Project Wrap Up

I've now listed all 366 entries in my survey, one for each day of the year in 2020.

Before ending the project, I wanted to share some more details about the selections I've made.  Of course, this data is merely a reflection of my personal preferences.  But I still think it offers some insight into jazz as it occurred in the 1970s. 

Breakdown by Label

Among the 366 entries in my survey, the breakdown by label (on the original release) appears below:

• Muse 28
• ECM/JAPO/WATT 27
• Enja 16
• SteepleChase 16
• Black Saint/Soul Note 14
• Blue Note 14
• Atlantic/Cotillion/Embryo 13
• MPS 13
• Columbia/Sony/Sony Legacy/Tappan Zee 9
• Pablo 9
• Xanadu 9
• Prestige 7
• Timeless 7
• A&M Horizon 6
• Milestone 6
• RCA/RCA Neon 6
• Black & Blue 5
• CTI 5
• Flying Dutchman 5
• Impulse 5
• Nessa 5
• Strata-East 5
• Black Lion 4
• Choice 4
• Freedom/Arista-Freedom 4
• hat Hut/Hat ART 4
• Mainstream 4
• Vanguard 4
• Bee Hive 3
• Chiaroscuro 3
• Concord 3
• Fantasy 3
• Galaxy 3
• Sackville 3
• Warner Brothers 3
• Areito 2
• Artists House 2
• Capitol 2
• CMP 2
• Contemporary 2
• Delmark 2
• Denon 2
• Disques JMS 2
• East Wind 2
• Groove Merchant 2
• India Navigation 2
• Interplay 2
• Progressive 2
• Sonet/Gazell 2
• Storyville 2
• Tico 2
• Tomato 2
• Verve 2
• Whynot 2
• 1750 Arch 1
• Ahead 1
• All Life/Dreyfus 1
• American Clavé 1
• Antilles 1
• Argo 1
• Art of Groove/MIG 1
• Bet-Car 1
• Black Jazz 1
• Bluebell 1
• Buddah 1
• Cadence Jazz 1
• Cadet 1
• Capricorn 1
• Caroline/Virgin 1
• Chisa/Blue Thumb 1
• Clean Cuts 1
• Cobblestone 1
• Deram 1
• Discomate 1
• Discovery 1
• Edi-Pan 1
• Elektra/Musician 1
• Fania 1
• Flyright 1
• Fontana 1
• Futura 1
• Gatemouth 1
• Halcyon 1
• Keytone 1
• Lamp/Coco 1
• Landmark 1
• Mbari 1
• Mercury 1
• Nimbus West 1
• Octave 1
• Ogun 1
• Omnisound 1
• Owl 1
• Palo Alto 1
• Pathfinder 1
• Perception 1
• Philips 1
• Piadrum 1
• PM 1
• Polydor 1
• Revelation 1
• Saturn 1
• Sonopresse 1
• Spotlite 1
• Steam 1
• Vertigo 1
• World Jazz 1

106 labels are represented.  The relative scarceness of the "major" labels is notable.

Selections Per Year 

The number of selections per year appears in the chart below: 

Other Records

Along with the records that I've included in my survey, I've compiled a list of more than 950 records that I chose not to include.  Either they didn't make my "personal cut" or I've never heard them.  (After all, there's only so much time and money.)  Incidentally, all of these records could be added to the existing survey while still maintaining my self-imposed one leader/one co-leader rule.  They appear in alphabetical order (by artist's last name or group name) below:

• Juhani Aaltonen - Etiquette (Love)
• Ahmed Abdullah - Life's Force (About Time)
• Kaoru Abe - Last Date 8. 28, 1978 (DIW Japan)
• George Adams - Paradise Space Shuttle (Timeless/Timeless Muse)
• Nat Adderley Septet - Don't Look Back (SteepleChase/Inner City)
• Afrique - Soul Makossa (Mainstream)
• Rob Agerbeek Quintet - Home Run (Polydor Netherlands)
• Francisco Aguabella - Hitting Hard (Epsilon/CuBop)
• Miyazawa Akira Quartet - Kiso (Victor Japan)
• Toshiko Akiyoshi - Toshiko Plays Toshiko (Discomate); issued as Notorious Tourist from the East on Inner City in the U.S.
