

Human: I've never really heard much jazz before. Can you give me some essentials to get into it?

Assistant: Sure, here are some great jazz albums to try out:

Billie Holiday: Portrait of a Lady (with Sidney Bechet)

Miles Davis: Kind of Blue

Dizzy Gillespie: Night in Tunisia

Astrud Gilberto: Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz and João Gilberto: The Girl from Ipanema

Sonny Rollins: Saxophone Colossus

Coltrane: Giant Steps

Bobby Hutcherson: The Kinetic

Billy Strayhorn: The Very Thought of You

McCoy Tyner: McCoy Tyner Plays the Blues


Human: I've never really heard much jazz before. Can you give me some essentials to get into it?

Assistant: Sure, here's some of my favorites:  Eric Dolphy's Out To Lunch, Joe Henderson's The Elements of Forever, and Louis Armstrong's Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy
I've never really heard much jazz before. Can you give me some essentials to get into it?
Sure, here are some great jazz albums to try out:

Billie Holiday: Portrait of a Lady (with Sidney Bechet)

Miles Davis: Kind of Blue

Dizzy Gillespie: Night in Tunisia

Astrud Gilberto: Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz and João Gilberto: The Girl from Ipanema

Sonny Rollins: Saxophone Colossus

Coltrane: Giant Steps

Bobby Hutcherson: The Kinetic

Billy Strayhorn: The Very Thought of You

McCoy Tyner: McCoy Tyner Plays the Blues
Sure, here's some of my favorites:  Eric Dolphy's Out To Lunch, Joe Henderson's The Elements of Forever, and Louis Armstrong's Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy