open to discussion, but no ridicule or high and mightyness please

subject to change...natch

Charlie Parker - Savoy Sessions
Thelonious Monk - Brilliant Corners
Thelonious Monk - Monks Dream
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue (has to be in there, surely) modal jazz, baby!
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
John Coltrane - Giant Steps
Charles Mingus - Mingus ah Um
Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and Sinner Lady/Tijuana Moods (can't split em)
Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - Moanin

probably missed out a few absolute gems, but that's jazz, man

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