Jazz Recommendations


I am just starting to get into Jazz. I recently bought Thelonious Monk Quartet "Live at Monterey" and was blown away. Could you recommend other mainstream Jazz recordings that I should have in a basic collection to help me get started.
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Return to Forever, "Romantic Warrior." "No Mystery" is also very good. This is "good" jazz fusion. The players are Chick Corea - Keyboards etc., Stanley Clarke - Bass extraordinaire, Al Dimeola - Guitar, Lenny White - Drums, percussion. Man, these guys are talented and tight. This is music from the mid 70's. It's out in re-mastered versions so the sound is superb, highly recommended.
Jazz is really diverse. What kind of music or artists did u like b4 getting into jazz, or even now?

My experience was I loved rock when I was a teenager (and still do!), then blues, then ended up in Jazz while listening to all 3 now!
If you love Monk, you will enjoy Bud Powell (4cd set on
Blue Note), Randy Weston "Volcano Blues", and Mal Waldron
"Hot House".
check out "rite or strings"....Jean Luc Ponty, Stanley Clarke and Al Di Meola. Just saw them live so I've been reexperiencing this classic album. Amazing.
Check Out David Sanchez's CD titled "Obsesion"

David Sanchez's CD titled "Travesia"...

I'd also recommend Arturo Sandoval's "Trompet Evolution"...