Date:	30-Oct-1999 08:38:25
From:	Chris S. (cslawec9@idt.net)
	This opens the topic up for unaccompanied individual tracks by Rahsaan Roland Kirk, and Pharoah Sanders, on albums that would not otherwise be pertinent here. Gotta go with "Solo Monk" too!

 

Date:	02-Nov-1999 06:46:12
From:	Chris Genzel (stamil@t-online.de)
	There's Herbie Hancock's 1979 (Japan-only) release "The Piano". Another solo piano recording is on his 1996 album "The New Standard" - a new performance of "Manhattan", which was already on "The Piano". Oh, and there's Herbie's "Dedication", where he's heard on solo keyboards (with overdubs). Herbie Hancock & Bennie Maupin discographies: http://home.t-online.de/home/stamil

 

Date:	20-Dec-1999 18:40:50
From:	Cee Cee (CeeC@internetmin.com)
	All of Bill Evans' solo piano work is heavenly. "The Solo Sessions" (vols I & II) and his pair "Alone" and "Alone Again" are all endlessly interesting. Maybe his recordings with LaFaro/Motion and his solo work will ultimately be what he is most remembered for - I think so.

 

Date:	22-Dec-1999 13:43:08
From:	Frederic Chavez (frederic_chavez@hotmail.com)
	What about Metheny's " Zero tolerance for silence"? It's just another face of this great musician...

 

Date:	23-Dec-1999 17:50:03
From:	Craig Jolley (CraigJolley@msn.com)
	Virtually all great pianists have recorded solo records during their careers. I generally prefer the intimacy of solo piano to the fuller sound of trio. There are a few exceptions: Wynton Kelly, Chick Corea, Red Garland. Among my favorites are Satin Doll by Hank Jones, the above-cited Bill Evans records, and Equipoise by Stanley Cowell. I don't generally like Stan Kenton, either as a bandleader or pianist, but he made a wothwhile solo piano record late in his career where he dropped his guard and allowed himself to communicate on a personal level. There are a few players on other instruments with great solo records: trombonist George Lewis on Sackville; bassist Dave Holland--Emerald Tears on ECM; Altoist Bobby Watson--This Little Light of Mine. Not to mention guitarists like George Van Eps, Gene Bertoncini, and Bucky Pizzarelli who have the same built-in chord advantage as pianists.

 

Date:	30-Jan-2000 10:01:29
From:	Al (Altrom@hotmail.com)
	Julius Hemphill - "Blue Boye" (2CDs) solo sax, solo clarinet, solo flute, percussion. Better & better with every listening.

 

Date:	20-Feb-2000 22:10:50
From:	Simone
	The great soprano saxophonist, Steve Lacy has an interesting solo recording: "5x Monk 5x Lacy" which means five tunes by Monk and five written by Lacy. Anyway, it's from Silkheart out of Stockholm, Sweden. Beautifully austere like a winter landscape.

 

Date:	01-Mar-2000 14:22:20
From:	Bentsy Goren (bgoren@netvision.net.il)
	How could you forget Art Tatum with "The Complete Solo Masterpieces"???

 

Date:	10-Mar-2000 15:24:46
From:	Ken Dryden (kenjazz@vei.net)
	Some of my favorite solo recordings include: Eric Dolphy playing "God Bless The Child", found in the Prestige box set and the now out of print Enja release "The Berlin Concerts," Denny Zeitlin At Maybeck(Concord and "Homecoming" CD (Lving Music), Dave Brubeck: Just You, Just Me (Telarc) Any Bill Evans and Art Tatum solo release (I've got them all), All of Joe Pass' Virtuoso series (1, 2, 3, 4 & Live) on Pablo/OJC, Gerry Mulligan recorded solo baritone sax, soprano sax and possibly some clarinet for the soundtrack to "I'm Not Rappaport," which is of course not available except by buying the DVD or VHS of the film. Check it out. Of course, there are many more to list!!!

 

Date:	11-Mar-2000 01:08:24
From:	Steve (SMAtlanta@aol.com)
	I have been trying to find a list of unaccompanied jazz alto or tenor sax solos. Like the entire Sonny Rollins Solo CD, Coleman Hawkins "Picaso", Rollins "Body and Soul", etc. If you know of any please email me. SMAtlanta@aol.com

 

Date:	28-Mar-2000 08:42:51
From:	George (Georger@hotmail.com)
	Simone: Steve Lacy also has another solo CD called "More Monk" which was released by Soul Note in 1991. Very good recording, very good CD.

