Amazon 100 Greatest Jazz Albums of All Time

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WorkOrder Label
The Shape of Jazz to Come [sound recording] (1959) by Ornette Coleman
1
A Love Supreme [sound recording] (1965) by John Coltrane
2
Bird and Diz (1950) by Charlie Parker
3
Kind of Blue [sound recording] (1959) by Miles Davis
4
Ella and Louis [sound recording] (1976) by Ella Fitzgerald
5
Getz/Gilberto [sound recording] (1963) by Stan Getz
6
Concert by the Sea [sound recording] (1955) by Erroll Garner
7
The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady [audio recording] (1963) by Charles Mingus
8
Speak No Evil (1966) by Wayne Shorter
9
Straight, No Chaser (1996) by Thelonious Monk
10
The Köln Concert (1975) by Keith Jarrett
11
Moanin' (1987) by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
12
Chet Baker Sings (1998) by Chet Baker
13
Blue Train [sound recording] (1957) by John Coltrane
14
Out to Lunch! (1964) by Eric Dolphy
15
Piano Starts Here (1968) by Art Tatum
16
Go! (1962) by Dexter Gordon
17
At Newport (1989) by Count Basie
18
Journey in Satchidananda (1971) by Alice Coltrane
19
Time Out [sound recording] (1959) by The Dave Brubeck Quartet
20
Everybody Digs Bill Evans (1958) by Bill Evans
21
Duke Ellington & John Coltrane (2008) by Duke Ellington
22
Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy (1985) by Louis Armstrong
24
Clifford Brown & Max Roach (2000) by Clifford Brown
26
Sketches of Spain (1960) by Miles Davis
28
Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall (2005) by Thelonious Monk
29
Karma (1969) by Pharoah Sanders
29
Straight Ahead by Abbey Lincoln
30
Charlie Parker With Strings: The Master Takes [Sound Recording] (1995) by Charlie Parker
31
Somethin' Else (1958) by Cannonball Adderley
32
Lady in Satin (1959) by Billie Holiday
33
A Night in Tunisia (2005) by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
35
Afternoon in Paris by Stephane Grappelli
36
Compulsion!!!! by Andrew Hill
37
Monk's Dream [sound recording] (2002) by Thelonious Monk
38
Suspicious Activity? by Bad Plus (Musical group)
39
Bitches Brew [sound recording] (1970) by Miles Davis
40
Takin' Off (1962) by Herbie Hancock
41
Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert (1997) by Benny Goodman
42
The Oscar Peterson Trio at the Stratford Shakespearean Festival (1993) by Oscar Peterson
43
The Sidewinder (1989) by Lee Morgan
44
The Great Summit: The Master Takes (2001) by Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington
45
George Gershwin Plays Rhapsody in Blue (2003) by George Gershwin
46
Idle Moments (1999) by Grant Green
47
Mythologies (2006) by Patricia Barber
49
Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus (2000) by Charles Mingus
50
Such Sweet Thunder (1999) by Duke Ellington
51
The Great American Songbook (2008) by Carmen McRae
52
Once Upon A Summertime (1992) by Blossom Dearie
53
Unit Structures (1990) by Cecil Taylor
54
Hamp & Getz W/ Lionel Hampton (2018) by Stan Getz & Lionel Hampton
55
Nancy Wilson & Cannonball Adderley. CD (1993) by Nancy Wilson
56
Song of innocence by David Axelrod
57
Heavy Weather (1977) by Weather Report
58
Slug's Saloon: May 1, 1966 [Vinyl] by Albert Ayler
59
Trio Jeepy (1989) by Branford Marsalis
60
We Free Kings (1990) by Roland Kirk
61
Travelin' Light (1994) by Shirley Horn
62
A Night At The Village Vanguard [LP] (1993) by Sonny Rollins
63
Diana Krall: Live in Paris (2002) by Diana Krall
64
Clifford Brown With Strings (1998) by Clifford Brown
65
Bags & Trane (1989) by Milt Jackson
66
Midnight Blue (1999) by Kenny Burrell
67
Don't Go To Strangers (2006) by Etta Jones
68
Ellis in Wonderland (2006) by Herb Ellis
69
Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus (1962) by Vince Guaraldi
70
Blue Rose [sound recording] (2008) by Rosemary Clooney
71
Art Pepper Meets The Rhythm Section (1999) by Art Pepper
72
The Blues and the Abstract Truth (2019) by Oliver Nelson
74
School Days (1976) by Stanley Clarke
75
Elegiac Cycle (1999) by Brad Mehldau
76
Wish (1993) by Joshua Redman
77
Artist in Residence (2006) by Jason Moran
78
Ahmad's blues by Ahmad Jamal
79
Sax pax for a sax [sound recording] by Moondog
80
Black Codes (From The Underground) (1985) by Wynton Marsalis
81
The Right Touch by Duke Pearson
82
The Astrud Gilberto album by Astrud Gilberto
83
Return to Forever [sound recording] (1972) by Chick Corea
84
Blues Dream (2001) by Bill Frisell
85
Whipped Cream & Other Delights (1965) by Herb Alpert
87
Full Force (2008) by Art Ensemble of Chicago
88
Bela Fleck & The Flecktones (1990) by Bela Fleck & The Flecktones
89
Elis & Tom (1974) by Antônio Carlos Jobim
91
Offramp (1982) by Pat Metheny
92
Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio [sound recording] (2011) by Stan Getz
93
Careless Love (2004) by Madeleine Peyroux
97
Jaco Pastorius (2000) by Jaco Pastorius
98

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