Last night I decided to listen only to jazz recorded in 1961 ...
Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington - The Great Summit | The Master Takes
Buddy Rich - Blues Caravan (from this two-fer set)
Roland Kirk - We Free Kings
Lou Donaldson - Here 'Tis
Freddie Hubbard - Ready For Freddie
Ugh! I ran out of time before running out of discs, such as Miles Davis 4-disc set Live At The Blackhawk, Coltrane's 4-disc set Live At The Village Vanguard, and likely many more but I got too tired to look further. What an awesome year for jazz!