Great Jazz CDs - 625 Honorable Mentions
| Artist(s) | Album |
| Adams & Pullen | Breakthrough |
| Adams & Pullen | Live at the Village Vanguard |
| Adderley, Cannonball | Coast to Coast |
| Adderley, Cannonball | In San Francisco |
| Adderley, Cannonball | Live in New York (sextet) |
| Adderley, Cannonball | Them Dirty Blues |
| Adderley, Cannonball | Things Are Getting Better |
| Air | Air Lore |
| Akiyoshi & Tabackin | Insights |
| Akiyoshi & Tabackin | The Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band |
| Allen, Henry "Red" | 1937-1941 (and his Orchestra) |
| Allen, Henry "Red" | World On A String |
| Allison, Mose | I Don't Worry About a Thing |
| Allison, Mose | Seventh Son |
| Allison, Mose | Your Mind Is On Vacation |
| Alpert, Herb | Whipped Cream & Other Delights (with the Tijuana Brass) |
| Ammons, Gene | Boss Tenors |
| Anderson, Ray | Heads and Tales (Anderson's Alligatory Band) |
| Armstrong & Ellington | The Great Summit/The Master Takes |
| Armstrong & Hines | The Genius of Louis Armstrong, vol. 1, 1923-1933 |
| Armstrong & Oliver | Louis Armstrong and King Oliver |
| Armstrong, Louis | 25 Greatest Hit Fives & Hot Sevens |
| Armstrong, Louis | Hello Dolly! |
| Armstrong, Louis | Louis Armstrong (BBC Records) |
| Armstrong, Louis | Louis Armstrong 4: Swing That Music |
| Armstrong, Louis | Portrait os the Artist As a Young Man (1923-34) |
| Armstrong, Louis | The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (1930-1956) |
| Art Ensemble of Chicago | Full Force |
| Art Ensemble of Chicago | Live |
| Baker & Pepper | The Route |
| Baker, Chet | Chet Baker Sings |
| Baker, Chet | Chet in Paris, Vol. 2: Everything Happens to Me |
| Baker, Chet | Chet in Paris: The Complete Barclay Recordings of Chet Baker, Vol. 1 |
| Baker, Chet | Chet's Choice |
| Baker, Chet | My Funny Valentine |
| Barnet, Charlie | Drop Me Off in Harlem |
| Basie, Count | April in Paris |
| Basie, Count | Count Basie Swings - Joe Williams Sings |
| Basie, Count | Count Basie: 16 Men Swinging |
| Basie, Count | One O'Clock Jump |
| Basie, Count | The Best of Count Basie |
| Basie, Count | The Best of Early Basie |
| Basie, Count | The Complete Live Roulette Recordings |
| Basie, Count | The Original American Decca Recordings |
| Batiste, Alvin | Late |
| Bechet, Sidney | Centenary Celebration-1997: Great Original Performances 1924-1943 |
| Bechet, Sidney | Master Takes: Victor Sessions (1932-1943) |
| Bechet, Sidney | Really the Blues |
| Beck, Jeff | Blow By Blow |
| Beiderbecke, Bix | At the Jazz Band Ball |
| Beiderbecke, Bix | Bix Beiderbecke (BBC Records) |
| Beiderbecke, Bix | Bix Lives |
| Beiderbecke, Bix | The Bix Beiderbecke Story: Bix and Tram, Vol. 2 |
| Beiderbecke, Bix | Vol. 2: At the Jazz Band Ball (1927-28) |
| Bellson, Louie | Their Time Was The Greatest |
| Benson, George | Body Talk |
| Benson, George | Breezin' |
| Benson, George | Weekend in L.A. |
| Blake, Eubie | The 86 Years of Eubie Blake |
| Blake, Ran | That Certain Feeling |
| Blakey, Art | A Night in Tunisia |
| Blakey, Art | Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk |
| Blakey, Art | Free for All |
| Blakey, Art | Orgy In Rhythm |
| Blakey, Art | The Big Beat |
| Blakey, Art | The Big Beat (with the Jazz Messengers) |
| Blakey, Art | The Jazz Messengers |
| Blakey, Art | Ugetsu |
| Bley, Carla | Escalator Over the Hill |
| Blythe, Arthur | Elaborations |
| Blythe, Arthur | Lenox Avenue Breakdown |
| Boswell Sisters | Everybody Loves My Baby |
| Braxton, Anthony | 6 Monk's Compositions |
