Info: «In 2015, the fifth most sold LP in the USA has been Miles Davis' Kind of Blue, just behind Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon and The Beatles' Abbey Road. More than 100 masterpieces that are not less essential, but that didn't get to the top of the charts, have been lovingly picked by our writers...» (Jazz Magazine)
Source: Jazz Magazine n°680Date of publication: February 2016
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Serge Chaloff - Boston Blow-Up! (1955)
Al Cohn, Bill Perkins & Richie Kamuca - The Brothers! (1955)
Tony Fruscella - Tony Fruscella (1955)
Lionel Hampton & Stan Getz - Hamp & Getz (1955)
Kenny Clarke - Kenny Clarke's Sextet Plays Andre Hodeir (1956)
Curtis Counce - The Curtis Counce Group, Vol 1: Landslide (1956)
Tadd Dameron - Fontainbleau (1956)
Maynard Ferguson - The Birdland Dream Band, Vol. 1 (1956)
Frank Rosolino - I Play Trombone (1956)
Ray Bryant - Ray Bryant Trio (1957)
Tal Farlow - The Swinging Guitar of Tal Farlow (1957)
Coleman Hawkins - The Hawk Flies High (1957)
Charles Mingus, Hampton Hawes and Danny Richmond - Mingus Three/Trio (1957)
Gerry Mulligan - The Gerry Mulligan Songbook (1957)
Clark Terry & Thelonious Monk - In Orbit (1958)
Jo Jones - Jo Jones Trio (1958)
Eddie Costa - The House of Blue Lights (1959)
Chico Hamilton - The Three Faces of Chico (1959)
Dave Bailey - One Foot in the Gutter (A Treasury of Soul) (1960)
Duke Ellington - The Nutcracker Suite (1960)
Frank Strozier - Fantastic Frank Strozier (1960)
Bill Barron - The Tenor Stylings of Bill Barron (1961)
Little Booker - Out Front (1961)
Don Ellis - New Ideas (1961)
Elmo Hope - Homecoming! (1961)
J.J. Johnson - J.J. Inc. (1961)
George Russell - Ezz-Thetics (1961)
Art Blakey & The Afro-Drum Ensemble - The African Beat (1962)
Roy Haynes - Out of the Afternoon (1962)
Max Roach - It's Time (1962)
Lou Blackburn - The Complete Imperial Sessions: Jazz Frontier & Two Note Samba (1963)
John Coltrane - Dakar (1963)
Bill Evans - Interplay (1963)
Benny Golson - Free (1963)
Steve Lacy & Roswell Rudd - School Days (1963)
Booker Ervin - The Freedom Book (1964)
Art Farmer - To Sweden With Love (1964)
Earl Hines - Up to Date with Earl Hines (1965)
Don Cherry -
Pete La Roca - Turkish Women at the Bath (1967)
Buddy Rich - Big Swing Face (1967)
Jimmy Owens & Kenny Barron - You Had Better Listen (1968)
Jaki Byard - The Jaki Byard Experience (1969)
Lowell Davidson - Lowell Davidson Trio (1969)
Joe Henderson - Power to the People (1969)
Ahmad Jamal - The Awakening (1970)
Count Basie - Afrique (1971)
Freddie Hubbard - First Light (1971)
Keith Jarrett - Expectations (1972)
McCoy Tyner - Sahara (1972)
Abdullah Ibrahim/Dollar Brand - Ode to Duke Ellington (1973)
Cannonball Adderley - Pyramid (1974)
Bob James - One (1974)
Dexter Gordon - The Apartment (1975)
Miles Davis - Water Babies (1976)
Archie Shepp & Horace Parlan - Goin' Home (1977)
Herbie Hancock - Sunlight (1978)
Chet Baker - The Touch of Your Lips (1979)
Allan Holdsworth & Gordon Beck - The Things You See (1980)
Art Pepper - Winter Moon (1980)
Don Grolnick - Hearts and Numbers (1985)
Wynton Marsalis - Live at Blues Alley (1988)
Geri Allen - Twenty One (1994)
Henri Texier - Mad Nomad(s) (1994)
Dave Douglas - Constellations (1995)
Hank Jones - Sarala (1995)
Leon Parker - Belief (1996)
Brian Blade Fellowship - Perceptual (2000)
Greg Osby - The Invisible Hand (2000)
David Binney - South (2001)
Michael Brecker - Nearness of You (The Ballad Book) (2001)
Marc Copland - Haunted Heart & Other Ballads (2001)
Bill Frisell - Blues Dream (2001)
Michel Portal - Minneapolis We Insist! (2002)
Tim Berne - The Sublime and. (Sciencefrictionlive) (2003)
Andrew Hill - Time Lines (2006)
Kahil El'Zabar - Ooh Live! (2008)
Nicholas Payton - Into the Blue (2008)
