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Lee Konitz – Subconscious-Lee [Prestige]Bud Powell – The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1 Lester Young – Lester Young With the Oscar Peterson Trio Thelonious Monk – Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 1 Thelonious Monk – Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 2 George Lewis – Jazz Funeral in New Orleans Charlie Mariano – Boston All Stars Kai Winding / J.J. Johnson / Bennie Green – Kai and Jay, Bennie Green with Strings Louis Armstrong – Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy Kid Ory ‘s Creole Jazz Band – Kid Ory’s Creole Jazz Band [1954] Lennie Niehaus – Lennie Niehaus, Vol. 1: The Quintets Barney Kessel – Vol. 3: To Swing or Not to Swing Shelly Manne & His Men – The West Coast Sound, Vol. 1 Frank Sinatra – In the Wee Small Hours Jimmy Raney – Jimmy Raney: A Frank Morgan – Frank Morgan June Christy – Something Cool Kenny Dorham – Afro-Cuban Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers – Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers Lester Young – The Jazz Giants ’56 Thad Jones – The Magnificent Thad Jones Charles Mingus – Pithecanthropus Erectus Bud Powell – The Genius of Bud Powell The Lighthouse All-Stars – Music for Lighthousekeeping Kid Ory ‘s Creole Jazz Band – The Legendary Kid Phineas Newborn, Jr. – Here Is Phineas Shelly Manne & His Friends – Modern Jazz Performances of Songs from My Fair Lady Lucky Thompson – Tricotism Count Basie / Joe Williams – Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings Gene Ammons – The Happy Blues Johnny Smith – Moonlight in Vermont Sonny Rollins – Sonny Rollins Plus 4 Sonny Rollins – Saxophone Colossus Marty Paich Dek-tette / Mel Tormé – Mel Tormé with the Marty Paich Dek-tette Lester Young / Teddy Wilson – Pres & Teddy Lennie Niehaus – Lennie Niehaus, Vol. 4: The Quintets and Strings John Lewis – Grand Encounter: 2 Degrees East-3 Degrees West Count Basie and His Orchestra – April in Paris Louis Prima – The Wildest! Sonny Rollins – Way Out West Miles Davis – ‘Round About Midnight Quincy Jones – This Is How I Feel About Jazz Tommy Flanagan / John Coltrane / Kenny Burrell / Idrees Sulieman – The Cats Johnny Griffin – The Congregation Kenny Drew – Pal Joey Miles Davis – Miles Ahead Miles Davis – Bags’ Groove The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra – Deep Passion
Charles Mingus – The Clown The Ben Webster Quintet – Soulville
The Lighthouse All-Stars – In the Solo Spotlight Gil Evans – Gil Evans & Ten Dave Pell – I Had the Craziest Dream Bud Freeman – Chicago/Austin High School Jazz in Hi-Fi Johnny Griffin – A Blowin’ Session Miles Davis – Birth of the Cool Frank Sinatra – Where Are You? Ella Fitzgerald – Sings the Rodgers and Hart Song Book Lambert, Hendricks & Ross – Sing a Song of Basie Count Basie – The Atomic Mr. Basie Thelonious Monk – Brilliant Corners Art Pepper – Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section Sonny Clark – Cool Struttin’ Hampton Hawes – Four! Cannonball Adderley – Somethin’ Else Miles Davis – Relaxin’ With the Miles Davis Quintet Miles Davis – Milestones Lou Donaldson – Blues Walk Stan Getz / Gerry Mulligan / Harry “Sweets” Edison / Louis Bellson / Oscar Peterson Trio – Jazz Giants ’58 Annie Ross / Gerry Mulligan – Annie Ross Sings a Song with Mulligan! Victor Feldman – Suite Sixteen Machito and His Orchestra – Latin Soul Plus Jazz Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers – Moanin’ Tito Puente and His Orchestra – Dance Mania Herb Ellis – Nothing But the Blues John Coltrane – Blue Train Frank Sinatra – Come Fly With Me Frank Sinatra – Only the Lonely The Three Sounds – Introducing the 3 Sounds Milt Jackson & John Coltrane – Bags & Trane Horace Silver – Finger Poppin’ with the Horace Silver Quintet Dinah Washington – What a Diff’rence a Day Makes Blue Mitchell – Big 6 Quincy Jones – The Birth of a Band! Miles Davis – Kind of Blue Miles Davis – Workin’ With the Miles Davis Quintet The Dave Brubeck Quartet – Time Out
Gerry Mulligan / Ben Webster – Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster Frank Sinatra – Come Dance with Me! Henry Mancini – The Music from Peter Gunn [Original TV Soundtrack] Count Basie / Tony Bennett – Count Basie Swings/Tony Bennett Sings Miles Davis – Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants Art Pepper – Plus Eleven The Gerry Mulligan Quartet – What Is There to Say?
Ornette Coleman – The Shape of Jazz to Come Charles Mingus – Mingus Ah Um Charles Mingus – Blues & Roots Miles Davis – Porgy and Bess
John Coltrane – Giant Steps Hank Mobley – Soul Station Lonnie Johnson – Blues & Ballads The Young Lions – The Young Lions Miles Davis – Sketches of Spain Duke Jordan – Flight to Jordan Teddy Edwards Quartet – Teddy’s Ready Steve Lacy – The Straight Horn of Steve Lacy Clark Terry – Color Changes The Budd Johnson Quintet – Let’s Swing!
