Gary Funston - WTJU DJ - Favorites

A list of 25 or so favorite jazz recordings in no particular order

Louis Armstrong                                   The Complete Hot Fives and Hot Sevens
Thelonious Monk                                  Brilliant Corners
Sonny Rollins                                        Saxophone Colossus
Weather Report                                    Sweetnighter
Air                                                       Air Lore
Ornette Coleman                                  Free Jazz
Lester Young and Billie Holiday            Complete Columbia recordings
Pat Metheny                                         Group
Bill Frisell                                             East/West
Mahavishnu Orchestra                          Birds of Fire
Patricia Barber                                     Modern Cool
George Russell/Bill Evans                      Living Time
Abdullah Ibrahim                                  Ekaya
Parker/Gillespie/Roach/Powell              Live at Massey Hall
Miles Davis                                          Kind of Blue/Bitches Brew/Nefertiti
John Coltrane                                       A Love Supreme/Blue Trane
Chick Corea                                         Light as a Feather
Charles Mingus                                     The Candid Recordings
William Parker                                      O’Neal’s Porch
Art Blakey                                            Moanin’
Duke Ellington                                      Live at Newport/Money Jungle
Herbie Hancock                                   Maiden Voyage
Kip Hanrahan                                       Conjure

WTJU Jazz Top 20 Listing as of 03/01/07

Artist Title Label

01. Matt Wilson -- The Scenic Route -- Palmetto
02. Tierney Sutton -- On The Other Side -- Telarc
03. David "Fathead" Newman -- Life -- HighNote
04. Wayne Wallace -- The Reckless Search For Beauty -- Patois
05. Viktor Krauss -- II -- Back Porch
06. Charles Tolliver -- With Love -- Blue Note
07. Various Artists -- Lush Life: Billy Strayhorn -- Blue Note
08. Alex Garcia -- Uplifting Spirit -- AfroMantra
09. Harry Connick Jr -- Chanson Du Vieux Carre -- Marsalis
10. Chie Imaizumi -- Unfailing Kindness -- Capri
11. Pete Christlieb -- Live At The Jazz Cave -- Cognito
12. Jimmy Heath -- Turn Up The Heat -- Planet Arts
13. Sylvain Luc -- Joko -- Dreyfus
14. Conrad Herwig -- Sketches Of Spain Y Mas -- Half Note
15. Sarah Partridge -- You Are There -- Nagel Heyer
16. Ari Hoenig -- Inversations -- Dreyfus
17. Elisabeth Lohninger -- The Only Way Out Is Up -- Lofish
18. Brian Bromberg -- Downright Upright -- Artistry
19. Wayne Bergeron -- Plays Well With Others -- Concord
20. Steve Kuhn -- Live At Birdland -- Blue Note

WTJU Blues Top 20 as of 03/01/07

Artist Title Label

01. Eric Bibb -- Diamond Days -- Telarc
02. Phillip Walker -- Going Back Home -- Delta Groove
03. John Hammond -- Push Comes To Shove -- Back Porch
04. T-Bone Walker -- Good Feelin' -- Maison de Blues
05. Tommy Castro -- Painkiller -- Blind Pig
06. The Holmes Brothers -- State Of Grace -- Alligator
07. Memphis Slim & Buddy Guy -- Southside Reunion -- Maison de Blues
08. Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown -- Gate's On The Heat -- Maison de Blues
09. John Nemeth -- Magic Touch -- Blind Pig
10. Ike Turner -- Risin' With The Blues -- Zoho
11. Bob MargolinIn -- North Carolina -- Steady Rollin'
12. Gina Sicilia -- Allow Me To Confess -- Swingnation
13. Michael Powers -- Prodigal Son -- Baryon
14. Terry Garland -- Whistling In The Dark -- Silvermoon
15. Coco Montoya -- Dirty Deal -- Alligator
16. Frank Goldwasser -- Bluju -- Delta Groove
17. Darrell Leonars & Joe Sublett -- Texacali Horns -- New Light
18. Roger "Hurricane" Wilson -- The Way I Am -- Blue Storm
19. EG Kight -- EG Naked -- Blue South
20. The Rounders -- Wish I Had You -- Blind Pig