Jazz albums to start a collection

Nine records, in the order I would buy them, covering most of what jazz can do.

Bookmarks

1. Sunday at the Village Vanguard

   5/5

   Bill Evans Trio, 1961. A trio listening to itself; LaFaro died days later.

2. Mingus Ah Um

   5/5

   Mingus, 1959. Gospel, blues and temper. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat is the way in.

3. A Love Supreme

   5/5

   Coltrane, 1965. Four movements, one prayer. End to end or not at all.

4. Kind of Blue

   5/5

   Miles Davis, 1959. Modal, unhurried, the one record nobody argues with.

5. Brilliant Corners

   4/5

   Thelonious Monk, 1957. Awkward on purpose, and the awkwardness is the tune.

6. Ella and Louis

   4/5

   Fitzgerald and Armstrong, 1956. Two voices, a quartet behind them, nothing else.

7. Time Out

   4/5

   Brubeck, 1959. Odd time signatures that swing anyway. Most people start here.

8. Saxophone Colossus

   4/5

   Sonny Rollins, 1956. St. Thomas, then the ballad. A tenor hiding behind nothing.

9. Maiden Voyage

   4/5

   Herbie Hancock, 1965. Blue Note at its most open; the title track drifts.