Here are a few of my choices which i enjoy out of my current jazz collection...which will pale in comparison to many here.
Piano
- Oscar Peterson: Night Train
- Thelonius Monk: Genius of Modern Music Vol 1 & 2
Female Vocals
- Ella Fitzgerald: Ella & Louis, Ella & Louis Again
- Billie Holiday: Distingue Lovers, Body & Soul
- Etta James
Horns & Sax
- Miles David: Kind of Blue
- Wayne Shorter: Speak No Evil
- John Coltrane: Blue Trane, Soul Train, My Favorite Things
Others
- Red Garland Trio or Red Garland Quintet: All Mornin' Long, Groovy
- Dexter Gordon: Go!, Our Man in Paris
- Stanley Turrentine: The Blue Hour, the Complete Sessions
- Lou Donaldson: Blues Walk
- David Brubeck: Time Out
- Freddie Hub: Hub-Tones
- Cannonball Adderly: Somethin Else
- Hank Mobley: Soul Station
- Thad Jones: the Magnificent Thad Jones
- Horace Parlan: Us Three
- Duke Ellington
Something a little different or more recent...still good music
- Getz/Gilberto:
- Herbie Hancock: the Joni Letters
- Norah Jones: Come Away with Me
- Joe Williams: Ballad and Blues Master
- Ray Charles & Count Basie: Ray Sings, Basie Sings