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1
Chick Corea - Tones for Joan's Bones (1966)
Marion Brown - Three for Shepp (1966)
McCoy Tyner - Tender Moments (1967)
Tommy Flanagan - Thelonica (1982)
Allen/Drake/Jordan/Parker/Silva - The All-Star Game (2000)
2
Sonny Rollins - Worktime (1955)
Donald Byrd - Off to the Races (1958)
John Coltrane - Giant Steps / Coltrane Jazz (1959)
Red Garland - Red Alert (1977)
David S. Ware - Wisdom of Uncertainty (1996)
Shirley Horn - I Remember Miles (1997)
Harold Mabern Trio - Kiss of Fire (2001)
3
Gerry Mulligan - Reunion with Chet Baker (1957)
Booker Ervin - The Freedom Book (1963)
Ornette Coleman Trio - At The "Golden Circle" Stockholm (1965)
Ahmed Abdullah and the Solomonic Quintet (1987)
Shirley Horn - I Remember Miles (1997)
4
Kenny Burrell - Guitar Forms (1964)
Ornette Coleman Trio - At The "Golden Circle" Stockholm (1965)
Paul Desmond - Skylark (1973)
The Revolutionary Ensemble - The People's Republic (1975)
David Murray - Sweet Lovely (1979)
Ahmed Abdullah and the Solomonic Quintet (1987)
Jim Hall - Panorama: Live at the Village Vanguard (1996)
Shirley Horn - I Remember Miles (1997)
5
Frank Wright - One for John (1969)
Duke Ellington/Ray Brown - This One's for Blanton (1972)
The Revolutionary Ensemble - The People's Republic (1975)
Muhal Richard Abrams - 1-0QA+19 (1977)
James Blood Ulmer - Tales of Captain Black (1978)
David Murray - Sweet Lovely (1979)
Reggie Workman - Summit Conference (1993)
Jim Hall - Panorama: Live at the Village Vanguard (1996)
Shirley Horn - I Remember Miles (1997)
6
Alexander Von Schlippenbach - Globe Unity (1966)
The Revolutionary Ensemble - The People's Republic (1975)
Kenny Barron/Tommy Flanagan - Together (1978)
Betty Carter - The Audience with Betty Carter (1979)
World Saxophone Quartet - Live at Brooklyn Academy of Music (1985)
Reggie Workman - Summit Conference (1993)
Jim Hall - Panorama: Live at the Village Vanguard (1996)
7
Thelonious Monk - Brilliant Corners (1956)
Alexander Von Schlippenbach - Globe Unity (1966)
Charles Tolliver/Music Inc. - Live in Tokyo (1973)
Oscar Peterson/Joe Pass/Ray Brown - The Giants (1974)
Betty Carter - The Audience with Betty Carter (1979)
Henry Threadgill Sextett - Subject to Change (1984)
World Saxophone Quartet - Live at Brooklyn Academy of Music (1985)
Sonny Simmons - Ancient Ritual (1992)
Jim Hall - Panorama: Live at the Village Vanguard (1996)
8
Karl Berger (aka From Now On) (1966)
Marzette Watts and Company (1966)
Woody Shaw - Blackstone Legacy (1970)
Betty Carter - The Audience with Betty Carter (1979)
Henry Threadgill Sextett - Subject to Change (1984)
Sonny Simmons - Ancient Ritual (1992)
Jim Hall - Panorama: Live at the Village Vanguard (1996)
9
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme (1964)
Richard Davis - Muses for Richard Davis (1969)
Woody Shaw - Blackstone Legacy (1970)
Chet Baker - Oh You Crazy Moon (1978)
Mal Waldron - You and the Night and the Music (1983)
Henry Threadgill Sextett - Subject to Change (1984)
Vandermark 5 - Burn the Incline (1999)
Steve Lantner Trio - Saying So (2001)
10
Cecil Taylor Quartet - Jazz Advance (1955)
Jimmy Forrest - All the Gin is Gone / Black Forrest (1959)
Stanley Cowell - Musa: Ancestral Streams (1973)
Count Basie - Basie Jam (1973)
Greg Osby - Man-Talk for Moderns Vol. X (1990)
David S. Ware - Flight of I (1991)
Vandermark 5 - Burn the Incline (1999)
McCoy Tyner - Land of Giants (2002)
11
Sonny Stitt with Bud Powell and J.J. Johnson (1949)
Gerry Mulligan - Reunion with Chet Baker (1957)
Donald Byrd - Free Form (1961)
Sam Rivers - Fuschia Swing Song (1964)
Harold Land - The Peace-Maker (1967)