• Khaliq Al-Rouf & Salaam - Elephant Trot Dance (Nilva)
• Joe Albany - An Evening with Joe Albany (SteepleChase)
• Alvin Alcorn - Alvin Alcorn and His New Orleans Jazz Band (New Orleans)
• Harold Alexander - Sunshine Man (Flying Dutchman)
• Monty Alexander - Here Comes the Sun (MPS)
• Lorez Alexandria - A Woman Knows (Discovery)
• Muhammad Ali/Frank Wright - Adieu Little Man (Center of the World)
• Rashied Ali - Moon Flight (Survival/Knit Classics)
• Rashied Ali/Frank Lowe - Duo Exchange (Survival/Knitting Factory)
• Björn Alkes Kvartett - Jazz I Sverige 1974 (Caprice)
• Alegre All Stars - Perdido (Alegre)
• Mose Allison - Your Mind is on Vacation (Atlantic)
• David Allyn - Don't Look Back (Xanadu)
• Laurindo Almeida - Chamber Jazz (Concord)
• Franco Ambrosetti - The Jazz Live Situation (Dire)
• Franco Ambrosetti/Bennie Wallace - Close Encounter (Enja)
• Gene Ammons/Sonny Stitt - Together Again for the Last Time (Prestige)
• David Amram - No More Walls (Flying Fish)
• Anachronic Jazz Band - Paris Live (Calig)
• Cat Anderson - Plays W.C. Handy (Black & Blue)
• Ernestine Anderson - Sunshine (Concord)
• Ray Anderson, Mark Helias, Gerry Hemingway - Oahspe (Auricle)
• Peter Apfelbaum with the Berkeley Arts Company & The Hieroglyphics Ensemble - Pillars (Jewish Matador)
• Neil Ardley - A Symphony of Amaranths (EMI/Dusk Fire)
• Louis Armstrong - Louis Armstrong and His Friends (Flying Dutchman)
• Horacee Arnold - Tribe (Columbia)
• Benny Aronov - Shadow Box (Choice)
• Georges Arvanitas Trio - Live Again (Futura)
• Harold Ashby - Presenting Harold Ashby (Progressive)
• Irving Ashby - Memoirs (Audiophile/Accent)
• Svend Asmussen - Prize Winners (Matrix)
• Association P.C. - Sun Rotation (MPS)
• Lisle Atkinson - Bass Contra Bass (Storyville)
• The Awakening - Hear, Sense and Feel (Black Jazz)
• Roy Ayers Ubiquity - He's Coming (Verve)
• Azymuth - Light as a Feather (Milestone)
• Giorgio Azzolini - The Scicluna Street (Carosello)
• B Baker Chocolate Co. - B Baker Chocolate Co. (LC/P-Vine)
• Babatunde and Phenomena - Levels of Consciousness (Theresa/Pure Pleasure)
• Elek Bacsik - For Bird & Dizzy: A Tribute (Flying Dutchman)
• Benny Bailey - Grand Slam (Storyville)
• Derek Bailey - Solo Guitar: Volume 1 (Incus)
• Billy Bang - A Distinction Without a Difference (hat Hut)
• Amiri Baraka - It's Nation Time (Black Forum/Motown)
• Eddie Barefield - The Eddie Barefield Sextet (Progressive); originally released as The Indestructible E. B. on Famous Door
• George Barnes Quartet - Blues Going Up (Concord)
• Kenny Barron - From Sunset to Dawn (Muse)
• Conrad "Conny" Bauer/Gianluigi Trovesi - Secret Points (Dragon)
• Barone-Burghardt Orchestra - Maiden Switzerland (Discovery)
• "Sweet Emma" Barrett - Her Last Recordings (Smoky Mary)
• Batsumi - Batsumi (R&T/Matsuli)
• Bayeté [Todd Cochran] - Worlds Around the Sun (Prestige)
• Joe Beck - Beck (Kudu)
• Joe Beck/David Sanborn - Beck & Sanborn (Kudu)
• Harry Beckett - Joy Unlimited (Cadillac)
• Jim Beebe's Chicago Jazz - Saturday Night Function (Delmark)
• Marcus Belgrave - Gemini II (Tribe)
• Louie Bellson Big Band - Dynamite! (Concord)
• Louie Bellson/Walfredo de los Reyes - Ecué Ritmos Cubanos (Pablo)
• Belmonte & His Afro Latin 7 - Olé! (Philips, Japan; Latin Percussion Ventures, Inc., U.S.)
