The Essential Jazz Records List (Harrison, Fox, Thacker, Nicholson 1984/2000)

Vol. 1: 1-250: From Ragtime to Swing (Max Harrison, Charles Fox, Eric Thacker 1984)
Vol. 2: 251-500: Modernism To Postmodernism (Max Harrison, Eric Thacker, Stuart Nicholson 2000)

Alphabetic by Artist

Origins

Prelude: the Afro-American Background
1. VA - Savannah Syncopators (african drumming)
2. VA - Negro Church Music (Lomax, 1959)
3. VA - Sounds of the South (Lomax, 1959) Ragtime 4. VA - Great Jug Bands
5. Heliotrope Bouquet: Piano Rags 1900-1970 (William Bolcom, 1970, Nonesuch)
6. Scott Joplin: Ragtime Pioneer (piano rolls)
7. Piano Rags By Scott Joplin Vol. 1 (Joshua Rifkin, 1969)
8. Pastimes and Piano Rags (William Bolcom plays James Scott, 1973)
9. Piano Rags By Joseph Lamb (John Jensen, 1974)
10. New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra (Arhoolie 1971)

Proto-jazz and the Earliest Recordings in New York
11. VA - Ragtime Vol. 2 (RCA)
12. Original Dixieland Jazz Band (RCA)
13. VA - New York Jazz Scene 1917-20 (Riverside)
14. The Original Memphis Five (Folkways)
15. The Georgians (1922-23) (Frank Guarente, VJM)
16. Eubie Blake: Blues and Rags – His Earliest Piano Rolls 1917-1921 Vol. 1
17. VA - Parlour Piano (Biograph) (stride piano rolls)

New Orleans
18. New Orleans Joys: The Young Tuxedo Brass Band (Atlantic)
19. Bunk Johnson – Early Bunk 1942-43
20. VA - The Music of New Orleans Vol. 4 – The Birth of Jazz (Folkways)
21. Jelly Roll Morton – The Library of Congress Recordings
22. A. J. Piron/Louis Domaine/Jones-Collins – New Orleans
23. VA - Jazz Sounds of the Twenties Vol. 2: Dixieland Bands
24. VA - The Sound of New Orleans Vol. 3
25. Wooden Joe Nicholas New Orleans Band 1945-49
26. George Lewis 1944-45
27. Kid Ory 1944-45
28. Bunk Johnson’s Band 1944 With George Lewis
29. Bunk Johnson 1945
30. Bunk Johnson: Last Testament
31. The Legendary Mutt Carey
32. VA - New Orleans: The Living Legends 1960-61
33. Kid Thomas Valentine – Captain John Handy: The December Band Vol. 2

The Twenties: Variations on the New Orleans Style

The Chicago Version
34. Freddy Keppard: Legendary New Orleans Cornet
35. Lovie Austin
36. Sidney Bechet Memorial
37. Louis Armstrong: Young Louis: the Sideman (1924-27)
38. Johnny Dodds Vol. 1 & 2
39. Johnny Dodds: Sixteen Rare Recordings
40. Johnny Dodds and Kid Ory
41. Jimmy Noone and Earl Hines at the Apex Club
42. VA - Gutbucket Blues and Stomps

The Classic Style
43. The New Orleans Rhythm Kings 1922-23
44. The Saga of the King Oliver Creole Jazz Band
New Orleans Composer
45. Jelly Roll Morton: Thesaurus of First Recordings
46. Jelly Roll Morton Vol. 1
47. The Complete Jelly Roll Morton Vols. 1-4

Breakdown of the Collective Style
48. The Louis Armstrong Legend 1925-29
49. Earl Hines 1928
50. Luis Russell
51. Henry ‘Red’ Allen Vol. 1
52. Louis Armstrong/Jack Purvis: Satchmo Style

The 2nd Line: The Chicagoans
53. Muggsy Spanier 1924-28
54. VA - That Toddling Town: Chicago 1926-28
55. VA - Chicago Jazz Vol. 1
56. Billy Banks: The Rhythmakers

