Mark Gardner

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American jazz critic, writer of liner notes.

ALBUMS

Vol. 1 - Ballads & Birdland

APPEARANCES +

Kenny Drew & Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen

An Evening With Joe Albany

Freddie Redd, Freddie Redd Trio

Al Cohn, Billy Mitchell, Dolo Coker, Frank Butler

Night Flight To Dakar + Xanadu In Africa

From The Attic Of My Mind

Al Cohn & Jimmy Rowles

The Question That Drives Us

The Music of Duke Jordan

Live At JazzFest Berlin

Standards And More

Kirk Knuffke, Ted Brown

Early Reflections

Bop/Modal/Dixieland/Swing/Post Bop/Hard Bop

Kirk Knuffke / Jesse Stacken

Orange Was The Color

Vincent Gardner

The Good Book, Chapter Two - The Book Of Now

Pierre Dørge & New Jungle Orchestra

Sketches Of India

Fusion/Afrobeat

(re) Conception

Learning To Count

A Time For Love

Andy LaVerne & John Abercrombie

Live From New York

Contemporary Jazz

Wayne Escoffery / Jimmy Greene / Stephen Riley / Don Braden

Jam Session, Vol. 30

Omega Is The Alpha

Post Bop/Free Jazz/Bop

Dave Stryker Organ Quartet

Dave Stryker Organ Trio

Chris Byars Quartet, Chris Byars, John Mosca, Ari Roland, Stefan Schatz (2) Guests Teddy Charles, James Byars

Little Green Men

George Colligan

LeeAnn Ledgerwood

Scott Lee (5), The Scott Lee Quartet

In Monk’s Mood

Jesse Stacken • Kirk Knuffke

Jerry Bergonzi / Dick Oatts

Vincent Gardner

Live In Copenhagen

Impressions Of Coltrane

Ari Ambrose, Stephen Riley

Ari Ambrose, Stephen Riley

Tenor Treats Two

Red Mitchell, Warne Marsh

Talk Of The Town

Mays At The Movies

Andy LaVerne’s One Of A Kind

At The Kitano, Vol. 1

Pierre Dørge & New Jungle Orchestra, Josefine Cronholm, Shashank Subramanyam, Dawda Jobarteh

At The Royal Playhouse

Bill Gerhardt & Cotangent

Dave Stryker Quartet

Strike Up The Band

Rich Perry, Rich Perry Quartet

At The Kitano 2

He Knows My Name

Harold Danko, Ron McClure

Post Bop/Contemporary Jazz

Dave Ballou, Greg Gisbert, Tim Hagans, George Colligan

Jam Session, Vol. 22

Vincent Gardner

The Good Book, Chapter One - The Book Of Foster, The Book Of Silver

Once Upon A Dream

Andy LaVerne Trio

Intelligent Design

Axel Hagen Quartet With Jacques Schols & Peter Kahlenborn Featuring Frans Elsen

As Long As There’s Music

Contemporary Jazz

Shades Of Brown

Bill Gerhardt & Cotangent

Gregory Tardy*, Wayne Escoffery, Christian Winther (3), Richard Doron Johnson, Billy Drummond, Neal Caine

SteepleChase Jam Session Volume 21

Bird Of Paradise: The Music Of Charlie Parker

Jon Gordon (3), Rich Perry, Dave Schnitter*, Michael Weiss (2), Jay Anderson, Joe Farnsworth

SteepleChase Jam Session Volume 24

Conrad Herwig, Wycliffe Gordon, Vincent Gardner, Andy LaVerne, Steve LaSpina, Billy Drummond

Jam Session Vol. 23

Bop/Hard Bop/Post Bop/Swing

Dick Oatts / Billy Drewes / Walt Weiskopf

Jam Session, Vol. 18

Live At Cobi’s 2

Tony Purrone Trio

The Brothers’ Breakfast

Trio Alto Volume One

Lee Konitz, Gary Versace

Rich Perry, Rick Margitza, Joshua Douglas Smith, Andy LaVerne, Steve LaSpina, Billy Drummond

SteepleChase Jam Session Volume 19

Vincent Gardner, Andre Hayward, Danny Kirkhum, Richard Doron Johnson, Neal Caine, Billy Drummond

Jam Session Vol. 20

Bop/Hard Bop/Post Bop

Harold Danko Quintet

Post Bop/Bop/Modal

Jan Lundgren On Grand Piano: History Of Piano Jazz - Interpretations

Bop/Post Bop/Swing

Dick Oatts, Don Braden, Andy LaVerne, Vincent Herring, Jay Anderson, Billy Drummond

