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List of 100 solos:
| 1927 : Louis Armstrong |
| – Hotter Than That |
| (Louis Armstrong, Hot Fives and Hot Sevens, Columbia (CD), 1927.) |
| 1939 : Lester Young |
| – Lester Leaps In https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja1kIyW0mOE |
| (Count Basie and his Orchestra, featuring Lester Young, Lester Leaps In, Epic |
| (CD), 1939.) |
| 1940 : Charlie Christian |
| – I Found A New Baby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ6vD3EjDPo |
| (Charlie Christian, Solo Flight, Topaz (CD), 1939.) |
| 1945 : Charlie Parker |
| – Now’s The Time; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryNtmkfeJk4&pp=0gcJCfwAo7VqN5tD |
| – Billie’s Bounce |
| (Charlie Parker, The Charlie Parker Story, Savoy (CD), 1945.) |
| 1945 : Miles Davis |
| – Now’s The Time; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryNtmkfeJk4&pp=0gcJCfwAo7VqN5tD |
| – Billie’s Bounce |
| (Charlie Parker, The Charlie Parker Story, Savoy (CD), 1945.) |
| 1949 : Fats Navarro |
| – Bouncin’ With Bud https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z6-WkaESrI |
| (Fats Navarro, The Fabulous Fats Navarro, Blue Note (CD), 1949.) |
| 1949 : Bud Powell |
| – Celia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp0orpZccVQ |
| (Bud Powell, Jazz Giant, Verve (CD), 1949.) |
| 1949 : Bud Powell |
| Ornithology https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfCirmMxzs0 |
| (Bud Powell, The Amazing Bud Powell, Volume 1, Blue Note (CD), 1949.) |
| 1954 : Thelonious Monk |
| – Blue Monk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_40V2lcxM7k |
| (Thelonious Monk, Thelonious Monk Trio, Prestige (CD), 1954.) |
| 1955 : Clifford Brown |
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| – Joy Spring |
| (Clifford Brown and Max Roach, Clifford Brown and Max Roach, Emarzy |
| (CD), 1954.) |
| 1955 : Erroll Garner |
| – How Could You Do A Thing Like That To Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eIqAFuzGiY |
| (Erroll Garner, Concert by the Sea, Columbia (CD), 1955.) |
| 1955 : Hank Mobley |
| – Soft Winds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46MXOaT7oYc |
| (Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 1, Blue Note |
| (CD), 1955.) |
| 1956 : Clifford Brown |
| – Donna Lee |
| (Clifford Brown, Clifford Brown, Columbia (CD), 1956.) |
| 1956 : Red Garland |
| – Oleo; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAVpX_rF2qo |
| – I Could Write A Book |
| (Miles Davis, Relaxin’, Prestige (CD), 1956.) |
| 1956 : Sonny Rollins |
| – Tenor Madness |
| (Sonny Rollins, Tenor Madness, Blue Note (CD), 1956.) |
| 1956 : John Coltrane |
| – Tenor Madness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MkUvZUTFUc |
| (Sonny Rollins, Tenor Madness, Blue Note (CD), 1956.) |
| 1956 : Sonny Rollins |
| – St. Thomas |
| (Sonny Rollins, Saxophone Colossus, Blue Note (CD), 1956.) |
| 1956 : Red Garland |
| – Tenor Madness |
| (Sonny Rollins, Tenor Madness, Blue Note (CD), 1956.) |
