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(1950) CHARLIE PARKER – Charlie Parker Sextet
(1951) DUKE ELLINGTON – Masterpieces By Ellington
(1952) BILLIE HOLIDAY – Billie Holiday Sings
(1953) BILLIE HOLIDAY – An Evening With Billie Holiday
(1954) THELONIOUS MONK – Piano Solo
(1955) FRANK SINATRA – In The Wee Small Hours
(1956) SONNY ROLLINS – Saxophone Colossus
(1957) THELONIOUS MONK – Brilliant Corners
(1958) FRANK SINATRA – Sings For Only The Lonely
(1959) MILES DAVIS – Kind Of Blue
(1960) CHARLES MINGUS – Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus
(1961) JOHN COLTRANE – My Favorite Things
(1962) JOHN COLTRANE – Live! At The Village Vanguard
(1963) CHARLES MINGUS – The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady
(1964) JOHN COLTRANE – Crescent
(1965) JOHN COLTRANE – A Love Supreme
(1966) WAYNE SHORTER – Speak No Evil
(1967) MILES DAVIS – Sorcerer
(1968) MILES DAVIS – Nefertiti
(1969) MILES DAVIS – In A Silent Way
(1970) SOFT MACHINE – Third
(1971) MARVIN GAYE – What’s Going On?
(1972) MILES DAVIS – On The Corner
(1973) PETER HAMMILL – Chameleon In The Shadow Of The Night
(1974) GENESIS – The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
(1975) VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR – Godbluff
(1976) JONI MITCHELL – Hejira
(1977) PETER HAMMILL – Over
(1978) VAN DER GRAAF – Vital
(1979) JAPAN – Quiet Life
(1980) TALKING HEADS – Remain In Light
(1981) WIPERS – Youth Of America
(1982) THE CURE – Pornography
(1983) CHARLIE HADEN – The Ballad Of The Fallen
(1984) KEITH JARRETT, GARY PEACOCK, JACK DeJOHNETTE – Changes
(1985) GREG SAGE – Straight Ahead
(1986) THE SMITHS – The Queen Is Dead
(1987) PET SHOP BOYS – Actually
(1988) SONIC YOUTH – Daydream Nation
(1989) KEITH JARRETT, GARY PEACOCK, JACK DeJOHNETTE – Changeless
(1990) SONIC YOUTH – Goo
(1991) ROBERT WYATT – Dondestan
(1992) KEITH JARRETT – Vienna Concert
(1993) WU-TANG CLAN – Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
(1994) PORTISHEAD – Dummy
(1995) KEITH JARRETT, GARY PEACOCK, JACK DeJOHNETTE – At The Blue Note
(1996) RUF DER HEIMAT – Machine Kaput
(1997) PORTISHEAD – Portishead
(1998) ELVIS COSTELLO & BURT BACHARACH – Painted From Memory
(1999) BONNIE ‚PRINCE‘ BILLY – I See A Darkness
(2000) JONI MITCHELL – Both Sides Now
(2001) BJÖRK – Vespertine
(2002) BETH GIBBONS & RUSTIN MAN – Out Of Season
(2003) ANEKDOTEN – Gravity
(2004) ALICE COLTRANE – Translinear Light
(2005) ATOMIC – Bikini Tapes
(2006) JASON MOLINA – Let Me Go, Let Me Go, Let Me Go
(2007) RADIOHEAD – In Rainbows
(2008) PORTISHEAD – Third
(2009) STEVE KUHN TRIO with JOE LOVANO – Mostly Coltrane
(2010) GIL SCOTT-HERON – I’m New Here
(2011) KATE BUSH – 50 Words For Snow
(2012) SWANS – The Seer
(2013) DAUGHTER – If You Leave
(2014) SWANS – To Be Kind
(2015) KENDRICK LAMAR – To Pimp A Butterfly
(2016) RADIOHEAD – A Moon Shaped Pool
(2017) MOUNT EERIE – A Crow Looked At Me
(2018) MOUNT EERIE – Now Only
(2019) MAGMA – Zëss: Le Jour Du Néant
(2020) ADRIANNE LENKER – Songs And Instrumentals
(2021) FLOATING POINTS, PHAROAH SANDERS & THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA – Promises
(2022) THE SMILE – A Light For Attracting Attention
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Hey man, why don't we make a tune... just playin' the melody, not play the solos...