Jazz Albums reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 312 Reddit reviews across 10 subreddits and 42 posts to rank the best Jazz Albums brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/Jazz, r/musicsuggestions, r/Opeth, r/jazzguitar, r/fantanoforever. Top-rated brands include Miles Davis (5.0/5), John Coltrane (5.0/5), Bill Evans (5.0/5).
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Reviews312
Subreddits10
Posts42
Brands69
Products85
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#1
Miles Davis
5.0
(48)
"In a Silent Way by Miles Davis."
"Kind of Blue (Miles)"
"Miles Davis - Kind of Blue but apart from that emblematic album, you could also listen to his album "quiet nights". it's an underrated gem."
"After KOB, listen to In a Silent Way."
"Davis -- Kind of Blue"
"Miles Davis - Kind of Blue"
"I’ve been listening to Kind of Blue for 30 years. Still feels fresh!"
"Miles Davis - Kind of Blue"
"Kind of Blue - Miles Davis"
"In that order!"
#2
John Coltrane
5.0
(31)
"A Love Supreme - John Coltrane"
"A Love Supreme (Coltrane)"
"Definitely go with A love Supreme."
"That one Giant Steps or Africa Brass are my favorites from Coltrane"
"My favourite things by John Coltrane."
"My Favourite Things by John Coltrane."
"John Coltrane - Blue Train"
"A Love Supreme- John Coltrane"
"A Love Supreme (Coltrane)"
"Coltrane's Interstellar Space ... are great."
#3
Bill Evans
5.0
(16)
"Bill Evans - Sunday at the Village Vanguard"
"Bill Evans - Waltz For Debby"
"Bill Evans - Waltz for Debby"
"Waltz For Debby is #1 for this"
"I would get into some Bill Evans, Nala Sinephro just released an album called Endlessness which would be great concentration background."
"Any Bill Evans."
"Bill Evans Sunday at the Village Vanguard. Happy reading’"
"Bill Evans You must Believe in Spring"
"Bill Evans"
"Bill Evans - Portrait in Jazz"
#4
Dave Brubeck
4.9
(11)
"Time Out (Brubeck)"
"Also time out by Brubeck as everyone mentioned, great pick"
"Brubeck -- Time Out"
"Dave Brubeck - Time Out"
"Definitely Brubeck’s Time Out"
"Time Out - Dave Bruebeck"
"Time Out (Brubeck)"
"Time out by Dave Brubeck"
"Time Out - Dave Brubeck"
"The Dave Brubeck Time Out album with the cut "Take 5" is classic."
#5
Charles Mingus
4.8
(10)
"Mingus Ah Hum by Charles Mingus."
"Mingus Ah Um - Charles Mingus"
"Charles Mingus - Ah Um."
"Mingus Ah Um - Charles Mingus."
"Black Saint and the Sinner Lady - Mingus."
""Mingus Ah Um," Charles Mingus."
"Black Saint and the Sinner Lady."
"Charles Mingus: *Ah Um* and *The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady*"
"Charles Mingus - Black Saint and the Sinner Lady"
#6
Herbie Hancock
4.7
(10)
"Herbie Hancock “Empyrean Isles”"
"Is a classic."
"Maiden voyage by herbie hancock"
"Head Hunters"
"Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage."
"Herbie Hancock - *Empyrean Isles*"
"Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters"
"Herbie Hancock- Headhunters"
"Head Hunters by Herbie Hancock is a good place to start."
#7
Eric Dolphy
4.6
(8)
"Out to Lunch by Eric Dolphy. It’s a very interesting piece front to back."
"Eric Dolphy's Out to Lunch is a delicious bowl of spicy peppers, smokey jerkies and exploding fruit candies. Gets better every time you hear it."
"Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch"
"I like Eric Dolphy’s Out to Lunch"
"Eric Dolphy's Out to Lunch seeing as it's the greatest album ever recorded"
"Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch"
"Eric Dolphy: *Out to Lunch*"
"Out to lunch by eric dolphy"
#8
Gerry Mulligan
5.0
(7)
"Night Lights - Gerry Mulligan"
"Deffinietly Gerry Mulligan-Night Lights"
"Gerry Mulligan - Night Lights"
"Night Lights-Gerry Mulligan"
"The coziest and calmest jazz album."
