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JMA TOP 5 Jazz ALBUMS

Rating by members, ranked by custom algorithm
Albums with 30 ratings and more

A Love Supreme Post Bop
JOHN COLTRANE

Kind of Blue Cool Jazz
MILES DAVIS

The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady Progressive Big Band
CHARLES MINGUS

Blue Train Hard Bop
JOHN COLTRANE

My Favorite Things Hard Bop
JOHN COLTRANE

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New Jazz Artists

• NANCY ERICKSON LAMONT Vocal Jazz
• TWOSPEAK Nu Jazz
• SUNNY KIM Vocal Jazz
• JAKE GOTLIEB'S BANACH-TARSKI PARADOX Jazz Related Improv/Composition
• CHRISTIE DASHIELL Vocal Jazz
• THE PYRAMIDS African Fusion
• J@K@L / JAKAL (FREDRICK LONBERG-HOLM - JULIAN KIRSHNER - KEEFE JACKSON) Avant-Garde Jazz
• TIN MEN AND THE TELEPHONE 21st Century Modern
• DRIFT LAB Fusion
• HYEONSEON BAEK Vocal Jazz
• GABRIEL GUERRERO Post Bop
• THEO MAY World Fusion
• KUBA CICHOCKI Avant-Garde Jazz
• TANGLE Jazz Related Rock
• HEVLETICUS (SAMUEL BLASER / DANIEL HUMAIR / HEIRI KANZIG) 21st Century Modern
• MICHIEL STEKELENBURG Fusion
• NEGATIVE PRESS PROJECT Fusion
• ISHKERO Fusion
• TOMORROW'S PEOPLE RnB
• NABOU CLAERHOUT Fusion

New Jazz Releases

Hackensack West Pop/Art Song/Folk
ANTHONY WILSON

Golem & Other Tales World Fusion
SAM REIDER

Room for Dancing Latin Jazz
JOHN CRAWFORD

Through the Passages Vocal Jazz
NANCY ERICKSON LAMONT

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FRANK GRATKOWSKI

New Jazz Online Videos

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js· 1 day ago

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js· 1 day ago

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js· 2 days ago

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js· 3 days ago

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