The Twenties: Styles Other Than New Orleans 

Chicago and Harlem Small Bands of the Late 1920s
57. Clarence Williams’ Jazz Kings
58. Tiny Parham Vol. 1, 2
59. Omer Simeon 1929-30
60. Jabbo Smith: The Ace of Rhythm

Midwestern jazz, Bix and the New Yorkers
61. Bix Beiderbecke: The Complete Wolverines
62. Curtis Hitch/Hoagy Carmichael/Emil Seidel: Indiana Summer
63. Bix Beiderbecke: Bix And His Gang
64. Bix Beiderbecke/Frankie Trumbauer: Bix And Tram
65. The Bix Beiderbecke Legend
66. Tommy Dorsey/Jimmy Dorsey/Eddie Lang: Tommy, Jimmy, and Eddie 1928-29
67. Venuti-Lang 1927-28
68. Eddie Lang/Lonnie Johnson: Blue Guitars Vol. 1, 2
69. The California Ramblers Vol. 2
70. Red Nichols and His Five Pennies Vol. 1, 2
71. Red Nichols And Charleston Chasers: Thesaurus of Classic Jazz Vol. 3
72. Miff Mole: Thesaurus of Classic Jazz Vol.2
73. Jack Teagarden: King of the Blues Trombone Vol. 1
74. Jack Teagarden (RCA)

The Early Big Bands
75. VA - The Territory Bands (Parlophone)
76. The Missourians (RCA)
77. Andy Kirk: Clouds of Joy
78. Benny Moten’s Great Band of 1930-32
79. Earl Hines 1929 Complete Recordings
80. Louis Armstrong: Louis And the Big Bands
81. Charlie Johnson, Lloyd Scott and Cecil Scott (RCA)
82. King Oliver in New York
83. McKinney’s Cotton Pickers (RCA)
84. The Chocolate Dandies
85. Fletcher Henderson: Smack
86. Fletcher Henderson: A Study in Frustration Vol. 2
87. Duke Ellington: Flaming Youth
88. Duke Ellington at the Cotton Club
89. Duke Ellington: Toodle-oo Duke Ellington
90: Duke Ellington: Cotton Club Days Vol. 2
91. Duke Ellington: Hot From Harlem

Blues Singers and Jazz
92. VA - Jazz Sounds of the Twenties Vol. 4: the Blues Singers
93. Louis Armstrong and the Blues Singers
94. Bessie Smith: The Empress
95. Ethel Waters’ Greatest Years

Jazz in Europe
96. Arthur Briggs In Berlin
97. Jazz in Britain: the ‘20s
98. British Jazz in the ‘30s: Swinging Britain
99. Benny Carter: Swinging at Maida Vale
100. Benny Carter: Holland, 1937
101. Coleman Hawkins: The Hawk in Holland
102. Bill Coleman in Paris Vol. 1, 2
103. Willie Lewis and His Entertainers
104. Django Reinhardt/Quintet of the Hot Club of France: Swing ’35-‘39
105. Django Reinhardt: Django and His American Friends Vol. 1, 2
106. Django Reinhardt: The Legendary Django
107. VA - Swing Sessions Vol. 1 1937-39, Vol. 2 1938-39, Vol. 3 1938-39, Vol. 4 1937-42 (Pathe)

Influence of Jazz on European Composers
108. VA - Jazz-Inspired Piano Compositions (Supraphon)
109. Jazz-Inspired Compositions by Stravinsky
110. Jazz-Inspired Compositions by Martinu
111. Milhaud/Weill (Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, Nonesuch, 1973)
112. Lambert, Bliss, Goossens and Walton (HMV, 1975)