Art Farmer / Benny Golson – Meet the Jazztet Freddie Redd Quintet – Shades of Redd Ornette Coleman – Change of the Century Wes Montgomery – The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery Mel Tormé – Swings Shubert Alley Helen Humes – Songs I Like to Sing! Eddie Harris – Exodus to Jazz John Coltrane – My Favorite Things Miles Davis – Steamin’ With the Miles Davis Quintet George Russell Sextet – Ezz-thetics Pee Wee Russell – Swingin’ with Pee Wee Max Roach – We Insist! Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite Max Roach – Percussion Bitter Sweet Yusef Lateef – Eastern Sounds Ornette Coleman Double Quartet – Free Jazz Jimmy Smith – Midnight Special Thelonious Monk / John Coltrane – Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane Booker Little – Victory and Sorrow Booker Little – Out Front Roland Kirk with Jack McDuff – Kirk’s Work Ida Cox – Blues for Rampart Street Benny Carter and His Orchestra – Further Definitions Phil Woods – Rights of Swing Oliver Nelson – The Blues and the Abstract Truth Phineas Newborn, Jr. – A World of Piano! Stanley Turrentine – That’s Where It’s At Jackie McLean – Let Freedom Ring Vince Guaraldi Trio – Cast Your Fate to the Wind: Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus Stan Getz / Charlie Byrd – Jazz Samba Jimmy Smith – Bashin’: The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith Charles Mingus – Tijuana Moods Walt Dickerson – To My Queen The Modern Jazz Quartet – Lonely Woman Freddie Hubbard – Ready for Freddie Ike Quebec – Blue & Sentimental Charles Mingus – Oh Yeah Phineas Newborn, Jr. – The Great Jazz Piano of Phineas Newborn Jr. Dexter Gordon – Go! Eddie Palmieri and His Conjunto – La Perfecta Bill Evans Trio – Waltz for Debby [1962] Duke Ellington / Coleman Hawkins – Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins The Thelonious Monk Quartet – Monk’s Dream
Eddie Jefferson – Letter from Home Duke Ellington / John Coltrane – Duke Ellington & John Coltrane Jimmy Smith – Back at the Chicken Shack Kenny Dorham – Una Mas Jackie McLean – One Step Beyond Joe Henderson – Page One Charles Mingus – The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady Jackie McLean – Destination Out! Andrew Hill – Black Fire Lee Morgan – The Sidewinder John Coltrane / Johnny Hartman – John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman Davy Graham – The Guitar Player Eric Dolphy – Iron Man Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang – Stringing the Blues Shirley Scott – Soul Shoutin’ Kenny Burrell – Midnight Blue Stan Getz / João Gilberto – Getz/Gilberto Grant Green – Matador Albert Ayler – Spiritual Unity Blue Mitchell – The Thing to Do Archie Shepp – Four for Trane Eric Dolphy – Out to Lunch! Herbie Hancock – Empyrean Isles Charles Mingus – Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Donald Byrd – A New Perspective Oscar Peterson – Oscar Peterson Trio + One Vince Guaraldi Trio – A Boy Named Charlie Brown [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Ben Webster – See You at the Fair Duke Pearson – Wahoo! John Coltrane – A Love Supreme Andrew Hill – Point of Departure Herb Alpert ‘s Tijuana Brass – Whipped Cream & Other Delights Wayne Shorter – JuJu Big John Patton – Let ‘Em Roll Vince Guaraldi Trio – A Charlie Brown Christmas [Original TV Soundtrack] The Horace Silver Quintet – Song for My Father
Eddie Harris – The In Sound Grant Green – Idle Moments Lee Morgan – Cornbread Frank Sinatra – September of My Years The Pee Wee Russell Quartet – Ask Me Now!
Bobby Hutcherson – Dialogue Wayne Shorter – Adam’s Apple Joe Williams – Presenting Joe Williams and the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra Herbie Hancock – Maiden Voyage Wayne Shorter – Speak No Evil Joseph Jarman – Song For Lee Morgan – Search for the New Land Sonny Rollins – East Broadway Run Down Roscoe Mitchell Sextet – Sound Bobby Hutcherson – Components Jimmy Smith & Wes Montgomery – Jimmy & Wes: The Dynamic Duo Cecil Taylor – Unit Structures Larry Young – Unity John Coltrane – Ascension Miles Davis Quintet – Miles Smiles Antônio Carlos Jobim – Wave Duke Pearson – The Right Touch Lee Konitz – The Lee Konitz Duets Sam Rivers – Contours Stan Getz – Sweet Rain Duke Ellington – …And His Mother Called Him Bill Roland Kirk – The Inflated Tear Miles Davis – Nefertiti Jaki Byard – The Jaki Byard Experience Oscar Peterson – My Favorite Instrument (Exclusively for My Friends, Vol. 4) Ray Barretto – Acid Eddie Harris – The Electrifying Eddie Harris Charles Tolliver – The Ringer Prince Lasha & Sonny Simmons – Firebirds Quincy Jones – Walking in Space Les McCann – Much Les Miles Davis – In a Silent Way Illinois Jacquet – The Blues; That’s Me! Charles Earland – Black Talk! The Tony Williams Lifetime – Emergency!
