 | The Complete Atomic Basie by Count Basie
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $4.99 If this does not blow you away, then what will?
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 | Breezin' Along by Kenny Davern
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $6.10 With guitarist Howard Alden, this album just breezes along, and is a great favorite of mine.
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 | Steamin' by Miles Davis Quintet
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $6.74 One of my personal favorites for many a year.
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 | Chromatic Palette by Tal Farlow
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $4.88 Another wonderful album from the Tal Farlow comeback.
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 | Nat King Cole Trio: Instrumental Classics by Nat King Cole Trio
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $5.99 Wonderful piano and guitar trios. Even if Cole had never sung a note, he was still an immortal genius.
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 | The Best of Joe Pass by Joe Pass
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $3.20 Guitar masterpieces.
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 | Boss Bird by Charlie Parker
Buy used from: $40.00 Wonderful collection of great recordings by the alto sax master.
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 | The Everest Years by Jo Jones
Buy new: $12.98 / Used from: $32.73 Great beats from the great ex-Basie drummer.
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 | African Magic by Abdullah Ibrahim
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $13.63 See title.
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 | Dedicated to Connie by The Modern Jazz Quartet
Buy new: $18.96 / Used from: $6.97 Great double album set by the long-lived quartet.
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 | The Collection: Sketches of Spain/Kind of Blue/In a Silent Way by Miles Davis
Buy new: $17.97 / Used from: $24.34 Get lots of great Miles for a very reasonable price.
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 | Latino by Cal Tjader Quintet with Mongo Santamaria
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $17.98 A nice easy-listening latin jazz album, because sooner or later you will needs one, and when you do, then here it is. Or get The Greatest Hits album.
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 | The Everest Years by Charlie Barnet
Buy new: $12.98 / Used from: $6.55 Wonderful recording quality and upbeat music by a fine band.
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 | Portraits on Standards by Stan Kenton
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $2.57 The full orchestral treatment of some fine standards. Not the usual "hit-you-over-the-head" stuff from Stan the Man.
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 | The Brasil Project by Toots Thielemans
Buy used from: $2.90 Toots with a Brazilian flavor. It is a bit new-agey and smooth jazzy, but always tasteful, and sometimes you want some Brazilian flavored mood music.
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 | Piano Reflections by Duke Ellington
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $4.00 Solo piano by the Duke.
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 | Bud's Bubble by Bud Powell
Buy new: $18.97 For fine CDs of Bud at a great price.
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 | The Best Of The Concord Years (2CD) by Mel Tormé
Buy new: $19.98 / Used from: $5.97 This is so wonderful. Essential.
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 | Duke Ellington & John Coltrane by Duke Ellington w
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $4.88 Just about as good as it gets. Some lovely stuff here as Coltrane plays Duke with the Duke.
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 | Marsalis Standard Time ~ Vol.1 by Wynton Marsalis
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.99 Wynton plays tastefully.
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 | Porgy and Bess by Miles Davis
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $3.18 Masterwork by Miles Davis. Great stuff. Get it.
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 | The Best of the Nat King Cole Trio: The Vocal Classics, Vol. 1 (1942-1946) by Nat King Cole
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $2.99 Cool.
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 | The Best of the Nat King Cole Trio: The Vocal Classics, (1947-1950) by Nat King Cole
Buy new: $15.98 / Used from: $5.19 Keeping it cool.
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 | You've Gone to My Head by Ted Heath & His Music
Buy new: $14.49 / Used from: $5.23 A personal favorite. Dreamy big band music impeccably played from 1949.
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 | How Long Has This Been Going On? by Sarah Vaughan
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $2.98 I don't know how long it has been going on, but this is a very fine album.
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 | Ken Burns's Jazz: The Story of American Music by Various Artists
Buy new: $36.47 / Used from: $29.72 Can't really miss with this. Great gift for the jazz fan in your family.
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 | Far East Suite by Duke Ellington
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $3.99 More Duke, but what can I say. If it sounds good, it IS good.
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 | Such Sweet Thunder by Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
Buy used from: $2.93 Even more Duke. You can't keep a good man down.
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 | A Tribute to Jack Johnson by Miles Davis
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $6.49 Could be the finest fusion album of them all.
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 | Laurita by Richard Galliano
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $7.32 Perhaps the finest jazz accordion album. It also features Toots Thielemans.
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 | Everything I Have Is Yours: The Best of the M-G-M Years by Billy Eckstine
Buy new: $26.99 / Used from: $7.49 |
 | Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings by Count Basie
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $5.00 |
 | In Concert by Martin Taylor
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $5.99 Probably the finest guitarist active today. His choice of materials is sometimes questionable, but in this he really hits the mark. Highly recommended.
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 | Compact Jazz: Miles Davis by Miles Davis
Buy used from: $0.43 I had not listened to this one for years until today, but really it is as good as anything in the list. Beautiful music. First 4 tracks with Michel Legrand and the last 4 with Charlie Parker in this 50's film score.
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 | The Best of Peggy Lee and Benny Goodman by Peggy Lee & Benny Goodman
Buy used from: $12.95 |
 | The Everest Years: Charlie Shavers by Charlie Shavers
Buy new: $12.00 / Used from: $8.01 |
 | Arties Choice! & the Naturals by Dick Johnson
Buy new: $27.99 Heir apparent to Artie Shaw in great double CD set. Highly recommended.
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| Compact Jazz: Stéphane Grappelli by Stéphane Grappelli
Buy used from: $0.01 Great selection of swinging French-style jazz by the violin supremo. Highly recommended.
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 | Concierto by Jim Hall
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $7.57 Worth getting just for the brilliant version of Concierto de Aranjuez, of which you can also hear the Miles Davis version on Sketches of Spain. Hall plays superbly and so does Paul Desmond on sax, or you can download it in mp3 for a buck.
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 | The Acker Bilk/Danny Moss Quintet by Acker Bilk & Danny Moss
Buy new: $20.98 / Used from: $16.99 And parts of this one are as good as anything here, though I can't say I am crazy about Mr. Bilk's vocals in the style of L. Armstrong on a few of the tracks, but they are fairly unobtrusive and this is a very worthwhile album.
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