Jazz Albums | The Greatest Music

#26

1959

Kind of Blue

by Miles Davis

Jazz Cool Jazz Hard Bop +2 more

#47

1965

A Love Supreme

by John Coltrane

Jazz Free Jazz Hard Bop +2 more

#96

1970

Bitches Brew

by Miles Davis

Jazz Jazz Fusion Avant-Garde Jazz +2 more

#136

1970

Moondance

by Van Morrison

Folk Rock Rock Classic Rock +2 more

#223

1969

In a Silent Way

by Miles Davis

Jazz Avant-Garde Jazz Jazz Fusion +2 more

#230

2000

Voodoo

by D'Angelo

Neo Soul Hip Hop Jazz +1 more

#262

1976

Hejira

by Joni Mitchell

Folk Rock Folk Vocal Jazz +2 more

#264

1955

In the Wee Small Hours

by Frank Sinatra

Vocal Jazz Ballad Jazz +2 more

#265

1968

Gris-Gris

by Dr. John

New Orleans R&b Psychedelic Rock Blues +2 more

#271

1958

Lady in Satin

by Billie Holiday

Jazz Vocal Jazz Orchestral

#294

1997

Baduizm

by Erykah Badu

Neo Soul Jazz Soul +2 more

#332

1973

Head Hunters

by Herbie Hancock

Jazz Jazz-Funk Funk +2 more

#365

1959

Mingus Ah Um

by Charles Mingus

Jazz Hard Bop Post-Bop

#400

1966

Wild Is the Wind

by Nina Simone

Jazz Soul Jazz

#406

1969

Hot Rats

by Frank Zappa

Progressive Rock Rock Jazz Rock +2 more

#421

1965

September of My Years

by Frank Sinatra

Ballad Easy Listening Jazz +2 more

#441

2000

Mama's Gun

by Erykah Badu

Jazz Downtempo Neo Soul +2 more

#447

1960

Giant Steps

by John Coltrane

Jazz Hard Bop Modal Jazz +1 more

#450

1986

Rapture

by Anita Baker

R&b Soul Jazz +2 more

#459

1964

Out to Lunch!

by Eric Dolphy

Avant-Garde Jazz Jazz Hard Bop

#487

1975

The Köln Concert

by Keith Jarrett

Jazz Free Improvisation Post-Bop +2 more

#493

1959

Time Out

by The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Jazz Cool Jazz Hard Bop

#530

1997

Buena Vista Social Club

by Buena Vista Social Club

Afro-Cuban Jazz Latin Jazz +2 more

#547

1963

The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady

by Charles Mingus

Jazz Third Stream Avant-Garde Jazz

#561

1962

Money Jungle

by Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Max Roach

Jazz Post-Bop

#564

1965

Spiritual Unity

by Albert Ayler Trio

Free Jazz Jazz

#589

1957

Saxophone Colossus

by Sonny Rollins

Jazz Hard Bop

#614

1975

Expensive Shit

by Fela Kuti

Afrobeat Jazz

#623

1976

Zombie

by Fela Kuti, Africa 70

Afrobeat Jazz

#628

1964

Getz/Gilberto

by Stan Getz, João Gilberto, Antônio Carlos Jobim

Bossa Nova Jazz Samba-Jazz +2 more

#633

1962

Jazz Samba

by Stan Getz, Charlie Byrd

Bossa Nova Jazz Latin Jazz +2 more

#643

1956

Songs for Swingin' Lovers!