George Benson – Shape of Things to Come John Barry – On Her Majesty’s Secret Service [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Sun Ra – Atlantis Warne Marsh Quartet – Ne Plus Ultra Eddie Gale – Eddie Gale’s Ghetto Music Pharoah Sanders – Karma Cachao – Cuban Jam Session, Vol. 2
Miles Davis – Bitches Brew Soft Machine – Third John McLaughlin – My Goal’s Beyond Charles Earland – Living Black! Mark Murphy – Midnight Mood Freddie Hubbard – Red Clay The Last Poets – The Last Poets Miles Davis – A Tribute to Jack Johnson Ornette Coleman – Science Fiction Hubert Laws – Afro-Classic Weather Report – Weather Report [1971] Mahavishnu Orchestra – The Inner Mounting Flame Harlem River Drive – Harlem River Drive Woody Shaw – Blackstone Legacy David Holland / Barre Phillips – Music from Two Basses Doug Carn – Infant Eyes Herbie Hancock – Mwandishi George Benson – Beyond the Blue Horizon Calvin Keys – Shawn-Neeq Gary Burton – Alone at Last Freddie Hubbard – Straight Life McCoy Tyner – Sahara Sonny Stitt – Tune-Up! Teddy Wilson – With Billie in Mind Sonny Stitt – Constellation Paul Bley – Open, To Love Chick Corea – Return to Forever Miles Davis – On the Corner McCoy Tyner – Echoes of a Friend Luiz Bonfá – Introspection Charles Mingus – Let My Children Hear Music Earl Hines – Tour de Force Chick Corea and Return to Forever – Light as a Feather Oregon – Music of Another Present Era Airto – Free Joe Farrell – Outback Phil Upchurch – Darkness, Darkness Herbie Hancock – Crossings Gato Barbieri – Last Tango in Paris Dave Holland Quartet – Conference of the Birds Terry Callier – What Color Is Love Mahavishnu Orchestra – Birds of Fire Archie Shepp – The Cry of My People Billy Cobham – Spectrum Herbie Hancock – Head Hunters Ravi Shankar / Ali Akbar Khan – Ragas Doug Carn – Revelation Clifford Brown – The Beginning and the End Joe Pass – Virtuoso Barney Wilen – Moshi Sun Ra – Space Is the Place Donald Byrd – Black Byrd Eddie Palmieri – The Sun of Latin Music Hubert Laws – In the Beginning Bennie Maupin – The Jewel in the Lotus Grover Washington, Jr. – Mister Magic Idris Muhammad – Power of Soul Terry Callier – I Just Can’t Help Myself Lonnie Liston Smith & the Cosmic Echoes – Expansions Gunther Schuller – Art of Scott Joplin Sam Rivers – Crystals Zoot Sims – Zoot Sims and the Gershwin Brothers Harry Beckett – Joy Unlimited Azymuth – Azymuth Mahmoud Ahmed – Erè Mèla Mèla Jaco Pastorius – Jaco Pastorius Anthony Braxton – Quartet (Dortmund) 1976 Lester Young – Pres and Teddy and Oscar David Friesen – Star Dance The Crusaders – Free as the Wind Milt Jackson / Joe Pass / Ray Brown – The Big 3 Keith Jarrett – The Survivors’ Suite Rahsaan Roland Kirk – The Return of the 5000 Lb. Man David Sancious – Transformation (The Speed of Love) Manfredo Fest – Brazilian Dorian Dream Ryo Kawasaki – Juice Weather Report – Heavy Weather Thad Jones – Thad Jones and the Mel Lewis Quartet Lee Konitz – The Lee Konitz Nonet Al Di Meola – Elegant Gypsy Paul Winter – Common Ground
David Murray – Special Quartet Bernward Koch – Flowing Nightnoise – The Parting Tide Alan Hovhaness – Lousadek (Dawn of Light), Op. 48 (1945) for Piano and Orchestra /Symphony No. 2, Op.132 Marilyn Crispell – Overlapping Hands: Eight Segments Lou Harrison – Music for Guitar and Percussion Marian McPartland Trio – With Guest Lee Konitz Charles Gayle / William Parker / Rashied Ali – Touchin’ on Trane Gonzalo Rubalcaba – The Blessing Rhiannon – Toward Home Julius Hemphill – Fat Man and the Hard Blues Sonny Sharrock – Ask the Ages Evan Parker – Process and Reality Bill Frisell – Have a Little Faith Jean Freber – Acordeon de Paris Astor Piazzolla – Tango: Zero Hour Joe Henderson – Lush Life: The Music of Billy Strayhorn Dianne Reeves – I Remember Cassandra Wilson – Blue Light ’til Dawn D.C. Anderson – Time Was Michael Moore Trio – Chicoutimi Glenn Close – The Emperor and the Nightingale Bebo Valdés – Bebo Rides Again Douglas Berlent – Music for Lovemaking Lynn Ahrens / Stephen Flaherty – Songs From Ragtime: The Musical [Original Cast Recording – RCA] Simon Shaneen / Vishwa Mohan Bhatt – Saltanah Buena Vista Social Club – Buena Vista Social Club John Zorn – The Circle Maker Cornelius Cardew – Cornelius Cardew: Treatise
Gonzalo Rubalcaba – Discovery: Live at Montreux Mel Tormé – Fujitsu-Concord Festival (1990) Charlie Parker / Lester Young – Jazz at the Philharmonic: Bird & Pres Duke Ellington – Fargo ND, November 7, 1940 Steve Lacy – Itinerary Various Artists – From Spirituals to Swing: The Legendary 1938 & 1939 Carnegie Hall Concerts
Tony Williams – Tokyo Live Benny Goodman – On the Air 1937-1938 Miles Davis – The Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel 1965 Lenny Breau with Dave Young – Lenny Breau & Dave Young: Live at Bourbon St. Keith Jarrett – Keith Jarrett at the Blue Note: The Complete Recordings Aki Takase – Piano Duets: Live in Berlin, 1993-1994 John Handy – Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival Charlie Christian – Live 1939-1941 Herbie Mann – America/Brasil Benny Goodman – Live at Carnegie Hall: 1938 Complete
