For starters, I own over 30 CDs by Miles Dewey Davis III....but only one of these three listed?!
The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD is the definitive book for any jazz fan. It is not comprehensive, for it does not cover recordings currently unavailable to the general public, but it provides a vast commentary on the history of jazz and the greatest examples of the music, and its British authors, Richard Cook and Brian Morton, are "cats" of the most purring order, combining genuine reverence with a recognition that jazz is, above all, music of fun and discovery.
Cook and Morton select about 200 CDs as the "core collection," recordings any jazz fan, really, any music lover, should attempt to acquire. For those of you who don't have time to peruse the 1,400 pages of the Guide, I have taken the liberty of putting Cook and Morton's Core Collection online. Hope that somebody out there might be turned on to this extraordinary music the way this man was at 13 when he heard Bitches Brew for the first time.
(This may be out of the blue, but Chicago put me in the mood.)
Cannonball Adderley
Somethin’ Else
Air
Air Time
Henry “Red” Allen
Henry “Red” Allen and His Orchestra 1929-1933
Mose Allison
The Word From Mose
Louis Armstrong
The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings—The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (1936-39)
Art Ensemble of Chicago
Art Ensemble 1967-68
Albert Ayler
Spiritual Unity
Chris Barber
The Complete Decca Session 1954-55
Count Basie
The Original American Decca Recordings—The Atomic Mr. Basie
Sidney Bechet
Shake ‘Em Up
Bix Beiderbecke
Bix and Tram
Ran Blake
The Short Life of Barbara Monk
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
A Night at Birdland, Vol. 1 and 2
Paul Bley
Time Will Tell
Arthur Blythe
Lenox Avenue Breakdown
Ruby Braff
Calling Berlin: Volume 1
Anthony Braxton
Eugene
Bob Brookmeyer
New Works/Celebration
Peter Brotzmann
Machine Gun
Clifford Brown
The Complete Blue Note and Pacific Jazz Recordings (1953-54)
Dave Brubeck
Time Out
Kenny Burrell
Ellington is Forever, Vol. 1
Gary Burton
Hotel Hello
Benny Carter
Further Definitions
Serge Chaloff
Blue Serge
Teddy Charles
The Teddy Charles Tentet
Nat “King” Cole
After Midnight
Ornette Coleman
Beauty is a Rare Thing (Atlantic 1959-1961)—At the Golden Circle, Stockholm
John Coltrane
Giant Steps—A Love Supreme
Ken Colyer
Club Session With Colyer
Eddie Condon
1927-28
Chris Connor
Sonny Criss
Sonny’s Dream
Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis
Very Saxy
Miles Davis
Milestones—Kind of Blue—In a Silent Way
Vic Dickenson
Gentleman of the Trombone
Eric Dolphy
Out to Lunch!
Arne Domnerus
Face to Face
Kenny Dorham
‘Round About Midnight at the Café Bohemia
Dave Douglas
Convergence
Roy Eldridge
Heckler’s Hop
Duke Ellington
Never No Lament (RCA 1940-1942)—Ellington at Newport 1956—New Orleans Suite
Bill Evans
Live at the Village Vanguard 1961
Gil Evans
Out of the Cool
Art Farmer
Portrait of Art
Ella Fitzgerald
The Cole Porter Songbook
Chico Freeman
Destiny’s Dance
Bill Frisell
Have a Little Faith
Jan Garbarek
Dis
Erroll Garner
Concert by the Sea
Charles Gayle
Touchin’ on Trane
Stan Getz
Focus
Dizzy Gillespie
Birks Works
Benny Goodman
At Carnegie Hall 1938—The Complete Small Group Sessions (RCA 1935-39)
Dexter Gordon
Our Man in Paris
Stephane Grappelli
Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen, Denmark
Grant Green
The Complete Quartets With Sonny Clark
Lars Gullin
Danny’s Dream
Charlie Haden
Beyond the Missouri Sky
Jim Hall
Concierto
Scott Hamilton
Plays Ballads
Lionel Hampton
1937-38
Herbie Hancock
Head Hunters
Barry Harris
Magnificent!
Coleman Hawkins
The Stanley Dance Sessions
Julius Hemphill
Flat-Out Jump Suite
Joe Henderson
The State of the Tenor
Woody Herman
Blowin’ Up a Storm!
