Respuesta: Jazz para principiantes.
Repasando aquellos tiempos en los que revisaba discos y más discos que iba almacenando en una base de datos, rescato una recopilación de discos que realicé en su día seleccionando sólo aquellos que estaban calificados con 5 estrellas en la All Music Guide, la "biblia" en la que entonces nos surtíamos de información.
Jazz de 5 estrellas en All Music Guide
Abbey Lincoln
Straight Ahead (1961) Riverside Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/79u0xBGQRiR50JxdkKtYea

Anita O'Day
Anita Sings The Most (1957) Verve Music Group
http://open.spotify.com/album/3SI7MBijid0sarCOa3J5aC

Art Blakey
Moanin' (1958) Blue Note Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/2D4kqfmUPMNlVSGpYmNx5X

Art Pepper
Modern Art; The Complete Art Pepper Aladdin Recordings Vol. 2 (1956) Blue Note Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/49HY44cDZDZ3iytyXdajQ6

Meets The Rhythm Section (1957) Contemporary/OJC
http://open.spotify.com/album/2uovPNWvIF0KQbJuf4Sxvp

Modern Jazz Classics (Art Pepper + Eleven) (1959) Contemporary/OJC
http://open.spotify.com/album/2hplYLO3W1N0tt7fOhXVR3

Complete Galaxy Recordings (1978) Galaxy

Bebo Valdés
Bebo Rides Again (1994) Messidor Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/0k4NZSAhdnjrsoJOB0gwLN

Ben Webster
Soulville (1957) Verve Music Group
http://open.spotify.com/album/7Kwili1w0UjrroQ5efyxHf

Benny Carter
Further Definitions (1961) GRP / Impulse! Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/4HSABxiXhFWk3UQrCzloLz

Bill Evans (Pianista)
The Complete Riverside Recordings (1956) Riverside Records

Sunday at the Village Vanguard (Live) (1961) Riverside Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/6FSgsN5ROADI1YQOieljKD

The Complete Live at The Village Vanguard (1961) Riverside Records

Waltz for Debby (1961) Riverside Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/3jrQgQYZ3WDW3mn55SFuUv

Billie Holiday
The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945-1959 (1959) Verve Music Group
http://open.spotify.com/album/4VEPTnoHZNLFSsWGDVU3Mh

Lady Day. The complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933-194 (2001) Columbia Legacy
http://open.spotify.com/album/7pBwUBRsdgtIyX7tGOmaoy

Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club (1997) Elektra / Asylum
http://open.spotify.com/album/4g0dGimxnz4S2pvMknYjEx

Cassandra Wilson
Blue Light 'Til Down (1993) Blue Note Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/30P8SDu4VYJxYv3CFtqXA6

Charles Mingus
The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (1963) Impulse Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/5K3hgJYRyL5H40e9a1940R

Charlie Haden
Quartet West (1986) Polygram
http://open.spotify.com/album/3MancQgnn3Cxow4QitwCsU

Charlie Parker
The Complete Dial Recordings (1945) Stash Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/6fzqTRzlzildnPxi8C8mK8
(No es exactamente el mismo, pero es un doble que incluye este y el anterior)

The Complete Savoy Sessions (1945) Savoy Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/6fzqTRzlzildnPxi8C8mK8
(No es exactamente el mismo, pero es un doble que incluye este y el anterior)

Charlie Parker With Strings: The Master Takes (1949) Verve Music Group
http://open.spotify.com/album/1vDghy6Zi6NYvwRHEeN72E

Clifford Brown
The Complete Emarcy Recordings (1954) Emarcy Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/1bdo6vRnQypnUT5WfECUPP

Count Basie
Count Basie at Newport (1957) Verve Music Group
http://open.spotify.com/album/27rLtWVYPwNvI5v2SmDDrf

Dave Brubeck
Time Out (1959) Columbia Legacy
http://open.spotify.com/album/6P3jzdPK5VMbzuJ2HcRt9y

Dexter Gordon
Go! (1962) Blue Note Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/5nEJj9bjoarnzlS88NiWet

Duke Ellington
The Centennial Edition Complete RCA Victor Recordings (1927 - 1973) (1927) RCA Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/1TTQRp87GsNQssM2SV9mfm
(No es la edición completa, sólo los años 40)

Ellington At Newport (1956) Columbia
http://open.spotify.com/album/4uoeNMssn5fq4boWhuwK7p

Duke Ellington & John Coltrane (1962) Impulse Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/7qsnx3thQiQabvDkHfqI1m

Ella Fitzgerald
The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books (1956) Verve Music Group
http://open.spotify.com/album/05xODBvZUY3mr52qmfC3lt
16 - sí, sí, dieciséis - maravillosos discos...

