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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

• 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
• TROVANTE World Fusion

New Jazz Releases

About (or On)First Visit Avant-Garde Jazz
ELLERY ESKELIN

Noah Kaplan Quartet : Out Of The Hole Avant-Garde Jazz
NOAH KAPLAN

To Walk On Eggshells Avant-Garde Jazz
RUSS JOHNSON

Snakeoil : Snakeoil Ok Avant-Garde Jazz
TIM BERNE

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CHRIS DINGMAN

New Jazz Online Videos

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js· 1 day ago

Wojciech Jachna Squad - Ad Astra (Promo Teaser)
WOJCIECH JACHNA
snobb· 4 days ago

Nitty Gritty
RUSS SPIEGEL
js· 4 days ago

Never in a 100.000.000 Dreams
SUPERSISTER
js· 5 days ago

Love is a Fire that Burns Unseen
PETER MADSEN
js· 5 days ago

New JMA Jazz Forum Topics

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