The Thirties and Swing

Early Thirties
113. Louis Armstrong in Los Angeles
114. Louis Armstrong V.S.O.P. Vol. 8
115. Louis Armstrong: Satchmo’s Greatest, Vol. 1
116. VA - Jazz In The ‘Thirties (World Records)
117. Benny Goodman: The Early Years Vol. 2
118. Featuring Jack Teagarden (MCA)
119. Joe Venuti: Nothing But Notes
120. Ted Lewis’ Orchestra (Biograph)
121. The Casa Loma Band
122. VA - Riding In Rhythm (Prestige, World)
123. VA - Big Bands Uptown (Decca)
124. Don Redman (CBS)
125. Chick Webb Vol. 1: A Legend 1926-36
126. Fletcher Henderson: A Study In Frustration Vol. 4
127. Fletcher Henderson 1934
128. Spike Hughes And His All-American Orchestra
129. Earl Hines 1934-35
130. Duke Ellington: Daybreak Express (RCA)
131. Duke Ellington: The Ellington Era Vol. 1 Part 2, Vol II, Part 2

Major Big Bands of the Swing Era
132. Andy Kirk: Walking and Swinging
133. Count Basie: The Count Swings Out
134. Count Basie: Swinging the Blues
135. Lester Young Memorial Vol. 1, 2
136. Al Cooper’s Savoy Sultans: Jump Steady
137. Chick Webb: King of Swing 1937-39
138. Jimmy Lunceford: Harlem Shout, For Dancers Only
139. Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra
140. Charlie Barnet Vol. 1
141. Benny Goodman: The Fletcher Henderson Arrangements
142. Benny Goodman: The Jimmy Mundy and Edgar Sampson Arrangements
143. Benny Goodman: Solid Gold Instrumental Hits
144. Harry James and His Orchestra 1936-38
145. Artie Shaw And His New Music 1936-37
146. Artie Shaw Bluebird Recordings Vol. 1
147. The Indispensable Earl Hines Vol. 1, 2
148. Sixteen Cab Calloway Classics
149. Benny Carter And His Orchestra 1940-41
150. Louis Armstrong: Swing That Music
151. Louis Armstrong Jazz Classics
152. The Ellington Era Vol. 1 Part 3, Vol. 2 Part 3
153. Duke Ellington 1940

Recording Units from the Big Bands
154. Allen-Hawkins Orchestra 1933/Henry Allen’s Orchestra 1934
155. Henry Allen (Collectors’ Classics)
156. Putney Dandridge Vol. 3
157. Lester Young And the Kansas City Five
158. Benny Goodman Trio and Quartet
159. Benny Goodman Sextet and Orchestra
160. Artie Shaw and His Gramercy Five
161. Lionel Hampton 1938-39, 1939-40
162. Barney Bigard: Barney Going easy
163. Cootie Williams and the Boys From Harlem
164. Rex Stewart Memorial
165. Johnny Hodges/Rex Stewart: Things Ain’t What They Used To Be

52nd Street
166. VA - From Chicago to New York: the Greatest of the Small Bands Vol. 4
167. VA - Swing Street Vol. 1-3
168. VA - Café Society Swing and Boogie Woogie
169. VA - Cutting the Boogie: Piano Blues and Boogie-Woogie
170. VA - Swing Vol. 1 (RCA)
171. James P. Johnson: Father of Stride Piano (CBS)
172. James P. Johnson: New York Jazz
173. Sidney DeParis/James P. Johnson
174. Fats Waller Piano Solos
175. Fats Waller Vol. 6 (RCA)
176. Teddy Wilson (CBS)
177. Teddy Wilson, His Piano, His Orchestra
178. Jess Stacy And Friends
179. Mary Lou Williams: the Asch Recordings
180. Nat ‘King’ Cole Meets the Master Saxes
181. Art Tatum Piano Solos Vol. 1, 2
182. Art Tatum: The Art of Tatum
183. Art Tatum: God Is In The House
184. Roy Eldridge: Heckler’s Hop
185. Frankie Newton at the Onyx Club
186. Barney Bigard 1944-45
187. Ed Hall: Celestial Express
188. Ed Hall 1941-47
189. VA - Swinging Clarinets
190. VA - Saxophones 1943-46 (Mercury)
191. The Big Sounds of Coleman Hawkins and Chew Berry
192. The Complete Coleman Hawkins Vol. 1
193. Coleman Hawkins: Swing
194. Coleman Hawkins/Lester Young: Classic Tenors
195. Coleman Hawkins: Hollywood Stampede
196. Lester Young: the Complete Savoy Recordings
197. Don Byas 1945
198. Stuff Smith 1936
199. Red Norvo and His All-Stars
200. Mildred Bailey: Her Greatest Performances Vol. 1
201. Connie Boswell and the Boswell Sisters
202. Lee Wiley Sings Rodgers and Hart and Harold Arlen
203. Ella Fitzgerald: Ella and Ellis
204. Billie Holiday: The Golden Years Vol. 1
205. Billie Holiday: The Golden Years Vol. 2

Swing Continues
206. Bobby Hackett-Jack Teagarden: Jazz Ultimate
207. The Very Great Henry ‘Red’ Allen Vol. 2
208. Claude Hopkins: Let’s Jam!
209. Swinging With Pee Wee Russell
210. Jo Jones Special
211. Gene Krupa/Lionel Hampton/Teddy Wilson
212. Prez and Teddy
213. Mel Powell-Ruby Braff: Thigamagig
214. Benny Carter: Further Definitions
215. Coleman Hawkins: Shelly Manne 2, 3, 4
216. The Elegant Piano Stylings of Herman Chittison
217. The Tatum Solo Masterpieces Vol. 6, 9
218. Art Tatum-Buddy DeFranco Quartet
219. Art Tatum-Benny Carter Trio Vol. 1, 2
220. Earl Hines: Quintessential Recording Session
221. Earl Hines: Tour de Force
222. Duke Ellington: Such Sweet Thunder
223. Duke Ellington: Money Jungle
224. Duke Ellington: New Orleans Suite

Against the Current: Traditional Survivals and Revivals
225. Bechet of New Orleans
226. The Blue Bechet
227. Sidney Bechet: In Memoriam
228. Tommy Ladnier-Mezz Mezzrow/Frank Newton: The Panassie Sessions
229. Jimmy Noone 1937-41
230. Henry Allen/Louis Armstrong/Johnny Dodds: New Orleans Jazz
231. Eddie Condon/Bud Freeman: Home Cooking
232. Eddie Condon: The Commodore Years
233. Louis Prima and His New Orleans Gang Vol. 1
234. Eddie Condon,/Jimmy McPartland/George Wettling: Chicago Jazz
235. Muggsy Spanier: The Great Sixteen
236. Bob Crosby: Come on and Hear Vol. 1, 2
237. Willie ‘the Lion’ Smith (Commodore)
238. Luckey Roberts/Willie ‘the Lion’ Smith: Luckey and ‘The Lion’: Harlem Piano
239. Jimmy McPartland/Bobby Hackett: Shades of Bix
240. Louis Armstrong-Jack Teagarden: Midnight at V-Disc
241. Town Hall Concert Plus (with Louis Armstrong, RCA)
242. Sidney Bechet Jazz Classics Vol. 1, 2
243. Really the Blues (Mezzrow-Bechet Septet)
244. Refreshing Tracks Vol. 2 (Sidney Bechet)
245. Sidney Bechet Has Young Ideas

The Transition to Modern Jazz
246. VA - The Changing Face of Harlem Vol. 1
247. Red Norvo: the Savoy Sessions
248. VA - Jazz of the Forties: Swing into Bop
249. VA - Swing Street Vol. 4
250. Charlie Parker: Early Bird

The Swing To Bop

Heralds and Collaborators
251. Charlie Christian - Harlem Jazz Scene, The
252. Lester Young - Complete Aladdin Sessions, The
253. Coleman Hawkins - Bean and the Boys
254. Art Tatum - The Complete Capitol Recordings Vol. 1, 2
255. Red Norvo - Fabulous Jam Session

