Kind of Blue
Kind of Blue by Miles Davis is a durable jazz album choice, recognized for performance, recording quality, influence and quality reissue availability.
The top 50
Jazz albums on vinyl
50 standout choices selected for performance, recording quality, influence and quality reissue availability.
What earns a placePerformance, recording quality, influence and quality reissue availability. Every pick combines lasting value with current availability.
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A Love Supreme
A Love Supreme by John Coltrane is a durable jazz album choice, recognized for performance, recording quality, influence and quality reissue availability.
Time Out
Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet is a durable jazz album choice, recognized for performance, recording quality, influence and quality reissue availability.
Mingus Ah Um
Mingus Ah Um by Charles Mingus is a durable jazz album choice, recognized for performance, recording quality, influence and quality reissue availability.
The Shape of Jazz to Come
The Shape of Jazz to Come by Ornette Coleman is a durable jazz album choice, recognized for performance, recording quality, influence and quality reissue availability.
Bitches Brew
Bitches Brew by Miles Davis is a durable jazz album choice, recognized for performance, recording quality, influence and quality reissue availability.
Somethin’ Else
Somethin’ Else by Cannonball Adderley is a durable jazz album choice, recognized for performance, recording quality, influence and quality reissue availability.
The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady by Charles Mingus is a durable jazz album choice, recognized for performance, recording quality, influence and quality reissue availability.
Maiden Voyage
Maiden Voyage by Herbie Hancock is a durable jazz album choice, recognized for performance, recording quality, influence and quality reissue availability.
Head Hunters
Head Hunters by Herbie Hancock is a durable jazz album choice, recognized for performance, recording quality, influence and quality reissue availability.
Moanin’
Moanin’ by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers is a durable jazz album choice, recognized for performance, recording quality, influence and quality reissue availability.
Bright Size Life
Bright Size Life by Pat Metheny is a durable jazz album choice, recognized for performance, recording quality, influence and quality reissue availability.
Nefertiti
Nefertiti by Miles Davis is a durable jazz album choice, recognized for performance, recording quality, influence and quality reissue availability.
The Epic
The Epic by Kamasi Washington is a durable jazz album choice, recognized for performance, recording quality, influence and quality reissue availability.
Heavy Weather
Heavy Weather by Weather Report is a durable jazz album choice, recognized for performance, recording quality, influence and quality reissue availability.
The Köln Concert
The Köln Concert by Keith Jarrett is a durable jazz album choice, recognized for performance, recording quality, influence and quality reissue availability.
Black Radio
Black Radio by Robert Glasper Experiment is a durable jazz album choice, recognized for performance, recording quality, influence and quality reissue availability.
Vesper
Vesper by Ambrose Akinmusire is a durable jazz album choice, recognized for performance, recording quality, influence and quality reissue availability.
Radio Music Society
Radio Music Society by Esperanza Spalding is a durable jazz album choice, recognized for performance, recording quality, influence and quality reissue availability.
Tiny Desk Concerts_ compilation aside, the studio document is _Trio Tapestry
Tiny Desk Concerts_ compilation aside, the studio document is _Trio Tapestry by Joe Lovano is a durable jazz album choice, recognized for performance, recording quality, influence and quality reissue availability.
Getz/Gilberto
Getz/Gilberto by Stan Getz & João Gilberto is a durable jazz album choice, recognized for performance, recording quality, influence and quality reissue availability.
Black Codes (From the Underground)
Black Codes (From the Underground) by Wynton Marsalis is a durable jazz album choice, recognized for performance, recording quality, influence and quality reissue availability.
Blue Light ‘Til Dawn
Blue Light ‘Til Dawn by Cassandra Wilson is a durable jazz album choice, recognized for performance, recording quality, influence and quality reissue availability.
In the Wee Small Hours
In the Wee Small Hours by Frank Sinatra is a durable jazz album choice, recognized for performance, recording quality, influence and quality reissue availability.