Jam Session, Vol. 3

Dick Oatts / Jon Gordon (3) / Billy Drewes / Essiet Essiet, Sylvia Cuenca

Jam Session, Vol. 13

At The Kitano 1

Andy LaVerne, Gary Versace, Billy Drummond

John Abercrombie & Andy LaVerne

Contemporary Jazz

Mark Turner (2), Ari Ambrose, Gregory Tardy*, Andy LaVerne

SteepleChase Jam Session, Vol. 14

Ron McClure, Jay Anderson, Steve LaSpina

Jam Session, Vol. 16

Stella By Starlight

Hinesight - The Music Of Earl Fatha Hines

Kris Allen (3), Chris Byars, Loren Stillman, Andy LaVerne, Steve LaSpina, Billy Drummond

SteepleChase Jam Session Volume 15

Bill Barron Quartet*

Live At Cobi’s

Rich Perry, Rich Perry Quartet

You’re My Everything

Joshua Douglas Smith

Unstuck In Time

Dave Scott Quintet

While My Guitar Gently Weeps

Mark Turner (2), Don Braden, Jimmy Greene, Andy LaVerne, Steve LaSpina, Billy Drummond

SteepleChase Jam Session Volume 9

Charles Sullivan (Kamau)*, Conrad Herwig, Gary Smulyan, Steve Slagle, Sylvia Cuenca, Andy LaVerne, Essiet Essiet

Jam Session Vol. 11

Bop/Post Bop/Soul-Jazz

Doug Raney, Dave Stryker, Freddie Bryant

SteepleChase Jam Session Volume 10

Larry Schneider, Rich Perry, Igor Butman*, Billy Drummond, Andy LaVerne

SteepleChase Jam Session Volume 12

Jan Lundgren, Jesper Lundgaard, Alex Riel

Les Parapluies De Cherbourg (Jazz in Cinemas Vol.1)

The Frank Collett Trio

All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm: The Film Music Of Bronislaw Kaper

Big Bands Vol 2 - The Snader Telescriptions

Rich Perry Quartet

East Of The Sun And West Of 2nd Avenue

Live At Stampen Stockholm 1969-1973

Louis Smith (2), Mark Turner (2), Billy Mitchell, Andy LaVerne, Jay Anderson, Billy Drummond

SteepleChase Jam Session Volume 7

John Abercrombie & Andy LaVerne

Contemporary Jazz

Brad Goode, Von Freeman

Inside Chicago, Vol. 4

Ryan Kisor / Jimmy Greene / Jim Pugh

SteepleChase Jam Session Volume 8

Michael Cochrane

Alex Norris, Ari Ambrose, Joel Frahm, George Colligan, Ari Hoenig, David Ephross

SteepleChase Jam Session Volume 6

Mating Call / Cattin’ With Coltrane And Quinichette

Post Bop/Cool Jazz

Atlanta Georgia May 5, 1981

Post Bop/Hard Bop

My Foolish Heart

Clark Terry & Ernie Wilkins

Live At Montmartre

Conrad Herwig, Andy LaVerne

Shades Of Light

Lee Konitz, Matt Wilson

Gong With Wind Suite

George Colligan

Return To Copenhagen

The Andy Martin Quartet

It’s Fine... It’s Andy!

Dexter Gordon - Benny Bailey

The Rainbow People

Brad Goode / Von Freeman

Inside Chicago Vol. 3

Larry Schneider, Rick Margitza, Chris Potter

SteepleChase Jam Session Vol. 1

Vic Juris, Dave Stryker, Tony Purrone, Scott Colley, Keith Copeland

Jam Session Vol. 2

Scott Wendholt, Dave Ballou, Greg Gisbert, Andy LaVerne, Jay Anderson, Billy Drummond

SteepleChase Jam Session Volume 5

Andy LaVerne Quartet Featuring Rich Perry

Tony Purrone, Tony Purrone Trio

Michael Cochrane Quartet, Michael Cochrane

Bop/Hard Bop/Post Bop

Rich Perry Quartet

Dexter Gordon Featuring Kenny Drew, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Al Heath*

Jazz At Highschool

Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers*

A Night In Tunisia

Marc Copland, Vic Juris

Brad Goode, Von Freeman

Inside Chicago Vol. 2

Brad Goode, Von Freeman

Inside Chicago Vol. 1

LeeAnn Ledgerwood

The Contemporary Jazz Quartet Featuring Sunny Murray / The Contemporary Jazz Quintet

