Jazz: 100 Essential CDs - The Rough Guide

1 Cannonball Adderley / Them Dirty Blues

2 Henry 'Red' Allen / World On A String
3 Louis Armstrong / 25 Greatest Hot Fives and Hot Sevens
4 Louis Armstrong / Plays W.C. Handy
5 Art Ensemble Of Chicago / Nice Guys
6 Albert Ayler / Spiritual Unity
7 Count Basie / The Original American Decca Recordings
8 Count Basie / The Complete Atomic Basie
9 Sidney Bechet / Really The Blues
10 Bix Beiderbecke / At The Jazz Band Ball
11 Art Blakey / The Jazz Messengers
12 Carla Bley / Escalator Over The Hill
13 Anthony Braxton / For Alto
14 Clifford Brown / Clifford Brown/Max Roach
15 Dave Brubeck / Time Out
16 Benny Carter / Further Definitions
17 Betty Carter / Feed The Fire
18 Charlie Christian / 1939–41: Genius Of Electric Guitar
19 Ornette Coleman / Change Of The Century
20 John Coltrane / Giant Steps
21 John Coltrane / A Love Supreme
22 Eddie Condon / The Chronological Eddie Condon 1944–46
23 Chick Corea / Return To Forever
24 Bob Crosby / South Rampart Street Parade
25 Miles Davis / Porgy And Bess
26 Miles Davis / Kind Of Blue
27 Miles Davis / Bitches Brew
28 Wild Bill Davison / Pretty Wild/With Strings Attached
29 Vic Dickenson / Vic Dickenson Septet
30 Eric Dolphy / Out To Lunch
31 Duke Ellington / The Best Of Early Ellington
32 Duke Ellington / The Blanton-Webster Band
33 Duke Ellington / Ellington At Newport 1956 (Complete)
34 Bill Evans / Waltz For Debby
35 Ella Fitzgerald / For The Love Of Ella
36 Bill Frisell / This Land
37 Jan Garbarek / Twelve Moons
38 Errol Garner / Concert By The Sea
39 Stan Getz / At The Opera House
40 Dizzy Gillespie / The Complete RCA Victor Recordings
41 Jimmy Giuffre / Jimmy Giuffre 3
42 Benny Goodman / The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert
43 Dexter Gordon / Go!
44 Scott Hamilton / Scott Hamilton And Warren Vaché With Scott’s Band In New York City
45 Lionel Hampton / All Star Sessions Volume 2: Hot Mallets
46 Herbie Hancock / Head Hunters
47 Coleman Hawkins / The Ultimate Coleman Hawkins Selected By Sonny Rollins
48 Joe Henderson / Lush Life
49 Woody Herman / This Is Jazz
50 Earl Hines / Live At The New School/I’ve Got The
World On A String
51 Billie Holiday / Lady Day’s 25 Greatest 1933–44
52 Abdullah Ibrahim / African River
53 Harry James / Yes, Indeed!
54 Keith Jarrett / The Köln Concert
55 Bunk Johnson / The King Of The Blues
56 Stan Kenton / New Concepts Of Artistry In Rhythm
57 Roland Kirk / Rip, Rig And Panic/Now Please Don’t

You Cry, Beautiful Edith
58 Lee Konitz / Alone Together
59 Joe Lovano / From The Soul
60 Mahavishnu Orchestra / The Inner Mounting Flame
61 Branford Marsalis/ Requiem
62 Wynton Marsalis / Citi Movement
63 Pat Metheny / 80/81
64 Charles Mingus / Blues And Roots
65 Modern Jazz Quartet / Django
66 Thelonious Monk / Brilliant Corners
67 Wes Montgomery / The Incredible Jazz Guitar Of Wes Montgomery
68 Lee Morgan / Cornbread
69 Jelly Roll Morton / The Original Mr Jelly Lord 1923–1941
70 Gerry Mulligan / Best Of The Gerry Mulligan Quartet With Chet Baker
71 David Murray / Ming
72 King Oliver / King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band:

The Complete Set!
73 Charlie Parker / The Dial Masters – Original Choice Takes
74 Charlie Parker / Jazz At Massey Hall
75 Art Pepper / Art Pepper Meets The Rhythm Section
76 Oscar Peterson / Oscar Peterson Trio + One
77 Bud Powell / The Amazing Bud Powell Vol. 1
78 Joshua Redman / Wish
79 Django Reinhardt/Stephane Grappelli / The Quintessential

Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli
80 Max Roach / We Insist! – Freedom Now Suite
81 Sonny Rollins / Way Out West
82 Alex von Schlippenbach / Elf Bagatellen
83 John Scofield / Time On My Hands
84 Artie Shaw / Begin The Beguine
85 Wayne Shorter / Speak No Evil
86 Horace Silver / Blowin’ The Blues Away
87 Jimmy Smith / The Sermon!
88 Muggsy Spanier / The Great 16!
89 Sun Ra / Fate In A Pleasant Mood/When Sun Comes Out
90 John Surman / The Amazing Adventures Of Simon Simon
91 Art Tatum / Art Tatum’s Finest Hour
92 Cecil Taylor / Silent Tongues
93 Jack Teagarden / Think Well Of Me
94 Stan Tracey / Jazz Suite: Under Milk Wood.
95 Sarah Vaughan / Swingin’ Easy
96 Fats Waller / Ain’t Misbehavin’: 25 Greatest Hits
97 Weather Report / Heavy Weather
98 Cassandra Wilson / Blue Light ’Til Dawn
99 Lester Young / The Jazz Giants
100 John Zorn / Godard/Spillane