# The Essential Music Library: Jazz **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 10, 2005, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-essential-music-library-jazz/325565 "2005-10-10T15:00:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![cbarnes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@cbarnes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbarnes)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-essential-music-library-jazz/325565/21 "2005-11-30T16:47:00Z")
Miles Davis: As has been mentioned already _Kind of Blue_ is an absolute must-have. However, I’m also a fan of his album _'Round About Midnight_. Ella Fitzgerald: _The Complete Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife_ This is a recording of the first concert of her European tour. Many consider it to be some of her finest work. Stan Getz: _The Dolphin_ Joao Gilberto: _Desafinado_ Stan Getz, Joao Gilberto, Astrud Gilberto and Antonio Carlos Jobim: _Getz/Gilberto_ Live at Carnegie Hall. Antonio Carlos Jobim: _Wave_ Diana Krall: _Live in Paris_ , _The Look of Love_ Billie Holiday:_The Lady Sings_ Bill Evans: _Conversations with Myself_ John Coltrane: _Giant Steps_, _Blue Train_ Art Blakey: _Moanin’_ Count Basie: _April in Paris_ More to come, no doubt. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-essential-music-library-jazz/325565/22 "2005-11-30T18:07:44Z")
Charlie Parker, _The Essential Charlie Parker_ (Verve) Oscar Peterson Trio, _Tristeza on Piano_ Milt Jackson Quintet, _Live at the Village Gate_ Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, _A Night in Tunisia_ Bud Powell, _The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1_ Benny Green Trio, _Testifyin’!_ Clark Terry, _Color Changes_ Cecil Tayolr Quartet, _Looking Ahead!_ Eric Dolphy and Booker Little, _Memorial Album_ Keith Jarrett, _Nude Ants_ Any Sonny Rollins Any Marian McPartland CD’s from her radio show ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-essential-music-library-jazz/325565/23 "2005-11-30T18:29:54Z")
Fats Waller and Louis Jordan. It just ain’t a complete collection unless you’ve got some saucy humour in there. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-essential-music-library-jazz/325565/24 "2005-11-30T19:51:15Z")
I love all of this - great choices. I second most of 'em. Miles: I love Relaxin’ - also Steamin’, Cookin’ and Walkin’ (no kiddin’ - they are all good). For his Bitches Brew era stuff, I prefer A Tribute to Jack Johnson - I listen to it. Kind of Blue is pretty much the quintessential… I love Louis Jordan, too - I would call him more Jump Blues, like T-Bone Walker. Really good stuff in this list… Oh - and has anyone mentioned Mose Allison? I love Local Color and Back Country Suite… ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-essential-music-library-jazz/325565/25 "2005-11-30T20:26:51Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > Any Marian McPartland CD’s from her radio show Hey, good choice! I have the one with Bill Evans, which is beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![who\_me\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/87869e/32.png) [@who\_me\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/who_me_2)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-essential-music-library-jazz/325565/26 "2005-12-01T06:33:22Z")
Horace Silver - Song For My Father Sonny Rollins - Jazz Collossus Getz/Byrd - Jazz Samba Thelonius Monk - misterioso Miles Davis - Round Midnight, Kind of Blue John Coltrane - A Love Supreme Lee Morgan - the Sidewinder ---
**Author:** ![mailman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8491ac/32.png) [@mailman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mailman)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-essential-music-library-jazz/325565/27 "2005-12-19T16:25:03Z")
Cannonball Adderly anyone? Try “Something New” from '59 or so. Good stuff. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-essential-music-library-jazz/325565/28 "2005-12-19T16:42:41Z")
> [@mailman](#): > > Cannonball Adderly anyone? [Fiddler on the Roof](http://music.barnesandnoble.com/search/product.asp?userid=GH354CkCeG&EAN=724354230929&ITM=12) I really like this CD. ---
**Author:** ![Godfrey\_Daniels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Godfrey\_Daniels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Godfrey_Daniels)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-essential-music-library-jazz/325565/29 "2005-12-19T17:23:49Z")
Duke Ellington - Duke’s Big Four Joe Pass & Herb Ellis - Seven Come Eleven; Live At Montreaux; Two For The Road Ella Fitzgerald - Take Love Easy; Ella & Joe, Again ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-essential-music-library-jazz/325565/30 "2005-12-19T22:42:34Z")
Apologies if any of these have been mentioned. Charles Mingus - _The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady_ Art Ensemble of Chicago - _Les Stances à Sophie_ Albert Ayler - _Spiritual Unity_ Pharoah Sanders - _Karma_ These are the only things that spring to mind as really essential that hadn’t been named yet, but I’m sure I’m forgetting a ton of my favorites. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Love](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Dr.Love](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Love)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-essential-music-library-jazz/325565/31 "2005-12-22T02:48:35Z")
> [@mailman](#): > > Cannonball Adderly anyone? Try “Something New” from '59 or so. Good stuff. Something new? I think you mean [Somethin’ Else](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000I41J/qid=1135219462/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8__i1_xgl15/002-1879332-9665654?v=glance&s=music&n=507846) from '58. Good stuff, buy my favorite Cannonball is [Jazz Workshop Revisited](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000056IKY/qid=1135219561/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl15/002-1879332-9665654?v=glance&s=music&n=507846). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-essential-music-library-jazz/325565.md?page=1)