Jazz records: A Brief Overview
Jazz records are great records. Many great jazz labels are worth collecting. Many collectors look for records on Blue Note, Prestige, EmArcy, Contemporary, New Jazz, RCA, Epic, and more.
Great Jazz Records are often thick vinyl with thick laminate sleeves.
1950s and beyond are the most collectible jazz records.
You can see a list of popular jazz artists to look for below!
Great Jazz Records are often thick vinyl with thick laminate sleeves.
1950s and beyond are the most collectible jazz records.
You can see a list of popular jazz artists to look for below!
Some artists to be on the look out for:
Cannonball Adderley
Sidney Bechet
Art Blakey
Willie Bobo
Dave Brubeck
George Braith
Tina Brooks
Clifford Brown
Kenny Burrell
Donald Byrd
Candido Camero
Ron Carter
Paul Chambers
Don Cherry (musician)
Charlie Christian
Sonny Clark
Kenny Clarke
Ornette Coleman
Johnny Coles
John Coltrane
Sidney De Paris
Eric Dolphy
Lou Donaldson
Kenny Dorham
Kenny Drew
Booker Ervin
Tal Farlow
Curtis Fuller
Eddie Gale
Erroll Garner
Dexter Gordon
Bennie Green
Grant Green
Urbie Green
Johnny Griffin
Herbie Hancock
Eddie Henderson (musician)
Joe Henderson
Andrew Hill
Jutta Hipp
Elmo Hope
Lena Horne
Freddie Hubbard
Bobbi Humphrey
Charlie Hunter
Bobby Hutcherson
Milt Jackson
John Jenkins (jazz musician)
J. J. Johnson
Pete Johnson
Elvin Jones
Thad Jones
Clifford Jordan
Duke Jordan
Stanley Jordan
Wynton Kelly
Howard McGhee
Jimmy McGriff
Jackie McLean
Gil Mellé
Blue Mitchell
Mizell Brothers
Hank Mobley
Thelonious Monk
J. R. Monterose
James Moody (saxophonist)
Lee Morgan
Leo Parker
Horace Parlan
John Patton (musician)
Duke Pearson
Bill Perkins (saxophonist)
Dave Pike
Bud Powell
Ike Quebec
Sonny Red
Freddie Redd
Dizzy Reece
Dianne Reeves
Buddy Rich
Sam Rivers
Freddie Roach (organist)
Sonny Rollins
Charlie Rouse
Sal Salvador
Wayne Shorter
Horace Silver
Jimmy Smith (musician)
Lonnie Smith (jazz musician)
Louis Smith (musician)
Art Taylor
Cecil Taylor
The Three Sounds
Stanley Turrentine
George Wallington
Ben Webster
Baby Face Willette
Joe Williams (jazz singer)
Tony Williams (drummer)
Jack Wilson (jazz pianist)
Reuben Wilson
The Wood Brothers
Larry Young (musician)
Cannonball Adderley
Sidney Bechet
Art Blakey
Willie Bobo
Dave Brubeck
George Braith
Tina Brooks
Clifford Brown
Kenny Burrell
Donald Byrd
Candido Camero
Ron Carter
Paul Chambers
Don Cherry (musician)
Charlie Christian
Sonny Clark
Kenny Clarke
Ornette Coleman
Johnny Coles
John Coltrane
Sidney De Paris
Eric Dolphy
Lou Donaldson
Kenny Dorham
Kenny Drew
Booker Ervin
Tal Farlow
Curtis Fuller
Eddie Gale
Erroll Garner
Dexter Gordon
Bennie Green
Grant Green
Urbie Green
Johnny Griffin
Herbie Hancock
Eddie Henderson (musician)
Joe Henderson
Andrew Hill
Jutta Hipp
Elmo Hope
Lena Horne
Freddie Hubbard
Bobbi Humphrey
Charlie Hunter
Bobby Hutcherson
Milt Jackson
John Jenkins (jazz musician)
J. J. Johnson
Pete Johnson
Elvin Jones
Thad Jones
Clifford Jordan
Duke Jordan
Stanley Jordan
Wynton Kelly
Howard McGhee
Jimmy McGriff
Jackie McLean
Gil Mellé
Blue Mitchell
Mizell Brothers
Hank Mobley
Thelonious Monk
J. R. Monterose
James Moody (saxophonist)
Lee Morgan
Leo Parker
Horace Parlan
John Patton (musician)
Duke Pearson
Bill Perkins (saxophonist)
Dave Pike
Bud Powell
Ike Quebec
Sonny Red
Freddie Redd
Dizzy Reece
Dianne Reeves
Buddy Rich
Sam Rivers
Freddie Roach (organist)
Sonny Rollins
Charlie Rouse
Sal Salvador
Wayne Shorter
Horace Silver
Jimmy Smith (musician)
Lonnie Smith (jazz musician)
Louis Smith (musician)
Art Taylor
Cecil Taylor
The Three Sounds
Stanley Turrentine
George Wallington
Ben Webster
Baby Face Willette
Joe Williams (jazz singer)
Tony Williams (drummer)
Jack Wilson (jazz pianist)
Reuben Wilson
The Wood Brothers
Larry Young (musician)