Jazz essentials

[Sepstrup]

This has probably been done before, but I was just wondering... What are the most essential albums within the genre of jazz? In New Orleans, Bebop, cool, fusion etc.

[jazzfromhell]

http://musicianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=441245


An unorganized list, but there're enough masterpieces in there to keep you occupied for a long, long time.