Metacritic/EOY Aggregate: 2025 New Compilations of Old/Various Music: Jazz

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Ranking

  1. Charles Mingus: Mingus in Argentina: The Buenos Aires Concerts (1977, Resonance -2CD) {26}: AAJ:*, JC_r:1, Mj:*; am:*, ghj:+, jal:+, jbbr:9, jek:+, jgz:+, jjg:+, jkd:+, jmb:+, jpb:+, jrk:+, jsk:+, ph:+, vrg:+, vwl:+ -- A:80/2, TH:A-
  2. Freddie Hubbard: On Fire: Live From the Blue Morocco (1967, Resonance) {23}: AAJ:*, JC_r:3; am:*, am_z:+, jdg:+, jgf:+, jgz:+, jha:+, jjce:+, jjha:+, jlbi:+, jmb:+, jrh:+, jrk:+, jsk:+, jtd:+, jtn:+, ph:+ -- A:90/1, TH:**
  3. Kenny Dorham: Blue Bossa in the Bronx: Live From the Blue Morocco (1957, Resonance) {22}: AAJ:*, JC_r:5, PO:*; am:*, am_z:+, jch:2, jdg:+, jdku:+, jgf:+, jgz:3, jha:+, jlbi:+, jmy:+, jsk:+, jtl:+, jwj:+ -- A:80/1, TH:***
  4. Horace Silver: Silver in Seatte: Live at the Penthouse (1965, Blue Note) {22}: JC_r:2; am:*, am_z:+, ghj:+, jcah:+, jdg:+, jek:+, jgy:+, jha:+, jjce:+, jlh:+, jsk:+, ph:+, vwl:+, yse:+ -- TH:A-
  5. Anthony Braxton: Quartet (England) 1985 (Burning Ambulance) {20}: CM:+, JC_r:4, G:*; g_j:3, jal:+, jgc:+, jjc:+, jjkb:+, jlre:+, vbc:+, vsd:+, vwl:+ -- TH:A-
  6. Rahsaan Roland Kirk: Seek & Listen: Live at the Penthouse (1967, Resonance -2CD) {15}: JC_r:8, PO:*; jahk:+, jch:+, jgf:+, jjhy:+, jpb:+, jmb:+, jtl:+ -- TH:A-
  7. Stanley Cowell: Musa: Ancestral Streams (1974, Strata-East) {14}: JC_r:7; jjc:+, jjce:+, jjkb:+, jrk:+, jsa:+, jth:+, vrg:+, yse:+ -- TH:***
  8. Rahsaan Roland Kirk: Vibrations in the Village: Live at the Village Gate (1964, Resonance) {14}: JC_r:6, PO:*; jgy:+, jkd:+, jmb:+, jmy:+, jtl:+, jyk:+, vjc:+ -- TH:***
  9. Irène Schweizer/Rüdiger Carl/Johnny Dyani/Han Bennink: Irène's Hot Four (1981, Intakt) {14}: CM:+, JC_r:10; jad:+, jahk:+, jbbr:+, jdcl:+, jkg:+, jpf:+ -- TH:A-
  10. Cecil Taylor/Tony Oxley: Flashing Spirits (1988, Burning Ambulance) {14}: JC_r:9; jahk:+, jbbr:+, jgg:+, jgk:+, jtd:+, vjc:+, yse:+ -- TH:A-
  11. Thelonious Monk: Bremen 1965 (Sunnyside) {13}: JC_r:15; am:*, am_z:+, ghj:+, jal:+, jlb:+, ph:+, vjc:+ -- TH:A-
  12. Roy Brooks: The Free Slave (1970, Time Traveler) {12}: JC_r:12; jcah:+, jdbs:+, jlh:4, jse:+, jtd:+, jtl:+ -- TH:A-
  13. Keith Jarrett: New Vienna (2016, ECM) {12}: JC:+, JC_r:+; ghj:+, jch:3, jdg:+, jgg:+, jtn:2 -- TH:***
  14. Ryan Truesdell: Gil Evans Project Live at Jazz Standard, Vol. 2 (2014, Outside In Music) {12}: AAJ:*, JC:+, JC_r:+; jmh:2, jrh:+, jsf:+, jtn:+ -- TH:A-
  15. Dave Burrell/Sam Woodyard: The Lost Session: Paris 1979 (NoBusiness) {11}: JC_r:16; jahk:+, jkg:+, jjkb:+, jld:+, jmc:+ -- TH:A-
  16. Music Inc. [Charles Tolliver/Stanley Cowell/Cecil McBee/Jimmy Hopps]: Live at Slugs' Volume I & II (1970, Strata-East) {11}: JC_r:11; jek:+, jgy:+, jjce:+, jrh:+, jtd:+, jth:+ -- TH:***
  17. The Bottle Tapes (1996-2005, Corbett vs. Dempsey) {11}: JC_r:14, PO:19*; jad:+, vsd:+ -- TH:A-
  18. Melvin Gibbs: Amasia: Anamibia Sessions 2 (2006-25, Hausu Mountain) {10}: JC:+, PO:*, Qt:82, W:18; am:*, vce:5 -- A:69/3, TH:**
  19. Pharoah Sanders: Love Is Here: The Complete Paris 1975 ORTF Recordings (Transcendence Sounds, 2CD) {10}: AAJ:*, JC_r:13; jaga:+, jgf:+, jgg:+, jjhy:+, yse:+ -- TH:**
  20. Marco Eneidi Quartet: Wheat Fields of Kleyehof (2004, Balance Point Acoustics) {9}: JC_r:+, PO:*; jlre:+, jmc:+, jpf:+, jsk:+ -- TH:***
