One year across the standards
Recorded in 1985
26 recordings on this site were made in 1985, across 23 tunes.
February
- Cantaloupe IslandHerbie Hancock · 1985 · Town Hall, New York City · Blue Note
- I'm Getting Sentimental Over YouJimmy Smith - Lou Donaldson Quartet · 1985 · Town Hall, New York City · Blue Note
- Little Girl BlueChet Baker & Paul Bley · 1985 · Sound Track Studio, Copenhagen, Denmark · SteepleChase
May
July
- Falling in Love with LoveKeith Jarrett, Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette · 1985 · Palais des Congrès, Paris · ECM
- Stella by StarlightKeith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, Jack DeJohnette · 1985 · Palais des congrès, Paris · ECM
- The Way You Look TonightKeith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, Jack DeJohnette · 1985 · Palais des Congres, Paris · ECM
- Dancing in the DarkChet Baker Quartet with Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana · 1985 · Port Recanati, Italy · Soul Note
- Time on My HandsDuke Jordan Trio · 1985 · Copenhagen · SteepleChase
August
- How InsensitiveLarry Coryell and Emily Remler · 1985 · Coast Recorders, San Francisco · Concord Jazz
October
- Never Let Me GoBobby Hutcherson Quintet · 1985 · Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California · Landmark
- Whisper NotBobby Hutcherson · 1985 · Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California · Landmark
November
- All the Things You AreJoe Henderson · 1985 · Village Vanguard, New York · Blue Note
- Speak No EvilPeter Leitch · 1985 · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Reservoir
December
- Blue in GreenCassandra Wilson · 1985 · Systems Two, Brooklyn, New York · JMT
- Scrapple from the AppleTom Harrell Quintet featuring Kenny Garrett and Kenny Barron · 1985 · Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Criss Cross Jazz
Month not known
- 'Round MidnightDexter Gordon · 1985 · Studio Eclair, Epinay-sur-Seine, France · Blue Note
- 'Round MidnightHerbie Hancock and Bobby McFerrin · 1985 · Studio Eclair, Epinay-sur-Seine, France · Columbia
- AireginThe Manhattan Transfer · 1985 · Los Angeles area studios · Atlantic
- FootprintsAhmad Jamal · 1985 · Platinum City Studios, Dallas, Texas · Atlantic
- FootprintsAhmad Jamal · 1985 · Montreal International Jazz Festival, Montreal, Canada · Atlantic
- Freddie FreeloaderStanley Jordan · 1985 · Song Shop Studio, New York City · Blue Note
- Giant StepsMeredith d'Ambrosio · 1985 · Sunnyside
- Joy SpringThe Manhattan Transfer · 1985 · Atlantic
- O BarquinhoNara Leão · 1985 · Universal catalogue
- Waltz for DebbyKronos Quartet with Eddie Gomez and Jim Hall · 1985 · Landmark