1949: Lennie Tristano & Tadd Dameron – Crosscurrents
1950: Bud Powell – The genius of Bud Powell
1951: Red Norvo – The savoy sessions
1952: Stan Kenton – New concepts of artistry in rhytm
1953: The Quintet – Jazz at massey hall
1954: Frank Sinatra – In the wee small hours
1955: Clifford Brown & Max Roach – Clifford Brown & Max Roach
1956: Thelonious Monk – Brilliant corners
1957: Sonny Rollins – A night at the village vanguard
1958: Cannonball Adderley – Somethin‘ else
1959: Charles Mingus – Ah um
1960: Max Roach – We insist! Freedom now suite
1961: John Coltrane – Live at the village vanguard
1962: Jimmy Giuffre – Free fall
1963: Grachan Moncur III – Evolution
1964: Eric Dolphy – Out to lunch
1965: Miles Davis – The complete live at the plugged nickel
1966: Cecil Taylor – Conquistador!
1967: James Carr – You got my mind messed up
1968: Red krayola – God bless the red krayola…
1969: Tim Buckley – Happy sad
1970: Van Morrison – Moondance
1971: Leonard Cohen – Songs of Love and hate
1972: Nick Drake – Pink moon
1973: John Cale – Paris 1919
1974: Gene Clark – No other
1975: Brian Eno – Another green world
1976: Bob Dylan – Desire
1977: Suicide – Suicide
1978: Pere ubu – The modern dance
1979: The pop group – Y
1980: Young marble giants – Colossal youth
1981: The gun club – Fire of love
1982: John Cale – Music for a new society
1983: Tom Waits – Swordfishtrombones
1984: Hüsker dü – Zen arcade
1985: Jesus & Mary Chain – Psychocandy
1986: Go-betweens – Liberty belle…
1987: Arthur Russell – World of echo
1988: Talk talk – Spirit of eden
1989: Pixies – Doolittle
1990: Sonic youth – Goo
1991: Talk talk – Laughing stock
1992: Tom Waits – Bone machine
1993: Tindersticks – Tindersticks
1994: Nirvana – Unplugged in N.Y.
1995: Moondog Jr. – Everyday I wear…
1996: dEUS – In a bar, under the sea
1997: Radiohead – Ok Computer
1998: Sophia – The infinite circle
1999: Bonnie „Prince“ Billy – I see a darkness
2000: Lambchop – Nixon
2001: The Microphones – Glow Pt. 2
2002: Bright eyes – Lifted
2003: Rufus Wainwright – Want one
2004: Timesbold – Eye eye
2005: Bright eyes – Digital ash
2006: Scott Walker – The drift
2007: Washington – Astral sky
2008: ? (Portishead, Blood meridian, Clinic..)
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Der Teufel ist ein Optimist, wenn er glaubt, dass er die Menschen schlechter machen kann. "Fackel" - Karl Kraus