Top Classic Jazz CDs
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John Abercrombie - Timeless (1974)
John Abercrombie Quartet - Class Trip (2004)
Rabih Abou-Khalil - Blue Camel (1992)
Cannonball Adderley - Quintet in Chicago (1957)
Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else (1958)
Nat Adderley - Work Song (1960)
Gene Ammons - Boss Tenor (1960)
Louis Armstrong - Hot Fives & Sevens (1926-28)
Louis Armstrong - Plays W C Handy (1954)
Louis Armstrong and His All-Stars - Satch Plays Fats (1955)
Louis Armstrong - Satchmo Plays King Oliver (1960)
Armstrong & Ellington - The Great Summit: Master Takes (1961)
Art Ensemble of Chicago - Les Stances a Sophie (1970)
Art Ensemble Of Chicago - Nice Guys (1978)
Albert Ayler Trio - Spiritual Unity (1964)
Albert Ayler - Spirits Rejoice (1966)
The Bad Plus - These Are the Vistas (2003)
Chet Baker - The Best of Chet Baker Sings (1956)
Chet Baker - Chet (1959)
Ginger Baker Trio - Going Back Home (1994)
Patricia Barber - Modern Cool (1998)
Ray Barretto - Acid (1968)
Count Basie Orchestra - The Best of Early Basie [Decca] (1936-39)
Count Basie & Joe Williams - Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings (1955)
Count Basie Orchestra - April in Paris (1956)
Count Basie Orchestra - The Complete Atomic Basie (1957)
Sidney Bechet - Legendary Sidney Bechet (1932-41)
Bix Beiderbecke - At the Jazz Band Ball (1924-28)
The George Benson Quartet - The George Benson Cookbook (1967)
George Benson - Beyond the Blue Horizon (1971)
Brian Blade Fellowship - Perceptual (2000)
Art Blakey Quintet - A Night at Birdland Vol. 1 (1954)
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - Moanin' (1958)
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - Free for All (1964)
Carla Bley & Paul Haines - Escalator Over the Hill (1971)
Carla Bley - Social Studies (1980)
Paul Bley - Open, to Love (1973)
Arthur Blythe - Lenox Avenue Breakdown (1978)
Anthony Braxton - For Alto (1968)
Michael Brecker - Michael Brecker (1987)
Michael Brecker - Tales From the Hudson (1996)
Tina Brooks - True Blue (1960)
Peter Brotzmann Octet - Machine Gun (1968)
Clifford Brown & Max Roach - Clifford Brown & Max Roach (1954)
Clifford Brown & Max Roach - Study in Brown (1955)
The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Jazz Goes to College (1954)
The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out (1959)
Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club (1997)
Kenny Burrell/John Coltrane - Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane (1958)
Kenny Burrell - Midnight Blue (1963)
Gary Burton & Chick Corea - Crystal Silence (1972)
Gary Burton - Like Minds (1998)
Jaki Byard - The Jaki Byard Experience (1969)
Donald Byrd - A New Perspective (1963)
Donald Byrd - Ethiopian Knights (1972)
Benny Carter & His Orchestra - Further Definitions (1961)
Betty Carter - Audience with Betty Carter [2CD] (1979)
James Carter - Jurassic Classics (1994)
James Carter - Chasin' the Gypsy (2000)
Paul Chambers Quartet - Bass on Top (1957)
Don Cherry - Eternal Rhythm (1968)
Don Cherry - Don Cherry (1975)
Charlie Christian - The Genius of the Electric Guitar (1941)
June Christy - Something Cool (1955)
Sonny Clark - Cool Struttin' (1958)
Billy Cobham - Spectrum (1973)
Philip Cohran - On the Beach (1968)
The King Cole Trio - Decca/Capitol Trio Recordings (1936-46)
Nat 'King' Cole - After Midnight (1957)
Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz to Come (1959)
Ornette Coleman - Change of the Century (1959)
Ornette Coleman - Free Jazz (1960)
Ornette Coleman - Sound Grammar (2006)
Alice Coltrane - Ptah, the El Daoud (1970)
Alice Coltrane - Journey in Satchidananda (1971)
