Fats Waller
His Best Recordings 1928-1.942 Best of Jazz 4006
Count Basie & His Orchestra (con Sarah Vaughan, Charlie Parker, Stan Getz, Billie Holiday, Lester Young) Birdland All Stars Live at Carnegie Hall Roulette / CDS 7986602
Charlie Christian
The Genius of the Electríc Guitar Columbia / 4606122
Duke Ellington
The Indispensable, vol. 5 & 6 (1940) Jazz Tribune / NID 89750
The Great Paris Concert Atlantic 7567-81303-2
Erroll Garner
Body & Soul Columbia / 4679162
Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy Gillespie, vols. 1 & 2 (1946-1949) Jazz Tribune / ND 89763
Machito & His Afro-Cubans
Cubop City Tumbao TCD 12
Thelonious Monk
Genius of Modem Music, vol 1 Blue Note 7815102
Charlie Parker
The Best of Bird on Savoy Savoy 650109
Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus, Max Roach
Massey Hall, Toronto, May 15th 1953 Giants of Jazz GOJCD 53036
Bud Powell
The Amazing Bud Powell vol. 1 Blue Note CDP 7 81503
Django Reinhardt
L’essentiel Emi 7806712
Art Tatum
The Complete Trio Sessions with Tiny Grimes and Slam Stewart Official 83001
Sarah Vaughan
Sassy Swings the Tivoli Emarcy 832 788 2
LOS AÑOS CINCUENTA: BE-BOP, COOL Y RHYTHM AND BLUES
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
A Night At Birdland With The Art Blakey Quintet, vols. 1 y 2 Blue Note 7465192 (vol. 1) y 7465202 (vol. 2)
Clifford Brown y Max Roach
Study in Brown Phonogram 8146462
John Coltrane
Soultrane Carrére 98466
Miles Davis
BIrth of the Cool Blue Note 7928622
Kind of Blue CBS 460603 2
Jimmy McGriff, Big John Patton, Jimmy Smith, Freddie Roach, Fred Jackson, Baby Face Willette, Larry Young, George Braith, Lou Donaldson, Brother Jack McDuff, Grant Green
Blue Funk Blue Note CDP 0777 7 96563 2 5
Charles Mingus
Pithecantropus Erectus Atlantic 7814562
Modem Jazz Quartet
Django Prestige 98446
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Himself Riverside 98991
Gerry Mulligan y Chet Baker
Best of Gerry Mulligan with Chet Baker Pacific Jazz CZ 416
Sonny Rollins
A Night A t The Village Vanguard, vols. 1 y 2 Blue Note 7465172 (vol. 1) y 7465182 (vol. 2)
Rhythm and blues
Ray Charles
41 Greatest Hits 1959-1972 Frémeaux & Ass. FA 004
Louis Jordan
Five Guys Named Moe (Original Decca Recordings, vol. 2) Decca MCAD- 10503
B. B. King
Singin’ The Blues; The Blues Ace CDCHD 320
Varios artistas
Chess Story, vols. 1 y 2 Media 7 CIDINS 5033 (vol. 1) y CIDINS 5034 (vol. 2)
LOS AÑOS SESENTA: LA «NEW THING» Y EL SOUL
Albert Ayler
Spiritual Unity Concord ESP 1002 2
Don Cherry
Complete Communion Blue Note
Omette Coleman
Something Else! Contemporary 9031-742242
John Coltrane
A Love Supreme Impulse MCD 01648
Miles Davis
Sketches of Spain Columbia 14726199
Eric Dolphy
At the Five Spot, vols. 1 y 2 Fantasy VDJ 1504 (vol. 1) y VD,1 1525 (vol. 2)
Bill Evans
The Bill Evans Trio At the Village Vanguard Riverside 98571
Herbie Hancock
Maiden Voyage Blue Note CDP 7 46339
Wes Montgomery
The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery Riverside 98923
Cecil Taylor
The World of Cecil Taylor Candid Can 79006
Wayne Shorter
Juju Blue Note 7465142
Soul
James Brown Live at the Apollo, 1962 Polydor 843 479-2
Varios artistas
Soul Hits Charly QSCD 6005
LOS AÑOS SETENTA Y EL ESPÍRITU DE FUSIÓN
Chick Corea
Piano Improvisations vol. 1 ECM 8119792
Miles Davis
Bitches Brew Columbia / COL 472355
Gil Evans
The Gil Evans Orchestra Plays the Music of Jimi Hendrix Bluebird ND88409
John McLaughlin & Mahavishnu Orchestra
Birds of Fire Columbia 1 COL 468224
Weather Report
8:30 Columbia / 4769082
VUELTA A LOS ORÍGENES Y NUEVAS PERSPECTIVAS
Art Ensemble of Chicago
Ancient to the Future Diw 804
Lester Bowie
Lester Bowie Ensemble (Jazzbühne Berlin’82) Repertoire Records RR 4911 -CC
Miles Davis
Decoy Columbia 1 COL 4687022
Defunkt
Avoid the Funk: A Defunkt Anthology Hannibal Records HNCD 1320
Dizzy Gillespie and the United Nation Orchestra
Live at the Royal Festival Hall Enja 6044-2
Kip Hanrahan & Conjure
Music for the Texts of Ishmael Reed Pangaea PEA 4611552
Keith Jarrett
Still Live ECM 1360161
Marc Johnson’s Bass Desires
Second Sight ECM 1351
John McLaughlin Trio
Live at the Royal Festival Hall JMT 834 436-2
Wynton Marsalis
Live at Blues Alley CBS 461109 2
Pat Metheny
Travels ECM 1252153
The Paris All Stars (Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach, Stan Getz, Jackie McLean, Phil Woods, Milt Jackson, Hank Jones, Percy Heath)
Homage to Charlie Parker MM 750215300 2
Jaco Pastorius
Word of Mouth Warner 923525-2
Michel Petrucciani (con Jim Hall y Wayne Shorter)
Power of Three Blue Note CDP 7 46427 2
Archie Shepp y Chris McGregor
Brorherhood of Breath (En concert à Banlieus Bleues) 52e Rue Est RECD 017
Steps Ahead
Modern Times Elektra 7559 603512
Buckshot LeFonque (Brandford Marsalis)
Buckshot LeFonque Columbia 14765322
Steve Coleman
Rhythm in Mind Novus PD 90654
Steve Coleman and Metrics
A Tale of 3 Cities, The EP Novus 74321247472
Miles Davis
Doo-Bop WEA 759926 9382
Herbie Hancock
Dis Is Da Drum Mercury PHCR-1280
Roy Hargrove (con Stanley Turrentine, Johnny Griffin, Brandford Marsalis, Joe Henderson, Joshua Redman)
Roy Hargrove Quintet with the Tenors of Our Time Verve 523 019-2
Maceo Parker
Maceo Minor Music MM 801046
McCoy Tyner Big Band
The Turning Point Birdology 513 163-2
The UMC’S, Lou Donaldson, Donald Byrd, US3, Beastie Boys, Guru, Reuben Wilson, SooneMC, Greg Osby, Gang Starr
Giant Steps EMI 7243 8 27533 2 2
Cassandra Wilson
Blue Light ‘Til Down CDP 0777 7 81357 2 2
World Saxophone Quartet with Fontella Bass
Breath of Life Elektra Nonesuch 7559-79309-2
John Zorn
Naked Clty Elektra Nonesuch 97238 2
