1 Miles Davis, Kind of Blue, 1959
2 John Coltrane, A Love Supreme, 1964
3 Duke Ellington, The Blanton-Webster Band, 1942
4 Charles Mingus, Mingus Ah Um, 1959
5 Thelonious Monk, Brilliant Corners, 1956
6 Sonny Rollins, Saxophone Colossus, 1956
7 Louis Armstrong, 25 Greatest Hot Fives & Sevens, 1928
8 Bille Evans Trio, Sunday at the Village Vanguard, 1961
9 Charlie Parker, Best of the Complete Savoy & Dial, 1948
10 Ornette Coleman, The Shape of Jazz to Come, 1959
11 Count Basie Orchestra, The Complete Atomic Basie, 1957
12 Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, Moanin', 1958
13 Herbie Hancock, Maiden Voyage, 1965
14 Miles Davis, Sketches of Spain, 1960
15 Stan Getz & João Gilberto, Getz/Gilberto, 1963
16 Ella Fitzgerald, The Best of the Song Books, 1964
17 Dizzy Gillespie, Groovin' High [Indigo], 1946
18 Clifford Brown & Max Roach, Study in Brown, 1955
19 Eric Dolphy, Out to Lunch!, 1964
20 Miles Davis, In a Silent Way, 1969
21 Billie Holiday & Lester Young, A Musical Romance, 1944
22 Various Artists, Best of Blue Note (Vols 1 & 2), 1965
23 John Coltrane, Blue Train, 1957
24 Gerry Mulligan Quartet, The Best of ... With Chet Baker, 1953
25 Horace Silver Quintet, Song for My Father, 1964
26 Keith Jarrett, The Köln Concert, 1975
27 Chick Corea, Light as a Feather, 1972
28 Cannonball Adderley, Somethin' Else, 1958
29 Dave Brubeck Quartet, Time Out, 1959
30 Wayne Shorter, Speak No Evil, 1964
31 Bud Powell, The Definitive Bud Powell, 1953
32 Coleman Hawkins, Body & Soul [RCA], 1956
33 Dexter Gordon, Go!, 1962
34 Oscar Peterson Trio, Night Train, 1962
35 Pat Metheny Group, Pat Metheny Group, 1978
36 Wes Mongomery, Incredible Jazz Guitar, 1960
37 Various Artists, Talkin' Verve [1951-1972], 1972
38 Art Pepper, Meets the Rhythm Section, 1957
39 Lester Young, With the Oscar Peterson Trio, 1952
40 Sarah Vaughn w/ Clifford Brown, Sarah Vaughn with Clifford Brown, 1954
41 Miles Davis, Bitches Brew, 1969
42 Benny Goodman, Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert, 1938
43 Duken Ellington & His Orchestra, Ellington at Newport, 1956
44 Joe Henderson, Page One, 1963
45 Lee Morgan, The Sidewinder, 1963
46 Modern Jazz Quartet, Django, 1955
47 Chet Baker, My Funny Valentine, 1956
48 Art Tatum w/ Ben Webster, Tatum Group Masterpieces, Vol 8, 1956
49 Cecil Taylor, Unit Structures, 1966
50 McCoy Tyner, The Real McCoy, 1967
51 Weather Report, Heavy Weather, 1977
52 Jimmy Smith, The Sermon, 1958
53 Charles Mingus, Black Saint & the Sinner Lady, 1963
54 Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt, Boss Tenors - Chicago 1961, 1961
55 Oliver Nelson, Blues & the Abstract Truth, 1961
56 Various Artists, Fabulous Swing Collections, 1944
57 John Coltrane, My Favorite Things, 1960
58 Jackie McLean, Let Freedom Ring, 1962
59 Sun Ra & His Arkestra, Jazz in Silhouette, 1958
60 Gil Evans Orchestra, Out of the Cool, 1960
61 Woody Herman, The Thundering Herds - 1945-1947, 1947
62 Dave Holland Quartet, Conference of the Birds, 1972
63 Jelly Roll Morton, Birth of the Hot, 1927
64 Erroll Garner, Concert by the Sea, 1955
65 Gerry Mulligan & Ben Webster, Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster, 1959
66 David Murray Octet, Ming, 1980
67 Lee Konitz, Subsonscious-Lee, 1950
68 Jay Jay Johnson, The Eminent J J Johnson (Vol 1), 1953
69 Hank Mobley, Soul Station, 1960
70 Wynton Marsalis, Black Codes (From the Underground), 1985
71 Fats Navarro (w/ Tadd Dameron), Dameronia, 1948
72 Freddie Hubbard, Open Sesame, 1960
73 The Quintet (w/ Charlie Parker), Jazz at Massey Hall, 1952
74 Bix Beiderbecke, At the Jazz Band Ball, 1928
75 Gillespie, Rollins, & Stitt, Sonny Side Up, 1957
76 Sidney Bechet, Legendary Sidney Bechet, 1941
77 Charlie Haden & Pat Metheny, Beyond the Missouri Sky, 1996
78 Various Artists, Original Jazz Classics Samplers, 1969
79 Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Rip, Rig, & Panic/Beautiful Edith, 1967
80 Stan Kenton, New Concepts of Artistry in Rhythm, 1952
81 Joe Lovano, From the Soul, 1991
82 Reinhardt/Grappelli, The Quintessential 25 Classics, 1940
83 Miles Davis Quintet, Cookin', 1956
84 Albert Ayler Trio, Spiritual Unity, 1964
85 Dizzy Gillespie & Roy Eldridge, Roy and Diz, 1954
86 Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd, Jazz Samba, 1962
87 Benny Carter & His Orchestra, Further Definitions, 1961
88 Mahavishnu Orchestra, Inner Mounting Flame, 1971
89 Duke Ellington (w/ Mingus & Roach), Money Jungle, 1962
90 Lennie Tristano, Supersonic, 1950
91 Frank Sinatra, Sinatra at the Sands, 1966
92 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong, Ella & Louis Again, 1957
93 Grant Green, Idle Moments, 1963
94 John Zorn, The Big Gundown, 1985
95 Nat 'King' Cole Trio, Hit that Jive, Jack, 1941
96 Various Artists - Masters of Jazz, Traditional Jazz Classics, 1940
97 Cassandra Wilson, Blue Light 'Til Dawn, 1993
98 Michael Brecker, Michael Brecker, 1987
99 George Russell Sextet, Ezz-thetics, 1961
100 Art Ensemble of Chicago, Nice Guys, 1978