Toudie Heath - Kawaida (1969)
Roscoe Mitchell and the Sound Ensemble - Snurdy McGurdy and Her Dancin' Shoes (1980)
McCoy Tyner - Land of Giants (2002)
Stanley Cowell - Musa: Ancestral Streams (1973)
Dexter Gordon - Homecoming (1976)
Woody Shaw - The Moontrane (1974)
12
Paul Bley - Closer (1965)
Jackie McLean - Demon's Dance (1967)
Sun Ra and his Astro Intergalactic Infinity Arkestra - Nidhamu / Live in Egypt (1971)
Dexter Gordon - Homecoming (1976)
Roscoe Mitchell and the Sound Ensemble - Snurdy McGurdy and Her Dancin' Shoes (1980)
Joseph Jarman - Inheritance (1983)
Pat Metheny/Ornette Coleman - Song X (1985)
Fred Anderson/Hamid Drake/William Parker - Blue Winter (2004)
13
Zoot Sims - Zoot! (1956)
Andrew Hill - Smokestack (1963)
Albert Ayler - Love Cry (1968)
Pat Metheny/Ornette Coleman - Song X (1985)
David Murray - A Sanctuary Within (1991)
14
Red Garland's Piano (1956)
Milt Jackson - Statements (1961)
Booker Ervin - Structurally Sound (1966)
Pat Metheny/Ornette Coleman - Song X (1985)
David Murray - A Sanctuary Within (1991)
15
Sonny Stitt - Kaleidoscope (1950)
Milt Jackson - Statements (1961)
Oscar Peterson - Night Train (1962)
Kenny Burrell - Guitar Forms (1964)
Booker Ervin - Structurally Sound (1966)
Max Roach/Cecil Taylor - Historic Concerts (1979)
Joe Lovano/Greg Osby - Friendly Fire (1998)
16
Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown (1954)
Stan Getz in Stockholm (1955)
Oscar Peterson - Night Train (1962)
George Braith - Soul Stream (1963)
Joseph Jarman - Song For (1966)
Booker Ervin - Structurally Sound (1966)
Cecil Payne - Zodiac (1968)
Sun Ra and his Astro Intergalactic Infinity Arkestra - Live in Egypt (1971)
Javon Jackson Quartet - Me and Mr. Jones (1991)
Kevin Eubanks - Turning Point (1991)
Pat Metheny - Zero Tolerance for Silence (1992)
Joe Lovano/Greg Osby - Friendly Fire (1998)
17
Sonny Rollins with the Modern Jazz Quartet (1951)
Gerry Mulligan - Reunion with Chet Baker (1957)
Sun Ra and his Astro Intergalactic Infinity Arkestra - Nidhamu (1971)
George Cables - Cables' Vision (1979)
Kevin Eubanks - Turning Point (1991)
Kahil El'Zabar's Ritual Trio feat. Pharoah Sanders - Africa N'da Blues (1999)
Malachi Thompson & Africa Brass - Blue Jazz (2001)
18
Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown (1954)
Zoot Sims - Zoot! (1956)
Milt Jackson/Wes Montgomery - Bags Meets Wes! (1961)
Hank Mobley - A Caddy for Daddy (1965)
Burton Greene Quartet (1965)
Albert Ayler in Greenwich Village (1966)
Leo Smith - Creative Music-1 (1971)
Woody Shaw - The Moontrane (1974)
George Cables - Cables' Vision (1979)
Steve Lacy - Ballets (1980)
William Parker/In Order to Survive - Compassion Seizes Bed-Stuy (1995)
Kahil El'Zabar's Ritual Trio feat. Pharoah Sanders - Africa N'da Blues (1999)
Kahil El'Zabar's Ritual Trio - Live at the River East Art Center (2004)
19
Gillespie/Rollins/Stitt - Sonny Side Up (1957)
Barney Kessel - Kessel Plays Carmen (1958)
Milt Jackson/Wes Montgomery - Bags Meets Wes! (1961)
Patty Waters Sings (1965)
Duke Ellington - The Far East Suite (1966)
Leo Smith - Creative Music-1 (1971)
Ornette Coleman - Body Meta (1976)
Charlie Haden - The Golden Number (1976)
George Cables - Cables' Vision (1979)
Johnny Coles - New Morning (1982)
Muhal Richard Abrams - Colors in Thirty-Third (1986)
Kevin Eubanks - Turning Point (1991)
20
John Lewis/Gunther Schuller/Jim Hall - Jazz Abstractions (1960)
Paul Gonsalves - Gettin' Together (1960)
The Modern Jazz Quartet - The Sheriff (1963)
Duke Ellington - The Far East Suite (1966)
Coleman Hawkins - Sirius (1966)
Andrew Hill - Spiral (1974)
Charlie Haden - The Golden Number (1976)