Andrew Hill
Point of Departure
Earl Hines
Earl Hines Plays Duke Ellington
Billie Holiday
Lady Day Swings!
Dave Holland
Conference of the Birds
Freddie Hubbard
Open Sesame
Dick Hyman
Forgotten Dreams
Abdullah Ibrahim
Yarona
Ahmad Jamal
Cross Country Tour 1958-1961
Keith Jarrett
The Koln Concert
Bunk Johnson
Bunk’s Brass Band and Dance Band 1945
J.J. Johnson
The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson
Thad Jones and Mel Lewis
Consummation
Sheila Jordan
Portrait of Sheila
Stan Kenton
City of Glass
Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Rip, Rig, and Panic/Now Please Don’t You Cry, Beautiful Edith
Lee Konitz
Motion
Steve Lacy
5 x Monk 5 x Lacy
George Lewis
Jazz in the Classic New Orleans Tradition
Meade Lux Lewis
1927-1939
Humphrey Lyttleton
The Parlophones, Vol. 1-4 (1949-1959)
Wynton Marsalis
Black Codes (From the Underground)
Jackie McLean
Let Freedom Ring
Marian McPartland
In My Life
Brad Mehldau
The Art of the Trio
Helen Merrill
With Clifford Brown and Bill Evans
Charles Mingus
Pithecanthropus Erectus—Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus
Roscoe Mitchell
Sound
The Modern Jazz Quartet
The Complete Last Concert
Miff Mole
Steppin’ Around
Thelonious Monk
The Complete Blue Note Recordings (1947-1958)—Brilliant Corners
Wes Montgomery
Incredible Jazz Guitar
Lee Morgan
The Sidewinder
Bennie Moten
Band Box Shuffle 1929-1932
Paul Motian
Sound of Love
Gerry Mulligan
The Original Quartet
David Murray
Ming…Home
Fatz Navarro
The Complete Fats Navarro on Blue Note and Capitol
Joe “King” Oliver
King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band: The Complete Set
The Original Dixieland Jazz Band
1917-1921
Greg Osby
Banned in New York
Charlie Parker
On Dial (1945-1947)—Charlie Parker (Verve)—The Quintet: Jazz at Massey Hall
Evan Parker
The Snake Decides
Joe Pass
Virtuoso
Art Pepper
Meets the Rhythm Section
Oscar Peterson
Night Train—My Favorite Instrument (Exclusively For My Friends)
Michel Petrucciani
Solo Live
Bud Powell
The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1 and 2
Django Reinhardt
The Classic Early Recordings in Chronological Order (1934-1940)
Max Roach
Alone Together—We Insist! Freedom Now Suite
Shorty Rogers
The Sweetheart of Sigmund Freud
Sonny Rollins
Saxophone Colossus—A Night at the Village Vanguard—This is What I Do
ROVA
Bingo
George Russell
Jazz Workshop
Alexander von Schlippenbach
Swinging the Bim
John Scofield
Quiet
Artie Shaw
Self-Portrait (RCA 1938-1954)
Archie Shepp
Four for Trane
Wayne Shorter
Speak No Evil
Horace Silver
Blowin’ the Blues Away
Zoot Sims
If I’m Lucky
Jimmy Smith
Groovin’ at Small’s Paradise
Wadada Leo Smith
The Kobell Years (1971-1979)—Divine Love
Muggsy Spanier
1929-1932
Tomasz Stanko
Leosia
Bobo Stenson
Serenity
Maxine Sullivan
Close as Pages in a Book
Sun Ra
Jazz in Silhouette—The Magic City
John Surman
Tales of the Algonquin
Art Tatum
The Art Tatum Group Masterpieces, Vol. 8
Cecil Taylor
Jazz Advance—For Olim—The Tree of Life
Clark Terry
Memories of Duke
Mel Torme
Swings Shubert Alley
Lennie Tristano
McCoy Tyner
The Real McCoy—Time for Tyner
James Blood Ulmer
Odyssey
Warren Vache
2gether
Kid Thomas Valentine
Kid Thomas-George Lewis Ragtime Stompers