| Braxton, Anthony | Dortmund (Quartet-1976) |
| Braxton, Anthony | For Alto |
| Braxton, Anthony | New York Fall 1974 |
| Braxton, Anthony | The Montreux/Berlin Concerts |
| Brown & Roach | Alone Together |
| Brown & Roach | Daahoud |
| Brown & Roach | The Quintet, Vol. 1 |
| Brown, Clifford | At Basin Street |
| Brown, Clifford | Brown and Roach, Inc. |
| Brown, Clifford | Jazz Immortal |
| Brown, Clifford | Memorial Album |
| Brown, Clifford | More Study in Brown |
| Brown, Clifford | Study in Brown |
| Brown, Clifford | The Beginning and the End |
| Brubeck, Dave | Brubeck Time |
| Brubeck, Dave | Dave Brubeck's All-Time Greatest Hits |
| Bryon, Don | Tuskegee Experiments |
| Burton & Corea | Crystal Silence (Gary Burton, Chick Corea) |
| Byard, Jaki | The Jaki Byard Experience |
| Caine, Uri | The Goldberg Variations |
| Calloway, Cab | Are You Hep to the Jive? |
| Calloway, Cab | Cab Calloway (1939-1940) |
| Carter, Benny | All of Me |
| Carter, Betty | Feed the Fire |
| Carter, James | Conversin' With The Elders |
| Carter, Woods | My Man Benny, My Man Phil |
| Catherine, Philip | Live at the Village Vanguard |
| Chaloff, Serge | Blue Serge |
| Cherry, Don | El Corazon (with Ed Blackwell) |
| Christian, Charlie | 1939-41: Genius of Electric Guitar |
| Christy, June | Something Cool |
| Clark, Sonny | Cool Struttin' |
| Clark, Sonny | Leapin' and Lopin' |
| Clarke, Stanley | School Days |
| Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orch. | Groove Shop |
| Clooney, Rosemary | Sings the Music of Cole Porter |
| Cole & Shearing | Nat King Cole Sings/George Shearing Plays |
| Cole, Nat "King" | Complete After Midnight Sessions |
| Cole, Nat "King" | Jazz Encounters |
| Cole, Nat "King" Trio | Jumpin At Capitol |
| Cole, Nat "King" Trio | Live at the Circle Room |
| Cole, Natalie | Unforgetable |
| Coleman & Hayden | Soapsuds Soapsuds |
| Coleman, Ornette | At the "Golden Circle" in Stockholm, vol. 1 |
| Coleman, Ornette | Dancing in Your Head |
| Coleman, Ornette | Ornette! |
| Coleman, Ornette | Sound Museum: Hidden Man |
| Coleman, Ornette | This Is Our Music |
| Coleman, Steve | ? and Five Elements, The Ascension to Light, 1999 |
| Coltrane, John | Ascension |
| Coltrane, John | Ballads |
| Coltrane, John | Coltrane Jazz |
| Coltrane, John | Coltrane Plays the Blues |
| Coltrane, John | Crescent |
| Coltrane, John | Live at Birdland |
| Coltrane, John | Love Supreme |
| Coltrane, John | Mainstream 1958 |
| Coltrane, John | Ole Coltrane |
| Coltrane, John | The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings |
| Coltrane, John | The Complete Vanguard Sessions |
| Condon, Eddie | Dixieland All Stars |
| Condon, Eddie | The Chronological Eddie Condon 1944-46 |
| Condon, Spanier & Freeman | At the Jazz Band Ball |
| Connick, Harry, Jr. | When Harry Met Sally |
| Crosby, Bob | South Rampart Street Parade |
| Crusaders, The | Scratch |
| Daniels, Eddie | Beautiful Love |
| Davis, Eddie Lockjaw | All of Me |
| Davis, Miles | A Tribute to Jack Johnson |
| Davis, Miles | Bag's Groove |
| Davis, Miles | E.S.P. |
| Davis, Miles | Four & More |
| Davis, Miles | Get Up with It |
| Davis, Miles | Miles and Coltrane |
| Davis, Miles | My Funny Valentine |
| Davis, Miles | Seven Steps to Heaven |
| Davis, Miles | Walkin' |
| Davis, Miles | Workin' |
| Davison, Wild Bill | Pretty Wild/With Strings Attached |
| Dearie, Blossom | Blossom Dearie |
| DeJohnette, Jack | Album Album |
| Desmond, Paul | Easy Living |
| Dickenson, Vic | Vic Dickenson Septet |
| Dirty Dozen Brass Band | Voodoo |
| Dodds, Baby | Baby Dodds |
