| Artist |
Title |
5th Ed. |
| Randy Sandke |
The Sandke Brothers [Stash] |
*** |
| Arturo Sandoval |
Just Music [Jazz House] |
**(*) |
| Michel Sardaby |
Night Cap [Sound Hills] |
**** |
| |
Straight On [Sound Hills] |
***(*) |
| Jarmo Savolainen |
First Sight [Timeless] |
*** |
| Jeremy Sawkins |
Southpaw [Rufus] |
*** |
| Daniel Schnyder |
Secret Cosmos [Enja] |
*** |
| |
The City [Enja] |
*** |
| |
Decoding the Message [Enja] |
*** |
| |
Mythology [Enja] |
*** |
| |
Nucleus [Enja] |
**(*) |
| |
Tarantula [Enja] |
**(*) |
| Mathias Schubert |
Blue and Grey Suite [Enja] |
**** |
| Ed Schuller |
The Eleventh Hour [Tutu] |
*** |
| Tony Scott |
Dedications [Core] |
***(*) |
| Bernie Senensky |
Homeland [Timeless] |
*** |
| |
Wheel Within a Wheel [Timeless] |
*** |
| |
Rhapsody [Timeless] |
*** |
| Sextet of Orchestra USA |
Mack the Knife [RCA Victor] |
***(*) |
| Bud Shank |
This Bud's for You [32 Jazz] |
***(*) |
| |
Serious Swingers [Contemporary] |
*** |
| |
Tomorrow's Rainbow [Contemporary] |
*** |
| Lakshminarayana Shankar |
Who's to Know (M.R.C.S.) [ECM] |
*** |
| |
Vision [ECM] |
*** |
| |
Song for Everyone [ECM] |
*** |
| |
The Epidemics [ECM] |
**(*) |
| |
Nobody Told Me [ECM] |
***(*) |
| |
M.R.C.S. [ECM] |
*** |
| |
Pancha Nadal Pallavi [ECM] |
*** |
| Jack Sharpe |
Roarin' [Jazz House] |
**(*) |
| Sonny Sharrock |
Guitar [Enemy] |
**** |
| |
Seize the Rainbow [Enemy] |
**(*) |
| |
Live in New York [Enemy] |
*** |
| |
Highlife [Enemy] |
*** |
| Artie Shaw |
Artie Shaw and His Rhythm Makers 1938 [Tax] |
*** |
| |
Begin the Beguine [RCA] |
***(*) |
| |
In the Blue Room / In the Café Rouge [RCA Victor] |
***(*) |
| |
The Last Recordings [Musicmasters] |
***(*) |
| Woody Shaw |
Last of the Line [32 Jazz] |
*** |
| |
Dark Journey [32 Jazz] |
**** |
| |
Little Red's Fantasy [32 Jazz] |
**** |
| |
Two More Pieces of the Puzzle [32 Jazz] |
***(*) |
| |
Woody Shaw With the Tone Jansa Quartet [Timeless] |
**(*) |
| |
Imagination [32 Jazz] |
***(*) |
| George Shearing |
Three Originals [MPS] |
*** |
| Archie Shepp |
Lover Man [Timeless] |
** |
| |
Art of the Duo [Enja] |
*** |
| |
I Didn't Know About You [Timeless] |
***(*) |
| |
Black Ballad [Timeless] |
**(*) |
| Sahib Shihab |
Conversations [Black Lion] |
*** |
| |
All Those Cats [Ubiquity] |
**(*) |
| Mark Shim |
Mind Over Matter [Blue Note] |
***(*) |
| Janis Siegel |
Slow Hot Wind [Varèse Sarabande] |
*** |
| Horace Silver |
Re-Entry [32 Jazz] |
**** |
| |
It's Got to Be Funky [Columbia] |
**(*) |
| |
Pencil Packin' Papa [Columbia] |
*** |
| Sonny Simmons |
Ancient Ritual [Qwest/Reprise] |
***(*) |
| |
American Jungle [Qwest/Reprise] |
*** |
| Pete (La Roca) Sims |
Turkish Women at the Bath [32 Jazz] |
*** |
| Zoot Sims |
Quartet and Sextet [RCA Vogue] |
***(*) |
| |
'Live' in Philly [32 Jazz] |
*** |
| Jae Sinnett |
House and Sinnett [Positive] |
*** |
| |
Listen [Heart Music] |
*** |
| Jeffrey Smith |
A Little Sweeter [Verve] |
*** |
| |
Down Here Below [Verve] |
**(*) |
| Ann-Soft Soderqvist / The Soegaard Ensemble |
Chronox [Leo Lab] |
**(*) |
| Martial Solal |
