Madison Music Collective members gather together monthly for Listening Sessions in which several members play a favorite cut from a recording and briefly discuss the special qualities of the music. Some examples appear below:
| ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL | SELECTION | DATE/PLACE |
PERSONNEL | COMMENTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OSCAR PETERSON TRIO/NORMAN MCLAREN ANIMATION | LEONARD MALTIN'S ANIMATION FAVORITES FROM THE NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA | National Film Board of Canada H9194096 | "Begone Dull Care" | Canada, 1994 | Oscar PetersonTrio | 1949 animation of McLaren using a young Oscar Peterson's music |
| KENNY BARRON | THE PERFECT SET:LIVE AT BRADLEYS II | Sunnyside Records | "You Don't Know What Love Is" | NY,1996 | Kenny Barron, pno; Ray Drummond, bass; ; Ben Riley, drums | Good straight-ahead trio jazz! |
| DAVID BINNEY | WELCOME TO LIFE | Mythology Records | "Lisliel" | 1994 | David Binney, alto; Chris Potter, tenor; Craig Taborn, pno; Adam Rogers, guitar; Scott Colley, bass; brian Blade, drums | |
| NANCY KING & STEVE CHRISTOFFERSON | DREAM LANDS; THE CBC SESSIONS | Stellar!
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"From Me To You" | CBC, 1/28/99 | Nancy King, vocals; Steve C., piano & melodica | Great vocalist, great scat, great pianist. |
| BRANFORD MARSALIS | UNISSUED LIVE SET | CBS Unreleased | "Chambers and Pain" | Village Vanguard,1989 | Branford Marsalis, sax; Kenny Kirkland, pno; Bob Hurst, bass; Jeff Watts, drums | Good example (during Kenny's solo) of being able to elicit applause before the end of the solo |
| ERROLL GARNER | CONCERT BY THE SEA | Columbia | "How Could You Do A Thing Like That To Me" | Carmel, 1955 | Erroll Garner, pno; Eddie Calhoun, bass; Denzil Best, drums;; | |
| JIM PEPPER | COMIN' AND GOIN' | Rykodisc | "Witchi Tia To" | NY, 1983 | Jim Pepper, sax, voice; John Scofield, guitar; Kenny Werner, pno; Lester McFarland, el. bass; Hamid Drake, drums; Nana Vasconcelos, percussion | |
| PAUL HANSON |
ASTRO BOY BLUES | Mad Hatter | "Manzanita" | Los Angeles, 1997 | Paul Hanson, bassoon; Otmaro Ruiz, pno; Brian Rromberg, bass; Peter Erskine, drums | non-electronic basson....balladish |
| PAUL BLEY, EVAN PARKER, BARRE PHILLIPS | SANKT GEROLD | ECM | "Variation 4" | 3/13/01 | Evan Parker, sax | |
| DUKE ELLINGTON | PIANO IN THE FOREGROUND | Columbia | "Summertime" | 1961 | Duke Ellington, pno; Aaron Bell, bass; Sam Woodyard, drums | Duke meets Monk |
| OSCAR PETERSON | WITH RESPECT TO NAT | Verve | "Sweet Lorraine" | 1965 | Oscar Peterson, vocals, pno; Ray Brown, bass; Mel Lewis, drums | |
| HERBIE HANCOCK | RIVER:THE JONI LETTERS | Verve | "Court and Spark" | 9/25/07 | Herbie Hancock, pno; Wayne Shorter, sax; Dave Holland, bass; Vinnie Colaiuta, drums | |
| DON CHERRY | BROWN RICE | A&M | "Brown Rice" | 1976 | Don Cherry group | |
| DON CHERRY | WHERE IS BROOKLYN? | Bluenote | "Awake Nu" | 1966 | Don Cherry group | |
| ABDULLAH IBRAHIM | EKAYA | Blackhawk | "Capetown" | 1983 | Abdullah Ibrahim, pno; Carlos Ward, fl; Ricky Ford,tenor;Charles Davis, bari; Cecil McBee, bass; Ben Riley, drums | Deep, soulful,peaceful determination to return home to S. Africa after apartheid. |
| JOE HARRIOTT | ABSTRACT | Emarch | "Compound" | London,1961 | Joe Harriot, alto; Shake Keane, tpt; Pat Smythe, pno; Coleridge Goode, bass; Phil Seamen, drums; Frank Holder,congas, bongos | The British "Ornette" |
| MARILYN CRISPELL | Live Recording, Farley's | "Improvisation" | 3/11/1985 | Marilyn Crispell, pno | ||
| R.A. DVORSKY | R.A. DVORSKY & THE RHYTHM BOYS | Ultrophon | "Boo Hoo" | Czechoslovakia, 1938 | Czech big band | Czech big band music before the Hitler invasion |
| CHRIS POTTER | "All the Things You Are" | Chris Potter, tenor solo | clinic performance | |||
| DJANGO BATES | SUMMER FRUITS {and unrest) | JMT | "Food for Plankton (in detail)" | London, 1993 | Django Bates, pno; Eb peck horn; Lain Ballamy, saxes; Mike Mondesir, elec. bass; Martin France, drums | |
| CHICK COREA | SONG OF SINGING | Blue Note | "Toy Room" | Chick Corea, pno Dave Holland, bass Jack DeJohnette, drums | ||
| MILES DAVIS | 1969 MILES | Sony | "Directions" | 1969 | Miles Davis, trumpet Wayne Shorter, sax Dave Holland, bass Jack DeJohnette, drums | |
| ROSCOE MITCHELL | NONAAH | Nessa | "Nonaah" solo | 1977 | Roscoe Mitchell, sax | |
| ERIC DOLPHY | FAR CRY | Prestige | "Tenderly" solo | 1960 | Eric Dolphy, sax | |
| TONY MONACO TRIO | LIVE AT THE 501 | Summit | "Take the Coltrane" | Tony Monaco, Hammond B3 organ Robert Kraut, guitar Louis Tsamous, drums | ||
| AMED ABDUL-MALIK | JAZZ SAHARA | Riverside | "Ya Amas" (Oh people) | NYC, 1958 | Amed Aboul-Malik, oud, bass; Johnny Griffin, sax; Bilal Abdurrahman, Al Harewood, drums; | |
| ROVA SAX QUARTET | RENAISSANCE | Victo | "The Drift" | 2003 | Bruce Ackley, Larry Ochs, Jon Raskin, Steve Adams, saxophones | |
| ERROLL GARNER | GREAT JAZZ PIANISTS OF OUR TIME | RCA Camden | "Erroll's Bounce" | Erroll Garner, pno | ||
| WALT DICKERSON, SUN RA | VISIONS | Steeplechase | "Utopia" | New York, 1978 | Walt Dickerson, vibes; Sun Ra, pno |