| Dodds, Johnnie | Blue Clarinet Stomp |
| Dodds, Johnnie | His Best Recordings 1923-1940 |
| Dolphy, Eric | At the Five Spot, Vol. 2 |
| Dolphy, Eric | Copenhagen Concert |
| Dolphy, Eric | Far Cry with Booker Little |
| Donaldson, Lou | Lush Life |
| Dorham, Kenny | Una Mas |
| Eldridge, O'Day & Krupa | Uptown |
| Eldridge, Roy | Montreux 1977 |
| Ellington, Duke | And His Mother Called Him Bill |
| Ellington, Duke | Duke Ellington - 1940 |
| Ellington, Duke | Duke's Men: The Small Groups, Vol. 1 |
| Ellington, Duke | Fargo ND, November 7, 1940 |
| Ellington, Duke | Pure Gold |
| Ellington, Duke | Rockin's in Rhythm, Duke Ellington and the Jungle Bank, Vol. 3, 1929-1931 |
| Ellington, Duke | Seventieth Birthday Concert |
| Ellington, Duke | Solos, Duets and Trios (featuring Jimmy Blanton) |
| Ellington, Duke | Such Sweet Thunder |
| Ellington, Duke | The Best of Early Ellington |
| Ellington, Duke | The Duke Ellington Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1943 |
| Ellington, Duke | The Golden Duke |
| Enriquez, Bobby | Prodigious Piano |
| Eps & Alden | Keepin' Time |
| Evans, Bill | At the Village Vanguard |
| Evans, Bill | Intuition |
| Evans, Bill | The Final Vanguard Sessions |
| Evans, Bill | The Village Vanguard Sessions |
| Evans, Bill | Undercurrent |
| Evans, Gil | New Bottle, Old Wine |
| Farmer, Art | Blame It on My Youth |
| Farmer, Art | Modern Art |
| Favre, Pierre | Window Steps |
| Ferguson, Maynard | The Birdland Dream Band |
| Fitzgerald, Ella | 75th Birthday |
| Fitzgerald, Ella | Clap Hands Here Comes Charlie! |
| Fitzgerald, Ella | Compact Jazz: Ella Fitzgerald |
| Fitzgerald, Ella | Complete Ella in Berlin |
| Fitzgerald, Ella | Ella at the Opera House |
| Fitzgerald, Ella | Ella` in Rome: The Birthday Concert |
| Fitzgerald, Ella | For the Love of Ella |
| Fitzgerald, Ella | Gershwin Songbook |
| Fitzgerald, Ella | Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook |
| Fitzgerald, Ella | The Complete Songbooks (1956-1964) |
| Flanagan, Tommy | Jazz Poet |
| Fontana, Carl | The Great Fontana |
| Freeman, Chico | No Time Left |
| Freeman, Chico | Spirit Sensitive |
| Frisell, Bill | This Land |
| Frisell, Bill | Where in the World? |
| Frishberg, Dave | Can't Take You Nowhere |
| Gaillard, Slim | Slim's Jam |
| Garbarek, Jan | Twelve Moons |
| Garland, Red | Groovy |
| Garner, Erroll | Body and Soul |
| Garrett, Kenny | Songbook |
| Getz, Stan | For Musician's Only |
| Getz, Stan | Jazz Samba |
| Getz, Stan | Stan Getz & Bill Evans |
| Gilberto, Astrud | Look at the Rainbow |
| Gilberto, Joao | Amoroso/Brasil |
| Gillespie & Eldridge | Dizzy Gillespie with Roy Eldridge |
| Gillespie, Dizzy | Dizziest |
| Gillespie, Dizzy | In the Beginning |
| Gillespie, Dizzy | Sonny Side Up |
| Gillespie, Dizzy | The Chronological Dizzy Gillespie 1945-1946 |
| Gillespie, Dizzy | The Original Dizzy Gillespie Big Band: In Concert |
| Giuffre, Jimmy | The Complete 1947-1953 Small Group Sessions, Vol. 1 |
| Golson, Benny | Groovin' with Golson |
| Goodman, Benny | B.G. in Hi-Fi |
| Goodman, Benny | Live at Carnegie Hall: 1938 Complete |
| Goodman, Benny | Sextet Featuring Charlie Christian (1939-1941) |
| Goodman, Benny | The Benny Goodman Story |
| Goodman, Benny | The Birth of Swing |
| Goodman, Benny | The Complete RCA Victor Small Group Recordings (1935-1939) |
| Gordon, Dexter | Bouncin' with Dex |
| Gordon, Dexter | Homecoming, Live at the Village Vanguard |
| Grapelli, Stephane | Young Django |
| Gray, Glen | Best of the Big Bands: Glen Gray |
| Green, Grant | Feelin' the Spirit |
