The Essential Jazz Recordings

A guide to the all-time must-have jazz recordings by a maven of the genre. 

Possibly the twentieth century’s greatest musical innovation, jazz is now more popular than it has been for the past fifty years.  But with the plethora of new recordings and the phenomenon in jazz of the same standards being recorded seemingly by almost every artist and band or trio, it’s very hard to know where to start or to improve a CD collection.