Eric Dolphy
Out to Lunch (1964) Blue Note Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/3PIVqZzL1PnrxFZDzuT1aX

Frank Sinatra
Songs for Swingin' Lovers (1955) Capitol Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/4kca7vXd1Wo5GE2DMafvMc

A Swingin' Affair (1957) Capitol Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/5Jxf3eOoGvWDGg957iXEkj

Come Fly With Me (1957) Capitol Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/66v9QmjAj0Wwhh2OpbU4BE

Freddie Hubbard
Red Clay (1970) Columbia Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/1EKOKpUcbqvwxFcmek60Za

Straight Life (1970) Columbia Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/1r66S2fnO8T8QWaVGWp2jo

Freedie Redd
Shades of Redd (1960) Blue Note Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/6oD40NPOziFYWhvkwLmdQF

Gerry Mulligan
Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster (1959) Verve Music Group
http://open.spotify.com/album/2tDb1kOtcc0QnlFdt8Uz2l

Gray Wardel
Wardell Gray Memorial, Vol. 1 (1953) Prestige Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/4Ny4qJ0iMjBbBhmkdTddi3
(además incluye el Vol. 2)

Hank Mobley
Soul Station (1960) Blue Note Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/731OW49heGHCMrMOREHYlY

Ike Quebec
Blue And Sentimental (1961) Blue Note Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/19jMzkRKTNDjMppTeYgkSy

Jackie McLean
Let Freedom Ring (1962) Blue Note Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/7cDdrBZaImUjYGqkir7bVw

Destination Out! (1963) Blue Note Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/6V91XmWywH57srvy7oRYNO

João Gilberto
Amoroso / Brasil (1976) Warner Bros. Jazz
http://open.spotify.com/album/2SQ2YrWlVLAZ05jogsM5bH (sólo es Amoroso)

Joe Henderson
Page One (1963) Blue Note Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/7mQGTuvmdp56DNz0AmMwWi

John Coltrane
Blue Train (1957) Blue Note Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/50FMzSN3HV4PI7ryK3lLQn (The Ultimate Blue Train)

Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1959) Atlantic Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/3GuMCVN3Y60j2juk8X9Zpf

A Love Supreme (1964) Impulse Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/5DXmUb5WnwvBeNJDgXx3sL

Julian Cannonbal Adderley
Somethin' Else (1958) Blue Note Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/3Wu0chxAm4GxSeRnIIf2Om

Keith Jarrett
Köln Concert (1975) ECM (Edition of Contemporary Music)

At The Blue Note (1994) ECM (Edition of Contemporary Music)

Kenny Burrell
Midnight Blue (1963) Blue Note Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/0hMuKAciHKinu4L3R4Ojjl

Lee Morgan
The Sidewinder (1963) Blue Note Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/1n1trPeeY9Q5H4eLbbHHRg

Lester Young
Pres and Teddy (con Teddy Wilson) (1956) Verve Music Group
http://open.spotify.com/album/5DVw0bnN3dlfAaFUlNkz35

Louis Armstrong
The Complete Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington Sessions (1961) Roulette Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/0tDaldQZb0L4jsIbEJnNhF

Max Roach
We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite (1960) Candid Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/3BM4ZseBRzpQBC2SiwvR92

Miles Davis
The Complete Birth of the Cool (1949) Blue Note Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/2vm2b8COVMLIoHqB58iN4w

Cookin' (1956) Prestige Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/4klctF4THHFlLLTZGpa4D2

Relaxin with The Miles Davis Quintet (1956) Prestige Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/1h7NtOd5fdBQEjJbB9Wk2B

Workin' (1956) Prestige Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/1vktIbBz606HKcMr6Cs6jw

Miles Ahead + 19 (1957) Columbia
http://open.spotify.com/album/6WOddaa5Vqp8gQZic8ZUw9