The Original Debut Recordings 1964 & 1967

Rich Perry, Rich Perry Trio

Woody Herman And His Orchestra

Woody Herman And His Orchestra, 1956

Dick Oatts Featuring Dave Santoro, James Oblon, David Berkman

Dick Oatts Featuring Harold Danko, Dave Santoro, James Oblon

Standard Issue Volume 2

Harold Danko Quartet

LeeAnn Ledgerwood

Compassion - Solo Piano

George Cables Trio

One For My Baby

Doug Raney Trio

You Go To My Head

Jimmy Cleveland And His All Stars

Introducing Jimmy Cleveland And His All Stars

Don Byas Quartet Feat. Sir Charles Thompson

Feat. Sir Charles Thompson

Lee Konitz & Ted Brown

Doug Raney, Joey DeFrancesco, Billy Hart

Simone’s Dance

Another World Another Time

George Colligan

Michal Urbaniak Quartet

Keith Copeland Trio

Live In Limerick

This Isn’t Maybe... - A Tribute To Chet Baker

The Dizzy Gillespie Quintet*

An Electrifying Evening With The Dizzy Gillespie Quintet

Hard Bop/Interview

Buddy DeFranco, Buddy DeFranco Quartet

Gone With The Wind

Notes On Ornette

Copenhagen Brew

Harold Danko Quartet

Lee Konitz, Rich Perry

Rich Perry Quartet

Harold Danko Trio

Howard McGhee, Teddy Edwards

Bop/Cool Jazz/Swing

Bob Brookmeyer Quartet*

West Coast Quintet

Rich Perry Quartet

Harold Danko Quartet

Larry Schneider Quartet

Andy LaVerne Quartet

Stan Getz In Chappaqua

The Lee Konitz Quartet

Post Bop/Cool Jazz

Stanley Cowell Quartet

Boulou & Elios Ferrè*

George Cables Trio

Dark Side, Light Side

Keith Copeland, Tommy Halferty, Ronan Guilfoyle

Duke Jordan, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Billy Hart

Louis Smith Quintet

There Goes My Heart

Endgame Brilliance: Tune-Up! - Constellation

Dexter Gordon And Ben Webster

Lord, Lord, Am I Ever Gonna Know?

Dave Stryker Quintet

George Colligan Trio

George Cables Trio

Harold Danko Quartet

The Feeling Of Jazz

Andy LaVerne Quintet

Serenade To Silver

Jed Levy Quartet

Sleight Of Hand

Steve LaSpina Quartet

Contemporary Jazz/Post Bop

Red Mitchell - Warne Marsh

Larry Schneider

Freedom Jazz Dance

Keith Copeland Trio

The Irish Connection

Harold Danko Quartet

Joe Locke Quartet

Le Meilleur de Fats Waller

Swing/Vocal/Easy Listening/Dixieland

Bob Rockwell Quartet, Bob Rockwell

Post Bop/Contemporary Jazz

Gillespie* / Berman*, Navarro*

Gillespie/Berman, Navarro On Dial (All Known Existing Takes)

Mandara Blossoms

A Walkin’ Thing

On A Misty Night (The Prestige Sessions)

Stan Getz With Al Haig

Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz

Paul Bley Quartet

Steve Slagle Quartet

Spread The Word

Steve Slagle Quartet

The Don Bennett Trio

Dave Stryker With The Bill Warfield Big Band

Post Bop/Big Band

Steve LaSpina Quintet

When I’m Alone

Post Bop/Contemporary Jazz/Free Jazz

Dexter Gordon Benny Bailey Quintet*

Louis Smith (2) & Jodie Christian

The Very Thought Of You

Phineas Newborn*

Stockholm Jam Session Volume 2

Gettin’ There - Solo Piano

Plays Tadd Dameron: Tadd’s Delight

Stanley Cowell Trio

Live At Copenhagen Jazz House

Don Friedman Trio

Almost Everything

Klaus Ignatzek Quintet

The Basie Alumni

Swinging For The Count

The Shirley Scott Trio*

Dave Stryker Trio

The Candid Jazz Masters

Richie Beirach* & Andy LaVerne

At Copenhagen Jazz House

The Time And The Place

Jodie Christian Trio

Larry Schneider Quartet

Michal Urbaniak*

Some Other Blues

Dave Stryker Quartet

Von Freeman Quartet

Dedicated To You

Moody’s Mood For Blues

Harold Danko Quartet

Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra

Live, Chester, Pennsylvania, June 14, 1957

Andy LaVerne Trio

Plays Bud Powell: In The Mood For A Classic

Grant Stewart Quintet

Downtown Sounds

The Klaus Ignatzek Jazztet

Eddie Lockjaw Davis Quartet

Blues On Purpose

Richie Beirach* & Andy LaVerne

The Steve Slagle Quartet*

The Steve Slagle Quartet

Dave Stryker Quintet

Rich Perry Quartet

Bob Rockwell, Jesper Lundgaard

Billy Harper Quintet

Live On Tour In The Far East, Vol. 2

Brew Moore Quartet*

Blues Everywhere

Stanley Cowell Trio

Doug Raney Sextet

Meeting The Tenors

The Doctor Is In

The Junior Cook Quintet

You Leave Me Breathless

Phineas Newborn*

Stockholm Jam Session Volume 1

Bud Powell Trio*

Von Freeman Quartet

Never Let Me Go

Mickey Tucker Sextet

Contemporary Jazz/Post Bop

Trio And Sextet

How Do You Keep The Music Playing?

