Top 100 Jazz CDs

The Best Jazz Ever Released on CD

Rank

CD

Title

Artist
1 Kind of Blue Kind of Blue Miles Davis
2 A Love Supreme A Love Supreme John Coltrane
3 Giant Steps Giant Steps John Coltrane
4 Mingus Ah Um Mingus Ah Um Charles Mingus
5 Saxophone Colossus Saxophone Colossus Sonny Rollins
6 Time Out Time Out The Dave Brubeck Quartet
7 Somethin' Else Somethin' Else Cannonball Adderley
8 Blue Train Blue Train John Coltrane
9 Maiden Voyage Maiden Voyage Herbie Hancock
10 My Favorite Things My Favorite Things John Coltrane
11 Bitches Brew Bitches Brew Miles Davis
12 Out to Lunch Out to Lunch! Eric Dolphy
13 Moanin' Moanin' Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
14 The Shape of Jazz to Come The Shape of Jazz to Come Ornette Coleman
15 25 Greatest Hot Fives 25 Greatest Hot Fives and Sevens Louis Armstrong
16 Brilliant Corners Brilliant Corners Thelonious Monk
17 Speak No Evil Speak No Evil Wayne Shorter
18 Birth of the Cool Birth of the Cool Miles Davis
19 Waltz for Debby Waltz for Debby Bill Evans Trio
20 The Sidewinder The Sidewinder Lee Morgan
21 In a Silent Way In a Silent Way Miles Davis
22 Complete Savoy & Dial Studio Sessions The Savoy and Dial Studio Sessions Charlie Parker
23 The Blues and the Abstract Truth The Blues and the Abstract Truth Oliver Nelson
24 Sketches of Spain Sketches Of Spain Miles Davis
25 Song for My Father Song for My Father The Horace Silver Quintet
26 Sunday at the Village Vanguard Sunday at the Village Vanguard Bill Evans Trio
27 Getz/Gilberto  Getz/Gilberto Stan Getz and Jo㯠Gilberto
28 Head Hunters Head Hunters Herbie Hancock
29 The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady Black Saint and the Sinner Lady Charles Mingus
30   The K?Concert Keith Jarrett
31 Ellington At Newport 1956  Ellington At Newport [2CD] Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
32 Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane Thelonious Monk w/ John Coltrane Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane
33 Lady Day: The Best of Billie Holiday Lady Day [2CD] Billie Holiday
34 Complete Jazz at Massey Hall Jazz At Massey Hall The Quintet (w/ Charlie Parker)
35 'Round About Midnight Round About Midnight Miles Davis
36 The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery Incredible Jazz Guitar Wes Montgomery
37 Heavy Weather Heavy Weather Weather Report
38 The Best of the Blue Note Years The Best of the Blue Note Years Thelonious Monk
39 Miles Smiles Miles Smiles Miles Davis Quintet
40 Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band Blanton-Webster Recordings Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
41 Go! Go! Dexter Gordon
42 Milestones Milestones Miles Davis
43 Free Jazz (A Collective Improvisation) Free Jazz Ornette Coleman
44 Study in Brown Study in Brown Clifford Brown and Max Roach
45 Ella and Louis Ella and Louis Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
46 Definitive Bud Powell The Definitive Bud PoWell Bud PoWell
47 The Far East Suite Special Mix The Far East Suite Duke Ellington
48 Meets the Rhythm Section (20 Bit Mastering) Meets the Rhythm Section Art Pepper
49 Soul Station Soul Station Hank Mobley
50 The Inner Mounting Flame The Inner Mounting Flame The Mahavishnu Orchestra
51 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert [2CD] Benny Goodman
52 The Best of the Song Books The Best of the Song Books Ella Fitzgerald
53 The Complete Atomic Basie The Complete Atomic Basie Count Basie Orchestra
54 The Real McCoy The Real McCoy McCoy Tyner
55 Point of Departure Point of Departure Andrew Hill
56 Body and Soul Body and Soul [RCA] Coleman Hawkins
57 The Best of Early Basie The Best of Early Basie [Decca] Count Basie Orchestra
58 John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman
59 My Funny Valentine My Funny Valentine [Blue Note] Chet Baker
60 Bird & Diz  Bird and Diz Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie
61 April in Paris April in Paris Count Basie Orchestra
62 A Night at Birdland, Vol. 1 A Night at Birdland Vol. 1 Art Blakey Quintet
63 Idle Moments Idle Moments Grant Green
64 Concert By The Sea Concert by the Sea Erroll Garner
65 Money Jungle Money Jungle Duke Ellington (w/ Mingus and Roach)
66 Monk's Music Monk's Music Thelonious Monk
67 Midnight Blue Midnight Blue Kenny Burrell
68 Pithecanthropus Erectus Pithecanthropus Erectus Charles Mingus
69 Clifford Brown & Max Roach Clifford Brown and Max Roach Clifford Brown and Max Roach
70 A Tribute to Jack Johnson A Tribute to Jack Johnson Miles Davis
71 Unity Unity Larry Young
72 Night Train Night Train The Oscar Peterson Trio
73 Jazz Samba Jazz Samba Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd
74 Ascension Ascension John Coltrane
75 Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown Sarah Vaughan w/ Clifford Brown Sarah Vaughan w/ Clifford Brown
76 Out of the Cool Out of the Cool The Gil Evans Orchestra
77 The Sermon! The Sermon Jimmy Smith
78 Unit Structures Unit Structures Cecil Taylor
79 The Very Best of Fats Waller The Very Best Of Fats Waller Fats Waller
80 Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy Plays W C Handy Louis Armstrong
81 Spiritual Unity Spiritual Unity Albert Ayler Trio
82 Relaxin' Relaxin' Miles Davis Quintet
83 Our Man in Paris Our Man in Paris Dexter Gordon
84 Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus Charles Mingus
85 The Bridge The Bridge Sonny Rollins
86 Django Django Modern Jazz Quartet
87 Nefertiti Nefertiti Miles Davis
88 Cool Struttin' Cool Struttin' Sonny Clark
89 Return to Forever Return to Forever Chick Corea
90 Back at the Chicken Shack Back at the Chicken Shack Jimmy Smith
91 Tenor Madness Tenor Madness Sonny Rollins
92 Jaco Pastorius Jaco Pastorius Jaco Pastorius
93 Conference of the Birds Conference Of the Birds Dave Holland Quartet
94 Bright Size Life Bright Size Life Pat Metheny
95 Now He Sings, Now He Sobs Now He Sings, Now He Sobs Chick Corea
96 Nuages Nuages Django Reinhardt/Stephane Grappelli
97 Change of the Century Change of the Century Ornette Coleman
98 Rip, Rig & Panic/Now Please Don't You Cry, Beautiful Edith Rip, Rig and Panic/Beautiful Edith Rahsaan Roland Kirk
99 Empyrean Isles Empyrean Isles Herbie Hancock
100 Light as a Feather Light As a Feather Chick Corea