@gypsy: Es reichte bereits die doppelte Nennung eines Albums, um in die Top 20 zu kommen, daher ist das noch nicht sehr aussagekräftig.
Ben Ratliffs chronologische Liste sah 2002 übrigens so aus:
MILES DAVIS – On The Corner
DUKE ELLINGTON – New Orleans Suite
MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA – The Inner Mounting Flame
EDDIE PALMIERI AND HIS ORCHESTRA – Vamonos Pa’l Monte
EARL HINES – Plays Duke Ellington
DUKE ELLINGTON – The Afro–Eurasien Eclipse
KEITH JARRETT – Facing You
JULIS HEMPHILL – Dogon A.D.
DAVE HOLLAND QUARTET – Conference Of The Birds
WEATHER REPORT – I Sing The Body Electric
PAT METHENY – Bright Size Life
KEITH JARRETZ – Silence
EVAN PARKER – Monoceros
SARAH VAUGHAN – How Long Has This Been Going On?
BETTY CARTER – The Audience With Betty Carter
AIR – Air Lore
WORLD SAXOPHONE QUARTET – W.S.W.
JAMES BLOOD ULMER – Free Lancing
RAN BLAKE – Suffield Gothic
HENRY THREADGILL – Just The Facts and Pass The Bucket
MARTIAL SOLAL – Bluesine
WYNTON MARSALIS – Black Codes (From The Underground)
WYNTON MARSALIS – Live At Blues Alley
CECIL TAYLOR – For Olim
DAVID MURRAY – The Hill
STEVE LACY – Morning Joy
STEVE LACY – The Window
CARMEN McRAE – Carmen Sings Monk
CASANDRA WILSON – Blue Skies
JERRY GONZALEZ – Rumba Para Monk
TOMMY FLANAGAN – Jazz Poet
KEITH JARRETT TRIO – Tribute
RANDY WESTON – Portraits Of Duke Ellington
DON PULLEN – Random Thoughts
CHARLES GAYLE / WILLIAM PARKER / RASHIED ALI – Touchin‘ on Trane
STAN GETZ/KENNY BARRON – People Time
CASANDRA WILSON – Blue Light ‚Til Dawn
CLUSONE 3 – Soft Lights And Sweet Music
MASADA – Alef
ANDY BEY – Ballads, Blues & Bey
ABBEY LINCOLN – Who Used To Dance
GREG OSBY – Further Ado
MATTHEW SHIPP TRIO – By The Law Of Music
CASANDRA WILSON – Traveling Miles
STEVE COLEMAN AND FIVE ELEMENTS – The Ascension Of Light
DAVE HOLLAND QUINTET – Prime Directive
JOHN LEWIS – Evolution
NEW DIRECTIONS – New Directions
ETHAN IVERSON TRIO – The Minor Passions
MARCUS ROBERTS – In Honor Of Duke
CHARLIE HADEN – Nocturne
DANILO PEREZ – Motherland
JASON MORAN – Black Stars
(Aus Ben Ratliff: The New York Times Essential Library: Jazz)
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Hey man, why don't we make a tune... just playin' the melody, not play the solos...