#9
Return to Forever
4.9
(7)
"Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy by Return to Forever is pretty awesome."
"Two of the best jazz fusion bands to ever do it"
"My favorite jazz/fusion album."
"Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy by Return to Forever."
"Start with fusion that's the closest to the music you currently enjoy. Jazz with rock elements should help ease you in. Return to forever."
"Romantic warrior by return to forever for sure."
"Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior"
#10
Cannonball Adderley
5.0
(6)
"Cannonball Adderley - Somethin Else"
"Cannonball Adderly: Something Else"
"Cannonball Adderley - Somethin’ Else."
"If you can't find something you like on this album, you're just not cut out for Jazz."
"Cannonball Adderly - Somethin’ Else"
"Adderley's *Somethin' Else*, especially "Autumn Leaves" & "Love for Sale""
#11
Grant Green
4.8
(6)
"Strongly recommend grant green. Guitar jazz is a great way to get into jazz."
"..always suggest Grant Green on these threads."
"Grant Green - Idle Moments"
"Idle Moments - Grant Green"
"Grant Green"
"Grant Green – Idle Moments"
#12
Weather Report
4.7
(6)
"Weather Report, "Heavy Weather""
"Weather Report. Try Heavy Weather or Black Market."
"Weather Report. Try Heavy Weather or Black Market."
"The first jazz record i fell in love with was Heavy Weather by Weather Report."
"Weather Report - Black Market and Thelonius Monk - Live at the 5 Spot"
"Heavy Weather - Weather Report - the debut of Jaco the "Hendrix of bass" with some iconic bass solos from him"
#13
Kamasi Washington
5.0
(5)
"Kamasi Washington - The Epic"
"The Epic by Kamasi Washinton, or anything by him."
"The Epic-Kamasi Washington"
"Considered a modern day masterpiece."
"Kamasi - The Epic."
#14
Oscar Peterson
5.0
(5)
"And of course Oscar Peterson"
"Anything with oscar peterson, hes always honking."
"..also Oscar Peterson."
"Oscar Peterson - An Oscar Peterson Christmas"
"An Oscar Peterson Christmas"
#15
Kenny Burrell
4.8
(5)
"Kenny Burrell - Midnight Blue, you have to give a listen."
""Midnight Blue" by Kenny Burrell is the correct answer."
"Midnight Blue - Kenny Burrell"
"Midnight Blue - Kenny Burrell"
"Kenny Burrell Midnite Blue"
#16
Tigran Hamasyan
5.0
(4)
"The Bird of a Thousand Voices is awesome!"
"His most recent album 'The Bird of a Thousand Voices' is also great."
"Anything by Tigran Hamasyan, in particular the album Mockroot."
"If you like prog/mathy metal: tigran hamasyan."
#17
Thelonious Monk
4.8
(4)
"Solo Monk"
"Monk's Dream by Thelonious Monk."
"Thelonious Monk / solo Monk."
"Monks Dream"
#18
Sonny Rollins
4.5
(4)
"Sonny Rollins: Saxophone Collossus"
"I would recommend Small Town by Bill Frisell, Kind of Blue by Miles Davis, Conversations With Myself by Bill Evans, and Saxophone Colossus by Sonny Rollins."
"Saxophone Colossus - Sonny Rollins,"
"Sonny Rollins: *Saxophone Colossus* and *Way out West*."
#19
Duke Ellington
4.5
(4)
"Far East Suite, so good!"
"Jazz that sings, without words: Duke"
"Give a listen to Duke's, Take the A train."
"Far East Suite- Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra"
#20
Yussef Dayes
4.5
(4)
"Black Classical Music-Yussef Dayes"
"Yussef Dayes. The album Black Focus."
"Black Focus -- Yussef Dayes"
"Yussef Dayes - Black Classical Music"
#21
Jimmy Smith
4.3
(4)
"Love the Jimmy Smith one!"
"Christmas Cookin’ by Jimmy Smith is goofy in a good way"
"Jimmy Smith - Christmas Cookin’"
"Also jimmy smith"
#22
Stan Getz & João Gilberto
5.0
(3)
"Getz/Gilberto"
"Stan getz & joão gilberto - getz/gilberto is an amazing album to start with for jazz."
"Getz/Gilberto"
#23
Ornette Coleman
5.0
(3)
"The Shape of Jazz to Come by Ornette Coleman."
"Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz to Come"
"The Shape Of Jazz To Come - Ornette Coleman."
#24
Pat Metheny
5.0
(3)
"The whole PMG discography from 1978-2005 is totally worth listening to."
"Highly recommend diving into the Metheny discography! Always great vibes."
"A lot of Pat Metheny’ as ECM recordings."
#25
Billy Cobham
5.0
(3)
"Billy Cobham - Spectrum"
"Billy Cobham’s *Spectrum, Crosswinds*, and *Total Eclipse* - utterly stunning."
"Billy Cobham - Spectrum."
#26
Grover Washington Jr.
5.0
(3)
"Grover Washington Jr.: wine light."
"Grover Washington, Jr. - Winelight"
"Winelight - Grover Washington"
#27
Albert Ayler
5.0
(3)
"Albert Ayler's Spiritual Unity are great."
"Albert Ayler - Spiritual Unity"
"Albert Ayler - Spiritual Unity"
#28
Makaya McCraven
5.0
(3)
"Makaya McCraven's - In These Times."
"[In These Times - Makaya McCraven]"
"Been loving his album “In these times” released this past year."
#29
Chick Corea
5.0
(3)
"Chick Corea “Now He Sings, Now He Sobs”"
"I loved me Chick Corea’s Now He Sings Now He Sobs."
"Chick Corea - Now he sings, now he sobs."
#30
Chet Baker
5.0
(3)
"Chet Baker, Al Jarreau, and Sara Gazarek are all great."
"Chet Baker"
"Probably Kind of Blue, Chet or Ballads. But Moanin’ is the album that made me LOVE jazz."
#31
Bohren & Der Club of Gore
4.7
(3)
"Used to love studying to Sunset Mission by Bohren & Der Club of Gore."
"Sunset Mission by Bohren & der Club of Gore comes to mind."
"Bohren & der Club of Gore - Sunset Mission (sell it as detective music)"
#32
Nguyên Lê
4.0
(3)
"Started listening to Silk and Sand. It’s very good."
"Big thumbs up for Silk and Sand."
"Nguyên Lê - Silk and Sand"
#33
Floating Points and Pharaoh Sanders
5.0
(2)
"I really loved Promises by Floating Points and Pharaoh Sanders"
#34
Les McCann and Eddie Harris
5.0
(2)
"Was my entryway drug into jazz."
"Les McCann and Eddie Harris, "Swiss Movement""
#35
Oscar Peterson Trio
5.0
(2)
"Great piano playing by Oscar and a really tight trio with the drums and bass players."
#36
Sons of Kemet
5.0
(2)
"Would be a good place to start!"
"Sons Of Kemet - Your Queen Is A Reptile."
#37
Bill Evans Trio
5.0
(2)
"Bill Evans Trio - Waltz for Debby"
#38
Immanuel Wilkins
5.0
(2)
"Immanuel Wilkins - "Omega"."
"Nobody mentioned Immanuel Wilkins' *Omega,* so your answers are incomplete."
#39
Nala Sinephro
5.0
(2)
"Nala Sinephro-Endlessness"
"Check out Nala Sinephro’s new album “Endlessness”"
#40
Nubya Garcia
5.0
(2)
"Nubya Garcia's - Source."
"Nubya Garcia- Source
Moses Boyd- Dark Matter
Muriel Grossman- Quiet Night
Idris Ackamoor- Shaman!
Christian Scott- Axiom
Snarky Puppy- Live at the Royal Albert Hall
Henry Kaiser- A Love Supreme Electric"
#41
Art Blakey
5.0
(2)
"Moanin by art blakey is a very solid hard bop album"
"Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - Moanin’"
#42
Sonny Sharrock
5.0
(2)
"Anything by Sonny Sharrock."
"If you think that the tie between Jazz and Metal is the distorted guitar you may want to try Sonny Sharrock."
#43
Joe Pass
5.0
(2)
"Joe Pass = general consensus is that Virtuoso is his best album. Highly recommend giving it a listen!"
"Joe Pass - Virtuoso."
#44
Blue Note
5.0
(2)
"The Blue Note catalogue has so much to sink your teeth into."
"Just listen to anything Blue Note did in the 50's or 60's."
#45
McCoy Tyner
5.0
(2)
"The Real McCoy McCoy Tyner"
"McCoy Tyner’s The Real McCoy is another good example."
