| 104 | 101 | Charlie Haden & Pat Metheny | Beyond the Missouri Sky | 1996 | |  |  |  |
| 105 | 102 | Return to Forever | Light As a Feather | 1972 | | | | |
| 101 | 103 | Jelly Roll Morton | Birth Of the Hot | 1927 | | | | |
| 102 | 104 | Al DiMeola | Elegant Gypsy | 1976 | | | | |
| 103 | 105 | Art Tatum w/ Ben Webster | Tatum Group Masterpieces (V8) | 1956 | | | | |
| 109 | 106 | Pharoah Sanders | Karma | 1969 | | | | |
| 106 | 107 | Bill Evans Trio | Portrait In Jazz | 1959 | | | | |
| 114 | 108 | Charlie Christian | The Genius of the Electric Guitar | 1941 | | | | |
| 107 | 109 | Dinah Washington | Dinah Jams | 1954 | | | | |
| 108 | 110 | Jay Jay Johnson | The Eminent J J Johnson (Vol. 1) | 1953 | | | | |
| 111 | 111 | Medeski, Martin & Wood | Combustication | 1998 | | | | |
| 117 | 112 | Archie Shepp | Fire Music | 1965 | | | | |
| 110 | 113 | Jackie McLean | Let Freedom Ring | 1962 | | | | |
| 112 | 114 | Thelonious Monk | Monk's Music | 1962 | | | | |
| 113 | 115 | Sun Ra & His Arkestra | Jazz In Silhouette | 1958 | | | | |
| 126 | 116 | John Zorn | Masada - Alef | 1994 | | | | |
| 120 | 117 | Bessie Smith | Empress of the Blues | 1933 | | | | |
| 121 | 118 | Benny Carter & His Orchestra | Further Definitions | 1961 | | | | |
| 115 | 119 | Wes Montgomery & Wynton Kelly | Smokin' At the Half Note | 1965 | | | | |
| 116 | 120 | Jimmy Smith | Back at the Chicken Shack | 1960 | | | | |
| 124 | 121 | Miles Davis | Milestones | 1958 | | | | |
| 118 | 122 | Yusef Lateef | Eastern Sounds | 1961 | | | | |
| 119 | 123 | Pat Metheny Group | Offramp | 1981 | | | | |
| 123 | 124 | Charles Mingus | Pithecanthropus Erectus | 1956 | | | | |
| 122 | 125 | John McLaughlin | Extrapolation | 1969 | | | | |
| 125 | 126 | Duke Ellington | The Far East Suite | 1966 | | | | |
| 128 | 127 | Jim Hall | Concierto | 1975 | | | | |
| 127 | 128 | Count Basie Orchestra | The Best of Early Basie [Decca] | 1939 | | | | |
| 130 | 129 | Sonny Rollins | The Bridge | 1962 | | | | |
| 133 | 130 | Gene Ammons | Boss Tenor | 1960 | | | | |
| 131 | 131 | Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley | Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley | 1962 | | | | |
| 129 | 132 | Carla Bley & Paul Haines | Escalator Over the Hill | 1971 | | | | |
| 132 | 133 | Joe Henderson | Inner Urge | 1964 | | | | |
| 135 | 134 | Cannonball Adderley | Quintet in Chicago | 1957 | | | | |
| 138 | 135 | Diana Krall | Love Scenes | 1997 | | | | |
| 136 | 136 | The King Cole Trio | Instrumental Classics | 1946 | | | | |
| 139 | 137 | John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman | John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman | 1963 | | | | |
| 134 | 138 | Lester Young & Teddy Wilson | Pres and Teddy | 1956 | | | | |
| 137 | 139 | Joe Lovano | From the Soul | 1991 | | | | |
| 141 | 140 | Herbie Hancock | Empyrean Isles | 1964 | | | | |
| 140 | 141 | George Russell Sextet | Ezz-thetics | 1961 | | | | |
| 147 | 142 | Frank Sinatra | Songs for Swingin' Lovers | 1956 | | | | |
| 144 | 143 | Ornette Coleman | Change of the Century | 1959 | | | | |
| 142 | 144 | Patricia Barber | Modern Cool | 1998 | | | | |
| 143 | 145 | Max Roach | We Insist! Freedom Now Suite | 1960 | | | | |
| 145 | 146 | Keith Jarrett | Tokyo '96 | 1998 | | | | |
| 146 | 147 | Bobby Hutcherson | Dialogue | 1965 | | | | |
| 148 | 148 | Stan Kenton | New Concepts Artistry in Rhythm | 1952 | | | | |
| 152 | 149 | Michael Brecker | Michael Brecker | 1987 | | | | |