  21. Bill Evans: Haunted Heart: The Legendary Riverside Studio Recordings (1959-61, Craft -3CD) {9}: JC_r:+; am:*, am_z:+, jcah:+, jkd:+, jlb:+ -- TH:***
  22. Frank Kimbrough: The Call (2010, Sunnyside) {9}: AAJ:*, JC_r:20; jgz:+, jld:+, jrk:+, jtn:+ -- TH:**
  23. James Moody: 80 Years Young: Live at the Blue Note March 26, 2005 (Origin) {9}: JC_r:18; jgf:+, jgz:+, scw:+ -- TH:A-
  24. Sun Ra: Nuits de la Fondation Maeght () {9}: JC_r:+, PO:*; am:*, am_z:+, jha:+, jmc:+ -- A:90/1, TH:***
  25. John Surman: Flashpoints and Undercurrents (1969, Cuneiform) {9}: CM:+, JC_r:+, PO:*, TN:*; am:*, jlg:+ -- A:80/1, TH:***
  26. Ella Fitzgerald: The Moment of Truth: Ella at the Coliseum (Verve) {8}: JC_r:+; am:*, am_z:+, jdbs:+, jkg:+, jsa:+ -- A:80/1, TH:**
  27. William Hooker: A Time Within: Live at the New York Jazz Museum, January 14, 1977 (Valley of Search) {8}: JC_r:+, PO:*, TN:*; jaga:+, vbc:+ -- TH:***
  28. Yusef Lateef: Golden Flower: Live in Sweden (1967-72, Elemental Music) {8}: JC_r:+; am:*, am_z:+, jkd:+, jld:+ -- TH:***
  29. McCoy Tyner/Joe Henderson: Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs' (1966, Blue Note -24) {8}: JC_r:17; ghj:+, jdku:+, jjd:+, jjhy:+, jwj:+, vsd:+ -- TH:[***]
  30. Griot Galaxy: Live on WUOM 1979 (Two Rooms) {7}: JC_r:+; jaga:+, yse:+ -- TH:A-
  31. Joe Henderson: Multiple (Craft) {7}: JC_r:+, TN:*; jjha:+ -- TH:A-
  32. Jimmy Lyons: Live From Studio Rivbea: 1974 & 1976 (NoBusiness) {7}: CM:+, JC_r:+; jpa:+ -- TH:A-
  33. Horace Tapscott's Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra: Live at Widney High December 26th, 1971 (The Village) {7}: JC_r:+, PO:*; scw:+ -- TH:A-
  34. Ellery Eskelin: Trio New York About (or On) First Visit (2011-13, Ezz-Thetics) {6}: JC_r:+; jmc:+ -- TH:A-
  35. Shamek Farrah: First Impressions (1974, Strata-East) {6}: JC_r:+, PO:*; jpf:+ -- TH:***
  36. Mary Halvorson Quartet: John Zorn's Bagatelles: Volume 1 (2019, Tzadik) {6}: TN:*; am:* -- A:80/1, TH:A-
  37. Phil Haynes & Free Country: Liberty Now! (1996-2025, Corner Store Jazz) {6}: JC:+, JC_r:+, PO:*; jmy:7 -- TH:**
  38. Masabumi Kikuchi: Hanamichi: The Final Studio Recording Vol. II (2013, Red Hook) {6}: JC:+, JC_r:+; jjc:+, jld:+ -- TH:**
  39. Misha Mengelberg/Sabu Toyozumi: The Analects of Confucius (2000, NoBusiness) {6}: JC_r:+; jmc:+ -- TH:A-
  40. Mujician: In Concerts (1993-2010, Jazz in Britain) {6}: JC_r:+; jeh:+, jgk:+ -- TH:***
  41. Art Pepper: Geneva 1980 (Omnivore) {6}: AAJ:*, JC_r:+, TN:* -- TH:***
  42. The Charlie Rouse Band: Cinnamon Flower: The Expanded Edition (Resonance) {6}: AAJ:*, JC_r:+; jmy:+, jpb:+ -- TH:*
  43. Larry Stabbins/Keith Tippett/Louis Moholo-Moholo: Live in Foggia (1985, Ogun) {6}: JC_r:+; jgk:+ -- TH:A-
  44. François Tusques/Intercommunal Free Dance Music Orchestra: Vol. 4: Jo Maka (1977, Souffle Continu) {6}: JC_r:+; jad:+ -- TH:A-
  45. Jessica Williams: Blue Abstraction: Prepared Piano Project 1985-1987 (Pre-Echo Press) {6}: JC_r:+; jgg:+, jjkb:+ -- TH:***
  46. Rashied Ali Quintet Featuring Frank Lowe: Sidewalks in Motion (2001, Survival) {5}: JC_r:+; jtd:+ -- TH:***
  47. Kenny Barron: Sunset to Dawn (1973, Time Traveler) {5}: AAJ:*, JC_r:+; jmy:+ -- TH:**
  48. Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers: Strasbourg 82 (Gearbox) {5}: JC_r:+; jjhy:+ -- TH:***
  49. Peter Brötzmann Trio: Hurricane (2015, Old Heaven Books) {5}: JC_r:+; jpa:+ -- TH:***
