Lists of Bests: Borders 101 Jazz Essentials http://www.listsofbests.com/list/64610 I picked up this list from Borders book store a few years ago. I have cross-checked this list against a couple of other Jazz lists and it seems pretty good. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:48:17 GMT en-us 0 50 101 50 0 Somethin' Else http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65735 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65735"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00000I41J.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Cannonball Adderley</div> The Great Summit: The Master Takes http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/75764 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/75764"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005614N.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington</div> The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings, Vol. 1 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5072464 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5072464"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61YtV0SmjlL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Louis Armstrong</div> Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/297772 <div id="position">4</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Louis Armstrong W.C. Handy</div> My Funny Valentine http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/159875 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/159875"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000005GWQ.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Chet Baker</div> April in Paris http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/362132 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/362132"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000047CS.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Count Basie</div> The Best of Early Basie http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65764 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65764"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000003N4F.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1115605029_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Count Basie</div> The Complete Atomic Basie http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65731 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65731"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000005GX2.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Count Basie</div> Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/973775 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/973775"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000046RR.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1115788427_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Count Basie</div> Legendary Sidney Bechet http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5371051 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5371051"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51WHULbzm9L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sidney Bechet</div> Moanin' http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65734 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65734"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00000I8UF.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers</div> Clifford Brown & Max Roach http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/459291 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/459291"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00004NHC0.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Clifford Brown</div> Time Out http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35599 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35599"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000002AGN.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dave Brubeck Quartet</div> Are You Hep to the Jive? http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3968855 <div id="position">14</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Cab Calloway</div> Cool Struttin' http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/973442 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/973442"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00000IL28.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1116206060_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sonny Clark</div> After Midnight: The Complete Session http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/85353 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/85353"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00000K45T.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nat King Cole Trio</div> The Shape of Jazz to Come http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/39903 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/39903"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000002I4W.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ornette Coleman</div> Blue Train http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44922 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44922"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000005H7D.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Coltrane</div> Giant Steps http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/46968 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/46968"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000002I4S.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Coltrane</div> John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3901683 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3901683"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41cdYtEsN6L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Coltrane with Johnny Hartman</div> A Love Supreme http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/39110 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/39110"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000A118M.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Coltrane</div> My Favorite Things http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/43373 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/43373"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000002I53.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Coltrane</div> Kind of Blue http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35598 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35598"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000002ADT.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Miles Davis</div> Birth of the Cool http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/42863 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/42863"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005614M.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Miles Davis</div> Miles Davis - Bitches Brew (1970) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5344355 <div id="position">25</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Cookin: Rudy Van Gelder Remasters Series http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2696995 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2696995"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000KP62TS.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V44530401_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Miles Davis</div> Porgy and Bess http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/271893 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/271893"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000002AH6.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Miles Davis</div> Sketches of Spain http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/42864 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/42864"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000002AH7.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Miles Davis</div> Out to Lunch http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65737 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65737"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00000I8UK.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Eric Dolphy</div> Ellington At Newport 1956 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44921 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44921"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00000IMYA.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Duke Ellington</div> Far East Suite http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/625857 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/625857"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000C8AOZ.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Duke Ellington</div> The OKeh Ellington http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1041442 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1041442"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00000274L.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Duke Ellington</div> Waltz for Debby http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/587655 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/587655"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000000YBQ.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bill Evans</div> Meet the Jazztet http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2056501 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2056501"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000002Q5W.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> The Best of the Song Books http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45698 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45698"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000046R2.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ella Fitzgerald</div> Ella and Louis http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/61121 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/61121"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00004RD5E.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ella Fitzgerald</div> The Complete Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/106137 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/106137"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000046QI.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ella Fitzgerald</div> Concert By The Sea http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/973252 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/973252"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00000269G.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Erroll Garner</div> Getz/Gilberto http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/43909 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/43909"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000047CX.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stan Getz</div> Sonny Side Up http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3571023 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3571023"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11EW1SNGN0L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dizzy Gillespie</div> Sextet Featuring Charlie Christian http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4401412 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4401412"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51elXhikLmL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Benny Goodman</div> Live at Carnegie Hall (1938) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4684767 <div id="position">42</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Benny Goodman</div> Go! http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44668 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44668"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00000I8UJ.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dexter Gordon</div> Idle Moments http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65774 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65774"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00000IL2A.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Grant Green</div> Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/305196 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/305196"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00006H690.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Vince Guaraldi</div> Head Hunters http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/123380 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/123380"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000002AGP.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Herbie Hancock</div> Maiden Voyage http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65730 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65730"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00000IL29.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Herbie Hancock</div> Body and Soul http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/973235 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/973235"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000003G3L.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Coleman Hawkins</div> Tidal Wave http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/222143 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/222143"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000003N45.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Fletcher Henderson</div> Page One http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65750 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65750"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00000IL25.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joe Henderson</div>