| Green, Grant | Solid |
| Griffin, Johnny | A Blowin' Session |
| Griffin, Johnny | Tough Tenor Favorites |
| Guaraldi, Vince | A Boy Named Charlie Brown |
| Haden & Jones | Steal Away (Charlie Haden & Hank Jones) |
| Haden, Charlie | Ballad of the Fallen |
| Haden, Charlie | Nocturne (2000) |
| Hamilton, Chico | Man From Two Worlds |
| Hamilton, Jimmy | Sweet But Hot |
| Hamilton, Scott | Scott Hamilton and Warren Vache with Scott's Band in NYC |
| Hamlisch, Marvin | The Sting |
| Hampton, Lionel | All Star Sessioins Volume 2: Hot Mallets |
| Hampton, Lionel | Midnight Sun |
| Hampton, Lionel | The Complete Lionel Hampton, 1937-1941 |
| Hancock, Herbie | Empyrean Isles |
| Hancock, Herbie | Speak Like a Child |
| Hancock, Herbie | The Prisoner |
| Handy, John | Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival 1965 |
| Hargrove, Roy | The Vibe |
| Hawkins, Coleman | Coleman Hawkins, 1943-1944 |
| Hawkins, Coleman | The Hawk Flies High |
| Hawkins, Coleman | The Ultimate Coleman Hawkins Selected by Sonny Rollins |
| Hemphill, Julius | Dogon A.D. |
| Henderson & Redman | Developing an American Orchestra: 1923-1927 |
| Henderson, Eddie | Heritage |
| Henderson, Fletcher | Building an American Orchestra |
| Henderson, Fletcher | The Fletcher Henderson Story |
| Henderson, Joe | Black Miracle |
| Henderson, Joe | In 'N Out |
| Henderson, Joe | Mode for Joe |
| Henderson, Joe | Page One |
| Henderson, Joe | So Near, So Far |
| Herman, Woody | Blues on Parade |
| Herman, Woody | The Three Herds |
| Herman, Woody | This is Jazz |
| Hines, Earl "Fatha" | ? Plays Duke Ellington |
| Hines, Earl "Fatha" | An Introduction to Earl Hines/His Best Recordings 1927-1942 |
| Hines, Earl "Fatha" | Another Monday Date |
| Hines, Earl "Fatha" | Earl Hines: Piano Man |
| Hines, Earl "Fatha" | Live At The New School/I've Got the World On A String |
| Hines, Earl "Fatha" | Spontaneous Explorations |
| Hinton, Milt | Old Man Time |
| Hodges, Johnny | Passion Flower |
| Holiday, Billie | Billie Holiday: The Legacy Box |
| Holiday, Billie | Body and Soul |
| Holiday, Billie | Greatest Hits (1933-42) |
| Holiday, Billie | Lady Day: Best of Verve Years |
| Holiday, Billie | Lady Day: The Best of Billie Holiday (1933-1945) |
| Holiday, Billie | Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia (1934-1944) |
| Holiday, Billie | Lady Day's 25 Greatest 1933-44 |
| Holiday, Billie | Lady in Satin |
| Holiday, Billie | Lady Sings the Blues |
| Holiday, Billie | The Billie Holiday Story, Vol. 1 |
| Holiday, Billie | The Billie Holiday Story, Vol. 2 |
| Holiday, Billie | The Complete Decca Recordings |
| Holiday, Billie | The Quintessential Billie Holiday, Vol. 3 |
| Holland, Dave | Prime Directive |
| Holland, Dave | Razors Edge |
| Holland, Dave | Seeds of Time |
| Horne, Lena | An Evening with |
| Hubbard, Freddie | Straight Life |
| Ibrahim, Abdullah | African River |
| Ibrahim, Abdullah | Water from an Ancient Well |
| Jackson, Milt | Bags Meets Wes |
| Jamal, Ahmad | Ahnad's Blues |
| Jamal, Ahmad Trio | Cross Country Tour: 1958-1961 |
| James, Henry | Yes, Indeed! |
| Jarrett & Peacock & DeJohnette | Tribute |
| Jarrett, Keith | At the Blue Note: the Complete Recordings |
| Jarrett, Keith | My Song |
| Jobim, Antio Carlos | Wave |
| Johnson, Bunk | The King of the Blues |
| Johnson, James P. | Running Wild (1921-1926) |
| Johnson, James P. | Snowy Morning Blues |
| Johnson, Lonnie | Steppin' On The Blues |
| Johnson, Marc | Right Brain Patrol |
| Jones, Elvin | Mr. Jones |
| Jones, Hank | Tiptoe Tapdance |
