Good small combo versions of standards

[joeljjison]

Hey, please reccomend good versions of standards, preferably good albums with lots of standards, that are just really great. For example, please reccomend me some standardy Keith Jarrett albums, and some standardy Miles quintet albums. I will recommend John Coltrane-Ballads, and Joe Lavano - the ballad songbook .

I just want really seminal trio and bigger recordings of standards. preferably not big bands.

[Joseph India]

Stephane Grappelli plays a lot of standards. I've never heard anything bad from him, so any record will probably do. Sometimes his band isn't good enough to play with him IMO, but that rarely ruins it.

Art Tatum does a lot of standards and he is God so you should proably give him a listen. Every recording I've heard is great, so you can't go wrong.

If you want to hear some good versions of standards most of the time they will be on an album with a lot original work.
Monk did very cool versions of standards like Just a Gigilo, These Foolish Things and April in Paris. Not to mention a lot of his pieces are now considered standards Straight No Chaser, Blue Monk, Well You Needn't, Round Midnight, In Walked Bud...
Charlie Parker did great versions of Just Friends, Lover Man, Hot House (if that counts) and more...
There is a CD of Dizzy Gillespie and Oscar Peterson doing duets. They do killer versions of Caravan and Autmun Leaves and more...

[Lydisk]

keith jarrets "standards" albums are the best there is really

Bireli Lagrene has an awesome album "Standards" where he plays standards with NHØP and Jack DeJohnette

[Rams]

Art Tatum: The Complete Pablo Group Masterpieces
Miles Davis: Cookin', Steamin', Workin', & Relaxin'.
Keith Jarrett: Whisper Not, Standards Live, & Inside Out
Joe Pass: Virtuoso
Oscar Peterson: The Trio, At The Stratford Shakespearean Festival, & The Giants
Sonny Rollins: The Bridge

[myfingersareonfire]

Wes Montgomery's Amazing Jazz Guitar

[superjoe]

incredible*?