Kevin Eubanks - Turning Point (1991)
21
The Modern Jazz Quartet - Pyramid (1959)
Ornette Coleman - Free Jazz (1960)
Eric Dolphy - Far Cry (1960)
Barry Harris Trio - Preminado (1960)
John Coltrane Quartet - Ballads (1961)
Ornette Coleman - Town Hall 1962 (1962)
Lee Morgan - The Sidewinder (1963)
Duke Ellington - The Far East Suite (1966)
Gunter Hampel - Music From Europe (1966)
Dave Burrell - La Vie de Boheme (1969)
22
Modern Jazz Quartet/Milt Jackson Quintet (1952)
Miles Davis - Cookin' at the Plugged Nickel (1965)
Jackie McLean - Demon's Dance (1967)
Sun Ra - Concert for the Comet Kohoutek (1973)
Butch Morris - In Touch...But Out of Reach (1976)
Ralph Peterson Presents the Fo'Tet (1989)
Paul Bley Trio - Bebop (1989)
Peter Bernstein Quartet - Somethin's Burnin' (1992)
23
The Modern Jazz Quartet - Django (1954)
Charles Mingus - Mingus at the Bohemia (1955)
Miles Davis - Cookin' at the Plugged Nickel (1965)
Willie Bobo - A New Dimension (1968)
Butch Morris - In Touch...But Out of Reach (1976)
Ted Brown with Jimmy Raney - Good Company (1985)
Clifford Jordan Quartet - Royal Ballads (1986)
Ralph Peterson Presents the Fo'Tet (1989)
Billy Drummond Quartet - The Gift (1993)
24
Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants (1954)
Ira Sullivan - Nicky's Tune (1958)
Don Cherry - Complete Communion (1965)
Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil (1964)
Kirk Lightsey Quintet - Kirk 'n Marcus (1986)
25
Parker/Powell/Roach/Davis/Stitt et al. - Carnegie Hall X-Mas '49 (1949)
Paul Desmond with the Modern Jazz Quartet (1971)
26
Ray Charles - Genius+Soul=Jazz (1960)
Jack DeJohnette - The DeJohnette Complex (1968)
Yusef Lateef - Part of the Search (1973)
Miles Davis - You're Under Arrest (1984)
Kirk Lightsey Quintet - Kirk 'n Marcus (1986)
Cedar Walton Trio - Manhattan Afternoon (1992)
DKV Trio - DKV Live (1996)
27
Jackie McLean Plays Fat Jazz (1957)
Ray Charles - Genius+Soul=Jazz (1960)
Freddie Hubbard - Here To Stay (1962)
Jack DeJohnette - The DeJohnette Complex (1968)
Charles Mingus - Changes One/Changes Two (1974)
Don Cherry - Multikulti (1988)
David Liebman/Cecil McBee/Billy Hart - The Seasons (1992)
Mark Murphy - Some Time Ago (1999)
28
Milt Jackson - Bags' Opus (1958)
Bill Evans Trio - Portrait in Jazz (1959)
Clifford Jordan Quartet - Bearcat (1961)
Henry Grimes - The Call (1965)
Charles Mingus - Changes One/Changes Two (1974)
Air - Air Mail (1980)
Introducing Kenny Garrett (1984)
Joe Lovano - From The Soul (1991)
Harold Land - A Lazy Afternoon (1994)
Mark Murphy - Some Time Ago (1999)
29
Milt Jackson - Bags' Opus (1958)
Bobby Hutcherson - The Kicker (1963)
The Jazz Composers Orchestra - Communication (1964)
Tyrone Washington - Natural Essence (1967)
Alan Silva Celestrial Communications Orchestra - Seasons (1970)
Joseph Jarman/Anthony Braxton - Together Alone (1971)
Joe Henderson - Relaxin' at Camarillo (1979)
Benny Green Trio - In This Direction (1988)
Harold Land - A Lazy Afternoon (1994)
30
Jean "Toots" Thielemans - Man Bites Harmonica! (1957)
Coleman Hawkins - Night Hawk (1960)
Thelonious Monk - Big Band and Quartet in Concert (1963)
Charles Mingus - Changes One/Changes Two (1974)
Chick Corea and Origin - Live at the Blue Note (1997)
31
Sun Ra Featuring Pharoah Sanders and Black Harold (1964)
The Revolutionary Ensemble - Manhattan Cycles (1972)
David Murray - Live at the Lower Manhattan Ocean Club Vol. 1 (1977)
Kenny Barron Trio - Green Chimneys (1983)
Branford Marsalis - Renaissance (1986)
Ralph Moore Quartet - 623 C Street (1987)
Harold Land - A Lazy Afternoon (1994)

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