| Jones, Higgins & Holland | The Oracle |
| Jones, Jo | Essential Jo Jones |
| Jones, Norah | Come Away With Me |
| Joplin, Scott | Scott Joplin - 1916 |
| Joplin, Scott | The Elite Syncopations |
| Jordan, Louis | Let the Good Times Roll: The Anthology 1938-1953 |
| Jordan, Louis | The Best of Louis Jordan |
| Jordan, Sheila | One for Junior |
| Jordan, Sheila | Portrait of Sheila |
| Jordan, Sheila | Sheila |
| Kenton, Stan | Adventures in Jazz |
| Kenton, Stan | Kenton in Hi-Fi |
| Kenton, Stan | Retrospective |
| Kessel, Barney | The Poll Winners Straight Ahead |
| King Pleasure | Moody's Mood for Love |
| Kirby, John | John Kirby 1938-1939 |
| Kirby, John | John Kirby and His Orchestra 1941-1943 |
| Kirby, John, Sextet | Biggest Band in the Land |
| Kirk, Rahsaan Roland | Bright Moments |
| Kirk, Rahsaan Roland | Rahsann - The Complete Mercury Recordings |
| Kirk, Rahsaan Roland | We Free Kings |
| Konitz, Lee | Subconscious Lee |
| Krall, Diana | Live in Paris |
| Krall, Diana | The Look of Love |
| Krupa, Gene | Uptown |
| Lambert, Hendricks & Ross | The Best of Lambert, Hendricks and Ross |
| Lambert, Hendricks & Ross | The Swingers! |
| Lang, Eddie | Jazz Guitar |
| Lateef, Yusef | Eastern Sounds |
| Lateef, Yusef | The Yusef Lateef Anthology |
| Lavano, Joe | Rush Hour |
| Lee, Peggy | Spotlight on Peggy Lee |
| Lewis & Lunceford | Stomp It Off (George Lewis & Jimmie Lunceford) |
| Lewis, George | Homage to Charles Parker |
| Lewis, John | Evolution |
| Lewis, Ramsey | Sun Goddess |
| Lewis, Ramsey | The In Crowd |
| Lincoln, Abbey | Straight Ahead |
| Lincoln, Abbey | You Gotta Pat the Band |
| Lloyd, Charles | Forest Flower/Soundtrack |
| Lunceford, Jimmie | The Quintessence |
| Machito | Kenya |
| Machito | Mucho Macho Machito |
| Mahavishnu Orchestra | Birds of Fire |
| Mangelsdorff, Albert | Three Originals |
| Mangione, Chuck | Feels So Good |
| Mangione, Chuck | The Best of Chuck Mangione |
| Marsala, Joe | Joe Marsala 1936-1942 |
| Marsalis, Branford | Bloomington |
| Marsalis, Branford | Requiem |
| Marsalis, Wynton | Black Codes (from the Underground) |
| Marsalis, Wynton | Blood on the Fields |
| Marsalis, Wynton | Blue Interlude |
| Marsalis, Wynton | In This House, on This Morning |
| Marsalis, Wynton | J Mood |
| Marsalis, Wynton | Live at Blues Alley |
| Martino, Pat | All Sides Now |
| McFerrin, Bobby | Spontaneous Inventions |
| McLaughlin, John | My Goal's Beyond |
| McLean, Jackie | Jacknife |
| McRae, Carmen | Sings Great American Songwriters |
| McRae, Carmen | Sings Monk |
| McRae, Carmen | The Greatest of Carmen McRae |
| McRae, Carter | Carmen McRae-Betty Carter Duets |
| Melford, Myra | The Same River, Twice |
| Mendes, Sergio | Fool on the Hill |
| Methany, Pat | Letter from Home |
| Methany, Pat | Still Life |
| Metheny, Pat | 80/81 |
| Metheny, Pat | Bright Size Life |
| Metheny, Pat | Pat Methany Group |
| Miller, Glenn | Greatest Hits - Glenn Miller |
| Mingus, Charles | Changes I & II |
| Mingus, Charles | Charles "Baron" Mingus, West Coast 1945-1949 |
| Mingus, Charles | Let My Children Hear Music |
| Mingus, Charles | Passions of a Man (an Anthology) |
| Mingus, Charles | Present Charles Mingus |
| Mingus, Charles | The Great Paris Concert of 1964 |
| Mingus, Charles | Thirteen Pictures |
| Mingus, Dolphy | The Charlie Mingus Jazz Workship/Stormy Weather |
| Mitchell, Joni | Hejira |
| Modern Jazz Quartet | Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grapelli |
| Modern Jazz Quartet | Fontessa |
| Monk, Thelonious | Best of the Blue Note Years |
