It struck me, in listening to the Karrin Allyson Ballads record, that I listen to very few jazz records that were issued in what I would now consider to be the CD era, starting in the late 1980s when CDs first surpassed vinyl in total sales, and extending into the 2000s when CDs starting giving way to other digital formats. As I said, I do have a lot of CDs and I have a lot of music that was reissued on CD for the first time, such as sets from Ella Fitzgerald, Charlie Parker and other artists whose recording careers preceded the CD era. I also have many of the Mosaic sets on CD, although I much prefer the ones I have on vinyl.

But as for original music issued in the CD era that was not issued on vinyl, or, like the Allyson record was first issued on CD and later issued on vinyl, I am curious about some of the music I may be missing out on. There must be at least some great jazz from that era that was never issued on vinyl, and I’m probably just not that aware of it? Or am I being too optimistic? Bottom line is, I’m asking for recommendations on some of the great jazz of the 1990s and 2000s that I may have missed out on — and other readers may have missed as well — because of an aversion to the CD format (not to mention a greater interest in the music of the earlier eras). So, fellow jazz collectors, what do you recommend and why? I’m looking primarily for original music of the era, but if some of you want to mention some of your favorite reissues I’m sure no one here will object.

Oh, just for the record (pun intended), I do own the Karrin Allyson record on vinyl, and I much prefer listening to it in the vinyl format. Would you expect anything else?