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John Coltrane
Giant Steps
Jan 27 • LP
95
critic score
(2)
86
user score
(3,294)
Miles Davis
Sketches of Spain
Jul 18 • LP
96
critic score
(5)
83
user score
(1,809)
Charlie Mingus
Blues & Roots
Mar • LP
90
critic score
(3)
84
user score
(956)
Etta James
At Last!
Nov 15 • LP
100
critic score
(1)
81
user score
(945)
Max Roach
We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite
Dec • LP
93
critic score
(3)
81
user score
(606)
Bill Evans Trio
Portrait in Jazz
Feb • LP
95
critic score
(2)
81
user score
(460)
Wes Montgomery
The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery
Apr • LP
100
critic score
(2)
81
user score
(417)
Joan Baez
Joan Baez
Nov 1 • LP
90
critic score
(2)
75
user score
(390)
Elvis Presley
Elvis Is Back!
Apr 8 • LP
95
critic score
(2)
66
user score
(343)
Hank Mobley
Soul Station
Feb 7 • LP
90
critic score
(2)
81
user score
(308)
Muddy Waters
At Newport 1960
Nov 15 • Live
100
critic score
(2)
75
user score
(245)
Ornette Coleman
Change of the Century
Jun 3 • LP
100
critic score
(2)
77
user score
(205)
The Everly Brothers
A Date with the Everly Brothers
Oct • LP
85
critic score
(2)
63
user score
(201)
Miriam Makeba
Miriam Makeba
Jun 11 • LP
80
critic score
(1)
71
user score
(191)
Charles Mingus and His Jazz Groups
Mingus Dynasty
Apr 11 • LP
95
critic score
(2)
76
user score
(166)
João Gilberto
O Amor, o Sorriso e a Flor
1960 • LP
90
critic score
(1)
78
user score
(149)
Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus
Dec • LP
95
critic score
(2)
73
user score
(147)
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas
Nov 15 • Holiday
90
critic score
(1)
80
user score
(136)
Elvis Presley
His Hand in Mine
Nov 23 • LP
97
critic score
(3)
61
user score
(134)
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
The Big Beat
Sep • LP
80
critic score
(2)
79
user score
(130)
Johnny Cash
Ride This Train
Aug 1 • LP
75
critic score
(2)
70
user score
(118)
Olatunji!
Drums of Passion
Feb 15 • LP
100
critic score
(1)
77
user score
(96)
Elza Soares
A Bossa Negra
Dec 10 • LP
77
user score
(90)
Marty Robbins
More Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs
Jul • LP
85
critic score
(2)
76
user score
(82)
Chuck Berry
Rockin' at the Hops
Jun 1 • LP
75
critic score
(2)
68
user score
(77)
Muddy Waters
Muddy Waters Sings Big Bill Broonzy
Jun • LP
90
critic score
(1)
75
user score
(75)
Frank Sinatra
Nice 'n' Easy
Jul 25 • LP
85
critic score
(2)
66
user score
(72)
Eric Dolphy Quintet
Outward Bound
Apr • LP
95
critic score
(2)
76
user score
(68)
Johnny Cash
Now, There Was a Song!
May 2 • LP
70
critic score
(2)
67
user score
(68)
Duke Ellington
Blues in Orbit
1960 • LP
60
critic score
(1)
77
user score
(67)
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Kenny Dorham
Quiet Kenny
Feb • LP
85
critic score
(2)
74
user score
(66)
Freddie Hubbard
Open Sesame
Nov • LP
90
critic score
(1)
79
user score
(65)
Tina Brooks
True Blue
Dec • LP
87
critic score
(2)
77
user score
(59)
Link Wray
Link Wray & The Wraymen
1960 • LP
60
critic score
(1)
66
user score
(53)
Elvis Presley
G.I. Blues
Sep 23 • Soundtrack
60
critic score
(1)
64
user score
(49)
eden ahbez “Nature Boy”
Eden's Island (The Music Of An Enchanted Isle)
1960 • LP
65
critic score
(1)
68
user score
(47)
Bob Newhart
The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart
May 6 • Live
100
critic score
(1)
34
user score
(43)
Brenda Lee
Brenda Lee
Aug 1 • LP
80
critic score
(1)
74
user score
(43)
Wanda Jackson
Rockin' With Wanda
1960 • Compilation
90
critic score
(1)
73
user score
(42)
Blind Gary Davis
Harlem Street Singer
Dec • LP
90
critic score
(1)
73
user score
(42)
Dean Martin
This Time I'm Swingin'!
Oct 3 • LP
90
critic score
(1)
78
user score
(41)
The Ventures
Walk Don't Run
Dec 5 • LP
60
critic score
(1)
67
user score
(41)
Sam Cooke
The Wonderful World of Sam Cooke
1960 • Compilation
60
critic score
(1)
75
user score
(40)
Ahmad Jamal
Happy Moods
Jan 7 • LP
60
critic score
(1)
71
user score
(36)
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife
Jul • Live
100
critic score
(1)
79
user score
(36)
Curtis Fuller
Blues-ette
Feb • LP
90
critic score
(1)
76
user score
(35)
Elza Soares
Se Acaso Você Chegasse
Jun 10 • LP
74
user score
(35)
Nina Simone
Nina Simone at Newport
1960 • Live
80
critic score
(1)
82
user score
(34)
Wes Montgomery Trio
The Wes Montgomery Trio
Feb • LP
80
critic score
(1)
76
user score
(34)
The Everly Brothers
It's Everly Time
May 7 • LP
85
critic score
(2)
69
user score
(33)
B. B. King
King of the Blues
1960 • LP
90
critic score
(1)
78
user score
(32)
Wayne Shorter
Introducing Wayne Shorter
Aug • LP
60
critic score
(1)
66
user score
(32)
Sam Cooke
Cooke's Tour
Apr 15 • LP
30
critic score
(1)
58
user score
(31)
Lonnie Johnson & Elmer Snowden
Blues & Ballads
1960 • LP
90
critic score
(2)
75
user score
(30)
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
The Nutcracker Suite
Sep • Holiday
85
critic score
(2)
73
user score
(30)
Ray Charles
The Genius Hits the Road
Sep 2 • LP
60
critic score
(2)
74
user score
(30)
John Lee Hooker
Travelin'
1960 • LP
80
critic score
(2)
74
user score
(29)
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
Piano in the Background
May 6 • LP
80
critic score
(1)
75
user score
(29)
Blue Mitchell
Blue's Moods
1960 • LP
80
critic score
(1)
76
user score
(28)
James Brown and The Famous Flames
Think!
Feb • LP
70
critic score
(2)
65
user score
(28)
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