I was kinda wonderin' what happened to Wayne. I would put most of the discs I own by him up on anyone's top jazz albums list. Besides "Speak no Evil" I would throw in "JuJu", "Night Dreamer" and "Adam's Apple".

Some of my other faves:

Ben Webster - Soulmates (Webster on sax is smooth as silk and his classic rendition of "Chelsea Bridge", unfortunately not on this disc, is one of my favourite all time jazz numbers)

Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness - this disc features the two sax giants of the era, Rollins and Coltrane in 1956, on the first track. Along with Coltrane the other 3 players on this disc make up Miles Davis' quintet of that era which leads me to my next choice(s),

Miles Davis - with Red Garland on piano, Paul Chambers on bass, Philly Joe Jones on the skins and Coltrane and Davis any one of the 4 albums, from 1956 "Cookin", "Relaxin", "Steamin" or "Workin" make for extremely listenable and pure pleasure jazz.

J.J. Johnson - Proof Positive - if you're going to have one "trombone" jazz disc in your collection and everyone should have at least one, you can't go wrong with this beauty featuring the highly underrated Harold Mabern on piano.

Stan Getz - Focus - a jazz album from 1961 featuring violins, viola and cello along with the cool sound of Getz on sax. Unlike some of the more saccharine classical string-jazz efforts this one has a definite edge and is great meditative music.

Joe Henderson - Inner Urge - as Brian mentioned one of several that you could pick from his large body of work

Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch - certainly far more "out" than pretty much anything else on this list but while it might send your granny running for the earplugs its a good start in to the more adventurous side of jazz. The combination of sweet and sour on the first track "Hat and Beard" is pretty much how I picture the jazz scence of the early 60's. One of those album openers that never tires.

Freddie Hubbard - The Body & the Soul - hate to go on about album openers but "Body and Soul" with Dolphy on flute and Hubbard on trumpet is a killer smooth jazz track as is "Dedicated to You". The ladies will be sure to love them. If you dig Freddie on this album seek out some Clifford Brown.

John Coltrane - "Giant Steps" but again there are very few of his that wouldn't make the list.

And I suppose if picking an album featuring piano any of three by McCoy Tyner - Inception, The Real McCoy or Supertrios.