“ABC Blues,” 95
Adams, Pepper, 90
Adderley, Cannonball, 130
“Afternoon of a Basie-Ite,” 42–43
Alabama Sacred Harp Singers, 67, 69
Allison, Mose, 175
“All the Things You Are,” 18–22, 28
“Alone,” 88–89
“A Maldade Não Tem Fin,” 81–82, 85
American Garage, 23
America’s #1 Band, 99, 157, 167
Amram, David, 7
Armatrading, Joan, 121–22
Armstrong, Louis, 17, 36, 59, 172, 185–88, 195
Arrignon, Michel, 195
Artaud, 210–11
Ascenseur pour l’echafaud (Elevator to the Gallows), 178–79
“As Long as You’re Living,” 51–53
Auld, Georgie, 38
“Aurora Leigh,” 10
Autry, Gene, 11
Ayler, Albert, 22
Bach, J. S., 22, 27, 29, 46, 83, 202, 207
Fugue no. 22 in B-flat Minor, 24–26, 29
Well-Tempered Clavier, 25–26, 29
Bacon, Kim, 201
Baker, Chet, 92
“Balada Para Un Loco,” 202–3
Ballard, Jeff, 199
Barrett Browning, Elizabeth, 10
Basie, Count, 76, 89–91, 96, 99, 143, 147–48, 153–60, 167, 217
Bauzá, Mario, 109
Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born, The, 221
Beneke, Tex, 92
Benitez, John, 218
Benjamin, Joe, 165
Best, Denzil, 37
Best of the Complete Savoy & Dial Studio Recordings (Parker), 69, 153
Best of the Duke Ellington Centennial Edition, The, 211
Beyond the Sound Barrier, 214
Bill Evans Trio, 220
Billie Holiday: Rare Live Recordings, 43
Björk, 129
Black Beings, xii
Black Codes from the Underground, 182
“Black Elk Speaks,” 221
Black Fire, 49
Blackwell, Ed, 216
Blade, Brian, 218
Bley, Paul, 14, 18–20, 24, 38, 171, 215
“Blowin’ in the Wind,” 116
“Blue Rondo à la Turk,” 51–53
“Blues-ette,” 185
“Boogie Man,” 189
Boulanger, Nadia, 202
Boyd, Nelson, 166
Brecker, Michael, 214
Brick (drummer), 189
“Bridge, The,” 41
Bridge, The, 214–15
Brookmeyer, Bob, 78, 86–99, 216–17
Brown, Clifford, 177–79
Brown, Earle, 95
Brown, James, 117
Buckethead, 17
Burrell, Kenny, 174
“Cain and Abel,” 221
Calderazzo, Joey, 184, 188, 194
Calling, The, 125
Carambola, 167
Carpenter, Mary Chapin, 120–21, 125
Carter, Betty, 113
Carter, Elliott, 79
Catlett, Sid, 42, 165, 171, 176–79
Cerulean Skies, 216
Cervantes, Ignacio, 106
Cheek, Chris, 199
Cherry, Don, 216
Chopin, Frédéric, 146
Clarke, Kenny, 178–79
Clayton, Buck, 89
Clifford Brown and Max Roach, 178–79
“Closer and Closer Apart,” 120–21, 125
Cobb, Jimmy, 213
Cohen, Greg, 56
Cole Español, 103
Coleman, Denardo, 56–57
Coleman, George, 20
Coleman, Ornette, xiv, 16, 21, 46, 54–69, 128, 130, 136, 214–16
Coleman Hawkins, 1943–1944, 43
Colina, Javier, 105
Coltrane, John, 6–7, 9, 36, 64, 90, 96, 129–36, 139, 159, 162–63, 175, 183, 190, 194, 213, 215, 221
“Coltrane Blues,” 183
Combs, Larry, 192
“Coming About,” 83
Complete Concert: 1964 (Davis), 28
Complete Decca Recordings, The (Basie), 153
Complete Lester Young on Keynote, The, 43
Complete Live at the Hillcrest Club (Coleman-Bley Quintet), 215
Complete Mercury Max Roach Plus Four Sessions, The, 53
Complete RCA Victor Recordings, The (Armstrong), 195
Complete Savoy and Dial Studio Recordings, 1944–1948, The (Parker), 43
Complete Science Fiction Sessions, The, 216
Complete Studio Recordings (Terry-Brookmeyer Quintet), 217
