My preferred 3 titles from this artiste..

#1: Wynton Marsalis Quartet - Live at Blues Alley
Performance: *****
Recording Q: ****

#2: Wynton marsalis Septet - Live at Village Vanguard
Performance: *****
Recording Q: *****

#3: Wynton Marsalis - Black Codes (From The Underground)
Performance: *****
Recording Q: ****

#1: Keith Jarrett - Toykyo '96
Performance: *****
Recording Q: *****

#2: Keith Jarrett - The Koln Concert
Performance: *****
Recording Q: *****

#3: Keith Jarrett - The Melody At Night With You
Performance: ****
Recording Q: *****

#1: Shirley Horn - You Won't Forget Me
Performance: *****
Recording Q: *****

#2: Shirley Horn - I Thought About You
Performance: *****
Recording Q: *****

#3: Shirley Horn - Light Out of Darkness (A tribute To Ray Charles)
Performance: ****
Recording Q: ***

Couvajazz:

Knowing of your love for jazz, I went with a jazz artist. Given this artist's catalog and musicians that he played with, I went with 5 releases. Also, where there are separate redbook CD and SACD versions, I rated both.

Regards, Rich

Louis Armstrong - "Plays Fats Waller"
Columbia

(SACD only release)
Performance: 5 stars
Recording Q: 4 stars

(Redbook release)
Performance: 5 stars
Recording Q: 3 stars

Louis Armstrong & His Allstars - "Plays W C Handy"
Columbia

(SACD only release)
Performance: 5 stars
Recording Q: 4 stars

(Redbook release)
Performance: 5 stars
Recording Q: 3 stars

Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington - "The Great Summit - Master Takes"
Roulette
Performance: 5 stars
Recording Q: 4 stars

Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong - "Ella and Louis"
Verve
(SACD only version)
Performance: 5 stars
Recording Q: 4 1/2 stars

Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong - "Ella and Louis Again"
Verve
(2 CDS - Redbook)
Performance: 5 stars
Recording Q: 4 1/2 stars

Rar1

I agree with including the redbook CD and SACD versions distinctions, and your use of numbers to replace the stars(can be difficult to count). Simplicity and consistency is key.

Great list! I hope others will join in to to create a shared reference database.