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Best Albums of 1961 by User Score

Decade
Genre
1960s
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969

1.

John Coltrane - My Favorite Things
March 1st, 1961
Post-Bop, Modal Jazz
USER SCORE
85
528 ratings
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2.

The John Coltrane Quartet - Africa/Brass
September 1st, 1961
Post-Bop, Modal Jazz
USER SCORE
83
174 ratings
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3.

Max Roach - We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite
January 0th, 1961
Avant-Garde Jazz
USER SCORE
83
149 ratings
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4.

Pierre Fournier - Sechs Suiten für Violoncello Solo BWV 1007-1012
Baroque Music
USER SCORE
83
18 ratings
Amazon

5.

Yusef Lateef - Eastern Sounds
Hard Bop
USER SCORE
82
84 ratings
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6.

Milt Jackson & John Coltrane - Bags & Trane
July 0th, 1961
Cool Jazz, Bebop
USER SCORE
82
135 ratings
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7.

Ornette Coleman - Free Jazz
September 1st, 1961
Free Jazz
USER SCORE
82
153 ratings
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8.

João Gilberto - João Gilberto
Bossa Nova
USER SCORE
81
22 ratings
Amazon

9.

John Coltrane - Olé Coltrane
November 1st, 1961
Modal Jazz
USER SCORE
81
186 ratings
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10.

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - A Night in Tunisia
Hard Bop
USER SCORE
80
40 ratings
Amazon

11.

Serge Gainsbourg - L'Étonnant Serge Gainsbourg
January 1st, 1961
Jazz Pop, Baroque Pop
USER SCORE
80
17 ratings
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12.

Cecil Taylor - The World of Cecil Taylor
Avant-Garde Jazz
USER SCORE
80
23 ratings
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13.

Columbia Symphony Orchestra / Igor Stravinsky - Stravinsky Conducts Le Sacre du printemps
April 0th, 1961
Modern Classical, Orchestral
USER SCORE
80
24 ratings
Amazon

14.

Judy Garland - Judy at Carnegie Hall
July 10th, 1961
Standards, Traditional Pop
USER SCORE
80
23 ratings
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15.

Oliver Nelson - The Blues and the Abstract Truth
August 1st, 1961
Hard Bop, Cool Jazz
USER SCORE
80
72 ratings
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16.

Eric Dolphy - Eric Dolphy at the Five Spot, Vol. 1
Post-Bop, Avant-Garde Jazz, Hard Bop
USER SCORE
80
18 ratings
Amazon

17.

Max Roach - Percussion Bitter Sweet
August 0th, 1961
Hard Bop, Post-Bop, Afro-Cuban Jazz, Vocal Jazz
USER SCORE
80
15 ratings
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18.

Bill Evans Trio - Sunday at the Village Vanguard
June 25th, 1961
Jazz, Cool Jazz
USER SCORE
80
120 ratings
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19.

The Ornette Coleman Quartet - This Is Our Music
February 0th, 1961
Avant-Garde Jazz
USER SCORE
80
53 ratings
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20.

Eric Dolphy - Out There
Post-Bop
USER SCORE
79
51 ratings
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21.

Miles Davis Quintet - Steamin' with The Miles Davis Quintet
May 1st, 1961
Hard Bop
USER SCORE
79
85 ratings
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22.

The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Further Out
November 0th, 1961
Jazz, Cool Jazz
USER SCORE
79
32 ratings
Amazon

23.

Henry Mancini - Breakfast at Tiffany's: Music from the Motion Picture
Lounge, Big Band
USER SCORE
78
11 ratings
Amazon
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24.

Bill Evans Trio - Explorations
March 0th, 1961
Jazz, Cool Jazz
USER SCORE
78
41 ratings
Amazon
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25.

Leonard Bernstein & Stephen Sondheim - West Side Story (Original Sound Track Recording)
October 0th, 1961
Big Band, Cinematic Classical, Show Tunes
USER SCORE
77
21 ratings
Amazon
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