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My Favourite Jazz CDs
Highlights from the Plugged NickelHighlights from the Plugged Nickel by Miles Davis
Buy new: £9.29 / Used from: £7.21
The Rosetta Stone of Modern Jazz - according to Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD - buy the complete set preferably!
Mingus Ah Um - 50th Anniversary Legacy EditionMingus Ah Um - 50th Anniversary Legacy Edition by Charles Mingus
Buy new: £12.58 / Used from: £9.48
The 50th Anniversary Edition is well worth having - Mingus at his Best!
The Complete In a Silent Way SessionsThe Complete In a Silent Way Sessions by Miles Davis
Buy used from: £145.00
Miles' most accesible recording from his eletric period!
Coltrane's SoundColtrane's Sound by John Coltrane
Buy new: £10.29 / Used from: £6.56
The first few seconds tell you this is Coltrane at his best!
Giant StepsGiant Steps by John Coltrane
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £3.96
A true classic - every track is now a Jazz standard!
Song for My FatherSong for My Father by Horace Silver Quintet
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £2.99
Hard Bop at it's best - great tunes and great players!
A Love Supreme [Deluxe Edition]A Love Supreme [Deluxe Edition] by John Coltrane
Buy new: £16.48 / Used from: £12.00
Another Coltrane album, yes - but how can you ignore this?
Kind Of Blue [2 CD + DVD Legacy Edition]Kind Of Blue [2 CD + DVD Legacy Edition] by Miles Davis
Buy new: £20.49
Most people's best ever album - you already own this if you have read this far!
Somethin' ElseSomethin' Else by Cannonball Adderley
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £3.35
A true Jazz standard - Miles and Cannonball together!
The Blues and the Abstract TruthThe Blues and the Abstract Truth by Oliver Nelson
Buy new: £7.38 / Used from: £4.85
One of the best line-ups of Jazz musicians ever and Stolen Moments is a must-have!
SpectrumSpectrum by Billy Cobham
Buy new: £7.58 / Used from: £5.05
If you have one Jazz Fusion album - this is it! Exciting and virtuosic!
Head HuntersHead Hunters by Herbie Hancock
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £3.24
The e-piano solo in Chameleon, provides one of the greatest moments in Jazz fusion!
Maiden VoyageMaiden Voyage by Herbie Hancock
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £2.66
If you want another Herbie Hancock album - this is it!
Impressions: The Verve Jazz SidesImpressions: The Verve Jazz Sides by Wes Montgomery
Buy new: £16.59 / Used from: £8.49
We must have some Wes and this provides great value!
EmpiricalEmpirical by Empirical
Buy new: £11.98
This is extraordinary and even more so for being modern and British!
Moon AlleyMoon Alley by Tom Harrell Quintet
Buy new: £12.69
Beautiful tunes and wonderful playing - a real find!
Prime DirectivePrime Directive by Dave Holland
Buy new: £13.98 / Used from: £9.99
Great group and one of Jazz's best composers...?
Mysterious TravellerMysterious Traveller by Weather Report
Buy new: £5.98 / Used from: £5.00
Weather Report are just the "supergroup" of Jazz and this has some amazingly ground-breaking stuff this is still listenable.
Heavy WeatherHeavy Weather by Weather Report
Buy new: £5.78 / Used from: £11.96
Another must-have album!
Still Life (Talking)Still Life (Talking) by Pat Metheny Group
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £5.89
Still my favourite Metheny group album!
CamouflageCamouflage by Acoustic Ladyland
Buy new: £11.98 / Used from: £8.99
They were best when still acoustic!
Moanin'Moanin' by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £3.35
One of the best bands ever and some great tunes!
Page OnePage One by Joe Henderson
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £2.77
Blue Bossa is a classic, but every tune has become a standard!
Free JazzFree Jazz by Ornette Coleman Double Quartet
Buy new: £6.58 / Used from: £3.98
Difficult listening - but the best players and a ground-breaking step!
Go!Go! by Dexter Gordon
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £2.77
Cheesecake is extraordinary - a great player!