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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

• TONY JONES Avant-Garde Jazz
• RON HORTON Post Bop
• MICHELLE NICOLLE Vocal Jazz
• ELAINE DAME Vocal Jazz
• ANDREW RICHARDS Vocal Jazz
• ACCIDENTAL TOURISTS Post Bop
• TROVANTE World Fusion
• DIVR 21st Century Modern
• SARAH JERROM Vocal Jazz
• LAWRENCE FIELDS Post Bop
• DUO B. Avant-Garde Jazz
• JUNGLE PILOTS Eclectic Fusion
• THE JAZZ DEFENDERS Nu Jazz
• ELLIS HAMILTON RnB
• MARTIN BUDDE Post Bop
• BRIAN MARSELLA 21st Century Modern
• HENRIK GUNDE Post Bop
• INTERCOMMUNAL FREE DANCE MUSIC ORCHESTRA Avant-Garde Jazz
• ALON FARBER HAGIGA World Fusion
• AFFIRMATION Fusion

New Jazz Releases

Terranova RnB
JESSY J

Kurt Rosenwinkel & Jean-Paul Brodbeck : The Brahms Project Third Stream
KURT ROSENWINKEL

Spellbound Fusion
SHEZ RAJA

Zoo Too Trio : Poetry Legroom Eclectic Fusion
MICHAEL CAIN

What Happens Next Fusion
RAY SUHY & LEWIS PORTER

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