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The Top 25 Jazz Albums of All Time According to the Jazz Resource

Jazz. You can't explain it; you can only experience it. If you go with it, it will grab you and never let you go. Jazz. It just is.
Here are 25 essential albums if you want to begin to know Jazz.
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Kind of Blue (Miles Davis, 1959)
Kind of Blue (Miles Davis, 1959)
1
A Love Supreme - John Coltrane
A Love Supreme - John Coltrane
2
Time Out
Time Out
3
Ellington at Newport
Ellington at Newport
4
The Quintet ‎– Jazz at Massey Hall
The Quintet ‎– Jazz at Massey Hall
5
Louis Armstrong - The Best of Louis Armstrong: The Best of the Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings
Louis Armstrong - The Best of Louis Armstrong: The Best of the Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings
6
Blue Train - John Coltrane
Blue Train - John Coltrane
7
Getz / Gilberto- Stan Getz / Joao Gilberto
Getz / Gilberto- Stan Getz / Joao Gilberto
8
Mingus Ah Um - Charles Mingus (1959)
Mingus Ah Um - Charles Mingus (1959)
9
Concert by the Sea
Concert by the Sea
10
Bitches Brew (Miles Davis, 1970)
Bitches Brew (Miles Davis, 1970)
11
Saxophone Colossus - Sonny Rollins
Saxophone Colossus - Sonny Rollins
12
Moanin' – Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (Blue Note, 1958)
Moanin' – Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (Blue Note, 1958)
13
Clifford Brown and Max Roach - Clifford Brown and Max Roach
Clifford Brown and Max Roach - Clifford Brown and Max Roach
14
John Coltrane / Thelonious Monk - At Carnegie Hall
John Coltrane / Thelonious Monk - At Carnegie Hall
15
Soul Station (Hank Mobley, 1960)
Soul Station (Hank Mobley, 1960)
16
Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else
Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else
17
Speak No Evil Wayne Shorter
Speak No Evil Wayne Shorter
18
Birth of the Cool (Miles Davis)
Birth of the Cool (Miles Davis)
19
Maiden Voyage Herbie Hancock
Maiden Voyage Herbie Hancock
20
A Boy Named Charlie Brown – Vince Guaraldi (Fantasy, 1964)
A Boy Named Charlie Brown – Vince Guaraldi (Fantasy, 1964)
21
Out to Lunch - Eric Dolphy
Out to Lunch - Eric Dolphy
22
The Blues and the Abstract Truth
The Blues and the Abstract Truth
23
Go! – Dexter Gordon (Blue Note, 1962)
Go! – Dexter Gordon (Blue Note, 1962)
24
Sarah Vaughan With Clifford Brown
Sarah Vaughan With Clifford Brown
25
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