Complete Verve Gerry Mulligan Concert Band Sessions, 217
Complete Village Vanguard Recordings, 1961, The (Evans Trio), 220
Concert in the Garden, 77
“Concierto de Aranjuez,” 74–75, 84
Connors, Red, 63
Copland, Aaron, 192
Corea, Chick, 220
Costa, Eddie, 175
Cotton, Al, 177
Crispell, Marilyn, 220
Crosby, Bing, 185
Cuscuna, Michael, 49
Dancing in Your Head, 106
Dara, Olu, 219
“Darn That Dream,” 208
Davis, Eddie Lockjaw, 37
Davis, Miles, 2, 6–7, 20–22, 28, 38–41, 50, 74–75, 84, 130, 136, 152, 156, 163, 178–79, 213
Davis, Richard, 215
“Daydream,” 208–9
Deodato, Eumir, 189
“Desafinado,” 110
Dial, Harry, 190
“Diario de Alina Reyes,” 221
“Dindi,” 3
Dizzy Gillespie: The Complete RCA Victor Recordings: 1937–1949, 111
Dodds, Baby, xvi, 163–64, 171–73, 178–79
Dodds, Johnny, 173
Dolphy, Eric, 215
Donaldson, Lou, 176
“Donna Lee,” 50
“Door, The,” 88
Dorham, Kenny, 176
dos Santos, Carolina, 3
Duchin, Eddy, 108
Duvivier, George, 90
Earth, Wind and Fire, 189
East Broadway Run Down, 215
Eckstine, Billy, 141
80/81, 214
Eldridge, Roy, 162
Electric Bebop Band. See Motian, Paul
Elgar, Edward, The Enigma Variations, 10
Ellington, Duke, 148, 193, 199, 208–9, 211
“Embraceable You,” 114, 148–49, 153
Ensemble Intercontemporain, 192–93, 195
Essential Bessie Smith, The, 2
Europe, James Reese, 158
Evans, Bill, 108, 136, 173–74, 220
Falanga, Tony, 56
“Fate,” 194
Feather, Leonard, xvi
“52nd Street Theme,” 50
“First Five Chapters, The,” 115, 217
Fitzgerald, Ella, 141, 148–49, 158, 166–67
Flanagan, Tommy, 131
Fleming, Renée, 10
Footprints, 2
For My Father, 142
Fort Yawuh, 220
Foster, Frank, 76
Freedom in the Groove, 127–28
Friedlander, Lee, 163
Frisell, Bill, 26, 129, 138–39, 170, 220
Fun with Bing and Louis, 185, 195
Gabriel, Peter, 210
Galbraith, Barry, 219
Garden of Eden, 220
Gatica, Lucho, 103
Genius of Charlie Parker, The, 53
Genius of Modern Music (Monk), 179
Getz, Stan, 88, 92, 161, 175, 217
“Giant Steps,” 83, 134, 183, 194
Gillespie, Dizzy, 5, 91, 109, 111, 161–62, 165, 167, 202
Gilmore, Leslie Haynes, 160
Gilmore, Marcus, 160
Goin’ to Minton’s, 53
Goodman, Benny, 53
Good Night, and Good Luck, 114, 217
Gordon, Dexter, 129
Great Cantors, The, 69
Greatest Hits on Earth, 85
Green, Freddie, 157
Grenadier, Larry, 170
Griffin, Johnny, 175
Grimes, Henry, 38
Guarnieri, Johnny, 42
Guerra, Orlando “Cascarita,” 218
Guillem, Sylvie, 71
Haden, Charlie, 21, 214, 216, 219–20
Haig, Al, 150
Hakim, Omar, 142
Harland, Eric, 138
Harris, Gene, 119
Harrow, Nancy, 97
Hawkins, Coleman, xii, 18, 21–22, 35–38, 42–43, 152, 161–62, 167, 214
Hawkins, Edwin, 116
Hayes, Louis, 155
Haynes, Douglas, 159
Haynes, Roy, 16, 21, 48, 154–67, 172n, 217, 219–20
“He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother,” 116
“Heart and Soul,” 108
Hebert, John, 48
“Here’s to Life,” 123–25
Herrmann, Bernard, 9
Hinton, Milt, 219
Holiday, Billie, 38–40, 43, 157–58, 166, 174
Hollenbeck, John, 217
Horner, James, 9
Houston, Whitney, 3
Howard, James Newton, 9
“How Can You Face Me?,” 189–90, 195
“How High the Moon,” 118