#46
Bob James
5.0
(2)
"Bob James' One, Two, Three, BJ4, Heads, Touchdown, Lucky Seven, H, Sign of the Times."
"Bob James one, two, three, 4…. Heads, Touchdown."
#47
Stan Getz
5.0
(2)
"Stan Getz "Sweet Rain"."
"Stan Getz - Sweet Rain."
#48
Horace Silver
5.0
(2)
"Horace Silver - Song for my Father"
"Try “Song for my Father”, “Tokyo Blues” or “Silver’s Serenade”."
#49
Alice Coltrane
5.0
(2)
"Journey in Satchidananda-Alice Coltrane"
"Journey In Satchidananda - Alice Coltrane / Pharaoh Sanders."
#50
Tony Williams Lifetime
5.0
(2)
"And Emergency by Tony Williams Lifetime."
"Tony Williams Lifetime - Emergency."
#51
Nancy Wilson & Cannonball Adderley
5.0
(2)
"Nancy Wilson and Cannonball Adderley. My personal fave from that album is The Old Country."
"Nancy Wilson / Cannonball Adderley is an album you may like, Wilson has a beautiful voice that adds some soul to her jazz vocals"
#52
Duke Pearson
5.0
(2)
"I just suggested Merry Ole Soul. A gem"
"Duke Pearson - Merry Ole Soul, 1969."
#53
Dave Brubeck Quartet
5.0
(2)
"Time Out by the Dave Brubeck quartet"
"Time Out and Time Further Out by Dave Brubeck Quartet"
#54
Michael Franks
5.0
(2)
"Michael Franks - The Art of Tea"
"The Art of Tea by Michael Franks (1976). The most popular song from the album is Popsicle Toes."
#55
Ella Fitzgerald
5.0
(2)
"Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas"
"Ella Wishes You a Swingin Christmas."
#56
Wayne Shorter
5.0
(2)
"Wayne Shorter: Speak No Evil"
"I agree with all the albums people said. also: speak no evil (wayne shorter)"
#57
Wes Montgomery
4.5
(2)
"Wes Montgomery - The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery and Smokin’ at the Half Note."
"The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery,"
#58
Frank Zappa
4.5
(2)
"Frank Zappa - Hot Rats"
#59
Peter Brotzmann
4.5
(2)
"Peter Brotzmann 'Machine Gun'"
#60
Yussef Kamaal
4.5
(2)
"Yussef Kamaal - Black Focus"
#61
Various Artists
4.5
(2)
"Bill Evans - Everybody Digs Bill Evans, Miles Davis - Relaxin', Hank Mobley - Soul Station, Grant Green - Idle Moments, Lee Morgan - The Sidewinder, The Modern Jazz Quartet - The Sheriff, John Coltrane - Stardust, Kenny Burrell - Midnight Blue, Donald Byrd - Free Form."
"My Mt Rushmore of Japanese jazz musicians is Toshiko Akiyoshi, Hideo Shiraki, Takehiko Honda and Terumasa Hino."
#62
Paul Desmond
4.5
(2)
"Bossa Antigua - Paul Desmond"
"Take Ten and Bossa Antigua, both by Paul Desmond."
#63
Count Basie
4.5
(2)
"Check out Basie’s “The Atomic Mr. Basie,” for example."
"The atomic Mr basie"
#64
Freddie Hubbard
4.5
(2)
"Red clay - Freddie Hubbard"
#65
Matthew Stevens
4.5
(2)
"Sparkle and Fade from Preverbal is incredible."
"Matthew Stevens - Preverbal"
#66
Roy Hargrove Quintet
4.5
(2)
"I can't reccomend Roy Hargrove enough. Another of his albums, Earfood is one of my favourite albums of all time."
"But check out Roy Hargrove Quintet - Earfood"
#67
Wynton Marsalis
4.0
(2)
"The Marciac Suite is a great album by him."
"I might add A Wynton Marsalis album - the Marciac Suite"
#68
William Parker
4.0
(2)
"William Parker - Mayan Space Station"
"William Parker- Mayan Space Station"
#69
Candiria
3.5
(2)
"I have to mention Candiria here. They blend jazz and metal."
"Any album by Candiria. Jazz/metal/hip hop fusion"
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