Jazzwise hat vor fünf Jahren „The 100 Jazz Albums That Shook The World“ präsentiert:
1. Miles Davis: Kind Of Blue
2. John Coltrane: A Love Supreme
3. Ornette Coleman: The Shape Of Jazz To Come
4. Bill Evans Trio: Sunday At The Village Vanguard
5. Sonny Rollins: Saxophone Colossus
6. Thelonius Monk: Brillant Corners
7. Charles Mingus: Mingus Ah Um
8. Charlie Parker: The Complete Original Master Takes. The Savoy Recordings
9. Miles Davis: Bitches Brew
10. Keith Jarrett: The Köln Concert
11. John Coltrane Giant Steps
12. Eric Dolphy: Out To Lunch
13. Louis Armstrong: Complete Hot Fives & Sevens
14. Duke Ellington: The Blanton-Webster Band
15. Mahavishnu Orchestra: Inner Mounting Flame
16. Albert Ayler: Spiritual Unity
17. Herbie Hancock: Head Hunters
18. Dave Brubeck Quartet: Time Out
19. Ornette Coleman: Free Jazz
20. Weather Report: Heavy Weather
21. Ahmad Jamal: But Not For Me- At The Pershing
22. Jelly Roll Morton: Volume 1
23. Frank Sinatra: Songs For Swingin’ Lovers
24. Wes Montgomery: The Incredible Guitar Of Wes Montgomery
25. Modern Jazz Quartet: Fontessa
26. Bud Powell: The Genius Of Bud Powell
27. Cecil Taylor: At The Café Montmartre
28. Art Blakey: Moanin’
29. Herbie Hancock: Maiden Voyage
30. Stan Getz & JoaoGilberto; Getz/Gilberto
31. Pat Metheny: Bright Size Life
32. Jimmy Smith: A New Sound, A New Star
33. Jan Garbarek: Afric Pepperbird
34. Woodie Herman: The Thundering Herds
35. Duke Ellington: Ellington At Newport
36. Ella Fitzgerald: Sings The Cole Porter Songbook
37. Charles Mingus: The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady
38. Cannonball Adderley: Somethin’ Else
39. Tony Williams Lifetime: Emergency
40. Billie Holiday: At JATP
41. Chick Corea: Return To Forever
42. Stan Getz: Focus
43. Miles Davis: Sketches Of Spain
44. George Russell: The Jazz Workshop
45. John Coltrane: Impressions
46. Andrew Hill: Point Of Departure
47. Sonny Rollins: The Bridge
48. Sun Ra: The Heliocentric Worlds Of Sun Ra Volume 1
49. Dizzy Gillespie: Shaw ‘Nuff
50. Lennie Tristano: Tristano
51. John Zorn: Naked City
52. John McLaughlin: Extrapolation
53. Pharoah Sanders: Karma
54. Lester Young: Lester Young/Budy Rich Trio
55. John Coltrane: Ascension
56. Art Ensemble Of Chicago: A Jackson In Your House
57. Horace Silver: Song For My Father
58. Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet: Clifford Brown & Max Roach
59. Coleman Hawkins: Body & Soul
60. Peter Brötzmann Octet: Machine Gun
61. Miles Davis: Birth Of The Cool
62. Count Basie: The Atomic Mr Basie
63. Archie Shepp: Four For Trane
64. Brad Mehldau: Art Of The Trio Volume 3
65. Gerry Mulligan: Gerry Mulligan Quartet
66. Gil Evans: The Individualism Of Gil Evans
67. John Handy: Live At The Monterey Festival
68. Esbjörn Svensson Trio: From Gagarin’s Point Of View
69. Stan Tracey: Jazz Suite Inspired By Dylan Thomas’ Under Milk Wood
70. Dollar Brand (aka Abdullah Ibrahim): African Marketplace
71. Wayne Shorter: Speak No Evil
72. Thelonius Monk: The Genius Of Modern Music Volume 1
73. Roland Kirk: Rip Rig & Panic
74. Herbie Hancock: The New Standard
75. Oscar Peterson: Night Train
76. Charles Lloyd: Dream Weaver
77. Art Tatum: The Genius Of Art Tatum No. 1
78. Betty Carter: An Audience With Betty Carter
79. Oliver Nelson: The Blues & The Abstract Truth
80. John Surman: Tales Of The Algonquin
81. Eberhard Weber: The Colours Of Chloë
82. Steve Coleman & The Five Elements: The Tao Of Mad Phat: Fringe Zones
83. Diana Krall: Love Scenes
84. Anthony Braxton: For Alto
85. Krzystof Komeda: Polskie Nagrania Muza
86. Steps Ahead: Steps Ahead
87. Django Reinhardt: Rétrospective 1934-53
88. Joe Harriott-John Mayer Double Quintet: Indo-Jazz Suite
89. Jackie McLean: Let freedom Ring
90. Charlie Haden: Liberation Music Orchestra
91. Music Improvisation Company: Music Improvisation Company
92. Sarah Vaughan: Sarah Vaughan
93. Jan Johanssen: Jazz Pa Svenska
94. Cassandra Wilson: Blue Light ‘Til Dawn
95. Wynton Marsalis: Black Codes For The Underground
96. Medeski Martin & Wood: Combustication
97. Tomasz Stanko: Soul Of Things
98. Courtney Pine: Journey To The Urge Within
99. The Bad Plus: These Are The Vistas
100. Polar Bear: Held By The Tips Of Fingers
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