Ran across this list this AM while looking for something else.
http://www.newyorker.com/online/2008/05/19/080519on_onlineonly_remnick?currentPage=all
I’d quibble with some choices, of course. (It is the New Yorker, after all, so I don’t expect revolutionary thoughts.) But why is there no “Interstellar Space” from Trane? It has Keith Jarrett (admittedly, with a great album), but no Herbie Hancock as a leader? Where is Anthony Braxton and in fact, where is a better representation of the AACM in general? It’s a good basic collection though.
For my jazz fans out there — what would you add?

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