Jazz Is Dead

This page lists officially released studio or concert recordings featuring Jazz Is Dead playing Grateful Dead music.

Jazz Is Dead were formed in 1998. The original line-up was Billy Cobham, Jimmy Herring, Alphonso Johnson and T Lavitz. The group, with some personnel changes, performed and recorded through to 2006. They returned in 2015 to tour and record an album. After another break they returned to tour in 2023 with a line-up of Alphonso Johnson, Steve Kimock, Bobby Lee Rodgers and Pete Lavezolli.

Jazz Is Dead releases

Blue Light Rain, Jazz Is Dead, 1998 The debut Jazz Is Dead album comprising instrumental covers of Dark Star and music from the Blues For Allah and From The Mars Hotel albums. See more details about this release

Laughing Water, Jazz Is Dead, 1999 The second Jazz Is Dead album focuses on music from the Grateful Dead album Wake Of The Flood. Donna Jean Godchaux is one of the guests on one track. See more details about this release

Furthur Most, Various Artists, 2000 This compilation includes a Jazz Is Dead covers of the Grateful Dead song Eyes Of The World. See more details about this release

Great Sky River, Jazz Is Dead, 2001 The third Jazz Is Dead album of instrumental covers of, mainly, Grateful Dead songs. See more details about this release

Into the Music: Jam Bands, Vol. 1, Various Artists, 2001 This compilation includes a Jazz Is Dead covers of the Grateful Dead song Scarlet Begonias. See more details about this release

Grateful Jazz, Jazz Is Dead, 2015 The fourth Jazz Is Dead album of instrumental covers of Grateful Dead songs. See more details about this release