Metafile: 2012 Reissues/Compilations

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Some breakdowns by genre:

Ranking

  1. Keith Jarrett: Sleeper: Tokyo, April 16, 1979 (ECM, 2CD) {12}: G:100; TH:***; V[351-2-25]
  2. Charles Mingus: The Jazz Workshop Concerts 1964-1965 (Mosaic) {12}: Pf:84; TN
  3. Bill Evans: Live at Art D'Lugoff's Top of the Gate (1968, Resonance, 2CD) {10}: AM:90; TH:A-; V[699-1-11]
  4. Wes Montgomery: Echoes of Indiana Avenue (Resonance) {10}: Buf:100, PM:80; DB, TN, TH:***
  5. William Parker: Centering (1976-87, NoBusiness, 6CD) {10}: CM, FJ, TN, TH:A-
  6. Jan Garbarek/Egberto Gismonti/Charlie Haden: Magico: Carta de Amor (1981, ECM) {8}: AM:80, G:80; TH:*
  7. Preservation Hall Jazz Orchestra: The 50th Anniversary Collection (Columbia/Legacy, 4CD) {8}: AM:80, G:80, T:80; TH:***
  8. Don Cherry: Organic Music Society (1973, Caprice) {7}: TH:*; V[1385-1-5]
  9. Coleman Hawkins: Classic Coleman Hawkins Sessions 1922-1947 (Mosaic) {6}: JG:**
  10. Charles Mingus: The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady/Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (1963, Impulse) {6}: AM:100, Buf:100; TN, TH:A-
  11. Frank Wright Quartet: Blues for Albert Ayler (1974, ESP-Disk) {5}: TN, TH:A-
  12. Bill Evans: Momentum (1972, Limetree, 2CD) {4}: AM:90; DB, TH:**
  13. Clare Fischer Orchestra: Extension (1963, International Phonograph) {4}: DB, TN; TH:B
  14. The Group: Live (1986, NoBusiness) {4}: FJ, TN, TH:A
  15. Steve Lacy: Estilacos (1972, Clean Feed) {4}: FJ, TN, TH:*
  16. Hank Mobley: Newark 1953 (Uptown) {4}: AM:80; DB, TH:***
  17. Tito Puente: Quatro: The Definitive Collection (Sony Latin, 5CD) {4}: AM:90, RS:90
  18. Heiner Stadler: Brains on Fire (1966-74, P and C Labor, 2CD) {4}: Buf:75; TH:**
  19. Marzette Watts: Marzette Watts and Company (1966, ESP-Disk) {4}: AM:80; TH:*
  20. Louis Armstrong: Satchmo at Symphony Hall [65th Anniversary] (Hip-O Select, 2CD) {3}: TH:A-
  21. Alice Coltrane: Huntington Ashram Monastery/World Galaxy (Impulse) {3}: AM:80; TN, TH:*
  22. Eddie Lockjaw Davis/Johnny Griffin Quintet: Live at Minton's Playhouse (Fresh Sound) {3}: TH:A-
  23. Charles Gayle Trio: Look Up (1994, ESP) {3}: TN, FJ
  24. Dexter Gordon: Night Ballads: Montreal 1977 (Uptown) {3}: Buf:88; TH:*
  25. Keith Jarrett: Mysteries/Shades (Impulse) {3}: Buf:100; TH:A-
  26. Rahsaan Roland Kirk: Spirits Up Above: The Atlantic Years 1965-1976 (Warner Jazz, 2CD) {3}: G:80; TN
  27. Frank Lowe: The Loweski (1973, ESP-Disk) {3}: TN, TH:*; V[723-1-10]
  28. Art Pepper: Unreleased Art Pepper Vol. VII: Sankei Hall, Osaka, Japan (1980, Widow's Taste, 2CD) {3}: TN, TH:A-
  29. Don Pullen: The Complete Remastered Recordings on Black Saint and Soul Note (CAM Jazz) {3}: TN
  30. Terje Rypdal: Odyssey: In Studio and in Concert (ECM, 3CD) {3}: G:80; FJ
  31. Pharoah Sanders: In the Beginning 1963-1964 (ESP) {3}: TN
  32. Juma Sultan's Aboriginal Music Society: Whispers From the Archive (Porter) {3}: TN, TH:A-
  33. Cecil Taylor: Fly! Fly! Fly! Fly! Fly! (1980, MPS/Promising Music) {3}: G:80; DB
  34. Henry P Warner/Earl Freeman/Philip Spigner: Freestyle Band (1984, NoBusiness) {3}: FJ, TN, TH:***
  35. Weather Report: The Complete Columbia Albums 1971-1975 (Columbia/Legacy) {3}:
