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Late Night Jazz

I like to keep my late night listening sessions simple— my favorite leather chair, a small fire on a cold night, bourbon (neat), and jazz that has a beautiful simplicity. I often reach for Chet Baker: Chet (OJC-087). To me it is relaxed, intimate, uncomplicated. There just seems to be space between the notes, and they just float. I am looking for other suggestions like this. Preferably on vinyl. Thanks.
gotog
keysrawk
15 posts
 
How come I never read about audiogon folks listening to organ jazz? Nothing like an organ ballad at night. Dig through any organ album, they all have at least one ballad. But even the up stuff is good after dark. 

Brother Jack McDuff 
Don Patterson 
Joey Defrancesco 
Jimmy McGriff
Shirley Scott
Jimmy Smith 
Charles Earland

aewarren
575 posts
 
Ballads by Coltrane is hard to beat for late-night, "wine"-down listening. (The new release from QRP is amazing) But also try Coltrane’s Crescent, one of my personal favorites and Love Letter by Jimmy Heath.
sokogear
1,050 posts
 
(only listing ones not mentioned yet)

Earl Klugh Late night guitar was made for that.
Pat Metheny - Watercolors
Linda Ronstadt - What's New
Miles - Round About Midnight
Most Stan Getz

desktopguy
334 posts
 
+ 1 on Ellington/Coltrane's version of "My Little Brown Book"

2 other you-can't-go-wrong suggestions:

1 - Joe Henderson's "Lush Life - The Music of Billy Strayhorn" 

2 - Blue Mitchell's "Step Lightly"
melvinjames
416 posts
 
Dexter Gordon "Ballads" is up first tonight. Seems to have good synergy with Elijah Craig Small Batch.

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