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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

• 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
• ADA ROVATTI Fusion
• VON SPAR Jazz Related Electronica/Hip-Hop
• EMMA WILSON RnB

New Jazz Releases

Galactic with Irma Thomas : Audience With The Queen RnB
GALACTIC

Bluegrass Big Band
WDR BIG BAND

Vijay Iyer / Wadada Leo Smith : Defiant Life 21st Century Modern
VIJAY IYER

Bugge Wesseltoft, Henrik Schwarz : Oh! Nu Jazz
BUGGE WESSELTOFT

Next Gen Hard Bop
JOHN STEIN

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snobb· 13 hours ago

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js· 1 day ago

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js· 1 day ago

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js· 1 day ago

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