| 1957 : Miles Davis |
| – All Of You |
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| (Miles Davis, ‘Round About Midnight, Columbia (CD), 1957.) |
| 1957 : Red Garland |
| – Bye, Bye, Blackbird |
| (Miles Davis, ‘Round About Midnight, Columbia (CD), 1957.) |
| 1957 : Sonny Clark |
| – Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise |
| (Sonny Clark, Sonny Clark Trio, Blue Note (CD), 1957.) |
| 1957 : Kenny Drew |
| – Moment’s Notice |
| (John Coltrane, Blue Train, Blue Note (CD), 1957.) |
| 1957 : Ella Fitzgerald |
| – Take The “A” Train https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJes7XRuWEk&pp=0gcJCfwAo7VqN5tD |
| (Ella Fitzgerald, Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook, Verve |
| (CD), 1957.) |
| 1957 : Stan Getz |
| – Three Little Words https://www.youtube.com/live/_Y5MaOAEGDs?app=desktop |
| (Stan Getz, Stan Getz and The Oscar Peterson Trio, Verve (CD), 1957.) |
| 1957 : Thelonious Monk |
| – Bemsha Swing |
| (Thelonious Monk, Brilliant Corners, Riverside (CD), 1957.) |
| 1957 : Sonny Rollins |
| – Eternal Triangle |
| (Sonny Stitt, Dizzy Gillespie and Sonny Rollins, Sonny Side Up, Verve (CD), |
| 1957.) |
| 1957 : Sonny Stitt |
| – Eternal Triangle |
| (Sonny Stitt, Dizzy Gillespie and Sonny Rollins, Sonny Side Up, Verve (CD), |
| 1957.) |
| 1958 : Chet Baker |
| – Do It The Hard Way; |
| – It Could Happen To You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqwZJwakaIk |
| (Chet Baker, It Could Happen To You, Riverside (CD), 1958.) |
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| 1958 : Miles Davis |
| – Autumn Leaves |
| (Cannonball Adderley, Somethin’ Else, Blue Note (CD), 1958.) |
| 1958 : Paul Desmond |
| – Like Someone In Love |
| (Dave Brubeck, Dave Brubeck Quartet in Europe, Columbia (CD), 1958.) |
| 1958 : Red Garland |
| – Straight, No Chaser |
| (Miles Davis, Milestones, Columbia (CD), 1958.) |
| 1959 : Miles Davis |
| – So What; |
| – Freddie Freeloader |
| (Miles Davis, Kind of Blue, Columbia (CD), 1959.) |
| 1959 : Wynton Kelly |
| – Freddie Freeloader |
| (Miles Davis, Kind of Blue, Columbia (CD), 1959.) |
| 1959 : John Coltrane |
| – So What |
| (Miles Davis, Kind of Blue, Columbia (CD), 1959.) |
| 1959 : John Coltrane |
| – Giant Steps; |
| – Cousin Mary |
| (John Coltrane, Giant Steps, Atlantic (CD), 1959.) |
| 1960 : Barry Harris |
| – Moose The Mooche |
| (Barry Harris, At The Jazz Workshop, Riverside (CD), 1960.) |
| 1960 : Wynton Kelly |
| – Remember |
| (Hank Mobley, Soul Station, Blue Note (CD), 1960.) |
| 1960 : Hank Mobley |
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| – If I Should Loose You |
| (Hank Mobley, Soul Station, Blue Note (CD), 1960.) |
| 1960 : Wes Montgomery |
| – Four On Six |
| (Wes Montgomery, The Incredible Guitar of Wes Montgomery, Riverside (CD), |
| 1960.) |
| 1960 : Bud Powell |
| – All The Things You Are |
| (Bud Powell, The Essen Jazz Festival Concert, Black Lion (CD), 1960.) |
| 1961 : Bill Evans |
