Featured Artists
Miles Davis
Signature: Kind of Blue (1959)
The Prince of Darkness reinvented jazz multiple times, from cool jazz to fusion. His restless genius reshaped the art form forever.
Explore Miles →John Coltrane
Signature: A Love Supreme (1964)
From Soultrane to A Love Supreme, no one in jazz burned hotter or evolved faster. Thirty-five essential records across three eras.
Explore Coltrane →Bill Evans
Signature: Waltz for Debby (1961)
Impressionistic, lyrical, deeply introspective. Evans redefined the piano trio with a touch unlike anyone else, from Riverside through Keystone Korner.
Explore Evans →Thelonious Monk
Signature: Brilliant Corners (1957)
With angular melodies and deliberate dissonance, Monk crafted a harmonic language entirely his own. From Blue Note through the London sessions.
Explore Monk →Benny Golson
Signature: Meet the Jazztet (1960)
The man who wrote Whisper Not, Stablemates, and Killer Joe is one of the most important composer-saxophonists in jazz. Six decades, every one worth your time.
Explore Golson →Gene Ammons
Signature: Boss Tenor (1960)
Known as Jug, Ammons had one of the biggest and warmest sounds in jazz history. Four eras, from Mercury 78s through the posthumous Gentle Jug comp.
Explore Ammons →Dave Brubeck
Signature: Time Out (1959)
Brubeck brought jazz to college campuses and then rewrote the rulebook on rhythm. Six decades, from the Fantasy Octet through Indian Summer.
Explore Brubeck →Cannonball Adderley
Signature: Somethin' Else (1958)
Cannonball arrived in New York and immediately owned the room. From his EmArcy debut through Somethin' Else with Miles, the rise of a hard bop voice.
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