  50. Jaki Byard: Blues for Smoke (1960, Candid) {5}: AAJ:*, JC_r:+; jjha:5 -- TH:**
  51. Don Cherry/Latif Khan: Music/Sangam (1978, Heavenly Sweetness) {5}: JC_r:+; jak:+, jma:+ -- TH:**
  52. Fred Frith/Shelley Burgon: The Life and Behavior (2002-05, Relative Pitch) {5}: JC_r:+; jkg:+ -- TH:***
  53. Carlos Garnett: Cosmos Nucleus (1976, Time Traveler) {5}: JC_r:+; am:*, am_z:+, jjhy:+ -- TH:*
  54. Khan Jamal: Give the Vibes Some (1974, Souffle Continu) {5}: JC_r:+; jdcl:+ -- TH:***
  55. Roland Kirk Quartet: Domino: Live at Radio Bremen TV-Studios 1963 (MIG) {5}: JC_r:+; jlh:+, vrg:+ -- TH:**
  56. Oliver Lake: Live From Studio Rivbea 1975 & 1976 [Rivbea Live! Series, Volume 4] (NoBusiness) {5}: JC_r:+; jsf:+ -- TH:***
  57. Stephen McCraven: Wooley the Newt (1979, Moved-by-Sound) {5}: JC_r:+, PO:* -- TH:***
  58. Charles Mingus: Mingus at Monterey (1964, Candid) {5}: JC_r:+; jlb:+, jpb:+ -- TH:**
  59. Bobby Naughton Trio: Housatonic Rumble: Live at Charlie's Tap (1985, NoBusiness) {5}: JC_r:+; jpa:+ -- TH:***
  60. Kristen Noguès & John Surman: Diriaou (1998, Souffle Continu) {5}: JC_r:+ -- TH:A-
  61. Art Pepper: An Afternoon in Norway: The Kongsberg Concert (1980, Elemental Music) {5}: CM:+; am:* -- A:80/1, TH:***
  62. Sun Ra: Uncharted Passages: New York Piano Soliloquies 1977-79 (Modern Marmonic) {5}: JC_r:+; jbbr:+, jdcl:+ -- TH:**
  63. François Tusques/Intercommunal Free Dance Music Orchestra: Après La Marée Noire: Vers Une Musique Bretonne Nouvelle (1979, Souffle Continu) {5}: JC_r: -- TH:A-
  64. Spiritual Jazz 18: Behind the Iron Curtain: Esoteric, Modal, and Progressive Jazz From Central and Eastern Europe (1962-1988) (Jazzman) {5}: JC_r:+; jdbs:+ -- TH:***
  65. Anthony Braxton: B-X0 N0-47A (1969, BYG) {4}: JC_r:+; jdcl:+ -- TH:**
  66. Kenny Burrell With Art Blakey: On View at the Five Spot Café: The Complete Masters (1959, Blue Note) {4}: JC_r:+; jyk:+ -- TH:**
  67. George Colligan: Live at the Jazz Standard (2014, Whirlwind) {4}: JC_r:+; jrh:+ -- TH:**
  68. Jacques Coursil: Black Suite (1969, BYG) {4}: JC_r:+ -- TH:***
  69. Stanley Cowell/Billy Harper/Reggie Workman/Billy Hart: Such Great Friends (1983, Strata-East) {4}: -- TH:A-
  70. Miles Davis: Miles '55: The Prestige Recordings (Craft) {4}: AAJ:*, JC_r:+; jgg:+, jlb:+
  71. Miles Davis: The Musings of Miles (1955, Craft) {4}: JC_r:+; jlbi:+ -- TH:**
  72. The Descendants of Mike and Phoebe: A Spirit Speaks (1974, Strata-East) {4}: JC_r:+; am:*, am_z:+, jdbs:+ -- TH:B
  73. Bill Evans: Further Ahead: Live in Finland 1964-1969 (Elemental Music) {4}: JC_r:+; jpb:+ -- TH:**
  74. Bill Evans: Portraits at the Penthouse: Live in Seattle (1966, Resonance) {4}: JC_r:+; jha:+ -- TH:**
  75. Bill Evans Trio: Moon Beams (1962, Craft) {4}: JC_r:+ -- TH:***
  76. Ivan Farmakovskiy: Epic Power (2010, SteepleChase) {4}: DB:* -- TH:***
  77. Shamek Farrah & Sonelius Smith: The World of the Children (1976, Strata-East) {4}: JC_r:+, PO:* -- TH:**
  78. Fred Frith: Fred Frith and the Gravity Band (Klanggalerie) {4}: JC_r:+; jeh:+ -- TH:**
  79. Dizzy Gillespie/Sonny Stitt/Sonny Rollins: Sonny Side Up (1957, Verve) {4}: JC_r:+ -- TH:***
  80. Arkady Gotesman: Music for an Imaginary Ballet (2000-25, NoBusiness) {4}: -- TH:A-
  81. Green Cosmos: Abendmusiken (1981-82, Frederiksberg) {4}: JC_r:+; jaga:+, -- TH:**
  82. Billy Harper: Trying to Make Heaven My Home (1979, MPS) {4}: JC_r:+ -- TH:***
