Collector-grade vinyl pressing guides for essential jazz albums

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Miles Davis — Kind of Blue album cover

Kind of Blue

Miles Davis

Columbia · 1959

Read full guide → John Coltrane — A Love Supreme album cover

A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

Impulse! · 1965

Read full guide → The Dave Brubeck Quartet — Time Out album cover

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Columbia · 1959

Read full guide → Ornette Coleman — The Shape of Jazz to Come album cover

The Shape of Jazz to Come

Ornette Coleman

Atlantic · 1959

Read full guide → John Coltrane — Giant Steps album cover

Giant Steps

John Coltrane

Atlantic · 1960

Read full guide → Charles Mingus — Mingus Ah Um album cover

Mingus Ah Um

Charles Mingus

Columbia · 1959

Read full guide → Miles Davis — Bitches Brew album cover

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis

Columbia · 1970

Read full guide → Stan Getz & João Gilberto — Getz/Gilberto album cover

Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz & João Gilberto

Verve · 1964

Read full guide → Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers — Moanin' album cover

Moanin'

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers

Blue Note · 1959

Read full guide → Sonny Rollins — Saxophone Colossus album cover

Saxophone Colossus

Sonny Rollins

Prestige · 1956

Read full guide → Herbie Hancock — Head Hunters album cover

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

Columbia · 1973

Read full guide → Wayne Shorter — Speak No Evil album cover

Speak No Evil

Wayne Shorter

Blue Note · 1966

Read full guide → Eric Dolphy — Out to Lunch! album cover

Out to Lunch!

Eric Dolphy

Blue Note · 1964

Read full guide → Keith Jarrett — The Köln Concert album cover

The Köln Concert

Keith Jarrett

ECM · 1975

Read full guide → Cannonball Adderley — Somethin' Else album cover

Somethin' Else

Cannonball Adderley

Blue Note · 1958

Read full guide → Horace Silver — Song for My Father album cover

Song for My Father

Horace Silver

Blue Note · 1965

Read full guide → Herbie Hancock — Maiden Voyage album cover

Maiden Voyage

Herbie Hancock

Blue Note · 1965

Read full guide → Charles Mingus — The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady album cover

The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

Impulse! · 1963

Read full guide → Lee Morgan — The Sidewinder album cover

The Sidewinder

Lee Morgan

Blue Note · 1964

Read full guide → John Coltrane — Blue Train album cover

Blue Train

John Coltrane

Blue Note · 1957

Read full guide → Miles Davis — Birth of the Cool album cover

Birth of the Cool

Miles Davis

Capitol · 1957

Read full guide → Bill Evans Trio — Sunday at the Village Vanguard album cover

Sunday at the Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

Riverside · 1961

Read full guide → John Coltrane — My Favorite Things album cover

My Favorite Things

John Coltrane

Atlantic · 1961

Read full guide → Thelonious Monk — Brilliant Corners album cover

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

Riverside · 1957

Read full guide → Miles Davis — Sketches of Spain album cover

Sketches of Spain

Miles Davis

Columbia · 1960

Read full guide → Weather Report — Heavy Weather album cover

Heavy Weather

Weather Report

Columbia · 1977

Read full guide → Oliver Nelson — The Blues and the Abstract Truth album cover

The Blues and the Abstract Truth

Oliver Nelson

Impulse! · 1961

Read full guide → Hank Mobley — Soul Station album cover

Soul Station

Hank Mobley

Blue Note · 1960

Read full guide → Miles Davis — In a Silent Way album cover

In a Silent Way

Miles Davis

Columbia · 1969

Read full guide → Dexter Gordon — Go! album cover

Go!

Dexter Gordon

Blue Note · 1962

Read full guide → Wes Montgomery — The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery album cover

The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery

Wes Montgomery

Riverside · 1960

Read full guide → Clifford Brown & Max Roach — Clifford Brown & Max Roach album cover

Clifford Brown & Max Roach

Clifford Brown & Max Roach

EmArcy · 1955

Read full guide → Mahavishnu Orchestra — The Inner Mounting Flame album cover

The Inner Mounting Flame

Mahavishnu Orchestra

Columbia · 1971

Read full guide → Pharoah Sanders — Karma album cover

Karma

Pharoah Sanders

Impulse! · 1969

Read full guide → Miles Davis — Milestones album cover

Milestones

Miles Davis

Columbia · 1958

Read full guide → Duke Ellington — Ellington at Newport album cover

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

Columbia · 1956

Read full guide → Grant Green — Idle Moments album cover

Idle Moments

Grant Green

Blue Note · 1963

Read full guide → Thelonious Monk — Genius of Modern Music Volume 1 album cover

Genius of Modern Music Volume 1

Thelonious Monk

Blue Note · 1951

Read full guide → McCoy Tyner — The Real McCoy album cover

The Real McCoy

McCoy Tyner

Blue Note · 1967

Read full guide → Bill Evans — Waltz for Debby album cover

Waltz for Debby

Bill Evans

Riverside · 1962

Read full guide → Kamasi Washington — The Epic album cover

The Epic

Kamasi Washington

Brainfeeder · 2015

Read full guide → Andrew Hill — Point of Departure album cover

Point of Departure

Andrew Hill

Blue Note · 1965

Read full guide → Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong — Ella and Louis album cover

