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The Best Modal Jazz Albums of All Time by User Score

Decade
Genre

1.

Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
August 17th, 1959
Modal Jazz, Cool Jazz
USER SCORE
90
3,251 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

2.

Miles Davis - In a Silent Way
July 30th, 1969
Jazz Fusion, Modal Jazz
USER SCORE
89
1,588 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

3.

John Coltrane - My Favorite Things
March 1st, 1961
Post-Bop, Modal Jazz
USER SCORE
85
730 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

4.

Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain
July 18th, 1960
Third Stream, Modal Jazz
USER SCORE
84
645 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

5.

The John Coltrane Quartet - Africa/Brass
September 1st, 1961
Post-Bop, Modal Jazz
USER SCORE
84
220 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

6.

Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage
May 17th, 1965
Modal Jazz
USER SCORE
81
170 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

7.

Miles Davis Quintet - Miles Smiles
February 16th, 1967
Post-Bop, Modal Jazz
USER SCORE
81
187 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

8.

John Coltrane - Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album
June 29th, 2018
Post-Bop, Modal Jazz
USER SCORE
81
243 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

9.

John Coltrane - Coltrane
August 0th, 1962
Post-Bop, Modal Jazz
USER SCORE
80
127 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music

10.

John Coltrane - Olé Coltrane
November 1st, 1961
Modal Jazz
USER SCORE
80
230 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

11.

Miles Davis - Nefertiti
January 15th, 1968
Post-Bop, Modal Jazz
USER SCORE
80
184 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

12.

Miles Davis - Sorcerer
October 23rd, 1967
Modal Jazz
USER SCORE
76
134 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

13.

Miles Davis - Miles in the Sky
July 22nd, 1968
Post-Bop, Modal Jazz
USER SCORE
75
106 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
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