The first Jazz LP you ever bought?

[JSngry]

Dave Brubeck Quartet on Crown.

Jeez, almost 10 years ago...and no album-cover-picture. That's just a rookie mistake.

[sidewinder]

and a Coltrane double-LP reissue The Atlantic Years.

Picked up several of those in the early years - the Mingus and RR Kirk, as well as the Coltrane. A tremendous education (the Mingus in particular). More recently, I've got hold of the Freddie Hubbard and MJQ sets. Importatntly, they were readily available here in Europe (German pressings) so not reliant on US imports.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

If we're going to discuss further purchases shortly after buying Jazz Red Hot and Cool I joined the Columbia Record Club's Jazz division and

received KOB, Ellington Indigoes, Lionel Hampton's Silver Vibes and JJ Johnson's Blue Trombone. A pretty good start.

Yes, and that's quite a bit more interesting to see.

Looking through my early purchases there are jazz albums and things that are sort of jazz, viz:

Ella's Gershwin song books and 'Sweet songs for swingers'

Como swings (and he could, that was his background)

Dakota Staton - 'More than the most' & 'Late late show'

Mel Torme - Songs for any taste

Ray Charles at Newport (& several others)

The hardcore jazz albums were

MJQ - Pyramid

L Armstrong - W C Handy

B Goodman - Benny in Brussels

David Newman - Fathead

Ellington - Nutcracker suite - when I brought that home my mother observed dryly, 'Oh yes, I saw him in 1934' (or whatever year it was).

Nat Adderley - Work song

MG

PS most of those were bought at Harrods, where I worked for a bit over half of 1960, and where I got staff discount. I didn't keep my Harrods bags (and I don't keep my obi strips either).