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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

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• MARTIN BUDDE Post Bop
• BRIAN MARSELLA 21st Century Modern
• HENRIK GUNDE Post Bop
• INTERCOMMUNAL FREE DANCE MUSIC ORCHESTRA Avant-Garde Jazz
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• AFFIRMATION Fusion
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• ZACH RICH Fusion
• ANTONIO NEVES Latin Jazz
• LAST WORD QUINTET Pop/Art Song/Folk
• NICKI ADAMS & MICHAEL EATON Third Stream
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• TANIA GIANNOULI World Fusion
• SILT REMEMBRANCE ENSEMBLE / REMEMBRANCE QUINTET Avant-Garde Jazz

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