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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

• ACCELERATION DUE TO GRAVITY Eclectic Fusion
• GRZEGORZ TARWID 21st Century Modern
• ALEX MERCK Jazz Related Rock
• RON BLAKE Hard Bop
• OLIVER LUTZ Fusion
• DAVE WILSON (US/NZ) 21st Century Modern
• CHARLIE PYNE Fusion
• MARTA WARELIS Avant-Garde Jazz
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• CHRISTIE DASHIELL Vocal Jazz
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New Jazz Releases

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GONÇALO ALMEIDA

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JOHN ZORN

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IVO PERELMAN

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js· 1 day ago

Stablemates
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js· 2 days ago

Critique of Swing in Two Parts, Pt. 1
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js· 3 days ago

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js· 4 days ago

Lift
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js· 6 days ago

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