| Monk, Thelonious | Big Band and Quartet in Concert |
| Monk, Thelonious | Brilliance |
| Monk, Thelonious | Monk Alone: The Complete Columbia Solo Studio Recordings, 1962-1968 |
| Monk, Thelonious | Monk's Dream |
| Monk, Thelonious | Pure Monk |
| Monk, Thelonious | The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall |
| Monk, Thelonious | Thelonious Alone in San Francisco |
| Monk, Thelonious | Underground |
| Montgomery, Wes | Smokin at the Half Note |
| Montgomery, Wes | So Much Guitar |
| Montgomery, Wes | While We're Young |
| Moody, James | Young At Heart |
| Moran, Jason | Black Stars (2001) |
| Morath, Max | The World of Scott Joplin |
| Moreira, Airto | Virgin Land |
| Morgan, Lee | The Procrastinator |
| Morton, Jelly Roll | Classic Sides (1926-1930) |
| Morton, Jelly Roll | Jelly Roll Morton |
| Morton, Jelly Roll | Jelly Roll Morton Centennial: His Complete Victor Recordings |
| Morton, Jelly Roll | Jelly Roll Morton, 1923-1924 |
| Morton, Jelly Roll | Kansas City Stomp |
| Morton, Jelly Roll | Piano Solos (1923-1926) |
| Morton, Jelly Roll | The Original Mr. Jelly Lord 1923-41 |
| Morton, Jelly Roll | Winin' Boy Blues |
| Moten, Bennie | Basie Beginnings |
| Mulligan, Gerry | California Concerts, Vol. 2 |
| Murray, David | Ballads for Bass Clarinet |
| Murray, David | Big Band |
| Navarro, Fats | Fats Navarro and Tadd Dameron |
| Navarro, Fats | The Complete Fats Navarro on Capitol |
| Nelson, Oliver | Three Dimensions: The Dedication Series, Vol. 3 |
| New Directions | New Directions (1999) |
| Nichols, Herbie | The Art of Herbie Nichols |
| Nichols, Red | Rhythm of the Day |
| Noone, Jimmie | His Best Recordings 1923-1940 |
| Norvo & Bailey | Red Norvo Featuring Mildred Bailey |
| Norvo, Red | Dance of the Octopus |
| O'Day, Anita | Anita |
| O'Day, Anita | Anita Sings the Most |
| Oliver, Joe "King" | King Oliver, Vol. 1, 1923-1929 |
| Oliver, Joe "King" | King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band: The Complete Set |
| Oliver, Joe "King" | King Oliver's Jazz Band, 1923 |
| Oliver, Joe "King" | Sugar Foot Stomp |
| Oregon | Music of Another Present Era |
| Oregon | Out of the Woods |
| Original Dixieland Jass Band | 75th Anniversary |
| Original Dixieland Jass Band | First Jazz Recordings, Vol. 1 |
| Original Dixieland Jazz Band | Creators of Jazz (1917-1936) |
| Ortega, Anthony | New Dance |
| Ory, Kid | Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band |
| Palmieri, Eddie | ? and His Orchestra, Vamonos Pa'l Monte |
| Parker & Gillespie | Parker and Gillespie: The Greatest Jazz Concert Ever |
| Parker & Gillespie | The Quintet/Jazz at Massey Hall |
| Parker, Charlie | Bird's Best Bop on Verve |
| Parker, Charlie | Charlie Parker and Stars of Modern Jazz at Carnegie Hall |
| Parker, Charlie | Now's the Time |
| Parker, Charlie | The Charlie Parker Story |
| Parker, Charlie | The Complete Verve Recordings |
| Parker, Charlie | The Dial Masters - Original Choice Takes |
| Parker, Charlie | The Dial Sessions |
| Parker, Charlie | The Legendary Dial Masters, Vol. 1 |
| Parker, Charlie | The Very Best of Bird |
| Parker, Evan | Monoceros |
| Pepper, Art | Modern Jazz Classics |
| Pepper, Art | Today |
| Perez, Danilo | The Journey |
| Peterson, Oscar | At the Stratford Shakespearean Festival |
| Peterson, Oscar | In Concert |
| Peterson, Oscar | On the Town |
| Peterson, Oscar | Oscar Peterson Trio + One |
| Pettiford, Oscar | Deep Passion |
| Powell, Bud | Jazz Giant |
| Powell, Bud | The Best of Bud Powell on Verve |