Charlie Parker and the Emergence of Modern Jazz
256. Dizzy Gillespie - Groovin' High Vol. 1/ One Bass Hit Vol. 2
257. Charlie Parker - Complete Savoy Studio Sessions, The
258. Charlie Parker - Complete Dial Sessions, The
259. Fats Navarro - Fat Girl
260. Fats Navarro and Tadd Dameron - Complete Blue Note and Capitol Recordings
261. Bud Powell - Complete Blue Note and Roost Recordings
262. Howard McGhee - Trumpet at Tempo
263. Erroll Garner - Play, Piano, Play

Bop Takes Over
264. Charlie Parker - Apartment Sessions, The
265. Charlie Parker - Quintessential Jazz at Massey Hall
266. Charlie Parker - Complete Charlie Parker on Verve, The, Vol. 4, 6
267. Sonny Stitt - Sonny Stitt - Bud Powell - J. J. Johnson
268. Wardell Gray - Easy Swing
269. J. J. Johnson - Eminent J. J. Johnson, The Vol. 1, 2
270. Clifford Brown - Complete Blue Note and Pacific Jazz Recordings
271. Miles Davis - Walkin'
272. Miles Davis - Modern Jazz Giants, The
273. Conte Candoli - Groovin' Higher
274. George Wallington - George Wallington Trios
275. Frank Rosolino - Frank Rosolino
276. Herb Geller - Herb Geller Sextet, The
277. Lucky Thompson - Dancing Sunbeam
278. Curtis Counce - Counceltation (You Get More Bounce with Curtis Counce)
279. Art Farmer - Portrait of Art Farmer
280. Tadd Dameron - Fontainebleau

Bop Hardens
281. Thad Jones - Magnificent Thad Jones, The
282. Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus and More
283. Johnny Griffin - Introducing Johnny Griffin
284. Hampton Hawes - Four!
285. Sonny Clark - Cool Struttin'
286. Sonny Rollins - Newk's Time
287. J. R. Monterose - Straight Ahead
288. Duke Jordan - Flight to Jordan
289. Max Roach - Conversations
290. Elmo Hope - Elmo Hope Trio
291. Harold Land - Fox, The

Alternatives to Bop

Thelonious Monk
292. Thelonious Monk - Complete Blue Note Recordings of Thelonious Monk, The

Lennie Tristano and His School
293. Lennie Tristano/Buddy DeFranco - Crosscurrents
294. Lennie Tristano - Requiem
295. Lee Konitz - Very Cool
296. Warne Marsh - Star Highs

Cool Jazz
297. Stan Getz, Zoot Sims, etc.. - Brothers and Other Mothers
298. Lee Konitz, Miles Davis et al. - Ezz-thetic
299. Stan Getz - Complete Recordings of the Stan Getz Quintet, The
300. Gerry Mulligan - Complete Pacific Jazz and Capitol Recordings of the Gerry Mulligan Quartet and Tentet w Chet Baker
301. Tal Farlow - Autumn in New York
302. Jim Hall - Jazz Guitar
303. Jack Montrose - Jack Montrose with Bob Gordon
304. Al Cohn - The Jazz Workshop - Four Brass, One Tenor
305. Cy Touff - Touff Octet and Quintet
306. Lars Gullin - Danny's Dream / Manchester Fog
307. John Lewis - John Lewis Piano, The
308. John Graas - Coup de Graas
309. Lennie Niehaus - Vol. 1: The Quintets
310. Serge Chaloff - Blue Serge
311. Dave Brubeck - All-Time Greatest Hits

Big Band Survives
312. Woody Herman - Thundering Herds, The Vol. 1, 2, 3
313. Stan Kenton - Concert in Progressive Jazz / New Concepts of Artistry in Rhythm
314. Boyd Raeburn - Jewels
315. Dizzy Gillespie - Complete RCA Victor Recordings
316. Machito - Mucho Macho
317. Don Ellis - Electric Bath
318. Toshiko Akiyoshi - Road Time
319. Sun Ra - Sunrise in Different Dimensions
320. Willem Breuker - In Holland
321. Bill Russo - Seven Deadly Sins, The
322. Kenny Wheeler/John Dankworth - Windmill Tilter
323. Martial Solal  - Martial Solal Big Band
324. George Russell - Essence of George Russell
325. Maria Schneider - Evanescence