  83. Ibex Band: Stereo Instrumental Music (1976, Muzikawi) {4}: JC_r:+ -- TH:***
  84. Cecil McBee: Mutima (1974, Strata-East/Mack Avenue) {4}: JC_r:+; jjce:+, vsd:+ -- TH:*
  85. Joni Mitchell: Joni's Jazz (Rhino -4CD) {4}: JC_r:+, U:*; am:*, am_z:+ -- S:78/4
  86. Lee Morgan: Here's Lee Morgan (1960, Craft) {4}: JC_r:+; jlbi:+ -- TH:**
  87. James Newton Quartet: Live in Willisau Switzerland 1983 (Rhythm 'n' Flow) {4}: JC_r:+; jahk:+, jbbr:+, jpf:+
  88. Michel Petrucciani Trio: Jazz Club Montmartre (1988, Storyville -24) {4}: JC_r:+; jjha:+, jsa:+, jtn:+ -- TH:[***]
  89. Pharoah Sanders: Izipho Zam (My Gifts) (1973, Strata East/Mack Avenue) {4}: JC_r:+; jek:+, jyk:+, vrg:+ -- TH:[***]
  90. Alan Silva and His Celestrial Communication Orchestra: Luna Surface (1969, BYG) {4}: JC_r:+; jdcl:+ -- TH:**
  91. Snakeoil [Tim Berne]: In Lieu Of (2012, Screwgun) {4}: JC_r:+; jgc:+, jjkb:+, vjc:+
  92. Snakeoil [Tim Berne]: Snakeoil OK (2013, Screwgun) {4}: JC_r:+; jgc:+, jlre:+, vbc:+
  93. Sun Ra: Stray Voltage (1970s-80s, Modern Harmonic) {4}: JC_r:+; jdbs:+ -- TH:**
  94. John Taylor: Tramanto (2002, ECM) {4}: JC_r:+; jlg:+ -- TH:**
  95. Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia: Live at Leverkusen 1994 (Repertoire) {4}: JC_r:+; jsa:+ -- TH:**
  96. Charles Tolliver Music Inc: Compassion (1977, Strata-East) {4}: -- TH:A-
  97. Charles Tolliver's Music Inc: Live at the Loosdrecht Jazz Festival (1972, Strata-East) {4}: JC_r:+ -- TH:***
  98. Charles Tolliver With Gary Bartz/Herbie Hancock/Ron Carter/Joe Chambers: Right Now . . . and Then (1968, Strata-East) {4}: -- TH:A-
  99. Mal Waldron & Sam Rivers: Live in Mestre Venezia 1984 (Caligola) {4}: -- TH:A-
  100. Motoharu Yoshizawa/Kim Dae Hwan: Way of the Breeze (1993, NoBusiness) {4}: -- TH:A-
  101. Alts 'N Outs: The Other Side of Blue Note (1958-64, Blue Note) {4}: JC_r:+; jlh:+ -- TH:**
  102. Strata-East: The Legacy Begins (1968-75, Strata-East -4CD) {4}: JC_r:+ -- TH:***
  103. Derek Bailey/John Stevens: The Duke of Wellington (1989, Confront) {3}: JC_r:+; jgk:+ -- TH:*
  104. Chet Baker: Five From '65: The Quintet Summer Sessions (New Land) {3}: JC_r:+; jje:+, jlh:+
  105. Gato Barbieri: Standards Lost and Found 2 (1968, Red) {3}: -- TH:***
  106. Charles Brackeen: Rhythm X (1968, Strata-East) {3}: -- TH:***
  107. The Brass Company: Colors (1974, Strata-East) {3}: -- TH:***
  108. John Coltrane: A Love Supreme [60th Anniversary Edition] (1964, Impulse!) {3}: JC_r:+; jje:+, jtn:+ -- TH:[A+]
  109. Chick Corea: Piano Improvisations Vol. 1 (1971, ECM) {3}: JC_r:+; jje:+ -- TH:[*]
  110. Manu Dibango: Dibango 82 (1982, We Want Sounds) {3}: JC_r:+ -- TH:**
  111. Herb Geller Quartet: Barcelona Session (1990, Fresh Sound) {3}: -- TH:***
  112. Benny Golson: Gone With Golson (1959, Craft) {3}: -- TH:***
  113. Dexter Gordon: Landslide (1961-62, Blue Note) {3}: JC_r:+ -- TH:**
  114. Billy Harper: Capra Black (1973, Strata-East) {3}: JC_r:+ -- TH:**
  115. John Hicks: Hells Bells (1975, Strata-East) {3}: -- TH:***
  116. Michael Gregory Jackson: Frequency Equilibrium Koan (1977, Moved-by-Sound) {3}: JC_r:+, PO:*; jpf:+
  117. Keith Jarrett/Gary Peacock/Paul Motian: The Old Country: More From the Deer Head Inn (1992, ECM -24) {3}: JC_r:+; jcah:+, jjd:+ -- TH:[*]
  118. Keith Jarrett: At the Deer Head Inn: The Complete Recordings (1992, ECM -4LP) {3}: AAJ:*, JC_r:+; jyk:+
  119. Charles Kynard: Woga (1972, We Want Sounds) {3}: -- TH:***
  120. Steve Lacy Three: Live Lugano 1984 First Visit (Ezz-Thetics) {3}: JC_r:+, TN:*; jlg:+
  121. Mike LeDonne's Groover Quartet: Turn It Up!: Live at the Sidedoor (2004-24, Cellar Music -2CD) {3}: JC:+ -- TH:**
  122. Louis Stewart: I Thought About You (1977, Livia) {3}: JC_r:+ -- TH:**
  123. Rob Mazurek: Alternate Moon Cycles [IA11 Edition] (2012, International Anthem) {3}: TN:* -- TH:**
  124. Nellie McKay: Gee Whiz: The Get Away From Me Demos (Omnivore) {3}: -- TH:***
  125. Gerry Mulligan: Nocturne (1992, Red) {3}: AAJ:* -- TH:**
  126. Yusuf Mumin: Journey to the Ancient (We Want Sounds) {3}: JC_r:+; jaga:+ -- TH:*
  127. Music Inc. [Charles Tolliver/Stanley Cowell/Cecil McBee/Jimmy Hopps]: Music Inc.'1970, Strata-East (04-25) {3}: TH:**
  128. Cecil Payne: Zodiac (1972, Strata-East) {3}: -- TH:***
  129. The Piano Choir: Handscapes 2 (1974, Strata-East) {3}: JC_r:+; vjc:+ -- TH:*
  130. Pharoah Sanders: The Complete Pharoah Sanders Theresa Recordings (1980-87, Mosaic -7CD) {3}: JC_r:19; jcah:+
  131. Soft Works: Abracadabra (2002, MoonJune) {3}: -- TH:***
  132. Masahiko Togashi: Session in Paris Vol. 1: Song of Soil (1979, We Want Sounds) {3}: PO:* -- TH:**
  133. Charles Tolliver: Live in Berlin: At the Quasimodo (1988, Strata-East) {3}: -- TH:***
  134. Mike Westbrook: The Cortège: Live at the BBC 1980 (Cadillac) {3}: JC_r:+ -- TH:**
  135. Lester Young: Lester Leaps In: Live at Birdland 1951-1952 (Liberation Hall) {3}: -- TH:***
  136. Classic Vanguard Jazz Piano Sessions (1953-58, Mosaic -6CD) {3}: JC_r:+; jjg:+, jkd:+
  137. Jean-Jacques Avenel/Daunik Lazro: Duo: Bibliothèque De Massy 13 Novembre 1980 (Fou -24) {2}: JC_r:+; jpa:+
  138. Albert Ayler With Don Cherry: Europe 1964 (ORG Music) {2}: JC_r:+; jyk:+
  139. Derek Bailey/Paul Lovens/Jon Rose: Podewil (1992, The Jon Rose Archive) {2}: JC_r:+; jkg:+
  140. Ray Barretto Y Su Orquesta: Celia · Ray · Adalberto: Tremendo Trio! (1983, Craft) {2}: JC_r:+ -- TH:*
  141. Blackbyrds: City Life (1975, Craft/Jazz Dispensary) {2}: JC_r:+ -- TH:*
  142. Paul Bley Trio: Floater & Syndrome: The Upright Piano Sessions Revisited (1962-63, Ezz-Thetics) {2}: JC_r:+, TN:*
  143. Jaimie Branch: Fly or Die II: Bird Dogs of Paradise [IA11 Edition] (2019, International Anthem) {2}: JC_r:+; jth:+
  144. Clifford Brown/Max Roach: Clifford Brown & Max Roach (1954-55, Verve) {2}: JC_r:+; jse:+ -- TH:[A-]
  145. Jaki Byard: Blues for Smoke (1960, Candid) {2}: -- TH:**
  146. John Coltrane: The John Coltrane Quartet Plays (1965, Verve) {2}: JC_r:+; jse:+ -- TH:[A-]
  147. Miles Davis: Live at the Plugged Nickel: December 23, 1965: Second Set (Columbia/Legacy) {2}: JC_r:+; jma:+ -- TH:[A]
  148. Armen Donelian: Stargazer (Sunnyside) {2}: -- TH:**
  149. Bill Evans: Explorations (1961, Craft -24) {2}: AAJ:* -- TH:[***]
  150. Mickey Finn: Antiruggine (2012, Hora) {2}: JC_r:+; jlg:+
  151. Ella Fitzgerald: Live at the Concertgebouw 1961 (The Lost Recordings) {2}: -- TH:**
  152. Erik Friedlander and Michael Nicolas: John Zorn's Bagatelles: Vol. 2 (2019, Tzadik) {2}: -- TH:**
  153. Vince Guaraldi Trio: Jazz Impressions of a Boy Named Charlie Brown (1964, Craft -2CD) {2}: -- TH:**
  154. Joe Henderson: Our Thing to In 'n Out Revisited (Ezz-Thetics) {2}: JC_r:+, TN:*
  155. John Hicks: Steadfast (1975, Strata-East) {2}: -- TH:**
