Top Classic Jazz CDs

John Abercrombie - Timeless (1974)

John Abercrombie - Gateway (1975)

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)

Don Byron - Bug Music (1996)

Benny Carter & His Orchestra - Further Definitions (1961)

Betty Carter - Audience with Betty Carter [2CD] (1979)

James Carter - Conversin' With the Elders (1996)

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)

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)

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)

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 - Kind of Blue (1959)

Miles Davis - Milestones (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)

E.S.T. - Seven Days of Falling (2003)

Roy Eldridge & Dizzy Gillespie - Roy and Diz #2 (1955)

Duke Ellington - The OKeh Ellington (1930)

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)

Tal Farlow - The Swinging Guitar of Tal Farlow (1957)

Art Farmer - Modern Art (1958)

Maynard Ferguson - Conquistador (1977)

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Ella & Louis (1956)

Ella Fitzgerald - Sings the Cole Porter Songbook (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)

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 - The New Standard (1996)

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)

Charlie Hunter Trio - Bing, Bing, Bing! (1995)

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 Koln 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)

George Lewis - Homage to Charles Parker (1979)

Abbey Lincoln - Abbey is Blue (1959)

Booker Little - Out Front (1961)

Charles Lloyd - Forest Flower (1966)

London Jazz Composers' Orchestra - Ode (1972)

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 - It's a Jungle in Here (1993)

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)

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)

Charles Mingus - Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956)

Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um (1959)

Charles Mingus - Blues & Roots (1959)

Charles Mingus - Tijuana Moods (1962)

Charles Mingus - Black Saint & the Sinner Lady (1963)

Charles 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 - Roll Call (1961)

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 w/ John Coltrane - At Carnegie Hall (1957)

Thelonious Monk - Monk's Music (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)

The Gerry Mulligan Quartet - The Best of... with Chet Baker (1953)

Gerry Mulligan & Thelonious Monk - Mulligan Meets Monk (1957)

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)

Jean-Luc Ponty - Enigmatic Ocean (1977)

Bud Powell - The Amazing Bud Powell (Vol 1) (1951)

Bud Powell - Jazz Giant (1956)

Julian Priester - Love, Love (1974)

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 - Saxophone Colossus (1956)

Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness (1956)

Sonny Rollins - Way Out West (1957)

Sonny Rollins - The Bridge (1962)

Gonzalo Rubalcaba - The Blessing (1991)

George Russell Sextet - Ezz-thetics (1961)

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)

Thomasz Stanko Septet - Litania (1997)

Thomaz Stanko Quartet - Music for K (1970)

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)

Henry Threadgill & Make a Move - Where's Your Cup? (1997)

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)

David S Ware Quartet - Godspelized (1997)

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)