 

Date:	28-Mar-2000 13:21:09
From:	Ben W. (Bennyw@internetex.com)
	Hey, all you bass fans, check out Dave Holland's "Ones All" which is a lyrical solo CD released by Intuition Music Inc (NYC,1995). The guy is now among the very best who ever played the instrument. Check out the evidence!!

 

Date:	12-Apr-2000 13:38:16
From:	David Wilson (Davidw@hotamail.com)
	Jimmy Giuffre has some excellent solo clarinet work/cuts on his CD called "Free Fall." The whole CD is excellent - also with trio work/cuts (Paul Bley, piano and Steve Swallow,bass).

 

Date:	21-Apr-2000 21:08:52
From:	Buddy Dearent (bdearent@compaq.net)
	Clare Fischer's solo album called "Alone Together" is a marvelous recording done on the Brunner-Schwer Stienway. The CD is available thru Clare's Web Site. Great playing by one of my favorite musicians and a superb engineering job

 

Date:	10-May-2000 21:12:48
From:	Jos Knaepen (thejazzman@wol.be)
	The final recording of the late Michel Petrucciani - Solo, at the Alte Oper in Frankfurt, Germany. The little man with the enormous talent and one of the most devoted foloowers of Bill Evans. Absolutely.

 

Date:	11-May-2000 14:06:42
From:	similan
	Cecil Taylor..Looking(Berlin Version) FMP...Piano Solo.. Peter Kowald..Was Da Ist.. FMP...Bass Solo.. Evan Parker..Chiccago Solo..Okkaadisk...Tenor Sax Solo..

 

Date:	06-Jun-2000 20:20:02
From:	Ken Watters
	"Facing You" by Keith Jarrett. Beautiful.

 

Date:	15-Aug-2000 21:01:36
From:	Elaine Arc (arc@art-arc.com)
	Jessica Williams, solo piano / composer. Album (CD) "INTUITION" on Jazz Focus Records ---for reviews see http://www.jessicawilliams.com/cds/int.html

 

Date:	22-Aug-2000 08:03:30
From:	mrach
	Kenny Drew Jr's 'At Maybeck'. One of those rare solos which make you feel that a bass and a drum are not truly missing (even on fast tempo pieces).

 

Date:	04-Sep-2000 10:04:37
From:	sergio veschi (redrecords@iol.it)
	BOBBY WATSON - This little light of mine Solo saxophone album Tunes by Monk, Parker, Henderson, traditional, some originals compositions, a folk song from Greece, Tico Tico, RED RECORDS - 123250 CEDAR WALTON - Blues for Myself standard and originals from Cedar RED RECORDS - 123205 PAUL BLEY - blues for red tipycal set of Bley solo piano from blues to free REDRECORDS - 123238 STEVE LACY - AXIEME live performance in San Francesco Church - Como Italy 1976 RED RECORDS - 123220

 

Date:	01-Feb-2001 12:36:01
From:	Mike Zickar (mzickar@bgnet.bgsu.edu)
	About Steve Lacy, he has over 15 solo recordings that I know of. My personal favorites are: More Monk very minimalistic Actuality live concert from mid to late 90s with nice song selection Weal and Woe one of the first (perhaps the first) recorded solo dates, more free than his later dates with a harsher tone

 

Date:	10-Feb-2001 14:01:46
From:	Robert Dubose
	Steve Lacy (soprano)- More Monk (plus many others) Keith Jarrett (piano) - Koln concert (he has many other solo recordings, but this is certainly the best selling solo jazz album ever) Eberhard Weber (bass) - Pendulum Matthew Shipp (piano) - Symbol Systems Sonny Sharrock (guitar) - Guitar Evan Parker (soprano sax) - conic sections Monk - Solo Monk, Thelonious Himself, Alone in San Francisco Charles Gayle (tenor) - Solo in Japan, Unto I Am Cecil Taylor (piano) - Tree of Life, Looking, Double Holy House, Iwontunwonsi (plus others) Joe Pass (guitar) - Virtuouso, Montreux 77, I Remember Charlie Parker (+ many others) My favorite solo recording has already been mentioned: Kowald's Was Da Ist

 

Date:	27-Mar-2001 16:59:27
From:	Joel Glassman
	Picasso by Coleman Hawkins- Maybe the first recording of solo jazz on a wind instrument

 

