The Greatest Jazz Albums - Short List

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  • Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else (58)
  • Louis Armstrong - The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings (00)

  • Count Basie - April in Paris (56)
  • Count Basie - Count Basie at Newport (57)
  • Count Basie - The Complete Decca Recordings (1937-1939) (92)
  • Peter Brotzmann Octet - Machine Gun (68)
  • Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out (59)
  • Kenny Burrell - Midnight Blue (63)

  • John Coltrane - Blue Train (57)
  • John Coltrane - Giant Steps (60)
  • John Coltrane - A Love Supreme (64)
  • John Coltrane - Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (95)

  • Miles Davis - Birth of the Cool (56)
  • Miles Davis - Miles Ahead (57)
  • Miles Davis / Gil Evans - Porgy and Bess (58)
  • Miles Davis - Kind of Blue (59)
  • Miles Davis - In a Silent Way (69)
  • Miles Davis - Bitches Brew (69)
  • Miles Davis - The Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel 1965 (95)
  • Miles Davis - The Complete Birth of the Cool (98)
  • Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch (64)

  • Duke Ellington - The Complete RCA-Victor Mid-Forties Recordings (1944-1946) (00)
  • Bill Evans Trio - Sunday at the Village Vanguard (61)
  • Bill Evans Trio - Waltz for Debby (62)

  • Ella Fitzgerald - The Jerome Kern Song Book (63)
  • Ella Fitzgerald - Sings the Rodgers & Hart Song Book (93)
  • Ella Fitzgerald - Sings the George & Ira Gershwin Song Book (98)

  • Erroll Garner - Concert by the Sea (56)
  • Stan Getz with Charlie Byrd - Jazz Samba (63)
  • Dizzy Gillespie - The Complete RCA Victor Recordings: 1937 - 1949 (95)
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