Top 50 Cool Jazz Albums

Duke Ellington & John Coltrane

Duke Ellington & John Coltrane

Duke Ellington

1963

Time Out

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

1959

Undercurrent

Undercurrent

Bill Evans

1962

Night Lights

Night Lights

Gerry Mulligan

1963

Blue Moods

Blue Moods

Miles Davis

1955

Moon Beams

Moon Beams

The Bill Evans Trio

1962

New Jazz Conceptions

New Jazz Conceptions

Bill Evans

1957

Firefly

Firefly

Emily Remler

1981

Blue & Sentimental

Blue & Sentimental

Ike Quebec

1963

It Could Happen To You - Chet Baker Sings

It Could Happen To You - Chet Baker Sings

Chet Baker

1958

Glad To Be Unhappy

Glad To Be Unhappy

Paul Desmond

1965

She Was Too Good To Me

She Was Too Good To Me

Chet Baker

1974

Blue Hour

Blue Hour

Stanley Turrentine

1961

Blue Period

Blue Period

Miles Davis

1953

Take Ten

Take Ten

Paul Desmond

1963

New Faces - New Sounds From Germany

New Faces - New Sounds From Germany

Jutta Hipp Quintet

1954

Focus

Focus

Stan Getz

1961

Modern Art

Modern Art

Art Pepper Quartet

1957

Moon And Sand

Moon And Sand

Kenny Burrell

1980

The Drum Session

The Drum Session

Louis Bellson

1975

The Return Of Art Pepper

The Return Of Art Pepper

Art Pepper

1957

Diane

Diane

Chet Baker

1985

The President Plays With The Oscar Peterson Trio

The President Plays With The Oscar Peterson Trio

Pres

1956

The October Suite

The October Suite

Steve Kuhn

1967

Easy Living

Easy Living

Paul Desmond

1966

Sings And Plays With Bud Shank, Russ Freeman And Strings

Sings And Plays With Bud Shank, Russ Freeman And Strings

Chet Baker

1955

Lee Konitz With Warne Marsh

Lee Konitz With Warne Marsh

Lee Konitz

1955

At Carnegie Hall

At Carnegie Hall

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

1963

Blue Serge

Blue Serge

Serge Chaloff

1956

Skylark

Skylark

Paul Desmond

1974

Bumpin'

Bumpin'

Wes Montgomery

1965

Summertime

Summertime

Paul Desmond

1969

Fairytales

Fairytales

Radka Toneff

1982

Strollin'

Strollin'

Chet Baker

1986

Billie And Stan

Billie And Stan

Billie Holiday

1954

Jazz: Red Hot And Cool

Jazz: Red Hot And Cool

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

1955

Dave Digs Disney

Dave Digs Disney

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

1957

Theme Music From "The James Dean Story"

Theme Music From "The James Dean Story"

Chet Baker

1957

Chet Baker Quartet

Chet Baker Quartet

Chet Baker Quartet

1953

Ahmad Jamal's Alhambra

Ahmad Jamal's Alhambra

Ahmad Jamal

1961

Getz Meets Mulligan In Hi-FI

Getz Meets Mulligan In Hi-FI

Stan Getz

1957

Midnight Sun

Midnight Sun

Tsuyoshi Yamamoto Trio

1978

The Curtis Counce Group

The Curtis Counce Group

The Curtis Counce Group

1957

Chet Is Back!

Chet Is Back!

Chet Baker Sextet

1962

Insight

Insight

Prince Lasha Ensemble

1966

Earthy

Earthy

The Prestige All Stars

1957

Poinciana

Poinciana

Ahmad Jamal

1963

Baker's Holiday

Baker's Holiday

Chet Baker

1965

Leaving

Leaving

Chet Baker

1980

Nirvana

Nirvana

Herbie Mann

1964

Best Cool Jazz Artists

Chet Baker

Chet Baker

75 releases

Stan Getz

Stan Getz

41 releases

Lee Konitz

Lee Konitz

40 releases

Ramsey Lewis

Ramsey Lewis

29 releases

Art Pepper

Art Pepper

28 releases

Dave Brubeck

Dave Brubeck

28 releases

Bill Evans

Bill Evans

17 releases

Ahmad Jamal

Ahmad Jamal

16 releases

Paul Desmond

Paul Desmond

12 releases

Jim Hall

Jim Hall

10 releases

Best Cool Jazz Labels

Impulse! logo

Impulse!

121 releases

Verve Records logo

Verve Records

77 releases

Concord Jazz logo

Concord Jazz

65 releases

Cadet logo

Cadet

46 releases