Anyone here know of must-have Jazz albums?

[Marcos]

I have no knowledge of this genre but would like to hear whats out there. Any god compilations or albums?

[Theo]

Kind of Blue

[Dareos]

Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince


/nod

[Moby-Dick]

depends on the type of Jazz , but in terms of Trad Jazz , check out Oscar Peterson (pianist) , Stephan Grapelli , Django Rhinehart and Fats Waller

for something a little more lyrical , then perhaps some Nina Simone or Billy Holiday

[Tumble]

Glen Miller - Mood Swings is good if like a bit of Big Band-ness.. If you like contemporary stuff, then anything by Wynton Marsarlis or Alan Vizutti is good... for a bit of Fusion, go for anything by Miles Davis, I have the Very Best Of and it's great. Dave Brubeck is superb also.. and if you want pure traditional New Orleans style jazz, there's several good compilations out there, multiple artists and big single artist collections.

[Funkstar]

Getz & Gilberto - Stan Getz and João Gilberto

Blue Train - John Coltrane

Also look at some Charlie Parker stuff

[Marcos]

Thanks, i'll look those up

[Knoxville]

The Joe Pass Quartet
Robben Ford
The Marian McPartland Trio

[JPreston]

[Stewart]

Got a few jazz mags you can borrow, see if anything takes your fancy.

[Taz]

Some of my favourites from the 80's and 90's are:

Dave Grusin
Special EFX
Peter White

[monkeyville]

Got a few jazz mags you can borrow, see if anything takes your fancy.

Hahahahaha thats awesome

[g8ina]

All oldish stuff but classics IMHO :

Weather Report "Heavy Weather"
Jean-Luc Ponty "Mystical Adventures"
Shakti - any album (esp track "Le Danse du Bonheur")

Dave Brubeck piano god, "Take Five"
John McLaughlin guitar god (played with Shakti)

Big Bands -
Count Basie
Duke Ellington
Stan Kenton
Buddy Rich (worlds greatest drummer)

or finally, something much more laid back
SpyroGyra

[weegie.geek]

Electric Bath by Don Ellis is amazing. It's what turned me onto jazz.

http://www.amazon.com/Electric-Bath-.../dp/B000009RC0

There are samples of the tracks on there.

[dave87]

I've got to say my introduction to Jazz was the Very Best of Smooth Jazz, some classics on it.

Gives a good taster if you don't know who you particularly like yet..

[Steve B]

Soil and Pimp sessions do it for me.
Weather Report, as has previously been mentioned.
Listen to Birdland, absolutely awsome track.
Try Average White Band too