John Coltrane - Blue Train (1957)
John Coltrane - Giant Steps (1959)
John Coltrane - My Favorite Things (1960)
John Coltrane - Olé Coltrane (1961)
John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman - John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman (1963)
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme (1964)
John Coltrane - Ascension (1965)
John Coltrane - Meditations (1966)
Contemporary Noise Quintet - Pig Inside the Gentleman (2007)
Chick Corea - Now He Sings, Now He Sobs (1968)
Chick Corea - Return to Forever (1972)
Return to Forever - Light As a Feather (1972)
Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior (1976)
Chick Corea - My Spanish Heart (1976)
Larry Coryell - Spaces (1970)
The Crusaders - Street Life (1979)
Jamie Cullum - Twentysomething (2004)
Miles Davis - Birth of the Cool (1950)
Miles Davis Quintet - Workin' [or Cookin'] (1956)
Miles Davis - 'Round About Midnight (1957)
Miles Davis - Porgy and Bess (1958)
Miles Davis - Milestones (1959)
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue (1959)
Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain (1960)
Miles Davis Quintet - Miles Smiles (1967)
Miles Davis - Nefertiti (1968)
Miles Davis - In a Silent Way (1969)
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew (1970)
Miles Davis - A Tribute to Jack Johnson (1971)
Jack DeJohnette - Special Edition (1980)
Paul Desmond - Take Ten (1963)
Al DiMeola - Elegant Gypsy (1976)
Eric Dolphy - Out There (1960)
Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch! (1964)
Lou Donaldson - Blues Walk (1958)
Kenny Dorham - Afro-Cuban (1955)
Dave Douglas - Strange Liberation (2004)
E.S.T. - Seven Days of Falling (2003)
E.S.T. - Viaticum (2005)
Roy Eldridge & Dizzy Gillespie - Roy and Diz #2 (1955)
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Blanton-Webster Recordings (1939-42)
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Ellington at Newport [2CD] (1956)
Duke Ellington w/ Mingus & Roach - Money Jungle (1962)
Duke Ellington - The Far East Suite (1966)
The Don Ellis Orchestra - Electric Bath (1967)
Herb Ellis - Nothing But the Blues (1958)
Booker Ervin - The Freedom Book (1964)
Bill Evans Trio - Everybody Digs Bill Evans (1958)
Bill Evans Trio - Portrait In Jazz (1959)
Bill Evans Trio - Waltz for Debby (1961)
Bill Evans Trio - Sunday at the Village Vanguard (1961)
Bill Evans & Jim Hall - Undercurrent (1962)
The Gil Evans Orchestra - Out of the Cool (1960)
Art Farmer - Modern Art (1958)
Ella Fitzgerald - Sings the Cole Porter Songbook (1956)
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Ella & Louis (1956)
Ella Fitzgerald - The Best of the Song Books (1964)
Bela Fleck & the Flecktones - Flight of the Cosmic Hippo (1991)
Brigitte Fontaine - Comme a la radio (1970)
Bill Frisell - Have a Little Faith (1992)
Bill Frisell - Good Dog, Happy Man (1999)
Curtis Fuller - Blues-ette (1959)
Jan Garbarek - Witchi-Tai-To (1973)
Red Garland - Soul Junction (1960)
Erroll Garner - Concert by the Sea (1955)
Charles Gayle - Repent (1992)
Stan Getz - Focus (1961)
Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd - Jazz Samba (1962)
Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto (1963)
Dizzy Gillespie - Musicraft Small Group Recordings (1945-46)
Gillespie, Rollins & Stitt - Sonny Side Up (1957)
Dizzy Gillespie - At Newport (1957)
Dizzy Gillespie - Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods (1976)
Jimmy Giuffre - Jimmy Giuffre 3 (1956)
Jimmy Giuffre - Free Fall (1963)
Benny Goodman - Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert [2CD] (1938)
Dexter Gordon - Go! (1962)
