Great Jazz CDs - 111 Runners-Up
| Artist(s) | Album |
| Adderley & Coltrane | Cannonball and Coltrane |
| Armstrong, Louis | The Complete Hot Five and Seven Recordings (1925-1929) |
| Armstrong, Louis | The Hot Fives |
| Ayler, Albert | Live at Greenwich Village |
| Ayler, Albert | Spiritual Unity |
| Basie, Count | The Essential Count Basie |
| Bechet, Sidney | The Legendary Sidney Bechet |
| Carter, Betty | Betty Carter |
| Carter, Betty | The Audience With Betty Carter |
| Christian, Charlie | Solo Flight |
| Coltrane, John | Afro Blue Impressions |
| Coltrane, John | Interstellar Space |
| Coltrane, John | Live at the Village Vanguard |
| Corea, Chick | My Spanish Heart |
| Corea, Chick | Now He Sings, Now He Sobs |
| Davis & Coltrane & Stitt | Live in Stockholm 1960 Complete |
| Davis, Miles | Nefertiti |
| Davis, Miles | Relaxin' with Miles |
| Davis, Miles | 'Round About Midnight |
| Davis, Miles | Steamin' with Miles Davis |
| Davis, Miles | The Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel |
| Dolphy, Eric | At the Five Spot, Vol. 1 |
| Eldridge, Roy | Little Jazz |
| Ellington & Coltrane | Duke Ellington and John Coltrane |
| Ellington, Duke | Early Ellington |
| Ellington, Duke | Money Jungle |
| Ellington, Mingus & Roach | Money Jungle |
| Ellis, Don | Electric Bath |
| Evans, Gil | Out of the Cool |
| Farmer & Golson | Meet the Jazztet |
| Fitzgerald, Ella | Cole Porter Songbook |
| Getz & Gilberto | Getz/Gilberto |
| Getz & Jobim | Getz/Jobim |
| Getz, Stan | Focus |
| Getz, Stan | Stan Getz and J.J. Johnson at the Opera House |
| Gillespie & Eldridge | Roy and Diz |
| Gillespie, Dizzy | Dizzy Gillespie at Newport |
| Gillespie, Dizzy | The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (1937-1949) |
| Goodman, Benny | Sing Sing Sing |
| Haden, Charlie | Liberation Music Orchestra |
| Hancock, Herbie | Thrust |
| Hawkins, Coleman | A Retrospective 1929-1963 |
| Henderson, Fletcher | A Study in Frustration: Thesaurus of Classic Jazz (1923-1938) |
| Henderson, Joe | Lush Life, Strayhorn Music |
| Herman, Woody | Keeper of the Flame: Complete Capital Recordings |
| Holiday, Billie | Songs for Distingue Lovers |
| Holiday, Billie | The Quintessential Billie Holiday, Vol. 4 |
| Holiday, Billie | The Quintessential Billie Holiday, Vol. 5 (1937-1938) |
| Holland, Dave | Conference of the Birds |
| Hubbard, Freddie | Breaking Point |
| Hubbard, Freddie | Hub-Tones |
| Jamal, Ahmad | At the Pershing - But Not For Me |
| Johnson, James P. | The Original James P. Johnson: 1942-1945, Piano Solos |
| Kenton, Stan | New Concepts of Artistry in Rhythm |
| Kirk, Rahsaan Roland | Rip, Rig and Panic/Now Please Don't You Cry, Beautiful Edith |
| Konitz, Lee | Along Together |
| Konitz, Lee | Motion |
| Lee & Blake | The Newest Sound Around |
| Marsalis, Branford | Trio Jeepy |
| McCann & Harris | Swiss Movement (Les McCann & Eddie Harris) |
| McLaughlin, John | Extrapolation |
| Mingus, Charles | Black Saint & the Sinner Lady |
| Mingus, Charles | Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus |
| Mingus, Charles | Tijuana Moods |
| Mitchell, Roscoe | Sound |
| Modern Jazz Quartet | European Concert |
| Monk, Thelonious | Genius of Modern Music, vol. 2 |
| Monk, Thelonious | Monk's Music |
| Monk, Thelonious | The Complete Genius |
| Montgomery, Wes | Full House |
| Morgan, Lee | Cornbread |
| Morton, Jelly Roll | Jelly Roll Morton: The Pearls |
| Mulligan & Baker | Complete Pacific Jazz Quartet Recordings |
| Murray, David | The Hill |
| Navarro & Dameron | The Complete on Blue Note |
| Nichols, Herbie | The Complete Blue Note Recordings |
| Oliver, Joe "King" | The Quintessence (1923-1928) |
| Parker, Charlie | Bird/The Savoy Sessions/Recordings |
| Parker, Charlie | Charlie Parker with Strings: The Master Takes |
| Parker, Charlie | Yardbird Suite: The Ultimate Charlie Parker Collection |
| Pepper, Art | Straight Life |
| Peterson, Oscar | Night Train |
| Powell, Bud | The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 2 |
| Puente, Tito | El Rey Del Timbal Best of Tito Puente |
| Quintet, The | V.S.O.P.-The Quintet (Herbie Hancock, et.al.) |
| Reinhardt & Grappelli | Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grapelli; The Quintessential |
| Roach, Max | Freedom Now Suite |
| Roach, Max | We Insist! - Freedom Now Suite |
| Roberts, Marcus | Blues For The New Millenium |
| Rollins, Sonny | A Night at the Village Vanguard, Vol. 2 |
| Rollins, Sonny | Newk's Time |
| Rollins, Sonny | Tenor Madness |
| Russell, George "Pee Wee" | Ezz-thetics |
| Shepp, Archie | Fire Music |
| Smith, Jimmy | Back at the Chicken Shack |
| Smith, Jimmy | The Sermon! |
| Taylor, Cecil | For Olim |
| Taylor, Cecil | Unit Structures |
| Vaughan & Brown | Sarah Vaughan & Clifford Brown |
| Vaughan, Sarah | Sarah Vaughan (EmArcy) |
| Vaughan, Sarah | Sarah Vaughn With Clifford Brown |
| Waller, Fats | Ain't Misbehavin': 25 Greatest Hits |
| Washington, Dinah | Dinah Jams |
| Webster, Ben | Meet You At The Fair |
| Webster, Ben | Soulville |
| World Saxophone Quartet | Revue |
| Young, Larry | Unity |
| Young, Lester | Kansas City Sessions (1938, 1944) |
| Young, Lester | The Jazz Giants '56 |
| Young, Lester | The Lester Young Story, Vol. 1 |
| Zorn, John | Masada - Alef or 8 |
Fifteen different jazz resources, recommending the best jazz recordings of all times were reviewed and 845 different albums appeared as a result of combining their recommendations. The CDs listed above are ones which scored two recommendations and are considered to be the 111 Greatest Jazz CD Runners-Up to the Greatest 109 Jazz CDs. Since these recordings appear to be significant to different jazz critics, they are being included here, to give a better idea of the wonderful differences in what many of us enjoy listening to. Thankfully, the differences in what each of us love is what keeps jazz alive and thriving.
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