The Essential Music Library: Jazz

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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.

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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

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Fats Waller and Louis Jordan.
It just ain’t a complete collection unless you’ve got some saucy humour in there.

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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…

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Hey, good choice! I have the one with Bill Evans, which is beautiful.

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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

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Cannonball Adderly anyone? Try “Something New” from '59 or so. Good stuff.

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Fiddler on the Roof I really like this CD.

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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

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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.

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Something new? I think you mean Somethin’ Else from '58. Good stuff, buy my favorite Cannonball is Jazz Workshop Revisited.