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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

• AALY TRIO Avant-Garde Jazz
• WILTON CRAWLEY Classic (1920s) Jazz
• ELIPSIS World Fusion
• CLASSICO LATINO Afro-Cuban Jazz
• ETERNAL TRIANGLE Eclectic Fusion
• CHIMINYO Nu Jazz
• JONATHAN SCALES Fusion
• CHIEN CHIEN LU Fusion
• GRANDE MAHOGANY RnB
• AMIN AL AIEDY World Fusion
• ORCHESTRA NAZIONALE DELLA LUNA 21st Century Modern
• COSA BRAVA Jazz Related Improv/Composition
• NITAI HERSHKOVITS Nu Jazz
• ENDLESS FIELD Post-Fusion Contemporary
• VISIONS JAZZ ENSEMBLE Big Band
• THE JOYMAKERS Classic (1920s) Jazz
• ALEPH QUINTET World Fusion
• TRANCE MAP (EVAN PARKER AND MATTHEW WRIGHT) Jazz Related Improv/Composition
• WE USED TO CUT THE GRASS Exotica
• HARPER TRIO World Fusion

New Jazz Releases

Mikolaj Trzaska, Ingebrigt Haker Flaten, Paal Nilssen-Love : The Last Temple vol.3 Avant-Garde Jazz
MIKOŁAJ TRZASKA

Mikolaj Trzaska, Ingebrigt Haker Flaten, Paal Nilssen-Love : The Last Temple, Vol.1 Avant-Garde Jazz
MIKOŁAJ TRZASKA

Mikołaj Trzaska / Ingebrigt Håker Flaten / Paal Nilssen-Love : The Last Temple Vol.2 Avant-Garde Jazz
MIKOŁAJ TRZASKA

Sustain Avant-Garde Jazz
AALY TRIO

Sunset Park Post Bop
TOBIAS MEINHART

New Jazz Online Videos

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Alicante
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js· 1 day ago

She's Forty with Me
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js· 1 day ago

Tall Tillie's Too Tight
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js· 1 day ago

Rhoda Scott Ladies and Gentlemen - special guest : David Linx
RHODA SCOTT
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  js · 365 days ago · 87 replies
• New Latin Jazz Albums for 2024
  js · 1 year ago · 29 replies
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