Jazz At The Hi-Hat

Larry Schneider & Andy LaVerne

Bill Evans...Person We Knew

California Hard

Tomas Franck Quartet

Tomas Franck In New York

Philip Catherine Trio Featuring Tom Harrell And Hein Van de Geyn

California Cooking!

Hard Bop/Soul-Jazz

A Message From Monk

Shorty Rogers - Bud Shank & The Lighthouse All Stars*

America The Beautiful

Be Bop Revisited, Vol. 2

Be Bop Revisited Vol.1

Live In Montreux ’71

Gary Bartz Quintet

West 42nd Street

Wardell Gray And The Big Bands

Al Cohn & Barry Harris

The Complete Al Cohn / Barry Harris Quartets, Vol. 2 - No Problem

Prized Pres! The Most Important Recordings Of Lester Young

Canterbury Song

Contemporary Jazz

Take The ’A’ Train

Dizzy Gillespie

The Most Important Recordings Of Dizzy Gillespie

Swing/Bop/Afro-Cuban Jazz

Something Borrowed ... Something New

Ted Brown Trio With Hod O’Brien And Jacques Schols

Greg Marvin Quintet

The Early Forties

Overture To Dawn 1944

My First 15 Sides

Joe Van Enkhuizen, Horace Parlan

Ellington Ballads

Clifford Jordan Quartet

Horace Parlan, Rufus Reid, Al Harewood, Joe Van Enkhuizen

Joe Meets The Rhythm Section

Benny Goodman With Wardell Gray And Stan Hasselgard

Peter Leitch Trio

On A Misty Night

Bebop Revisited, Vol.6

Dave Pike With The Cedar Walton Trio*

Pike’s Groove

Warne Marsh Quartet & Quintet*

Jimmy Raney & Sonny Clark

Tom Harrell Quintet Featuring Kenny Garrett And Kenny Barron

Michael Weiss Quintet

Presenting Michael Weiss

From Opus De Jazz To Jazz Skyline

Clifford Jordan Quintet Featuring Junior Cook

Two Tenor Winner

The Bebop Boys / Lennie Tristano / George Wallington / Herbie Nichols / Dodo Marmarosa / Kenny Clarke Quintet

The Modern Jazz Piano Album

Cedar Walton Quartet With Dale Barlow, David Williams (2) & Billy Higgins

Bluesville Time

Kenny Dorham / Conte Candoli

Bebop Revisited, Vol. 5

Slide Hampton Quintet Featuring Clifford Jordan

Thelonious Monk

Live! At The Village Gate

The Kenny Dorham Memorial Album

Bebop Revisited, Vol. 3

The Fabulous Bird Blows

Kenny Drew, Sam Noto, Charles McPherson, Leroy Vinnegar, Frank Butler

Jimmy Raney Quartet Featuring Doug Raney

Duke Jordan Trio

The Colossus Of Detroit

Louis Armstrong And Friends*

20 Golden Pieces Of Louis Armstrong And Friends

George Wallington Quintet

Dance Of The Infidels

Live In Hollywood

Clark Terry Quartet Featuring Red Mitchell

Funk Dumplin’s

Machito And His Orchestra Featuring Milt Jackson, Howard McGhee, Brew Moore And Charlie Parker

Clifford Jordan & The Magic Triangle*

On Stage Vol. 3

Dexter Gordon / Fats Navarro / Chubby Jackson

Bebop Revisited, Vol. 1 (Original 1947-1948 Recordings)

Dizzy Gillespie

20 Golden Pieces Of Dizzy Gillespie

We Could Make Such Beautiful Music Together

Duke Jordan Trio

Flight To Japan

Louis Smith Quintet

Duke Jordan Quartet

Duke’s Artistry

Sadik Hakim Trio

Witches, Goblins, Etc.