| – Alice In Wonderland |
| (Bill Evans, Sunday At The Village Vanguard, Original Jazz Classics (CD), |
| 1961.) |
| 1961 : Bill Evans |
| – Beautiful Love |
| (Bill Evans, Explorations, Original Jazz Classics (CD), 1961.) |
| 1961 : Bill Evans |
| – My Romance |
| (Bill Evans, Waltz for Debbie, Original Jazz Classics (CD), 1961.) |
| 1961 : Phineas Newborn, Jr. |
| – Oleo |
| (Phineas Newborn, Jr., A World of Piano, Original Jazz Classics (CD), 1961.) |
| 1961 : Oscar Peterson |
| – Tricotismà |
| (Oscar Peterson, The Sound of the Trio, Verve (CD), 1961.) |
| 1962 : Freddie Hubbard |
| – Bird Like |
| (Freddie Hubbard, Ready for Freddie, Blue Note (CD), 1961.) |
| 1962 : Oscar Peterson |
| – Night Train; |
| – C Jam Blues; |
| Moten Swing (Oscar Peterson, Night Train, Verve (CD), 1962.) |
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| 1962 : McCoy Tyner |
| – Blues For Gwen |
| (McCoy Tyner, Inception, Impulse (CD), 1962.) |
| 1964 : Miles Davis |
| – There Is No Greater Love |
| (Miles Davis, The Complete Concert: 1964 – My Funny Valentine and Four & |
| More, Columbia (CD), 1964.) |
| 1964 : Herbie Hancock |
| – All Blues |
| (Miles Davis, The Complete Concert: 1964 – My Funny Valentine and Four & |
| More”, Columbia (CD), 1964.) |
| 1964 : Thelonious Monk |
| – Memories Of You |
| (Thelonious Monk, It’s Monk Time, Columbia (CD), 1964.) |
| 1964 : Lee Morgan |
| – The Sidewinder |
| (Lee Morgan, Sidewinder, Blue Note (CD), 1964.) |
| 1964 : Oscar Peterson |
| – Mack The Knife |
| (Oscar Peterson, Oscar Peterson Trio + One (Featuring Clark Terry), Verve |
| (CD), 1964.) |
| 1965 : Herbie Hancock |
| – Dolphin Dance |
| (Herbie Hancock, Maiden Voyage, Blue Note (CD), 1965.) |
| 1967 : Pat Martino |
| – Just Friends |
| (Pat Martino, El Hombre, Prestige (CD), 1967.) |
| 1967 : Thelonious Monk |
| – Straight, No Chaser |
| (Thelonious Monk, Straight, No Chaser, Columbia (CD), 1967.) |
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| 1967 : McCoy Tyner |
| – Passion Dance |
| (McCoy Tyner, The Real McCoy, Blue Note (CD), 1967.) |
| 1968 : Chick Corea |
| – Matrix |
| (Chick Corea, Now He Sings, Now He Sobs, Blue Note (CD), 1968.) |
| 1968 : Bill Evans |
| – A Time For Love |
| (Bill Evans, Alone, Verve (CD), 1968.) |
| 1973 : Herbie Hancock |
| – Chamaleon |
| (Herbie Hancock, Head Hunters, Columbia (CD), 1973.) |
| 1974 : Bill Evans |
| – Turn Out The Stars |
| (Bill Evans, Since We Met, Original Jazz Classics (CD), 1974.) |
| 1977 : Chet Baker |
| – The Best Thing For You |
| (Chet Baker, The Best Thing For You, A&M (CD), 1977.) |
| 1977 : Kenny Barron |
| – The Best Thing For You |
| (Chet Baker, The Best Thing For You, A&M (CD), 1977.) |
| 1977 : Tete Montoliu |
| – It Could Happen To You |
| (Tete Montoliu, Blues for Myself, Ensayo (CD), 1977.) |
| 1977 : Bill Evans |
| – You Must Believe In Spring |
| (Bill Evans, You Must Believe in Spring, Original Jazz Classics (CD), 1977.) |
| 1978 : Tommy Flanagan |
| – Good Bait; |
| – Bird Song |
