Johnny Griffin's sax in a live version of Thelonious Monk's "Evidence" at the Five Spot Cafe in NYC, recorded in 1958. I know Griffin's solo quotes a famous old folk song in the beginning, but I can't remember if it's Skip to My Lou. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZwKtBLO-zw
Sonny Rollins and Max Roach on Rollins' "St. Thomas." Roach's solo is unforgettable and very Caribbean, which is great since the song is based on an old calypso song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA2XIWZxMKM
Lee Morgan's trumpet solo on Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers' "Moanin" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKXsnDvILmI
Wayne Shorter's tenor saxophone solo on Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers' "Dat Dere" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfGDTGBHM9M
Joe Henderson and Andrew Hill on Hill's "Black Fire" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSwhHSlOoBc
Angular melody, and fun soloing by both, especially Hill's nearly free piano playing
Art Ensemble of Chicago's "Theme De Yoyo" features strong soloing by the saxophonist, although it may sound just like screeching to others. Really funky! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PppJOrnVtkg
Bill Evan's piano soloing on "Waltz for Debby" is sweet. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loGg7v0Lu58
Lester Young on Billie Holiday's "All of Me." Adorable tenor sax solo. Very lyrical. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PITqFAipZxs
Max Roach's Afro-Cuban drum solo on Bud Powell's "Un Poco Loco" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVNtHCnPUZw
Bud Powell's recording of "Night in Tunisia" Bud's piano solo. It's the second part of this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNZwe9lwTC4
Bud Powell and the drummer's solo on "Buster Rides Again." Pure Latin-funk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRKIDcjOZ-M
Miles Davis and Cannonball Adderley on Adderley's "Autumn Leaves." Cannonball is smooth and bluesy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u37RF5xKNq8
Cannonball Adderley's alto sax solo on "Love for Sale," which is essentially derived from Charlie Parker's recording of the same standard. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tSYXpq2kW0
Miles Davis on Cannonball Adderley's "One for Daddy-O" is blues at its best in the jazz form. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2xx3YTu2ac
Cannonball's sax solo on "Dancing In the Dark" also shows his characteristically blues-derived improvisational style http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaA8YD_922Q
Mingus's bass solo on "Haitian Fight Song" shows a jazz bassist who is a master of the blues form.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-GFi66qwK0
The saxophonist solo on Mingus's "Celia," a song dedicated to one of his wives. I believe the saxophonist is Charlie Mariano http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHqPb7E5cgA
Dannie Richmond's drum solo on Mingus's Latinized version of "Summertime" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMdcBV8nBhs
Eric Dolphy on Mingus's "Original Faubus Fables" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtwxJJkMUF8
Charlie Parker on his own "Now's the Time" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1n4yr4SmA4
Parker and the bonguero on "My Little Suede Shoes" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWwmV1rZpGU
Charlie Rouse and the guitarist on "Merci Bon Dieu" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcGZmF06ga8
Clifford Brown's trumpet solo on "Cherokee" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2rGMGp6gYE
Max Roach's drum solo on "Stompin' at the Savoy" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8D7krp46NE
Coleman Hawkins' "Body and Soul," with him as the only soloist. Pure beauty. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Q7J4PgrRsY
Count Basie on "Honeysuckle Rose" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cinDtwNILiU Basie's driving piano is endearing
The saxophonist on Dave Brubeck's "Take Five" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmDDOFXSgAs
Charlie Rouse's solo on "Samba de Orfeu," a song from the 1959 film, Orfeu Negro (Black Orpheus)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC6p-8vHUo0
Django Reinhardt and the violinist on "Minor Swing" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpmOTGungnA
Duke Ellington's Things Ain't What They Used to Be saxophonist http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vDd2UtY4M0 Jimmy Hodges kills it
Duke Ellington and John Coltrane's solos in "In a Sentimental Mood" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sR13ECD71xU
Duke Ellington's solo on "Fleurette Africaine" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pkn6pJ7R8-I
Duke Ellington's "Take the A Train" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IseDQ2-976o Love the trumpet solo
Eric Dolphy's solo bass rendition of "God Bless the Child" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPPbeaSH15w
Probably just sounds like squeaking and honking to some people...but sounds otherworldly
Eric Dolphy's flute solo on "Sketch of Melba" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd-3JzlXyMo
Bobby Hutcherson, Eric Dolphy, and Freddie Hubbard on Dolphy's "Hat and Beard," a tribute to Thelonious Monk. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tnPkQufnZY
Fletcher Henderson's "Hocus Pocus" features a great clarinet solo and sax solo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjIR7m4MgY0