The Complete Vogue Recordings, Volume 1 [Vogue] |
***(*) |
| |
The Complete Vogue Recordings, Volume 2 [Vogue] |
*** |
| Lew Soloff |
Rainbow Mountain [Enja] |
***(*) |
| Muggsy Spanier |
Pocket Giant [Verve] |
***(*) |
| |
The Great Sixteen [RCA] |
**** |
| Sphere |
Sphere [Verve] |
**** |
| Tomasz Stanko |
Caoma [Konnex] |
*** |
| Leni Stern |
Secrets [Enja] |
***(*) |
| |
Closer to the Light [Enja] |
***(*) |
| Michael Jefry Stevens |
Elements [Leo] |
*** |
| |
Haiko [Leo] |
**(*) |
| Grant Stewart |
Downtown Sounds [Criss Cross] |
*** |
| Loren Stillman |
Cosmos [Soul Note] |
*** |
| G.E. Stinson |
The Same Without You [Nine Winds] |
***(*) |
| Sonny Stitt |
Autumn in New York [Black Lion] |
**(*) |
| |
Endgame Brilliance [32 Jazz] |
***(*) |
| |
The Champ [32 Jazz] |
*** |
| |
Just in Case You Forgot How Bad He Really Was [32 Jazz] |
***(*) |
| Frank Strazzeri |
Little Giant [Fresh Sound] |
*** |
| |
Wood Winds West [Jazz Mark] |
*** |
| John Stubblefield |
Bushman Song [Enja] |
***(*) |
| |
Countin' the Blues [Enja] |
**** |
| |
Morning Song [Enja] |
*** |
| Swedish Swing Society |
Winter Swing [Sittel] |
***(*) |
| |
What's New? [Sittel] |
*** |
| Jorge Sylvester |
MusiCollage [Postcards] |
*** |
| Lew Tabackin |
Live at Vartan Jazz [Vartan Jazz] |
*** |
| Aki Takase |
Shima Shoka [Enja] |
**** |
| |
Blue Monk [Enja] |
***(*) |
| |
Close Up of Japan [Enja] |
*** |
| Natsuki Tamura |
How Many? [Leo Lab] |
***(*) |
| |
A Song for Jyaki [Leo Lab] |
*** |
| Billy Taylor |
Billy Taylor and teh Jazzmobile All Stars [Taylor-Made] |
*** |
| |
Dr T [GRP] |
*** |
| Cecil Taylor |
Akisakila [Konnex] |
***(*) |
| |
Akisakila Vol. 2 [Konnex] |
***(*) |
| John Tchicai |
Satisfaction [Enja] |
*** |
| Jack Teagarden |
It's Time for Tea [Jass] |
** |
| |
Has Anybody Here Seen Jackson? [Jass] |
*** |
| Clark Terry |
Clark Terry and His Orchestra Featuring Paul Gonsalves [Storyville] |
*** |
| |
Clark After Dark [MPS] |
*** |
| |
Clark Terry-Red Mitchell [Enja] |
*** |
| |
Jive at Five [Enja] |
***(*) |
| Tethered Moon |
Play Kurt Weill [JMT] |
*** |
| |
Chansons de Piaf [Winter & Winter] |
*** |
| Toots Thielemans |
Do Not Leave Me [Stash] |
**** |
| |
For MyLady [Emarcy] |
***(*) |
| The XIII Ghosts |
Giganti Reptilicus Destructo Beam [Scatter] |
*** |
| Gary Thomas |
The Seventh Quadrant [Enja] |
*** |
| |
Code Violations [Enja] |
*** |
| Luther Thomas |
Don't Tell [Creative Consciousness] |
*(*) |
| Barbara Thompson |
Mother Earth [VeraBra] |
*** |
| |
Barbar Thompson's Special Edition [VeraBra] |
*** |
| |
Heavenly Bodies [VeraBra] |
***(*) |
| Henry Threadgill |
Carry the Day [Columbia] |
**** |
| Jerry Tilitz |
The New York Tapes [Both Feet] |
*** |
| Charles Tolliver |
Live at Historic Slugs [Charly] |
***(*) |
| |
Live in Tokyo [Charly] |
***(*) |
| Mel Torme |
Round Midnight [Stash] |
*** |
| The Trio (Norway) |
Meet the Locals [Resonant] |
**** |
| |
In Color [Resonant] |
***(*) |
| Gust William Tsilis |
Pale Fire [Enja] |
*** |
| |
Sequestered Days [Enja] |
***(*) |
| |
Wood Music [Enja] |
***(*) |
| Bertram Turetzky |
