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JMA TOP 5 Jazz ALBUMS

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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

• 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
• VINCENT MEISSNER 21st Century Modern
• ISOTOPE ENSEMBLE Jazz Related Improv/Composition
• RICHARD NELSON Progressive Big Band
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• 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

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ALEPH QUINTET

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STEFAN KEUNE

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PAUL DUNMALL

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