Some Singers
326. Sarah Vaughan - Sassy Swings the Tivoli
327. Chris Connor - Jazz Date with Chris Connor
328. Anita O'Day - Big Band Sessions
329. June Christy - Best Thing for You, The
330. Sheila Jordan - Portrait of Sheila
331. Mel Torme - Torme Swings Shubert [sic] Alley
332. Betty Carter - Audience with Betty Carter, The
333. Cassandra Wilson - Songbook

Consolidations and Developments

Bop Redivivus
334. Miles Davis - Workin' / Steamin' / Relaxin' / Cookin'
335. Ahmad Jamal - Ahmad's Blues
336. Charles Mingus - Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus
337. Wes Montgomery - Complete 'Smokin' at the Half Note', The Vol. 1, 2
338. Jackie McLean - Bluesnik
339. Booker Little - Victory and Sorrow
340. Tina Brooks - True Blue
341. Booker Ervin - Freedom Book
342. Art Blakey - Mosaic
343. Clark Terry-Bob Brookmeyer - Clark Terry-Bob Brookmeyer Quintet
344. Bud Shank - New Groove
345. Dodo Marmarosa - Dodo's Back!
346. Freddie Hubbard - Open Sesame
347. Tubby Hayes - Down in the Village / Late Spot at Scott's
348. Dexter Gordon - Go!
349. Sonny Rollins - In Stockholm 1959
350. Horace Silver - Blowin' the Blues Away
351. Lee Morgan - Leeway
352. Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil
353. Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage
354. George Coleman - Live at Yoshi's
355. Jimmy Raney - Influence, The
356. Al Haig - Solitaire
357. Phil Woods - Here's to My Lady
358. Joe Henderson - Power to the People

Cool Continuations
359. Shorty Rogers - Complete Atlantic and EM! Jazz Recordings of Shorty Rogers, The
360. Lars Gullin - Aeros Aromatic Atomica Suite
361. Jan Allan - Jan Allan 70
362. Gerry Mulligan - Presenting the Gerry Mulligan Sextet / Mainstream of Jazz
363. Modern Jazz Quartet - The MJQ in Europe
364. Jimmy Giuffre - Western Suite
365. Lee Konitz, Martial Solal - Four Keys
366. Paul Desmond - Live
367. Rolf Billberg - We'll Be Together Again
368. Stan Getz - West Coast Jazz
369. Stan Getz - Focus on Stan Getz
370. Zoot Sims - Blues for Two
371. Chet Baker - Last Great Concert, The Vol. 1, 2
372. Bill Evans - Portrait in Jazz
373. Bill Evans - Waltz for Debby / Sunday at the Village Vanguard
374. Adam Makowicz - Naughty Baby

Other Currents

New Textures
375. Claude Thornhill - Real Birth of the Cool
376. Miles Davis - Complete Birth of the Cool, The
377. Johnny Richards - Annotations of the Muses
378. Teddy Charles - Tentet
379. Hal McKusick - Jazz Workshop, The
380. George Russell - Jazz Workshop
381. Kenny Graham - Afro-Cubists Vol. 1 2 (Mango Walk, The Caribbean Suite)
382. Miles Davis, Gil Evans - Porgy and Bess
383. Gil Evans - Out of the Cool
384. Cecil Taylor - World of Cecil Taylor
385. "Gil Evans" (John Carisi, Cecil Taylor) - Into the Hot
386. Bob Cooper - Shifting Winds
387. Jimmy Giuffre - Jimmy Giuffre Clarinet, The
388. Howard Rumsey - Flute 'n' Oboe
389. Chico Hamilton - Chico Hamilton Quintet
390. World Saxophone Quartet - Dances and Ballads
391. Billy Bang - Outline No. 12
392. George Lewis  - Homage to Charles Parker

