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• Post-War Jazz: An Arbitrary Road Map - Gary Giddins
  • 1945 - Charlie Parker - "Koko" - The Charlie Parker Story (Savoy)
  • 1946 - Woody Herman - "Sidewalks of Cub" - Blowin' Up a Storm (Columbia/Legacy)
  • 1947 - Dizzy Gillespie - "Menteca" - The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (Bluebird)
  • 1948 - Tadd Dameron - "Lady Bird" - The Fabulous Fats Navarro (Blue Note)
  • 1949 - Bud Powell - "Tempus Fugue-It" - Jazz Giant (Verve)
  • 1950 - Sarah Vaughan - "Mean to Me" - Sarah Vaughan in Hi-Fi (Columbia/Legacy)
  • 1951 - Stan Getz - "Mosquito Knees" - The Complete Roost Recordings (Blue Note)
  • 1952 - Thelonious Monk - "Little Rootie Tootie" - The Complete Prestige Recordings (Prestige)
  • 1953 - Gerry Mulligan - "My Funny Valentine" - The Complete Pacific Jazz Recordings of the Gerry Mulligan Quartet (Pacific Jazz)
  • 1954 - Brown and Roach Inc. - "Delilah" - Clifford Brown and Max Roach (Emarcy)
  • 1955 - The Jazz Messengers - "Prince Albert" - At the Cafe Bohemia, Volume 1 (Blue Note)
  • 1956 - George Russell - "Concerto for Billy the Kid" - Jazz Workshop (RCA Bluebird)
  • 1957 - Charles Mingus - "Haitian Fight Song" - The Clown (Atlantic)
  • 1958 - Sun Ra - "Saturn" - Jazz in Silhouette (Evidence)
  • 1959 - Miles Davis - "So What" - Kind of Blue (Columbia)
  • 1960 - Gil Evans - "Le Nevada" - Out of the Cool (Impulse)
  • 1961 - John Coltrane - "Chasin' the Trane" - Live at the Village Vanguard (Impulse)
  • 1962 - Dexter Gordon - "Love for Sale" - Go (Blue Note)
  • 1963 - Jackie McLean - "Love and Hate" - Destination Out! (Blue Note)
  • 1964 - Wayne Shorter - "Infant Eyes" - Speak No Evil (Blue Note)
  • 1965 - Archie Shepp - "Hambone" - Fire Music (Impulse)
  • 1966 - Albert Ayler - "Our Prayer/Spirits Rejoice" - Lorrach, Paris 1966 (Hatology)
  • 1967 - Sonny Criss - "Willow Weep for Me" - Up, Up and Away (Prestige)
  • 1968 - Jaki Byard - "Memories of You" - The Jaki Bayard Experience (Prestige)
  • 1969 - Tony Williams - "Spectrum" - Spectrum: The Anthology (Verve)
  • 1970 - Art Ensemble of Chicago - "Theme de Yoyo" - Les Stances a Sophie (Universal Sound)
  • 1971 - Mary Lou Williams - "What's Your Story, Morning Glory?" - Nite Life (Chiaroscuro)
  • 1972 - Ornette Coleman - "The Men Who Live in the White House" - Skies of America (Columbia/Legacy)
  • 1973 - Cecil Taylor - "Spring of Two Blue-Js" - Spring of Two Blue-Js (Unit Core/OP)
  • 1974 - Modern Jazz Quartet - "Django" - The Complete Last Concert (Atlantic)
  • 1975 - The Revolutionary Ensemble - "Ponderous Planets" - The People's Republic (Horizon/OP)
  • 1976 - Anthony Braxton - "Piece Three" - Creative Orchestra Music 1976 (Bluebird)
  • 1977 - Hank Jones - "Oh, What a Beautiful Morning" - The Trio (Chiaroscuro/OP)
  • 1978 - Sonny Rollins - "Autumn Nocture" - Silver City (Milestone)
  • 1979 - Bill Evans - "I Loves You Porgy" - The Paris Concert, Edition One (Blue Note)
  • 1980 - World Saxophone Quartet - "I Heard That" - Revue (Black Saint)
  • 1981 - Art Pepper - "Arthur's Blues" - The Complete Galaxy Recordings (Galaxy)
  • 1982 - Air - "Do Tell" - 80 Degrees Below '82 (Antilles)
  • 1983 - Craig Harris - "Blackwell" - Black Bone (Soul Note)
  • 1984 - Jack DeJohnette - "Third World Anthem" - Album Album (ECM)
  • 1985 - Benny Carter - "Lover Man" - A Gentleman and His Music (Concord Jazz)
  • 1986 - Wynton Marsalis - "Autumn Leaves" - Live at BLues Alley (Columbia)
  • 1987 - John Carter - "On a Country Road" - Fields (Gramavision)
  • 1988 - Don Pullen - "At the Cafe Centrale" - New Beginnings (Blue Note)
  • 1989 - Muhal Richard Abrams - "Finditnow" - The Hearinga Suite (Black Saint)
  • 1990 - Abbey Lincoln - "The World is Falling Down" - The World is Falling Down (Verve)
  • 1991 - Joe Lovano - "Portrait of Jenny" - From the Soul (Blue Note)
  • 1992 - David Murray - "Flowers for Albert" - South of the Border (DIW)
  • 1993 - Lee Konitz - "Exposition" - Rhapsody (Evidence)
  • 1994 - James Carter - "Take the A Train" - Jurassic Classics (DIW)
  • 1995 - Randy Weston - "Tangier Bay" - Saga (Verve)
  • 1996 - Uri Caine - "Symphony No. 1, Third Movement" - Primal Light (Winter & Winter)
  • 1997 - David S. Ware - "Logistic" - Go See the World (Columbia)
  • 1998 - Tommy Flanagan - "Let's" - Sunset and the Mocking Bird (Blue Note)
  • 1999 - Keith Jarrett - "What is This Thing Called Love?" - Whisper Not (ECM)
  • 2000 - Ted Nash - "Premiere Rhapsodie" - Sidewalk Meeting (Arabesque)
  • 2001 - Jason Moran - "The Sun at Midnight" - Black Stars (Blue Note)
• Audiophile Audition - Best of the Year CDs - 2002
• Audiophile Audition - Best of the Year CDs - 2001
• Audiophile Audition - Best of the Year CDs - 2000
• Audiophile Audition - Best of the Year CDs - 1999
• Audiophile Audition - Best of the Year CDs - 1998
• The Best Jazz Albums of the Last 50 Years
• Essential Jazz Recordings of the 20th Century
• The Best Jazz Albums on CD
• The Story of Jazz in 101 Records
• NPR Basic Jazz Record Library
• 20 Outstanding Big Band Albums of 2001
• All About Jazz - Building a Jazz Library
• Top Ten Best Live Jazz Recordings
• Top Ten Best Live Jazz Recordings - Best of the Rest
• Top Ten Best Live Rock Recordings
• Top 100 Jazz Albums of the 20th Century
• Double Time Top 100 Historically Significant Recordings
• Top 100 Guitarists According to Mark Saleski
• The Top 100 Jazz Albums
• Rough Guide to Jazz - 100 Essential CDs
• 101 Jazz CD's That No Music Lover Should Be Without
• The Best Jazz Albums of all Times
• Top 100 Jazz CDs
• Essential Jazz Recordings
• All About Jazz Top Picks for 2002
• Best Jazz CDs of 2002
• WFMU's Best of 2002
• 50 Essential Jazz Trumpet Recordings
• 50 Essential Big Band Recordings
• 200 Essential Small Group Jazz Recordings 1925-1975

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