  36. Peter Appleyard and the Jazz Giants: The Lost Sessions 1974 (Linus Entertainment) {2}: T:100; TH:**
  37. Louis Armstrong: The Complete Columbia/Okeh and RCA Victor Recordings 1925-1933 (Sony/Legacy) {2}: YW
  38. Marion Brown: Geechee Recollections/Sweet Earth Flying (1973-74, Impulse) {2}: TN, TH:***
  39. Thomas Chapin: Never Let Me Go: Quartets '95 and '96 (Playscape) {2}: TN
  40. Miles Davis Quintet: Swiss Radio Days (1959, TCB) {2}: G:80
  41. Duke Ellington: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings 1951-58 (Sony/Legacy) {2}:
  42. Jan Garbarek: Dansere (ECM) {2}:
  43. Michael Gibbs/NDR Bigband: Back in the Days (1995-2003, Cuneiform) {2}: DB
  44. Allan Holdsworth: Hard Hat Area (MoonJune) {2}:
  45. Freddie Hubbard: The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard/The Body and the Soul (1962-63, Impulse) {2}: AM:80; TN, TH:B-
  46. Sheila Jordan/Harvie S: Yesterdays (1990, High Note) {2}: TH:A-
  47. Calvin Keys: Shawn-Neeq (1971, Tompkins Square) {2}: DB, JG:**
  48. King Crimson: Larks Tongues in Aspic (Panegyric) {2}:
  49. Steve Lacy: Avignon and After (1974-75, Emanem) {2}: FJ
  50. Steve Lacy: The Sun (Emanem) {2}: FJ
  51. Loose Tubes: Sad Afrika (Lost Marble) {2}:
  52. Chris McGregor: Sea Breezes: Solo Piano: Live in Durban 1987 (Fledgling) {2}: TN
  53. Charles Mingus: Complete Columbia and RCA Albums Collection (Columbia/RCA/Legacy) {2}:
  54. Thelonious Monk Quartet: The Complete Columbia Studio Albums Collection (Columbia/Legacy) {2}:
  55. Thelonious Monk: Original Album Classics (Sony/Legacy) {2}: TN
  56. Mike Osborne Trio: The Birmingham Jazz Concert (Cadillac) {2}: G:80
  57. Charlie Parker/Dizzy Gillespie/Bud Powell/Max Roach/Charles Mingus: The Quintet: Jazz at Massey Hall (Concord) {2}: PM:90; TH:*
  58. Howard Roberts: Antelope Freeway/Equinox Express Elevator (1970-75, Impulse) {2}: AM:80; TH:*
  59. Hal Russell: NRG Ensemble (Nessa) {2}:
  60. Sonny Stitt: Now!/Salt and Pepper (1963, Impulse) {2}: Buf:88; TH:***
  61. Cecil Taylor: Almeda (to Matie) (FMP) {2}: V[1303-1-8]
  62. Cecil Taylor: The Complete Nat Hentoff Sessions (Solar) {2}:
  63. Henry Threadgill: The Complete Remastered Recordings on Black Saint and Soul Note (CAM Jazz) {2}: TN
  64. Mal Waldron: Quiet Temple (1964, Black Lion/1201) {2}: TH:A-
  65. Rework: Philip Glass Remixed (Kora) {2}: MC(70/8), G:80, Q:80
  66. The Complete Stanley Dance Felsted Mainstream Jazz Recordings 1958-1959 (Fresh Sound, 9CD) {2}: TH:***
  67. George Adams: The Complete Remastered Black Saint and Soul Note Recordings (CAM Jazz) {1}:
  68. Nat Adderley: Four Classic Albums (Avid) {1}:
  69. Joe Alexander: Blue Jubilee (Fresh Sound) {1}:
  70. Ernestine Anderson: The Complete 1947-1958 (Le Chant de Monde) {1}:
  71. Louis Armstrong: Complete Hot Fives and Hot Sevens (Columbia) {1}:
  72. Art Ensemble: Early Combinations (Nessa) {1}:
  73. Dorothy Ashby: The Jazz Harpist (Fresh Sound) {1}:
  74. Albert Ayler: Stockholm/Berlin 1966 (Hatology) {1}:
  75. Jon Balke: Magnetic Works (ECM) {1}:
  76. Chris Barber: And the Clarinet Kings (Lake) {1}:
  77. Bill Barron: The Tenor Stylings of Bill Barron/Modern Windows/Hot Line (Fresh Sound) {1}:
  78. Sydney Bechet: The Complete American Masters (Universal UK) {1}:
