[Big Guy and Rusty 99]

I will think of more. please list your selections for best jazz albums.

[midway]

FOCUS - Stan Getz - if anybody knows of another like it, please post

[condolinda]

Okay, I'll add...
"Blues and the Abstract Truth" - Oliver Nelson
"Concert by the Sea" - Errol Garner
"The Sermon" - Jimmy Smith

[irishjuggler]

I'll add:
Miles Davis: Sketches of Spain
Vince Guaraldi Trio: A Charlie Brown Christmas

[dr_who]

Probably the only one I could bear listening to is Take 5. I usually hate the sound of saxaphones, but the one in Take 5 is just plain cool. What's his name's piano parts aren't bad either, in small doses.

[avenir]

Weather Report - Heavy Weather

Donald Fagen - The Nightfly

Steely Dan - Gaucho

Classics.

[condolinda]

Add Larry Young's "Unity". And Miles Davis' "Milestones".

[Cicero]

Benny Goodman at Carnegie Hall.

[Petronski]

Dave Brubeck Quartet: Time Out, Time Further Out, Time Way Out

[fso301]

"The Girl from Ipanema"

[Petronski]

Grover Washington Jr.: Just the Two of Us

[Lower55]

That's like asking..." What is the best root-canal."

[PA Engineer]

Keith Jarrett - Eyes of the Heart

[PMCarey]

Some of my favorites:

Benny Goodman -- Live at Carnegie Hall
Duke Ellington -- Live at Newport
Miles Davis -- Kind of Blue
Miles Davis -- The Birth of the Cool
Clifford Brown & Sarah Vaughan -- Sarah Vaughan
The Dave Brubeck Quartet -- Time Out
Louis Armstrong & Duke Elington -- The Great Summit
Louis Armstrong -- Plays W.C. Handy


Your mileage may vary.

[jungleboy]

The Pat Matheny Group (they were teen-agers when they made this great album)

David Gruzin

[Don@VB]

I like Artie Shaw's band. His "best of" CD is terrfifc.

[Big Guy and Rusty 99]

miles davis' tribute to jack johnson goes great with stop-and-go traffic.

[BluesDuke]

In no particular order of preference...

Duke Ellington, The 1943 Carnegie Hall Concert
Miles Davis, Kind of Blue
Sonny Rollins, Live At The Village Vanguard Complete
Thelonious Monk, Genius of Modern Music Vols I-II
Count Basie, Sixteen Men Swinging
The Modern Jazz Quartet, No Sun In Venice
John Coltrane and Milt Jackson, Bags & Trane
Charles Mingus, Blues and Roots
Horace Silver, Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers
Duke Ellington, Masterpieces by Ellington
Thelonious Monk, Live At The It Club Complete
Wes Montgomery with the Wynton Kelly Trio, Smokin' At The Half Note
John Coltrane, Blue Trane
Miles Davis, In A Silent Way
Herbie Hancock, Maiden Voyage
Benny Goodman, The Famous 1938 Jazz Concert at Carnegie Hall (Complete)
Louis Armstrong, Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy
Dexter Gordon Quartet, Manhattan Symphonie
Dave Brubeck Quartet, Time Out
Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto, Getz/Gilberto
Sonny Rollins, Volume Two
Artie Shaw, The Complete Gramercy Five
Duke Ellington, Ellington At Newport
Miles Davis, Miles Ahead

....just for openers...

[Pinetop]

1."Kind of Blue" is out in front. 2. "A Handful of Modern Jazz" Parker, Davis & Gillespie (Baronet label) 3. "John Coltrane with Johnny Hartman"Coltrane, Johnny Hartman (vocals), and Teddy Wilson (piano) 4. Art Tatum "Solo Piano" 5. Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane (Verve, I think rereleased on Fantasy)

[ggraziano]

Can't say I get A Love Supreme at all. I have it by Coltrane, and also by Santana & McLaughlin, and find it barely listenable. I nominate Coltrane's "Ballads", though. It's beautifully accessible. Other favorites: The Eddie Daniels Collection, Diana Krall's All For You (A faithful & loving tribute to the Nat Cole Trio), and Gerald Albright and Will Downing's Pleasures Of The Night. This last contains some regrettable schlock, but it is redeemed by their tour de force rendering of The Nearness Of You. Quite simply the most sensuous cover I've heard in decades. Finally, here's an obscure regional performer you'll love: Nancy Kelly's Singin' & Swingin'. Kelly, an upstate New Yorker, is a fine, pure singer, and her arrangements are wonderful.

[UofHoustonRepublican]

I know this may seem awfuly main stream, but any of Diana Krall's albums are great!

Also, continuing with the jazz theme, as a brand new guitarist, are there any Freeper recommendations for a good jazz guitar for under 700 bucks? Everyone tells me to go Gibson, but those are a bit too pricey, maybe there are some decent Yamaha knock-offs or something? I just want somehting that I can learn on, but still hold onto even when I do learn some skill. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks.