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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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• JOHN ZORN'S CHAOS MAGICK Eclectic Fusion
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• DATADYR Jazz Related Rock
• SUSANNE ALT Fusion
• GILI LOPES World Fusion
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• KIM MYHR Jazz Related Improv/Composition
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