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| (Tommy Flanagan, Something Borrow, Something Blue, Original Jazz Classics |
| (CD), 1978.) |
| 1979 : Tom Harrell |
| – Comrade Conrad |
| (Bill Evans, We Will Meet Again, Warner Bros. (CD), 1979.) |
| 1981 : Kenny Barron |
| – Rhythm-A-Ning |
| (Kenny Barron. At The Piano, Xanadu (CD), 1981.) |
| 1983 : Keith Jarrett |
| – All The Things You Are; |
| – In Love In Vain |
| (Keith Jarrett, Standards, Vol. 1, ECM (CD), 1983.) |
| 1984 : Chick Corea |
| – I Hear A Rhapsody; |
| – The Loop |
| (Chick Corea, Trio Music Live in Europe, ECM (CD), 1984.) |
| 1986 : Kenny Barron |
| – Voyage |
| (Kenny Barron, What If, Enja (CD), 1986.) |
| 1986 : Tete Montoliu |
| – Alone Together; |
| – Oleo; |
| – All Of You |
| (Tete Montoliu, The Music I Like to Play, Vol. 1, Soul Note (CD), 1986.) |
| 1987 : Michael Brecker |
| – Nothing Personal |
| (Michael Brecker, Michael Brecker, Impulse (CD), 1987.) |
| 1987 : Keith Jarrett |
| – Stella By Starlight |
| (Keith Jarrett, Standards Live, ECM (CD), 1987.) |
| 1987 : Pat Metheny |
| – Last Train Home; |
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| – Third Wind; |
| – Minuano |
| (Pat Metheny Group, Still Life (Talking), Geffen (CD), 1987.) |
| 1989 : JoAnne Brackeen |
| – It Could Happen To You |
| (JoAnne Brackeen, Live at Maybeck Ricital Hall, Concord (CD), 1989.) |
| 1989 : Chick Corea |
| – Bessie’s Blues; |
| – Someday My Prince Will Come |
| (Chick Corea, Akoustic Band, GRP (CD), 1989.) |
| 1990 : Stanley Cowell |
| – Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise; |
| – Stompin’ At The Savoy |
| (Stanley Cowell, Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Vol. 5, Concord (CD), 1990.) |
| 1990 : Keith Jarrett |
| – Bemsha Swing; |
| – Golden Earrings; |
| – Woody’n You |
| (Keith Jarrett, The Cure, ECM (CD), 1990.) |
| 1991 : Kenny Barron |
| – Minority |
| (Kenny Barron. The Moment, Reservoir (CD), 1991.) |
| 1992 : Kenny Barron |
| – Like Someone In Love; |
| – Gone With The Wind |
| (Stan Getz & Kenny Barron, People Time, Gitanes Jazz (CD), 1992.) |
| 1993 : Chick Corea |
| – Blues For Art |
| (Chick Corea, Expressions, GRP (CD), 1993.) |
| 1994 : Kenny Werner |
| – Someday My Prince Will Come |
| (Kenny Werner, Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Vol. 34, Concord (CD), 1994.) |
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| 1994 : Brad Mehldau |
| – Anthropology |
| (Mehldau & Rossy Trio, When I Fall In Love, Fresh Sound New Talent (CD), |
| 1994.) |
| 1995 : Mulgrew Miller |
| – If I Should Loose You |
| (Mulgrew Miller, Getting to Know You, Novus (CD), 1995.) |
| 1996 : Billy Childs |
| – Aaron’s Song |
| (Billy Childs, The Child Within, Shanachie Entertainment (CD), 1996.) |
| 1997 : Kenny Kirkland |
| – November 15th |
| (Kenny Garrett, Song Book, Warner (CD), 1997.) |
| 1998 : Mulgrew Miller |
| Promethean; On Green Dolphin Street |
| (Tony Williams Trio, Young at Heart, Columbia (CD), 1998.) |
