"The New Yorker" Magazine 100 Essential Jazz Albums

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A list compiled by David Remnick and Richard Brody of "The New Yorker" magazine. These hundred titles are meant to provide a broad sampling of jazz classics and wonders across the music’s century-long history. Early New Orleans jazz, swing, bebop, cool jazz, modal jazz, hard bop, free jazz, third stream, and fusion are all represented, though not equally. We have tried not to overdo it with expensive boxed sets and obscure imports; sometimes it couldn’t be helped. We have also tried to strike a balance between healthy samplings of the innovative giants (Armstrong, Ellington, Parker, Davis, Coltrane, etc.) and the greater range of talents and performances.

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  1. 51.
    Sarah Vaughan W/ Clifford Brown
    by Sarah Vaughan and Clifford Brown

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  2. 52.
    Mingus at the Bohemia
    by Charles Mingus

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  3. 53.
    Mingus Ah Um
    by Charles Mingus

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  4. 54.
    Cornell 1964

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  5. 55.
    Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Songbook
    by Ella Fitzgerald

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  6. 56.
    Saxophone Colossus
    by Sonny Rollins

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  7. 57.
    Night At The Village Vanguard
    by Sonny Rollins

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  8. 58.
    Sonny Meets Hawk!
    by Sonny Rollins & Coleman Hawkins

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  9. 59.
    King of Kings: The Very Best of Tito Puente
    by Tito Puente

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  10. 60.
    Greatest Hits - Easy Listening for Intergalactic Travel
    by Sun Ra & His Arkestra

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  11. 61.
    That's Him
    by Abbey Lincoln

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  12. 62.
    Moanin'
    by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

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  13. 63.
    Cross Country Tour: 1958-1961
    by Ahmad Jamal

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  14. 64.
    Time Out
    by Dave Brubeck Quartet

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  15. 65.
    The 'Spoon Concerts
    by Jimmy Witherspoon

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  16. 66.
    Beauty Is A Rare Thing: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
    by Ornette Coleman

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  17. 67.
    Dancing in Your Head
    by Ornette Coleman

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  18. 68.
    Open Sesame
    by Freddie Hubbard

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  19. 69.
    Back at the Chicken Shack
    by Jimmy Smith

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  20. 70.

  21. 71.
    My Favorite Things
    by John Coltrane

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  22. 72.
    The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings
    by John Coltrane

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  23. 73.
    A Love Supreme
    by John Coltrane

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  24. 74.
    Ascension
    by John Coltrane

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  25. 75.
    Out There
    by Eric Dolphy

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  26. 76.
    Out to Lunch
    by Eric Dolphy

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  27. 77.
    The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings, 1961
    by Bill Evans

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  28. 78.
    A Fickle Sonance
    by Jackie McLean

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  29. 79.
    Getz/Gilberto
    by Stan Getz

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  30. 80.
    Our Man in Paris
    by Dexter Gordon

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  31. 81.
    Smoke Stack
    by Andrew Hill

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  32. 82.
    The Sidewinder
    by Lee Morgan

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  33. 83.
    Spiritual Unity
    by Albert Ayler

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  34. 84.
    Four for Trane
    by Archie Shepp

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  35. 85.
    Song for My Father
    by Horace Silver

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  36. 86.
    Smokin' at the Half Note
    by Wes Montgomery

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  37. 87.
    Conquistador
    by Cecil Taylor

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  38. 88.
    Betty Carter's Finest Hour
    by Betty Carter

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  39. 89.
    Sinatra at the Sands
    by Frank Sinatra with Count Basie & the Orchestra

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  40. 90.
    The Capitol Years
    by Frank Sinatra

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  41. 91.

  42. 92.
    Karma
    by Pharoah Sanders

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  43. 93.
    Return to Forever
    by Chick Corea

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  44. 94.
    The Köln Concert
    by Keith Jarrett

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  45. 95.
    Plays Duke Ellington
    by World Saxophone Quartet

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  46. 96.
    Steal Away
    by Charlie Haden

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  47. 97.
    Spirit Of The Moment: Live At The Village Vanguard
    by Joshua Redman Quartet

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  48. 98.
    Traveling Miles
    by Cassandra Wilson

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  49. 99.
    Live at the Village Vanguard
    by Wynton Marsalis

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  50. 100.
    Live at the Village Vanguard
    by The Bill Charlap Trio

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