Modality and Its Implications
393. Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
394. John McLaughlin - Extrapolation
395. Grachan Moncur III - Some Other Stuff
396. Miles Davis - Live at the Plugged Nickel
397. Phil Woods - At the Frankfurt Jazz Festival
398. Chick Corea - Now He Sings, Now He Sobs
399. McCoy Tyner - Atlantis

Out Into the Open

Free Jazz
400. Ornette Coleman - Beauty Is a Rare Thing
401. Ornette Coleman - At the Golden Circle Vol. 1, 2
402. Don Cherry - Complete Communion
403. Sonny Simmons - Manhattan Egos
404. Joe Harriott - Free Form
405. George Russell - Ezz-thetics
406. N.Y. Contemporary Five - Live at the Jazzhus Montmartre Vol. 1, 2
407. Albert Ayler - Spiritual Unity
408. Albert Ayler - Vibrations
409. Albert Ayler - Village Concerts, The
410. Old and New Dreams - Playing
411. John Carter - Castles of Ghana
412. Peter Brotzmann - Machine Gun
413. Tomasz Stanko - Music for K
414. Bernt Rosengren - Notes from Underground
415. Zbigniew Namyslowski - Polish Jazz Vol. 4
416. Gyorgy Szabados - Wedding, The
417. David S. Ware - Great Bliss

Cecil Taylor
418. Cecil Taylor - Looking Ahead
419. Cecil Taylor - Unit
420. Cecil Taylor - In Florescence

From Inside To Outside
421. John Coltrane - Giant Steps
422. John Coltrane - Africa Brass
423. John Coltrane - Newport '63
424. John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
425. Charles Mingus - Mingus Presents Mingus
426. Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch
427. Eric Dolphy - Last Date
428. Oliver Nelson - Blues and the Abstract Truth
429. Bobby Hutcherson - Dialogue
430. Dave Holland - Conference of the Birds
431. Andrew Hill - Shades

The Combo Explodes
432. Shelly Manne - Two and the Three, The
433. Art Ensemble of Chicago - Urban Bushmen
434. David Murray - Ming
435. Muhal Richard Abrams - Colours in Thirty-third
436. Henry Threadgill - You Know the Number
437. Pharoah Sanders - Live
438. Ornette Coleman - Of Human Feelings
439. Pat Metheny, Ornette Coleman - Song X
440. Last Exit - The Noise of Trouble

Where The Roads Crossed
441. Miles Davis - Filles de Kilimanjaro
442. Tony Williams - Emergency!
443. Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire
444. Miles Davis - Jack Johnson
445. Weather Report - I Sing the Body Electric / Mysterious Traveller
446. Neil Ardley - Kaleidoscope of Rainbows
447. John Abercrombie - Night
448. John Scofield - Blue Matter
449. Marc Johnson - Bass Desires

Alternatives To Freedom

Paths Not Followed
450. Dave Brubeck - Dave Brubeck Octet
451. Red Norvo - Music to Listen to Red Norvo By
452. Gil Melle - Primitive Modern
453. Duane Tatro - Jazz for Moderns
454. Don Ellis - How Time Passes
455. Andre Hodeir - Jazz et Jazz
456. David Mack - New Directions
457. Pavel Blatny - Third Stream Compositions

Revisitations
458. Bob Brookmeyer - Traditionalism Revisited
459. Sam Most - Most Plays Bird and Bud, Monk and Miles
460. Gil Evans - Pacific Standard Time
461. Art Pepper - Smack Up
462. Heiner Stadler - Tribute to Monk and Bird, A
463. Roswell Rudd - Regeneration
464. John Zorn - News for Lulu / More News for Lulu
465. Mischa Mengelberg - Change of Season (Music of Herbie Nichols)
466. James Newton - African Flower
467. Anthony Braxton - In the Tradition Vol. 1, 2
468. Franz Koglmann - L'Heure Bleue

