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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.
kadlec
double4w
87 posts
 
Just got 'Dick Hyman,From the Age Of Swing' on the doorstep last Tuesday.Not only is it great music in the vein of the old dance bands,it is now the hands down best quality cd in my possession.It is on Reference Recordings,and also, is HDCD.
kana813
956 posts
 
Best new Jazz purchase of 2007(so far):

Steve Khun Trio- Live at Birdland-Blue Note

Steve Kuhn - piano
Ron Carter - bass
Al Foster - drums

Great music/Great recording.
eljaro
27 posts
 
Jazz Standard Time by the Jacobs Brother.
Boy, does that CD sound beautiful.
I listen to it over and over again and don't get tired of it.
kana813
956 posts
 
Jason Lindner’s Big Band- Live At The Jazz Gallery.

Review:

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=26757
bdgregory
1,716 posts
 
Terence Blanchard "A Tale of God's Will (a requiem for katrina)". this is an amazing and haunting CD, especially the second cut "Levees" It was just released in August this year.

I've posted this in two other threads, but it's the best cd I've bought in a long time so I'm putting it here to.
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