Just bought a turntable, receiver and speakers - and after watching this video I purchased three of these records!

I would add "Somethin' Else" by Cannonball Adderley to the list. It's an album that should be in any collection, jazz or otherwise.

John Coltrane - A Love Supreme Bill Evans - Waltz for Debbie Jaco Pastorius - debut. (More modern segue)

Erroll Garner’s “Concert By The Sea” is another essential for someone just getting into jazz. Just a piano, but WHAT a pianist!

LOVE the videos that focus on Jazz!!! I am subscribing today just for the Jazz content! Happy to have found this channel!

Greetings from England. Always nice to see you doing videos like this- i have tried to interest my friends in jazz with mixed results. Will recommend this vid to them.

Great video..when I wanted to explore jazz as a newbie, I googled greatest jazz albums and purchased the top ten on the list..Nice that we have videos like yours to learn from..thanks glen

Great video! Thank you for the education. I’ve never been into jazz but I’m going to check these recommendations out. Thank you!

Such an informed, intelligent, practical, quality video! Thanks for posting. Every rock fan should watch this and get busy listening to the recommendations.

I got into Jazz about 4 yrs ago and yes, I started with Kind Of Blue like many have.From there it was pretty easy to chose as the essential lists online are pretty consistent.The recent Blue Note 80 series are a good way to get great sounding affordable versions of some great Jazz albums.

That was a great dive into jazz records. I have the last two you mentioned, originals that were part of my parent's collection that I now have, I had bought Take Five for myself, after hearing on the home stereo or radio way back when, it hit a chord and I dug it the very first time hearing. Kinda Blue is the other killer album, still getting nods even to this day, can't say enough about these stellar pieces of art.

It would be awesome if you did a part 2 on this! Thank you for this amazing video.

I love your videos. Not only are they informative, they are unpretentious

20 years ago I asked a co-worker Jazz fan from the Netherlands to recommenced something he liked. His tip was Roy Hargrove - Criscol Habana. Love it to this day.

Just discovered your channel through this video. I was very taken with your comparison to jazz giants playing as sidemen on each other's LPs with imagining if parts of the Beatles, Stones or doors etc played on each others records. Very on point and I'd never heard it put that way. I would add 'Something Else' and 'The Sermon' as LPs which are both outstanding examples of jazz and a fairly easy entry to jazz. Thanks. I have kids in Phoenix so will certainly be looking for your store.

Dude, Moanin’! Thank you so much!! Listening to it on Spotify for the first time right now. Amazing.

Great selection picks...I like the way you do your show, Mike..

I like how honest he is. “I have the bn 75 for sale in my store for $21.99, it sounds ok”. Great list too. You should probably do 2 or 3 vids a week. I tell people Jack Johnson too because it’s a rock album with trumpet, not a jazz album with guitar.

Ahhh! Dying for more of these review videos! Nothing is more satisfying than seeing the copy of a record I own is the one you consider to be the best.

Great video. Thank you for taking the time to do it.

Hi Mike from Slovakia,Europe. Great video,will be great that you make another jazz album video ,it was very interesting and informative,great to watch!

Thanks for the recommendations! Really nice selection!

Super helpful and rich information. I have just purchased nine of them only because of this amazing reference. Thank you

K.Burrell and G.Green : my favs! My first jazz record was a cd of Out to lunch by E.Dolphy....not the easiest entry door but caught me straight and never left me!

Hey Mike! Just wanted to Thank You for all you wonderful recommendations!!!

Watching these videos is like therapy to me. Even though I already knew all these albums I still watch it because you are entertaining

I just got into jazz several years ago and I started with about 6 of these albums. GREAT list for starters!

Great video. I'm a new fan of jazz, I'm beginning my Jazz album collection. Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Chet Baker etc. Watching from London UK 🇬🇧

Loved this video. I’ve been primarily a metal guy for 30+ years but always loved jazz fusion music and everything Al Di Meola and John McLaughlin did from a solo perspective and in Return to Forever / Mahavishnu Orchestra. Also really like Weather Report. Based on your recommendations I listened to the Myles Davis, Art Blakey and Dave Brubeck albums and I completely connected with them. Thank you so much.