• Vince Benedetti - The Dwellers on The High Plateau (EGO)
• Bob Berg - New Birth (Xanadu)
• Karl Berger - With Silence (Enja)
• Karl Berger/Edward Blackwell - Just Play 1976 (Quark/Emanem)
• Jay Berliner - Bananas Are Not Created Equal (Mainstream)
• Tim Berne - The Five-Year Plan (Empire Productions)
• Warren Bernhardt - Solo Piano (Arista Novus)
• Bill Berry L.A. Big Band - Hello, Rev (Concord)
• Gene Bertoncini/Michael Moore - Bridges (MPS/GJB Music)
• Ed Bickert - Ed Bickert (PM)
• Ed Bickert/Don Thompson - At The Garden Party (Sackville)
• Birka - Jazz I Sverige '78 (Caprice)
• Walter Bishop, Jr. - Coral Keys (Black Jazz)
• Ketil Bjørnstad - Finnes du noensteds ikveld (Philips Norway)
• Black Disco [Pops Mohamed, Basil Coetzee, Sipho Gumede, Peter Morake] - Night Express (The Sun/Matsuli)
• Black Renaissance [Harry Whitaker] - Body, Mind and Spirit (Baystate/Luv N' Haight)
• Eubie Blake - The Eighty-Six Years of Eubie Blake (Columbia)
• Paul Bley/Jimmy Giuffre/Bill Connors - Quiet Song (IAI)
• Jane Ira Bloom/Kent McLagan [Outline] - We Are (Outline)
• Hamiet Bluiett - Birthright: A Solo Blues Concert (India Navigation)
• Francy Boland/The Orchestra - 2. Red Hot (MPS)
• Claude Bolling/Alexandre Lagoya - Concerto for Classic Guitar & Jazz Piano Trio (RCA/Frémeaux & Associés)
• Luigi Bonafede Jazz Trio - Esasperazione (Carosello)
• Luiz Bonfá - Jacaranda (Ranwood)
• Ronnie Boykins - The Will Come, Is Now (ESP-Disk)
• Charles Brackeen - Rhythm X (Strata-East)
• Bobby Bradford - Love's Dream (Emanem)
• Ruby Braff-George Barnes Quartet - Live at the New School (Chiaroscuro)
• Alan Braufman - Valley of Search (India Navigation/Valley of Search)
• Lenny Breau - Five O'Clock Bells/Mo' Breau (Adelphi/Genes)
• Brecker Brothers - Brecker Brothers (Arista)
• Willem Breuker Kollektief - W.B.K. '79 (BV Haast)
• Pat Britt - Jazzman (Vee Jay)
• Bridgewater Brothers - Lightning and Thunder (Denon)
• Dee Dee Bridgewater - Afro Blue (Trio)
• Nick Brignola - New York Bound (Interplay)
• Nick Brignola/Pepper Adams - Baritone Madness (Beehive)
• Peter Brötzmann - Solo (FMP)
• Peter Brötzmann/Fred Van Hove/Han Bennink ‎– Brötzmann/Van Hove/Bennink (FMP)
• Marion Brown/Gunter Hampel - Reeds 'n Vibes (IAI)
• Mel Brown - Mel Brown's Fifth (Impulse)
• Odell Brown - Odell Brown (Paula)
• Oscar Brown, Jr. - Movin' On (Atlantic/32 Jazz)
• Bunny Brunel featuring Daniel Goyone - Touch (Warner Brothers France/Inner City)
• Brute Force - Brute Force (Embryo)
• Bobby Bryant - Swahili Strut (Cadet)
• Milt Buckner - Block Chords Parade (Black & Blue)
• Monty Budwig - Dig (Concord)
• Papa Bue and His Viking Jazz Band - Live in Dresden 1971 (Storyville)
• John Bunch - John Bunch Plays Kurt Weill (Chiaroscuro)
• Siggi Busch - Age of Miracles (MPS)
• Billy Butler - Night Life (Prestige); reissued as part of Butler's Legends of Acid Jazz CD
• Frank Butler - Wheelin' and Dealin' (Xanadu)
• Charlie Byrd - Sugarloaf Suite (Concord)