  79. Walter Benton Quintet: Out of This World (Fresh Sound) {1}:
  80. Bessie Smith: The Complete Columbia Recordings (1923-31, Columbia/Legacy) {1}:
  81. Blue Notes: Before the Wind Changes (Ogun) {1}:
  82. The Brecker Brothers: The Complete Arista Albums (Arista/Legacy) {1}:
  83. Brotzmann/Miller/Moholo: The Nearer the Bone, the Sweeter the Meat (Cien Fuegos) {1}:
  84. Clifford Brown/Max Roach: The Clifford Brown and Max Roach Emarcy Albums (Mosaic) {1}:
  85. Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet: The Complete Studio Recordings (Essential Jazz Classics) {1}:
  86. Dave Brubeck: Live in London 1966 (Domino) {1}:
  87. William S Burroughs/Brion Gysin: The Spoken Word (The British Library) {1}:
  88. Don Byas: At Nalen With Jan Johansson (Riverside) {1}:
  89. John Cage/James Tenney: Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano (Hat Now) {1}: V[1385-1-5]
  90. Eva Cassidy: The Best of Eva Cassidy (Blix Street) {1}:
  91. Charles Mingus: Jazzical Moods (Poll Winners) {1}:
  92. Ray Charles: Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (Warner Jazz) {1}:
  93. Ornette Coleman: The Music Of Ornette Coleman: Skies of America (BGO) {1}:
  94. Graham Collier: Relook, 1937-2011 (Graham Collier Music) {1}:
  95. John Coltrane: 1961 Newport Set (Solar) {1}:
  96. John Coltrane: Live at the Village Vanguard (Essential Jazz Classics) {1}:
  97. Miles Davis: Original Album Series: Tutu/Siesta OST/Amandlas/ Dingo/Doo-Bop (Warner Jazz) {1}:
  98. Elton Dean's Ninesense: The 100 Club Concert 1979 (Reel) {1}:
  99. DKV Trio: Past Present (1994-2011, Not Two, 7CD) {1}: FJ
  100. Eric Dolphy/Booker Little: At the Five Spot (Essential Jazz Classics) {1}:
  101. Dave Douglas: The Complete Remastered Black Saint and Soul Note Recordings (CAM Jazz) {1}:
  102. Durga Rising: An Indo Jazz Adventure (Keda) {1}:
  103. Jimmy Earl: Jimmy Earl (Severn) {1}: TH:*
  104. Duke Ellington: At the Crystal Gardens 1952 (Hep Jazz) {1}:
  105. Duke Ellington: Black, Brown and Beige (Poll Winners) {1}:
  106. Duke Ellington: My People (Storyville) {1}:
  107. Duke Ellington: Such Sweet Thunder (Poll Winners) {1}:
  108. Bill Evans: Sunday at the Village Vanguard/Waltz For Debby (Essential Jazz Classics) {1}:
  109. Gil Evans: Out of the Cool (Poll Winners) {1}:
  110. Bill Evans Trio: Live at the Top of the Gate () {1}:
  111. The Bill Evans Trio: Moonbeams (Fantasy) {1}: PM:100
  112. Victor Feldman: Four Classic Albums (Avid) {1}:
  113. Maynard Ferguson: The New Sounds of Maynard Ferguson/Come Blow Your Horn (1963, Real Gone Music) {1}: DB
  114. Scott Fields: 5 Frozen Eggs (1996, Clean Feed) {1}: TH:***
  115. Ella Fitzgerald/Louis Armstrong: The Complete Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong Studio Recorded Duets (Avid) {1}:
  116. Jan Garbarek: Sart/Witchi-Tai-To/Dansere (ECM, 3CD) {1}: G:80
  117. Michael Garrick: With the Rendell/Carr Quintet (Harkit) {1}:
  118. Stan Getz: Award Winner (Riverside) {1}:
  119. Stan Getz: Stan Getz at Nalen with Jan Johansson (Riverside) {1}:
  120. Allen Ginsberg/Peter Orlovsky/Steven Taylor/Harry Hoogstraten: De Leeuwerik 1979 (Sloow Tapes) {1}:
  121. Mac Gollehon: La Fama (1980-96, self-released) {1}: TH:**
