Top 40 Greatest Music Albums
by urbanshocker 
This is a survey of Jazz representing one recommended album from a variety of major jazz artists throughout jazz history. It provides a useful starting point to explore the broad range and long history of jazz. This is not ranked by quality or importance but very roughly by chronology. You will find a number of excellent jazz musicians who are not widely known and appreciated here as well as the most accomplished and recognized performers. Albums chosen suggest where to begin for each musician.
- Chart updated: 08/30/2018 16:45
- (Created: 08/30/2018 16:15).
- Chart size: 40 albums.
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1950
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607
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1959
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22,241
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1957
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2,894
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1959
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7,058
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1957
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2,723
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1954
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833
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1958
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561
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Top 40 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 15 | 38% | |
| 1960s | 12 | 30% | |
| 1970s | 3 | 8% | |
| 1980s | 3 | 8% | |
| 1990s | 3 | 8% | |
| 2000s | 4 | 10% | |
| 2010s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| Le Quintette Du Hot Club De France | 1 | 3% | |
| Herbie Hancock | 1 | 3% | |
| Miles Davis | 1 | 3% | |
| Sonny Clark | 1 | 3% | |
| Coleman Hawkins | 1 | 3% | |
| Lee Konitz | 1 | 3% | |
| Thelonious Monk | 1 | 3% | |
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From Tha1ChiefRocka 08/30/2018 16:34
Tha1ChiefRocka 08/30/2018 16:34
Well, I just happened by your chart, and you're off to a great start! Can't wait to see the finished product.
PS Urban Shocker is one of the greatest baseball names ever.
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