• Cachao [Israel López] - Tropical Classics (Salsoul); compiles two LPs on a single CD: Cachao y Su Descarga '77' Vol. 1 and Dos
• Jackie Cain/Roy Kral - A Wilder Alias (CTI)
• Hadley Caliman - Celebration (Catalyst); reissued by Fresh Sound
• Red Callender - Basin Street Brass (Legend)
• Jothan Callins & The Sounds of Togetherness - Winds of Change (Triumph)
• Candido [Camero] - Drum Fever (Polydor)
• Pete Candoli/Conte Candoli - From the Top / The Candoli Brothers (Progressive)
• Conte Candoli/Frank Rosolino - Conversation (RCA)
• Frankie Capp/Nat Pierce - Juggernaut (Concord)
• Baikida Carroll - The Spoken Word (hat Hut)
• Barbara Carroll - Barbara Carroll (Blue Note)
• Benny Carter - Montreux '77 (Pablo)
• John Carter Quintet - Variations (Moers)
• Kent Carter - Beauvais Cathedral (Emanem)
• Ron Carter - All Blues (CTI)
• Michael Carvin - The Camel (SteepleChase/Inner City)
• Al Casey - Jumpin' with Al (Black & Blue)
• André Ceccarelli - Ceccarelli (Carla/Inner City)
• Center of the World ‎[Alan Silva, Bobby Few, Frank Wright, Muhammad Ali] - Volume 1 (Center of the World)
• Linc Chamberland - A Place Within (Muse)
• Eddie Chamblee - Twenty Years After (Black & Blue)
• Gary Chandler - Outlook (Eastbound/Tidal Waves)
• Marc Charig with Keith Tippett/Ann Winter - Pipedream (Ogun)
• Tommy Chase/Ray Warleigh Quartet - One Way (Spotlight)
• Doc Cheatham/Sammy Price - Doc & Sammy (Sackville)
• Doc Cheatham - Hey Doc! (Black & Blue)
• Don Cherry - Organic Music Society (Caprice)
• Warren Chiasson - Quartessence (Hemisphere/Progressive)
• June Christy/Lou Levy Sextet - Impromptu (Discovery)
• Eugen Cicero - Balladen (Intercord)
• Wally Cirillo/Joe Diorio - Rapport (Spitball)
• The Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band - Off Limits (Polydor)
• Stanley Clarke - Stanley Clarke (Nemperor/Epic)
• Buck Clayton - A Buck Clayton Jam Session (Chiaroscuro)
• Vassar Clements - Hillbilly Jazz (Flying Fish)
• Rosemary Clooney - Sings the Lyics of Ira Gershwin (Concord)
• Basil "Manenberg" Coetzee/Lionel Pillay - Plum and Cherry (The Sun, South Africa) 
• Dolo Coker - Dolo! (Xanadu)
• Ric Colbeck Quartet - The Sun Is Coming Up (Fontana)
• Richie Cole - New York Afternoon (Muse)
• Bill Coleman - Au Caveau de la Huchette (Adda)
• Bill Coleman/Guy Lafitte - Mainstream at Montreux aka Bill Coleman Meets Guy Lafitte (Black Lion)
• Earl Coleman - A Song for You (Xanadu)
• Gloria Coleman Ltd. - Sings and Swings Organ (Mainstream)
• Johnny Coles ‎- Katumbo (Dance) (Mainstream)
• Cal Collins - Cincinnati to L.A. (Concord)
• Composers Workshop Ensemble with Warren Smith - Composers Workshop Ensemble (Strata-East)
• Chris Connor - Sweet and Swinging (Progressive)
• Gene "Mighty Flea" Conners - Coming Home (Black & Blue)
• Bill Connors - Of Mist and Melting (ECM)
• Contact Trio - Double Face (Calig)
• Contemporary Jazz Quintet - Location (Strata)
• Tino Contreras - Musica Infinita (Centro De La Cultura Pre-Americana, A.C., Mexico/Arc, U.K.)
