If you could only own 7 Jazz/blues albums. What would they be?


Miles Davis - Kind of Blue 
Duke Pearson - Right Touch
Lightnin Hopkins - Blues Hoot
Dave Holland and Pepe Habichuela -Hands
Allen Toussaint - The Bright Mississippi 
Cecile Mclorin Salvant - Woman Child
Robert Glasper - In My Element

calvinj

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All first pressings: Jazz
Mile Davis - Kind of Blue
John Coltrane - Saxophone Colossus
Dave Brubeck - Take Five
Kenny Burrell - Midnight Blue
Charles Mingus - Ah um
Art Blakey - Moanin'
Thelonious Monk - any riverside recording 

Blues:
Willie Dixon - I am the Blues
John Lee Hooker - It Serves You to Suffer
Taj Mahal - Giant Step/ Ole Folks at Home
King Biscuit Boy - S/T
Lightnin Hopkins - Strikes
John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers - "beano"
Alex Korner's R&B from the Marquee - Ace of clubs label - beg, borrow or steal a copy of this album! 

Paul


apologies, I was the one who got confused with Rollins and Coltrane...I was struggling between Colossus and Giant Steps. 
Another suggestion for the blues category would be Mick Abrahams (founding member of Jethro Tull). I listened to his solo album and both Blodwyn Pig albums this evening, the later being bluesy with a tinge of jazz. Recommended.