Herbie Hancock's piano solo on "Cantaloupe Island" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfsnVYVd3iI
Joe Henderson's solo on Horace Silver's "Song for My Father" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWeXOm49kE0
Jackie McLean and Grachan Moncur III on "Love and Hate" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8woYxaDjAM
Joe Henderson on "Mode for Joe" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Evg1pTHEkA
McCoy Tyner and Elvin Jones on Coltrane's "Africa" http://grooveshark.com/s/Africa/2Ldh0t?src=5
Coltrane and McCoy Tyner's solos on "My Favorite Things" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hugIRAe2yvw Beautiful piano
Coltrane's solo on "Impressions" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mZ54FJ6h-k
Coltrane and McCoy Tyner on "Naima" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLAq0XhXG8E
McCoy Tyner's piano solo on "Ole" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddlh2VMfGqY
Julius Hemphill's sax solo on "Dogon. A.D." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I3BPGgcPXo avant garde funk
Kenny Dorham's solo on "Afrodisia" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7myLXPUBB_w
Wayne Shorter's solo on Lee Morgan's "Mr. Kenyatta" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s_13iPg6DY
Lee Morgan and Joe Henderson's solos on "The Sidewinder" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5jFPrx51Dc
Louis Armstrong's solo on "West End Blues" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmmFKu4FEbc
Roach and the other drummers' solo on "Garvey's Ghost" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dPb5a1NjI8
Coleman Hawkin's solo on Roach's "Driva Man" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpTKLan7Mm4
McCoy Tyner's piano solo on "Contemplation" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xafJW_VtA8w
Miles Davis on "All Blues" and "Flamenco Sketches" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5IlQtW33Zk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3W_alUuFkA
Cannonball Adderley on "Milestones" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeZomqLM7BQ
McCoy Tyner and Eric Dolphy on "Spiritual" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPTMVQrKi98
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDAhZ3XQC58&feature=related
Miles Davis on "All of You" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di16W_std0c
Miles Davis and John Coltrane on "Teo" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B8l07a-zbI
Mongo Santamaria's solo on "Afro Blue" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbE7jf_Hp5w
Eric Dolphy's solo on "Stolen Moments" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I777BcgQL9o
Charlie Haden's bass solo on Ornette Coleman's "Ramblin" and Ornette's solo on "Lonely Woman" and "Una Muy Bonita" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqwdRBWvPs0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNbD1JIH344
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=405MdvmBoAU
Joe Henderson on Pete LaRoca's "Malaguena" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pJdcOBIjp0 and "Basra"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H37dmVvyPPk
Sun Ra's organ solo and the drumming circle on "Moon Dance" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5Lkp7Go-po
Eric Dolphy on "Round Midnight" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OILL0185laQ
Monk's solo on his own "Pannonica" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwhTOVe0APg
Thelonious Monk and Gerry Mulligan on "Decidedly" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFFh1sYNeIA
Wayne Shorter and McCoy Tyner on "Deluge" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0e9HqipF1Q
Wayne Shorter on "Juju" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdDbkrK79_I&feature=related
Wayne Shorter on "Witch Hunt" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdDbkrK79_I&feature=related
Joe Henderson on Bobby Hutcherson's cover of "Una Muy Bonita" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdzTWHEdTLQ
Joe Henderson on his "El Barrio" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztVT1_8ZmDY
Eric Dolphy on Coltrane's "India" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wuaquaMmGA
Dolphy on bass clarinet on Coltrane's "Spiritual" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7m5joZPP0U&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7m5joZPP0U&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDAhZ3XQC58&feature=relmfu
Yusef Lateef's "Love Theme from Spartacus" I believe he is playing an oboe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhqQFs7huwU
Joe Henderson's "Caribbean Fire Dance" has some nice drumming, Lee Morgan blowing, etc.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbquuL5Kamk
Lee Morgan and John Gilmore on Art Blakey's "The Egyptian"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZ4Wgu5L87E
Mary Lou Williams piano on "It Ain't Necessarily So"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4THBVc47ug
Wayne Shorter on Art Blakey's "Roots and Herbs"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fyjuvh2LHM
Sun Ra and John Gilmore on this jam, "The Lady with the Golden Stockings"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKIjq4Jeh3Y
Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock on "Speak no Evil"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvRkGglLe-U
Charlie Rouse on "Meci Bon Dieu"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNW_pXGKDE0
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