Jazz must have pressings???

Thanks for the tip Elizabeth, will do.

Philjolet, archtops with fixed pickups are my thing. They're spendy but worth it. CB is fabulous. I've too many favorites to mention, Montgomery, Burrell, Green, the list is endless.

Nice to have the book Elizabeth recommends. I don't think the guides are published anymore since they went to the web at allmusic.com. You can spend endless time there searching by artist, genre, album, etc. and finding out artists similar to your favorites.

I can't say that I'm jazz-oriented as that genre makes up a very small percentage of my collection. I do like big band type stuff from Stan Kenton, Bill Holman, and Billy May, along with some popular artists like Vince Guaraldi and Bola Sete. Getting away from piano and guitar, I think my one "must have" would be the Don Rader (flugelhorn) album "Anemone," recorded live at the Great American Music Hall--beautiful music and musicians that seem to be listening to and interracting with each other.

Here are a few that I really enjoy. Not in any particular order they are:
1. Count Basie - 88 Basie Street. The original on Pablo is wonderful.
2. Bill Berry - For Duke - direct to disc on the Jeton label.
3. Ray Brown and Monty Alexander - Summerwind - direct to disc on the Jeton label.
4. Freddie Hubbard - The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard - reissued 45 rpm (original on Impulse)
5. Dexter Gordon - Doin' Allright - Blue Note - the 45 RPM re issue.

There are many more that are just as wonderful.