List of Crown albums in The Penguin Guide to Jazz

The Penguin Guide to Jazz denotes certain albums with a "Crown" symbol. These are albums that the editors have deemed as personal favorites, surpassing a four-star rating. The following albums have received the Penguin Guide's "Crown" award.

Artist Album Label and catalog number Recording date(s)[1] Release date[2] Notes
John AbercrombieJohn Abercrombie The Third Quartet ECM 08584 02006-06 June 2006 9th ed.:5
Allan, JanJan Allan Jan Allan - 70 Phono Suecia PSCD 130 01968-12 December 1968 – September 1969 9th ed.:20
Amalgam Prayer for Peace FMR 109 01969-05 May 1969 9th ed.:28
Armstrong, LouisLouis Armstrong Hot Fives & Sevens JSP LOUISBOX 100 01925 1925 – 1930 Also "Core Collection."9th ed.:41
Armstrong, LouisLouis Armstrong The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings Columbia C4K 63527 01925 1925 – 1930 Also "Core Collection."9th ed.:41
Ayler, AlbertAlbert Ayler Spiritual Unity ESP-Disk 1002 01964-07 July 1964 01965 1965 Also "Core Collection."9th ed.:53
Barbieri, GatoGato Barbieri Chapter 4: Alive in New York Impulse! 4274 01975-02 February 1975 9th ed.:80
Basie, CountCount Basie The Original American Decca Recordings MCA GRP36112 01937-01 January 1937 – February 1939 01992-03 March 1992 3 CDs. Also "Core Collection."9th ed.:90
Blake, RanRan Blake All That Is Tied Tompkins Square TSO1965 02005 2005 9th ed.:131
Blakey, ArtArt Blakey Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk Atlantic 8122-73607 01957-03 March 1957 01957 1957 9th ed.:133
Blythe, ArthurArthur Blythe Lenox Avenue Breakdown Koch KOC CD 7871 01979 1979 01979 1979 Also "Core Collection."9th ed.:147
Braxton, AnthonyAnthony Braxton For Alto Delmark 420 01968-10 October 1968 01969 1969 9th ed.:159
Brötzmann, PeterPeter Brötzmann Machine Gun FMP CD 24 01968-05 May 1968 Also "Core Collection."9th ed.:177
Carter, BettyBetty Carter The Audience with Betty Carter Verve 835684 01979-12 December 1979 2 CDs.9th ed.:231
Celestin, PapaPapa Celestin Papa Celestin & Sam Morgan Azure AZ-CD-12 01925-01 January 1925 – December 1928 9th ed.:238 [3]
Coleman, OrnetteOrnette Coleman The Shape of Jazz to Come Atlantic 8122 72398-2 01959-10 October 1959, July 1960 9th ed.:274
Coleman, OrnetteOrnette Coleman Beauty Is a Rare Thing Rhino/Atlantic R2 71410 01959-05 May 1959 – March 1961 01993-11 November 1993 6 CDs.3rd ed.:264
Coltrane, JohnJohn Coltrane The Heavyweight Champion Atlantic/Rhino 8122 71984 01959-01 January 1959 – May 1961 01995-08 August 1995 7 CDs3rd ed.:272
Coltrane, JohnJohn Coltrane A Love Supreme Impulse! 051155-2 01964-12 December 1964 01965-02 February 1965 Also "Core Collection."9th ed.:289
Coltrane, JohnJohn Coltrane Ascension Impulse! 543413-2 01965-06 June 1965June, December 1965 01965 1965 9th ed.:291
Davis, MilesMiles Davis Kind of Blue Columbia CK 64935 01959-03 March 1959March – April 1959 01997-03 March 1997 Also "Core Collection."9th ed.:343
Davis, MilesMiles Davis The Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel Columbia CXK 66955 01965-12 December 1965 01995-07 July 1995 7 CDs.9th ed.:346
Davis, MilesMiles Davis Miles Davis and Gil Evans: The Complete Columbia Studio Sessions Columbia CXK 67397 01957 1957 – 1968 02004 2004 6 CDs.9th ed.:346-347
Dolphy, EricEric Dolphy Out to Lunch Blue Note 98793 01964-02 February 1964 01964 1964 Also "Core Collection."9th ed.:385
Ellington, DukeDuke Ellington The Duke at Fargo 1940 Storyville STCD 8316/7 01940-11 November 1940 2 CDs.9th ed.:431
Evans, BillBill Evans Sunday at the Village Vanguard Original Jazz Classics OJC 140 01961-06 June 1961 01961 1961 9th ed.:456
Evans, BillBill Evans Waltz for Debby Original Jazz Classics OJC 210 01961-06 June 1961 01961 1961 9th ed.:456
Farmer, ArtArt Farmer Blame It on My Youth Contemporary CCD-14042-2 01988-02 February 1988 9th ed.:471
