Best Jazz Albums of All Time

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RankAlbumArtist		Year	★ Overall		Critics	Users
3	To Pimp a Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar	2015	91.9	87.6	95	94.6	93.5	94.6	89	89.2
6	Kind of Blue - Miles Davis	1959	91.6	84.8	100	90.4	90.2	95	89	91.8
8	A Love Supreme - John Coltrane	1965	91	86	100	89.9	88.7	94	87	91.6
12	The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady - Mingus	1963	90.7	86.6	96	91.4	89.3	93.8	86	91.8
18	In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson	1969	90	86.6	90	91.3	89.4	92.4	89	91.4
19	In a Silent Way - Miles Davis	1969	90	84.6	100	88.9	88.2	93.8	86	88.6
32	A Charlie Brown Christmas - Vince Guaraldi	1965	89.4	82.4	100	89	91.9	94	81	87.6
35	Bitches Brew - Miles Davis	1970	89.3	83.6	100	89.4	86.6	92.4	84	89.4
45	Red - King Crimson	1974	89	85.4	92	89.9	86.9	92.8	86	89.8
62	Blue Train - John Coltrane	1958	88.5	80.6	100	86.7	86	94	84	88
63	Waltz for Debby - Bill Evans	1962	88.5	81	100	86	88.3	95	81	88
72	Dummy - Portishead	1994	88.2	83.8	93	89.6	86.2	93	84	87.8
79	Mingus Ah Um - Charles Mingus	1959	88	81.8	100	85.6	84.5	92.8	84	87.4
82	Blade Runner (Original Score from the Motion Picture) - Vangelis	1994	87.9	83	90	88	89.3	93.6	83	88.6
91	Giant Steps - John Coltrane	1960	87.8	82.4	95	86.3	86.5	93.2	83	88
93	Aja - Steely Dan	1977	87.8	80.6	99	87	85.5	91.8	83	87.4
99	Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers [Moanin'] - Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers	1959	87.7	81.4	100	85.6	86.5	93.4	83	84
108	Karma - Pharoah Sanders	1969	87.5	83.6	93	89.1	86.2	92.8	82	85.8
112	Let My Children Hear Music - Charles Mingus	1972	87.5	81.6	100	87.5	87.2	87.2	82	86.8
116	Getz/Gilberto - Stan Getz & João Gilberto	1964	87.4	80.2	98	87.1	87.4	93.4	82	83.8
122	Cowboy Bebop (Original Soundtrack) - Seatbelts	1998	87.3	81.8	90	89	88	93.8	80	88.4
128	Jack Johnson (Original Soundtrack Recording) - Miles Davis	1971	87.2	80.8	98	84.3	85.6	92.8	82	86.6
130	★ [Blackstar] - David Bowie	2016	87.1	83	86	89.7	86.6	92.4	86	86
136	The Best of Sade - Sade	1994	87	83.2	87	92	91.9	94.6	78	82
141	My Favorite Things - John Coltrane	1961	86.9	82.6	95	86.5	85.3	93.4	81	84.4
147	Hot Rats - Frank Zappa	1969	86.8	81.6	90	87.4	85.5	92	83	88.2
162	The Köln Concert - Keith Jarrett	1975	86.6	80.8	93	85	87.2	91.4	81	88
169	Fun House - The Stooges	1970	86.6	81.2	97	83.1	79.8	93.2	83	88.6
170	The Inner Mounting Flame - The Mahavishnu Orchestra with John McLaughlin	1971	86.6	79.6	100	86.7	85.6	88.2	79	86.8
199	Somethin' Else - Cannonball Adderley	1958	86.3	78.4	100	81.5	84	94.4	82	84
218	Speak No Evil - Wayne Shorter	1966	86.1	78.6	100	82.5	84.9	92.6	80	84
223	Head Hunters - Herbie Hancock	1973	86.1	80.8	88	87	86.2	92.6	82	85.8
