Jazz Recommendations


I am just starting to get into Jazz. I recently bought Thelonious Monk Quartet "Live at Monterey" and was blown away. Could you recommend other mainstream Jazz recordings that I should have in a basic collection to help me get started.
kadlec
Here's 2 of the BEST. Go to the website WWW.DCCBLOWOUT.COM and buy the M&K label dual album gold cd entitled "For Duke" & "Fatha" while you are there, pick up the DCC CD title "A Portrait of PeeWee" Both of these are on sale for $17.99 & $4.99 at DCCBLOWOUT(the best prices around for these). I have both cd's and they are two of the most toe tapping Jazz recordings I have ever heard. Wilson Audio used the "For Duke" record to showcase their new Watt/Puppy 7.0's at HE2002 in NYC this year. I was there and every person in the Wilson room was astonished at how real the "For Duke" album track "Take The A Train" sounded coming out of the watt/puppy 7.0's. The DCC label PeeWee Russel cd is also incredible. The Last track has a drum solo that sounds like it is in your living room. Not only are these both very musical, they are also two of the best remastered cd's I've heard. If you love Jazz this is the best $23.00 you will ever spend.
The Philadelphia Experiment...if you dont own this...Santa is gonna slap ya! Merry x-mas....
In addition to those mentioned above:

Eric Dolphy "Out To Lunch"
John Coltrane and Milt Jackson "Bags and Trane"
Freddie Hubbard "Red Clay"
Pat Metheny, one of the talented jazz musicians ever - and unbelievably dynamic in concert. Yet, no one has mentioned him, hmmm. Sure, Herbie and Miles are great, but Metheny's range of music is most adventurous and creative.