Dexter Gordon - Our Man in Paris (1963)
Grant Green - Green Street (1961)
Grant Green - Idle Moments (1963)
Johnny Griffin - A Blowin' Session (1957)
Vince Guaraldi Trio - Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus (1962)
Vince Guaraldi Trio - A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)
Tord Gustavsen Trio - Changing Places (2003)
Tord Gustavsen Trio - Being There (2007)
Charlie Haden - Liberation Music Orchestra (1969)
Charlie Haden & Pat Metheny - Beyond the Missouri Sky (1996)
Charlie Haden - Nocturne (2000)
Jim Hall - Concierto (1975)
Chico Hamilton - The Dealer (1966)
Lionel Hampton - Midnight Sun (1946-47)
Herbie Hancock - Empyrean Isles (1964)
Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage (1965)
Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters (1973)
Herbie Hancock - River: The Joni Letters (2007)
Roy Hargrove's Crisol - Habana (1997)
Coleman Hawkins - Body & Soul [RCA] (1956)
Coleman Hawkins - The Hawk Flies High (1957)
Coleman Hawkins - ...Encounters Ben Webster (1959)
Roy Haynes Quartet - Out of the Afternoon (1962)
Fletcher Henderson - The Definitive Fletcher Henderson (1924-40)
Joe Henderson - Page One (1963)
Joe Henderson - Inner Urge (1964)
Joe Henderson - Lush Life (1992)
Woody Herman - The Thundering Herds (1945-47)
Andrew Hill - Black Fire (1964)
Andrew Hill - Point of Departure (1965)
Earl Hines - Earl 'Fatha' Hines (1928-47)
Johnny Hodges - Everybody Knows (1965)
Billie Holiday - Columbia Recordings (1933-44)
Billie Holiday - The Commodore Master Takes (1939 & 1944)
Billie Holiday - Clef/Verve Recordings (1952-57)
Billie Holiday - Lady in Satin (1958)
Dave Holland Quartet - Conference of the Birds (1972)
Dave Holland Quintet - Extended Play: Live at Birdland (2003)
Noah Howard - The Black Ark (1973)
Freddie Hubbard - Open Sesame (1960)
Freddie Hubbard - Ready for Freddie (1961)
Freddie Hubbard - Red Clay (1970)
Freddie Hubbard - Straight Life (1971)
Bobby Hutcherson - Dialogue (1965)
Abdullah Ibrahim - Water From an Ancient Well (1985)
Milt Jackson & Wes Montgomery - Bags Meets Wes (1961)
Ahmad Jamal - At the Pershing/But Not For Me (1958)
Keith Jarrett - The Köln Concert (1975)
Keith Jarrett - The Survivors' Suite (1976)
Keith Jarrett - Standards, Vol. 1 (1983)
Keith Jarrett - Tokyo '96 (1998)
The Jazz Composer's Orchestra - The Jazz Composer's Orchestra (1968)
Antonio Carlos Jobim - Wave (1967)
Antonio Carlos Jobim - Stone Flower (1970)
Jan Johansson - Jazz pa svenska (1964)
Jay Jay Johnson - The Eminent J J Johnson (Vol. 1) (1953)
James P Johnson - Carolina Shout (1917-25)
Marc Johnson - Bass Desires (1985)
Quincy Jones - Big Band Bossa Nova (1962)
Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra - Consummation (1970)
Sheila Jordan - Portrait of Sheila (1962)
Stan Kenton - New Concepts of Artistry in Rhythm (1952)
Kessel, Manne & Brown - The Poll Winners (1957)
Roland Kirk - We Free Kings (1961)
Roland Kirk - Rip, Rig and Panic (1965)
Roland Kirk - The Inflated Tear (1968)
Krzysztof Komeda - Astigmatic (1965)
Lee Konitz - Motion (1961)
Diana Krall - All For You (1995)
Diana Krall - Love Scenes (1997)
Diana Krall - Live in Paris (2002)
Pete La Roca - Basra (1965)
Steve Lacy Quartet - Evidence (1961)
Lambert, Hendricks & Ross - Everybody's Boppin' (1961)
Yusef Lateef - Eastern Sounds (1961)
Peggy Lee - Black Coffee With Peggy Lee (1953)
Michel Legrand - Legrand Jazz (1958)
Abbey Lincoln - Abbey is Blue (1959)
Booker Little - Out Front (1961)
Charles Lloyd - Forest Flower (1966)
Julie London - Julie is Her Name (1955)
Joe Lovano - From the Soul (1991)
The Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra - Rhythm is Our Business (1940)
Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame (1971)
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire (1973)
Shelly Manne & His Men - My Fair Lady (1956)
Branford Marsalis - Trio Jeepy (1988)
Branford Marsalis - Requiem (1999)
Wynton Marsalis - Black Codes (1985)
Wynton Marsalis - J Mood (1986)
Bobby McFerrin - The Voice (1984)
John McLaughlin - Extrapolation (1969)
Jackie McLean - Let Freedom Ring (1962)
Jackie McLean - Destination Out! (1963)
Joe McPhee - Nation Time (1971)
Carmen McRae - Carmen Sings Monk (1988)
Medeski, Martin & Wood - Combustication (1998)
Medeski, Martin & Wood - The Dropper (2000)
Brad Mehldau - The Art of the Trio - Volume One (1997)
Brad Mehldau - The Art of the Trio - Volume Three (1998)
Brad Mehldau - Largo (2002)
Brad Mehldau Trio - Day is Done (2005)
Helen Merrill - With Clifford Brown (1954)
Pat Metheny - Bright Size Life (1975)
Pat Metheny Group - Pat Metheny Group (1978)
Pat Metheny Group - Offramp (1981)
Pat Metheny Group - Speaking of Now (2002)
Pat Metheny Group - The Way Up (2005)
Charles Mingus - Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956)
Charles Mingus - Blues & Roots (1959)
Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um (1959)
Charles Mingus - Tijuana Moods (1962)
Charles Mingus - Black Saint & the Sinner Lady (1963)
Charles Mingus - Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus (1963)
Blue Mitchell - The Thing to Do (1964)
Roscoe Mitchell Sextet - Sound (1966)
Hank Mobley - Soul Station (1960)
Hank Mobley - No Room for Squares (1963)
Modern Jazz Quartet - Django (1955)
Modern Jazz Quartet - Fontessa (1956)
Grachan Moncur III - Evolution (1964)
Thelonious Monk - The Best of the Blue Note Years (1947-52)
Thelonious Monk - Brilliant Corners (1956)
Thelonious Monk - Monk's Music (1957)
Thelonious Monk w/ John Coltrane - At Carnegie Hall (1957)
Thelonious Monk Quartet - Monk's Dream (1962)
Wes Montgomery - Incredible Jazz Guitar (1960)
Wes Montgomery - Full House (1962)
Wes Montgomery & Wynton Kelly - Smokin' At the Half Note (1965)
Jason Moran - Black Stars (2001)
Lee Morgan - The Cooker (1958)
Lee Morgan - The Sidewinder (1963)
Lee Morgan - Search for the New Land (1964)
Jelly Roll Morton - Birth Of the Hot (1926-27)
Mozdzer, Danielsson & Fresco - The Time (2005)
The Gerry Mulligan Quartet - The Best of... with Chet Baker (1953)
Gerry Mulligan & Ben Webster - Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster (1959)
David Murray Octet - Ming (1980)
Fats Navarro & Tadd Dameron - Blue Note & Capitol Recordings (1946-49)
Oliver Nelson - The Blues & the Abstract Truth (1961)
Anita O'Day - Anita Sings the Most (1957)
Joe 'King' Oliver - Creole Jazz Band Recordings (1923-24)
Charlie Parker - The Savoy & Dial Studio Sessions (1944-48)
Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie - Bird and Diz (1950)
Charlie Parker - Bird's Best Bop on Verve (1949-53)
William Parker/In Order to Survive - The Peach Orchard (1998)
William Parker Quartet - O'Neal's Porch (2001)
Joe Pass - Virtuoso (1973)
Jaco Pastorius - Jaco Pastorius (1976)
Art Pepper - Meets the Rhythm Section (1957)
Art Pepper - Art Pepper + Eleven (1959)
Oscar Peterson Trio - The Song is You (Songbooks) (1959)
The Oscar Peterson Trio - Night Train (1962)
Oscar Peterson/Clark Terry - Oscar Peterson Trio+One (1963)
Michel Petrucciani - Power of Three (1986)
Madeleine Peyroux - Careless Love (2004)
Jean-Luc Ponty - Enigmatic Ocean (1977)
Portico Quartet - Isla (2009)
Bud Powell - The Amazing Bud Powell (Vol 1) (1951)
Bud Powell - Jazz Giant (1956)
Tito Puente - Dance Mania (1958)
Ike Quebec - Blues & Sentimental (1962)