Peggy Lee – Capitol Collectors Series, Vol. 1: The Early Years Sidney Bechet – Master Takes: Victor Sessions (1932-1943) Jelly Roll Morton – Jelly Roll Morton Centennial: His Complete Victor Recording Charlie Parker – Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve Duke Ellington – The Blanton-Webster Band Earl Hines – Piano Men Various Artists – The 1940s: The Small Groups – New Directions
Tommy Dorsey – Yes, Indeed! Art Tatum – The Complete Pablo Group Masterpieces Billie Holiday – The Quintessential Billie Holiday, Vol. 6 (1938) Bix Beiderbecke – Bix Beiderbecke, Vol. 1: Singin’ the Blues Charles Mingus – The Complete Debut Recordings Various Artists – Giants of Funk Tenor Sax
Chick Webb – 1929-1934 Chick Webb & His Orchestra – 1935-1938 Rahsaan Roland Kirk – Rahsaan: The Complete Mercury Recordings of Roland Kirk Guy Lombardo – The Best of Guy Lombardo [Capitol] Lonnie Johnson – Steppin’ on the Blues Teddy Wilson – Central Avenue Blues: The Complete All-Star Sextette & V-Disc Sessions Various Artists – Complete Commodore Jazz Recordings, Vol. 2
George Lewis – Complete Blue Note Recordings Grant Green – The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Grant Green with Sonny Clark Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington – The Complete Louis Armstrong-Duke Ellington Sessions Bix Beiderbecke – Real Jazz Me Blues Various Artists – Complete Commodore Jazz Recordings, Vol. 3
Billy Eckstine – Everything I Have Is Yours: The Best of the M-G-M Years Frank Sinatra – Sinatra Reprise: The Very Good Years Bessie Smith – The Complete Recordings, Vol. 1 [Columbia/Legacy] Fats Waller – Turn on the Heat: The Fats Waller Piano Solos Louis Prima – Capitol Collectors Series Various Artists – The Jazz Singers [Prestige]
Roy Eldridge – Essential Keynote Collection, Vol. 4: Roy Eldridge & the Swing Trumpets Jelly Roll Morton – 1923-1924 [Milestone]Dinah Washington – The Complete Dinah Washington on Mercury, Vol. 3 (1952-1954) Dinah Washington – The Complete Dinah Washington on Mercury, Vol. 4 (1954-1956) Dinah Washington – The Complete Dinah Washington on Mercury, Vol. 5 (1956-1958) Bessie Smith – The Complete Recordings, Vol. 2 (1924-1925) Glenn Miller – The Complete Glenn Miller and His Orchestra (1938-1942) Various Artists – Atlantic Rhythm & Blues 1947-1974 [Box]
Duke Ellington – The Duke’s Men: Small Groups, Vol. 1 Les Paul – The Legend and the Legacy Benny Goodman – The Birth of Swing Duke Ellington – The OKeh Ellington Various Artists – Jazz in the Thirties
Django Reinhardt – Djangologie/USA, Vols. 1-2 Roy Eldridge – Little Jazz [CBS] Machito – Mucho Macho: Machito & His Afro-Cuban Salseros Nat King Cole – The Complete Capitol Trio Recordings Harry James / Willie Smith – Snooty Fruity Billie Holiday – The Quintessential Billie Holiday, Vol. 8 (1939-1940) Johnny Dodds – 1926 Jimmy Yancey – Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 3 (1943-1950) Nat King Cole – The Complete Capitol Recordings of the Nat King Cole Trio [Mosaic Box] The Boswell Sisters – Everybody Loves My Baby Jimmy Yancey – Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2 (1940-1943) Billie Holiday – The Complete Decca Recordings Ray Charles – The Birth of Soul Art Tatum – Classic Early Solos (1934-1937) Woody Herman – Blues on Parade Wild Bill Davison – Showcase Jimmy Yancey – Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1939-1940) Henry “Red” Allen – World on a String Dodo Marmarosa – Dodo’s Bounce Olivier Messiaen – Des Canyons Aux Etoiles (From the Canyons to the Stars) (1971-1974)/ Oiseaux Exotiques Larry Young – The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Larry Young Various Artists – Bossa Nova Brasil
Nat King Cole – Complete Early Transcriptions Various Artists – Sweet and Lovely: Capitol’s Great Ladies of Song, Vol. 1
Miles Davis – Chronicle: The Complete Prestige Recordings (1951-1956) John Coltrane – The Major Works of John Coltrane Original Dixieland Jazz Band – 75th Anniversary Mongo Santamaría – Skins Count Basie – The Complete Decca Recordings Nat King Cole – Jazz Encounters Various Artists – Troubadours of the Folk Era, Vol. 2
Erskine Hawkins & His Orchestra – The Original Tuxedo Junction Woody Herman – Keeper of the Flame: The Complete Capitol Recordings Various Artists – The Best of the Mambo, Vol. 1 [BMG International]
Stan Kenton – Retrospective: The Capitol Years Jay McShann Orchestra – Blues from Kansas City Les Paul with Mary Ford – The Best of the Capitol Masters: Selections From “The Legend and the Legacy” Box Set James P. Johnson – Snowy Morning Blues Sonny Rollins – The Complete Prestige Recordings Richard Zimmerman – Scott Joplin: His Complete Works Dick Hyman – Jelly and James: Music of “Jelly Roll” Morton and James P. Johnson Nat King Cole – Nat King Cole [Capitol] James P. Johnson – Harlem Stride Piano Coleman Hawkins – Rainbow Mist Various Artists – Blues Masters, Vol. 1: Urban Blues
