Free Jazz CDs: Best Sellers

Recorded in 1969, Live in Paris follows two studio albums that the Art Ensemble cut for BYG/Actuel during the [more]

Charly, in their seemingly infinite taste and wisdom, have finally set some of Don Cherry's most legendary music to the straight and [more]

This is an event worth celebrating. Since 1970, trumpeter and saxophonist Joe McPhee's first album, [more]

As the second release in the acclaimed Blue Series from Thirsty Ear Recordings, Painter's Spring by the William Parker Trio [more]

This rare collection of recordings from the 1970s features Braxton at the height of his power and makes an indispensable [more]

Like most of the now-prized jazz labels, Prestige Records sprang from the vision of one man - a 20-year-old kid, actually [more]

The Vandermark 5 are remarkable on their third recording. Reedmen Ken Vandermark and Dave Rempis are joined by trombonist/guitarist [more]

This double CD from 1998 combines all of the music on tenor saxophonist Albert Ayler's In [more]

Label: Milestone/OJC

An obvious classic, this piano solo record (reissued on CD in the OJC series) features McCoy Tyner paying tribute to John [more]

After several years off records, pianist Cecil Taylor finally had an opportunity to document his music of the mid-'60s on two Blue [more]

This reissue, prior to the release of many of Sun Ra's Saturn albums on Evidence CDs, was often thought of as Ra's second recording [more]

Label: Impulse!

From 1964, Archie Shepp's first date as a leader featured -- as one would expect from the title -- four tunes by John Coltrane, his [more]