Howlin’ Wolf, 68
Hubbard, Freddie, 215
Hughes, Langston, 116
Hurst, Robert, 221
Hurwitz, Bob, 129
Hutcherson, Bobby, 48
“I Found a New Baby,” 176–77, 179
“If Women Ruled the World,” 121–22
“If You Could See Me Now,” 26–27, 29
If You Got to Ask, You Ain’t Got It!, 195
“I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good,” 209
“I Got Rhythm,” 41
“(I Love You) for Sentimental Reasons,” 119
I’m All for You, 219
Imanaliev, Zainidin, 67–69
“I’m an Old Cowhand,” 137
“I’m Going to Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter,” 34–35, 43
“Infant Eyes,” 2
In the Moment: Live in Concert, 217
Introducing Wayne Shorter, 213
Isley, Ronald, 119
“It’s Easy to Remember,” 219
“It Should Have Happened a Long Time Ago,” 138–39
Iverson, Ethan, 199
Jacquet, Illinois, 131, 159, 167
Jamal, Ahmad, 118
Jarrett, Keith, 18, 128–30, 136, 171, 214, 220
Jazz Singer, The (film), 59
Jobim, Antonio Carlos, 3, 23–24, 29
Johnson, J. J., 93
Jolson, Al, 59
Jones, Elvin, 43, 132–35, 144, 161–62, 175, 183, 213–15
Jones, Hank, xiv, 140–53, 166, 171–72, 217, 219
Jones, Jimmy, 148–49
Jones, Jonathan “Papa Jo,” 155–59, 165
Jones, Quincy, 182
Jones, Sam, 174
Jones, Thad, 88, 95–97, 144, 151–52, 217
–Mel Lewis Orchestra, 88, 95–97, 217
Jordan, Louis, 35
“Joy, Joy,” 116
Juju, 213
Kane, Art, 34
KC and the Sunshine Band, 189
Kelly, Wynton, 213;
Kenny G., 17
Kenton, Stan, 92
Kikuchi, Masabumi, 170
Kimmelman, Michael, xvi
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 158
Kirk, Roland, 46
Klein, Guillermo, 196–211, 221
Knepper, Jimmy, 174
Kriegsman, James J., 37
“Küidüm Chok,” 67–69
“La Comparsa,” 107–8
Lady in Satin, 39
Landis, Carole, 9
“Last Words of Copernicus, The,” 67, 69
“Laura,” 9
Lecuona, Ernesto, 103, 106–8, 111
Leno, Jay, 195
Lewis, Mel, 152
Leyva, Pío, 218
Lieberson, Peter, 184
“Limbo,” 2
Lion, Alfred, 49
Live at Birdland, 99
Live at the Harlem Square Club (Cooke), 120
Locke, Eddie, 155
Lomax, Alan, 67
“Lonely Woman,” 216
López, Israel “Cachao,” 103, 109
López, Orestes, 103
Los Guachos band, 198–200, 210
Los Guachos II, 221
Lovano, Joe, 129, 138–39, 142, 170, 219–20
“Lover Man,” 38–39, 43, 165–67, 219
Love Supreme, A, 132
Lowe, Frank, xi–xiii
Lush Life, xii
Lutoslawski, Witold, Cello Concerto, 97–99
Mahler, Gustav, Kindertotenlieder, 193
Malaby, Tony, 199
Malvicino, Horacio, 203
“Man I Love, The,” 35–36, 42–43
Maret, Grégoire, 16
Marsalis, Branford, 180–95, 221
Marsalis, Delfeayo, 182
Marsalis, Jason, 182
Marsalis, Wynton, xii, 129, 182–83, 221
Marsh, Warne, 174
Martin, Ben, 63–64
Martin, Dean, 5
Martin, George, 182
Martin, Rebecca, 170
Martin, Tony, 175
“Mary Don’t You Weep,” 117–18, 125
Mature, Victor, 9
McBride, Christian, 16
McCrae, Carmen, 124–25
McNeely, Jim, 96
McPherson, Eric, 48
Mehldau, Brad, 16, 21, 122–25, 218
Mellow Moods, 116
Mendes, Sergio, 114
Mercer, Michelle, 1
Metheny, Mike, 20
Miller, Hal, 1
Mingus, Charles, 171, 202, 220
“Miracle of the Fishes,” 205–6, 211
Mitchell, Joni, 21
Monder, Ben, 199
Monk, Thelonious, 48–49, 159, 171, 175–76, 179, 202
