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Best Jazz Albums

Here's a list of the best jazz albums by decade and individual years as compiled by somebody I've never heard of. As with any list of this type it's open to disagreement, but it's a good starting point particularly for someone just getting into the music.

I have absolutely no idea who Piero Scaruffi is, but I do know that he has good taste in movies. On one of his other list, and there are several, he rates "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" as the 9th greatest film of all time. The man clearly knows something about something.
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Try the link http://www.allmusic.com/. You might want to check out Scott Yanow's books on Swing and Bebop. He is selective in what albums he recommneds and rates each on a 1 to 9 scale. Yanow is one of the main reviewers in the All Music Guide. I generally find his ratings to be very accurate.

There is also the 101 Best Jazz Albums by Len Lyons. It's where I got my first recommendations.

I liked the Scaruffi list. He obviously has a penchant for avante garde music. But everyone has their own slant on jazz. It's an art, not a science.

Randy
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