Recommendations for a jazz record which demonstrates vinyl superiority over digital


I have not bought a vinyl record since CDs came out, but have been exposed to numerous claims that vinyl is better.  I suspect jazz may be best placed to deliver on these claims, so I am looking for your recommendations.

I must confess that I do not like trad jazz much.  Also I was about to fork out A$145 for Miles Davis "Kind of Blue" but bought the CD for A$12 to see what the music was like.  I have kept the change!

I love the jazz in the movie Babylon, which features local Oz girl Margo Robbie (the film, not the jazz).

So what should I buy?

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All things being equal I prefer the sound of vinyl. I have a pretty good digital system, probably better than my vinyl system, but I just like the vinyl sound better. Maybe that’s just my ears or maybe that’s what I grew up with 

I stream more than I play vinyl because it is so convenient and the sound difference is not huge. In any event, it’s impossible for someone to definitively say what will sound better to another person.. It’s entirely subjective, and your experience may be different than mine. You have to listen for yourself and everyone’s ears are different. Some may not perceive a different sound, but that doesn’t mean it’s true for everybody.
Isn’t that what we tell Amir all the time?

I like the MMW albums. Not expensive. The Jordan Hamilton is really good too. Project Freedom shines both streaming and vinyl. When the mood is right, nothing beats vinyl for me. Mindfulness or something. Shuteen Erdenebaatar’s album Rising Sun was streaming well before it was pressed. I did preorder. It’s gotta have 15 spins by now. I listen to jazz better on vinyl, even if it’s a budget unit. I hope that helps. 

Almost anything by the Esbjorn Svenson Trio, particularly the live albums  

I think that virtually any analog sourced vinyl will make that case if the turntable, tonearm, phono cartridge and phono stage are sufficient. If not, better to stick with CD replay.

 

Thanks to everybody who has responded so far.

I would have liked to have had more space in the title to make it clear that I am not really looking for opinions on equipment, just for one or more jazz records capable of sounding excellent on vinyl.

I hope to make my own mind up later on the question of digital or vinyl after listening!

It is really interesting to me that some vinyl versions of "Kind of Blue" had some tracks recorded at the wrong speed - apparently fixed on the CD I bought and the A$145 original master recording vinyl (which seems to have been remastered on to DSD-64 before becoming "original" again.

Please keep those suggestions coming ...