232	Roseland NYC Live - Portishead	1998	86	84.2	73	92	92.7	92.8	79	88
233	Court and Spark - Joni Mitchell	1974	86	78.2	99	86.1	85	87.4	82	84
245	Live-Evil - Miles Davis	1971	85.9	81.6	90	86	84.5	91	80	88
250	Journey in Satchidananda - Alice Coltrane Featuring Pharoah Sanders	1971	85.8	82	90	86.4	83.4	94	81	84
255	Spirit of Eden - Talk Talk	1988	85.8	81.6	87	85.2	83.4	92	84	87.2
257	De Todas las Flores - Natalia Lafourcade	2022	85.8	80	95	87.8	88.8	94.4	78	76.4
258	Astral Weeks - Van Morrison	1968	85.8	78.4	100	81.8	79	90.4	84	86.8
259	Siembra - Willie Colón & Rubén Blades	1978	85.8	79	100	86.1	88.3	93	76	78
262	Idle Moments - Grant Green	1965	85.7	78	100	82.3	82.1	93.4	80	84.4
266	Love Deluxe - Sade	1992	85.7	83.2	76	90.8	90.4	93.2	79	87.2
271	Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club	1997	85.7	78.8	91	85.8	88.1	93.2	80	82.8
280	The Shape of Jazz to Come - Ornette Coleman	1959	85.6	79.2	100	81.4	79.2	92.4	81	86
281	Time Out - The Dave Brubeck Quartet	1959	85.6	78.8	87	83.3	84.9	93.2	84	88
283	Laughing Stock - Talk Talk	1991	85.6	82.6	82	86.6	84.7	91.2	83	89
285	Agharta - Miles Davis	1975	85.6	82	90	86.6	84.9	91.6	80	84
298	The Olatunji Concert: The Last Live Recording - John Coltrane	2001	85.5	84.4	90	87	86.4	86.4	78	86
299	Abraxas - Santana	1970	85.5	78.4	100	84.3	81.7	88.6	80	85.2
303	Arthur Verocai - Arthur Verocai	1972	85.4	78.6	90	85.9	89.3	96.2	78	80
305	Bryter Layter - Nick Drake	1971	85.4	79.6	90	86.1	85.1	92	83	82
307	Moondance - Van Morrison	1970	85.4	78.2	94	81.9	82.1	90.8	84	86.8
316	When the Pawn... - Fiona Apple	1999	85.3	82.2	77	90.8	90.3	91.6	82	83.2
319	Pastel Blues - Nina Simone	1965	85.3	80.8	82	86.7	86.2	92.8	82	86.4
336	'Round About Midnight - Miles Davis	1957	85.1	76.4	100	80.8	82.9	92.8	81	82
341	Get Up With It - Miles Davis	1974	85.1	81.8	89	87	86.7	91.2	80	80
351	Taxi Driver - Bernard Herrmann	1976	85.1	79	90	86.5	89.7	91.8	74	84.4
353	Saxophone Colossus - Sonny Rollins	1957	85	79	93	82.3	84	94	81	82
358	Monk's Dream - The Thelonious Monk Quartet	1963	85	77.4	100	80.3	80.9	92.6	80	83.8
359	The Sidewinder - Lee Morgan	1964	85	77.4	100	80.9	82.1	93.6	81	80
365	Return to Forever - Chick Corea	1972	85	75.8	100	81.4	79.5	89.2	79	90
372	Naked City - John Zorn	1990	84.9	76.8	95	84.1	85.2	90.6	77	85.6
379	Dez Anos Depois - Nara Leão	1971	84.9	77.4	96	84.4	85.3	91.4	75	84.6
381	At Last! - Etta James	1960	84.9	75.6	100	81	84.9	91.6	78	83
389	Wave - Antônio Carlos Jobim	1967	84.8	75.8	100	83.5	84.4	90	80	80
395	Out to Lunch! - Eric Dolphy	1964	84.8	78.8	100	79.9	79	91.2	79	85.6
399	Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus - Mingus	1964	84.8	79.4	90	83.6	84.5	93.4	80	82.4
