Jazz Recommendations


I am just starting to get into Jazz. I recently bought Thelonious Monk Quartet "Live at Monterey" and was blown away. Could you recommend other mainstream Jazz recordings that I should have in a basic collection to help me get started.
kadlec

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Here are two cd's I love Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Fransico (OJC) includes a great version of Straight No Chaser as a bonus track and 2)Live In Swing City/ Swinign With The Duke by the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. I imagine it's what the great Duke bands would have sounded like if they exisited in the stereo era. I heard this on Wash DC premier jazz station WPFW which is listener supported. I love jazz but am not an expert even with a substantial record collection of Blue Notes and Prestige. The folks at WPFW are though and it's highly unlikely that any serious music lover won't find something of value on this cd. Doesn't contain the hits but does have some serious moments of swing.