| Rank | All Time | Artist | Album | Buy at Amazon | Song Samples |
| 1 | 316 | Miles Davis | Jeru/Birth of the Cool |
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| 2 | 997 | Louis Armstrong | Plays W.C. Handy |
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| 3 | 1121 | Clifford Brown & Max Roach | Daahoud/Clifford Brown & Max Roach |
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| 4 | 1122 | Art Blakey Quintet | A Night at Birdland Vol. 1 |
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| 5 | 1279 | Sarah Vaughan | Images/Swingin' Easy |
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| 6 | 1448 | Frank Sinatra | Songs for Young Lovers |
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| 7 | 1488 | Dizzy Gillespie with Roy Eldridge | Dizzy Gillespie with Roy Eldridge |  |
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| 8 | 1557 | June Christy | Something Cool |
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| 9 | 1822 | Chet Baker | Chet Baker Sings |
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| 10 | 2156 | Frank Sinatra | Swing Easy! |
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| 11 | 2178 | Art Blakey Quintet | A Night at Birdland Vol. 2 |
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| 12 | 2460 | Miles Davis | Miles Davis Sextet/Walkin' |
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| 13 | 2690 | Dave Brubeck | Jazz Goes to College |
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| 14 | 2784 |
Thelonious Monk | Thelonious Monk |
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| 15 | 2956 | Art Tatum | Group Masterpieces, Vol. 1 |
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| Some albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000: | |||||
| Gerry Mulligan | California Concerts, Vol. 1 |
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| Gerry Mulligan | California Concerts, Vol. 2 |
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