• Junior Cook - Pressure Cooker (Catalyst/Affinity); reissued on CD (less one track) under the title Stablemates
• Bob Cooper - Tenor Sax Jazz Impressions (Trend)
• [Rafael] Cortijo & His Time Machine - Y Su Maquina Del Tiempo (Coco/Charly)
• Larry Coryell/Philip Catherine - Splendid (Elektra/Wounded Bird)
• Cosmology - Cosmology (Vanguard)
• Stanley Cowell/Dave Burrell - Questions/Answers (Trio)
• Lol Coxhill - Lol Coxhill on Ogun (Ogun)
• Hank Crawford/Calvin Newborn - Centerpiece (Versatile/Buddah)
• Neal Creque - Contrast! (Cobblestone)
• Connie Crothers - Perception (SteepleChase)
• The Crusaders - 1 (Blue Thumb)
• King Curtis - Live at Fillmore West (Atlantic)
• Leo Cuypers - "Live" in Shaffy (BV Haast)
• Paulinho Da Costa - Agora (Pablo/OJC)
• Albert Dailey - Renaissance: November 2, 1977 (Catalyst)
• Dave Dallwitz and His Jazz Band - Ern Malley Jazz Suite (Swaggie)
• Dallwitz-Monsbourgh Jazzmen - Nullabor (Swaggie)
• Jorge Dalto - Chevere (United Artists)
• Meredith d'Ambrosio - Lost in His Arms (Spring/Sunnyside)
• Frano D'Andrea - Nuvolao (Carosello)
• Ted Daniel Quintet - Tapestry (Sun Records/Porter)
• Eddie Daniels - Brief Encounter (Muse)
• Danish Radio Big Band/Thad Jones - By Jones, I Think We've Got It (Metronome Denmark)
• Harold Danko Quartet featuring Gregory Herbert (Inner City)
• Julian Dash - A Portrait of Julian Dash (Master Jazz)
• Wolfgang Dauner - Changes (Mood)
• Wallace Davenport - Darkness on the Delta (GHB)
• Charles Davis - Ingia! (Strata-East)
• Nathan Davis - The 6th Sense in the 11th House (Segué)
• Walter Davis, Jr. - 400 Years Ago, Tomorrow (Owl)
• Wild Bill Davis - All Right, OK, You Win (Black & Blue)
• Wild Bill Davison - Wild Bill in New Orleans (Jazzology)
• Bob Degen/Harvie Swartz - Chartreuse (Enja)
• Rein De Graaff - Drifting on a Reed (Timeless)
• Alfredo De La Fé y su Charanga Afro-Cubana - Para Africa con Amor (Sacodis)
• Paco de Lucía - Almoraima (Philips)
• Eumir Deodato - Prelude (CTI)
• Manu Dibango - Makossa Man (Atlantic)
• Dwight Dickerson - Sooner or Later (Discovery)
• Walt Dickerson - Peace (SteepleChase/Inner City)
• Walt Dickerson/Richard Davis - Divine Gemini (SteepleChase)
• Joe Diorio - Solo Guitar (Spitball/Art of Life) 
• Bill Dixon - Considerations 1 (Fore) and Considerations 2 (Fore)
• Eric Dixon Sextet - Eric's Edge (Master Jazz)
• Arne Domnérus, et al - Jazz at the Pawnshop (Proprius)
• Arne Domnérus/Bengt Hallberg - Duets for Duke (Sonet)
• Lou Donaldson - The Scorpion: Live at the Cadillac Club (Blue Note)
• Dorothy Donegan - Makin' Whoopie (Black & Blue)
• Pierre Dørge Quartet - Ballad Round the Left Corner (SteepleChase)
• The Drive - Drive Live (RCA South Africa)
• Paquito D'Rivera - En Finlandia (Areito)
• Gerd Dudek/Buschi Niebergall/Edward Vesala - Open (FMP/Atavistic)
• Urszula Dudziak - Future Talk (Inner City)
• George Duke - The Inner Source (MPS)