The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings (1957) Columbia
http://open.spotify.com/album/1mM5BwiiPqVq8T0vucuKhI

Porgy & Bess (1958) Columbia
http://open.spotify.com/album/5TZUz4IkdUZY8i1cnbaAHz

Kind Of Blue (1959) Columbia Legacy
http://open.spotify.com/album/42ge6JtPfeF6FEYXCJ50Gu

Bitches Brew (1969) Columbia Legacy
http://open.spotify.com/album/4HeZ7OqYlDWsXdgSQLCAdE

Modern Jazz Quartet
Lonely Woman (1962) Atlantic Records

Oliver Nelson
The Blues And The Abstract Truth (1961) Impulse Records

Oscar Peterson
In The Town (1958) Verve Music Group

Oscar Peterson Trio Plus One (1964) Verve Music Group

Exclusively For My Friends [Box Set] (1968) Island Records

The Trio [Pablo] (con Joe Pass & Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen) (1973) Pablo Records

Ron Carter
Telephone (con Jim Hall) (1984) Concord Jazz

Roy Eldridge
Montreux 1977 (1977) Pablo Records

Ruby Braff
Ruby Braff & Buddy Tate With The Newport All Stars (1967) Black Lion

Sarah Vaughan
Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown (1954) Verve Music Group

Sonny Clark
Complete Verve Recordings of Buddy De Franco with Sonny Clark (1954) Verve Music Group

Sonny Rollins
The Freelance Years; The Complete Riverside and Contemporary Recordings (1956) Riverside Records

Stan Getz
Jazz Samba (con Charlie Byrd) (1962) Verve Music Group

Getz/Gilberto (con João Gilberto) (1963) Verve Music Group

The Three Sounds
Introducing the 3 Sounds (1958) Blue Note Records

Thelonious Monk
Brilliant Corners (1956) Riverside Records

Monk's Music (1957) Riverside Records

Thelonious Monk & John Coltrane (1957) Riverside Records

Vince Guaraldi
A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) Fantasy, Inc.

Wes Montgomery
The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery (1960) Riverside Records

Zoot Sims
Zoot Sims and the Gershwin Brothers (1975) Pablo Records


Repasando aquellos tiempos en los que revisaba discos y más discos que iba almacenando en una base de datos, rescato una recopilación de discos que realicé en su día seleccionando sólo aquellos que estaban calificados con 5 estrellas en la All Music Guide, la "biblia" en la que entonces nos surtíamos de información.
Jazz de 5 estrellas en All Music Guide
Abbey Lincoln
Straight Ahead (1961) Riverside Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/79u0xBGQRiR50JxdkKtYea

Anita O'Day
Anita Sings The Most (1957) Verve Music Group
http://open.spotify.com/album/3SI7MBijid0sarCOa3J5aC

Art Blakey
Moanin' (1958) Blue Note Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/2D4kqfmUPMNlVSGpYmNx5X

Art Pepper
Modern Art; The Complete Art Pepper Aladdin Recordings Vol. 2 (1956) Blue Note Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/49HY44cDZDZ3iytyXdajQ6

Meets The Rhythm Section (1957) Contemporary/OJC
http://open.spotify.com/album/2uovPNWvIF0KQbJuf4Sxvp

Modern Jazz Classics (Art Pepper + Eleven) (1959) Contemporary/OJC
http://open.spotify.com/album/2hplYLO3W1N0tt7fOhXVR3

Complete Galaxy Recordings (1978) Galaxy

Bebo Valdés
Bebo Rides Again (1994) Messidor Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/0k4NZSAhdnjrsoJOB0gwLN

Ben Webster
Soulville (1957) Verve Music Group
http://open.spotify.com/album/7Kwili1w0UjrroQ5efyxHf

Benny Carter
Further Definitions (1961) GRP / Impulse! Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/4HSABxiXhFWk3UQrCzloLz

Bill Evans (Pianista)
The Complete Riverside Recordings (1956) Riverside Records

Sunday at the Village Vanguard (Live) (1961) Riverside Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/6FSgsN5ROADI1YQOieljKD

The Complete Live at The Village Vanguard (1961) Riverside Records

Waltz for Debby (1961) Riverside Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/3jrQgQYZ3WDW3mn55SFuUv