Ganelin Trio Ancora Da Capo Leo CD LR 108 01980-10 October 1980October – November 1980 9th ed.:522
Gayle, CharlesCharles Gayle Touchin' on Trane FMP CD 24 01991-10 October 1991October – November 1991 Also "Core Collection."9th ed.:538
Getz, StanStan Getz The Complete Roost Recordings Roost 859622-2 01950-05 May 1950 – December 1954 3 CDs.9th ed.:544
Gillespie, DizzyDizzy Gillespie The Complete RCA Victor Recordings Bluebird 66528-2 01937-05 May 1937 – January 1949 2 CDs.9th ed.:552
Giuffre, JimmyJimmy Giuffre Free Fall Columbia CK 65446 01962 1962 01962 1962 9th ed.:558
Haig, AlAl Haig The Al Haig Trio Esoteric Fresh Sound FSRCD 38 01954-03 March 1954 9th ed.:627
Hancock, HerbieHerbie Hancock Maiden Voyage Blue Note 95331 01964 1964 01965-05 May 1965 9th ed.:641
Hancock, HerbieHerbie Hancock Head Hunters Columbia 471239 01973 1973 01973 1973 3rd ed.:575
Harris, SteveSteve Harris & Zaum Above Our Heads the Sky Splits Open Slam CD258 02004-03 March 2004 9th ed.:658
Herman, WoodyWoody Herman Woody's Winners / Jazz Hoot Collectables 6678 01965-06 June 1965 – March 1967 9th ed.:694
Hill, AndrewAndrew Hill Point of Departure Blue Note 9364 01964-03 March 1964 Also "Core Collection."9th ed.:702
Johnson, J. J.J. J. Johnson The Eminent J. J. Johnson Volume 1 and Volume 2 Blue Note 32143-2 & 32144-2 01953-06 June 1953 – June 1955 Also "Core Collection."9th ed.:786
Kirk, Rahsaan RolandRahsaan Roland Kirk A Meeting of the Times Warner Bros. 81227-3689-2 01966-09 September 1966 – March 1972 9th ed.:829
Komeda, KrzysztofKrzysztof Komeda Astigmatic Harkit HKRCD 8158 01965-12 December 1965 9th ed.:835
Konitz, LeeLee Konitz Motion Verve V6 8399 01961-08 August 1961 01961 1961 Also "Core Collection."9th ed.:836
Kowald, PeterPeter Kowald Was Da Ist FMP CD 62 01994 1994 9th ed.:842
Lewis, George E.George E. Lewis Homage to Charles Parker Black Saint 120029 01959 1959 9th ed.:885
London Jazz Composers' Orchestra Ode Intakt CD 041 01972 1972 9th ed.:825
Lovano, JoeJoe Lovano From the Soul Blue Note 798363 01991-12 December 1991 01992 1992 9th ed.:908
Manne, ShellyShelly Manne At the Black Hawk Original Jazz Classics OJC 656, 657, 658, 659, 660 01959-09 September 1959 9th ed.:936
Marie, RenéRené Marie Vertigo MaxJazz 02001-02 February 2001 9th ed.:945
McLaughlin, JohnJohn McLaughlin Extrapolation Polydor 841598 01969-01 January 1969 01969 1969 9th ed.:977
Mingus, CharlesCharles Mingus Mingus Ah Um Columbia CK 65512 01959-05 May 1959 01959 1959 9th ed.:1002
Mingus, CharlesCharles Mingus The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady Impulse! 051174-2 01963-01 January 1963 01963 1963 9th ed.:1004
Modern Jazz Quartet Dedicated to Connie Atlantic 82763 01960-05 May 1960 2 CDs.3rd ed.:921
Monk, TheloniousThelonious Monk The Complete Blue Note Recordings Blue Note 830363 01947 1947–1958 4 CDs. Also "Core Collection."9th ed.:1020
Monk, TheloniousThelonious Monk With John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall Blue Note 35153 01957-11 November 1957 02005-09 September 2005 9th ed.:1021-1022
Monk, TheloniousThelonious Monk The Complete Riverside Recordings Riverside 022 01955 1955–1962 15 CDs.9th ed.:1022
Morgan, LeeLee Morgan The Sidewinder Blue Note 95332 01963-12 December 1963 01964 1964 Also "Core Collection."9th ed.:1039
Morgan, SamSam Morgan Papa Celestin & Sam Morgan Azure AZ-CD-12 01927-04 April 1927 April – October 1927 9th ed.:1041 [3]
Morton, Jelly RollJelly Roll Morton Jelly Roll Morton Volumes 1-5 JSP JAZZBOX 903 01926-09 September 1926 – October 1930 02000 2000 5 CDs.9th ed.:1044-1045
New Orleans Rhythm Kings New Orleans Rhythm Kings 1922-1925 The Complete Set Retrieval RTR 79031 01922-02 February 1922 – January 1935 2 CDs.9th ed.:1076
Oliver, Joe "King"Joe "King" Oliver King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band - The Complete Set Retrieval RTR 79007 01923-04 April 1923 – December 1924 2 CDs. Also "Core Collection."9th ed.:1097