402	Sunday at the Village Vanguard - Bill Evans Trio	1961	84.7	78.6	100	79.3	74.6	94.6	78	88
405	Hejira - Joni Mitchell	1976	84.7	81.2	85	88	86.2	87.6	81	84
409	Swordfishtrombones - Tom Waits	1983	84.7	78.8	95	82.7	80	89.4	81	86
412	Diamond Life - Sade	1984	84.7	78.6	92	88.1	85.8	89.2	79	80
418	Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple	2020	84.6	76	93	86.2	86.5	92.4	81	77.4
424	Expensive Shit - Fela Ransome Kuti & Africa 70	1975	84.6	81.4	87	84.2	81.4	93.4	80	84.8
429	Eastern Sounds - Yusef Lateef	1961	84.6	76.8	95	82	83.5	94.8	78	82
431	Go - Dexter Gordon	1962	84.6	75.2	100	77.5	89.1	92.2	78	80
434	The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery - Wes Montgomery	1960	84.6	76.2	100	80.6	80.9	90	78	86.2
445	The Blues and the Abstract Truth - Oliver Nelson	1961	84.5	76.6	100	79.7	82.2	93.8	78	81.4
452	Miles Smiles - Miles Davis Quintet	1967	84.5	77	100	80	79.7	92.4	80	82.4
455	Blues & Roots - Charlie Mingus	1960	84.5	80.6	90	84	81.5	91.8	80	83.4
456	The Idler Wheel Is Wiser than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More than Ropes Will Ever Do - Fiona Apple	2012	84.5	78.4	87	87.2	86.1	90.4	81	81.2
460	Pieces of a Man - Gil Scott-Heron	1971	84.5	80	82	87.6	86.6	93	80	82
462	The Epic - Kamasi Washington	2015	84.5	75.8	87	86.5	85.9	91	81	84
466	Sleeping Beauty - Sun Ra and His Arkestra	1979	84.4	79.6	90	84.9	82.9	94.6	77	82
469	Solid Air - John Martyn	1973	84.4	76.8	98	81.6	81.2	91.4	78	84
485	Portrait in Jazz - Bill Evans Trio	1960	84.3	75.6	95	80.1	84.7	93.6	78	83.2
494	Unquestionable Presence - Atheist	1991	84.3	77.4	90	82	85.9	89.6	77	88
495	Sketches of Spain - Miles Davis	1960	84.3	76.8	96	82.6	81.1	89.6	82	81.8
508	Milagre dos Peixes - Milton Nascimento	1973	84.2	78.8	80	86.4	88.4	91.8	78	86
512	Stone Flower - Antônio Carlos Jobim	1970	84.2	77.2	90	83.7	86.9	91.4	78	82
538	Empyrean Isles - Herbie Hancock	1964	84	78	93	81.3	80.6	92.8	79	83.4
543	Relaxin' With the Miles Davis Quintet - The Miles Davis Quintet	1958	84	74.2	100	76.5	84.1	93.2	80	80
546	Promises - Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra	2021	84	79	88	85.7	85.9	92.6	79	77.6
547	Elegant Gypsy - Al Di Meola	1977	84	75.2	100	82.4	81.2	84.6	78	86.4
554	Wild Is the Wind - Nina Simone	1966	83.9	80.4	82	87.6	85.4	89.8	80	82.4
569	Maiden Voyage - Herbie Hancock	1965	83.9	77.6	93	81.2	81.8	92.4	79	82.4
570	The Royal Scam - Steely Dan	1976	83.9	79.4	86	85.2	85.1	88.6	81	82
593	Chet Baker Sings - Chet Baker	1954	83.8	77.2	85	81.9	88.3	93.2	79	82
596	Mama's Gun - Erykah Badu	2000	83.8	80	78	88.3	87.8	91.8	79	81.6
597	Can't Buy a Thrill - Steely Dan	1972	83.8	78.6	84	84.4	85.3	90.2	82	82
598	Milestones - Miles Davis	1958	83.8	77	90	81.5	82.9	92	81	82

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