Top 10 Most Life Altering Jazz Concerts
Not necessarily the best, but the ones that had the most impact on me at the time.
presented in chronological order
- Max Roach Quartet, with Cecil Bridgewater, Odean Pope and Tyrone Brown
New Haven Green, New Haven, CT, 1990
- Ray Baretto (featuring Jairo Moreno, Hector Martignon and others) and Papo Lucca (y El Sonora Poncena), with guest soloist Hilton Ruiz.
Village Gate, NYC, 1991
- McCoy Tyner Trio, with Ron Carter and Al Foster
Fat Tuesday's, NYC, 1992
- Arthur Taylor and Taylor's Wailers, with Abraham Burton, Willie Williams, Jacky Terrason and Tyler Mitchell
Village Vanguard, NYC, 1992
- Brad Mehldau Trio, with Ugonna Okegwo and Leon Parker
Village Gate, NYC, 1992
- Tom Harrell Quintet, with Don Braden, Danilo Perez, Ray Drummond and Leon Parker
Visiones, NYC, 1993
- Cedar Walton Trio, with David Williams and Billy Higgins
Sweet Basil, NYC, 1995
- Kenny Barron Quintet, with John Stubblefield, Eddie Henderson, David Williams and Victor Lewis
Sweet Basil, NYC 1996
- James Williams and Intensive Care Unit, with Steve Wilson, Bill Pierce, John Lockwood, Yoron Israel, Miles Griffith and Roger Holland
Visiones, NYC, 1997
- Ahmad Jamal Trio, with James Cammack and James Johnson
Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, 2001