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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There is no record player that has as good of a signal to noise ratio as a good digital recording. Yes there is warm distortion and rumble but records are not in the same category as digital when it comes to accuracy. 

Bob James Touchdown

Grover Washington Jr Winelight

Grober Washington Jr Badest

Lary Conklin Dolphin Grace

Eric Gale Ginseng Woman

You can find them all reasonably priced

 

The quality of the pressing makes a big difference with vinyl I'm 71 so these are original pressings.

And idler drives… Old coveted Garrard. 

Since the majority of idler drives are rim drives, like the well known Garrard, I went with that rather than Idler. Others like Lenco are not rim so you are technically correct since rim drive is a subset of idler drive. So yes... idler, belt, and direct is more correct.

@herman

Ok, time to confess.  I am restoring / upgrading my dad's Garrard 301 grease bearing model.  So far I have upgraded the main bearing, pulley, idler and its bearings, new springs, etc.  It is in an SME plinth which is mainly hollow and has springs for the mounting board.  I am working to fill the plinth with layers of mdf separated by constrained layer damping, held together by gravity.  I will be able to bypass the mounting board springs, so the table is not directly connected to the SME plinth, or leave the board suspended.  The look of the plinth won't change, and it will keep its dust cover.  The whole thing sits on blocks of good old Sydney sandstone. One day I might even open a new topic!

So far I have spent ten of the best KoBs on it ...

Before there was a thing called Rock n Roll, there was jazz. At one time in America it was jazz that was the popular music of the younger generation. Who cares it got side tracked by a thing called bebop. The musicians desired, and deserved, to be respected. 

You like what you like. But saying you don’t like jazz, is akin to stating you don’t understand jazz. You don’t have to be a jazz musician to understand jazz. That’s part of why you’re asking the question where should I start? Well, KOB is about as easy as it gets. But then again, there’s always Spira Gyra.