Top 50 Blue Note albums
My favorite albums released by Blue Note Records, I find a lot of complete and utter treats from artists that are/were signed to this label |
| 50 |  | Joe Henderson
Mode For Joe |
| 49 |  | Sam Rivers
Involution |
| 48 | | Hank Mobley
A Slice of the Top |
| 47 |  | Wayne Shorter
Et Cetera |
| 46 |  | Andrew Hill
Judgment! |
| 45 |  | Grachan Moncur III
Evolution |
| 44 |  | Grant Green
Born to Be Blue |
| 43 |  | Grant Green
Matador |
| 42 |  | Dexter Gordon
One Flight Up |
| 41 |  | Cannonball Adderley
Somethin' Else |
| 40 |  | Woody Shaw
Bemsha Swing |
| 39 |  | Cecil Taylor
Olu Iwa
William Parker needs to be in the conversation for being one of the best bassists ever. His work with Cecil Taylor, David S. Ware, and Charles Gayle is phenomenal |
| 38 |  | Bobby Hutcherson
Medina |
| 37 |  | Lou Donaldson
Good Gracious! |
| 36 |  | Duke Pearson
The Phantom |
| 35 |  | Stanley Turrentine
Hustlin' |
| 34 |  | Horace Silver
Song For My Father |
| 33 |  | John Coltrane
Blue Train
the brass section of Coltrane, Curtis Fuller and Lee Morgan really shine here |
| 32 |  | Art Blakey
At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 1 |
| 31 |  | Dexter Gordon
A Swingin Affair
Most of the thing is covers, yet Dexter owns everything he plays. |
| 30 |  | Grant Green
Gooden's Corner |
| 29 |  | Bobby Hutcherson
Oblique |
| 28 |  | Lee Morgan
The Rajah |
| 27 |  | Lou Donaldson
Mr. Shing-A-Ling
Career-defining drumming here from Leo Morris |
| 26 |  | Cecil Taylor
Unit Structures |
| 25 |  | Art Blakey
A Night At Birdland Vol. 2
Art Blakey can't help himself but to shit out gold every time he got the gang together |
| 24 |  | Art Blakey
A Night At Birdland Vol. 1 |
| 23 |  | Art Blakey
The Big Beat |
| 22 |  | Jackie McLean
Let Freedom Ring |
| 21 |  | Cecil Taylor
Conquistador!
It has just about everything I want my free jazz to have; a lot of chaos, but also enough control of itself to make listening to it enjoyable |
| 20 |  | Jackie McLean
Destination... Out! |
| 19 |  | Sonny Rollins
A Night At The Village Vanguard |
| 18 |  | Wayne Shorter
Juju |
| 17 |  | Grant Green
Feelin' the Spirit
The way guitar and piano coalesce on the final track, both playing their parts and both landing in sublime ways at their solos, staging for each other in a brilliant manner… it’s all just what you would want from any two instruments ever played together by members of the same band/ensemble |
| 16 |  | Herbie Hancock
Empyrean Isles |
| 15 |  | Grant Green
Alive! |
| 14 |  | Herbie Hancock
Maiden Voyage |
| 13 |  | Wayne Shorter
Speak No Evil |
| 12 |  | Bud Powell
The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 2 |
| 11 |  | Grant Green
Idle Moments |
| 10 |  | McCoy Tyner
The Real McCoy
Elvin Jones put his whole drumussy into this |
| 9 |  | Lee Morgan
Search for the New Land |
| 8 |  | Art Blakey
Mosaic |
| 7 |  | Eric Dolphy
Out to Lunch! |
| 6 |  | Andrew Hill
Passing Ships
sick three track run in the middle of this |
| 5 |  | Art Blakey
Free For All |
| 4 |  | The Thelonious Monk Quartet and John Coltrane
At Carnegie Hall |
| 3 |  | Art Blakey
Moanin' |
| 2 |  | Grant Green
Nigeria
Go listen to It Ain't Necessarily So, then come talk to me.
Perfection. |
| 1 |  | Lee Morgan
Live At The Lighthouse
Nommo tickled my fancy (with consent) |
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