The 5 Jazz Recordings You Would Take With You...

5 is asking the impossible...but here is,

Duke Ellington: Blues in Orbit
Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges: Back to Back
Sonny Clark: Leapin' and Lopin'
Duke Ellington: The Cosmic Scene
Sonny Rollins: Saxophone Colossus

David S. Ware "live in the World"
Cecil Taylor "Conquistador"
John Coltrane "Stellar Regions"
Tim Berne "Science Friction"
Eric Dolphy "Out to Lunch"

Miles Davis "Kind Of Blue"
John Coltrane "Blue Trane"
Bill Evans Trio "Waltz For Debbie"
Coleman Hawkins "Night Hawk"
Ella Fitzgerald "Clap Hands Here Comes Charlie"

Alright, here's my try........ I hope there's a power boat that shows up at some point to bring some more stuff over... Drinks anyone?

Miles Davis - "Kind Of Blue"
Sonny Rollins - "Saxophone Colossus
Thelonious Monk - "Brilliant Corners"
Louis Armstrong/Duke Ellington - "Toegether for the First Time/Reunion (cheating a little here)
Billie Holliday - "Songs for Destingue' Lovers"

And now, for something (almost) completely different...
I'll go with five fusion pieces:
1. Weather Report -- Tale Spinnin
2. Stanley Clarke -- School Days
3. Chick Corea -- Light as a Feather
4. Jean Luc Ponty -- Enigmatic Oceans
5. John Mclaughlin -- Belo Horizonte
Ahh, but there's so many more!