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  • The Necks - long, deeply improvisational "drone" jazz from Australia, start with "Hanging Gardens"
  • John Zorn & Masada - klezmer-influenced, razor-sharp virtuosic sax
  • Miles Davis - later electric period, "On the Corner", "Bitches Brew", also "In a Silent Way" one of my absolute faves
  • Ellington, Roach, Mingus - "Money Jungle", a one-off, so aging Duke could play around with a post-bop trio
  • Andrew Hill - Monk-esque pianist/composer, check out "Point of Departure"
  • John Coltrane - "My Favorite Things", "Giant Steps", and "A Love Supreme", all in the pantheon
  • Steve Reid - "Nova": hard to find but wicked
  • Bill Evans - sublime pianist, anything from him
  • Michael Naura Quartet - vibraphones, "Call": one of my absolute all-time favorite records
  • Don Cherry - trumpeter, "Brown Rice"
  • Ahmad Jamal - minimalist piano
  • Alice Coltrane - genius, devotional, south eastern asia inflected
  • Django Reinhardt - gypsy jazz, anything by him, esp. w/ Stephane Grapelli
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