LUNA’s Top Jazz Vinyl Picks

We don’t rank records – instead, we put together this current list of in-print jazz LPs that we love from the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s, and today. From soul jazz to bop to fusion and yeah…even vocal jazz and a taste of the avant-garde. Dig in and find what moves you!

  • Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else

    Cannonball Adderley
    Somethin’ Else

    (1958; Blue Note)

  • The Dave Brubeck Quartet
    Time Out

    (1959; Columbia)

  • Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz To Come

    Ornette Coleman
    The Shape of Jazz To Come

    (1959; Atlantic)

  • Alice Coltrane - Ptah The El Daoud

    Alice Coltrane
    Ptah the El Daoud

    (1970; Impulse!)

  • John Coltrane - A Love Supreme

    John Coltrane
    A Love Supreme

    (1965; Impulse!)

  • Miles Davis - Kind of Blue album cover

    Miles Davis
    Kind of Blue

    (1959; Columbia)

  • Eric Dolphy - Out To Lunch

    Eric Dolphy
    Out To Lunch!

    (1964; Blue Note)

  • Bill Evans - Waltz For Debby album cover

    Bill Evans
    Waltz For Debby

    (1962; Riverside)

  • Ronnie Foster - Two Headed Freap album cover

    Ronnie Foster
    Two Headed Freap

    (1972; Blue Note)

  • Ryo Fukui - Scenery album cover

    Ryo Fukui
    Scenery

    (1976; Trio)

  • Stan Getz & João Gilberto - Getz / Gilberto album cover

    Stan Getz & João Gilberto
    Getz / Gilberto

    (1964; Verve)

  • Grant Green - Green Is Beautiful album cover

    Grant Green
    Green Is Beautiful

    (1970; Blue Note)

  • Herbie Hancock - Headhunters album cover

    Herbie Hancock
    Headhunters

    (1973; Columbia)

  • Billie Holiday - Songs For Distingue Lovers album cover

    Billie Holiday
    Songs For Distingue Lovers

    (1957; Verve)

  • Ahmad Jamal - At the Pershing: But Not For Me album cover

    Ahmad Jamal
    At the Pershing: But Not For Me

    (1958; Argo)

  •  Jackie McLean - Destination... Out! album cover

    Jackie McLean
    Destination... Out!

    (1964; Blue Note)

  • Thelonious Monk - Monk's Dream album cover

    Thelonious Monk
    Monk's Dream

    (1963; Columbia)

  • Wynton Kelly Trio & Wes Montgomery - Smokin' at the Half Note album cover

    Wynton Kelly Trio & Wes Montgomery
    Smokin' at the Half Note

    (1965; Verve)

  • Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus album title

    Sonny Rollins
    Saxophone Colossus

    (1957; Prestige)

  • Nina Simone - At Town Hall album cover

    Nina Simone
    At Town Hall

    (1959; Colpix)

  •  Lonnie Liston Smith - Cosmic Funk album cover

    Lonnie Liston Smith
    Cosmic Funk

    (1974; Flying Dutchman)

  • Sun Ra - Lanquidity album cover

    Sun Ra
    Lanquidity

    (1978; Philly Jazz)

  • McCoy Tyner - Time For Tyner album cover

    McCoy Tyner
    Time For Tyner

    (1969; Blue Note)

  • Larry Young - Unity album cover

    Larry Young
    Unity

    (1966; Blue Note)

  • Yussef Kamaal - Black Focus album cover

    Yussef Kamaal
    Black Focus

    (2016; Brownswood)