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The Prince of Darkness reinvented jazz multiple times, from cool jazz to fusion, his restless genius reshaped the art form forever.

From "Soultrane" to "A Love Supreme," no one in jazz burned hotter or evolved faster. Thirty-five essential records reviewed across three eras.

With angular melodies and deliberate dissonance, Monk crafted a harmonic language entirely his own, instantly recognizable. Thirty-four albums from Blue Note through the London sessions.

Impressionistic, lyrical, and deeply introspective, Evans redefined the role of the piano trio with a touch unlike anyone else. Fifty-five albums from Riverside through the final Keystone Korner sessions.

The man who wrote "Whisper Not," "Stablemates," and "Killer Joe" is one of the most important composer-saxophonists in jazz. Fifty albums spanning six decades and every one of them worth your time.

Known as Jug, Ammons had one of the biggest and warmest sounds in jazz history. Forty-four albums across four eras, from the Mercury 78s through the final Prestige comeback sessions.

Brubeck brought jazz to college campuses and then rewrote the rulebook on rhythm. Forty-four albums reviewed across nearly six decades, from the Fantasy Octet through Indian Summer.

Cannonball arrived in New York and immediately owned the room. From his EmArcy debut through Somethin' Else with Miles, eight records that chart the rise of one of hard bop's brightest voices.