A list in chronological order or importance, but a list of works that have a door wide open until ten years ago was closed as mandate. Each disc has a story to tell, stories of love, of discrimination, of inner search and need to go back to the roots. Art Ensemble Of Chicago, Sun Ra, Archie Shepp, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Don Cherry and the unforgettable Marcello Melis: a list compiled with the heart and with confidence that he still has much to learn.
Top 50 Best Jazz Albums Of All Time List
1. Billie Holiday: "Lady in Satin" 1958
2. Chet Baker: "My Funny Valentine" 1954
3. Charlie Parker: "Now's the time" 1952-1953
4. Bill Evans: "Portrait in Jazz" 1960
5. Miles Davis: Kind Of Blue "1959
6. Miles Davis: "Sketches of Spain" 1960
7. Miles Davis: "In a Silent Way" 1969
8. Miles Davis: "Bitches Brew" 1969
9. Miles Davis: "On The Corner" 1972
10. John Coltrane: "Blue Train" 1957
11. John Coltrane: "Giant Steps" 1960
12. John Coltrane: "A Love Supreme" 1964
13. John Coltrane: "The Avantgarde w/Don Cherry" 1960
14. Charles Mingus: "Uh, ah, Um" 1959
15. Charles Mingus: "Pithecanthropus erectus" 1956
16. Charles Mingus: "Mingus, Mingus, Mingus" 1963
17. Charles Mingus: "The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady" 1963
18. Don Cherry: "MU" 1969
19. Don Cherry: "Brown Rice" 1975
20. Don Cherry: "Symphony For Improvisers" 1966
21. Ornette Coleman: "The Shape Of Jazz To Come" 1959
22. Ornette Coleman: "Free Jazz" 1960
23. Ornette Coleman: "Ornette on Tenor" 1961
24. Eric Dolphy: "Out To Lunch" 1964
25. Anthony Braxton: "For Alto" 1968
26. Anthony Braxton: "Saxophone Improvisations, Series F" 1972
27. Sonny Rollins: "Saxophone Colossus" 1957
28. Marcello Melis: "New Village On The Left" 1976
29. Marcello Melis: "Free To Dance" 1978
30. Keith Jarrett: "Life Between the Exit Signs" 1967
31. Dave Bruebeck: "Time Out" 1959
32. Jack De Johnette: "New Directions" 1978
33. Art Ensemble Of Chicago: "Les stences a Sophie" 1970
34. Art Ensemble Of Chicago: "Nice Guys" 1978
35. Steve Lacy: "The Forest and the zoo" 1967
36. Weather Report: "Heavy Weather" 1977
37. Herbie Hancock: "Head hunters" 1973
38. Cannonball Adderly: "Something Else" 1958
39. Duke Ellington and His Orchestra: "Ellington At Newport (Live)" 1956
40. Albert Ayler: "Spiritual Unity" 1964
41. Peter Brotzmann: "Machine Gun" 1968
42. Bill Dixon: "Son Of Sisyphus" 1988
43. Sao Paolo Underground: "Tres Cabecas Loucuras" 2011
44. Wes Montgomery: "The Incredible Jazz Guitar" 1960
45. Erroll Garner: "Concert By the Sea" 1955
46. Milford Graves w/ Don Pullen: "Nommo" 1964
47. Cecil Taylor: "Cell Walk For Celeste" 1961/1988
48. Archie Shepp: "The Magic Of Ju-Ju" 1967
49. Pharoah Sanders: "Karma" 1969
50. Sun-Ra: "Atlantis" 1969