Billie Holiday
The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945-1959 (1959) Verve Music Group
http://open.spotify.com/album/4VEPTnoHZNLFSsWGDVU3Mh

Lady Day. The complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933-194 (2001) Columbia Legacy
http://open.spotify.com/album/7pBwUBRsdgtIyX7tGOmaoy

Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club (1997) Elektra / Asylum
http://open.spotify.com/album/4g0dGimxnz4S2pvMknYjEx

Cassandra Wilson
Blue Light 'Til Down (1993) Blue Note Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/30P8SDu4VYJxYv3CFtqXA6

Charles Mingus
The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (1963) Impulse Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/5K3hgJYRyL5H40e9a1940R

Charlie Haden
Quartet West (1986) Polygram
http://open.spotify.com/album/3MancQgnn3Cxow4QitwCsU

Charlie Parker
The Complete Dial Recordings (1945) Stash Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/6fzqTRzlzildnPxi8C8mK8
(No es exactamente el mismo, pero es un doble que incluye este y el anterior)

The Complete Savoy Sessions (1945) Savoy Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/6fzqTRzlzildnPxi8C8mK8
(No es exactamente el mismo, pero es un doble que incluye este y el anterior)

Charlie Parker With Strings: The Master Takes (1949) Verve Music Group
http://open.spotify.com/album/1vDghy6Zi6NYvwRHEeN72E

Clifford Brown
The Complete Emarcy Recordings (1954) Emarcy Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/1bdo6vRnQypnUT5WfECUPP

Count Basie
Count Basie at Newport (1957) Verve Music Group
http://open.spotify.com/album/27rLtWVYPwNvI5v2SmDDrf

Dave Brubeck
Time Out (1959) Columbia Legacy
http://open.spotify.com/album/6P3jzdPK5VMbzuJ2HcRt9y

Dexter Gordon
Go! (1962) Blue Note Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/5nEJj9bjoarnzlS88NiWet

Duke Ellington
The Centennial Edition Complete RCA Victor Recordings (1927 - 1973) (1927) RCA Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/1TTQRp87GsNQssM2SV9mfm
(No es la edición completa, sólo los años 40)

Ellington At Newport (1956) Columbia
http://open.spotify.com/album/4uoeNMssn5fq4boWhuwK7p

Duke Ellington & John Coltrane (1962) Impulse Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/7qsnx3thQiQabvDkHfqI1m

Ella Fitzgerald
The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books (1956) Verve Music Group
http://open.spotify.com/album/05xODBvZUY3mr52qmfC3lt
16 - sí, sí, dieciséis - maravillosos discos...

Eric Dolphy
Out to Lunch (1964) Blue Note Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/3PIVqZzL1PnrxFZDzuT1aX

Frank Sinatra
Songs for Swingin' Lovers (1955) Capitol Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/4kca7vXd1Wo5GE2DMafvMc

A Swingin' Affair (1957) Capitol Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/5Jxf3eOoGvWDGg957iXEkj

Come Fly With Me (1957) Capitol Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/66v9QmjAj0Wwhh2OpbU4BE

Freddie Hubbard
Red Clay (1970) Columbia Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/1EKOKpUcbqvwxFcmek60Za

Straight Life (1970) Columbia Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/1r66S2fnO8T8QWaVGWp2jo

Freedie Redd
Shades of Redd (1960) Blue Note Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/6oD40NPOziFYWhvkwLmdQF

Gerry Mulligan
Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster (1959) Verve Music Group
http://open.spotify.com/album/2tDb1kOtcc0QnlFdt8Uz2l

Gray Wardel
Wardell Gray Memorial, Vol. 1 (1953) Prestige Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/4Ny4qJ0iMjBbBhmkdTddi3
(además incluye el Vol. 2)

Hank Mobley
Soul Station (1960) Blue Note Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/731OW49heGHCMrMOREHYlY

Ike Quebec
Blue And Sentimental (1961) Blue Note Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/19jMzkRKTNDjMppTeYgkSy

Jackie McLean
Let Freedom Ring (1962) Blue Note Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/7cDdrBZaImUjYGqkir7bVw

Destination Out! (1963) Blue Note Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/6V91XmWywH57srvy7oRYNO

João Gilberto
Amoroso / Brasil (1976) Warner Bros. Jazz
http://open.spotify.com/album/2SQ2YrWlVLAZ05jogsM5bH (sólo es Amoroso)

