The 100 best jazz albums you need in your collection on Spotify

GQ magazine published as list of best Jazz albums ever:
https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/best-jazz-albums

I spotified them, enjoy!

Rank Album Artist(s)
1 Kind Of Blue (Legacy Edition) Miles Davis
2 Giant Steps (Deluxe Edition) John Coltrane
3 Getz/Gilberto (Expanded Edition) Stan Getz João Gilberto
4 Sketches Of Spain 50th Anniversary (Legacy Edition) Miles Davis
5 Yardbird Suite (In the Style of Charlie Parker) Karaoke Universe
6 Clifford Brown With Strings Clifford Brown
7 The Köln Concert Keith Jarrett
8 Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Songbook (Expanded Edition) Ella Fitzgerald
9 Finger Poppin’ (The Rudy Van Gelder Edition) Horace Silver Quintet
10 Birth Of The Cool Miles Davis
11 One Flight Up (Remastered 2015) Dexter Gordon
12 Time Out Dave Brubeck
13 Money Jungle Duke Ellington
14 The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady Charles Mingus
15 Milestones Miles Davis
16 Let’s Get Lost: The Best Of Chet Baker Sings Chet Baker
17 A Night In Tunisia (Remaster) Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
18 A Love Supreme John Coltrane
19 The Best Of Tania Maria Tania Maria
20 Sunday At The Village Vanguard [Keepnews Collection] Bill Evans Trio
21 The Best Of Quincy Jones Quincy Jones
22 Out Of The Cool The Gil Evans Orchestra
23 Head Hunters Herbie Hancock
24 Place Vendome The Modern Jazz Quartet The Swingle Singers
25 Groovin’ High Dizzy Gillespie
26 Tourist (Remastered) St Germain
27 My Favorite Things (Deluxe Edition) John Coltrane
28 Bix Beiderbecke, Volume I: Singin’ The Blues Bix Beiderbecke
29 Night Train (Expanded Edition) Oscar Peterson Trio
30 Best Of Sergio Mendes and Brasil ’65 Sérgio Mendes
31 Our Man In Paris (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) Dexter Gordon
32 Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim (50th Anniversary Edition) Frank Sinatra Antônio Carlos Jobim
33 The Sidewinder (The Rudy Van Gelder Edition) Lee Morgan
34 Volume Two Sonny Rollins
35 Far East Suite Duke Ellington
36 Speak No Evil Wayne Shorter
37 Blue Train (Expanded Edition) John Coltrane
38 Blackbyrd Donald Byrd
39 Baltimore Nina Simone
40 Genius Of Modern Music (Vol.1, Expanded Edition) Thelonious Monk
41 The Legendary Bobby Darin Bobby Darin
42 The Melody At Night, With You Keith Jarrett
43 Body & Soul Coleman Hawkins
44 Brazilian Soul (feat. Sofi Tukker) [Remixes] The Knocks
45 Cool Struttin’ (Remastered / Rudy Van Gelder Edition) Sonny Clark
46 Waltz for Koop Koop
47 Miles Ahead Miles Davis
48 Touching You, Touching Me Neil Diamond
49 Mingus Ah Um Charles Mingus
50 Sarah Vaughan’s Golden Hits Sarah Vaughan
51 Empyrean Isles (Rudy Van Gelder Edition / Expanded Edition) Herbie Hancock
52 Not For Nothin’ Dave Holland Quintet
53 The Incredible Jazz Guitar Of Wes Montgomery
54 The Best Of Django Reinhardt Django Reinhardt
55 Down In The Village (Live At Ronnie Scott’s Club, London, UK / 1962 / Remastered 2019) Tubby Hayes Quintet
56 Gershwin’s World Herbie Hancock
57 Blue Light ‘Til Dawn Cassandra Wilson
58 Hand On The Torch Us3
59 Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Songbook (Expanded Edition) Ella Fitzgerald Duke Ellington
60 In A Silent Way Miles Davis
61 The Inflated Tear Rahsaan Roland Kirk
62 Aja Steely Dan
63 The Art Of Love The Michael Franks Anthology
64 Back At The Chicken Shack Jimmy Smith
65 20th Century Piano Genius Art Tatum
66 The Best Of Mose Allison Mose Allison
67 The Righteous Reed! Lou Donaldson
68 Taxi Driver Bernard Herrmann Original Soundtrack
69 Blood On The Fields Wynton Marsalis
70 The Moderns Mark Isham
71 Maiden Voyage Herbie Hancock
72 Ramsey Lewis: Finest Hour Ramsey Lewis
73 Tears Of Joy Tuck & Patti
74 The Complete Hot Five And Hot Seven Recordings Volume 3 Louis Armstrong
75 Manhattan New York Philharmonic
76 Heavy Weather Weather Report
77 The Best Of Capitol Years The Cannonball Adderley Quintet
78 Working Nights Working Week
79 Rah! (Keepnews Collection) Mark Murphy
80 Della Della Cha Cha Cha Della Reese
81 Ascenseur pour l’échafaud Miles Davis
82 The Complete Atomic Basie Count Basie
83 A Night At Birdland Volume 1 Art Blakey Quintet
84 Love Scenes Diana Krall
85 Jazz on a Summer’s Day Various Artists
86 Soul Station Hank Mobley
87 The Best Of Nina Simone 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection Nina Simone
88 Get Easy! Volume 2
89 The Very Best Of billy holiday
90 Creating Patterns 4hero
91 Porgy And Bess Miles Davis
92 The Best Of Bobbi Humphrey Bobbi Humphrey
93 Winter Moon Art Pepper
94 Come Away With Me Norah Jones
95 Idle Moments Grant Green
96 Tutu Miles Davis
97 The Liberty Years Julie London
98 Anatomy of a Murder Duke Ellington
99 Takin’ Off (Expanded Edition) Herbie Hancock
100 Electric Bath The Don Ellis Orchestra

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