Ella and Louis

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong

Verve · 1956

Read full guide → Chick Corea — Return to Forever album cover

Return to Forever

Chick Corea

ECM · 1972

Read full guide → Alice Coltrane — Journey in Satchidananda album cover

Journey in Satchidananda

Alice Coltrane

Impulse! · 1971

Read full guide → Charlie Parker — Complete Savoy and Dial Studio Recordings album cover

Complete Savoy and Dial Studio Recordings

Charlie Parker

Savoy/Dial · 2015

Read full guide → Oscar Peterson — Night Train album cover

Night Train

Oscar Peterson

Verve · 1963

Read full guide → Thelonious Monk — Monk's Dream album cover

Monk's Dream

Thelonious Monk

Columbia · 1963

Read full guide → Erroll Garner — Concert by the Sea album cover

Concert by the Sea

Erroll Garner

Columbia · 1955

Read full guide → Herbie Hancock — Empyrean Isles album cover

Empyrean Isles

Herbie Hancock

Blue Note · 1964

Read full guide → Billie Holiday — Lady in Satin album cover

Lady in Satin

Billie Holiday

Columbia · 1958

Read full guide → Bill Evans — Everybody Digs Bill Evans album cover

Everybody Digs Bill Evans

Bill Evans

Riverside · 1959

Read full guide → Ella Fitzgerald — Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook album cover

Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

Verve · 1956

Read full guide → Jaco Pastorius — Jaco Pastorius album cover

Jaco Pastorius

Jaco Pastorius

Epic · 1976

Read full guide → Charlie Parker — Charlie Parker with Strings album cover

Charlie Parker with Strings

Charlie Parker

Clef · 1955

Read full guide → Charles Mingus — Blues & Roots album cover

Blues & Roots

Charles Mingus

Atlantic · 1960

Read full guide → Bill Evans — Portrait in Jazz album cover

Portrait in Jazz

Bill Evans

Riverside · 1960

Read full guide → Freddie Hubbard — Red Clay album cover

Red Clay

Freddie Hubbard

CTI · 1970

Read full guide → Art Pepper — Art Pepper Meets The Rhythm Section album cover

Art Pepper Meets The Rhythm Section

Art Pepper

Contemporary · 1957

Read full guide → Joe Henderson — Page One album cover

Page One

Joe Henderson

Blue Note · 1963

Read full guide → Kenny Burrell — Midnight Blue album cover

Midnight Blue

Kenny Burrell

Blue Note · 1963

Read full guide → Ornette Coleman — Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation album cover

Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation

Ornette Coleman

Atlantic · 1961

Read full guide → Pat Metheny — Bright Size Life album cover

Bright Size Life

Pat Metheny

ECM · 1976

Read full guide → Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers — A Night In Tunisia album cover

A Night In Tunisia

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

Blue Note · 1961

Read full guide → Charlie Parker / Dizzy Gillespie — Bird and Diz album cover

Bird and Diz

Charlie Parker / Dizzy Gillespie

Clef · 1952

Read full guide → Michael Brecker — Tales from the Hudson album cover

Tales from the Hudson

Michael Brecker

Impulse!/GRP · 1996

Read full guide → Ahmad Jamal — At the Pershing: But Not for Me album cover

At the Pershing: But Not for Me

Ahmad Jamal

Argo · 1958

Read full guide → Count Basie — The Atomic Mr. Basie album cover

The Atomic Mr. Basie

Count Basie

Roulette · 1958

Read full guide → Sarah Vaughan — Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown album cover

Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown

Sarah Vaughan

EmArcy · 1955

Read full guide → Art Tatum — Piano Starts Here album cover

Piano Starts Here

Art Tatum

Columbia · 1968

Read full guide → The Quintet (Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus, Max Roach) — Jazz at Massey Hall album cover

Jazz at Massey Hall

The Quintet (Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus, Max Roach)

Debut · 1953

Read full guide → Coleman Hawkins — Body and Soul album cover

Body and Soul

Coleman Hawkins

RCA Victor · 1961

Read full guide → Mahavishnu Orchestra — Birds of Fire album cover

Birds of Fire

Mahavishnu Orchestra

Columbia · 1973

Read full guide → John Coltrane — Ascension album cover

Ascension

John Coltrane

Impulse! · 1966

Read full guide → Clifford Brown and Max Roach — Study in Brown album cover

Study in Brown

Clifford Brown and Max Roach

EmArcy · 1955

Read full guide → Wynton Marsalis — Black Codes (From the Underground) album cover

Black Codes (From the Underground)

Wynton Marsalis

Columbia · 1985

Read full guide → Albert Ayler — Spiritual Unity album cover

Spiritual Unity

Albert Ayler

ESP-Disk · 1965

Read full guide → Duke Ellington — Money Jungle album cover

Money Jungle

Duke Ellington

United Artists · 1963

Read full guide → Sonny Clark — Cool Struttin' album cover

Cool Struttin'

Sonny Clark

Blue Note · 1958

Read full guide → Bud Powell — The Amazing Bud Powell, Volume 1 album cover

The Amazing Bud Powell, Volume 1

Bud Powell

Blue Note · 1956

Read full guide → Cecil Taylor — Unit Structures album cover

Unit Structures

Cecil Taylor

Blue Note · 1966

Read full guide → Duke Ellington & John Coltrane — Duke Ellington & John Coltrane album cover

Duke Ellington & John Coltrane

Duke Ellington & John Coltrane

Impulse! · 1963

Read full guide → Dave Holland Quartet — Conference of the Birds album cover

Conference of the Birds

Dave Holland Quartet

ECM · 1973

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