Partial List of Recommended Listening

I've tried to confine myself to albums that are extraordinary, rather than simply good.

Who plays what

Artist/Group	Album	Year
Cannonball Adderly, Miles Davis, Hank Jones, Sam Jones, Art Blakey	Somethin' Else	1958
Eric Alexander	New York Calling	1994
Eric Alexander	Man with a Horn	2001
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers: Benny Golson, Lee Morgan, Bobby Timmons, Jymie Merritt	Moanin'	1958
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers: Hank Mobley, Lee Morgan, Bobby Timmons, Jymie Merritt	At the Jazz Corner of the World	1959
Clifford Brown, Herb Geller, Joe Maini	Best Coast Jazz	1954
Clifford Brown, Harold Land, Richie Powell, Max Roach	Study in Brown	1956
Dave Brubeck, Paul Desmond, Joe Morello	Jazz Impressions of Eurasia	1958
Dave Brubeck, Paul Desmond, Joe Morello	Time Out	1959
John Coltrane, Lee Morgan, Curtis Fuller	Blue Train	1957
John Coltrane, Wynton Kelly, Jimmy Cobb, Paul Chambers	Giant Steps	1960
Chick Corea, Kenny Garrett, Joshua Redman, Wallace Roney, Christian McBride, Roy Haynes	Remembering Bud Powell	1997
Miles Davis, Lee Konitz, Gerry Mulligan, John Lewis	Birth of the Cool	1948
Miles Davis, Hank Mobley, Wynton Kelly	Friday Night at the Blackhawk	1961
Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderly, Bill Evans, Paul Chambers, Jimmy Cobb	Kind of Blue	1959
Duke Ellington, Clark Terry, Paul Gonsalves, Louis Bellson	Ellington Uptown	1951
Bill Evans	Alone	1968
Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins, Sonny Stitt, Ray Bryant	Sonny Side Up	1958
Art Farmer, Tom Harrell	The Company I Keep	1994
Dexter Gordon, Wardell Gray	Dexter Gordon with Wardell Gray	1947
Gigi Gryce, Donald Byrd	Jazz Lab/Modern Jazz Perspective	1957
Herbie Hancock, Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Shorter	The Best of Herbie Hancock
Roy Hargrove, Joshua Redman	with the Tenors of our Time	1994
Dmitri Matheny	Starlight Cafe	1998
Pat Metheny	Pat Metheny Group
Charles Mingus	Mingus Ah Um	1959
Hank Mobley	Soul Station	1960
Thelonius Monk	Alone in San Francisco	1959
Thelonius Monk, Charlie Rouse, Ben Riley	Straight, No Chaser	1966
Wes Montgomery	Impressions: The Verve Jazz Sides
Lee Morgan	The Best of Lee Morgan
Gerry Mulligan, Art Farmer	What is there to Say?	1959
Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie	Yardbird Suite: The Ultimate Charlie Parker
Bud Powell	The Genius of Bud Powell	1949
Sonny Rollins	The Best of Sonny Rollins: The Blue Note Years
Jim Rotondi	Destination Up	2001
Wayne Shorter	Best of Wayne Shorter
Bobby Shew, Tom Harrell	Playing with Fire	1997
Bobby Shew, Carl Fontana	Heavyweights	1996
Horace Silver, Blue Mitchell	The Best of Horace Silver: The Blue Note Years
Toots Thielmans (harmnoica) and Bill Evans	Affinity	1978
McCoy Tyner	Soliloquy	1992