I'm at the pearly gates and they tell me I can only bring in one jazz cd

A difficult one. But - Keith Jarrett - The survivor's suite

First let’s see if heaven will even let you get in?There is a requirement before they will let you in...

Surely they’ll want Woody Shaw, so Larry Young’s “Unity.”

Kind of Blue

rpeluso, you’re welcome.

jkbunell, as I pondered the OP’s question and before I decided it was impossible to pick just one, “Unity” was one of the first that came to mind.  I figured there would be many copies of KOB and other faves up there to share; so better to bring one that few know 😇. Fantastic recording and one of the greatest little known records of all time.   
 

I would turn around - I'm obviously at the wrong place.

What's the point of bringing even one CD?

Up there you can listen to all these guys live!

Or is it dead?

Mark Isham - Blue Sun 

“Smoke smoke smoke that cigarette
Puff puff puff
And if you smoke yourself to death
Tell St Peter at the Golden Gate
That you hate to make him wait
You gotta have another cigarette” Songwriters: Merle Travis / Tex Williams

Also “Kind of Blue”

David Warren Brubeck anyone?

How many of you listen to these suggestions and add to your digital or 33&1/3 collections?

"Samara Joy" by Samara Joy, a great young jazz singer.

wsrrsw: "How many of you listen to these suggestions and add to your digital or 33&1/3 collections?"

Me! I am spinning three Art Blakey albums this week, newly procured after reading another comment on this forum last week!

One album for Heaven? I’d go with Maynard Ferguson’s "Live at Jimmy’s." It was the first jazz album my father gave me (I was a trumpet player), and I played that album so much I wore it out (bad turntable cartridge in my childhood) and had to get another copy recently.

I'm new to the forum,  I joined for the music discussions. Love listening to new suggestions thanks to streaming.

@hipsterjefe 

Yup like minded folks here with a very deep bench too. 

Tonight it's Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderly. Check back tomorrow night. I'm assuming God uses a 275 and a pair of A7s for playback.

KTEL Jazz Classics!!  Great find.

What happens if Heaven and Hell turn out to be real places? How trivial then would this thread be.

I’m off to Hell, they allow Vinyl 🤪

This will be controversial.  Allen Toussaint "Bright Mississippi".  Old style Kansas City jazz but with modern overlays by Toussaint.  Can't keep from tapping your toes while enjoying the solo excursions.  This is the only "jazz" CD Toissant every made (he was mostly noted for NOHO "funk".)  But it managed to win the title of best Jazz record of the year .... and in its creative juxtaposition of style is a jazz wonder.

If you are only allowed one jazz CD, you aren't in heaven buddy.

Also agree that KOB is timeless, so is Birth of the Cool, and all the other Miles and Coltrane mentioned here. Since I expect all of you will be there and willing to share your single copies, I’ll add The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery. Love me some West Coast Blues!

"I'm at the pearly gates and they tell me I can only bring in one jazz cd"

That sounds more like Hell to me.

Jazz at the Pawnshop

The perly gates are still in the past century so records are almost unlimited

I’m thinking Art Ensemble of Chicago , "The Third Decade"

Bill Watrous - Manhattan Wildlife Refuge

Been listening to it regularly for over 45 years and never get tired of it.