| 1 | 1 | Miles Davis | Kind of Blue | 1959 | |  |  |  |
| 2 | 2 | John Coltrane | A Love Supreme | 1964 | | | | |
| 3 | 3 | Charles Mingus | Mingus Ah Um | 1959 | | | | |
| 4 | 4 | The Dave Brubeck Quartet | Time Out | 1959 | | | | |
| 5 | 5 | Cannonball Adderley | Somethin' Else | 1958 | | | | |
| 6 | 6 | Sonny Rollins | Saxophone Colossus | 1956 | | | | |
| 7 | 7 | John Coltrane | Giant Steps | 1959 | | | | |
| 8 | 8 | Herbie Hancock | Maiden Voyage | 1965 | | | | |
| 9 | 9 | Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers | Moanin' | 1958 | | | | |
| 10 | 10 | Thelonious Monk | Brilliant Corners | 1956 | | | | |
| 11 | 11 | Eric Dolphy | Out to Lunch! | 1964 | | | | |
| 12 | 12 | Bill Evans Trio | Waltz for Debby | 1961 | | | | |
| 13 | 13 | Keith Jarrett | The Koln Concert | 1975 | | | | |
| 14 | 14 | Louis Armstrong | Hot Fives & Sevens | 1928 | | | | |
| 17 | 15 | John Coltrane | Blue Train | 1957 | | | | |
| 15 | 16 | Ornette Coleman | The Shape of Jazz to Come | 1959 | | | | |
| 18 | 17 | Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto | Getz/Gilberto | 1963 | | | | |
| 16 | 18 | Wayne Shorter | Speak No Evil | 1964 | | | | |
| 19 | 19 | Lee Morgan | The Sidewinder | 1963 | | | | |
| 20 | 20 | Miles Davis | Bitches Brew | 1969 | | | | |
| 21 | 21 | Charlie Parker | The Savoy & Dial Studio Sessions | 1948 | | | | |
| 22 | 22 | The Horace Silver Quintet | Song for My Father | 1964 | | | | |
| 23 | 23 | Oliver Nelson | The Blues & the Abstract Truth | 1961 | | | | |
| 24 | 24 | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | Ellington At Newport [2CD] | 1956 | | | | |
| 25 | 25 | Wes Montgomery | Incredible Jazz Guitar | 1960 | | | | |
| 26 | 26 | Bill Evans Trio | Sunday at the Village Vanguard | 1961 | | | | |
| 27 | 27 | Charles Mingus | Black Saint & the Sinner Lady | 1963 | | | | |
| 28 | 28 | Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong | Ella & Louis | 1956 | | | | |
| 30 | 29 | John Coltrane | My Favorite Things | 1960 | | | | |
| 29 | 30 | Billie Holiday | Lady Day [2CD] | 1944 | | | | |
| 31 | 31 | Dexter Gordon | Go! | 1962 | | | | |
| 36 | 32 | Chet Baker | The Best of Chet Baker Sings | 1956 | | | | |
| 32 | 33 | Weather Report | Heavy Weather | 1977 | | | | |
| 33 | 34 | Herbie Hancock | Head Hunters | 1973 | | | | |
| 35 | 35 | The Oscar Peterson Trio | Night Train | 1962 | | | | |
| 34 | 36 | Miles Davis | In a Silent Way | 1969 | | | | |
| 37 | 37 | Kenny Burrell | Midnight Blue | 1963 | | | | |
| 38 | 38 | Hank Mobley | Soul Station | 1960 | | | | |
| 39 | 39 | Clifford Brown & Max Roach | Study in Brown | 1955 | | | | |
| 41 | 40 | McCoy Tyner | The Real McCoy | 1967 | | | | |
| 40 | 41 | The Quintet (w/ Charlie Parker) | Jazz At Massey Hall | 1952 | | | | |
| 42 | 42 | Thelonious Monk w/ John Coltrane | At Carnegie Hall | 1957 | | | | |
| 43 | 43 | Count Basie Orchestra | The Complete Atomic Basie | 1957 | | | | |
| 46 | 44 | Miles Davis | Birth of the Cool | 1950 | | | | |
| 44 | 45 | Art Pepper | Meets the Rhythm Section | 1957 | | | | |
| 45 | 46 | Mahavishnu Orchestra | The Inner Mounting Flame | 1971 | | | | |
| 47 | 47 | Andrew Hill | Point of Departure | 1964 | | | | |
| 50 | 48 | Grant Green | Idle Moments | 1963 | | | | |
| 48 | 49 | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | Blanton-Webster Recordings | 1942 | | | | |
| 49 | 50 | Benny Goodman | Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert [2CD] | 1938 | | | | |