| Powell, Bud | The Complete Blue Note and Roost Recordings |
| Pozo, Chano | El Tambor de Cuba: Life and Music of the Legendary Cuban Conga Drummer |
| Prima, Louis | Collectors Series |
| Puente, Tito | Goza Me Timbal |
| Pullen, Don | Ode To Life |
| Pullen, Don | Random Thoughts |
| Purim, Moreira | 500 Miles High! At Montreux |
| Raeburn, Boyd | Boyd Raeburn: Rare Broadcast Performances |
| Redman, Dewey | The Ear of the Behearer |
| Redman, Joshua | Wish |
| Reed, The Freddie Quartet | The Music from 'The Connection' |
| Reinhardt & Grappelli | Swing from Paris (1935-1939) |
| Reinhardt, Django | Django '35-'39 |
| Reinhardt, Django | Djangology 49 |
| Reinhardt, Django | Django's Music |
| Reinhardt, Django | Souvenirs |
| Rhythm Kings | New Orleans Rhythm Kings |
| Rich, Buddy | Mercy, Mercy |
| Rivers, Sam | Involution |
| Roach & Braxton | Birth and Rebirth |
| Roach, Max | Percussion Bittersweet |
| Roach, Max | To the Max! |
| Roberts, Marcus | Deep in the Shed |
| Roberts, Smith | Luckey and the Lion |
| Rollins, Sonny | A Night at the Village Vanguard, Vol. 1 |
| Rollins, Sonny | More from the Vanguard |
| Rollins, Sonny | Our Man in Jazz |
| Rollins, Sonny | Plus Four |
| Rollins, Sonny | The Bridge |
| Rosolino, Frank | Free for All |
| Russell, George "Pee Wee" | A Portrait of Pee Wee |
| Russell, George "Pee Wee" | Outer Thoughts |
| Sanchez, Poncho | Para Todos |
| Sanders, Pharoah | Karma |
| Santos, Moacir | Coisas |
| Schlippenbach, Alex von | Elf Bagatellen |
| Schneider, Maria | Evanescence |
| Schuur, Diane | Diane Schuur and The Count Basie Orchestra |
| Scofield, John | Meant to Be |
| Scofield, John | Time On My Hands |
| Sharrock, Sonny | Ask the Ages |
| Shaw, Artie | Begin the Beguine |
| Shaw, Artie | Greatest Hits |
| Shaw, Artie | Personal Best |
| Shaw, Woody | Little Red's Fantasy |
| Shaw, Woody | Two More Pieces of the Puzzle |
| Shearing, George | I Hear a Rhapsody: Live at the Blue Note |
| Shepp, Archie | Four for Trane |
| Shepp, Archie | The Magic of Ju-Ju |
| Shorter, Wayne | Adam's Apple |
| Shorter, Wayne | Native Dancer |
| Silver, Horace | Cape Verdean Blues |
| Silver, Horace | Doin' the Thing |
| Silver, Horace | Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers |
| Silver, Horace | The Best of Horace Silver Volume Two |
| Simone, Nina | Bittersweet - The Very Best of Nina Simone |
| Simone, Nina | Wild is the Wind |
| Sinatra & Basie | Sinatra-Basie |
| Sinatra, Frank | Come Fly with Me |
| Smith, Bessie | Bessie Smith: The Collection |
| Smith, Bessie | Nobody's Blues But Mine |
| Smith, Bessie | The Complete Recordings, Vol. 1 |
| Smith, Bessie | The Essential Bessie Smith (1923-1933) |
| Spanier, Muggsy | The Great 16! |
| Spanier, Muggsy | The Ragtime Band Sessions |
| Stitt, Sonny | Atlas Blues (Blow and Ballad) with Art Pepper |
| Stitt, Sonny | Kaleidoscope |
| Sun Ra | Fate In A Pleasant Mood/When Sun Comes Out |
| Sun Ra | Holiday for Soul Dance |
| Sun Ra | Live at Montreux |
| Sun Ra | Sunrise in Different Dimensions |
| Sun Ra | The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Vol. 1 |
| Surman, John | The Amazing Adventures of Simon Simon |
| Tatum, Art | 20th Century Piano Genius |
| Tatum, Art | Art Tatum's Finest Hour |
| Tatum, Art | Classic Piano Solos |
| Tatum, Art | Solo Piano |
| Tatum, Art | Tatum Group Masterpieces, Vol. 1 |
| Tatum, Art | Tatum Group Masterpieces, Vol. 8 |
| Tatum, Art | The Complete Pablo Solo Masterpieces |
| Tatum, Art | The Group Recordings, Vol. 8 with Ben Webster |
| Tatum, Art | The Tatum Solo Masterpieces, Vol. 3 |
