The 100 Jazz Albums That Shook the World

Die Liste The 100 Jazz Albums That Shook the World (dt. Die 100 Jazz-Alben, die die Welt erschütterten) wurde 2006 anlässlich der hundertsten Ausgabe der britischen Musikzeitschrift Jazzwise veröffentlicht.[1] Sie enthält alle Alben, die von Jazzwise-Herausgeber Jon Newey und von Keith Shadwick ausgewählt wurden, beraten und kommentiert von den Autoren Stuart Nicholson, Brian Priestley, Duncan Heining, Kevin Le Gendre, Charles Alexander und Tom Barlow.[2] Der Titel der Liste spielt auf die vorangegangene Zusammenstellung 100 Records That Set the World on Fire (While No One Was Listening) des Musikmagazins The Wire aus dem Jahr 1998 an.[3]

Musiker/BandTitel des AlbumsLabelAufnahme
1Miles DavisKind of BlueColumbia1959
2John ColtraneA Love SupremeImpulse!1964
3Ornette ColemanThe Shape of Jazz to ComeAtlantic1959
4Bill Evans TrioSunday at the Village VanguardRiverside1961
5Sonny RollinsSaxophone ColossusPrestige1956
6Thelonious MonkBrilliant CornersRiverside1956
7Charles MingusMingus Ah UmColumbia1959
8Charlie ParkerBird: The Complete Original Master Takes.
The Savoy Recordings
Savoy Jazz1945–1948
9Miles DavisBitches BrewColumbia1969
10Keith JarrettThe Köln ConcertECM1975
11John ColtraneGiant StepsAtlantic1959
12Eric DolphyOut to Lunch!Blue Note1964
13Louis ArmstrongThe Complete Hot Fives and Hot Seven RecordingsColumbia1925–1930
14Duke EllingtonThe Blanton-Webster BandRCA Bluebird1940–1942
15Mahavishnu OrchestraThe Inner Mounting FlameColumbia1971
16Albert AylerSpiritual UnityESP-Disk1964
17Herbie HancockHead HuntersColumbia1973
18Dave BrubeckTime OutColumbia1959
19Ornette ColemanFree JazzAtlantic1960
20Weather ReportHeavy WeatherColumbia1976
21Ahmad JamalAt the Pershing: But Not for MeArgo1958
22Jelly Roll MortonVolume 1JSP1926–1928
23Frank SinatraSongs for Swingin’ LoversCapitol1955–1956
24Wes MontgomeryThe Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes MontgomeryRiverside1960
25Modern Jazz QuartetFontessaAtlantic1956
26Bud PowellThe Genius of Bud PowellClef/Verve1951/52
27Cecil TaylorAt the Café MontmartreDebut1962
28Art BlakeyMoanin’Blue Note1958
29Herbie HancockMaiden VoyageBlue Note1965
30Stan Getz/João GilbertoGetz/GilbertoVerve1965
31Pat MethenyBright Size LifeECM1976
32Jimmy SmithA New Sound... A New Star...Blue Note1956
33Jan GarbarekAfric PepperbirdECM1970
34Woody HermanThe Thundering HerdsColumbia1945–1947
35Duke EllingtonEllington at NewportColumbia1956
36Ella FitzgeraldElla Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter SongbookVerve1956
37Charles MingusThe Black Saint and the Sinner LadyImpulse!1963
38Cannonball AdderleySomethin’ ElseBlue Note1959
39Tony Williams LifetimeEmergency!Polydor1969
40Billie HolidayBillie Holiday at JATPClef/Verve1945–1946
41Chick CoreaReturn to ForeverECM1971
42Stan GetzFocusVerve1961
43Miles DavisSketches of SpainColumbia1960
44George RussellThe Jazz WorkshopRCA Victor1956
45John ColtraneImpressionsImpulse!1961–1963
46Andrew HillPoint of DepartureBlue Note1964
47Sonny RollinsThe BridgeRCA Victor1962
48Sun RaThe Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Vol. 1ESP-Disk1965