| 1998 : Kenny Barron |
| – You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To; |
| – So What |
| (Ron Carter Trio, So What, Blue Note (CD), 1998.) |
| 1999 : Kenny Kirkland |
| – Doctone |
| (Brandord Marsalis, Requiem, Sony (CD), 1999.) |
| 1999 : Keith Jarrett |
| – By My Love |
| (Keith Jarrett, The Melody at Night with You, ECM (CD), 1999.) |
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The best of the decade 1940s
- Lennie Tristano: Crosscurrents (1949)
- Duke Ellington: Liberian Suite (1949)
- Lee Konitz: Subconscious-Lee (1949)
- Coleman Hawkins: Rainbow Mist (1944)
The best of the decade 1950s
Charles Mingus: Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956)
Ornette Coleman: The Shape of Jazz To Come (1959)
Modern Jazz Quartet: Fontessa (1956)
George Russell: New York New York (1959)
Stan Kenton: City of Glass (1951)
Sonny Rollins: Freedom Suite (1958)
Thelonious Monk: Brilliant Corners (1956)
Miles Davis: Kind Of Blue (1959)
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool (1950)
Sonny Rollins: Saxophone Colossus (1956)
Charles Mingus: Tijuana Moods (1957)
Herbie Nichols: The Third World (1955)
Jimmy Giuffre: Western Suite (1958)
George Russell: Jazz Workshop (1956)
Art Blakey: Orgy In Rhythm (1957)
Sun Ra: Jazz in Silhouette (1958)
Lennie Tristano: Manhattan Studio/ New York Improvisations (1956)
Yusef Lateef: Jazz Mood (1957)
Gerry Mulligan: Mulligan Quartet (1952)
Ahmad Jamal: Poinciana (1955) The best of the decade 1960s
Charles Mingus: The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (1963)
John Coltrane: A Love Supreme (1964)
Cecil Taylor: Unit Structures (1966)
John Coltrane: Ascension (1965)
Albert Ayler: Spiritual Unity (1964)
Michael Mantler: Jazz Composers' Orchestra (1968)
Sun Ra: Atlantis (1967)
Don Cherry: Mu (1969)
Anthony Braxton: For Alto (1969)
Miles Davis: Bitches Brew (1969)
Ornette Coleman: Free Jazz (1960)
Charles Mingus: Epitaph (1962)
Sun Ra: The Magic City (1965)
Gary Burton: A Genuine Tong Funeral (1967)
Eric Dolphy Out to Lunch (1964)
Roscoe Mitchell: Sound (1966)
Sam Rivers: Dimensions And Extensions (1967)
Pharoah Sanders: Karma (1969)
Albert Ayler: New York Eye And Ear Control (1964)
Miles Davis: In a Silent Way (1969)
Roscoe Mitchell: Old Quartet (1967)
Don Cherry: Symphony For Improvisers (1966)
Max Roach: Freedom Now Suite (1960)
Charlie Haden: Liberation Music Orchestra (1969)
Art Ensemble Of Chicago: People in Sorrow (1969)
Roscoe Mitchell: Congliptious (1968)
Bill Dixon: Intents And Purposes (1967)
Charles Mingus: Presents (1960)
Cecil Taylor: Nefertiti (1962)
Sun Ra: Cosmic Tones For Mental Therapy (1963)
Jimmy Giuffre: Free Fall (1962)
Albert Ayler: Witches and Devils (1964)
Marion Brown: Quartet (1965)
Gunther Schuller: Jazz Abstractions (1960)
Cecil Taylor: Conquistador (1966)
Joe Harriott: Movement (1963)
George Russell: Electronic Sonata For Souls Loved By Nature (1969)
Joe Harriott: Free Form (1960)
Eric Dolphy Far Cry (1960)
Alex Schlippenbach: Globe Unity (1966)