Intersections [Nine Winds] |
**(*) |
| Steve Turre |
Viewpoints and Vibrations [Stash] |
***(*) |
| |
Fire and Ice [Stash] |
***(*) |
| |
Right There [Antilles] |
***(*) |
| |
Sanctified Shells [Antilles] |
**(*) |
| |
Steve Turre [Verve] |
**** |
| Stanley Turrentine |
More Than a Mood [MusicMasters] |
*** |
| |
If I Could [MusicMasters] |
** |
| McCoy Tyner |
Reaching Fourth [Impulse] |
*** |
| |
Remembering John [Enja] |
***(*) |
| |
Journey [Birdology] |
***(*) |
| Gebhard Ullmann |
Per-Dee-Doo [Nabel] |
*** |
| |
Suite Noire [Nabel] |
*** |
| |
Trad Corrosion [Nabel] |
***(*) |
| Joe Van Enkhuizen |
Joe Meets the Rhythm Section [Timeless] |
*** |
| |
Ellington Ballads [Timeless] |
*** |
| |
Ellington My Way [Timeless] |
*** |
| |
Blues Ahead [Timeless] |
*** |
| Marc Van Roon |
Falling Stones [Mons] |
***(*) |
| Jasper Van't Hof |
Solo Piano [Timeless] |
*** |
| Joe Venuti |
Joe in Chicago, 1978 [Flying Fish] |
**(*) |
| Andrea Vicari |
Suburban Gorillas [33 Records] |
*** |
| |
Lunar Spell [33 Records] |
***(*) |
| Vienna Art Orchestra |
Nightride of a Lonely Saxophoneplayer [Moers] |
**** |
| |
Swiss Swing [Moers] |
***(*) |
| |
Two Little Animals [Moers] |
*** |
| |
Inside Out [Moers] |
***(*) |
| |
The Original Charts [Verve] |
**** |
| |
Nine Immortal Nonevergreens for Eric Dolphy [Amadeo] |
**** |
| |
Ballads [Amadeo] |
***(*) |
| Miroslav Vitous |
Miroslav [Freedom] |
*** |
| Petras Vysniauskias |
Viennese Concert [Leo] |
** |
| |
Lithuania [ITM] |
**(*) |
| Chad Wackerman |
Forty Reasons [Times Square] |
**(*) |
| |
Scream [Favored Nations] |
**(*) |
| Ulf Wakenius |
Venture [L+R] |
*** |
| Mal Waldron |
Songs of Love and Regret [Freelance] |
**** |
| |
Much More! [Freelance] |
***(*) |
| |
Mal Dance and Soul [Tutu] |
*** |
| |
Quadrologue at Utopia [Tutu] |
***(*) |
| |
The Git-Go at Utopia, Volume 2 [Tutu] |
***(*) |
| |
No More Tears (For Lady Day) [Timeless] |
*** |
| Bennie Wallace |
The Free Will [Enja] |
*** |
| Thomas 'Fats' Waller |
The Early Years Vol. 1 [RCA Bluebird] |
*** |
| |
The Early Years Vol. 2 [RCA Bluebird] |
*** |
| |
The Early Years Vol. 3 [RCA Bluebird] |
*** |
| |
The Middle Years Part 1 (1936-38) [Bluebird] |
***(*) |
| |
The Middle Years Part 2 (1938-1940) [Bluebird] |
***(*) |
| |
The Definitive Fats Waller, His Rhythm, His Piano [Stash] |
*** |
| George Wallington |
Trios [RCA Vogue] |
*** |
| Jack Walrath |
Hi Jinx [Stash] |
*** |
| Cedar Walton |
Breakthrough [32 Jazz] |
***(*) |
| |
Naima [32 Jazz] |
***(*) |
| |
Cedar Walton-Ron Carter-Jack DeJohnette [Limetree] |
***(*) |
| |
Cedar [Timeless] |
*** |
| |
The Promise Land [High Note] |
***(*) |
| Grover Washington Jr |
The Best of Grover Washington [Motown] |
*** |
| Sadao Watanabe |
Good Time for Love [Elektra] |
**(*) |
| |
Made in Coracao [Elektra] |
*** |
| Mitch Watkins |
Underneath It All [Enja] |
**(*) |
| |
Curves [Enja] |
*** |
| |
Strings With Wings [Tiptoe] |
***(*) |
| |
Humhead [Dos Jazz] |
**(*) |
| Ernie Watts |
Ernie Watts Quartet [JVC] |
***(*) |
| |
Reaching Up [JVC] |
**** |
| |
Project: Activation Earth [Amherst] |