Hugh Masekela..."Grassin' In the Grass". I heard that song on the radio as a kid and I was hooked! I wanted more Masekela and more jazz! Been hooked on jazz ever since. I spend hours in front of my "music listening-station" absorbing jazz vibes. I made it to Ronnie Scott's in London back in the mid 80s. I got goosebumps sitting in that place for a show just thinking about all the Greats that had played on that stage. But I still play the grooves of "Grassin' In the Grass".

Best video of yours I’ve ever watched. The tunes were racing through my head as you described each album and I realised I have a few holes in my collection, stuff I have on CD but haven’t bought the vinyl yet.

I’m primarily a metal/IDM fan, but I think KOB is just an unbelievable album. I’ve since come to really appreciate Somethin’ Else, Moanin, The Cooker, and Time Out (45 RPM which I bought from you).

Kind of Blue is still my favorite, every time I hear it I discover more interesting parts that I missed It’s just a masterpiece without even trying to be

You have created the perfect record store! A jazz guy that is also an audiophile. I wish you had a store in the Bay Area!

Amazing video! Thank you! Helped me a lot!

THNX FOR THE ALBUMS YOUR giving a direction where to see in jazz instead of being lost listening to every random song

Great section! I wish I could own all of these albums. Thank you mike! Awesome video

Had my like as soon as you mentioned Art Blakey....his drumming is just masterful 👏

I would recommend Sonny Rollins' Saxophone Colossus as a good entry point to jazz, very eclectic collection. Also, Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section is a strong introduction to the cool sound.

Great video on a wide variety of different classical jazz albums. I would recommend your video to people who ask how to get into jazz and have a listen to all of these ten albums.

This is exactly what I was looking for … thanks so much!!!

I like your choices , I have every one of those albums. You have a great collection, I started listening to jazz in the 60's ,it started with Wes Montgomery.

This is a really good post from you. Should do more episodes like this with your knowledge. Thank you so much.

I'm a "metal guy" , but I like to experience complete "opposite" genres! I'm a broader music lover now in my old age!

Thanks for the info and rundown. Cheers.

Good list, especially the last two. They would head my list with KIND OF BLUE, the classic of classics at the top. However, you gotta have Coltrane’s GIANT STEPS on any list. A seminal jazz classic. Also, Miles Davis’ SKETCHES OF SPAIN and MILES SMILES along with Thelonious Monk’s MISTERIOSO just to name a few.

Excellent video as you concentrated on the albums for beginners to have to crossover, rather than your Jazz favorites, which aren’t always the same. E.g. Richard Wagner is one of my favorite composers of opera, but I wouldn’t dare suggest newcomers to classical/opera start off with him!

I'll be adding all these to my "must hear" collection. Was glad to hear Grant Green's name mentioned. Thanks 'In' Groove !!

Such a good video, thank you so much!

Everyone who has dipped their toe in the water will have their own version of this. One album I have bought multiple times is “miles in the sky” by miles Davis. The drumming just grabbed me when I knew very little of jazz. In the beginning I new Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald. Blue Train of course. Despite listening to a wide range of music I’d say jazz seems to be where my compass returns me. Albums that seemed inaccessible later become soothing. Sixty years old records that become utterly modern. It’s a deep well to draw on. A genuine 20th century innovation that keeps on giving. Something the 21st century hasn’t yet matched. Beyond the coolness there is freedom and it’s chaos. I’d be interested to see what Mike would have to say on jazz that bewildered him. Take us down the well, so to speak.

'Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - Album of the Year". This was the first jazz album I liked.

Cannonball Adderley "Jazz Workshop Revisited" features his famous "Jive Samba" and a killer band with his brother Nat, Joe Zawinul, Bill Evans (not the white piano master) but aka Yusef Lateef, who blows you away with his flute and reed work! Must say, you hot the nail just about as perfect as anyone I have followed, so I am subscribing. Knew some of those guys, from the Embers West, NYC. when I began doing jazz art for Musical Heritage Society.

OUTSTANDING Video and recommendations!! Can’t live without any of those classics!!

