"Before everything, and after all, jazz expresses here and now - and how! Always in the process of becoming, not being, and only being that being of becoming for long enough to have been. The drunken beauty of jazz rolls off the tongue like words fail us, too hard to say, listen. . . it's the way it's said that speaks beyond words, punctuates off-beat and pitches or slurs, to address the accumulated weight of the moment."
Jeffrey loved classic-era jazz.
These are some of his favourite playlists.
Sentimental Mood
- Owl Eyes 5:32 Paul Bley The Life Of A Trio: Saturday
- In A Sentimental Mood 4:18 Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
- Slow Dance 5:27 John Coltrane Traneing In
- Wise One 9:03 John Coltrane Crescent
- Lonnie's Lament 11:47 John Coltrane Crescent
- Mood 8:49 Miles Davis E.S.P.
- Little Girl Blue 5:40 Hank Jones Trio Bluebird
- How High The Moon 6:06 Hank Jones Trio Bluebird
Big Beat
- Wrinkles 7:58 Winton Kelly Kelly Great
- Watermelon Man 7:12 Blue Note Records Something Blue Sampler II
- The Sidewinder 10:26 Lee Morgan The Best Of Lee Morgan
- Jellyroll 5:19 Donald Byrd Early Bird, The Best Of The Jazz Soul Years
- Things Are Getting Better 7:14 Cannonball Adderley & Milt Jackson
- A Thrill From The Blues 5:46 Milt Jackson Statements
- Speedball 5:32 Lee Morgan The Best Of Lee Morgan
- Paris Blues 2:56 Milt Jackson Statements
- Sidewalks of New York (Take 5) 6:59 Cannonball Adderley & Milt Jackson
- Lester Left Town 6:26 Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers The Big Beat
- Backstage Sally 5:58 Art Blakey Buhaina's Delight
- Contemplation 6:18 Art Blakey Buhaina's Delight
- Love Your Spell Is Everywhere 7:10 Curtis Fuller Blues Ette
- Blackjack 6:17 Donald Byrd Early Bird, The Best Of The Jazz Soul Years
- Cornbread 9:00 Lee Morgan The Best Of Lee Morgan
Cry Tender
- Serves Me Right (Take 5) 4:49 Cannonball Adderley & Milt Jackson
- If You Could See Me Now 4:49 Yusef Lateef Cry! Tender
- Left Alone 6:42 Eric Dolphy & Booker Little Far Cry
- Alone Together 3:13 Kenny Dorham Quiet Kenny
- Since I Fell For You 5:36 Lee Morgan The Best Of Lee Morgan
- My Funny Valentine 8:16 Hank Jones Trio The Trio
- I Wished I Knew 7:48 Freddie Hubbard Goin' Up
- Goodbye Pork Pie Hat 4:47 Charles Mingus Mingus Ah Um
- Mirrors 6:07 Freddie Hubbard The Best Of Freddie Hubbard
- Self-Portrait In Three Colors 3:06 Charles Mingus Mingus Ah Um
- Cry Me Not 4:48 Freddie Hubbard The Best Of Freddie Hubbard
- Autumn Leaves 11:01 Cannonball Adderley Somethin' Else
- My Ideal 5:07 Kenny Dorham Quiet Kenny
- Time (Live) 5:08 Clifford Brown & Max Roach At Basin Street
- I Remember Clifford 7:09 Lee Morgan The Best Of Lee Morgan
- Monk's Mood 4:53 Thelonious Monk Thelonious Himself
- Cry! - Tender 6:00 Yusef Lateef Cry! Tender
- Little Girl Blue 5:40 Hank Jones Trio Bluebird
Slow Trane
- You Leave Me Breathless 7:24 John Coltrane Traneing In
- Violets For Your Furs 6:17 John Coltrane Coltrane
- While My Lady Sleeps 4:43 John Coltrane Coltrane
- Chronic Blues 8:11 John Coltrane Coltrane
- I Want To Talk About You 10:55 John Coltrane Soultrane
- My Ideal 7:35 John Coltrane Bahia
- I'm A Dreamer (Aren't We All) 7:02 John Coltrane Bahia
- Naima 4:24 John Coltrane Giant Steps
- Naima (Alternate Take) 4:31 John Coltrane Giant Steps
- Slow Dance 5:27 John Coltrane Traneing In
- Why Was I Born 3:15 Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane
- Wise One 9:03 John Coltrane Crescent
- Lonnie's Lament 11:47 John Coltrane Crescent
- Something I Dreamed Last Night 10:48 John Coltrane Bahi
Sombre Mood
- In a Sentimental Mood 4:18 Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
- Welcome 5:24 John Coltrane Transition
- Something Sweet, Something Tender 6:06 Eric Dolphy Out To Lunch
- Lonnie's Lament 6:00 McCoy Tyner Soliloquy
- Goodbye Pork Pie Hat 4:47 Charles Mingus Mingus Ah Um
- Mood 8:49 Miles Davis E.S.P.
- How High The Moon 6:06 Hank Jones Trio Bluebird
- Detour Ahead (Take 2) 7:38 Bill Evans Waltz For Debby
- Tranquillity 5:03 Bobby Hutcherson Components
- Alfred 7:06 Andrew Hill Judgment
- Dark Victory 4:19 Paul Bley Memoirs
- Alabama 5:12 John Coltrane Live At Birdland
- Goodbye 5:55 Jimmy Giuffre 3 Flight, Bremen 1961
- Teo 8:56 Joe Henderson So Near, So Far
- Moods In Free Time 5:43 Eric Dolphy Candid Dolphy
- 'Round Midnight 5:25 Miles Davis Miles Davis & The Modern Jazz Giants
- Everytime We Say Goodbye 5:43 John Coltrane My Favorite Things
- Fleurette Africaine 3:37 Duke Ellington With Charles Mingus & Max Roach Money Jungle
When Will The Blues Leave?
- When Will The Blues Leave 6:10 Paul Bley Footloose
- Ramblin' 6:39 Ornette Coleman Change Of The Century
- Epistrophy 11:13 Eric Dolphy Last Date
- Trinkle, Tinkle 6:41 Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane
- Hat And Beard 8:28 Eric Dolphy Out To Lunch
- Latin Genetics 7:49 Paul Bley Memoirs
- Gazzelloni 7:25 Eric Dolphy Out To Lunch
- Cry Me Not 4:48 Freddie Hubbard The Best Of Freddie Hubbard
- Mirrors 6:07 Freddie Hubbard The Best Of Freddie Hubbard
- Una Muy Bonita 6:02 Ornette Coleman Change Of The Century
- Blue Bossa 8:02 Joe Henderson The Best Of Joe Henderson
- El Barrio 7:16 Joe Henderson The Best Of Joe Henderson
- Talkin' About J.C. 11:44 Larry Young The Art Of Larry Young
