Top 10 Jazz recordings ever

I would like to start buying 5 cds any suggestion?
Now i do have too many.

For vocals I suggest these five diverse CDs:
Ernestine Anderson - Never Make Your Move Too Soon
John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman
Ella Fitzgerald - Sings The George & Ira Gershwin Songbook
Mark Murphy - Love is What Stays
Anita O'Day - Anita Sings the Most

And when you are ready for instrumentals I suggest starting with these five CDs:
Cannonball Adderly - Somethin' Else
Dave Brubeck - Time Out
John Coltrane - Blue Train
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Art Pepper - + Eleven

All wonderful, very accessible music. Nothing far out.

More contemporary jazz vocals you might enjoy -

Karrin Allyson - 'Collage' - Concord Jazz
" " - 'Ballads - Remembering John Coltrane' on Concord Jazz

Jeanie Bryson - 'Some Cats Know' (songs of Peggy Lee) TELARC

Laverne Butler - 'Blues in the City' - Max Jazz
" " - 'A Foolish Thing To Do' - Max Jazz

Shirley Horn - 'I Thought about you' - Verve
" " 'Close Enough for love' - Verve

Rene Marie - 'Live at Jazz Standard' - Max Jazz

Mary Stallings - 'Live at the Village Vanguard' - Max Jazz

Etta James -Mystery Lady- (Songs of Billy Holiday)

Etta Jones - 'Always in Our Hearts' - High Note. A memorial compilation of her music and an excellent introduction for those not familiar with her.

Good singers all. Try them

PS, re your request to boiling it down to 5.........My contribution - While I like all of those recommended I wouldn't be with out my collection of Shirley Horn. If you have never heard her, she was a model for Krall's style with the except that she has talent! Laid back, excellent piano playing, and her voice/phrasing is as good as it gets I think. Doesn't hurt that the recording quality is excellent as well.

Seems Shirley Horn always gets mentioned here when best jazz female vocalist come up. As female vocalist go, I've never liked the tonal quality of her voice. Too deep, heavy and not that feminine. She seems to talk her lyrics too much as well.