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70 Great Instrumental Jazz Albums

These are my favorite albums in instrumental jazz up to 2000's. Insert more characters here to meet one hundred characters.
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Charlie Parker ‎– the Complete Savoy and Dial Studio Recordings 1944-1948
Charlie Parker ‎– the Complete Savoy and Dial Studio Recordings 1944-1948
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Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus
Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus
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Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
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Charles Mingus - Pithecanthropus Erectus
Charles Mingus - Pithecanthropus Erectus
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Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch
Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch
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Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil
Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil
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Miles Davis - Bitches Brew (1970)
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew (1970)
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Miles Davis - A Tribute to Jack Johnson
Miles Davis - A Tribute to Jack Johnson
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Miles Davis - In a Silent Way
Miles Davis - In a Silent Way
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Jackie McLean - Let Freedom Ring
Jackie McLean - Let Freedom Ring
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Jackie McLean - Destination Out!
Jackie McLean - Destination Out!
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Andrew Hill - Point of Departure
Andrew Hill - Point of Departure
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Andrew Hill: Smokestack
Andrew Hill: Smokestack
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SPIRITUAL UNITY Albert Ayler
SPIRITUAL UNITY Albert Ayler
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Albert Ayler - Music Is the Healing of the Universe
Albert Ayler - Music Is the Healing of the Universe
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Albert Ayler - Witches and Devils
Albert Ayler - Witches and Devils
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Bobby Hutcherson - Dialogue
Bobby Hutcherson - Dialogue
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John Coltrane - Ascension
John Coltrane - Ascension
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John Coltrane, a Love Supreme (1965)
John Coltrane, a Love Supreme (1965)
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John Coltrane - Interstellar Space
John Coltrane - Interstellar Space
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Stellar Regions – John Coltrane (GRP Records, 1967 Recording Date)
Stellar Regions – John Coltrane (GRP Records, 1967 Recording Date)
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Ornette Coleman - Free Jazz
Ornette Coleman - Free Jazz
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Ornette Coleman: The Shape of Jazz to Come
Ornette Coleman: The Shape of Jazz to Come
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Peter Brötzmann Octet - Machine Gun
Peter Brötzmann Octet - Machine Gun
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Grant Green - Green Street
Grant Green - Green Street
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John McLaughlin - Extrapolation
John McLaughlin - Extrapolation
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Cecil Taylor - Unit Structures
Cecil Taylor - Unit Structures
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Cecil Taylor - Conquistador!
Cecil Taylor - Conquistador!
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Cecil Taylor Unit Dark to Themselves
Cecil Taylor Unit Dark to Themselves
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The Cecil Taylor Unit
The Cecil Taylor Unit
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Jimmy Giuffre - Free Fall
Jimmy Giuffre - Free Fall
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Bill Evans - Waltz for Debby
Bill Evans - Waltz for Debby
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Weather Report - Mysterious Traveller
Weather Report - Mysterious Traveller
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Weather Report - Heavy Weather
Weather Report - Heavy Weather
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Carla Bley - Escalator Over the Hill (1971)
Carla Bley - Escalator Over the Hill (1971)
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Sun Ra - Jazz in Silhouette (1959)
Sun Ra - Jazz in Silhouette (1959)
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Sun Ra and His Astro Infinity Arkestra - Atlantis
Sun Ra and His Astro Infinity Arkestra - Atlantis
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Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage
Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage
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Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters
Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters
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Paul Bley - Open, to Love
Paul Bley - Open, to Love
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