Photo: Roland Godefroy
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.
Don't forget to check out more live jazz in Part 2!
MUSIC DETAILS:
| # | Artist: | Song: | Composer: | Album | Label: | Duration: |
| 1 | Charlie Parker & Lester Young | After You've Gone | Layton / Creamer | Bird & Pres at JAPT | Verve | 07:37 |
| 2 | Wynton Kelly and Wes Montgomery | Unit 7 | Jones | Smokin' at the Half Note | Verve | 06:43 |
| 3 | Erroll Garner | Teach Me Tonight | Cahn / De Paul | Concert By The Sea | Columbia | 03:44 |
| 4 | Sonny Rollins | I Can't Get Started | Duke / I Gershwin | A Night at the Village Vanguard | Blue Note | 04:32 |
| 5 | Duke Ellington and his Orchestra | Jeep's Blues | Ellington / Hodges | At Newport | Columbia | 04:58 |
| 6 | Dinah Washington with Clifford Brown | Lover Come Back To Me | Romberg / Hammerstein | Dinah Jams | Emarcy | 09:54 |
| 7 | Miles Davis | All Blues | Davis | My Funny Valentine: Miles Davis in Concert | Columbia | 08:57 |
| 8 | Billie Holiday | Body and Soul | Green / Heyman / Sour / Eyton | The Essential Billie Holiday: Carnegie Hall Concert | Verve | 02:38 |