Various Artists – Blues Masters, Vol. 3: Texas Blues
Various Artists – Blues Masters, Vol. 5: Jump Blues Classics
Oscar Peterson – Exclusively for My Friends Wes Montgomery – The Complete Riverside Recordings Bob Crosby and His Orchestra – South Rampart Street Parade Django Reinhardt – Peche à la Mouche Various Artists – Honkers & Bar Walkers, Vol. 1
Bunk Johnson – Bunk’s Brass Band and Dance Band 1945 Fats Waller – Fats Waller and His Buddies Ella Mae Morse – Capitol Collectors Series Woody Shaw – The Complete CBS Studio Recordings of Woody Shaw Art Blakey – The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Art Blakey’s 1960 Jazz Messengers Hank Garland – Hank Garland & His Sugar Footers Lars Gullin with Chet Baker – 1955-1956: With Chet Baker, Vol. 1 Ella Fitzgerald – 75th Birthday Celebration Mingus Big Band – Mingus Big Band 93: Nostalgia in Times Square Various Artists – Sentimental Journey: Pop Vocal Classics, Vol. 1 (1942-1946)
Various Artists – Sentimental Journey: Pop Vocal Classics, Vol. 2 (1947-1950)
Various Artists – Sentimental Journey: Pop Vocal Classics, Vol. 3 (1950-1954)
Various Artists – Sentimental Journey: Pop Vocal Classics, Vol. 4 (1954-1959)
Various Artists – All Star Christmas Jubilee
David “Fathead” Newman – House of David: The David “Fathead” Newman Anthology Django Reinhardt – Djangology [Capitol] Ornette Coleman – Beauty Is a Rare Thing: The Complete Atlantic Recordings Dizzy Gillespie – Shaw Nuff Al Bowlly – Just a Bowl of Cherries Cal Tjader – Black Orchid Charlie Parker – The Complete Dial Sessions [Stash/Jazz Classics] Ella Fitzgerald – The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books Ethel Waters – 1926-1929 Frank Sinatra – The Columbia Years (1943-1952): The Complete Recordings Jabbo Smith – Complete 1929-1938 Sessions Jackie McLean – The Complete Blue Note 1964-1966 Sessions Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra – Contrasts [Decca] Jimmy Witherspoon – Blowin’ in from Kansas City Miles Davis – The Blue Note and Capitol Recordings Nina Simone – The Best of the Colpix Years The Original Memphis Five – Collection, Vol. 1: 1922-1923 Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers – The Best of Pucho & the Latin Soul Brothers Stéphane Grappelli – 1935-1940 Stuff Smith and His Onyx Club Boys – Stuff Smith (1936-1939) Various Artists – Blues Masters, Vol. 6: Blues Originals
Various Artists – Blues Masters, Vol. 11: Classic Blues Women
Various Artists – Blues Masters, Vol. 14: More Jump Blues
Various Artists – Hardcore Doo-Wop: In the Hallway-Under the Street Lamp
Will Ackerman – A Windham Hill Retrospective Willie “The Lion” Smith – 1938-1940 Big Joe Turner – Jumpin’ with Joe: The Complete Aladdin & Imperial Recordings Jimmie Noone – Apex Blues Richard “Groove” Holmes – Blue Groove Cow Cow Davenport – Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 Fletcher Henderson – A Study in Frustration/Thesaurus of Classic Jazz Mose Allison – Allison Wonderland: Anthology Ray Charles – The Best of Ray Charles: The Atlantic Years Frank Sinatra – The Voice: The Columbia Years (1943-1952) [#1] Frank Sinatra – I’ll Be Seeing You Nat King Cole – The Greatest Hits [Capitol] Thelonious Monk – The Complete Blue Note Recordings Duke Ellington – Early Ellington: The Complete Brunswick and Vocalion Recordings [1926-1931] Herbie Hancock – Mwandishi: The Complete Warner Bros. Recordings Bessie Smith – Empress of the Blues: Collectors Edition Big Joe Turner – Big, Bad & Blue: The Big Joe Turner Anthology Bing Crosby – Bing! His Legendary Years, 1931 to 1957 Bud Powell – The Complete Blue Note and Roost Recordings Earl Hines – Piano Man! [ASV] Ethel Waters – An Introduction to Ethel Waters: Her Best Recordings 1921-1940 Frank Sinatra – The Song Is You [RCA Box] Jimmy Smith – The Complete February 1957 Jimmy Smith Blue Note Sessions Joe Marsala – 1936-1942 John Fahey – Return of the Repressed: The John Fahey Anthology John Kirby and His Orchestra – 1938-1939 John Kirby and His Orchestra – 1939-1941 John Kirby and His Orchestra – 1941-1943 Luckey Roberts & Ralph Sutton – The Circle Recordings New Orleans Owls – The Owls’ Hoot! Spike Jones – Musical Depreciation Revue: The Spike Jones Anthology Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra – The Complete Solid State Recordings of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra Various Artists – Afro-Cuba: A Musical Anthology
Various Artists – The Essential Gospel Sampler
