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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

• ANDREA SUPERSTEIN Vocal Jazz
• J. KIMO WILLIAMS Fusion
• 'IGGINBOTTOM Pop/Art Song/Folk
• LISA RICH Vocal Jazz
• AROOJ AFTAB Pop/Art Song/Folk
• ALDORANDE Funk Jazz
• JUDITH HILL RnB
• TRYP TYCH TRYO Eclectic Fusion
• KENDALL CARTER Soul Jazz
• CHAD EDWARDS Fusion
• DAVE SOLAZZO Post Bop
• JAZZ MARTYRS Fusion
• GIO WASHINGTON-WRIGHT Post Bop
• TONY ROMANO Fusion
• SYNIA CARROLL Vocal Jazz
• ROSS PEDERSON Nu Jazz
• OKAY TEMIZ World Fusion
• STANIECKI / JACHNA Jazz Related Improv/Composition
• JONATHAN KARRANT Vocal Jazz
• THE NEW WONDERS Classic (1920s) Jazz

New Jazz Releases

Oh Mother Vocal Jazz
ANDREA SUPERSTEIN

Live in Valencia 92 Hard Bop
JOHNNY GRIFFIN

Ballads and Blues Volume II Hard Bop
DAVID HAZELTINE

Confidences Post Bop
LAURENT COQ

Caroline Davis / Wendy Eisenberg : Accept When 21st Century Modern
CAROLINE DAVIS

New Jazz Online Videos

My Buddy's Blues
DAVID HAZELTINE
js· 2 hours ago

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LAURENT COQ
js· 3 hours ago

Blind Girl
'IGGINBOTTOM
js· 1 day ago

Jerry Garcia Band - "My Sisters and Brothers" - GarciaLive Volume 21
JERRY GARCIA
js· 1 day ago

When you know
JOHN WOLF BRENNAN
js· 1 day ago

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