| Rank | All Time | Artist | Album | Buy at Amazon | Song Samples |
| 1 | 514 | The Quintet | Jazz at Massey Hall/The Greatest Jazz Concert Ever | |
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| 2 | 1586 | Stan Kenton | New Concepts of Artistry in Rhythm | |
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| 3 | 1820 | Lester Young | The President Plays with the Oscar Peterson Trio | |
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| 4 | 2084 | J. J. Johnson | With Clifford Brown/The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 1 | |
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| 5 | 2208 | Fred Astaire | The Astaire Story |
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| 6 | 2442 | Duke Ellington | Ellington Uptown/Hi-Fi Ellington Uptown | |
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| 7 | 2536 | Shelly Manne | The West Coast Sound |
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| 8 | 2718 | Gerry Mulligan | Gerry Mulligan Quartet with Chet Baker | |
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| 9 | 2905 | Bud Powell | The Amazing Bud Powell Vol. 2 |
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| Some albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000: | |||||
| Art Farmer | Farmer's Market |
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| Duke Ellington | The Duke Plays Ellington/Piano Reflections | | | ||
| Art Tatum | Solo Masterpieces |
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| Peggy Lee | Black Coffee |
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