Conversations With Themselves
469. Bill Evans - Conversations with Myself
470. Oscar Peterson - My Favourite Instrument
471. Albert Mangelsdorff - Trombirds
472. Clare Fischer - Jazz Song
473. Martial Solal  - Bluesine
474. John Surman - Biography of the Rev. Absalom Dawe
475. Steve Lacy - Only Monk
476. Paul Bley - Tears

On The Frontiers
477. Stan Kenton - City of Glass - Stan Kenton Plays Bob Graettinger
478. VA - Outstanding Jazz Compositions of the 20th Century
479. Teo Macero - Time Plus Seven
480. Friedrich Gulda - Music for Four Soloists and Band
481. Ran Blake - Film Noir
482. Modern Jazz Quartet, New York Chamber Symphony Orchestra - Three Windows
483. Chris McGregor - Brotherhood of the Breath
484. John Mayer, Joe Harriott - Indo-Jazz Fusions
485. Arthur Blythe - Illusions
486. Wynton Marsalis - Live at Blues Alley
487. Quest - Quest (w David Liebman)
488. Steps Ahead - Steps Ahead (w Michael Brecker)
489. Jack DeJohnette - Album Album
490. Michael Brecker - Michael Brecker (w Pat Metheny, Impulse, 1987)
491. Myra Melford - Jump
492. Dave Douglas - Stargazer
493. Clusone Trio - Love Henry
493. Paul Motian Trio - At the Village Vanguard (w Lovano, Frisell)
495. Bobby Previte - Empty Suits
496. John Zorn - Naked City
497. Arcana - Arc of Testimony
498. Jan Garbarek - All Those Born with Wings
499. Edward Vesala - Lumi
500. Peter Apfelbaum - Signs of Life


Alphabetic By Artist

A.J.Piron/Louis Domaine/Jones-Collins – New Orleans (22)
Adam Makowicz - Naughty Baby (374)
Ahmad Jamal - Ahmad's Blues (335)
Al Cohn - The Jazz Workshop - Four Brass, One Tenor (304)
Al Cooper’s Savoy Sultans - Jump Steady (136)
Al Haig - Solitaire (356)
Albert Ayler - Spiritual Unity (407)
Albert Ayler - Vibrations (408)
Albert Ayler - Village Concerts, The (409)
Albert Mangelsdorff - Trombirds (471)
Andre Hodeir - Jazz et Jazz (455)
Andrew Hill - Shades (431)
Andy Kirk - Clouds of Joy (77)
Andy Kirk - Walking and Swinging (132)
Anita O'Day - Big Band Sessions (328)
Anthony Braxton - In the Tradition Vol.1, 2 (467)
Arcana - Arc of Testimony (497)
Art Blakey - Mosaic (342)
Art Ensemble of Chicago - Urban Bushmen (433)
Art Farmer - Portrait of Art Farmer (279)
Art Pepper - Smack Up (461)
Art Tatum - God Is In The House (183)
Art Tatum - Piano Solos Vol.1, 2 (181)
Art Tatum - The Art of Tatum (182)
Art Tatum - The Complete Capitol Recordings Vol.1, 2 (254)
Art Tatum - The Tatum Solo Masterpieces Vol.6, 9 (217)
Art Tatum-Benny Carter Trio Vol.1, 2 (219)
Art Tatum-Buddy DeFranco Quartet (218)
Arthur Blythe - Illusions (485)
Arthur Briggs - In Berlin (96)
Artie Shaw and His Gramercy Five (160)
Artie Shaw And His New Music 1936-37 (145)
Artie Shaw Bluebird Recordings Vol.1 (146)
Barney Bigard - Barney Going easy (162)
Barney Bigard 1944-45 (186)
Benny Carter - Further Definitions (214)
Benny Carter - Holland, 1937 (100)
Benny Carter - Swinging at Maida Vale (99)
Benny Carter And His Orchestra 1940-41 (149)
Benny Goodman - Solid Gold Instrumental Hits (143)
Benny Goodman - The Early Years Vol.2 (117)
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