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I have joined our school's jazz ensembel and am attemptng to learn jazz. I was wondering if anyone could reccomend a few good cds to begin with to get used to some of the style....keeping min mind that I am a college student and have limited funds...What would be your top 2 or 3 choices for a beginning exposure to jazz and such?

Thanks
Amy

Miles- Kind of Blue
Louis Armstrong- Hot 5 and Hot 7 recordings
Dave Brubeck- Take 5
Paul Desmond- Live at Oberlin
John Coltrane- Giant Steps

Also, anything by the Basie band, anything by Art Tatum(has to be heard to be believed), Chest Baker, Clifford Brown, J.J. Johnson, Gerry Mulligan, you get the idea.

Chuck

If I only had one CD to learn what big bands were all about it would be "Basie Live at the Sands".
If I had two, the second would be "Ellington at Newport 1956".
Third would be Thad Jones/Mel Lewis "Consummation".
Fourth would be Buddy Rich's "Keep the Customer Satisfied".
After four CD's I would be broke.

check you school's library. they should have some CD on file to sign out. th you don't have to worry about a budget.

ken k

Or the public library.
I like the Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz. Good birthday present.

Not a CD, but a great online library of early jazz recordings:

http://www.redhotjazz.com/

thanks guys for the suggestions. I will check them out.