| 51 | 51 | Coleman Hawkins | Body & Soul [RCA] | 1956 | | | | |
| 53 | 52 | Lester Young | With the Oscar Peterson Trio | 1952 | | | | |
| 56 | 53 | Miles Davis | Sketches Of Spain | 1960 | | | | |
| 52 | 54 | Bud Powell | The Definitive Bud Powell | 1953 | | | | |
| 57 | 55 | Ornette Coleman | Free Jazz | 1960 | | | | |
| 61 | 56 | Modern Jazz Quartet | Django | 1955 | | | | |
| 63 | 57 | Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie | Bird and Diz | 1950 | | | | |
| 54 | 58 | Larry Young | Unity | 1965 | | | | |
| 55 | 59 | Erroll Garner | Concert by the Sea | 1955 | | | | |
| 62 | 60 | Clifford Brown & Max Roach | Clifford Brown & Max Roach | 1954 | | | | |
| 58 | 61 | Sarah Vaughan w/ Clifford Brown | Sarah Vaughan w/ Clifford Brown | 1954 | | | | |
| 60 | 62 | Jaco Pastorius | Jaco Pastorius | 1976 | | | | |
| 59 | 63 | Chick Corea | Return to Forever | 1972 | | | | |
| 64 | 64 | Django Reinhardt | Quintette du Hot Club de France | 1940 | | | | |
| 66 | 65 | Albert Ayler Trio | Spiritual Unity | 1964 | | | | |
| 67 | 66 | Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd | Jazz Samba | 1962 | | | | |
| 65 | 67 | Jimmy Smith | The Sermon | 1958 | | | | |
| 68 | 68 | Ben Webster | Soulville | 1958 | | | | |
| 69 | 69 | Ella Fitzgerald | The Best of the Song Books | 1964 | | | | |
| 71 | 70 | Sonny Clark | Cool Struttin' | 1958 | | | | |
| 72 | 71 | Art Blakey Quintet | A Night at Birdland Vol. 1 | 1954 | | | | |
| 77 | 72 | Joe Henderson | Page One | 1963 | | | | |
| 70 | 73 | The Gil Evans Orchestra | Out of the Cool | 1960 | | | | |
| 76 | 74 | Pat Metheny Group | Offramp | 1981 | | | | |
| 75 | 75 | John Scofield | A Go Go | 1997 | | | | |
| 78 | 76 | Frank Sinatra | Sinatra At the Sands | 1966 | | | | |
| 73 | 77 | Joe Pass | Virtuoso | 1973 | | | | |
| 74 | 78 | Fats Waller | The Very Best Of Fats Waller | 1940 | | | | |
| 83 | 79 | The Gerry Mulligan Quartet | The Best of... with Chet Baker | 1953 | | | | |
| 79 | 80 | Cecil Taylor | Unit Structures | 1966 | | | | |
| 81 | 81 | Dave Holland Quartet | Conference of the Birds | 1972 | | | | |
| 89 | 82 | Gillespie, Rollins & Stitt | Sonny Side Up | 1957 | | | | |
| 80 | 83 | Count Basie Orchestra | April in Paris | 1956 | | | | |
| 86 | 84 | Dexter Gordon | Our Man in Paris | 1963 | | | | |
| 84 | 85 | Sonny Rollins | Tenor Madness | 1956 | | | | |
| 88 | 86 | Thelonious Monk | Monk's Music | 1962 | | | | |
| 87 | 87 | Miles Davis | Round About Midnight | 1956 | | | | |
| 82 | 88 | Diana Krall | Love Scenes | 1997 | | | | |
| 105 | 89 | John Abercrombie | Timeless | 1974 | | | | |
| 85 | 90 | Louis Armstrong | Plays W C Handy | 1954 | | | | |
| 90 | 91 | Duke Ellington w/ Mingus & Roach | Money Jungle | 1962 | | | | |
| 98 | 92 | Pat Metheny | Bright Size Life | 1975 | | | | |
| 91 | 93 | Sidney Bechet | Legendary Sidney Bechet | 1941 | | | | |
| 93 | 94 | Thelonious Monk | The Best of the Blue Note Years | 1952 | | | | |
| 94 | 95 | Rahsaan Roland Kirk | Rip, Rig & Panic/Beautiful Edith | 1967 | | | | |
| 97 | 96 | Wynton Marsalis | Black Codes | 1985 | | | | |
| 95 | 97 | Freddie Hubbard | Open Sesame | 1960 | | | | |
| 96 | 98 | Bix Beiderbecke | At the Jazz Band Ball [ASV] | 1928 | | | | |
| 104 | 99 | Jelly Roll Morton | Birth Of the Hot | 1927 | | | | |
| 92 | 100 | Cassandra Wilson | Blue Light 'Til Dawn | 1993 | | | | |