Sarah Vaughan
Edward Vesala
Lumi
Bobby Watson
Love Remains
Weather Report
Mysterious Traveller
Eberhard Weber
Yellow Fields
Ben Webster
Music for Loving
Kenny Wheeler
Music for Large and Small Ensembles
Mary Lou Williams
Free Spirits
Tony Williams
Life Time
Phil Woods
Phil Woods/Lew Tabackin
Larry Young
Unity
Lester Young
The Complete Aladdin Sessions
John Zorn
The Big Gundown
Somethin’ Else
Air
Air Time
Henry “Red” Allen
Henry “Red” Allen and His Orchestra 1929-1933
Mose Allison
The Word From Mose
Louis Armstrong
The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings—The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (1936-39)
Art Ensemble of Chicago
Art Ensemble 1967-68
Albert Ayler
Spiritual Unity
Chris Barber
The Complete Decca Session 1954-55
Count Basie
The Original American Decca Recordings—The Atomic Mr. Basie
Sidney Bechet
Shake ‘Em Up
Bix Beiderbecke
Bix and Tram
Ran Blake
The Short Life of Barbara Monk
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
A Night at Birdland, Vol. 1 and 2
Paul Bley
Time Will Tell
Arthur Blythe
Lenox Avenue Breakdown
Ruby Braff
Calling Berlin: Volume 1
Anthony Braxton
Eugene
Bob Brookmeyer
New Works/Celebration
Peter Brotzmann
Machine Gun
Clifford Brown
The Complete Blue Note and Pacific Jazz Recordings (1953-54)
Dave Brubeck
Time Out
Kenny Burrell
Ellington is Forever, Vol. 1
Gary Burton
Hotel Hello
Benny Carter
Further Definitions
Serge Chaloff
Blue Serge
Teddy Charles
The Teddy Charles Tentet
Nat “King” Cole
After Midnight
Ornette Coleman
Beauty is a Rare Thing (Atlantic 1959-1961)—At the Golden Circle, Stockholm
John Coltrane
Giant Steps—A Love Supreme
Ken Colyer
Club Session With Colyer
Eddie Condon
1927-28
Chris Connor
Sonny Criss
Sonny’s Dream
Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis
Very Saxy
Miles Davis
Milestones—Kind of Blue—In a Silent Way
Vic Dickenson
Gentleman of the Trombone
Eric Dolphy
Out to Lunch!
Arne Domnerus
Face to Face
Kenny Dorham
‘Round About Midnight at the Café Bohemia
Dave Douglas
Convergence
Roy Eldridge
Heckler’s Hop
Duke Ellington
Never No Lament (RCA 1940-1942)—Ellington at Newport 1956—New Orleans Suite
Bill Evans
Live at the Village Vanguard 1961
Gil Evans
Out of the Cool
Art Farmer
Portrait of Art
Ella Fitzgerald
The Cole Porter Songbook
Chico Freeman
Destiny’s Dance
Bill Frisell
Have a Little Faith
Jan Garbarek
Dis
Erroll Garner
Concert by the Sea
Charles Gayle
Touchin’ on Trane
Stan Getz
Focus
Dizzy Gillespie
Birks Works
Benny Goodman
At Carnegie Hall 1938—The Complete Small Group Sessions (RCA 1935-39)
Dexter Gordon
Our Man in Paris
Stephane Grappelli
Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen, Denmark
Grant Green
The Complete Quartets With Sonny Clark
Lars Gullin
Danny’s Dream
Charlie Haden
Beyond the Missouri Sky
Jim Hall
Concierto
Scott Hamilton
Plays Ballads
Lionel Hampton
1937-38
Herbie Hancock
Head Hunters
Barry Harris
Magnificent!
Coleman Hawkins
The Stanley Dance Sessions
Julius Hemphill
Flat-Out Jump Suite
Joe Henderson
The State of the Tenor
Woody Herman
Blowin’ Up a Storm!
Andrew Hill
Point of Departure
Earl Hines
Earl Hines Plays Duke Ellington
Billie Holiday
Lady Day Swings!