Charlie Parker – Charlie Parker with Strings: The Master Takes Clifford Brown & Max Roach – Alone Together: The Best of the Mercury Years Dizzy Gillespie – The Complete RCA Victor Recordings Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra – Volume 2 (1934) Glenn Miller – The Essential Glenn Miller Vic Dickenson – The Essential Vic Dickenson Art Pepper – The Complete Village Vanguard Sessions Jack Teagarden – The Indispensable 1928-1957 Joe Newman – The Complete Joe Newman RCA-Victor Recordings (1955-1956): “The Basie Days” Mongo Santamaría – Mongo’s Greatest Hits The Mills Brothers – The Mills Brothers: The Anthology (1931-1968) John Coltrane – The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings Dizzy Gillespie – Birks Works: The Verve Big-Band Sessions Jelly Roll Morton – Birth of the Hot Red Norvo – Dance of the Octopus Louis Armstrong – 25 Greatest Hot Fives & Sevens Lester Young – The Complete Aladdin Recordings Fats Navarro – The Complete Blue Note and Capitol Recordings of Fats Navarro and Tadd Dameron Frank Sinatra – The Best of the Columbia Years: 1943-1952 Antônio Carlos Jobim – The Man from Ipanema Eric Dolphy – The Complete Prestige Recordings Ravi Shankar – Shankar: In Celebration Joe Sullivan – 1933-1941 Sammy Davis, Jr. – The Wham of Sam [Warner Archives] Stan Kenton – The Complete Capitol Studio Recordings of Stan Kenton 1943-1947 Various Artists – Washboard Story
Lionel Hampton – Hamp: The Legendary Decca Recordings Grover Washington, Jr. – The Best of Grover Washington, Jr. Charlie Parker – The Legendary Dial Masters, Vols. 1-2 Mel Tormé – The Mel Tormé Collection Nat King Cole – Hit That Jive Jack: The Earliest Recordings Rex Stewart – Rexatious: His Greatest Recordings 1926-1941 Gerry Mulligan – The Complete Pacific Jazz Recordings of the Gerry Mulligan Quartet with Chet Baker Miles Davis / Gil Evans – Miles Davis and Gil Evans: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings Bunk Johnson & His New Orleans Jazz Band – Complete Deccas Victors V Discs Alternate Takes (1945-46) Howard McGhee – Trumpet at Tempo Lennie Tristano and Warne Marsh – Intuition Guy Lombardo – Enjoy Yourself: The Hits of Guy Lombardo Various Artists – The Complete Rodgers & Hart Songbooks
Lu Watters & the Yerba Buena Jazz Band – The Complete Good Time Jazz Recordings Lambert, Hendricks & Ross – The Hottest New Group in Jazz [Compilation] Dexter Gordon – Blue Dex: Dexter Gordon Plays the Blues Various Artists – Instrumental Gems of the 60’s
Illinois Jacquet – The Complete Illinois Jacquet Sessions 1945-50 Sam Rivers – The Complete Blue Note Sam Rivers Sessions Spike Hughes & Benny Carter – 1933 Various Artists – The Essential Recordings of Piano Blues and Boogie: Strut That Thin
Various Artists – Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
Various Artists – Mod Jazz
Various Artists – Sanctuary: 20 Years of Windham Hill
Lester Young – The Kansas City Sessions Wild Bill Davison – The Commodore Master Takes João Bosco – O Bebado E Equilibrista Annette Hanshaw – Lovable & Sweet: 25 Vintage Hits Frank Sinatra – The Very Best of Frank Sinatra Jimmy McGriff – Greatest Hits Grant Green – The Complete Quartets with Sonny Clark Fats Waller – Piano Masterworks, Vol. 1 Various Artists – The Chess Blues-Rock Songbook: The Classic Originals
Bessie Smith – The Essential Bessie Smith Disney – Classic Disney Collection Tito Puente – The Best of Tito Puente: El Rey del Timbal! John Coltrane – The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings Herbie Nichols – The Complete Blue Note Recordings Charles Mingus – Passions of a Man: The Complete Atlantic Recordings 1956-1961 Bing Crosby – Bing Crosby’s Gold Records Harry Partch – The Harry Partch Collection, Vol. 1 Sarah Vaughan – 1944-1946 Stan Kenton – The Innovations Orchestra Chico Hamilton – The Complete Pacific Jazz Recordings of the Chico Hamilton Quintet David “Fathead” Newman – It’s Mister Fathead Ethel Waters – 1925-1926 Johnny Dodds – Wild Man Blues: 24 Clarinet Classics Steve Lacy – Duets: Associates Steve Lacy – Scratching the Seventies/Dreams The Tony Williams Lifetime – Spectrum: The Anthology Fred Astaire / Ginger Rogers – Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers at RKO Various Artists – New Orleans: The Cradle of Jazz
Miles Davis – 1965-’68: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings Doris Day – The Complete Doris Day with Les Brown Rahsaan Roland Kirk – Aces Back to Back
Charlie Parker – The Complete Dial Sessions [Definitive] Various Artists – The Prestige Records Story
Mel Tormé – The Best of the Concord Years Jack Pettis – Jack Pettis Ella Fitzgerald – Something to Live For Sammy Davis, Jr. – Yes I Can! The Sammy Davis Jr. Story Duke Ellington – The Reprise Studio Recordings Charlie Parker – Complete Dial Sessions: Master Takes Various Artists – Doughboys, Playboys and Cowboys: The Golden Years of Western Swing
Louis Jordan and His Tympany 5 – Cole Slaw: 1947-52 Duke Ellington – Ellington at Newport [1999] Ike Quebec – Swing Hi-Swing Lo Lester Young – The Complete Aladdin Sessions Margaret Whiting – The Complete Capitol Hits of Margaret Whiting Tony Fruscella – The Complete Works Various Artists – Wildflowers: The New York Loft Jazz Sessions – Complete
