Je vous propose ici un certain nombre de critiques de disques de jazz. Là encore, il n'est pas question de vous imposer une liste des "Disques Incontournables Du Jazz", mais simplement de vous donner une idée de certains des disques que j'ai pu écouter, qu'ils soient connus ou pas, qu'ils soient bons ou mauvais. En espérant que cela vous sera utile dans votre découverte du jazz.
Une précision importante avant de commencer : je ne prétend aucunement être un critique "professionnel" et ces chroniques ne reflètent que mon avis personnel, parfois totalement subjectif, avec lequel vous avez le droit d'être en désaccord complet. Il me semble nécessaire de préciser également que je n'écoute pas que du jazz (voir ma discothèque pour plus de détails).
| Disque | Artiste/Groupe | Année | Avis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio | Lester Young | 1952 |  |
| Pleyel Concert Vol. 2 | Gerry Mulligan Quartet | 1954 |  |
| All Night Long | Donald Byrd & Kenny Burrell | 1956 |  |
| Cookin' | Miles Davis | 1956 | |
| Relaxin' | Miles Davis | 1956 | |
| At Newport | Count Basie's Big Band | 1957 | |
| Jazz Moods | Yusef Lateef | 1957 | |
| The sounds of Yusef | Yusef Lateef Quintet | 1957 |  |
| Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane | Thelonious Monk | 1957 | |
| Have Trumpet, Will Excite! | Dizzy Gillespie | 1959 | |
| The Shape Of Jazz To Come | Ornette Coleman | 1959 | |
| Time out | Dave Brubeck Quartet | 1959 | |
| What is there to say ? | Gerry Mulligan Quartet | 1959 | |
| Coltrane plays the blues | John Coltrane | 1960 | |
| Midnight special | Jimmy Smith | 1960 | |
| Out There | Eric Dolphy | 1960 | |
| The Incredible Jazz Guitar Of... | Wes Montgomery | 1960 | |
| An electrifying evening | Dizzy Gillespie | 1961 | |
| Eastern Sounds | Yusef Lateef | 1961 | |
| Grantstand | Grant Green | 1961 | |
| Lost In Sound | Yusef Lateef | 1961 | |
| Osmosis | Kenny Dorham | 1961 | |
| Quiet Please | Eric Dolphy | 1961 |  |
| So much guitar ! | Wes Montgomery | 1961 | |
| The Centaur And The Phoenix | Yusef Lateef | 1961 | |
| Where? | Ron Carter | 1961 | |
| Big Band Bossa Nova | Quincy Jones | 1962 | |
| Duke Ellington & John Coltrane | Duke Ellington & John Coltrane | 1962 | |
| Money Jungle | Duke Ellington | 1962 | |
| Night train | Oscar Peterson | 1962 | |
| The Latin Bit | Grant Green | 1962 | |
| The Natural Soul | Lou Donaldson | 1962 | |
| A Jazz Message | Art Blakey Quartet | 1963 | |
| Dizzy for President | Dizzy Gillespie | 1963 | |
| Getz & Gilberto | Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto | 1963 | |
| My Point of View | Herbie Hancock | 1963 | |
| Nippon Soul | Cannonball Adderley Sextet | 1963 | |
| Rockin' the boat | Jimmy Smith | 1963 | |
| Ugetsu | Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers | 1963 | |
| E.S.P. | Miles Davis | 1964 | |
| Live at Pep's Vol 2 | Yusef Lateef | 1964 | |
| McCoy Tyner plays Ellington | McCoy Tyner | 1964 | |
| Out to lunch | Eric Dolphy | 1964 | |
| The individualism of Gil Evans | Gil Evans | 1964 | |
| Maiden voyage | Herbie Hancock | 1965 | |
