Six Degrees of Illmatic…
It used to be easier to pretend that an album was its own perfectly self-… more »
Herbie Hancock, Head Hunters…
The best-selling jazz album of all time, the album that blew jazz up and … more »
Frank Sinatra & Tommy Do…
Quiet as this secret is kept, Frank Sinatra was a major artist and a revo… more »
Miles Davis, Kind Of Blue…
Easily the most famous and recognizable (and written about) jazz album of… more »
Thelonious Monk, Solo Monk…
By the time Thelonious Monk signed with Columbia in the mid '60s, he … more »
Billie Holiday, Greatest Hits…
In a sense, there was more than one Billie Holiday. Her career, her voice… more »
Thelonious Monk, Solo Monk…
By the time Thelonious Monk signed with Columbia in the mid '60s, he … more »
Miles Davis, Sketches Of Spai…
Arranger Gil Evans was one of Miles Davis's key allies throughout his… more »
Charles Mingus, Alternate Tak…
Let's get this straight in front: this isn't second-rate Mingus, … more »
Miles Davis, Miles Smiles…
In 1966, Miles Davis recorded in the same New York studio as Bob Dylan, u… more »
Miles Davis, E.S.P.
If you want to know what Wynton and Branford Marsalis were listening to w… more »
Miles Davis, The Complete Bit…
Bitches Brew is timeless, groundbreaking music that is nevertheless best … more »
Miles Davis, Nefertiti…
By 1967 and Nefertiti, the fourth (and last full) album by trumpeter Mile… more »
Weather Report, Weather Repor…
Recorded in 1971, the eponymous debut album from Weather Report advanced … more »
The Thelonious Monk Quartet, …
fter spending more than a decade as a rather obscure eccentric genius, Th… more »
Miles Davis, Live At The Fill…
Miles Davis eased into electrified jazz with the spacious and tasteful In… more »
Weather Report, Weather Repor…
Recorded in 1971, the eponymous debut album from Weather Report advanced … more »
Miles Davis, Bitches Brew…
Bitches Brew is timeless, groundbreaking music that is nevertheless best … more »
Nina Simone, Baltimore…
"Trust the art, not the artist," someone smart once said. They might as w… more »
Wynton Marsalis, Black Codes …
When Black Codes (from the Underground) was recorded, Wynton Marsalis was… more »
Miles Davis, The Complete Bit…
Bitches Brew is timeless, groundbreaking music that is nevertheless best … more »
Charles Mingus, Ah Um…
If you're looking for a first serious jazz album to listen to, this m… more »
Sam Rivers, Culmination…
Sam Rivers makes rhinos pirouette and rainbows melt into sound on this ph… more »
Charles Mingus, Mingus Dynast…
The second, and final, album Charles Mingus recorded for Columbia in 1959… more »
