The Top Albums from 1961

Rank	All Time	Artist	Album	Buy at Amazon	Song Samples
1	444	John Coltrane	My Favorite Things		Listen
2	455	Oliver Nelson	The Blues and the Abstract Truth		Listen
3	479	Bill Evans	Sunday at the Village Vanguard		Listen
4	496	Bill Evans	Waltz for Debby		Listen
5	501	Ornette Coleman	Free Jazz - A Collective Improvisation		Listen
6	1093	Judy Garland	Judy at Carnegie Hall		Listen
7	1277	Miles Davis	Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet		Listen
8	1281	The Shadows	The Shadows		Listen
9	1375	Etta James	At Last!		Listen
10	1479	Ray Charles	Genius + Soul = Jazz		Listen
11	1590	Benny Carter	Further Definitions		Listen
12	1605	George Russell	Ezz-Thetics		Listen
13	1688	Ornette Coleman	This Is Our Music
14	1718	Jimmy Giuffre 3	Thesis/1961		Listen
15	1769	Stan Getz	Focus		Listen
16	1834	Eric Dolphy	Live at the Five Spot, Vol. 1		Listen
17	1923	Jimmy Giuffre 3	Fusion/1961		Listen
18	1963	Milt Jackson	Bags & Trane		Listen
19	2039	Jimmy Reed	At Carnegie Hall		Listen
20	2166	John Coltrane	Africa/Brass		Listen
21	2178	Booker Little	Out Front		Listen
22	2235	Freddie King	Let's Hide Away and Dance Away with Freddie King		Listen
23	2257	Bill Evans	Explorations		Listen
24	2285	Elvis Presley	His Hand in Mine		Listen
25	2305	Phineas Newborn Jr.	A World of Piano
26	2377	John Coltrane	Olé Coltrane		Listen
27	2408	Freddie Hubbard	Ready for Freddie		Listen
28	2416	Eric Dolphy with Booker Little	Far Cry		Listen
29	2510	Art Blakey	Mosaic		Listen
30	2515	Miles Davis	In Person Friday Night at the Black Hawk, San Francisco Vol. 1		Listen
31	2516	Miles Davis	In Person Saturday Night at the Black Hawk, San Francisco Vol. 2		Listen
32	2605	Charles Mingus	Oh Yeah		Listen
33	2618	Abbey Lincoln	Straight Ahead		Listen
34	2656	Ike Quebec	Blue and Sentimental		Listen
35	2695	Shelly Manne and His Men	At the Manne-Hole, Vol. 1		Listen
36	2710	Sarah Vaughan	After Hours		Listen
37	2720	Eddie Jefferson	Jazz Singer		Listen
38	2917	Ella Fitzgerald	Sings the Harold Arlen Songbook, Vol. 1		Listen
Some albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
		Mark Murphy	Rah		Listen
		Helen Humes	Swingin' with Humes		Listen
		Grant Green	Green Street		Listen
		Sun Ra	Visits Planet Earth		Listen
		Henry Mancini	Breakfast at Tiffany's		Listen
		Stan Kenton	West Side Story		Listen
		Ray Charles and Betty Carter	Ray Charles and Betty Carter		Listen
		Duke Ellington & Count Basie	First Time! The Count Meets the Duke		Listen
		Rahsaan Roland Kirk	We Free Kings		Listen
		Lee Konitz	Motion		Listen
		Jackie McLean	Bluesnik		Listen
		Dexter Gordon	Doin' Allright		Listen
		Miles Davis	Someday My Prince Will Come		Listen
		Joan Baez	2		Listen

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