'In Groove' if I can make a suggestion....when selling to customers, don't "over-emphasize" one recording's sound over another that you've got for sale. If someone really likes Coltrane's Blue Train in your store over your system, the copy you have for sale isn't going to be THAT inferior. If they like what they hear and you've got it, they're going to LIKE that album. If a jazz lover comes in and says "yeah it's great but it's better on..." then fine, discuss away the merits of one recording over another. But the average music lover isn't going to know the difference between the two. That's NOT disingenuous ! The music is the music. A torn, tattered copy of classic lit still contains the important text no matter the condition of the book. That copy you're selling of Coltrane's Blue Train sounds JUST FINE. Love ya Bro. Great video, keep up the good work !

Hi Folks. Greetings from the UK! I managed to get the Mingus and Jazz Dispensary issues even though I arrived quite late at Rough Trade Bristol. Hoping to get to Arizona at some point soon. Hope everyone's having a great day! 👍

I'm familiar with all all of them.. I have some of theses, and need some of these! Great suggestions indeed!

Great selection. I would include Blossom Dearie's "Sweet" it's as good as anything on this list.

Incredible can’t believe what I’m seeing . i’ve been a jazz fan since early 60s when I first heard take five. I just wanted to say that I purchased Kind of Blue & Time Out for my grandson in vinyl within the last month and a half I agree on all of your selections Since I do own most of them. Female vocals of the era Morganna King must be Taste of Honey

Great, new albums to discover, thanks for this video

Not sure why all the earlier giants such as Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, Louis Armstrong and even Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie are always left out of recommended jazz albums lists. I'm into a broad range of music (from Baroque to Motown to metal) and my entry point was Bird and Diz and Ellington's late 1930s small group recordings. If Kind of blue was my starter, would have not bothered to explore jazz - I find it really boring for some reason (although Milestones is really good).

I am pretty sure they all sound perfectly fine in the print you have right there 😉

Nice Selection ! Thank you !

Good list. A few others that could be included: Benny Goodman at Carnegie Hall (1938), Somethin' Else (1958) by Cannonball Adderly, or anything by Stan Getz, especially Focus (1961) or the Jazz Samba records (1961-66).

Great info! Thanks 😊

Nice selections... well done.

Great video and recommendations!

Great video! Thank you Mike

A nice list. Some other names for jazz newbies to look up are Thelonious Monk, Chick Corea, Wes Montgomery, Charles Mingus, Lee Morgan, Charlie Parker and Bill Evans.

When I first got into Jazz, started with some CTI records. Freddie Hubbard, Grover Washington etc and expanded from there. The best time was the Jazz Workshop and Paul's Mall in Boston to see many live acts, back then you could stay for all 3 sets.

Lee Morgan, The Sidewinder Bill Evans, Explorations John Coltrane, Blue Train Blue Mitchell, Blue Soul Horace Silver, Blowin' the Blues Away

I got into jazz back in middle school, introduced by the soft machine's third album. Still my favorite

Nice recommendations. Need two in that list.

This list is amazing great choices. Midnight blue 💙

Herbie Mann at the Village Gate should be in everyone's jazz collection.

Great video with some interesting selections. I've recently started getting into Jazz. I know how much love there is for the Brubeck but I don't dig it at all (yet). Blue Train & Kind Of Blue, simply killer albums. Awesome! I've been listening to Donald Byrd and Freddie Hubbard lately and yesterday I bought Fred Jackson's Hootin & Tootin'

"Clifford Brown & Max Roach". Excellent. "Time Out" was my first jazz album, & I still like it. "Brilliant Corners" by Thelonious Monk. "Concert By The Sea" by Erroll Garner. I listened to "Kind of Blue" many times & it left me cold... until about five years ago. Now a favorite. "Jazz Samba" by Getz & Byrd. No matter what the weather or season, when I play Jazz Samba it is a warm summer day. "Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers". And posthumously, Thelonious Monk & John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall".

That Jack Johnson pick was new to me, good choice. Just to go a touch deeper, to this top 10 list I would add the album Search for the New Land by Lee Morgan, with Grant Green on guitar!

thanks, I will definitely listen to these albums!

