Top Ten lists are, as everyone who saw High Fidelity knows all too well, one of the great and ancient hallmarks of a music geek’s thinking. But I normally don’t engage in that. In fact, I’m usually far too haphazard about things. However, I have on occasion been asked to formulate a couple of lists for people who wanted to get into new jazz or explore things that they wouldn’t know to look into unless someone told them about it. I wrote this for a couple of people over on The Culture Mailing List. I know it’s cheating to make …