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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

• DATADYR Jazz Related Rock
• SUSANNE ALT Fusion
• 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
• MINA CHO World Fusion
• UNITY QUARTET (HELIO ALVES - GUILHERME MONTEIRO - GILI LOPES - ALEX KAUTZ) Latin Jazz
• ZOO TOO TRIO (MICHAEL CAIN - KEITH PRICE - PHEEROAN AKLAFF) Fusion
• 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

New Jazz Releases

New African Orleans African Fusion
ALUNE WADE

Alina Bzhezhinska & Tulshi : Whispers of Rain Jazz Related Improv/Composition
ALINA BZHEZHINSKA

Scheen Jazzorkester / Fredrik Ljungkvist : FRAMÅT! Avant-Garde Jazz
FREDRIK LJUNGKVIST

Maria Faust Sacrum Facere : Marches Rewound & Rewritten 21st Century Modern
MARIA FAUST

For Years Gone Hard Bop
STEVE KNIGHT

New Jazz Online Videos

"March nr. 1" Maria Faust Sacrum Facere
MARIA FAUST
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Royalty For Real
SUSANNE ALT
js· 1 day ago

Satoko Fujii Tokyo Trio Dream a Dream
SATOKO FUJII
js· 3 days ago

Wojciech Jachna Squad - Ad Astra (Promo Teaser)
WOJCIECH JACHNA
snobb· 7 days ago

Nitty Gritty
RUSS SPIEGEL
js· 7 days ago

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