10 classic jazz albums for those who loved these 10 and want to go crazier: Alice Coltrane - Journey to Satchidananda (1970) Miles Davis - Bitches Brew (1970) Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (1963) Ralph Towner - Solstice (1975) Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz to Come (1959) Sun Ra - Lanquidity (1978) The Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame (1971) John Coltrane - Giant Steps (1959) Keith Jarrett - The Survivor's Suite (1976) Herbie Hancock - Sextant (1973)

My first jazz album 30 years ago was Kind of Blue. I wasn't a total blank slate because I'd been listening to KJAZ (or whatever it was called back in the nineties). I still find myself stuck in the 50s and 60s: Gerry Mulligan, Coltrane, Monk (lots of Monk), Lee Morgan, Clifford Brown. I was pleased that you mentioned Son Ra,

I was comparing this to my top albums and comparing notes - with a lot of similarities. The Herbie Hancock was a darn good choice. Kind of Blue was at the top of my list. One I had on my list, done by local Indy artist Freddie Hubbard was "Red Clay." Thanks for sharing.

This is great! Can you make video about the 10 best classical records to start a collection?

Great recomendations thank you

If you're a hip hop RnB fan: blue breakbeats and the best of blue note and you're hooked.

I own the 45 rpm version of Art Blakey Moanin', and it sounds great!

Hi, I recently watched the tv series Bosch. In the episodes was some good jazz music. That's how I got into jazz.

id say for someone who doesnt like jazz but wants to bridge the gap from pop to jazz, black radio (robert glasper) works really well.

I use to be very big into metal and thrash when i was in my teens. As i grew up into adulthood i wanted to listen to more mellow music and found jazz. Kind of Blue was the first jazz CD and LP i bought in 2014. The Mofi version of Kind of Blue is just wow great smooth sound no frills. I have most of the records on your list. I would like to get the Music Matters pressing of some Lee Morgan, Art Blakey, Kenny Burrell and a few others but prices are too high. I got some Tone Poets instead and every single one of them has blown me away no pun intended. Great list. Could you do a top ten classical music record list?

Thanks. Love this advise

Great to see Kenny Burrell getting some attention. I love his work with Jimmy Smith too.

Nice list....for getting into jazz I would have Ellington's "... and his mother called him Bill", and Sun Ra's "Jazz in Silhouette "

Midnight Blue is still available from AP and sounds simply fantastic. Blue Trane is being reissued by the new AP reissue series, coming out later this summer.

I was a kid and got the Take Five album by accident from the Columbia Record Club, I hadn't ordered. It introduced me to places I didn't even suspect. Then Bitches Brew never got better for me.

Great début wishlist....but so much master pieces to listen and enjoy....

I’m definitely gonna put these on my music playlist.

Lee Morgan’s Search for the New Land is a good entry point into jazz. All the tracks have memorable themes with strong, concise solos from Morgan, Wayne Shorter, Grant Green, and Herbie Hancock.

These are all really good choices. Kind of heavy on the hard-bop which might be the more accessible jazz for people new to it. I'd recommend a Mingus in there too just because Mingus. Either Mingus's Ah Um or if they're into blues music, I think Mingus's Blues & Roots is just stellar too. And then if they are into piano jazz, I'd recommend Explorations by Bill Evans as one his more accessible albums. More than Everybody Digs or Sunday/Waltz. There's always Vince Guaraldi's Charlie Brown album too! Everyone likes that.

The Jazz Messengers, Columbia CL 897, Horace Silver, Hank Mobley, Blakey, Donald Byrd, Doug Watkins would be my add. Lucky to have a first press.

My first three Jazz Albums (in the order I purchased them) The Best of Pete Fountain - Pete Fountain; Idle Moments - Grant Green; The Great Summit - Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington.

P.A.F Guitar Pick ups and a 50's Tube Amp thru Tube Recording Equipment makes you hit the sonic bullseye everytime. Jack Johnson is the first Miles Album to feature the dynamic John Mc Laughlin of Mahanuvishnu Orchestra fame.