49Dizzy GillespieShaw ’NuffMusicraft1945/46
50Lennie TristanoTristanoAtlantic1955
51John ZornNaked CityElektra/Nonesuch1989
52John McLaughlinExtrapolationMarmalade1969
53Pharoah SandersKarmaImpulse!1969
54Lester YoungLester Young/Buddy Rich TrioVerve1946
55John ColtraneAscensionImpulse!1965
56Art Ensemble of ChicagoA Jackson in Your HouseBYG Actuel1969
57Horace SilverSong for My FatherBlue Note1963/64
58Clifford Brown/
Max Roach Quintet
Clifford Brown and Max RoachEmArcy1954
59Coleman HawkinsBody and SoulRCA Bluebird1939–1956
60Peter Brötzmann OctetMachine GunFMP1969
61Miles DavisBirth of the CoolCapitol1949/50
62Count BasieThe Atomic Mr. BasieRoulette1957
63Archie SheppFour for TraneImpulse!1964
64Brad MehldauArt of the Trio Vol. 3Warner1998
65Gerry MulliganGerry Mulligan QuartetPacific Jazz1952
66Gil EvansThe Individualism of Gil EvansVerve1963/64
67John HandyLive at Monterey Jazz FestivalColumbia1965
68Esbjörn Svensson TrioFrom Gagarin’s Point of ViewACT1999
69Stan Tracey[[Jazz Suite Inspired by Dylan Thomas’
Under Milk Wood]]
EMI/Columbia1965
70Dollar Brand (Abdullah Ibrahim)African MarketplaceElektra/Musician1980
71Wayne ShorterSpeak No EvilBlue Note1964
72Thelonious MonkGenius of Modern Music – Vol 1Blue Note1947
73Roland KirkRip, Rig and PanicLimelight1965
74Herbie HancockThe New StandardVerve1996
75Oscar PetersonNight TrainVerve1962
76Charles LloydDream WeaverAtlantic1965
77Art TatumThe Genius of Art Tatum No. 1Clef1953
78Betty CarterThe Audience with Betty CarterBetcar1979
79Oliver NelsonThe Blues and the Abstract TruthImpulse!1961
80John SurmanTales of the AlgonquinDeram1971
81Eberhard WeberThe Colours of ChloëECM1973
82Steve Coleman and
the Five Elements
The Tao of Mad Phat: Fringe ZonesRCA/Novus1993
83Diana KrallLove ScenesImpulse!1997
84Anthony BraxtonFor AltoDelmark1969
85Krzysztof KomedaAstigmaticNagrania Muza1965
86Steps AheadSteps AheadElektra/Musician1983
87Django ReinhardtRétrospective 1934–53Saga1934–1953
88Joe Harriott-John Mayer
Double Quintet
Indo-Jazz SuiteEMI Columbia1965
89Jackie McLeanLet Freedom RingBlue Note1962
90Charlie HadenLiberation Music OrchestraImpulse! Records1969
91Music Improvisation CompanyMusic Improvisation CompanyECM1970
92Sarah VaughanSarah Vaughan with Clifford BrownEmArcy1954
93Jan JohanssonJazz på svenskaMegafon1962–1964
94Cassandra WilsonBlue Light ’Til DawnBlue Note1993
95Wynton MarsalisBlack Codes from the UndergroundColumbia1985
96Medeski, Martin & WoodCombusticationBlue Note1998
97Tomasz StańkoSoul of ThingsECM2001
98Courtney PineJourney to the Urge WithinAntilles1986
99The Bad PlusThese Are the VistasColumbia2005
100Polar BearHeld On the Tips of FingersBabel2004–2005

Quellen

  1. The Generalist: CULT MUSIC DIGEST: Jazzwise et al. In: The Generalist. 12. August 2006, abgerufen am 13. Februar 2024.
  2. The 100 Jazz Albums That Shook The World. 26. März 2018, archiviert vom Original; abgerufen am 13. Februar 2024.
  3. rtxarchive.com (Memento vom 13. Juni 2007 im Internet Archive)Vorlage:Webarchiv/Wartung/Linktext_fehlt The Wire 175 [September 1998] „100 Records That Set The World On Fire [When No One Was Listening]“