The Quintet (w/ Charlie Parker) - Jazz at Massey Hall (1952)
Joshua Redman - Wish (1993)
Joshua Redman - MoodSwing (1994)
Django Reinhardt - Best of Django Reinhardt (1940)
Marc Ribot - Y Los Cubanos Postizos (1998)
The Buddy Rich Big Band - Big Swing Face (1967)
Sam Rivers - Contours (1965)
Sam Rivers - Fuchsia Swing Song (1965)
Max Roach - We Insist! Freedom Now Suite (1960)
Max Roach - Percussion Bitter Sweet (1961)
Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness (1956)
Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus (1956)
Sonny Rollins - Way Out West (1957)
Sonny Rollins - The Bridge (1962)
George Russell Sextet - Ezz-thetics (1961)
Jamie Saft Trio - Book Of Angels: Astaroth Vol. 1 (2005)
Pharoah Sanders - Karma (1969)
Pharoah Sanders - Black Unity (1972)
Moacir Santos - Coisas (1965)
John Scofield - A Go Go (1997)
Seatbelts - Cowboy Bebop (1998)
Sonny Sharrock - Ask the Ages (1992)
Artie Shaw & His Orchestra - Begin the Beguine (1938-41)
Woody Shaw - Blackstone Legacy (1971)
Archie Shepp - Fire Music (1965)
Wayne Shorter - Juju (1964)
Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil (1965)
Wayne Shorter - Footprints Live! (2002)
Horace Silver - Blowin' the Blues Away (1959)
The Horace Silver Quintet - Song for My Father (1964)
The Horace Silver Quintet - The Cape Verdean Blues (1965)
Nina Simone - Little Girl Blue (1958)
Frank Sinatra - Songs for Swingin' Lovers (1956)
Frank Sinatra & Count Basie - Reprise Studio Recordings (1962 & 1964)
Bessie Smith - Empress of the Blues (1933)
Jimmy Smith - The Sermon (1958)
Jimmy Smith - Back at the Chicken Shack (1960)
Jimmy Smith & Wes Montgomery - Dynamic Duo (1966)
Johnny Smith - Moonlight in Vermont (1953)
Tomasz Stanko Septet - Litania (1997)
Tomasz Stanko Quartet - Suspended Night (2004)
Tomasz Stanko Quartet - Lontano (2006)
Sonny Stitt - Endgame Brilliance (1972)
Sun Ra & His Arkestra - Jazz In Silhouette (1958)
Sun Ra - Atlantis (1969)
Sun Ra - Space Is the Place (1972)
Sun Ra - Lanquidity (1978)
Gabor Szabo - The Sorcerer (1967)
Horace Tapscott - The Dark Tree (1989)
Art Tatum w/ Ben Webster - Tatum Group Masterpieces (V8) (1956)
Art Tatum - Piano Starts Here (1968)
Cecil Taylor - Unit Structures (1966)
Cecil Taylor - Conquistador! (1967)
Cecil Taylor - Silent Tongues (1974)
Henry Threadgill - Too Much Sugar For a Dime (1993)
Cal Tjader - Soul Sauce (1964)
Mel Torme - Swings Shubert Alley (1960)
Lennie Tristano - The 1949 Capitol Sessions (1949)
Erik Truffaz - The Walk of the Giant Turtle (2003)
Stanley Turrentine - Sugar (1970)
McCoy Tyner - The Real McCoy (1967)
McCoy Tyner - Sahara (1972)
Sarah Vaughan w/ Clifford Brown - Sarah Vaughan w/ Clifford Brown (1954)
Sarah Vaughan - At Mister Kelly's (1958)
Alexander von Schlippenbach - Pakistani Pomade (1973)
Mal Waldron - The Quest (1961)
Fats Waller - The Very Best Of Fats Waller (1926-40)
Dinah Washington - Dinah Jams (1954)
Weather Report - Black Market (1976)
Weather Report - Heavy Weather (1977)
Ben Webster - Soulville (1958)
Ben Webster - ...Meets Oscar Peterson (1960)
Randy Weston - The Spirits of Our Ancestors (1991)
Kenny Wheeler - Gnu High (1975)
Kenny Wheeler - Angel Song (1996)
The Tony Williams Lifetime - Emergency! (1969)
Cassandra Wilson - Blue Light 'Til Dawn (1993)
Cassandra Wilson - New Moon Daughter (1996)
Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley (1962)
Phil Woods - Rights of Swing (1960)
Phil Woods - Musique du Bois (1974)
Larry Young - Unity (1965)
Lester Young - With the Oscar Peterson Trio (1952)
John Zorn - The Big Gundown (1985)
John Zorn - Naked City (1990)
John Zorn - Masada - Alef (1994)
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