by Frank Sinatra

Traditional Pop Vocal Jazz Easy Listening +2 more

#646

1957

Brilliant Corners

by Thelonious Monk

Jazz Hard Bop

#690

1970

Look‐Ka Py Py

by The Meters

Funk Jazz Soul

#725

1970

Third

by Soft Machine

Progressive Rock Experimental Jazz +2 more

#733

1973

Closing Time

by Tom Waits

Blues Rock Blues Rock +2 more

#734

1963

Night Beat

by Sam Cooke

R&b Soul Blues +1 more

#763

1968

Nancy & Lee

by Nancy Sinatra, Lee Hazlewood

Baroque Pop Easy Listening Jazz

#792

1963

Samba esquema novo

by Jorge Ben Jor

Bossa Nova Jazz Samba

#801

1968

Machine Gun

by The Peter Brötzmann Octet

Free Jazz Jazz

#802

1961

This Is Our Music

by The Ornette Coleman Quartet

Jazz Free Jazz Avant-Garde Jazz

#819

1961

Sunday at the Village Vanguard

by Bill Evans Trio, Scott LaFaro

Jazz Cool Jazz Instrumental

#838

1965

Point of Departure

by Andrew Hill

Jazz Avant-Garde Jazz Post-Bop

#854

1986

Water From an Ancient Well

by Abdullah Ibrahim

Jazz

#870

1957

Birth of the Cool

by Miles Davis

Jazz Cool Jazz Bebop

#878

1955

Julie Is Her Name

by Julie London

Jazz Vocal Jazz

#930

1959

The Shape of Jazz to Come

by Ornette Coleman

Jazz Free Jazz Avant-Garde Jazz

#933

1971

Journey in Satchidananda

by Alice Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders

Jazz Avant-Garde Jazz Free Jazz +1 more

#956

1971

Shaft: Music From the Soundtrack

by Isaac Hayes

Soul Funk Jazz +2 more

#1019

1960

Sketches of Spain

by Miles Davis

Jazz Third Stream Modal Jazz +2 more

#1034

1993

Blade Runner

by Vangelis

Electronic Ambient Jazz +2 more

#1096

1954

Chet Baker Sings

by Chet Baker

Jazz Cool Jazz

Back Country Suite for Piano, Bass and Drums

#1108

1957

Back Country Suite for Piano, Bass and Drums

by Mose Allison

Jazz

Greek Variations & Other Aegean Exercises

#1113

1970

Greek Variations & Other Aegean Exercises

by Neil Ardley, Ian Carr, Don Rendell

Jazz

#1125

1972

Last Tango in Paris

by Gato Barbieri

Contemporary Jazz Jazz

#1128

1961

The Blues and the Abstract Truth

by Oliver Nelson

Jazz Hard Bop Post-Bop

#1131

1964

The Sidewinder

by Lee Morgan

Jazz Hard Bop Soul Jazz

#1141

1956

A Night at Birdland, Volume 1

by The Art Blakey Quintet

Jazz

#1142

1971

Escalator Over the Hill

by Carla Bley, Paul Haines

Avant-Garde Jazz Experimental Big Band Jazz +1 more

#1149

1971

For Alto

by Anthony Braxton

Free Jazz Jazz

#1157

1987

Franks Wild Years

by Tom Waits

Alternative Rock Blues Rock Experimental +2 more

#1159

1969

Country Roads & Other Places

by Gary Burton Quartet

Jazz Post-Bop

#1165

1980

Full Force

by Art Ensemble of Chicago

Jazz

#1170

1961

Olé Coltrane

by John Coltrane

Jazz Avant-Garde Jazz Free Jazz +2 more

We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite

#1173

1961

We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite

by Max Roach

Jazz Hard Bop

#1231

1964

The Individualism of Gil Evans

by Gil Evans

Jazz

#1235

1993

Buhlo͞one Mind State

by De La Soul

Hip Hop Jazz Jazz Rap

#1257

1969

Chicago Transit Authority

by Chicago

Rock Classic Rock Jazz +1 more

#1264

1982

Blurt

by Blurt

Experimental Jazz No Wave +2 more

The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert

#1278

1950

The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert

by Benny Goodman

Jazz Big Band Swing +1 more

#1286

1962

Takin' Off

by Herbie Hancock

Jazz Hard Bop Modal Jazz +1 more

#1298

1973

Conference of the Birds

by Dave Holland Quartet

Free Jazz Jazz

#1333

1971

The Inner Mounting Flame

by Mahavishnu Orchestra, John McLaughlin

Rock Jazz Jazz Fusion +2 more

#1334

1969

Memphis Underground

by Herbie Mann

Jazz Jazz Rock Jazz-Funk +1 more

#1338

1971

Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath

by Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath

Afro-Cuban Jazz Free Jazz Jazz

#1340

1963

One Step Beyond

by Jackie McLean

Jazz

Midnight Cowboy: Original Motion Picture Score

#1343

1969

Midnight Cowboy: Original Motion Picture Score

by Various Artists

Easy Listening Folk Rock Jazz +2 more

#1345

1962

Tijuana Moods

by Charles Mingus

Jazz Rock

#1368

1963

Night Train

by The Oscar Peterson Trio

Jazz Bebop Swing +2 more

#1369

1958

Jazz in Silhouette

by The Sun Ra Arkestra

Jazz

#1384

1957

Jazz Advance

by Cecil Taylor Quartet

Jazz Free Jazz

#1385

Mujician & Mujician II

by Keith Tippett

Free Improvisation Jazz

#1387

1956

Lennie Tristano

by Lennie Tristano

Bebop Cool Jazz Jazz

#1388

1973

Enlightenment

by McCoy Tyner

Jazz

#1398

1976

Black Market

by Weather Report

Jazz Fusion Jazz Jazz Rock

#1401

1976

Gnu High

by Kenny Wheeler

Jazz

#1408

1977

Heavy Weather

by Weather Report

Jazz Jazz Fusion Jazz Rock

#1411

1989

Straight No Chaser

by Thelonious Monk

Jazz

#1439

1979

Light of the World

by Light of the World

Jazz Jazz-Funk

#1447

2001

Body and Soul

by Coleman Hawkins

Jazz Swing

#1481

1980

80/81

by Pat Metheny

Jazz

#1496

1985

Motherland Pulse

by Steve Coleman Group

Contemporary Jazz Jazz

#1506

1981

Word of Mouth

by Jaco Pastorius

Jazz Jazz Fusion

#1507

2008

Flying Colours

by Bliss n Eso

Hip Hop Ambient Electronic +1 more

#1512

1981

Amarcord Nino Rota

by Various Artists

Contemporary Jazz Free Jazz Jazz

#1552

1983

Sensation!

by Original Dixieland Jazz Band

Dixieland Jazz

#1556

2002

Specialist in All Styles

by Orchestra Baobab

Jazz Afro-Cuban Jazz Latin +1 more

#1560

1956

Ellington at Newport

by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra

Jazz

#1567

1958

The Atomic Mr. Basie

by Neal Hefti, Count Basie, The Count Basie Orchestra

Swing Jazz Big Band +2 more

Home Is Where the Music Is / The African Connection

#1569

1972

Home Is Where the Music Is / The African Connection

by Hugh Masekela

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