**(*) |
| Weather Report |
Domino Theory [Columbia] |
*** |
| Chick Webb |
Chick Webb and His Savoy Ballroom Orchestra 1939 [Tax] |
***(*) |
| Eberhard Weber |
Works [ECM] |
*** |
| Ben Webster |
Stormy Weather [Black Lion] |
***(*) |
| |
Gone With the Wind [Black Lion] |
***(*) |
| |
There Is No Greater Love [Black Lion] |
*** |
| |
The Jeep Is Jumping [Black Lion] |
*** |
| Tad Weed |
Soloing [Nine Winds] |
***(*) |
| Nick Weldon |
Lavender's Blue [Verge] |
*** |
| Jens Wendleboe |
'Lone Attic [NOPA] |
**(*) |
| |
Big Crazy Energy Band [NOPA/NRK] |
***(*) |
| Peter Weniger |
Hymn to Gobro [Jazzline] |
**(*) |
| |
Private Concert [Mons] |
*** |
| |
The Point of Presence [Mons] |
*** |
| |
The Key of the Moment [Mons] |
*** |
| Fred Wesley |
New Friends [Minor Music] |
**(*) |
| |
Comme ci comme ça [Minor Music] |
**(*) |
| |
Swing and Be Funky [Minor Music] |
*** |
| Randy Weston |
Monterey '66 [Verve] |
***(*) |
| |
Nuit Africaine [Enja] |
*** |
| Kenny Wheeler |
Welcome [Soul Note] |
***(*) |
| |
Kayak [Ah Um] |
***(*) |
| Chip White |
Harlem Sunset [Postcards] |
*** |
| Sebastian Whittaker |
First Outing [Justice] |
*** |
| |
Searchin' for the Truth [Justice] |
*** |
| Tommy Whittle |
Warm Glow [Teejay] |
**(*) |
| Barney Wilen |
La Note Bleue [IDA] |
**(*) |
| |
French Ballads [IDA] |
*** |
| |
Wild Dogs of the Ruwenzori [IDA] |
**** |
| |
Sanctuary [IDA] |
**** |
| |
Movie Themes From France [Timeless] |
***(*) |
| Buster Williams |
Crystal Reflections [32 Jazz] |
*** |
| Cootie Williams |
Duke Ellington's Trumpets [Black & Blue] |
**** |
| |
Echoes of Harlem [Topaz] |
*** |
| James Williams |
I Remember Clifford [DIW] |
*** |
| |
Meets the Saxophone Masters [DIW] |
*** |
| |
Talkin' Trash [DIW] |
*** |
| Mary Lou Williams |
The London Sessions [Vogue/BMG] |
**** |
| Willie Williams |
Spirit Willie [Enja] |
*** |
| Larry Willis |
Solo Spirit [Mapleshade] |
*** |
| Bert Wilson |
Live at the Zoo [Nine Winds] |
*** |
| |
Further Adventures in Jazz [FMO] |
*** |
| |
Endless Fingers [Arabesque] |
*** |
| Cassandra Wilson |
Days Aweigh [JMT] |
**(*) |
| Teddy Wilson |
Central Avenue Blues [VJC] |
*** |
| |
The Dutch Swing College Band Meet Teddy Wilson [Timeless] |
**(*) |
| Yosuke Yamashita |
It Don't Mean a Thing [DIW] |
***(*) |
| |
Asian Games [Verve Forcast] |
*** |
| |
Dazzling Days [Verve] |
***(*) |
| |
Canvas in Quiet [Verve] |
***(*) |
| |
Wind of the Age [Verve] |
*** |
| |
Dr Kanzo [Verve] |
*** |
| Lester Young |
Prez Conferences [Jass] |
*** |
| Aziza Mustafa Zadeh |
Aziza Mustafa Zadeh [Columbia] |
***(*) |
| |
Always [Columbia] |
*** |
| |
Dance of Fire [Columbia] |
**(*) |
| |
Seventh Truth [Columbia] |
*** |
| |
Jazziza [Columbia] |
***(*) |
| Joe Zawinul |
Dialects [Columbia] |
**(*) |
| |
Black Water [Columbia] |
***(*) |
| Hannes Zerbe |
Rondo a la Fried [Bvhaast] |
*** |
| Atilla Zoller |
Common Sense [Enja] |
*** |
| |
Memories of Pannonia [Enja] |
***(*) |
| |
Overcome [Enja] |
*** |
| John Zorn |
Euclid's Nightmare [Depth of Field] |
*** |
| |
Music Romance: Volume 1 - Music for Children [Tzadik] |
*** |