Standards, Vol. 1
Standards, Vol. 1 by Keith Jarrett Trio is a durable jazz album choice, recognized for performance, recording quality, influence and quality reissue availability.
Ella and Louis
Ella and Louis by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong is a durable jazz album choice, recognized for performance, recording quality, influence and quality reissue availability.
Waltz for Debby
Waltz for Debby by Bill Evans Trio is a durable jazz album choice, recognized for performance, recording quality, influence and quality reissue availability.
Ellington at Newport
Ellington at Newport by Duke Ellington is a durable jazz album choice, recognized for performance, recording quality, influence and quality reissue availability.
Night Train
Night Train by Oscar Peterson Trio is a durable jazz album choice, recognized for performance, recording quality, influence and quality reissue availability.
Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown
Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown by Sarah Vaughan is a durable jazz album choice, recognized for performance, recording quality, influence and quality reissue availability.
The Art of the Trio, Vol. 3: Songs
The Art of the Trio, Vol. 3: Songs by Brad Mehldau Trio is a durable jazz album choice, recognized for performance, recording quality, influence and quality reissue availability.
G-Man
G-Man by Sonny Rollins is a durable jazz album choice, recognized for performance, recording quality, influence and quality reissue availability.
Wish
Wish by Joshua Redman is a durable jazz album choice, recognized for performance, recording quality, influence and quality reissue availability.
Lush Life
Lush Life by Joe Henderson is a durable jazz album choice, recognized for performance, recording quality, influence and quality reissue availability.
Monk’s Dream
Monk’s Dream by Thelonious Monk is a durable jazz album choice, recognized for performance, recording quality, influence and quality reissue availability.
Approaching Standards
Approaching Standards by Hank Mobley is a durable jazz album choice, recognized for performance, recording quality, influence and quality reissue availability.
Chet Baker Sings
Chet Baker Sings by Chet Baker is a durable jazz album choice, recognized for performance, recording quality, influence and quality reissue availability.
Saxophone Colossus
Saxophone Colossus by Sonny Rollins is a durable jazz album choice, recognized for performance, recording quality, influence and quality reissue availability.
Clifford Brown and Max Roach
Clifford Brown and Max Roach by Clifford Brown and Max Roach is a durable jazz album choice, recognized for performance, recording quality, influence and quality reissue availability.
The Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 1
The Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 1 by Thelonious Monk is a durable jazz album choice, recognized for performance, recording quality, influence and quality reissue availability.
Bird and Diz
Bird and Diz by Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie is a durable jazz album choice, recognized for performance, recording quality, influence and quality reissue availability.
Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers
Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers by Horace Silver is a durable jazz album choice, recognized for performance, recording quality, influence and quality reissue availability.
Speak No Evil
Speak No Evil by Wayne Shorter is a durable jazz album choice, recognized for performance, recording quality, influence and quality reissue availability.
The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings
The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings by Louis Armstrong is a durable jazz album choice, recognized for performance, recording quality, influence and quality reissue availability.
Body and Soul and Other Classic Recordings
Body and Soul and Other Classic Recordings by Coleman Hawkins is a durable jazz album choice, recognized for performance, recording quality, influence and quality reissue availability.
Lady in Satin
Lady in Satin by Billie Holiday is a durable jazz album choice, recognized for performance, recording quality, influence and quality reissue availability.
The Blanton-Webster Band
The Blanton-Webster Band by Duke Ellington is a durable jazz album choice, recognized for performance, recording quality, influence and quality reissue availability.
Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert
Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert by Benny Goodman is a durable jazz album choice, recognized for performance, recording quality, influence and quality reissue availability.
Sunday at the Village Vanguard
Sunday at the Village Vanguard by Bill Evans Trio is a durable jazz album choice, recognized for performance, recording quality, influence and quality reissue availability.
Blue Train
Blue Train by John Coltrane is a durable jazz album choice, recognized for performance, recording quality, influence and quality reissue availability.