[prplhze2000]

Thought I would give everyone a break from politics and the online war rooms. My personal favorite is Black Saint and Sinner Lady by Charlie Mingus. Probably one thing I think nat Hentoff doesn't get enough credit for is his jazz writing as he is truly a link with the storied past of jazz. I'm going to really miss him when he finally leaves us.

[caver]

How thoughtful of you. You signed up here just to give us a break from politics.

[ItsForTheChildren]

For big band jazz I would recommend anything by Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band, The John LaBarbera Big Band, The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra and the University of North Texas One O’Clock Lab Band.

[ggekko60506]

Thanks. Good idea.

[shineon]

Miles Davis, Kinda Blue
John Coltrane Giant Steps
Cannonball Adderly ‘The Happy People’
Sonny Rollins Nucleaus
Sonny Rollins Saxophone Colossus
Anything Charlie Parker
Lester Young and the Kansas City Six
Anything Oscar Peterson
John Coltrane Quartet Ballads
John Coltrane & Duke Ellington
Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald w/Oscar Peterson on Piano
Maynard Furgison ‘Color Him Wild’
Jazz at Massey Hall (Bird, Bud, Mingus, Diz, and Max)
Brecker Brothers - Strap Hangin’
Miles Davis Milestones
Bill Evans - You must believe in Spring
Anything by Eldar Djangerov

[mozarky2]

“...I have had numerous people ask me about what they should buy if they wanted to sample some jazz but do not know where to begin...”

If you want to hook somebody on jazz, there’s no better place to start than Holly Cole. Her version of “Get Outta Town” reached out and grabbed me.

[B-Chan]

I love Sonny Rollins.