Jazz suggestions please

I recently sent a "basic starter" list for anyone who wants to get into jazz but did not learn the historical lineage and vocabulary. This list is by definition not comprehensive or definitive, but may offer you some interesting paths while providing a solid foundation on where we all came from:

Hope this helps in your quest:

LOUIS ARMSTRONG
Hot Fives and Sevens (4 cd set)

COUNT BASIE
Atomic Basie
Straight Ahead
April In Paris

DAVE BRUBECK
Time Out

ORNETTE COLEMAN
The Shape of Jazz To Come

JOHN COLTRANE
Giant Steps
A Love Supreme

CHICK CHOREA
Light as a Feather

MILES DAVIS
Porgy and Bass, with Gil Evans orchestra
Birth of the Cool
Kind Of Blue
Tutu

BILL EVANS
Waltz For Debby
Conversations With Myself

ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM
Girl from Ipanema - the Jobim Songbook
Getz/Gilberto

DIZZY GILLESPIE
Bird and Diz
Groovin' High

COLEMAN HAWKINS
Body & Soul

KEITH JARRETT
The Koln Concert
Facing You
My Song
Staircase

LYLE MAYS
Lyle Mays

PAT METHENEY
Pat Metheny Group
American Garage
First Circle
Secret Story

THELONIUS MONK
'Round Midnight
Straight, No Chaser
Misterioso

CHARLIE PARKER
Yardbird Suite, The Ultimate Charlie Parker Collection
With Strings, The Master Takes

OSCAR PETERSON
Live At Zardi's

DJANGO REINHARDT
L'Essentiel
The Best Of Django Reinhardt - Reinhardt & Grappelli

FRANK SINATRA
...At The Sands, with Count Basie and his Orchestra
Only the Lonely

ART TATUM
The Standard Sessions, 1935-1943
The Complete Pablo Solo Masterpieces (OR any of the 7 volumes available individually)
The Complete Pablo Group Masterpieces

TOOTS THEILEMANS
Only Trust Your Heart

WEATHER REPORT
Heavy Weather

In addition, check out the "Jazz Recommendations" thread at the top of the "Music Forum" page. I'd say that the thread is pretty inclusive.

Very nice list Timwat. I'll add some of my Wynton Marsalis recommendations...
The Marsalis family, A Jazz Celebration
Joe Cool Blues
The Resolution of Romance, Standard Time Vol.3
The Midnight Blues, Standard time Vol.5

Happy listening!

I love Tom Jobim, Oscar Peterson, John Coltrane, and Dave Brubeck, but I just can't get into Miles' Kinda Blue.