The Top Albums from 1961

Rank	All Time	Artist	Album	Buy at Amazon	Song Samples
1	450	Bobby Bland	Two Steps from the Blues		Listen
2	486	Oliver Nelson	The Blues and the Abstract Truth		Listen
3	496	Bill Evans	Sunday at the Village Vanguard		Listen
4	539	John Coltrane	My Favorite Things		Listen
5	561	Ornette Coleman	Free Jazz		Listen
6	595	Bill Evans	Waltz for Debby		Listen
7	828	Gil Evans	Out of the Cool		Listen
8	835	Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane	Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane
9	1068	Max Roach	We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite
10	1106	Judy Garland	Judy at Carnegie Hall		Listen
11	1315	Miles Davis	Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet		Listen
12	1337	The Shadows	The Shadows		Listen
13	1563	Jimmy Giuffre 3	Thesis/1961		Listen
14	1612	Ray Charles	Genius + Soul = Jazz		Listen
15	1632	The Original Soundtrack	West Side Story		Listen
16	1716	Jimmy Giuffre 3	Fusion/1961		Listen
17	1826	John Coltrane	Coltrane Jazz		Listen
18	1901	Ornette Coleman	This Is Our Music
19	1902	Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers	A Night in Tunisia		Listen
20	1938	George Russell	Ezz-Thetics		Listen
21	2040	Stan Getz	Focus		Listen
22	2054	Eric Dolphy	At the Five Spot, Vol. 1		Listen
23	2236	Booker Little	Out Front		Listen
24	2413	John Coltrane	Africa/Brass		Listen
25	2419	Phineas Newborn Jr.	A World of Piano!
26	2457	Freddie King	Let's Hide Away and Dance Away with Freddie King		Listen
27	2535	Jimmy Reed	Jimmy Reed at Carnegie Hall		Listen
28	2675	Eddie Jefferson	The Jazz Singer		Listen
29	2685	Bill Evans	Explorations		Listen
30	2698	Miles Davis	In Person Friday Night at the Black Hawk, San Francisco Vol. 1		Listen
31	2699	Miles Davis	In Person Saturday Night at the Black Hawk, San Francisco Vol. 2		Listen
32	2718	Milt Jackson and John Coltrane	Bags & Trane		Listen
Some albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
		Abbey Lincoln	Straight Ahead		Listen
		Henry Mancini	Breakfast at Tiffany's		Listen
		Art Blakey	Mosaic		Listen
		Freddie Hubbard	Ready for Freddie		Listen
		Sarah Vaughan	After Hours		Listen
		Dizzy Gillespie	Carnegie Hall Concert		Listen
		Shelly Manne and His Men	At the Manne-Hole, Vol. 1		Listen
		Cecil Taylor	The World of Cecil Taylor/Air		Listen
		Ike Quebec	Blue and Sentimental		Listen
		Lee Konitz	Motion		Listen
		Freddie Hubbard	Goin' Up		Listen
		Ray Charles and Betty Carter	Ray Charles and Betty Carter		Listen
		Mark Murphy	Rah		Listen
		J.J. Johnson & Kai Winding	The Great Kai & J.J.		Listen
		Helen Humes	Swingin' with Humes		Listen
		Grant Green	Green Street		Listen
		Stan Kenton	Kenton's West Side Story		Listen
		Charles Mingus	Pre-Bird/Mingus Revisited
		Jackie McLean	Bluesnik		Listen
		Miles Davis	Someday My Prince Will Come		Listen
		Dexter Gordon	Doin' Allright		Listen
		Yusef Lateef	Eastern Sounds		Listen
		Joan Baez	Joan Baez, Vol. 2		Listen

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