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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

• MYLES WRIGHT Progressive Big Band
• JED LEVY Post Bop
• TRIO VOLTAÏCITY (AYUMI ISHITO - YUKO TOGAMI - STAN ZENKOV) Avant-Garde Jazz
• RUINSZU Jazz Related Rock
• DENNIS KYNE Soul Jazz
• TONY GREY Fusion
• EMMETT GOODS Soul Jazz
• ANNI KIVINIEMI 21st Century Modern
• OLIVER CROSBY Funk Jazz
• JOHN ZORN'S CHAOS MAGICK Eclectic Fusion
• JEFFREY GIMBLE Vocal Jazz
• MICHAEL EATON 21st Century Modern
• DATADYR Jazz Related Rock
• SUSANNE ALT Fusion
• GILI LOPES World Fusion
• RUSS SPIEGEL Fusion
• ARTTURI RÖNKÄ Fusion
• DANIEL SOMMER 21st Century Modern
• KIM MYHR Jazz Related Improv/Composition
• ZHENGTAO PAN Progressive Big Band

New Jazz Releases

Plexus Plexus Acid Jazz
WEB WEB

Return to the Joyous Lake World Fusion
FAREED HAQUE

Mother Harp Eclectic Fusion
MATT ULERY

Superblue : Guilty Pleasures, Vol. 2 RnB
KURT ELLING

Memories Dreams Reflections Hard Bop
NICOLE GLOVER

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WEB WEB
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SKYWHALE
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Lessons In Flying
MATT ULERY
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Turn To Stone
KURT ELLING
js· 17 hours ago

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