Soul supergroup Hipstamatics onstage at the National Jazz Festival, Tauranga Photo: Hipstamatics
There's something about live recordings - they have an energy and excitement that can't be found anywhere else. This week Nick selects two hours' worth of the best live recordings in jazz history - from Benny Goodman's Carnegie Hall concert, to Bill Evans' Sunday at the Village Vanguard.
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MUSIC DETAILS:
| # | Artist: | Song: | Composer: | Album | Label: | Duration: |
| 1 | Art Blakey Quintet | A Night in Tunisia | Gillespie | A Night at Birdland | Blue Note | 09:20 |
| 2 | Benny Goodman | One O'Clock Jump | Basie | Live at Carnegie Hall | Columbia | 06:38 |
| 3 | Bill Evans Trio | All of You | Porter | Sunday at the Village Vanguard | Riverside | 08:17 |
| 4 | Thelonious Monk | Coming on the Hudson | Monk | Thelonous in Action: Recorded at the Five Spot Café | Riverside | 05:24 |
| 5 | John Coltrane | Naima | Coltrane | At the Village Vanguard | Impulse | 07:40 |
| 6 | Buddy Rich | Love For Sale | Porter | Big Swing Face (Live) | Pacific Jazz | 04:51 |
| 7 | Keith Jarrett | Encore from Tokyo | Jarrett | The Sun Bear Concerts | ECM | 08:16 |