Morales, Obdulio, 102
Moran, Jason, 219
Moré, Beny, 103
Morton, Jelly Roll, 172
“Motel,” 179
Motian, Paul, xv, 129, 139, 142, 168–79, 219–20
Moura, Paolo, 81
“Move,” 37
Mraz, George, 142
Mucho Sabor, 217
Mulligan, Gerry, 88, 92, 96, 217
Murray, Sunny, 22
Music of Central Asia, vol.1, 69
“My One and Only Love,” 219
Nascimento, Milton, 21, 199, 205–6, 213
Native Dancer, 205–6, 211, 213
Ndegeocello, Meshell, 129
“Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl,” 190–91, 195
Nefertiti, 213
Neruda Songs, 184
Newborn, Phineas, 219
New Tango Quintet, 203–4
New York Rhythm Section, The, 219
Neyra, Roderico, 102
Nice ’n’ Easy, 111
Nichols, Herbie, 49
Nieto, Ubaldo, 164–65
Night at the Village Vanguard, A, 43, 214
Night Beat, 120
“Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen,” 145
Nothing Ever Was, Anyway, 220
Now He Sings, Now He Sobs, 220
Odyssey: 1945–52, 167
“Old Man River,” 108–9
“Oleo,” 41
On Broadway, 220
One Million BC (film), 9
One Quiet Night, 214
Ornette!, 216
Osby, Greg, 48
Paich, Marty, 83
Parker, Charlie “Bird,” xvi, 9, 11, 40–46, 49–53, 63–64, 69, 91–92, 99, 141, 149–53, 160, 163–66, 194, 202, 206, 208, 215
Pascoal, Hermeto, 199
Patitucci, John, 220
Peacock, Annette, 220
Pérez, Danilo, 220
Pescado Rabioso band, 210–11
Peterson, Oscar, 141
Piazzolla, Astor, 199, 202–4, 211
“Pinocchio,” 213
“Playing for the Benefit of the Band,” 163–64
Point of Departure, 49
“Por,” 210–11
Portela Passado Na Gloria, 85
Portraits (Kimmelman book), xvii
Potter, Chris, 170
Powell, Bud, 50–51, 150, 171, 206
Powell, Rudy, 34–35
Previn, André, 111
Prieto, Dafnis, 218
Prime Time band, 56
Prokofiev, Ravel: Piano Concertos, 85
Purcell, Henry, 184
Purim, Flora, 3
Puthli, Asha, 216
Pynchon, Thomas, 56
Rachmaninoff, Sergei, Piano Concerto no. 2 in C Minor, 110–11
Rainbow Mist, 167
Randolph, PoPsie, 93
Rathbone, Basil, 7
Piano Concerto in G Major, 79–81, 85
Recorded Fall 1961, 217
Redman, Dewey, 56, 128, 136, 214–18, 220
Redman, Joshua, 126–39, 199, 218
Reed, Eric, 219
Reeves, Dianne, xiv, xv, 112–25, 217
Rejoicing, 214
Requiem, 221
Revis, Eric, 184
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, 111
Riddle, Nelson, 110
Riley, Ben, 155
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai, Scheherazade, 194
Rivera, Mario, 218
Roach, Max, xvi, 51–53, 131, 152, 161–62, 171, 175–79
Rogers, Reuben, 138
Rollins, Sonny, xvi, 14, 18, 30–43, 55, 129–32, 138–39, 177, 194, 214–15, 218
Rosenwinkel, Kurt, 137, 199, 201, 218
Rostropovich, Mstislav, 97–99
Roy Haynes Trio, The, 220
Russell, Curley, 152
Russell, Luis, 159–60
“St. Thomas,” 129–32, 139, 218
Sam Cooke at the Copa, 119–20, 125
Sanchez, Antonio, 16
Santos, Armando, 81
Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown, 153
Saumell Robredo, Manuel, 106
Saxophone Colossus, 129–30, 139
“Say It Loud, I’m Black and I’m Proud,” 117
Scheinman, Jenny, 199
Schillinger, Joseph, 101
Schneider, Maria, 70–85, 96, 199, 201, 216
Schuller, Gunther, 131
Scofield, John, 26
Scott, Lannie, 146
Sellars, Peter, 71
“Se Me Va La Voz,” 221