Art Ensemble Of Chicago: Reese and the Smooth Ones (1969)
George Russell: Jazz in the Space Age (1960)
Ornette Coleman: Ornette (1961)
John Coltrane: Impressions (1961)
Joe Harriott: Abstract (1962)
Andrew Hill: Point of Departure (1964)
Sam Rivers: Fuchsia Swing Song (1964)
Tina Brooks: True Blue (1960)
Archie Shepp: Mama Too Tight (1966)
Steve Lacy: The Forest And The Zoo (1966)
Don Cherry: Complete Communion (1965)
Sam Rivers: Contours (1965)
George Russell: Othello Ballet Suite (1967)
Muhal Richard Abrams: Levels and Degrees of Light (1967)
Charles Mingus: Oh Yeah (1961)
Yusef Lateef: Eastern Sounds (1961)
Don Cherry: Eternal Rhythm (1968)
Miles Davis: Filles de Kilimanjaro (1968)
Kalaparush Maurice McIntyre: Humility In The Light Of Creator (1969)
Andrew Hill: Black Fire (1963)
Archie Shepp: The Magic of Ju-Ju (1967)
Bill Evans: Explorations (1961)
Peter Broetzmann: Machine Gun (1968)
George Russell: Ezz-thetic (1961)
John Surman: John Surman (1968)
Randy Weston: Uhuru Africa (1960)
Wayne Shorter: Speak No Evil (1964)
Herbie Hancock: Empyrean Isles (1964)
Jackie McLean: New and Old Gospel (1967) The best of the decade 1970s
Anthony Braxton: Saxophone Improvisations (1972)
Carla Bley: Escalator Over The Hill (1971)
Keith Jarrett: Survivors Suite (1976)
Sam Rivers: Streams (1973)
Paul Bley: Improvisie (1970)
Marion Brown: Afternoon of a Georgia Faun (1970)
Leo Smith: Mass on the World (1978)
Sam Rivers: Crystals (1974)
Cecil Taylor: Silent Tongues (1974)
Steve Lacy: Saxophone Special (1974)
Rova Saxophone Quartet: Removal of Secrecy (1979)
George Lewis: Solo Trombone Record (1976)
Roland Kirk: Prepare Thyself To Deal With A Miracle (1973)
George Lewis: Chicago Slow Dance (1977)
Alice Coltrane: Ptah The El Daoud (1970)
McCoy Tyner: Extensions (1970)
Roscoe Mitchell: LRG-Maze-S II Examples (1978)
Leroy Jenkins: Legend of Ai Glatson (1978)
Dave Holland: Conference of the Birds (1972)
Charles Mingus: Let My Children Hear Music (1971)
McCoy Tyner: Sahara (1972)
Art Ensemble Of Chicago: Les Stances A Sophie (1970)
Jeanne Lee: Conspiracy (1974)
Keith Jarrett: The Koeln Concert (1975)
Revolutionary Ensemble: The Psyche (1975)
Miles Davis: Pangaea (1975)
Evan Parker: Saxophone Solos (1975)
Leroy Jenkins: For Players Only (1975)
Air: Air Time (1977)
Paul Bley: Dual Unity (1971)
Air: Air Raid (1976)
George Lewis: Shadowgraph (1977)
Leo Smith: Reflectativity (1974)
Art Ensemble Of Chicago: Phase One (1971)
Joe McPhee: Graphics (1977)
Rova Saxophone Quartet: Cinema Rovate (1978)
Air: Air Song (1975)
Gerry Hemingway: Kwambe (1978)
David Murray: Flowers for Albert (1976)
Roland Kirk: Natural Black Inventions - Root Strata (1971)
Oliver Lake: Heavy Spirits (1975)
Weather Report: I Sing the Body Electric (1972)
Kenny Wheeler: Gnu High (1975)
Derek Bailey: Company 1 (1976)
Jan Garbarek: Dis (1976)
Jean-Luc Ponty: Sonata Erotica (1972)
James Ulmer: Revealing (1977)
Pat Metheny: Watercolors (1977)
Sonny Sharrock: Monkey-Pockie-Boo (1970)
Irene Schweizer: Wilde Senoritas (1976)