  156. Joseph Holbrooke: Last Live 2001: In Memoriam Derek Bailey and Tony Oxley (2001, Tzadik) {2}: JC_r:+; jgk:+
  157. Noah Howard Group: Berlin Concert (1975, Cien Fuegos) {2}: JC_r:+; jld:+
  158. Noah Howard Quartet: Schizophrenic Blues (1977, Cien Fuegos) {2}: JC_r:+; jpa:+
  159. Bobby Hutcherson: Montara (1975, Blue Note) {2}: JC_r:+; jse:+
  160. Russ Johnson/Christian Weber/Dieter Ulrich: To Walk on Eggshells (2009, Ezz-Thetics) {2}: JC_r:+; jlg:+
  161. Clifford Jordan: Glass Bead Games (1973, Strata-East/Mack Avenue) {2}: JC_r:+; jek:+ -- TH:[A-]
  162. Mike LeDonne's Groover Quartet: Turn It Up! (2004-24, Cellar Music) {2}: AAJ:*; jlh:10
  163. Agustin Pereyra Lucena: Puertos De Alternativa (1988, Far Out) {2}: JC_r:+ -- TH:*
  164. Edison Machado: Edison Machado & Boa Nova (1978, Far Out) {2}: JC_r:+ -- TH:*
  165. Bennie Maupin: The Jewel in the Lotus (1974, ECM) {2}: JC_r:+; jdku:+ -- TH:[B]
  166. Makaya McCraven: PopUp Shop (2015, International Anthem -EP) {2}: -- TH:**
  167. Michel Doneda & Frédéric Blondy: Points of Convergence (2014, Relative Pitch) {2}: -- TH:**
  168. Hank Mobley: Roll Call (1960, Blue Note) {2}: JC_r:+; jjgr:2 -- TH:[A-]
  169. Thelonious Monk: Thelonious Himself (1957, Craft) {2}: JC_r:+; jlbi:+ -- TH:[B]
  170. Wes Montgomery With the Wynton Kelly Trio: Smokin' in Seattle: Live at the Penthouse (1966, Resonance) {2}: JC_r:+; jjgr:+ -- TH:[***]
  171. Lee Morgan: The Procrastinator (1967, Blue Note) {2}: JC_r:+ -- TH:*
  172. Jovino Santos Neto Quartet: Mais Que Tudo: Live at Kerry Hall 1995 (Origin) {2}: -- TH:**
  173. David "Fathead" Newman/Ellis Marsalis/Cornell Dupree: Return to the Wide Open Spaces (1990, Amazing/Steady Boy) {2}: -- TH:**
  174. Mark O'Leary Group: I See Further Than You (2001, TIBProd.) {2}: -- TH:**
  175. King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band: Centennial (1923, Archeophone -4CD -24) {2}: JC_r:+; jdku:+
  176. Charlie Parker: Bird in Kansas City (1941-51, Verve -24) {2}: JC_r:+; jrh:+ -- TH:[**]
  177. Billy Parker's Fourth World: Freedom of Speech (1974, Strata-East) {2}: -- TH:**
  178. William Parker: In Order to Survive (1993, Black Saint) {2}: JC_r:+; jlb:+ -- TH:[A-]
  179. Joe Pass: Virtuoso (1973, Craft) {2}: JC_r:+; jjha:+ -- TH:[**]
  180. Ike Quebec: The Complete Blue Note 45 Sessions (1959-62, Blue Note, 2CD) {2}: JC_r:+; jch:+ -- TH:[A-]
  181. Emily Remler: Cookin' at the Queens: Live in Las Vegas 1984 & 1988 (Resonance, 2CD -24) {2}: JC_r:+; jmh:+ -- TH:[A-]
  182. Sam Rivers: A New Conception (1966, Blue Note) {2}: JC_r:+; jjgr:+ -- TH:[***]
  183. The Dave Robbins Big Band: Happy Faces (1963-65, Cellar Music) {2}: JC_r:+; jrk:+
  184. Charlie Rouse: Two Is One (1974, Strata-East) {2}: JC_r:+ -- TH:*
  185. Ray Russell Quartet: The Complete Spontaneous Event: Live 1967-1969 (Jazz in Britain -24) {2}: JC_r:+; jsa:+ -- TH:[A-]
  186. Scandinavian Art Ensemble With Tomasz Stanko: The Copenhagen Session Vol. 2 (2016, April) {2}: JC_r:+; jjgr:+
  187. Archie Shepp and the Full Moon Ensemble: Live at Antibes (1970, BYG) {2}: -- TH**
  188. Nina Simone: Let It All Out: Selected Singles 1961-1978 (Ace) {2}: JC_r:+; jjgr:+
  189. Simon Spang-Hanssen: Afrolantic (2002, Spangster) {2}: JC:+, JC_r:+
  190. Sun Ra: Hidden Fire (1988, Strut) {2}: JC_r:+; jdku:+
  191. Sun Ra: On Jupiter (1979, Saturn/Strut) {2}: -- TH:**
  192. The New York Bass Violin Choir: The New York Bass Violin Choir (Strata-East) {2}: -- TH:**
