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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

• DON THOMPSON Post-Fusion Contemporary
• MISANTHROPE TRIO (LUIS LOPES - GONÇALO ALMEIDA - PHILIPP ERNSTING) Jazz Related Improv/Composition
• JIMSAKU Fusion
• KHRUANGBIN Nu Jazz
• ALEX MCLAUGHLIN Post Bop
• FABIENNE AMBÜHL (AMBUEHL) Post-Fusion Contemporary
• MARSHALL ALLEN Progressive Big Band
• RIGHTEOUS ROOSTER Soul Jazz
• CHARLES CHEN Hard Bop
• CUT TRIO Avant-Garde Jazz
• TANJA FEICHTMAIR Avant-Garde Jazz
• SIGNE EMMELUTH Avant-Garde Jazz
• MICAH THOMAS 21st Century Modern
• POSI-TONE SWINGTET Post Bop
• AMANDA GARDIER Eclectic Fusion
• BELIEVERS World Fusion
• KYLE ROWE Fusion
• OSMAR MILITO Latin Jazz
• NATALIO SUED 21st Century Modern
• PIERRE VAIANA 21st Century Modern

New Jazz Releases

Weirdo RnB
EMMA-JEAN THACKRAY

Hiromi's Sonicwonder : Out There Fusion
HIROMI

Kurt Rosenwinkel & Orquestra Jazz de Matosinhos : Our Secret World - Live At Cara Third Stream
KURT ROSENWINKEL

And Now Post-Fusion Contemporary
KJETIL MULELID

Christoph Irniger Pilgrim : Human Intelligence Live Eclectic Fusion
CHRISTOPH IRNIGER

New Jazz Online Videos

Piero Umiliani - Musica Dell' Era Technologica - 1972 - Full Album
PIERO UMILIANI
js· 16 hours ago

Use Of Light: Kurt Rosenwinkel + Orquestra Jazz de Matosinhos (OJM) - Live At CARA
KURT ROSENWINKEL
js· 20 hours ago

Emma-Jean Thackray - Wanna Die (Official Video)
EMMA-JEAN THACKRAY
snobb· 1 day ago

Hiromi’s Sonicwonder - Balloon Pop (Official Audio)
HIROMI
snobb· 1 day ago

Enemy - Sun Flex from 'Fiend' - Kit Downes, Petter Eldh and James Maddren
ENEMY (KIT DOWNES - PETTER ELDH - JAMES MADDREN)
js· 1 day ago

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