Zum 50. Geburtstag hat Gerd Filtgen in der JAZZthing 50 exemplarische Alben vorgestellt. Hier die Liste:
MAL WALDRON – Black Glory (1971)
ALEXANDER VON SCHLIPPENBACH – Payan (1972)
DOLLAR BRAND – African Space Program (1974)
WALTER NORRIS & GEORGE MRAZ – Drifting (1974)
BOBBY JONES – Hill Country Suite (1974)
CECIL TAYLOR UNIT – Dark to Themselves (1976)
DOUBLE IMAGE – Double Image (1977)
JOHN SCOFIELD – Rough House (1979)
CHARLES MINGUS – Mingus in Europe Volume I (1979)
HANNIBAL – The Angels of Atlanta (1981)
HAMPTON HAWES, CECIL MCBEE, ROY HAYNES – Live at the Jazz Showcase, Chicago Vol.1 (1981)
TOMMY FLANAGAN – Thelonica (1983)
SLICKAPHONICS – Modern Life (1984)
MAX ROACH – Long as You’re Living (1984)
KENNY BARRON – Scratch (1985)
BENNIE WALLACE TRIO AND CHICK COREA – Mystic Bridge (1987)
FRANCO AMBROSETTI AND FRIENDS – Movies (1987)
CHET BAKER – My Favourite Songs – The Last Great Concert (1988)
JERRY GONZÁLEZ & FORT APACHE BAND – Obatalá (1989)
JOE LOVANO – Sounds of Joy (1991)
DEWEY REDMAN – Choices (1992)
AKI TAKASE AND DAVID MURRAY – Blue Monk (1993)
EDDIE HARRIS FUNK PROJECT – Listen Here! (1993)
KEVIN MAHOGANY – Double Rainbow (1993)
RENAUD GARCIA-FONS – Alboreá (1995)
ROMAN BUNKA – Color Me Cairo (1995)
GLENN FERRIS TRIO – Refugees (1997)
LEE KONITZ, STEVE SWALLOW AND PAUL MOTIAN – Three Guys (1999)
CHARLIE MARIANO AND QUIQUE SINESI – Tango Para Charlie (2000)
GIANLUIGI TROVESI – Round About a Midsummer’s Dream (2000)
ARCHIE SHEPP AND MAL WALDRON – Left Alone Revisited (2002)
AKI TAKASE – Aki Takase Plays Fats Waller (2003)
MARKUS STOCKHAUSEN, FERENC SNÉTBERGER, ARILD ANDERSEN AND PATRICE HERAL – Joyosa (2004)
SUSI HYLDGAARD – Blush (2005)
DUSKO GOYKOVICH – Samba Tzigane (2006)
MYRIAM ALTER – Where Is There (2007)
JUN MIYAKE – Stolen From Strangers (2008)
PASCAL SCHUMACHER QUARTET – Here We Gong (2009)
THE JAZZ PASSENGERS – Reunited (2010)
JOHANNES ENDERS – Billy Rubin (2011)
RON MILES, BILL FRISELL, BRIAN BLADE – Quiver (2012)
CERAMIC DOG – Your Turn (2013)
ROY NATHANSON’S SOTTO VOCE – Complicated Day (2014)
MYRA MELFORD – Snowy Egret (2015)
LUCIA CADOTSCH WITH OTIS SANDSJÖ AND PETTER ELDH – SPEAK LOW – Speak Low (2016)
ODED TZUR, SHAI MAESTRO, PETROS KLAMPANIS, ZIV RAVITZ – Translator’s Note (2017)
MAKIKO HIRABAYASHI TRIO – Where The Sea Breaks (2018)
ABDULLAH IBRAHIM – Dream Time (2019)
JACQUES SCHWARZ-BART – Soné Ka-La 2-Odyssey (2020)
ULI KEMPENDORFF’S FIELD – Someone Talked (2021)
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