Orlando Poleo – Lo Bueno de la Vida Frank London’s Klezmer Brass Allstars – Brotherhood of Brass Itiberê Orquestra Familia – Pedra Do Espia Artis Wodehouse – Zez Confrey: Piano Rolls and Scores Eclipse – Think Twice Peter Brötzmann – 14 Love Poems Plus 10 More The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra – The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra Finally Plays “The Entertainer” Fred Hersch – Leaves of Grass Edmund Welles – Agrippa’s 3 Books The Swingle Singers – …Unwrapped Anat Fort – Anat Fort: A Long Story Anja Lechner / Dino Saluzzi – Ojos Negros Chris Walden – Kurt Marti Suite Chris Botti – Italia Trio Mediæval – Folk Songs Eric Mathot – Café Liégeois Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet – Fulvio Caldini: Fade Control Wayne Horvitz / Christian Knapp – Horvitz: Joe Hill, 16 Actions for Orchestra, Voices and Soloist Brian Blade & the Fellowship Band – Season of Changes Bryan Pezzone – Sudoku 82
Masada – Masada: Live in Sevilla 2000 Iskra 1903 – Chapter One: 1970-1972 Duke Ellington – The Duke at Fargo 1940: Special 60th Anniversary Edition Miles Davis – The Complete Miles Davis at Montreux 1973-1991 School Days – In Our Times Bryce Rohde – Short Way Home Red Garland – At the Prelude Duke Ellington – Complete Legendary Fargo Concert Luiz Bonfá – Solo in Rio 1959 Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane – At Carnegie Hall Miles Davis – The Cellar Door Sessions 1970 Ahmad Jamal – Complete Live at the Spotlite Club 1958 Ahmad Jamal Trio – Complete Live at the Pershing Lounge 1958 Charles Mingus Sextet with Eric Dolphy – Cornell 1964 Charlie Parker – Jazz at Massey Hall
Fela Kuti – The Best Best of Fela Kuti Billie Holiday – The Commodore Master Takes Duke Ellington – The Duke – The Essential Collection: 1927-1962 Duke Ellington – The Complete RCA-Victor Mid-Forties Recordings (1944-1946) Annette Hanshaw – Vol. 6: 1929 Sonny Rollins – The Freelance Years: The Complete Riverside and Contemporary Recordings Bill Henderson – His Complete Vee-Jay Recordings, Vol. 1 [2000] James P. Johnson – Carolina Shout [ASV/Living Era] Louis Armstrong – The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings [Columbia/Legacy] Jazz at Preservation Hall – Jazz at Preservation Hall, Vol. 1 & 2 Tony Bennett – The Ultimate Tony Bennett Al Haig – Al Haig Meets Master Bop Saxes Miles Davis – Complete Savoy and Dial Recordings Charlie Parker – The Complete Savoy and Dial Studio Recordings 1944-1948 Ella Fitzgerald – Ken Burns Jazz Lester Young – Ken Burns Jazz Anthony Braxton – News from the 70s Elvin Jones – Complete Blue Note Elvin Jones Sessions Django Reinhardt – The Complete Django Reinhardt & Quintet of the Hot Club of France Swing/HMV Sessions Fats Navarro – The Fats Navarro Story Astrud Gilberto – Astrud Gilberto’s Finest Hour Thelonious Monk – The Columbia Years: ’62-’68 Woody Herman – Blowin’ Up a Storm: The Columbia Years, 1945-1947 Bing Crosby – His Greatest Hits of the Thirties: It’s Easy to Remember Various Artists – Rare Hot Dance: Music of the 1920s & 30s
Miles Davis – The Complete In a Silent Way Sessions Billie Holiday – Lady Day: The Best of Billie Holiday Artie Shaw & His Orchestra – 1944-1945 Billie Holiday – Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933-1944 Various Artists – Those Were Our Songs: Music of World War II
Sarah Vaughan – Young Sassy Bix Beiderbecke – Complete OKeh & Brunswick Recordings of Bix Beiderbecke… (1924-1936) Django Reinhardt – Anthology: 1934-1937 Hoagy Carmichael – Stardust Melody Dizzy Gillespie – Odyssey: 1945-1952 Lee Wiley – Time on My Hands Louis Armstrong – The Best of Louis Armstrong: The Best of the Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings Tony Bennett – The Essential Tony Bennett [Columbia/Legacy] Billy Eckstine – The Legendary Big Band 1943-1947 Lou Donaldson – The Complete Blue Note Sessions 1957-60 Dizzy Gillespie – The Best of Odyssey 1945-1952 Peggy Lee – The Singles Collection Earl Hines – Earl Hines Glenn Miller – Platinum Glenn Miller Duke Ellington – Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band Louis Armstrong – The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings, Vol. 1 Louis Armstrong – The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings, Vol. 2 Nina Simone – Anthology Various Artists – 25 Rockin’ Instrumentals
Charlie Parker – A Studio Chronicle 1940-1948 Hank Mobley – Complete Jazz Message Sessions Various Artists – Smo-o-oth Vintage Jazz: 1935-1952