| Far East Suite | Duke Ellington | 1966 | |
| In Paris | Stan Getz Quartet | 1966 | |
| Live At The Village Vanguard Again! | John Coltrane | 1966 | |
| Tequila | Wes Montgomery | 1966 | |
| The Dealer | Chico Hamilton | 1966 | |
| The Golden Flute | Yusef Lateef | 1966 | |
| Nefertiti | Miles Davis | 1967 | |
| Swing low, sweet Cadillac | Dizzy Gillespie | 1967 | |
| Caramba! | Lee Morgan | 1968 | |
| Speak like a child | Herbie Hancock | 1968 | |
| The Blue Yusef Lateef | Yusef Lateef | 1968 | |
| Underground | Thelonious Monk | 1968 | |
| Black Talk | Charles Earland | 1969 | |
| Holiday for Soul Dance | Sun Ra and his Afro-Infinity Arkerstra | 1969 | |
| Jack Johnson | Miles Davis | 1970 | |
| Captain Marvel | Stan Getz | 1972 | |
| Expectations | Keith Jarrett | 1972 | |
| The giant | Dizzy Gillespie | 1973 | |
| Crosswinds | Bill Cobham | 1974 | |
| Dortmund 1976 | Anthony Braxton Quartet | 1976 | |
| Old And New Dreams | Don Cherry | 1976 | |
| Montreux '77 | Oscar Peterson Jam | 1977 | |
| Personal mountains | Keith Jarrett | 1979 | |
| Special Edition | Jack DeJohnette | 1979 | |
| Nomad | Chico Hamilton | 1980 | |
| The Lounge Lizards | The Lounge Lizards | 1980 | |
| The Amazing Adventures Of Simon Simon | John Surman | 1981 | |
| Heavy Heart | Carla Bley | 1983 | |
| Travels | Pat Metheny Group | 1983 | |
| No pain for cakes | The Lounge Lizards | 1986 | |
| Chine | Louis Sclavis | 1987 | |
| Still Life (Talking) | Pat Metheny Group | 1987 | |
| Extensions | Dave Holland Quartet | 1989 | |
| Letter from home | Pat Metheny Group | 1989 | |
| Gling-Gló | Björk Gudmundsdóttir & Trió Gudmundar Ingólfssonar | 1990 | |
| Lofty's roach souffle | Harry Connick Jr. Trio | 1990 | |
| Star | Garbarek/Vitous/Erskine | 1991 | |
| November | John Abercrombie | 1992 | |
| Bojan Z. Quartet | Bojan Z. Quartet | 1993 | |
| Paint the world | Chick Corea Electric Band II | 1993 | |
| Seaward | Enrico Pieranunzi Trio | 1994 | |
| The Essence | Ahmad Jamal | 1995 | |
| The more I see you | Oscar Peterson | 1995 | |
| Wilderness | Tony Williams | 1995 | |
| Freedom in the groove | Joshua Redman | 1996 | |
| Out of a dream | Erik Truffaz | 1996 | |
| Something To Live For | Archie Shepp | 1996 | |
| Imaginary Day | Pat Metheny Group | 1997 | |
| Respect | Henri Texier | 1997 | |
| Spaces Revisited | Larry Coryell | 1997 | |
| The Dawn | Erik Truffaz | 1997 | |
| Bending new corners | Erik Truffaz | 1999 | |
| Gambit | Julien Lourau | 1999 | |
| Blue Prince | Philip Catherine | 2000 | |
| Layin' In The Cut | James Carter | 2000 | |
| The Next Step | Kurt Rosenwinkel | 2000 | |
| Ci et là | Point Com | 2001 | |
| Footprints Live! | Wayne Shorter | 2001 | |
| Jazz is a spirit | Terri Lyne Carrington | 2001 | |
| Mantis | Erik Truffaz | 2001 | |
| Travesia | David Sanchez | 2001 | |
| Elastic | Joshua Redman | 2002 | |
| Napoli's Walls | Louis Sclavis | 2002 | |
| Give | The Bad Plus | 2003 | |
| Standard of language | Kenny Garrett | 2003 | |
| The Walk Of The Giant Turtle | Erik Truffaz | 2003 | |
| Influence | Belmondo/Yusef Lateef | 2005 | |
| The Way Up | Pat Metheny Group | 2005 | |