| Tatum, Carter & Bellson | Tatum-Carter-Bellson |
| Taylor, Cecil | Jazz Advance |
| Taylor, Cecil | Nefertiti, the Beautiful One Has Come |
| Taylor, Cecil | The World of Cecil Taylor |
| Teagarden, Jack | Gotta Right to Sing the Blues |
| Teagarden, Jack | Think Well Of Me |
| Thompson, Lucky | Lucky Strikes |
| Thornhill, Claude | Best of Big Bands |
| Threadgill, Henry | Just the Facts and Pass the Bucket |
| Threadgill, Henry | Spirit of Nuff ? Nuff (with the Very Very Circus) |
| Threadgill, Henry | Too Much Sugar for a Dime |
| Threadgill, Henry | You Know the Number |
| Timmons, Bobby | The Soul Man! |
| Tjader, Cal | Latin Concert |
| Tjader, Cal | Soul Sauce |
| Torme, Mel | Fujitsu-Concord Jazz Festival (1990) |
| Torme, Mel | In Concert in Tokyo |
| Tracey, Stan | Jazz Suite: Under Milk Wood |
| Tristano, Lennie | Intuition |
| Tristano, Lennie | The Complete Lennie Tristano on Keynote |
| Turee, Steve | Sanctified Shells |
| Turner, Mark | Yam-Yam |
| Turre, Steve | Steve Turre |
| Turrentine, Stanley | The Complete Blue Hour Sessions (with The Three Sounds) |
| Turrentine, Stanley | Up at Minton's |
| Turtle Island String Quartet | Turtle Island String Quartet |
| Tyner, McCoy | Echoes of a Friend |
| Tyner, McCoy | Enlightment |
| Tyner, McCoy | Sahara |
| Tyner, McCoy | Supertrio |
| various artists | Anerican Pop: An Audio History from Minstrel to Mojo |
| various artists | Jazz Underground: Live at Smalls |
| various artists | Jazz, Vol. 11: Addenda (Folkways) |
| various artists | Jazz, Vol. 3: New Orleans (Folkways) |
| various artists | Piano in Style, 1926-1930 |
| various artists | The Sound of Jazz |
| Vaughan & Basie | Sarah Vaughan and Count Basie |
| Vaughan & LA Philharmonic | Gershwin Live! |
| Vaughan, Sarah | At Mister Kelly's |
| Vaughan, Sarah | Complete: Live in Japan |
| Vaughan, Sarah | Crazy and Mixed Up |
| Vaughan, Sarah | Sassy Swings the Tivoli |
| Ventura, Charlie | A Charlie Ventura Concert |
| Venuti & Lang | Stringing the Blues |
| Venuti, Joe | Fiddlesticks |
| Walcott, Colin | Cloud Dance |
| Waller, Fats | Fats Waller and His Buddies |
| Waller, Fats | The Definitive Fats Waller, Vol. 1 |
| Waller, Fats | The Very Best of Fats Waller |
| Walton, Cedar | Eastern Rebellion |
| Washington, Dinah | First Issue: The Dinah Washington Story (The Original Recordings) |
| Washington, Grover, Jr. | Wine Light |
| Weather Report | 8:30 |
| Weather Report | Mysterious Traveler |
| Weather Report | Weather Report |
| Webb, Chick | Chick Webb (1929-1934) |
| Webb, Chick | Standing Tall (with his orchestra) |
| Webster, Ben | Music for Loving |
| Weston, Randy | Spirits of Our Ancestors |
| Willette, "Baby Face" | Face to Face |
| Williams, Mary Lou | Zodiac Suite |
| Williams, Tony | Emergency (with Lifetime) |
| Wills, Bob | ... and His Texas Playboys, The Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol. 3: Basin St Blues |
| Wilson, Cassandra | New Moon Daughter |
| Wilson, Nancy | With Cannonball Adderley |
| Wilson, Teddy | With Billie in Mind |
| World Saxophone Quartet | Dances & Ballads |
| World Saxophone Quartet | Steppin' with the World Saxophone Quartet |
| Yellowjackets, The | Four Corners |
| Young, Lester | Master Takes |
| Zorn, John | Godard/Spillane |
Fifteen different jazz books, 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 each received one recommendation and are considered to be the 625 Honorable Mention Greatest 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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