Dave Holland
Conference of the Birds
Freddie Hubbard
Open Sesame
Dick Hyman
Forgotten Dreams
Abdullah Ibrahim
Yarona
Ahmad Jamal
Cross Country Tour 1958-1961
Keith Jarrett
The Koln Concert
Bunk Johnson
Bunk’s Brass Band and Dance Band 1945
J.J. Johnson
The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson
Thad Jones and Mel Lewis
Consummation
Sheila Jordan
Portrait of Sheila
Stan Kenton
City of Glass
Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Rip, Rig, and Panic/Now Please Don’t You Cry, Beautiful Edith
Lee Konitz
Motion
Steve Lacy
5 x Monk 5 x Lacy
George Lewis
Jazz in the Classic New Orleans Tradition
Meade Lux Lewis
1927-1939
Humphrey Lyttleton
The Parlophones, Vol. 1-4 (1949-1959)
Wynton Marsalis
Black Codes (From the Underground)
Jackie McLean
Let Freedom Ring
Marian McPartland
In My Life
Brad Mehldau
The Art of the Trio
Helen Merrill
With Clifford Brown and Bill Evans
Charles Mingus
Pithecanthropus Erectus—Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus
Roscoe Mitchell
Sound
The Modern Jazz Quartet
The Complete Last Concert
Miff Mole
Steppin’ Around
Thelonious Monk
The Complete Blue Note Recordings (1947-1958)—Brilliant Corners
Wes Montgomery
Incredible Jazz Guitar
Lee Morgan
The Sidewinder
Bennie Moten
Band Box Shuffle 1929-1932
Paul Motian
Sound of Love
Gerry Mulligan
The Original Quartet
David Murray
Ming…Home
Fatz Navarro
The Complete Fats Navarro on Blue Note and Capitol
Joe “King” Oliver
King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band: The Complete Set
The Original Dixieland Jazz Band
1917-1921
Greg Osby
Banned in New York
Charlie Parker
On Dial (1945-1947)—Charlie Parker (Verve)—The Quintet: Jazz at Massey Hall
Evan Parker
The Snake Decides
Joe Pass
Virtuoso
Art Pepper
Meets the Rhythm Section
Oscar Peterson
Night Train—My Favorite Instrument (Exclusively For My Friends)
Michel Petrucciani
Solo Live
Bud Powell
The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1 and 2
Django Reinhardt
The Classic Early Recordings in Chronological Order (1934-1940)
Max Roach
Alone Together—We Insist! Freedom Now Suite
Shorty Rogers
The Sweetheart of Sigmund Freud
Sonny Rollins
Saxophone Colossus—A Night at the Village Vanguard—This is What I Do
ROVA
Bingo
George Russell
Jazz Workshop
Alexander von Schlippenbach
Swinging the Bim
John Scofield
Quiet
Artie Shaw
Self-Portrait (RCA 1938-1954)
Archie Shepp
Four for Trane
Wayne Shorter
Speak No Evil
Horace Silver
Blowin’ the Blues Away
Zoot Sims
If I’m Lucky
Jimmy Smith
Groovin’ at Small’s Paradise
Wadada Leo Smith
The Kobell Years (1971-1979)—Divine Love
Muggsy Spanier
1929-1932
Tomasz Stanko
Leosia
Bobo Stenson
Serenity
Maxine Sullivan
Close as Pages in a Book
Sun Ra
Jazz in Silhouette—The Magic City
John Surman
Tales of the Algonquin
Art Tatum
The Art Tatum Group Masterpieces, Vol. 8
Cecil Taylor
Jazz Advance—For Olim—The Tree of Life
Clark Terry
Memories of Duke
Mel Torme
Swings Shubert Alley
Lennie Tristano
McCoy Tyner
The Real McCoy—Time for Tyner
James Blood Ulmer
Odyssey
Warren Vache
2gether
Kid Thomas Valentine
Kid Thomas-George Lewis Ragtime Stompers
Sarah Vaughan
Edward Vesala
Lumi
Bobby Watson
Love Remains
Weather Report
Mysterious Traveller
Eberhard Weber
Yellow Fields
Ben Webster
Music for Loving
Kenny Wheeler
Music for Large and Small Ensembles
Mary Lou Williams
Free Spirits
Tony Williams
Life Time
Phil Woods
Phil Woods/Lew Tabackin
Larry Young
Unity
Lester Young
The Complete Aladdin Sessions
John Zorn
The Big Gundown
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