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1960 Jazz Album Releases
1959
1961
1960
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Jan 27
John Coltrane
Giant Steps
95
critic score
(2)
86
user score
(1,087)
Jul 18
Miles Davis
Sketches of Spain
96
critic score
(5)
84
user score
(641)
Mar 1
Charles Mingus
Blues & Roots
95
critic score
(2)
83
user score
(317)
Apr
Wes Montgomery
The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery
100
critic score
(2)
80
user score
(157)
Feb 1
Bill Evans Trio
Portrait in Jazz
90
critic score
(1)
80
user score
(153)
Feb 7
Hank Mobley
Soul Station
100
critic score
(1)
80
user score
(95)
Jun 3
Ornette Coleman
Change of the Century
100
critic score
(2)
77
user score
(83)
Jun 11
Miriam Makeba
Miriam Makeba
80
critic score
(1)
73
user score
(67)
Apr 11
Charles Mingus
Mingus Dynasty
95
critic score
(2)
75
user score
(58)
1960
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
The Big Beat
80
critic score
(1)
77
user score
(43)
1960
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Alone in San Francisco
95
critic score
(2)
74
user score
(38)
Nov 15
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas
90
critic score
(1)
80
user score
(35)
Jul 25
Frank Sinatra
Nice 'n' Easy
85
critic score
(2)
63
user score
(32)
Dec
Tina Brooks
True Blue
90
critic score
(1)
76
user score
(26)
1960
Freddie Hubbard
Open Sesame
90
critic score
(1)
77
user score
(25)
Apr 1
Eric Dolphy Quintet
Outward Bound
95
critic score
(2)
77
user score
(22)
1960
Duke Ellington
Blues in Orbit
77
user score
(22)
Feb 1
John Coltrane
Giant Steps
100
critic score
(1)
94
user score
(21)
Feb
Kenny Dorham
Quiet Kenny
90
critic score
(1)
73
user score
(17)
Nov 15
Etta James
At Last
90
user score
(16)
Aug 29
Nina Simone
Nina Simone And Her Friends An Intimate Variety Of Vocal Charm
90
critic score
(1)
66
user score
(13)
Jul
Donald Byrd
Fuego
80
critic score
(1)
70
user score
(12)
Feb
Curtis Fuller
Blues-ette
90
critic score
(1)
76
user score
(12)
1960
Yusef Lateef
The Centaur and the Phoenix
80
critic score
(1)
71
user score
(10)
Sep 2
Ray Charles
The Genius Hits the Road
60
critic score
(2)
74
user score
(10)
1960
Cannonball Adderley
Them Dirty Blues
80
critic score
(1)
74
user score
(7)
Nov
Louis Armstrong
Satchmo Plays King Oliver
69
user score
(7)
Jun 1
Julie London
Julie...At Home
80
critic score
(1)
74
user score
(6)
Jul 6
Oscar Brown Jr.
Sin & Soul
66
user score
(5)
Dec
Jackie McLean
Capuchin Swing
90
critic score
(1)
71
user score
(4)
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1960
Irving Joseph
Murder, Inc.
66
user score
(4)
1960
Cannonball Adderley
The Cannonball Adderley Quintet at the Lighthouse
79
user score
(4)
Mar
Jackie McLean
Swing, Swang, Swingin'
80
critic score
(1)
60
user score
(3)
Mar
Nat King Cole
Tell Me All About Yourself
73
user score
(3)
1960
Etta James
I Just Want to Make Love to You
100
user score
(2)
1960
Stanley Turrentine
Look Out!
90
critic score
(1)
67
user score
(2)
1960
Ray Brown
Jazz Cello
80
critic score
(1)
77
user score
(2)
1960
Julie London
Send for Me
80
critic score
(1)
70
user score
(1)
1960
Monk Montgomery / Wes Montgomery / Buddy Montgomery / Harold Land / Pony Poindexter / Louis Hayes / Tony Bazley
Montgomeryland
90
critic score
(1)
70
user score
(1)
Apr
Nancy Wilson
Like in Love
66
user score
(1)
Jun
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
The Riddle
40
critic score
(1)
68
user score
(1)
1960
Louis Armstrong
Louie & the Dukes of Dixieland
50
user score
(1)
1960
Tito Puente
Tambó
60
critic score
(1)
64
user score
(1)
1960
Booker Ervin Quintet
Cookin'
90
critic score
(1)
1960
Hank Garland
Velvet Guitar
90
critic score
(1)
1960
Teddy Wilson
And Then They Wrote...
60
critic score
(1)
1960
Ramsey Lewis Trio
In Chicago
80
critic score
(1)
1960
Sue Raney
Songs for a Raney Day
1960
Leo Wright
Blues Shout
90
critic score
(1)
1960
The Hank Garland Quintet
Subtle Swing
1960
Nancy Wilson
Something Wonderful
80
critic score
(1)
1960
Donald Byrd / Hank Mobley / Kenny Drew
Hard Bop
60
critic score
(1)
1960
Walter Benton Quintet
Out of This World
60
critic score
(1)
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