Miles Davis Quintet – 1965-1968 Charlie Parker – The Essential [Metro] Guido Nielsen – Scott Joplin: The Complete Rags, Marches, Waltzes & Songs (1895-1914) Bill Doggett – The Very Best of Bill Doggett: Honky Tonk Charlie Parker – The Complete Savoy Sessions Ralph Sutton – Complete Studio Recordings Tony Bennett – Fifty Years: The Artistry of Tony Bennett The Jazztet – The Complete Argo/Mercury Jazztet Sessions Illinois Jacquet – 1951-1952 Dodo Marmarosa – Complete Studio Recordings [Dodo Marmarosa Trio] Dave Brubeck – Greatest Hits from the Fantasy Years (1949-1954) Nat King Cole – The World of Nat King Cole Sidney Bechet – Sidney Bechet/Martial Solal Quartet Featuring Kenny Clarke Fela Kuti – Music Is the Weapon: The Best of Fela Kuti Billie Holiday – The Ultimate Collection Tito Puente – The Essential Tito Puente Artie Shaw – Summit Ridge Drive Bill Evans – The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings, 1961 Ray Charles – Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1952-1959) Mel Tormé – The Bethlehem Years Ike Quebec – Complete Blue Note 45 Sessions Chet Baker / John Coltrane / Stan Getz – For Lovers Billie Holiday – The Complete Verve Studio Master Takes Django Reinhardt – In Solitaire: Complete Recordings for Solo Guitar Charlie Parker – The Complete Norman Granz Master Takes Herbie Nichols – Complete Studio Master Takes (Herbie Nichols Trio) Budd Johnson – The Stanley Dance Sessions Louis Armstrong – The Definitive Collection Various Artists – All Star Jazz Quartets
Miles Davis – Great Sessions Various Artists – That Devilin’ Tune, Vol. 1
Nat King Cole – The Very Best of Nat King Cole [Capitol] Dizzy Gillespie – 1953-1954 Miff Mole – Miffology Dizzy Gillespie – The Verve/Philips Dizzy Gillespie Small Group Sessions Jimmy Witherspoon – Urban Blues Singing Legend [Box Set] Various Artists – That Devilin’ Tune, Vol. 3
Various Artists – That Devilin’ Tune, Vol. 4
Ella Fitzgerald – The Very Best of the Song Books Earl Hines – Piano Man [Definitive] Jabbo Smith – 1929: The Complete Set Fats Waller – Complete Victor Piano Solos Jelly Roll Morton – The Library of Congress Recordings Mildred Bailey – The Rockin’ Chair Lady [Living Era]Mildred Bailey – The Rockin’ Chair Lady Willie Colón – The Player Various Artists – Hot Dance Bands from OKeh 1923-1931
Hampton Hawes – All Night Session!, Vols. 1-3 Louis Prima – Jump, Jive An’ Wail: The Essential Various Artists – Gypsy Jazz
Billie Holiday – Lady Day: The Master Takes and Singles Miles Davis – The Complete On the Corner Sessions Fats Waller – The Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 3: Rhythm and Romance Erroll Garner – 1954 Rufus Harley – Courage: The Atlantic Recordings Lionel Hampton – The Complete Lionel Hampton Victor Sessions 1937-1941 Frank Sinatra – Nothing But the Best: The Frank Sinatra Collection Bessie Smith – Empress of the Blues, Vol, 2: 1926-1933 Eddie Condon – 1954-1955 Sidney Bechet – Blackstick: Anthologie 1923-1950 Billie Holiday – The Complete Commodore & Decca Masters
Esperanza Spalding – Chamber Music Society David Binney – Graylen Epicenter Michel Godard – Monteverdi: A Trace of Grace Robert Glasper Experiment – Black Radio Wadada Leo Smith – Ten Freedom Summers Terri Lyne Carrington – Money Jungle: Provocative in Blue Kamasi Washington – The Epic Nicole Mitchell – Mandorla Awakening II: Emerging Worlds Cécile McLorin Salvant – Dreams and Daggers Makaya McCraven – Universal Beings
Henry Threadgill – The Complete Recordings on Black Saint and Soul Note Tito Puente – El Rey [Fania] Ella Mae Morse – Rocks Bill Dixon – The Complete Remastered Recordings On Black Saint & Soul Note Frank Sinatra – Sinatra: Best of the Best Woody Shaw – The Complete Columbia Albums Collection Bessie Smith – The Complete Columbia Recordings Louis Armstrong – The Okeh, Columbia & RCA Victor Recordings 1925-1933 Various Artists – Jazz on Film, Vol. 2: Beat Square & Cool
Charlie Christian – The Genius of the Electric Guitar Woody Shaw – The Complete Muse Sessions Miles Davis – The Original Mono Recordings Sun Ra – Singles: The Definitive 45s Collection 1952-1991 Various Artists – We Out Here
The Art Ensemble of Chicago – The Art Ensemble of Chicago and Associated Ensembles Nat King Cole – Hittin’ the Ramp: The Early Years 1936-1943
Hi Eric,
How are you identifying / harvesting the list of 5 star records from AllMusic? Thanks!
Hi Will,
I have been curating these lists of 5-star albums on AllMusic since 2012. So it’s a combination of what I had already done and doing new research into the AllMusic database via the advanced search tool.
There is a bit of a difference in approach this time: for example, instead of dividing up jazz albums into different lists based on jazz subgenres (and excluding almost all compilations), I have decided to make things a bit more inclusive.
So instead of a page dedicated to Latin jazz and another to hard bop and another to cool and so forth, the entirety of jazz is here (or at least it will be when it’s done) on one page, sorted chronologically by earliest release date (with compilations included, since they’re often an important part of a genre’s history).
The page format will eventually mirror the page I have created (and finally finished) for AllMovie here: https://ericmackattacks.com/cinema/allmovie-5-star-films
All of the AllMusic pages are still under construction to some degree.
Happy to answer any additional questions.
Thanks,
Eric