Best Post-Bop Albums of All Time

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52 albums

RankAlbumArtist		Year	★ Overall		Critics	Users
8	A Love Supreme - John Coltrane	1965	91	86	100	89.9	88.7	94	87	91.6
80	Mingus Ah Um - Charles Mingus	1959	88	81.8	100	85.6	84.5	92.8	84	87.4
93	Giant Steps - John Coltrane	1960	87.8	82.4	95	86.3	86.5	93.2	83	88
145	My Favorite Things - John Coltrane	1961	86.9	82.6	95	86.5	85.3	93.4	81	84.4
229	Speak No Evil - Wayne Shorter	1966	86.1	78.6	100	82.5	84.9	92.6	80	84
262	Journey in Satchidananda - Alice Coltrane Featuring Pharoah Sanders	1971	85.8	82	90	86.4	83.4	94	81	84
296	The Shape of Jazz to Come - Ornette Coleman	1959	85.6	79.2	100	81.4	79.2	92.4	81	86
413	Scenery - Ryo Fukui	1976	84.9	76.6	–	85.9	87.6	95	80	84
426	Out to Lunch! - Eric Dolphy	1964	84.8	78.8	100	79.9	79	91.2	79	85.6
432	Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus - Mingus	1964	84.8	79.4	90	83.6	84.5	93.4	80	82.4
465	Eastern Sounds - Yusef Lateef	1961	84.6	76.8	95	82	83.5	94.8	78	82
481	The Blues and the Abstract Truth - Oliver Nelson	1961	84.5	76.6	100	79.7	82.2	93.8	78	81.4
482	Ascension [Edition I] - John Coltrane	1966	84.5	79.8	93	83.8	–	89.8	77	83.8
489	Miles Smiles - Miles Davis Quintet	1967	84.5	77	100	80	79.7	92.4	80	82.4
494	Blues & Roots - Charlie Mingus	1960	84.5	80.6	90	84	81.5	91.8	80	83.4
501	The Epic - Kamasi Washington	2015	84.5	75.8	87	86.5	85.9	91	81	84
564	Free for All - Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers	1965	84.2	80	90	83.7	–	91.2	77	83
588	Empyrean Isles - Herbie Hancock	1964	84	78	93	81.3	80.6	92.8	79	83.4
620	Maiden Voyage - Herbie Hancock	1965	83.9	77.6	93	81.2	81.8	92.4	79	82.4
662	Ptah, The El Daoud - Alice Coltrane	1970	83.8	78.6	81	83.8	85.7	93.2	80	84
677	Juju - Wayne Shorter	1965	83.7	78	90	81.6	82.7	92	79	82.6
685	Nefertiti - Miles Davis	1968	83.7	76.6	100	80.4	79.8	91	80	78
700	Point of Departure - Andrew Hill	1965	83.6	77	100	78.4	76.9	92	78	83.2
748	Pithecanthropus erectus - The Charlie Mingus Jazz Workshop	1956	83.5	76.4	100	79.4	79.6	90.8	80	78
769	Africa/Brass - The John Coltrane Quartet	1961	83.4	80	83	84.3	83.1	91.6	80	81.6
866	The Real McCoy - McCoy Tyner	1967	83	78.2	85	81.8	80.1	91	80	85
887	Money Jungle - Duke Ellington, Charlie Mingus & Max Roach	1963	83	77.6	90	79.7	83.2	90.4	78	81.8
890	Everybody Digs Bill Evans - Bill Evans Trio	1959	83	76.2	90	81.8	82.9	92.8	75	82
937	Out There - Eric Dolphy	1961	82.8	76	100	78.7	77.8	93.4	74	80
966	Tijuana Moods - Charlie Mingus	1962	82.8	76.4	100	80.2	79.5	89.2	78	76
1146	Monk's Music - Thelonious Monk Septet	1957	82.3	78	94	80.1	79.3	91.4	77	76
1291	Mosaic - Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers	1962	82	78.8	80	83.4	82.1	91.4	78	80
1292	You Must Believe in Spring - Bill Evans	1981	82	78	70	82.9	87.2	93.6	77	85
1297	Filles de Kilimanjaro - Miles Davis	1969	81.9	75.8	93	77.4	79	90.4	80	78
1376	Undercurrent - Bill Evans & Jim Hall	1962	81.8	76.6	80	81.6	86.4	90.2	76	–
1382	E. S. P. - Miles Davis	1965	81.8	75	95	77.5	–	91.2	76	76
1462	The Awakening - The Ahmad Jamal Trio	1970	81.6	77.2	80	82.6	83.8	92.8	75	80
1580	Oh Yeah - Mingus	1962	81.4	75.4	97	79.1	80.3	90	76	72
1734	Crescent - John Coltrane Quartet	1964	81.1	77.4	75	80	82.6	93.6	79	80
1851	Harmony of Difference - Kamasi Washington	2017	80.9	75.2	79	81.1	86.1	89.4	78	77.4
1905	Olé Coltrane - John Coltrane	1961	80.8	79.8	70	81.1	81.2	92.6	79	81.8
2038	The Clown - The Charles Mingus Jazz Workshop	1957	80.6	75.6	80	82.4	79.8	89.2	79	78
2097	Jazz in Silhouette - Sun Ra and His Arkestra	1959	80.5	74.2	80	78.6	82.7	90.8	79	78
2193	Coltrane - The John Coltrane Quartette	1962	80.3	76.4	85	79.7	74.9	92	76	78
2257	Coltrane's Sound - John Coltrane	1964	80.2	75.6	77	76.2	83.5	92	79	78
2353	Takin' Off - Herbie Hancock	1962	80	73.8	87	77.3	–	92	76	74
2437	Sorcerer - Miles Davis	1967	79.9	73.2	90	76.3	77.8	90	76	76
2842	Lush Life - John Coltrane	1961	79.3	71.2	90	72.7	76.3	91.6	75	78
3032	The Lounge Lizards - The Lounge Lizards	1981	78.9	74.4	75	78.2	81.8	87.2	76	80
3748	III - BADBADNOTGOOD	2014	77.7	71.4	71	78.6	76.6	91	77	78
3863	Miles in the Sky - Miles Davis	1968	77.4	73.8	75	75.4	75.8	90	78	74
5693	Mingus - Charles Mingus	1961	71.3	69.4	80	61.5	–	92.8	68	56

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