 | Ezz-Thetics by George Russell
Buy used from: $8.07 For me, it's STILL the definition of "Modern"; Dig that fantastic cover, too!
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 | The Blues and the Abstract Truth by Oliver Nelson
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $4.87 Nelson was a fine composer-arranger and an underrated saxophonist. Exceptional Freddie Hubbard and Eric Dolphy solos.
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 | The Clown by Charles Mingus
Buy new: $18.98 / Used from: $9.87 Great Atlantic-era Mingus; includes Jean Shepherd's narration on the title track.
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 | Hub Cap by Freddie Hubbard
Buy new: $7.97 / Used from: $3.45 Prototypical Blue Note album, another masterwork of 1961.
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 | Tormé by Mel Torme
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $4.90 A hidden jewel in the Torme catalog. "Gloomy Sunday" is stunning.
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 | John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman by John Coltrane with Johnny Hartman
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $6.40 One of the most beautiful albums ever recorded. And that ain't no Harvard lie.
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 | Walkin' (20 Bit Mastering) by Miles Davis
Buy used from: $6.44 The album that changed everything. My introduction to Jazz. It swings like mad, but still sounds best late at night.
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 | E.S.P. by Miles Davis
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $4.89 Arguably the best album from Miles' "Second Great Quintet", with great compositions, like the complex, angular "Agitation" and the atmospheric "Mood."
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 | Happenings by Bobby Hutcherson
Buy new: $7.97 / Used from: $6.49 Hutcherson's best album; Herbie Hancock is brilliant on this one.
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 | The Procrastinator by Lee Morgan
Buy new: $8.97 / Used from: $8.70 This 1967 date includes Miles Davis sidemen Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, and Ron Carter. Beautiful Lee Morgan compositions. The whole group plays consistently well.
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 | The Jack Kerouac Collection by Jack Kerouac
Buy new: $44.99 The essential Kerouac, and all in one set!
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 | Lion for Real by Allen Ginsberg
Buy used from: $7.74 We could use his voice today. Great reading by Ginsberg and edgy, Avant-Garde musical backing.
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 | Verve Jazz Masters 12: Billie Holiday by Billie Holiday
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $0.99 The tormented latter period for Lady Day. "Yesterdays" is the standout.
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 | Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band by Duke Ellington
Buy new: $39.98 / Used from: $19.88 The best band of the 1940s, and that ain't no Harvard lie!
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 | Blues in Orbit by Duke Ellington
Buy used from: $0.67 You're there with Duke and the band late, late at night, but things are still swingin'!
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 | Oh Yeah by Charles Mingus
Buy new: $18.98 / Used from: $7.77 His most outrageous album. Mingus sings!
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 | Beauty Is a Rare Thing: The Complete Atlantic Recordings by Ornette Coleman
Buy new: $89.98 / Used from: $69.95 Demanding, but once you "get it", the bluesy sound and joyous group interaction will blow you away!
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 | The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady by Charles Mingus
Buy new: $18.98 / Used from: $6.50 The Mingus vision of "Film Noir" is a soaring accomplishment, think empty wet city streets at night
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 | You Get More Bounce with Curtis Counce by Curtis Counce
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $6.29 My favorite West Coast album. It has a late-night ambience but swings mightily!
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 | Harold in the Land of Jazz by Harold Land
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $7.99 A companion piece of sorts to "You Get More Bounce...", with three members of that group playing on this, Land's finest album as leader. Now go and dig "Delirium."
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 | Intensity by Art Pepper
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $6.32 Prime work from the alto saxman. Pepper blows through the standards with the help of sidemen Dolo Coker (piano) and Frank Butler (drums).
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 | Lennie Niehaus, Vol. 4: The Quintets and Strings by Lennie Niehaus
Buy used from: $4.79 Don't be afraid of the strings! Niehaus knows what he's doing. Fine West Coast Jazz arrangements.
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 | The Best of Chet Baker Sings by Chet Baker
Buy new: $9.97 / Used from: $3.48 Haunting. Timeless vocals and trumpet solos. Perfect.
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 | Mingus Plays Piano by Charles Mingus
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $5.11 The last album of the evening, for your "Dark Night of the Soul." Sooth that existential anguish, my friends.
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