Jazz CDs: Best Sellers

This mid-'60s concert was one of Lateef's finest, as it perfectly displayed his multiple influences and interests. There were hard bop [more]

This Blue Mitchell date is a classic, particularly the opening "Fungii Mama," which is really catchy. The trumpeter's quintet of the [more]

Often overlooked, perhaps because he wasn't a great innovator in jazz but merely a stellar performer, tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley was [more]

This album is perhaps most significant for the process it set in motion -- the collaboration between Gil Evans and Miles Davis that [more]

With their second album, Miles Smiles, the second Miles Davis Quintet really began to hit their stride, delving deeper into the more [more]

Lou Donaldson's undisputed masterpiece, Blues Walk, marks the point where the altoist began to decisively modify his heavy Charlie [more]

This CD reissue of a Prestige date is one of the few successful examples of jazz musicians from the late '60s taking a few rock and [more]

One of the greatest live jazz festival recordings ever has gotten better, and more interesting as well, with this 1999 [more]

Originally released as two LPs and then a two-LP set, tenorman Wardell Gray's Prestige recordings are now available as [more]

Charlie Haden's Quartet West launched the ensemble that would become his most popular grouping throughout the '80s and [more]

Head Hunters was a pivotal point in Herbie Hancock's career, bringing him into the vanguard of jazz fusion. Hancock had pushed [more]

This CD serves as a strong introduction to the tenor sax- (and occasional alto-) oriented R&B music of the early [more]