Help me build up a jazz album collection. Can you suggest a must have album?

I think my favorite jazz album has got to be Michael Garson's "Serendipity". It's Reference Recording RR-20. A really nice accoustic jazz album, with

high quality performances, and above average audio quality for the time it was produced. 

Second choice would be Dave Gruisin's "Discovered Again.

Sheffield Treasury ST500. Great performances, and very nice recording by Sheffield Labs, too.

Hope these are still available! Hope this helps, and best of luck to you

in building out your jazz collection.

Dave Brubeck Quartet Live at Carnegie Hall; Jazz Impressions of Eurasia 

Modern Jazz Quartet Blues on Bach 

John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman

Stanley Turrentine  Blue Hour

Paul Desmond Take Ten 

A more modern slant.

All the live albums by the Esbjorn Svennson Trio, then get the studio ones whatever are available.

Phronesis - Alive.

Helge Lien Trio - Hello Troll.

Wow. Truly awesome. Thanks for all the wonderful tips and suggestions. This is the way audiogon forum shines with its greatest strengths. To share great knowledge and experience. I will start sampling some of these artists and many I admit I hadn’t heard of.