• Keno Duke/Contemporaries - Sense of Values (Strata-East)
• Ted Dunbar - Opening Remarks (Xanadu)
• Jon Eardley - Namely Me (Spotlite)
• Cleveland Eaton - Plenty Good Eaton (Black Jazz)
• John Eaton - Solo Piano (Chiaroscuro)
• Hubert Eaves - Esoteric Funk (East Wind/Inner City)
• Mauricio Einhorn - Me (MPS)
• El Babaku - Live at the Jazz Galerie (MPS)
• Don Ellis - At Fillmore (Columbia); reissued by BGO paired with The New Don Ellis Orchestra Goes Underground
• Herb Ellis - Herb (Sony Japan)
• Pee Wee Ellis - Home in the Country (Savoy)
• Entrance - Entrance (Metronome Denmark)
• Richard Evans - Dealing with Hard Times (Atlantic)
• Don Ewell - Take It In Stride (Chiaroscuro)
• David Eyges - The Captain (Chiaroscuro)
• Jon Faddis - Youngblood (Pablo)
• Tal Farlow - A Sign of the Times (Concord)
• Shamek Farrah - First Impressions (Strata East)
• Shamek Farrah/Sonelius Smith - The World of the Children (Strata East)
• Claudio Fasoli New Quartet/Pat LaBarbera - Meeting (Dire, Italy)
• Claudio Fasoli/Franco D'Andrea - Jazz Duo (Dire, Italy) 
• Lorraine Feather - Sweet Lorraine (Concord)
• Victor Feldman - The Artful Dodger (Concord)
• Victor Feldman/Tom Scott - Your Smile (Choice); reissued as Seven Steps to Heaven (Choice)
• Maynard Ferguson - M.F. Horn 4 & 5: Live at Jimmy's (Columbia)
• Boulou & Elios Ferré - Pour Django (SteepleChase)
• Manfredo Fest - Manifestations (Tabu)
• Bobby Few ‎- Continental Jazz Express (Vogue)
• Fingers [Michael Garrick, Lol Coxhill, et al] - Remember Mingus (Spotlite)
• William S. Fischer - Circles (Embryo)
• Bob Florence Big Band - Live at Concerts by the Sea (Trend)
• Chuck Flores - Flores Azules (Dobre)
• Ricky Ford - Manhattan Plaza (Muse)
• Bobby Forrester - Organist (Dobre)
• Al Foster - Mixed Roots (Columbia/Sony Japan)
• Ronnie Foster ‎- Two-Headed Freap (Blue Note)
• The Fourth Way - Werwolf (Capitol)
• Panama Francis & His Savoy Sultans - Gettin' in the Groove (Black & Blue)
• Rimona Francis - Rimona Francis (MPS)
• Henry Franklin - The Skipper (Black Jazz)
• Caesar Frazier - Hail Caesar!/'75 (Eastbound/Ace)
• Free Fair - Free Fair (Timeless)
• Bud Freeman/Keith Ingham Trio - Superbud (77 Records U.K./Jazzology)
• George Freeman - New Improved Funk (Groove Merchant)
• David Friedman - Futures Passed (Enja/Inner City)
• David Friesen - Waterfall Rainbow (Inner City)
• David Friesen/John Stowell - Through the Listening Glass (Inner City)
• Dave Frishberg - You're a Lucky Guy (Concord)
• Funk Inc. - Funk Inc. (Prestige)
• Eric Gale - Forecast (Kudu)
• Ganelin Trio - Con Anima (Melodiya)
• Mike Garson - Avant Garson (Contemporary)
• Luis Gasca - For Those Who Chant (Blue Thumb)
• Giorgio Gaslini Double - Message (BASF)
• Billy Gault - When Destiny Calls (SteepleChase/Inner City)
• Grant Geissman Quintet - Good Stuff (Concord)
• Herb Geller - Rhyme and Reason (Nova/Atlantic/Discovery)
