Jazz CDs: Best Sellers

The virtuosic Cuban pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba's first recording to be issued in the U.S. is still one of his best. With strong [more]

Carried by its almost impossibly infectious eponymous opening track, The Sidewinder helped foreshadow the sounds of boogaloo and soul-jazz [more]

Originally entitled Jazz Impressions of a Boy Named Charlie Brown, this is an important album not only because it is [more]

Although seemingly impossible to comprehend, this landmark jazz recording was made in less than three days. All the more [more]

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

Of the three versions of Return to Forever, the initial version is of the greatest interest from the jazz [more]

Although never formally signed, an oral agreement between John Coltrane and Blue Note Records founder Alfred Lion was [more]

Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington were (and are) two of the main stems of jazz. Any way you look [more]

Despite the fact that pianist and composer Paul Bley had been a renowned and innovative jazzman for nearly 20 years, 1973 saw the release [more]

The first (and mightiest) of Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition ensembles offered a sound that in many ways was revolutionary in [more]

There is very little to write about a recording as brilliant and passionate as this one. [more]

Perhaps the greatest album that percussionist Sabu Martinez ever issued is also one of the greatest Latin jazz albums in history. The [more]