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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

• JOHN ZORN'S CHAOS MAGICK Eclectic Fusion
• JEFFREY GIMBLE Vocal Jazz
• MICHAEL EATON 21st Century Modern
• 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

New Jazz Releases

Through The Looking Glass Eclectic Fusion
JOHN ZORN'S CHAOS MAGICK

About Ghosts 21st Century Modern
MARY HALVORSON

Poets of Forest Eclectic Fusion
ARNAUD DOLMEN

Edges Avant-Garde Jazz
SYLVAIN KASSAP

Mats Gustafsson, Ken Vandermark, Tomeka Reid : Pivot Avant-Garde Jazz
MATS GUSTAFSSON

New Jazz Online Videos

Mary Halvorson - Carved From (Official Video)
MARY HALVORSON
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Michika Fukumori's 4th Album “Eternity and a Day" Promotion Video
MICHIKA FUKUMORI
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"This is the Life" - Benny Benack III
BENNY BENACK III
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Cyrus Chestnut | Rhythm, Melody and Harmony Album Announcement
CYRUS CHESTNUT
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Alune Wade - New African Orleans | TRAILER ALBUM
ALUNE WADE
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New JMA Jazz Forum Topics

• New Vocal Jazz & Pop Albums for 2025
  js · 3 months ago · 15 replies
• New 2025 3rd Stream, Ambient and Chamber Albums
  js · 3 months ago · 24 replies
• New Jazz, RnB & Pop Videos for 2025
  js · 3 months ago · 16 replies
• New Latin Jazz Albums for 2025
  js · 3 months ago · 4 replies
• New 2025 World Fusion & World Beat Albums
  js · 4 months ago · 9 replies
• New Jazz Albums for 2025
  js · 4 months ago · 75 replies
• New Re-Issue & Archival Albums for 2025
  js · 4 months ago · 11 replies
• New 2025 RnB, Funk, Dub & Electronica Albums
  js · 4 months ago · 26 replies
• New 2025 Jazz Rock, Blues & Jam Band Albums
  js · 4 months ago · 13 replies
• New 2025 Avant-Garde and Free Improv Albums
  js · 4 months ago · 48 replies

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