Jazz must have pressings???

Martin Taylor, the Scottish acoustic / electric guitarist has some wonderful recordings on Linn including one w/famed jazz violinist Stephane Grappelli. Martin Taylor has a series of guitar oriented lps on his own label. Also, Antonio Forcione is a brilliant Italian acoustic guitarist who has recorded on Naim.

Take a look at this thread:

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?gmusi&976325372&openflup&29&4#29

I have compiled quite a list out of it that I have been chipping away at, but frankly I have a few hundred to go yet before I catch up with Elizabeth. However I doubt she'll stop any time soon, so that may be a never never plan, lol. Independant of that, Dave Brubeck- Time Out is a must have, and I particularly enjoy the Horace Silver Bluenote rereleases - any and all of them, he's my favorite artist.

One of my favorite live albums is Louis Bellson Live at Concord.

If I had to have only one desert island Jazz record.. It would have to be Miles Davis Bitches Brew.
I wish I had bothered to hear it when it came out. But at that time i did not understand Jazz in any way, and did not listen to it at all.. (except perhaps once Dave Brubeck's Time Out.) ((I was really, really stupid back then))

Pandora is my favorite tool for the "discovery" process. One of my favorite stations is "David Grisman and Martin Taylor". A great combination of Roots, Jazz and Gypsy acoustic guitar flavors.

Elizabeth,

it is funny that you mention Bitches Brew, I recently came across a copy of Live Evil (which came out a year later) and have been surprised how much I have enjoyed it! Despite the 70s jazz fusion quality (which sounds a bit dated to me) I really appreciate the landscapes and nuances of music so much that I bought the On the Corner CD.