Date:	01-May-2001 17:32:26
From:	Michael Heller (lazycake@hotmail.com)
	I'm a jazz radio programmer in New York who is about to do a show on this very subject (unaccompanied performances, although I am also excluding piano and guitar.) If anyone is interested in listening it will be on this coming Monday morning (May 7) on WKCR 89.9 in New York city. The show will run from 5am to 8:20am. Others can listen on the web at www.wkcr.org. Anyway, here are some albums I didn't see listed on the board. The most glaring ommission is that of Anthony Braxton's 'For Alto Saxophone.' A 2 LP set of solo saxophone material. This album largely set off the craze for solo reed work since its release in 1968 (Though Dolphy and Hawk had done it earlier.) Other material I didn't see listed: Ron Carter - All Alone Tony Williams - Drum solos on Spring, as well as other albums Max Roach - Solos in various places including 2 on the 1990 double cd 'To the Max!' Marion Brown - Solo alto saxophone Benny Golson - One solo track on the 'Free' album Abdul Wadud - All by myself - very cool solo album from Julius Hemphill's cellist Leroy Jenkins - solo violin Bobby McFerrin - The Voice - Live solo album. Cool in some places, lame in others. Jimmy Garrison - Plays a long improvised intro to my Favorite things on Coltrane 'Live at the Village Vanguard again' John Carter - A suite of early American Folk Songs That's all I can think of off hand. Cheers, Michael Heller

 

Date:	06-Oct-2001 12:56:34
From:	Mel Narunsky (m_narunsky@hotmail.com)
	SOLO RECORDINGS: PIANO The following is a list of the jazz solo piano recordings that I have. There isn’t the space here to make personal comments as the list is far too long, but each one is a gem. Many different piano styles are represented. You may delete the titles that have already been mentioned. George Shearing - Solo Piano - 1941-1943 George Shearing – Out Of This World - Sheba - no date available George Shearing – Music To Hear - Sheba - no date available George Shearing – My Ship – MPS, 1975 Eliane Elias - Solos - Blue Note, 1995 Liz Magnes - Solo Argov - Jazzis, Israel, 1988 Liz Magnes - Jerusalem Tapestry - Acum, Israel, 1997 Tommy Flanagan - Alone Too Long - Denon, 1981 Oscar Peterson - Tracks - MPS, 1970 Oscar Peterson - My Favorite Instrument - MPS, 1969 Jaki Byard - To Them, To Us - Soul Note, 1982 Ray Bryant - Solo Flight - Pablo, 1977 Ray Bryant – Montreux 1977 - Pablo McCoy Tyner - Echoes Of A Friend - Milestone 1972 Chick Corea - Piano Improvisations, Vol. 1 - ECM, 1970 Hank Jones - Tiptoe Tapdance - Galaxy, 1978 Dick Hyman - Solo - Project 3, 1972 Earl Hines - Tour de Force - Black Lion, 1973 Hampton Hawes - The Challenge - RCA 1968 Marian McPartland - Solo Concert at Haverford - Halcyon, 1974 Tete Montoliu - The Music I Like To Play Vol. 1 - Soul Note, 1987 Tete Montoliu - That’s All - SteepleChase, 1985 Art Tatum - Memories Of Art Tatum Vol. 2 - 20th Fox, 1956 John Lewis - Afternoon In Paris - Dreyfus, 1979 John Lewis - Evolution - Atlantic, 1999 Horace Parlan - The Maestro - SteepleChase, 1979 Horace Parlan - Voyage Of Rediscovery - Storyville, 1999 Michel Petrucciani - Promenade With Duke - Blue Note, 1993 Andre Previn Plays Songs By Vernon Duke - Contemporary, 1958 Andre Previn Plays Songs By Jerome Kern - Contemporary, 1959 Andre Previn Plays Songs By Harold Arlen - Contemporary, 1960 Thelonious Monk - Monk Alone: The Complete Columbia Solo Studio Recordings 1962-1968 Dave Brubeck - Brubeck Plays Brubeck - Columbia, 1956 Dave Brubeck - Just You, Just Me - Telarc 1994 Dave Brubeck - A Dave Brubeck Christmas - Telarc, 1996 Dave Brubeck - One Alone - Telarc, 2000 Bill Evans - Alone - Verve, 1970 Bill Evans - Alone (Again) - Fantasy, 1975 Ellis Larkins At Maybeck - Concord, 1992 Jim McNeely At Maybeck - Concord, 1992 Richcie Beirach At Maybeck - Concord, 1992 Hank Jones At Maybeck - Concord, 1992 Barry Harris At Maybeck - Concord, 1991 Dave McKenna At Maybeck - Concord, 1990 Phineas Newborn, Jr. - Solo Piano - Atlantic, 1975 Charles Mingus - Mingus Plays Piano - Impulse!, 1963 Jessica Williams - Arrival - Jazz Focus, 1993 Keith Jarrett - The Melody At Night, With You - ECM, 1999 McCoy Tyner - Revelations - Blue Note, 1988 In addition to the above, I know about and have heard many others which also deserve inclusion but let’s leave those for another time. - Mel Narunsky (m_narunsky@hotmail.com)