“Seven Steps to Heaven,” 20–21, 28
SF Jazz Collective, 129
Shape of Jazz to Come, The, 215–16
Shaw, Artie, 141
Shedroff, Renee, 128
Shorter, Alan, 5
Shorter, Wayne, xvi, 1–11, 199, 205–6, 211–14
Sid Catlett, 1944–46, 179
Simone, Nina, 124
Sketches of Spain, 74–75, 84, 193
Smith, Carl, 32–33
Smokestack, 49
Smokin’ at the Half Note, 26–27, 29
Soka Gakkai International, 7
Solal, Martial, 175
Solo Piano, 53
“Song X,” 216
“Sonnymoon for Two,” 43
“Sonny Rollins and the Challenge of Thematic Improvisation” (Schuller article), 131
“South of the Border, Down Mexico Way,” 11
Souza, Luciana, 198–99, 216, 221
Speak No Evil, 2
Spinetta, Luis Alberto, 199, 210–11
Spirit of the Moment, 218
Steal Away, 219
Stegmeyer, Bill, 146
Stewart, Slam, 42
Sting, 182
Storytelling, 123
Strauss, Richard, Der Rosenkavalier, 194
Stravinsky, Igor, 7, 199, 202, 204, 206
Ebony Concerto, 192–95
Rite of Spring, 194
Strayhorn, Billy, 208
Suarez Paz, Fernando, 203
“Suite Havana,” 105
Sullivan, Ed, 151
Sunday at the Village Vanguard, 174, 220
“Superstition,” 189
“Sweet Georgia Brown,” 179
“Swing, Brother, Swing,” 157–58, 167
Swope, Earl, 93
“Take Five,” 52
“Take the A Train,” 204
Talented Touch, The, 219
Talking and Drum Solos, 172–73, 179
Tardy, Greg, 48
Tatum, Art, xvi, 52, 108–9, 111, 143–49, 153
Taylor, Art, 90
Taylor, Billy, 190
Taylor, Cecil, 22
“Tea for Two,” 146
Teagarden, Jack, 186–87
Terry, Clark, 217
“Testify,” 217
Think of One, 182
This Is Spinal Tap (film), 28
“Three Romances,” 72
“Time Out” (Basie), 147–48, 153
Tolliver, Charles, 48
“Tom Tom Workout,” 179
Traditionalism Revised, 216
Trio 2000+1, 170
Trioism, 138–39
Trueba, Fernando, 104
“Try a Little Tenderness” medley, 119–20, 125
“Turnaround,” 216
20th Century Piano Genius, 111, 153
Tyner, McCoy, 132–35, 183, 213
Ultimate Collection—Lecuona, The, 111
“Up, Up and Away,” 83–85
“Up a Lazy River,” 186–87, 191, 195
Valdés, Bebo, xv, 100–11, 217–18
Valdés, Gilberto, 102
Valdés, Miguelito, 103
Valdés, Rickard, 105
Vasconcelos, Nana, 123
Vaughan, Sarah, 113, 116, 148–49, 153, 157–58, 161, 165–66, 219
Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 3
Complete Symphonies, 11
“Lark Ascending, The,” 5–6
Vázquez, Papo, 218
Very Best of Fats Waller, The, 43
Visiones, 211
Vu, Cuong, 16
“Wabash Blues,” 191
Wagner, Richard, Götterdämmerung, 194–95
“Wagon Wheels,” 137
“Waiting on a Friend,” 136
Waller, Fats, 34–35, 43, 143, 189–90, 195
“Waltz for Debby,” 108
Waltz for Debby, 174
Way Out West, 137
Weather Report, 1–2
Webb, Chick, 165
Webb, Jimmy, 83–84
“What a Wonderful World,” 17
“Wild Is the Wind,” 125
Williams, Clarence, 190–91
Williams, Jackie, 155
Wilson, Cassandra, 219
Wilson, Shadow, 159–60
Wilson, Teddy, 143
Winding, Kai, 163
Workman, Reggie, 213
“World Is Mad, The,” 157–58
“Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams,” 52–53
Wright, Herbert, 158
Yahel, Sam, 137
“Yesterdays,” 102
You Gotta Pay the Band, xii
Young, Lester, xii, 42–43, 93, 161–62, 177, 187, 214
Young, Victor, 177
Zawinul, Joe, 1
Zenón, Miguel, 199