  193. Clifford Thornton: Ketchaoua (1969, BYG Actuel) {2}: -- TH:**
  194. Steve Tintweiss and the Purple Why: Live in Tompkins Square Park 1967 (Inky Dot Media) {2}: -- TH:**
  195. Masahiko Togashi: Session in Paris Vol. 2: Colour of Dream (1979, We Want Sounds) {2}: -- TH:**
  196. Charles Tolliver Music Inc & Orchestra: Impact (1975, Strata-East) {2}: -- TH:**
  197. Trigger: John Zorn's Bagatelles: Vol. 3 (2019, Tzadik) {2}: TN:* -- TH:*
  198. Charles Tyler Ensemble: Voyage From Jericho (1974, Frederiksberg) {2}: JC_r:+ -- TH:*
  199. Mal Waldron: Candy Girl (1975, Strut) {2}: JC_r:+; jgg:+ -- TH:*
  200. Tony Williams: Civilization (1986, Blue Note) {2}: JC_r:+ -- TH:*
  201. New Awakening: Adventures in British Jazz 1966-1971 () {2}: JC_r:+; am:* -- A:80/1
  202. Salsa de la Bahia Vol. 3: A Colection of SF Bay Area Salsa and Latin Jazz: Renegade Queens (1991-2025, Patois, 2CD) {2}: JC:+; jmb:8 -- TH:*
  203. AMM/Sachiko M: Testing (2004 Matchless) {1}: JC_r:+
  204. Albert Ayler Trio: Prophecy Live First Visit (1964, Ezz-Thetics) {1}: TN:*
  205. Doug Beavers: Titanes Del Trombón [Remastered] (2015, Circle 9) {1}: JC_r:+
  206. Han Bennink & Misha Mengelberg: ICP010 (1971, ICP) {1}: -- TH:*
  207. David Binney: Grains of Light (2009-13, Mythology) {1}: JC_r:+
  208. Paul Bley: Open, to Love (1973, ECM) {1}: AAJ:* -- TH:[*]
  209. Jakob Bro/Lee Konitz/Bill Frisell/Jason Moran/Thomas Morgan/Andrew Cyrille: Taking Turns (2014, ECM -24) {1}: j_g:8 -- TH:[*]
  210. Ted Brown: Just You, Just Me (2013, New Artists) {1}: JC_r:+
  211. Kelan Phil Cohran & Legacy: African Skies (1993, Listening Position) {1}: PO:*
  212. John Coltrane: A Love Supreme [Monophonic Edition] (1964, Impulse!) {1}: JC_r:+ -- TH:[A+]
  213. John Coltrane: The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings (Impulse! -7LP) {1}: JC_r:+ -- TH:[A]
  214. Bob Crosby: Classic Decca Recordings of Bob Crosby and His Orchestra and Bob Cats (1933-1942) (Mosaic) {1}: JC_r:+
  215. Walter Davis Jr: A Being Such as You (1979, Red) {1}: -- TH:*
  216. Miles Davis: Agharta (1975, Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab) {1}: JC_r:+ -- TH:[A-]
  217. Miles Davis: Walkin' (1954, Craft) {1}: JC_r:+ -- TH:[***]
  218. Miles Davis Quintet: Miles in France 1963 & 1964 [The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8] (Columbia/Legacy -6CD -24) {1}: JC_r:+ -- TH:[A-]
  219. Christy Doran's May 95 Sextet: Same but Different (Unit) {1}: AAJ:*
  220. Kenny Drew Trio: Kenny Drew Trio (1956, Craft) {1}: JC_r:+ -- TH:[B+]
  221. Don Ellis: How Time Passes to Essence Revisited (1960-62, Ezz-Thetics -24) {1}: JC_r:+
  222. Bill Evans: In Norway: The Kongsberg Concert (1970, Elemental Music, 2CD -24) {1}: JC_r:+ -- TH:[***]
  223. Terry Gibbs Dream Band: Vol. 7: The Lost Tapes, 1959 (Whaling City Sound -24) {1}: JC_r:+ -- TH:[A-]
  224. Dexter Gordon: Our Man in Paris (1963, Blue Note) {1}: JC_r:+ -- TH:[A-]
  225. Jim Hall: Concierto [50th Anniversary Edition] (1975, Sony Music/Elemental Music) {1}: JC_r:+ -- TH:[***]
  226. Roy Hargrove's Crisol: Grande-Terre (1998, Verve -24) {1}: JC:+ -- TH:[***]
  227. Nancy Harrow: Wild Women Don't Have the Blues (1960, Candid) {1}: JC_r:+ -- TH:[A-]
  228. Andrew Hill: Grass Roots (1968, Blue Note) {1}: JC_r:+ -- TH:[*]
  229. Al Jarreau & NDR Big Band: Ellington (2016, ACT Music -24) {1}: JC_r:+