20 Golden Pieces Of Fats Waller

Walter Bishop Jr.*

Norman Simmons Quartet

Ramira The Dancer

Frank Strozier Sextet

Horace Parlan Quintet

Frank-ly Speaking

Live In Hollywood

Charlie Parker And His Swedish All Stars

Lee Konitz • Warne Marsh • Al Levitt • Peter Ind

Duke Jordan Quartet

Idrees Sulieman

Now Is The Time

Charlie Parker / Clifford Brown / Phil Woods

International Jam Sessions

Stan Getz, Al Cohn, Serge Chaloff, Brew Moore, Allen Eager

Brothers And Other Mothers

The Horace Parlan Trio*

Contemporary Jazz/Cool Jazz

Hampton Hawes / Paul Chambers

The East/West Controversy

Louis Armstrong

Picture Of Heath

Barry Harris Plays Tadd Dameron

Barry Harris Trio

James P. Johnson*

Charles McPherson

Saturday Morning

Ella Fitzgerald & Chick Webb

Ella Sings, Chick Swings

Teddy Edwards / Vivian Garry / Dodo Marmarosa

Central Avenue Breakdown; Volume 1 (Original 1945-47 Recordings)

Joe Albany & Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen

Two’s Company ...

Everything I Love

Memories Of Muggsy

Jackie McLean Feat. Dexter Gordon

The Source Vol. 2

Jackie McLean Featuring Dexter Gordon

The Meeting Vol. 1

Jazz-Funk/Contemporary Jazz/Cool Jazz

Pepper Adams Quartet

Teddy Edwards / Barney Kessel / Slim Gaillard

Central Avenue Breakdown; Volume 2

Cecil Payne & Duke Jordan

Brooklyn Brothers

Duke Ellington And His Orchestra

Ellington On The Air

Trio And Sextet

Flip In Florida

Coleman Hawkins Quintet

Disorder At The Border

Fats Waller And His Rhythm*

The Joint Is Jumpin’

Kenny Clarke With James Moody

The Paris Bebop Sessions

The Cedar Walton Trio*, Quartet* & Quintet*

Brookfield Andante

Teddy Edwards, Dexter Gordon, Leo Parker, Wardell Gray

The Elmo Hope Memorial Album

Billy Eckstine And His Orchestra

Billy Eckstine Together

Doug Watkins Quintet

I’ve Got The World On A String

Barry Ulanov And His All Star Metronome Jazzmen, Tadd Dameron And His Orchestra

Jazz-Funk/Soul-Jazz

Claude Thornhill Orchestra* Featuring Gil Evans

The Real Birth Of The Cool (Featuring Gil Evans Arrangements)

Bob Crosby & The Bobcats*

Return Of The Bobcats

Roy Porter Sound Machine

Charles McPherson

McPherson’s Mood

Blues Up & Down, Vol. 1

Tadd Dameron With John Coltrane

Trio And Quintet!

A Day In Copenhagen

The Clifford Brown Quartet*

The Clifford Brown Quartet In Paris

Sonny Stitt / Bud Powell / J.J. Johnson

Sonny Stitt / Bud Powell / J.J. Johnson

Hampton Hawes In Europe; 1967

Kenny Clarke With James Moody

The Paris Bebop Sessions

Thelonious Monk

The Genius Of Thelonious Monk

Don’t Look Away Now!

Gene Ammons / Sonny Stitt

We’ll Be Together Again

Hank Mobley’s Second Message

Red Garland Revisited!

Eddie Jefferson

Come Along With Me

Charlie Mingus*

The Kenny Burrell Quintet With John Coltrane

The Kenny Burrell Quintet With John Coltrane

The Beat Goes On!

Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band, The*

Fire, Heat, Soul & Guts!

Charles McPherson

From This Moment On!

Brother Jack McDuff

The Midnight Sun

The Barry Harris Sextet

Boppin’ & Burnin’

Jaki Byard Trio

Sunshine Of My Soul

Rollins Plays For Bird

The Chet Baker Quintet

Boppin’ With The Chet Baker Quintet

The Booker Ervin Sextet

Collections: Ballads and Birdland / Bird Meets Birks / Star Eyes

Bebop Revisited, Vol. 1

Collections: Ballads and Birdland / Bird Meets Birks / Star Eyes

Workshop Vol. 1

Hard Bop/Soul-Jazz

Peter Bernstein Quartet With Brad Mehldau, John Webber (2) & Jimmy Cobb

Somethin’s Burnin’

George Coleman And The Rob Agerbeek Trio* With Rob Langereis & Eric Ineke

On Green Dolphin Street

Fats Navarro And Allen Eager

Saturday Night Swing Session

Philip Catherine Trio Featuring Tom Harrell And Hein Van De Geyn

The Modern Jazz Quartet

First Recordings!

First Class Kloss!

Dave Stryker Trio