Help me build up a jazz album collection. Can you suggest a must have album?


Just got back into analog after not having a turntable for 38 years. That was a Thorens TD 320. Now I have a VPI. Building a jazz album collection now since jazz seems to be what I enjoy now. I have barely 12 albums from Miles Davis, Art Blakey, King Curtis, Ray Charles, John Coltrane, Ike Quebec and Illinios Jacquet. Can you suggest a must have album? I generally like great sax, and percussion and sometimes a good vocalist, but I am open to anything that sounds GREAT. Also, if there is a particular label, issue or type of album. Thanks in advance.

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Esbjorn Svennson Trio “Plays Monk”

The Ray Brown Trio   “Soular Energy” 

Les Meccan & Eddie Harris  “Swiss Movement”

Stan Getz “Bossas and Ballards” 

Kurt Elling “The Gate”

Benny Green Trio “Greens”

Art Pepper “The Trip”

Mary Lou Williams Trio “Free Spirits”

Frank Morgan “A Lovesome Thing”

Wayne Shorter”Speak No Evil”

Make that Grant Greene “Idle Moments”.. one of the greats.

Green also plays w/ Ike Quebec on “Blue and Sentimental”

Art Pepper “Getting’Together!” Wynton Kelly on Piano too. Chambers and Cobb too. The track “Why are we afraid” is a favourite. 

@whipsaw "Ah Um" reminded me of Charlie Mingus "Mingus Plays Piano". Put it on immediately. So thanks.

When I see lists like this I check everything I don't know and always pick a thing or two. Others do the same?