1960 Jaki Byard Blues for Smoke

Jaki Byard (solo piano)

Recorded at Nola Penthouse Studios, New York on decembre 16, 1960

01 Excerpts From European Episode Medley: Journey / Hollis Stomp / Milan To Lyon (Jaki Byard)
02 Aluminum Baby (Jaki Byard)
03 Pete and Thomas (Tribute to Ticklers) (Jaki Byard)
04 Spanish Tinge No. 1 (Jaki Byard)
05 Flight of the Fly (Jaki Byard)
06 Blues For Smoke (Jaki Byard)
07 Jaki's Blues Next (Jaki Byard)
08 Diane's Melody (Jaki Byard)
09 One Two Five (Jaki Byard)

1961 Jaki Byard Here's Jaki

Jaki Byard (piano), Ron Carter (bass), Roy Haynes (drums).

Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey on March 14, 1961

01 Cinco Y Quatro (Jaki Byard)
02 Mellow Septet (Jaki Byard)
03 Garnerin' A Bit (Jaki Byard)
04 Giant Steps (John Coltrane)
05 Bess, You Is My Woman Now (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) / It Ain't Necessarily So (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)    
06 To My Wife (Jaki Byard)
07 D.D.L.J. (Jaki Byard)

1961-1964 Jaki Byard Out Front!

(01-05,07,08) Jaki Byard (alto saxophone, piano), Booker Ervin (tenor saxophone on 03,04 only), Richard Williams (trumpet on 03,04 only), Bob Cranshaw (bass), Walter Perkins (drums). Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on May 21 (05) & 28 (01-04,07,08), 1964.
(06) Jaki Byard (alto saxophone, piano), Ron Carter (bass), Roy Haynes (drums). Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on March 14, 1961.

01 Out Front (Jaki Byard)
02 Two Different Worlds (Al Frisch, Sid Wayne)
03 Searchlight (Jaki Byard)
04 European Episode (Jaki Byard)
05 Lush Life (Billy Strayhorn)
06 When Sunny Gets Blue (Marvin Fisher, Jack Segal)    
07 I Like To Lead When I Dance (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen)   
08 After the Lights Go Down Low (Phil Belmonte, Allen White, Leroy C. Lovett)

1962 Jaki Byard Hi Fly

Jaki Byard (piano), Ron Carter (bass), Pete La Roca (drums)

Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey on january 30, 1962.

01 Hi Fly (Randy Weston)
02 Tillie Butterball (Jaki Byard)
03 Excerpts from 'Yamecraw' (James P. Johnson, James Price Still)
04 There Are Many Worlds (Jaki Byard)
05 Here to Hear (Jaki Byard)
06 Lullaby Of Birdland (George Shearing, B.Y. Forster, under the pseudonym of George Weiss)
07 'Round Midnight (Thelonious Monk, Bernie Hanighen, Cootie Williams)
08 Blues in the Closet (aka "Collard Greens and Black-Eyed Peas and Black Eyed Peas")(Oscar Pettiford)

1965 Jaki Byard Quartet  Live!

Joe Farrell (Tenor Sax, Soprano Sax, Flute), Jakie Byard (Piano), George Tucker (Bass), Alan Dawson (Drums)

Recorded live at Lenie's on the Turnpike, West Peabody, MA, April 15, 1965

01 Twelve (Jaki Byard)
02 Denise (Jaki Byard)
03 Thing What Is (Ala    n Dowson)
04 Broadway (Billy Bird, Teddy McRae, Henri Woode)
05 Alan's Got Rhythm (Jaki Byard, Alan Dowson)
06 Cathy (Joe Farrell)
07 Bass-Ment Blues (Jaki Byard, George Tucker)

1965 Jaki Byard Quartet With Joe Farrell The Last from Lennie's

Jaki Byard (piano) Joe Farrell (saxophones, flute) George Tucker (bass) Alan Dawson (drums)

Recorded live at Lenie's on the Turnpike, West Peabody, MA, April 15, 1965

01 Twelve (Jaki Byard)
02 Dolphy #1 (Jaki Byard)
03 After You've Gone (Henry Creamer, Turner Layton) / Stolling Along (P.D.)
04 St. Mark's Place Among the Sewers (Jaki Byard)
05 Dolphy #2 (Jaki Byard)
06 Jaki Byard's Ballad Medley: Tea For Two (Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans) / Lover (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) / Strolling Along / Cherokee (Ray Noble)  / Shiny Stockings (Frank Foster)
07 King David (Jaki Byard)

1965-1967 Jaki Byard On the Spot!

Jaki Byard (alto saxophone, piano), Jimmy Owens (trumpet, flugelhorn, tambourine), Paul Chambers, George Tucker (bass), Billy Higgins, Alan Dawson (drums).

Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on February 16, 1967
except 04 live at Lennie's-On-The-Turnpike, West Peabody, Massachusetts, April 15, 1965.

01 A-Toodle-Oo, Toodle-Oo (Jaki Byard)
02 I Fall In Love Too Easily (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne)     
03 Olean Visit (Jaki Byard)
04 Spanish Tinge (Jaki Byard)
05 Alexander's Ragtime Band (Irving Berlin)
06 On the Spot (Jaki Byard)
07 GEB Piano Roll (Jaki Byard)
08 Second Balcony Jump (Billy Eckstine, Gerard Valentine)    
09 P.C. Blues (Jaki Byard)
10 Snow Flakes (Jaki Byard)

1966 Jaki Byard Freedom Together!

Jaki Byard (tenor saxophone, piano, electric piano), Junior Parker (vocals), Richard Davis (cello, bass), Alan Dawson (vibraphone, drums).

Recorded in New York City at RLA Sound, january 11, 1966


01 Freedom Together (Jaki Byard)
02 Getting To Know You (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers)     
03 Ode to Prez (Jaki Byard, Alan Dawson)
04 Nocturne for Contrabass (Jaki Byard)
05 Just You, Just Me (Jesse Greer, Raymond Klages)     
06 Night Leaves (Jaki Byard)
07 Young at Heart (Johnny Richards, Carolyn Leigh)

1968 The Jaki Byard Experience

Jaki Byard (piano), Roland Kirk (tenor saxophone, clarinet, whistle, manzello, kirkbam), Richard Davis (bass), Alan Dawson (drums).

Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on September 17, 1968

01 Parisian Thoroughfare (Bud Powell)
02 Hazy Eve (Jaki Byard)
03 Shine On Me (Trad.)
04 Evidence (Thelonious Monk)
05 Memories Of You (Eubie Blake, Andy Razaf)
06 Teach Me Tonight (Gene de Paul, Sammy Cahn)