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This is a chronological listing of the top 50 Bebop albums of all time.
The albums span several decades and represent various musicians within the genre.
Artist | Album | Date | Label | |
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1 | Coleman Hawkins | Rainbow Mist | Feb. 16, 1944 | Delmark |
2 | Charles Thompson | Takin' Off | Sept. 4, 1945 | Delmark |
3 | Dizzy Gillespie | Groovin' High | Feb. 28, 1945-46 | MusicCraft |
5 | Dexter Gordon | Dexter Rides Again | Oct. 30, 1945-47 | Savoy |
4 | Charlie Parker | The Savoy Masters | Nov. 26, 1945-48 | Savoy |
6 | Dizzy Gillespie | Dizzier & Dizzier | Feb. 22, 1946-49 | RCA |
7 | Charlie Parker | The Dial Masters | Feb. 5, 1946-47 | Dial |
8 | Fats Navarro | Nostalgia | Dec. 18, 1946-47 | Jazz Note |
9 | J.J. Johnson | Jazz Quintets | June 26, 1946-49 | Savoy |
10 | Serge Chaloff | Memorial | Sep. 21, 1946-49 | Dial |
11 | Kenny Clarke | The Swing Masters | 1946-1950 | Swing Records |
12 | Dexter Gordon | The Chase | June 5, 1947 | Dial |
13 | Thelonious Monk | Genius of Modern Jazz | Oct. 15, 1947 | Blue Note |
14 | Art Blakey | New Sounds | Dec. 27, 1947 | Blue Note |
15 | Fats Navarro | The Squirrel | 1947-1948 | Blue Note |
16 | Howard McGhee | Maggie: Savoy Sessions | February 1948 | Savoy |
17 | Milt Jackson | Milt Jackson Quintet | July 2, 1948-52 | Blue Note |
18 | James Moody | Modern Sounds | Oct. 19, 1948 | Blue Note |
19 | Wardell Gray | Memorial Vol. 1 | Nov. 11, 1949 | Prestige |
20 | Sonny Stitt | Stitt/Powell/Johnson | Oct. 17, 1949-50 | Prestige |
21 | Bud Powell | Amazing Bud Powell | Aug. 8, 1949-51 | Blue Note |
22 | Charlie Parker | The Verve Masters | May 5, 1949-53 | Verve |
23 | Sonny Stitt | Kaldeidoscope | Feb. 17, 1950-52 | Prestige |
24 | Stan Getz | Roost Quartets/Quintets | May 17, 1951-52 | Royal Roost |
25 | Horace Silver | Horace Silver Trio | Oct. 9, 1952-53 | Blue Note |
26 | Lou Donaldson | New Sounds | June 20, 1952-54 | Blue Note |
27 | Max Roach | Quartet/Septet | Apr. 10, 1953 | Debut |
28 | Charlie Parker | Jazz at Massey Hall | May 15, 1953 | Debut |
29 | Clifford Brown | Memorial Album | June 9, 1953-54 | Blue Note |
30 | Elmo Hope | Elmo Hope Trio | June 18, 1953 | Blue Note |
31 | Buddy Defranco | Gone With Wind | Apr. 7, 1954 | Verve |
32 | Tal Farlow | Tal Farlow Quartet | Apr. 11, 1954 | Blue Note |
33 | Serge Chaloff | Blue Serge | Mar. 4, 1956 | Capitol |
34 | Cecil Payne | Patterns Of Jazz | May 19, 1956 | Savoy |
35 | Hank Mobley | Mobley's Messages | July 20, 1956 | Prestige |
36 | Red Rodney | Firey Red Rodney | Jan. 13, 1957 | Savoy |
37 | Johnny Griffin | A Blowing Session | April 6, 1957 | Blue Note |
38 | Phil Woods | Sugan | July 19, 1957 | Prestige |
39 | Phil Woods | Bird's Night | Aug. 12, 1957 | Savoy |
40 | Lee Morgan | The Cooker | Sept. 29, 1957 | Blue Note |
41 | Sonny Clark | Sonny Clark Trio | Nov. 13, 1957 | Blue Note |
42 | Dizzy Gillespie | Sonny Side Up | Dec 11, 1957 | Verve |
43 | Sonny Stitt | With Oscar Peterson | Oct. 10, 1957-59 | Verve |
44 | Cannonball Adderley | Cannonball's Sharpshooters | Mar. 4, 1958 | EmArcy |
45 | Sonny Criss | At The Crossroads | Mar. 1, 1959 | Peackock |
46 | Cecil Payne | Charlie Parker Music | 1961 | C. Parker |
47 | Charles McPherson | Bebop Revisited | Nov. 20, 1964 | Prestige |
48 | Sonny Stitt | The Champ | April 18, 1973 | Muse |
49 | Frank Morgan | Yardbird Suite | Jan. 10, 1988 | Contemporary |
50 | Christopher Hollyday | Christopher Hollyday | Jan. 25, 1989 | Novus |
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