The Charlie Parker septet’s 1946 Dial recording ‘Yardbird Suite’; ‘Nobody Knows The Trouble I’ve Seen’ performed by Louis Armstrong; ‘Georgia on my Mind’ by Hoagy Carmichael; ‘The Revolution Will Not Be Televised’ by Gil Scott-Heron; and Miles Davis’ album Relaxin’ with the Miles Davis Quintet, are the latest jazz recordings among an extensive list of additions to the Grammy Hall of Fame, celebrating its 40th anniversary this year.

They appear in a list that also includes Creedence Clearwater Revival’s ‘Fortunate Son’; ‘Get Up I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine’ by James Brown; ‘Rapper’s Delight’ by the Sugar Hill Gang; and Sister Rosetta’s ‘Strange Things Happening Every Day’.

The announcement comes ahead of this weekend’s Grammy nominations. 

Pictured the cover of Prestige album Relaxin' with The Miles Davis Quintet recorded in 1956 in van Gelder's place in Hackensack, released in 1958 featuring Miles with Trane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers and Philly Joe, with the tunes ‘If I Were a Bell’, ‘You're My Everything’, ‘I Could Write a Book', ‘Oleo’, ‘It Could Happen To You’ and ‘Woody ’n You’.