P.L.M Posted May 30, 2005 Report Share Posted May 30, 2005 (edited) Thank you for that list, but it's some other Misha you're thinking of P.L.M. - might be Impromptus (FMP) or Solo (Buzz) [or Mix, of course, but somehow these two are better liked]. ← Yes, my man. My mistake. I thought about IMPROMPTUS and write WHO'S BRIDGE who is a trio record. By the way, I 've never heard MIX. I've corrected the list. Edited May 30, 2005 by P.L.M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted May 30, 2005 Report Share Posted May 30, 2005 glad somebody mentioned Jaki Byard - but you gotta get the Prestige LPS, which have not been reissued on CD - they are the absolute height of solo piano. The best of the last 50 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Friedman Posted May 30, 2005 Report Share Posted May 30, 2005 Some of my personal solo piano favorites include: Cedar Walton - Blues For Myself - Red Ray Bryant - Alone With The Blues - New Jazz Hank Jones - Live At Maybeck - Concord Dave McKenna - A Handful Of Stars - Concord John Lewis - Evolution - Atlantic Bill Evans - Alone - Verve Barry Harris - Solo - September Thelonious Monk - Monk Alone - Columbia Art Tatum - 20th Century Piano Genius - Verve Lou Levy - By Myself - Verve Jimmy Rowles - Plays Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn - Columbia Dado Moroni - The Way I Am - Jazz Connaisseur Kenny Barron - Live At Maybeck - Concord Peter Friedman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted May 31, 2005 Report Share Posted May 31, 2005 Don Pullen's "Solo Piano Record" on Sackville. Just cause no one's mentioned it. There are a couple of Elllington solos from the late 30's that Columbia's never released on cd (I think). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edward Posted May 31, 2005 Report Share Posted May 31, 2005 I highly recommend: Sir Roland Hanna - "Duke Ellington Piano Solos" on MusicMaster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKE BBB Posted May 31, 2005 Report Share Posted May 31, 2005 Art Tatum Stride piano players Tete Montoliu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate Dorward Posted May 31, 2005 Report Share Posted May 31, 2005 glad somebody mentioned Jaki Byard - but you gotta get the Prestige LPS, which have not been reissued on CD - they are the absolute height of solo piano. The best of the last 50 years. ← I thought all of Byard's stuff on Prestige was reissued? Which albums do you have in mind? All the ones I know of are trio or quartet discs, though. -- I must confess my esteem for Byard never recovered from two godawful latterday concerts of his I saw. Sloppy playing, & a cynical, sour demeanour on the stage. Re: Dave McKenna--of those I've heard I'd nudge Shadows & Dreams ahead of A Handful of Stars. Yosuke Yamashita's Canvas in Quiet is a personal favourite among recent discs. Earl Hines' Ellington tribute on New World is amazing stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted May 31, 2005 Report Share Posted May 31, 2005 Jaki was drinking too much in those days, sad to say - there are two early solo albums on Prestige that have never been reissued but that are among the glories of the age. Will report back with exact titles - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted May 31, 2005 Report Share Posted May 31, 2005 ...and they are: Solo Piano There Will be Some Changs Made - Nate - email me - I'd be happy to make some CDR dubs of these - Jaki was really a great guy but suffered from severe depression late in life late due to his wife's death from cancer - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted May 31, 2005 Report Share Posted May 31, 2005 (edited) There is an lp, "Solo Piano", that is combined with another on one OJC cd. Excellent date! I also love a Muse solo date I have called "Empirical" which on cd (1990) from Muse was a retitled version of "There'll be Some Changes Made" from Muse, 1972. Edited May 31, 2005 by jazzbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted May 31, 2005 Report Share Posted May 31, 2005 I highly recommend: Sir Roland Hanna - "Duke Ellington Piano Solos" on MusicMaster ← Sir Elf .... how could I forget him!?!? One of the most rewarding solo pianists ever! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted May 31, 2005 Report Share Posted May 31, 2005 Dave Burrell - Windward Passages (Hat Hut) Jaki Byard - Solo Piano (a second vote for that Prestige) Mal Waldron - The Opening (Futura) ... and probably any solo Cecil LP will do you right, though I myself prefer him with a(nother) drummer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alon Marcus Posted May 31, 2005 Report Share Posted May 31, 2005 Some more recommendations are found in this thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted May 31, 2005 Report Share Posted May 31, 2005 Anything by Earl Hines basically. No longer available but if you see it get is Mosaic's Master Jazz Piano. It's all solos and exquisite. I think one of the better Mosaics they put out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted May 31, 2005 Report Share Posted May 31, 2005 for the HInes, get first the 1920s solos stuff - amazing - and than try somethin like Spontaneous Explorations or any of the BlackLion CDs - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie87 Posted May 31, 2005 Report Share Posted May 31, 2005 The word "essential" kind of throws me, so I'm not sure whether these qualify, but I enjoy both of Brad Mehldau's solo recordings - "Elegiac Cycle" and "Live in Tokyo". He may not be the swinginest player around, but he's certainly creative and thoughtful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted May 31, 2005 Report Share Posted May 31, 2005 for the HInes, get first the 1920s solos stuff - amazing - and than try somethin like Spontaneous Explorations or any of the BlackLion CDs - ← Black Lion: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEK Posted May 31, 2005 Report Share Posted May 31, 2005 Among the solo piano recordings that are essential to me: Paul Bley - "Axis", "Solo Piano" Abdullah Ibrahim - "African Piano", "Ancient Africa", "Fats, Duke, and Monk", "Memories", "Ode To Duke Ellington", "Autobiography", "Matsidiso", "South African Sunshine", "African Dawn" Thelonious Monk - "Thelonious Himself" (John Coltrane and Wilbur Ware on the last track are a bonus ) Don Pullen - "Evidence Of Things Unseen" Randy Weston - "Rhythms and Sounds" (1978), "The Healers" (1980) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newk Posted June 1, 2005 Report Share Posted June 1, 2005 What's the best solo Fats Waller cd to get? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted June 1, 2005 Report Share Posted June 1, 2005 What's the best solo Fats Waller cd to get? Thanks! ← 'Turn On The Heat - The Fats Waller Piano Solos', a 2CD release from Bluebird, is the one to get. But I'm not sure it's still available. It has the 40 solos Fats Waller recorded for RCA Victor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted June 1, 2005 Report Share Posted June 1, 2005 Out of print for some time, unfortunately. . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kari S Posted June 1, 2005 Report Share Posted June 1, 2005 Keith Jarrett's intros to "My Funny Valentine" from Still Live and "How About You" from Complete Live at the Blue Note. Beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie87 Posted June 1, 2005 Report Share Posted June 1, 2005 a few more: Keith Jarrett - both La Scala & Vienna Concert Martial Solal - Bluesine Ran Blake - Unmarked Van Jason Moran - Modernistic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted June 3, 2005 Report Share Posted June 3, 2005 Bix, "In a Mist" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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