 | The Blues and the Abstract Truth by Oliver Nelson
Buy new: $18.98 / Used from: $3.50 I think everyone in my Newark teen jazz program had this one on repeat. There's so much here, you'll stare blankly at your hifi for weeks on end.
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 | Sonny Side Up by Dizzy Gillespie
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $6.25 Fantastic set up. The Sonnys may be up, but it's Dizzy showin' 'em who's holdin' 'em up there.
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 | Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus by Charles Mingus
Buy new: $18.98 / Used from: $6.96 Great session overall. Often overshadowed by Ah Um, but really brings it, with the original Pork Pie Hat ("Theme for Lester Young").
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 | Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers by Horace Silver & the Jazz Messengers
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $7.49 Before Blakey was the leader, Silver was bringin' the message with this early funky-bop essential. And Blakey still plays kit.
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 | 'Round About Midnight by Miles Davis
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $3.13 Miles was signed to Columbia because of his performance of Monk's "Round Midnight." The first Columbia album for the quintet is as essential as Kind of Blue.
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 | Love Scenes by Diana Krall
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $2.38 Diana Krall, Russell Malone, and Christian McBride form the ultimate Love triangle in this fantastic, near flawless recording.
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 | Bossa Nova Pelos Passaros by Charlie Byrd
Buy used from: $53.95 Byrd's Brazilian jazz stylings are some of the most beautiful notes ever played on the 6-string. The settings (with and without winds, strings) display Byrd perfectly.
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 | A Love Supreme by John Coltrane
Buy new: $29.98 / Used from: $8.96 The Special Edition has a live in Paris version of the classic suite. Shows the quartet in a captivating live performance that makes jazz history.
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 | Such Sweet Thunder by Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
Buy used from: $6.99 Ellington was the Duke of Jazz, and his play with Shakespeare is pure poetry.
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 | Night Train by Oscar Peterson Trio
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $9.95 Peterson in the classic piano trio set up, playing he heart and mind out, shows why he's one of the greatest to grace the ebonies and ivories.
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 | The Essential Stan Getz: The Getz Songbook by Stan Getz
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $3.49 An anthology of Getz standards (Ipanema) and rarities (All the Things you Are); every track shows off his Sound and impecable phrasing.
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 | The Sidewinder by Lee Morgan
Buy new: $7.97 / Used from: $5.50 This hot funky bop essential will have you humming to the serpent for weeks at a time.
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 | These Are the Vistas by The Bad Plus
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $3.11 I saw this new power trio at the Vanguard in Feb 2003 and was sold immediately. If you like jazz, rock, fusion, funk, or "jam band" buy the album,and more importantly,SEE THIS BAND! www.thebadplus.com
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 | Impressions: The Verve Jazz Sides by Wes Montgomery
Buy new: $22.98 / Used from: $6.03 The incredible jazz guitarist's thorough collection of work includes hot numbers like Caravan, swingin' blueses like Sundown, and cool tunes (many with Jimmy Smith) such as Road Song. A must.
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 | The Swinging Guitar of Tal Farlow by Tal Farlow
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $5.43 Another hot guitarist burns the jazz box in this stripped down trio set up. Yardbird Suite is most notable, but most track will leave you smiling and thinking "How'd he do that?"
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