  230. Ginger Johnson and His African Messengers: African Party [Deluxe Edition] (Innovative Collective/BBE Music) {1}: AAJ:*
  231. Henry Kaiser: Domo Arigato Derek Sensei (1976-2006, Balance Point Acoustics) {1}: JC_r:+
  232. Roland Keijser Kvartett: Öppet 03/Tre (1968-69, Caprice) {1}: JC_r:+
  233. Rahsaan Roland Kirk: Now Please Don't You Cry, Beautiful Edith (1967, Verve) {1}: JC_r:+ -- TH:[A]
  234. Daunik Lazro/Tristan Honsinger/Jean-Jacques Avenel: True & Whole Tones in Rhythms (Dunois ▪ 9 Mai 1982) (Fou -24) {1}: JC_r:+
  235. Joe Maneri/Tyson Rogers & Jacob Braverman: In the Shadow First Visit (2002, Ezz-Thetics) {1}: TN:*
  236. Bobby Matos & the Combo Conquistadores: My Latin Soul (1968, Mr. Bongo) {1}: JC_r:+
  237. Marian McPartland: At the Peninsula Library 1972 (Liberation Hall) {1}: JC_r:+
  238. Thelonious Monk: With Sonny Rollins 1953 to 1957 Revisited (Ezz-Thetics) {1}: JC_r:+
  239. Wes Montgomery: The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery (1960, Craft) {1}: JC_r:+ -- TH:[A-]
  240. Oscar Moore: The Enchanting Guitar of Oscar Moore: The 1945-1965 Years (Fresh Sound) {1}: JC_r:+
  241. Mark O'Leary Quartet: White Album (TIBProd.) {1}: -- TH:*
  242. Charles Owens Quartet: The Last Late Nights (2003, La Reserve) {1}: JC_r:+
  243. Evan Parker: The Heraclitean Two-Step, Etc. (1994-2024, False Walls -4CD -24) {1}: JC_r:+
  244. Oscar Peterson: Around the World (1969-81, Mack Avenue/Two Lions) {1}: JC_r:+
  245. Andre Previn: Early Years 1945-53 (Acrobat -24) {1}: JC_r:+
  246. Max Roach: We Insist: Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite (1960, Vinyl Me Please) {1}: JC_r:+ -- TH:[A-]
  247. Dom Salvador: Simplicity (1993, Salvador) {1}: AAJ:*
  248. Toshiyuki Sekine Trio: Strode Road (1978, Craftman) {1}: JC_r:+
  249. Wayne Shorter: Celebration, Volume 1 (2014, Blue Note -24) {1}: JC_r:+ -- TH:[A-]
  250. Wayne Shorter: Introducing Wayne Shorter (1960, Craft) {1}: JC_r:+ -- TH:[A-]
  251. Soft Machine: Floating World Live [Remastered] (1975, MoonJune) {1}: AAJ:*
  252. Tomasz Stanko Quartet: September Night (2004, ECM -24) {1}: JC_r:+ -- TH:[***]
  253. Sun Ra and His Astro Infinity Arkestra: Strange Strings (1967, Cosmic Myth -24) {1}: JC:+
  254. Masayuki Takayanagi: Holy Holy (1985, Jinya Disc) {1}: JC_r:+
  255. Masayuki Takayanagi: Stardust (1979, Jinya Disc) {1}: JC_r:+
  256. John Taylor: Close to Mars (2006, CAM Jazz) {1}: JC_r:+
  257. Fred Van Hove: Wim Fanfare - Free Music (1975-1988) (Cortizona Heritage) {1}: AAJ:*
  258. The Charlie Watts Orchestra: Live Fulham Town Hall (1986, BMG) {1}: JC_r:+
  259. The Lost-Secret Dave Wells' Trombone City Band: Live at Carmelo's (1983, Fresh Sound) {1}: -- TH:*
  260. Amanda Whiting: The Liminality of Her [Deluxe Edition] (2024, First Word) {1}: JC_r:+
  261. 3 Concerts Per a A.T.: In Der Kestner Gesellschaft Hannover (Corbett vs. Dempsey) {1}: -- TH:*
  262. Classic Vanguard Small Group Swing Sessions (1953-57, Mosaic -7CD -24) {1}: JC_r:+
  263. Classic V-Disc Small Group Jazz Sessions (1943-49, Mosaic -11CD -24) {1}: JC_r:+
  264. Music Is a Message From Space (Corbett vs. Dempsey) {1}: -- TH:*
  265. Scarborough Jazz Festival Present: 2024 Live Festival Compilation (self-released) {1}: AAJ:*
  266. The Alien Territory Archives: A Collection of Experimental and Irrelevant Music From 1970s San Diego (1968-81, Nyahh) {1}: JC_r:+