| 149 | 150 | The Tony Williams Lifetime | Emergency! | 1969 | | | | |
| 150 | 151 | Nat Adderley | Work Song | 1960 | | | | |
| 155 | 152 | Jimmy Giuffre | Jimmy Giuffre 3 | 1956 | | | | |
| 151 | 153 | Miles Davis Quintet | Miles Smiles | 1966 | | | | |
| 156 | 154 | Donald Byrd | A New Perspective | 1963 | | | | |
| 158 | 155 | Fats Navarro & Tadd Dameron | Blue Note & Capitol Recordings | 1949 | | | | |
| 157 | 156 | Horace Silver | Blowin' the Blues Away | 1959 | | | | |
| 153 | 157 | Betty Carter | Audience with Betty Carter [2CD] | 1979 | | | | |
| 154 | 158 | Joshua Redman | Wish | 1993 | | | | |
| 161 | 159 | George Benson | Beyond the Blue Horizon | 1971 | | | | |
| 159 | 160 | Paul Desmond | Take Ten | 1963 | | | | |
| 160 | 161 | Milt Jackson & Wes Montgomery | Bags Meets Wes | 1961 | | | | |
| 162 | 162 | Artie Shaw & His Orchestra | Begin the Beguine | 1941 | | | | |
| 164 | 163 | Lee Morgan | Search for the New Land | 1964 | | | | |
| 163 | 164 | Chick Corea | Now He Sings, Now He Sobs | 1968 | | | | |
| 165 | 165 | Pat Metheny Group | Pat Metheny Group | 1978 | | | | |
| 168 | 166 | Lambert, Hendricks & Ross | Everybody's Boppin' | 1961 | | | | |
| 167 | 167 | John Coltrane | Ascension | 1965 | | | | |
| 166 | 168 | Art Ensemble Of Chicago | Nice Guys | 1978 | | | | |
| 170 | 169 | Michel Petrucciani | Power of Three | 1986 | | | | |
| 171 | 170 | Oscar Peterson/Clark Terry | Oscar Peterson Trio+One | 1963 | | | | |
| 174 | 171 | Krzysztof Komeda | Astigmatic | 1965 | | | | |
| 185 | 172 | Art Farmer | Modern Art | 1958 | | | | |
| 172 | 173 | Billie Holiday | The Commodore Master Takes | 1944 | | | | |
| 169 | 174 | Phil Woods | Rights of Swing | 1960 | | | | |
| 173 | 175 | Lee Konitz | Subconscious-Lee | 1950 | | | | |
| 176 | 176 | Antonio Carlos Jobim | Stone Flower | 1970 | | | | |
| 177 | 177 | Henry 'Red' Allen | World on a String | 1957 | | | | |
| 179 | 178 | Peter Brotzmann Octet | Machine Gun | 1968 | | | | |
| 184 | 179 | John Zorn | The Big Gundown | 1985 | | | | |
| 187 | 180 | Johnny Griffin | A Blowin' Session | 1957 | | | | |
| 189 | 181 | Billie Holiday | Lady in Satin | 1958 | | | | |
| 180 | 182 | Keith Jarrett | Standards, Vol. 1 | 1983 | | | | |
| 175 | 183 | Dizzy Gillespie | Musicraft Small Group Recordings | 1946 | | | | |
| 190 | 184 | Mahavishnu Orchestra | Birds of Fire | 1973 | | | | |
| 178 | 185 | Mose Allison | I've Been Doin' Some Thinkin' | 1968 | | | | |
| 181 | 186 | Charles Lloyd | Forest Flower | 1966 | | | | |
| 182 | 187 | Lennie Tristano (& Warne Marsh) | Intuition | 1949 | | | | |
| 193 | 188 | Modern Jazz Quartet | Fontessa | 1956 | | | | |
| 196 | 189 | Ella Fitzgerald | Sings the Cole Porter Songbook | 1956 | | | | |
| 186 | 190 | Bill Evans & Jim Hall | Undercurrent | 1962 | | | | |
| 183 | 191 | Jan Garbarek | Witchi-Tai-To | 1973 | | | | |
| 188 | 192 | Geri Allen | Gathering | 1998 | | | | |
| 191 | 193 | Joe 'King' Oliver | Creole Jazz Band Recordings | 1923 | | | | |
| 192 | 194 | World Saxophone Quartet | Plays Duke Ellington | 1986 | | | | |
| 197 | 195 | Sun Ra | Space Is the Place | 1972 | | | | |
| 194 | 196 | Cal Tjader | Soul Sauce | 1964 | | | | |
| 195 | 197 | James Carter | Jurassic Classics | 1994 | | | | |
| 198 | 198 | Arthur Blythe | Lenox Avenue Breakdown | 1978 | | | | |
| 199 | 199 | June Christy | Something Cool | 1955 | | | | |
| — | 200 | Woody Herman | The Thundering Herds - 1945-1947 | 1947 | | | | |