  122. Grant Green Trio: Green Street (Essential Jazz Classics) {1}:
  123. John Handy Quintet and Quartet: In the Vernacular/No Coast (Fresh Sound) {1}:
  124. Joe Harriott: The Joe Harriott Story (Proper Box) {1}:
  125. Joe Harriott Quintet: Movement/High Spirits (Dutton Vocalion) {1}:
  126. Hampton Hawes: For Real (Essential Jazz Classics) {1}:
  127. Jimmy Heath: Sextet the Thumper and the Quota (Solar) {1}:
  128. Julius Hemphill: The Complete Remastered Black Saint and Soul Note Recordings (CAM Jazz) {1}:
  129. Ernie Henry: The Last Session (Fresh Sound) {1}:
  130. Conrad Herwig/Richie Beirach/Jack DeJohnette: The Tip of the Sword (1994, RadJazz) {1}: TH:**
  131. Johnny Hodges/Rex Stewart: Things Ain't What They Used to Be (Koch Jazz) {1}:
  132. Allan Holdsworth: None Too Soon (MoonJune) {1}:
  133. ICP Orchestra: 45 Years (ICP) {1}:
  134. Peter Jacobsen: For Pete's Sake: Volume I (FMR) {1}:
  135. The Jazz Couriers: Live in Morecambe 1959 (Gearbox) {1}:
  136. The Jazz Trio: Ft Kenny Wheeler and Alan Skidmore (TCB) {1}:
  137. Barney Kessel: Three Classic Albums (Avid) {1}:
  138. The John Kirby Sextet: Biggest Little Band in the Land (Classic Jazz) {1}:
  139. Irene Kral: The Band and I and Better Than Anything (Solar) {1}:
  140. Steve Kuhn Trio: Life's Magic (1986, Sunnyside) {1}: TH:***
  141. Steve Lacy: Complete Remastered Recordings on Black Saint/Soul Note (CAM Jazz) {1}:
  142. Steve Lacy: Lost in June (1977, Ictus) {1}: FJ
  143. Harold Land: The Fox (Essential Jazz Classics) {1}:
  144. Laurent Mignard Duke Orchestra: Ellington French Touch (Juste une Trace/Columbia) {1}: PM:80
  145. Peggy Lee/Quincy Jones: Blues Country/If You Go (Fresh Sound) {1}:
  146. Abbey Lincoln: That's Him (Riverside) {1}:
  147. Eddie Lockjaw Davis/Johnny Griffin Quintet: Griff and Lock: The Complete Studio Recordings 1960-61 (Fresh Sound) {1}:
  148. Jimmie Lunceford: Complete Decca Sessions (Mosaic) {1}:
  149. Jimmy Lyons/Sunny Murray: Jump Up (Hatology) {1}: CM
  150. Albert Mangelsdorff: Now Jazz Ramwong (CBS-Jazzhus Disk) {1}:
  151. Wynton Marsalis: The Music of America (Sony Masterworks) {1}: Buf:75
  152. Pat Martino: Alone Together With Bobby Rose (1977-78, High Note) {1}: TH:*
  153. Matching Mole: Little Red Record (Esoteric) {1}:
  154. Jackie McClean: Four Classic Albums (Avid) {1}:
  155. The Peter McEachern Quintet: Shockwave (CDBaby) {1}: TN
  156. Chris McGregor: In His Good Time (Ogun) {1}:
  157. Harold McNair: Harold McNair/Flute and Nut (Dutton Vocalion) {1}:
  158. Brad Mehldau: The Art of the Trio Recordings 1996-2001 (Nonesuch) {1}:
  159. Hank Mobley: Workout and Hank Mobley Quartet (American Jazz Classics) {1}:
  160. Thelonious Monk Quartet: Misterioso (OJC) {1}: PM:90
  161. Thelonious Monk: Alone in San Fransisco (Poll Winners) {1}:
  162. Thelonious Monk: Complete Live at the Five Spot (Phoenix) {1}:
  163. Wes Montgomery: So Much Guitar/The Montgomery Brothers in Canada (Essential Jazz Classics) {1}:
  164. The Mothers of Invention: Absolutely Free (Zappa Music/Universal) {1}:
  165. Gerry Mulligan and the Concert Jazz Band: Santa Monica 1960 (Fresh Sound) {1}:
  166. Mark Murphy: Rah/Hip Parade (Original Jazz Classics) {1}:
  167. David Murray: Octets: The Complete Remastered Recordings on Black Saint and Soul Note (CAM Jazz) {1}:
