 | Moanin' by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $4.96 Grab the mp3 album or at least build your playlist by downloading "Moanin" and "Blues March" The great Lee Morgan (trumpet).
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 | The Sidewinder by Lee Morgan
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $5.38 Grab the CD or build your iPod playlist by downloading "The Sidewinder" "Boy, What a Night" and "Totem Pole"
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 | Somethin' Else by Cannonball Adderley
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $5.88 Great album with Miles Davis (tr) and Art Blakey (dr). Download "Autumn Leaves" "One For Daddy-O" and "Bangoon"
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 | The Thing to Do by Blue Mitchell
Buy new: $8.94 / Used from: $5.98 Great trumpet player that never get's his due respect. If looking for mp3 download try "Fungii Mama" and "The Thing To Do". With a young Chick Corea (piano).
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 | Face to Face by Baby Face Willette
Buy new: $8.97 / Used from: $4.99 He doesn't have many albums. A great organ player - he really swings. Mp3 suggestions "Face to Face" and "High N Low". Also includes the great Grant Green (guitar).
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 | J.J. Inc. by J.J. Johnson Sextet
Buy used from: $22.75 One of best trombone players ever which gives this a different feel than other in this era. Includes Freddie Hubbard (trumpet). Grab the Mp3 album or individual recommendations are "Mohawk" and "Fatback"
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 | Midnight Blue by Kenny Burrell
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $5.75 An outstanding album with a blues feel! A must have for jazz guitar. Highly recommended mp3's "Wavy Gravy" "Midnight Blue" and "Saturday Night Blues". Has Stanley Turrentine (sax).
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 | Mingus Ah Um by Charles Mingus
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $4.22 |
 | Soul Station by Hank Mobley
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $4.86 An unsung sax great. You owe it to yourself to hear him. Mp3 download suggestions "Dig Dis" and "Soul Station". Paul Chambers (bass) and Art Blakey (drums)
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 | Takin' Off by Herbie Hancock
Buy new: $8.97 / Used from: $6.72 Classic Herbie before the funk, electronic stuff. Mp3 download of "Watermelon Man" and "Empty Pockets" are good choices. Freddie Hubbard (trumpet) and Dexter Gordon (sax).
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 | Green Street by Grant Green
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $5.69 |
 | Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $3.46 A classic you probably already know about, but its a must to any collection. Of course "Take Five" is a Mp3 download must but also try "Three to Get Ready" and "Blue Rondo à la Turk". Paul Desmond (sax).
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 | Afro-Cuban by Kenny Dorham
Buy new: $8.97 / Used from: $4.35 A great trumpet player not as well-known as he should be. This particular album has a real latin feel. Mp3 suggestions "Minors Holiday" and "Afrodisia". J.J. Johnson (trombone) and Art Blakey (drums).
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 | We Three by Roy Haynes
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $3.94 |
 | Undercurrent by Kenny Drew
Buy new: $8.97 / Used from: $6.48 |
 | Bass on Top by Paul Chambers Quartet
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $4.99 Rare Quintet with the Bass as the focus. Chambers pretty much plays on everyone else's album of this era. Mp3 suggestions "Chamber Mates" and "Chasin' the Bird". Also includes Kenny Burrell (guitar)
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 | Kind of Blue by Miles Davis
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $2.77 |
 | Saxophone Colossus by Sonny Rollins
Buy used from: $3.95 |
 | Song for My Father by Horace Silver
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $3.25 |
 | Blue Train by John Coltrane
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $5.85 |
 | The Cat Walk by Donald Byrd
Buy new: $8.97 / Used from: $8.50 |
 | The Essential Thelonious Monk by Thelonious Monk
Buy new: $36.98 / Used from: $49.99 Mp3's to try "Straight No Chaser" and :Blue Monk:.
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 | Let 'em Roll by John Patton
Buy used from: $13.64 |
 | The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery by Wes Montgomery
Buy used from: $4.89 CD discontinued, grab the Mp3 download. Check out "Four on Six" "D-Natural Blues" and "Airegin".
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 | Open Sesame by Freddie Hubbard
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $5.54 |
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