Joe Henderson
Page One (1963) Blue Note Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/7mQGTuvmdp56DNz0AmMwWi

John Coltrane
Blue Train (1957) Blue Note Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/50FMzSN3HV4PI7ryK3lLQn (The Ultimate Blue Train)

Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1959) Atlantic Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/3GuMCVN3Y60j2juk8X9Zpf

A Love Supreme (1964) Impulse Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/5DXmUb5WnwvBeNJDgXx3sL

Julian Cannonbal Adderley
Somethin' Else (1958) Blue Note Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/3Wu0chxAm4GxSeRnIIf2Om

Keith Jarrett
Köln Concert (1975) ECM (Edition of Contemporary Music)

At The Blue Note (1994) ECM (Edition of Contemporary Music)

Kenny Burrell
Midnight Blue (1963) Blue Note Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/0hMuKAciHKinu4L3R4Ojjl

Lee Morgan
The Sidewinder (1963) Blue Note Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/1n1trPeeY9Q5H4eLbbHHRg

Lester Young
Pres and Teddy (con Teddy Wilson) (1956) Verve Music Group
http://open.spotify.com/album/5DVw0bnN3dlfAaFUlNkz35

Louis Armstrong
The Complete Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington Sessions (1961) Roulette Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/0tDaldQZb0L4jsIbEJnNhF

Max Roach
We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite (1960) Candid Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/3BM4ZseBRzpQBC2SiwvR92

Miles Davis
The Complete Birth of the Cool (1949) Blue Note Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/2vm2b8COVMLIoHqB58iN4w

Cookin' (1956) Prestige Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/4klctF4THHFlLLTZGpa4D2

Relaxin with The Miles Davis Quintet (1956) Prestige Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/1h7NtOd5fdBQEjJbB9Wk2B

Workin' (1956) Prestige Records
http://open.spotify.com/album/1vktIbBz606HKcMr6Cs6jw

Miles Ahead + 19 (1957) Columbia
http://open.spotify.com/album/6WOddaa5Vqp8gQZic8ZUw9

The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings (1957) Columbia
http://open.spotify.com/album/1mM5BwiiPqVq8T0vucuKhI

Porgy & Bess (1958) Columbia
http://open.spotify.com/album/5TZUz4IkdUZY8i1cnbaAHz

Kind Of Blue (1959) Columbia Legacy
http://open.spotify.com/album/42ge6JtPfeF6FEYXCJ50Gu

Bitches Brew (1969) Columbia Legacy
http://open.spotify.com/album/4HeZ7OqYlDWsXdgSQLCAdE

Modern Jazz Quartet
Lonely Woman (1962) Atlantic Records

Oliver Nelson
The Blues And The Abstract Truth (1961) Impulse Records

Oscar Peterson
In The Town (1958) Verve Music Group

Oscar Peterson Trio Plus One (1964) Verve Music Group

Exclusively For My Friends [Box Set] (1968) Island Records

The Trio [Pablo] (con Joe Pass & Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen) (1973) Pablo Records

Ron Carter
Telephone (con Jim Hall) (1984) Concord Jazz

Roy Eldridge
Montreux 1977 (1977) Pablo Records

Ruby Braff
Ruby Braff & Buddy Tate With The Newport All Stars (1967) Black Lion

Sarah Vaughan
Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown (1954) Verve Music Group

Sonny Clark
Complete Verve Recordings of Buddy De Franco with Sonny Clark (1954) Verve Music Group

Sonny Rollins
The Freelance Years; The Complete Riverside and Contemporary Recordings (1956) Riverside Records

Stan Getz
Jazz Samba (con Charlie Byrd) (1962) Verve Music Group

Getz/Gilberto (con João Gilberto) (1963) Verve Music Group

The Three Sounds
Introducing the 3 Sounds (1958) Blue Note Records

Thelonious Monk
Brilliant Corners (1956) Riverside Records

Monk's Music (1957) Riverside Records

Thelonious Monk & John Coltrane (1957) Riverside Records

Vince Guaraldi
A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) Fantasy, Inc.

Wes Montgomery
The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery (1960) Riverside Records

Zoot Sims
Zoot Sims and the Gershwin Brothers (1975) Pablo Records




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