Acclaimed Music - Blues and Roots
Charles Mingus
Blues and Roots



Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc.
Ben Ratliff (USA) - Jazz: A Critics Guide to the 100 Most Important Recordings (2002) No Order
Exposure (Canada) - 50 Greatest Albums not to make the Greatest Albums lists (2005) 12
Fast 'n' Bulbous (USA) - The Best Albums from 1949-64 241
Jazz for Dummies (USA) - 300 to Round Out the Collection (1998) No Order
Joe S. Harrington, Blastitude (USA) - The All-Time Top 100 Albums (2001) 42
Elvis Costello - 500 Albums You Need (2000) No Order
The Rough Guide - Jazz: 100 Essential CDs (1999) No Order
Jazzguide (Germany) - Recommended Records No Order
Ratings
All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars 5 Stars
MusicHound (USA) - Album Ratings 0-5 Bones (1998-99) 4 Bones
Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 1992) 4.5 Stars
Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 2004) 4 Stars
The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD (6th Ed., 2002), Ratings 1-4 Stars, or a Crown 3.5 Stars
Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (UK) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars (2002) 5 Stars


These critics also liked the following albums:

ArtistAlbumYear Buy at
Amazon		Song
Samples
Ornette Coleman
 The Shape of Jazz to Come
 1959
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Miles Davis
 Miles Ahead
 1957
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Miles Davis
 Porgy & Bess
 1958
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Eric Dolphy
 Live at the Five Spot, Vol. 1
 1961
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Duke Ellington with Charles Mingus and Max Roach
 Money Jungle
 1962
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Stan Kenton
 New Concepts of Artistry in Rhythm
 1953
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Thelonious Monk
 Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane
 1957
Thelonious Monk
 Monk's Music
 1958
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Art Pepper
 Meets the Rhythm Section
 1957
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Sonny Rollins
 Way Out West
 1957
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