Schubert .... I have no idea what you mean by your reply to my post.
Anyway ..... getting back to the OP's original query about "must have" jazz albums...... I was four years old by the end of 1959, so I certainly don't remember these albums when they were first released. However, when I got my first "real stereo" in 1981 (Yamaha receiver, B & O Beogram 3404 table, and Mission 717 speakers), my Dad told me it was time to learn about jazz. Sure, he understood my taste in music during my high school and college days of the 1970's, and often paid for my purchases of records by Dylan, the Dead, the Allman Brothers, CSN&Y, Loggins & Messina, the Beatles, the Stones, Deep Purple, Moody Blues, etc., etc. ..... but he said that now that I had a "really good stereo system," I should start listening to jazz.
He immediately bought me my first jazz record, an Illinois Jacquet album, and then told me about the "four great records" of 1959. So, it was with records like "Kind of Blue" and "Time Out" that started me on my long love affair with small ensemble acoustic jazz. I just turned 59, and although my system is better than it was in 1981, and my music collection has expanded to almost 2000 records and CD's, I'll never forget the first time the needle hit the groove on the classic jazz albums of 1959. I'm still loving those great tunes by Miles, Brubeck, Mingus and all the boys. Thanks a lot Dad !
Anyway ..... getting back to the OP's original query about "must have" jazz albums...... I was four years old by the end of 1959, so I certainly don't remember these albums when they were first released. However, when I got my first "real stereo" in 1981 (Yamaha receiver, B & O Beogram 3404 table, and Mission 717 speakers), my Dad told me it was time to learn about jazz. Sure, he understood my taste in music during my high school and college days of the 1970's, and often paid for my purchases of records by Dylan, the Dead, the Allman Brothers, CSN&Y, Loggins & Messina, the Beatles, the Stones, Deep Purple, Moody Blues, etc., etc. ..... but he said that now that I had a "really good stereo system," I should start listening to jazz.
He immediately bought me my first jazz record, an Illinois Jacquet album, and then told me about the "four great records" of 1959. So, it was with records like "Kind of Blue" and "Time Out" that started me on my long love affair with small ensemble acoustic jazz. I just turned 59, and although my system is better than it was in 1981, and my music collection has expanded to almost 2000 records and CD's, I'll never forget the first time the needle hit the groove on the classic jazz albums of 1959. I'm still loving those great tunes by Miles, Brubeck, Mingus and all the boys. Thanks a lot Dad !