In de negende editie van The Penguin guide to jazz recordings (1646 p./2008) worden 200 albums apart genoemd onder de noemer Core collection.

Dit gerenommeerde naslagwerk verschijnt sinds 1992 om de twee jaren. Er worden duizenden en duizenden cd's op een rijtje gezet. Elke titel krijgt een tot vier sterren.

**** Very fine: an outstanding record that yields consistent pleasure and is
a notable example of the artists's work

Tweehonderd van deze cd's worden extra naar voren gehaald onder de noemer
Core collection. Die treft u hieronder aan.

Crown
Daarnaast worden nog enkele andere cd's naar voren gehaald

In a very few cases we have chosen to award a special token of merit. It takes the form
of a crown. This is to denote records we feel a special adminraion of affection for:
a purely personal choice, which we hope our readers will deem as such.
We hope our readers will indulge this whim (aldus samensteller Brian Morton)

(HvD, woensdag 20 januari 2010)

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