  168. Oliver Nelson and Friends: Happenings/Soulful Brass (1966-68, Impulse) {1}: TH:*
  169. Oliver Nelson: The Blues and the Abstract Truth (American Jazz Classics) {1}:
  170. Anita O'Day: Trav'lin' Light/All the Sad Young Men (Fresh Sound) {1}:
  171. The Odd Trio: Birth of the Minotaur (self-released) {1}: TH:**
  172. Astor Piazzolla: Tanguisimo (Le Chant du Monde) {1}:
  173. Bud Powell: Trio and Solo: Four Classic Albums (Avid) {1}:
  174. Mel Powell: Four Classic Albums Plus (Avid) {1}:
  175. Sonny Red: Quartet, Quintet, Sextet (Fresh Sound) {1}:
  176. Irene Reid: The Queen of the Party (1997-2003, Savant) {1}: TH:***
  177. Django Reinhardt: On Vogue 1934-51 Complete (Sony) {1}:
  178. Return to Forever: The Mothership Returns (Eagle Rock) {1}: TN
  179. Spike Robinson: Very Live in Boulder, Colorado (1974, Hep) {1}: TH:**
  180. Nino Rota: Collector (Milan) {1}:
  181. Charlie Rouse: Quartet and Quintet (Fresh Sound) {1}:
  182. Jimmy Rushing: Four Classic Albums (Avid) {1}:
  183. Eric Salzman: The Nude Paper Sermon/Wiretap (1966-72, Labor, 2CD) {1}: TH:*
  184. Elliott Sharp: The Age of Carbon (Intakt) {1}:
  185. Woody Shaw: Woody Plays Woody (1977-81, Savant) {1}: TH:*
  186. George Shearing Quintet: Studio Sessions (United Archives) {1}:
  187. Ricardo Silveira: Storyteller (1995, Adventure Music) {1}: TH:**
  188. Tim Sparks: The Nutcracker Suite (1993, Tonewood) {1}: TH:*
  189. Sonny Stitt: Only the Blues (Essential Jazz Classics) {1}:
  190. Sun Ra: The Eternal Myth: The Early Music History Of Sun Ra Part 1: 1921-1958 (ReR) {1}:
  191. Horace Tapscott: The Call (1978, Nimbus West) {1}: DB
  192. Jack Teagarden: Texas Trombone (1958, Black Lion Vault) {1}: TH:*
  193. Clark Terry: The Happy Horns of Clark Terry/It's What's Happenin' (1964-67, Impulse) {1}: TH:**
  194. Sweet Sue Terry: Greatest Hits (Qi Note) {1}:
  195. Sister Rosetta Tharpe: The One and Only Queen of Hot Gospel (Upbeat) {1}:
  196. Rob Thomsett: Yaraandoo (Roundtable) {1}:
  197. Mel Torme: Swings Shubert Alley/Back in Town (Phoenix) {1}:
  198. Stan Tracey: Three Classic Albums Plus (Avid) {1}:
  199. Bruce Turner: Accent on Swing (Lake) {1}:
  200. Mal Waldron: The Search (BlackLion/1201) {1}: TH:**
  201. Wilbur Ware: Super Bass (The Wilbur Ware Institute) {1}:
  202. Ben Webster/Stan Tracey: Soho Nights Vol 2 (Resteamed) {1}: G:80
  203. Michael White: Spirit Dance/Pneuma (Impulse) {1}: TH:B
  204. The Paul Winter Sextet: Count Me In: 1962 and 1963 (Living Music) {1}: DB, TH:B
  205. World Saxophone Quartet: The Complete Remastered Recordings on Black Saint and Soul Note (CAM Jazz) {1}: TN
  206. Frank Zappa: Hot Rats [Remastered] (Universal) {1}:
  207. 13 Miniatures for Albert Ayler (Rogue Art) {1}: FJ
  208. Chico and Rita [Soundtrack] (Red General) {1}:
  209. I Never Meta Guitar Too (Clean Feed) {1}: TH:*
  210. Jazz on Film: Beat, Square and Cool (Moochin' About) {1}: G:100
  211. Rusk (Fenetre/The Loyal Label) {1}: TH:*
  212. Sassafras and Moonshine: The Songs of Laura Nyro (Ace) {1}:
  213. The Leopard Lounge Box Set (Warner Jazz) {1}:
  214. Treme: Music From the HBO Original Series, Season 2 (Rounder) {1}: DB

Notes

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