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If I was to pick CDs.....(although I'll probably change my mind tomorrow)

Blanton/Webster

Blues in Orbit (I keep coming back to this one, I really like it)

And His Mother Called Him Bill

Far East Suite

Newport '56

A couple others in the mix are Nutcracker and Money Jungle.

Good choices. For me it would be:

New Orleans Suite

Newport '56

70th Birthday Concert

First Time: Meets Count Basie

Such Sweet Thunder.

I also like Jazz Party. Jimmy Rushing is having SUCH a good time!

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Damn, I can see how this is going to go- I read others' choices & I say "I shoulda picked that one!" :lol:

Such Sweet Thunder, great choice.

This is way too hard!

Yep, darn near impossible, isn't it?

My five:

Blanton/Webster

Great Paris Concert

Far East Suite

Blues in Orbit

and an outsider in a way, but one I love for its fabulous recorded sound:

Hot Summer Dance

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  • The RCA Centennial box.
  • The Mosaic 30s small group box
  • The Mosaic 30s big group box
  • Such Sweet Thunder
  • The Queen's Suite (because it was my first Ellington).

Cheating, I know. But Blanton/Webster ain't a session, so...

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  • The RCA Centennial box.
  • The Mosaic 30s small group box
  • The Mosaic 30s big group box

Cheating, I know. But Blanton/Webster ain't a session, so...

something like that... but add the early Brunswick/Vocalion ("Early Ellington" 3CD) and Okeh ("Okeh Ellington" 2CD) to the Mosaics... and then for me, add "Money Jungle" and the complete 50s Columbia box (non-existant), and then we'd about be there. If that's cheating, see mikeweil's answer for an alternative...

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