 | Kind of Blue by Miles Davis
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $1.97 This album changed everything. Miles Davis defines jazz better than any other. Even the other guys couldn't believe what they were hearing.
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 | Aja by Steely Dan
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $3.18 Great, tight jazz riffs with some heavy hitters. Some say, perhaps a liitle too polished but, hey! A great album.
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 | Live-Evil by Miles Davis
Buy new: $15.98 / Used from: $9.74 This represents, very well, a different time in Mile's career. Maybe a bit dated but, just listen to McLaughlin on this disc. Incredible.
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 | Irish Heartbeat by Van Morrison & The Chieftains
Buy used from: $45.00 I listen to this album more than any other, probably. I've owned it for years and it still does something for me.
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 | Reading, Writing and Arithmetic by The Sundays
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $0.22 Just an incredible album from an incredible band. Truly the best of this style. Where did they go?
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 | Copland Conducts Copland: Our Town; The Red Pony Suite; El Salón México; Danzón Cubano; Three Latin American Sketches
Buy new: $8.98 / Used from: $5.30 What's better than a conductor conducting himself? I'm a huge Copland fan and these are truly beautiful pieces that are a little more obscure than ones heard most often.
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 | As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls by Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays
Buy used from: $12.99 I've collected Pat for years and this and "Offramp" remain my favorites.
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 | Offramp by Pat Metheny Group
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $5.00 I've collected Pat for years and this and "As Falls Witchita" remain my favorites.
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 | Nashville by Bill Frisell
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $4.33 Outstanding! Bill Frisell is as versatile as you could want a musician to be. A great group of songs that I enjoy over and over.
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 | Have a Little Faith by Bill Frisell
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $5.52 Crazy rendition of Copland's "Billy the Kid". Also another cover of a Madonna tune that is actually listenable.
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 | Pop Pop by Rickie Lee Jones
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $1.71 Fine, simple renditions of great songs that will have you coming back for more. "Sad Young Men" is a constant favorite.
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 | Rickie Lee Jones by Rickie Lee Jones
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $1.90 Rickies debut album. I have all of hers and they're all great but, this remains on top.
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 | Mack the Knife: The Complete Ella in Berlin
Buy new: $18.98 / Used from: $5.15 Wow! Ella at her best! Play the Ella Fitzgerald drinking game. Everytime she says "Thank-You" between songs, you drink.
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 | Porgy & Bess by Ella Fitzgerald
Buy used from: $4.45 The best doing the best. Ella and Louis and George and Ira? Come on!
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 | Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue - Piano Concerto in F - An American in Paris by George Gershwin
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $1.99 Still the finest recording of any of these pieces from the quintessential American composer of the 20th century. Andre' Previn in top form.
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 | Allons a Lafayette by Beausoleil
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $1.92 Great music to cook to. This and "Hot Chili Mama" are fine representations of authentic cajun.
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