Oxley, TonyTony Oxley The Baptised Traveller Columbia 494438 2 01969-01 January 1969 9th ed.:1108
Parker, CharlieCharlie Parker The Complete Savoy and Dial Studio Recordings Savoy 92911-2 01944-09 September 1944 – December 1948 02000 2000 8 CDs.9th ed.:1114-1115
Parker, EvanEvan Parker The Snake Decides PSI 02.09 01986 1986 01988-05 May 1988 Also "Core Collection."9th ed.:1121
Parker, EvanEvan Parker 50th Birthday Concert Leo CD LR 212/213 01994-04 April 1994 2 CDs.9th ed.:1122
Riley, HowardHoward Riley The Day Will Come Columbia 494434-2 01970-03 March 1970March – April 1970 9th ed.:1214-1215
Roach, MaxMax Roach We Insist! – Freedom Now Suite Candid CCD 79002 01960-08 August 1960September & October 1960 01960 1960 Also "Core Collection."9th ed.:1220
Rollins, SonnySonny Rollins Saxophone Colossus Original Jazz Classics OJCCD 291 01956-06 June 1956 01956-12 December 1956 Also "Core Collection."9th ed.:1233
Rollins, SonnySonny Rollins A Night at the Village Vanguard Blue Note 99795 01957-11 November 1957 01957 1957 2 CDs. Also "Core Collection."9th ed.:1233
ROVA Electric Ascension Atavistic ALP 159 02003 2003 9th ed.:1243
Schlippenbach, Alexander vonAlexander von Schlippenbach Pakistani Pomade Atavistic 240 01972-11 November 1972 9th ed.:1265
Schlippenbach, Alexander vonAlexander von Schlippenbach Monk's Casino Intakt CD 100 02003-06 June 2003, February 2004 3 CDs.9th ed.:1266-1267
Silver Leaf Jazz Band New Orleans Wiggle GHB BCD-347 01999 1999 9th ed.:1300
Spanier, MuggsyMuggsy Spanier Muggsy Spanier 1931 and 1939 Jazz Classics in Digital Stereo RPCD 609 01931-03 March 1931 – December 1939 3rd ed.:1200
Stanko, TomaszTomasz Stanko Leosia ECM 531693-2 01996-01 January 1996 Also "Core Collection."9th ed.:1336
Sun Ra Jazz in Silhouette Evidence ECD 22012 01958 1958 01959-05 May 1959 Also "Core Collection."9th ed.:1356
Surman, JohnJohn Surman Tales of the Algonquin Deram 844 883-2 01971 1971 9th ed.:1363
Tapscott, HoraceHorace Tapscott The Dark Tree hatOLOGY 2-2053 01989-12 December 1989 2 CDs.9th ed.:1373-1374
Tatum, ArtArt Tatum The Complete Pablo Solo Masterpieces Pablo 4404 01953-12 December 1953 – January 1955 7 CDs.9th ed.:1377-1378
Taylor, CecilCecil Taylor Nefertiti, the Beautiful One Has Come Revenant 202 01962-11 November 1962 01997 1997 2 CDs.9th ed.:1380
Vaché, WarrenWarren Vaché 2gether Nagel Heyer 2011 02000-12 December 2000 Also "Core Collection."9th ed.:1436
Valentine, Kid ThomasKid Thomas Valentine Kid Thomas-George Lewis Ragtime Stompers GHB BCD-5 01961-11 November 1961 Also "Core Collection."9th ed.:1437
Vaughan, SarahSarah Vaughan Sarah Vaughan Verve 543305-2 01954-12 December 1954 Also "Core Collection."9th ed.:1443
Vesala, EdwardEdward Vesala Lumi ECM 831517-2 01986-06 June 1986 Also "Core Collection."9th ed.:1448
Vienna Art Orchestra and Choir The Minimalism of Erik Satie hat ART 6024 01983-09 September 1983, March 1984 3rd ed.:1307
Watson, BobbyBobby Watson Love Remains Red RRCD 123212 01986-11 November 1986 9th ed.:1470
Young, LarryLarry Young Unity Blue Note 56416-2 01965-11 November 1965 Also "Core Collection."9th ed.:1534-1535
Zorn, JohnJohn Zorn The Big Gundown Tzadik TZ 7328 01984-09 September 1984September 1984–2000 02000 2000 Also "Core Collection."9th ed.:1542-1543

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Notes and references

  1. ^ Recording dates are as given in The Penguin Guide.
  2. ^ The Penguin Guide generally does not specify release dates.
  3. ^ a b Reviewed separately for each artist.
  4. ^ Due to a printing error, the third edition of The Penguin Guide (1996) omitted the "Crown" symbols from the record listings. A list of Crown recordings was provided in a supplementary insert.

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