Essential Listening Home » Essential Music » 10 Essential Albums for Beginners 10 Essential Jazz Albums for Beginners Les McCann & Eddie Harris - Swiss Movement Miles Davis: Kind of Blue John Coltrane: Ballads Stan Getz & Bill Evans: But Beautiful Art Pepper: Winter Moon Cannonball: Somethin' Else Parker's Jam Sessions Keith Jarrett: Koln Concert Stanley Turrentine: Blue Hour Oscar Peterson: Night Train