谢邀，这个问题提的有点大。如果只是去欣赏和收听可以查询一些经典爵士乐曲目。举个例子，美国NPR Music电台和网络电台Jazz24在2011年根据听众投票从1500首爵士乐歌曲中得出的Top 100，其中前十名是：
Dave Brubeck, "Take Five"Miles Davis, "So What"Duke Ellington, "Take The A Train"Thelonious Monk, "Round Midnight"John Coltrane, "My Favorite Things"John Coltrane, "A Love Supreme (Acknowledgment)"Miles Davis, "All Blues"Weather Report, "Birdland"Stan Getz & Astrud Gilberto, "The Girl From Ipanema"Benny Goodman, "Sing, Sing, Sing"Top 100的完整列表如下，但是记住，这些榜单只是部分听众和部分人的收听选择，你如果上网搜索，可以有无数种爵士乐排名榜单，例如在这个top 100表单后面，我还附了一个我的爵士老师在第一节爵士表演指南中提到的爵士乐必学Top 10，跟上面的前十名完全没有重合的，但是，所有这些列出的，你都可以去听，然后发现你自己喜欢的，挑出来。
SongArtist1.Take FiveDave Brubeck2.So WhatMiles Davis3.Take The A TrainDuke Ellington4.Round MidnightThelonious Monk5.My Favorite ThingsJohn Coltrane6.A Love Supreme (Acknowledgment)John Coltrane7.All BluesMiles Davis8.BirdlandWeather Report9.The Girl From IpanemaStan Getz & Astrud Gilberto10.Sing, Sing, SingBenny Goodman11.Strange FruitBillie Holiday12.A Night in TunisiaDizzy Gillespie13.Giant StepsJohn Coltrane14.Blue Rondo a la TurkDave Brubeck15.Goodbye Pork Pie HatCharles Mingus16.Stolen MomentsOliver Nelson17.West End BluesLouis Armstrong18.God Bless The ChildBillie Holiday19.Cantaloupe IslandHerbie Hancock20.My Funny ValentineChet Baker21.Body And SoulColeman Hawkins22.Song For My FatherHorace Silver23.SpainChick Corea24.Blue In GreenMiles Davis25.NaimaJohn Coltrane26.Flamenco SketchesMiles Davis27.Waltz For DebbyBill Evans28.Autumn LeavesCannonball Adderley29.St. ThomasSonny Rollins30.Mercy, Mercy, MercyCannonball Adderley31.What A Wonderful WorldLouis Armstrong32.Lush LifeJohn Coltrane/Johnny Hartman33.Blue TrainJohn Coltrane34.PoincianaAhmad Jamal35.In a Sentimental MoodDuke Ellington & John Coltrane36.Freddie FreeloaderMiles Davis37.SummertimeElla Fitzgerald38.Watermelon ManHerbie Hancock39.Salt PeanutsDizzy Gillespie40.MoaninArt Blakey41.Straight, No ChaserThelonious Monk42.Good Morning HeartacheBillie Holiday43.Mack the KnifeElla Fitzgerald44.In the MoodGlenn Miller45.DesafinadoStan Getz46.Cast Your Fate To The WindVince Guaraldi47.Rhapsody in BlueGeorge Gershwin48.Blue MonkThelonious Monk49.CaravanDuke Ellington50.SidewinderLee Morgan51.DjangoModern Jazz Quartet52.Compared To WhatLes McCann53.Red ClayFreddie Hubbard54.Ruby, My DearThelonious Monk55.April in ParisCount Basie56.Bitches BrewMiles Davis57.TwistedLambert, Hendricks & Ross58.Maiden VoyageHerbie Hancock59.Mood IndigoDuke Ellington60.St. Louis BluesLouis Armstrong61.MantecaDizzy Gillespie62.How High The MoonElla Fitzgerald63.At LastEtta James64.FeverPeggy Lee65.Satin DollDuke Ellington66.Someday My Prince Will ComeMiles Davis67.Autumn in New YorkBillie Holiday68.EpistrophyThelonious Monk69.I Loves You PorgyNina Simone70.It Dont Mean A ThingDuke Ellington71.KokoCharlie Parker72.MilestonesMiles Davis73.MisteriosoThelonious Monk74.NuagesDjango Reinhardt75.Struttin with Some BBQLouis Armstrong76.The In CrowdRamsey Lewis77.Aint MisbehavinFats Waller78.Bye Bye BlackbirdJohn Coltrane79.On Green Dolphin StreetMiles Davis80.Linus and LucyVince Guaraldi81.Georgia on My MindRay Charles82.Joy SpringClifford Brown & Max Roach83.One OClock JumpCount Basie84.Potato Head BluesLouis Armstrong85.Bumpin’ (On Sunset)Wes Montgomery86.Feeling GoodNina Simone87.MistyErrol Garner88.Moodys Mood For LoveJames Moody89.StardustLouis Armstrong90.Yardbird SuiteCharlie Parker91.Diminuendo & Crescendo in BlueDuke Ellington92.Donna LeeCharlie Parker93.Water BoyDon Shirley94.OrnithologyCharlie Parker95.Begin the BeguineArtie Shaw96.CeoraLee Morgan97.Sophisticated LadyDuke Ellington98.SugarStanley Turrentine99.FootprintsWayne Shorter100.Four on SixWes Montgomery下面这个是爵士乐必学十首，另外还列出了为什么要学的原因，值得没有目标和初学习者作为参考：
1. Autumn Leaves– study of the relative major vs. the relative minor.
2. All The Things You Are– study of the cycle of 4ths.
3. I Love You– the half-diminished ii-V to major I, and transition to major key up a 3rd in the bridge.
4. Alone Together– study of minor ii-V-i’s.
5. It Could Happen to You– study of I-vi-ii-V-I and the diatonic series.
6. Sweet Georgia Brown– study of cyclying dominant 7th chords.
7. Just Friends– unique in that it starts on the IV chord of the diatonic tonal center.
8. On Green Dolphin Street– study of moving up a minor third to a new major key (C major to Eb major).
9. Stella by Starlight– a great harmonic study.
10. Have You Met Miss Jones– study of passing diminished chords, and cycling three tonal centers in the bridge.