London Jazz Composers Orchestra: Ode (1972)
Toshiko Akiyoshi: Road Time (1976) The best of the decade 1980s
Anthony Davis: Variations In Dream-time (1982)
Borbetomagus: Barbed Wire Maggot (1983)
Anthony Davis: Lady of the Mirrors (1980)
John Zorn: Cobra (1986)
Butch Morris: Current Trends In Racism (1985)
Anthony Davis: Episteme (1981)
Henry Threadgill: Easily Slip Into Another World (1987)
Anthony Davis: Hemispheres (1983)
Anthony Davis: Undine (1987)
Rova Saxophone Quartet: Invisible Frames (1980)
Henry Threadgill: When Was That (1982)
John Zorn: Locus Solus (1984)
Marty Ehrlich: Traveller's Tale (1989)
Tim Berne: Fractured Fairy Tales (1989)
Bill Frisell: Before We Were Born (1988)
Joe McPhee: Topology (1981)
Paul Motian: Psalm (1981)
Rova Saxophone Quartet: As Was (1981)
Air: 80 Degrees Below (1982)
Evan Parker: Atlanta (1986)
Henry Threadgill: Rag Bush And All (1988)
Turtle Island String Quartet: Turtle Island String Quartet (1988)
ICP Orchestra: Bospaadje Konijnehol I (1986)
Marilyn Crispell: Spirit Music (1981)
Pat Metheny: As Falls Wichita So Falls Wichita (1980)
Billy Bang: Changing Seasons (1980)
Julius Hemphill: Flat Out Jump Suite (1980)
Muhal Richard Abrams: Blues Forever (1981)
Billy Bang: Outline No 12 (1982)
Dave Holland: Life Cycle (1982)
Don Pullen: Evidence of Things Unseen (1983)
David Murray: Murray's Steps (1982)
Bobby Previte: Bump The Renaissance (1985)
Henry Kaiser: Aloha (1981)
James Newton: Luella (1983)
George Russell: The African Game (1985)
Rova Saxophone Quartet: Crowd (1985)
Joe Maneri: Kalavinka (1989) The best of the decade 1990s
Guillermo Gregorio: Approximately (1996)
Franz Koglmann: Cantos I-IV (1993)
Ivo Perelman: Seeds, Visions and Counterpoint (1996)
Jane Ira Bloom: Art & Aviation (1992)
Myra Melford: Even the Sounds Shine (1994)
Butch Morris: Testament (1995)
Guillermo Gregorio: Ellipsis (1997)
Franz Koglmann: The Use of Memory (1990)
Matthew Shipp: Circular Temple (1990)
Maria Schneider: Evanescence (1992)
Bill Dixon: Vade Mecum (1993)
Steve Lacy: Remains (1991)
Jane Ira Bloom: The Red Quartets (1999)
Steve Coleman: The Sonic Language of Myth - Believing Learning Knowing (1999)
Matthew Shipp: Strata (1997)
Steve Coleman: Genesis (1997)
Marcus Roberts: Blues for the New Millennium (1997)
Toshiko Akiyoshi: Desert Lady (1994)
Matthew Shipp: Critical Mass (1994)
John Butcher: Thirteen Friendly Numbers (1991)
Dave Douglas: In Our Lifetime (1995)
Geri Allen: Maroons (1992)
Guy Klucevsek: Flying Vegetables of the Apocalypse (1991)
Michael Formanek: Extended Animation (1991)
Wynton Marsalis: Citi Movement (1992)
Joe Lovano: Universal Language (1992)
Terence Blanchard: The Malcolm X Jazz Suite (1992)
Matthew Shipp: The Flow of X (1995)
Sergey Kuryokhin: Some Combination of Fingers and Passion (1992)
Medeski Martin and Wood: Notes From the Underground (1992)
Marilyn Crispell: Santuerio (1993)
Michael Formanek: Nature of the Beast (1996)
Marty Ehrlich: Malinke's Dance (1999)
Dave Douglas: Convergence (1998)