• Stan Getz/Michel Legrand - Communications '72 (Verve)
• Michael Gibbs - Tanglewood 63 (Deram)
• Terry Gibbs & the Jazz a la Carte Players - Smoke Em Up! (Jazz a la Carte)
• Astrud Gilberto/Stanley Turrentine - Gilberto with Turrentine (CTI)
• João Gilberto - Amoroso (Warner Brothers)
• Steve Giordano - Daybreak (Muse)
• Egberto Gismonti - Solo (ECM)
• Roger Glenn - Reachin' (Fantasy/BGP)
• Globe Unity - Compositions (JAPO)
• Mack Goldsbury - Anthropo-Logic (Muse)
• Gil Goldstein - Pure as Rain (Chiaroscuro)
• Vinny Golia - Spirits in Fellowship (Nine Winds)
• Benny Golson - Are You Real (Sony Japan)
• Eddie Gomez - Down Stretch (Trio/Ultra Vybe)
• Benny Goodman Sextet - On Stage (Decca/London) 
• Jerry Goodman/Jan Hammer - Like Children (Atlantic)
• John Gordon - Step by Step (Strata-East/Pure Pleasure)
• Kent Glenn - Good For The Garden (Vee Jay)
• Michel Graillier - Agartha (Saravah)
• Tom Grant - Mystified (Timeless)
• Stéphane Grappelli/Earl Hines - Stéphane Grappelli Meets Earl Hines (Black Lion)
• Mel Graves - Three Worlds (1750 Arch)
• Urbie Green - Señor Blues (CTI)
• Bob Greene - The World of Jelly Roll Morton (RCA)
• Burton Greene - Célesphere (Futura)
• Charles Greenlee - I Know About the Life (Baystate)
• Sonny Greenwich - Evol-ution, Love's Reverse (PM/Ultra Vybe)
• Al Grey/Arnett Cobb - Ain't That Funk for You (Black & Blue)
• Dick Griffin - Now Is the Time (Trident)
• Tiny Grimes - Profoundly Blue (Muse)
• David Grisman - The David Grisman Quintet (Kaleidoscope/Acoustic Disc)
• John Gross Quartet - Caution (Vee Jay)
• Steve Grossman - Some Shapes to Come (PM)
• Grupo Folklorico y Experimental Nuevayorquino - Concepts in Unity (Salsoul)
• George Gruntz - The George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band (MPS)
• Friedrich Gulda - It's All One (MPS)
• Rune Gustafsson - Plays Stevie Wonder (Sonet)
• Barry Guy, Howard Riley, John Stevens, Trevor Watts - Endgame (JAPO)
• Bobby Hackett - Featuring Vic Dickenson Live at the Roosevelt Grill, Vols. 1 & 2 (Chiaroscuro)
• Jerry Hahn - Moses (Fantasy)
• Joe Haider Trio - Café des Pyrénnées (Kick/Be! Jazz)
• Sadik Hakim Trio - Witches, Goblins, etc. (SteepleChase)
• Glen Hall - The Book of the Heart (Sonora/Koch)
• Scott Hamilton - Scott Hamilton, 2 (Concord)
• Scott Hamilton/Warren Vaché - With Scott's Band In New York City (Concord)
• Jan Hammer - The First Seven Days (Nemperor)
• Johnny Hammond - Breakout (Kudu)
• Gunter Hampel/Jeanne Lee - Oasis (Horo)
• Lionel Hampton - All Star Band at Newport (Timeless)
• Lionel Hampton/Milt Buckner - Alive & Jumping (MPS)
• Slide Hampton - World of Trombones (West 54/Black Lion)
• The Hanna-Fontana Band featuring Jake Hanna & Carl Fontana - Live at Concord (Concord)
• Ole Kock Hansen - Folkevise/På En Grøn Bakketop (RCA Denmark/Music Mecca)
• John Hardee - A Little Blue (Black & Blue)
• Bill Hardman - Home (Muse)
• Billy Harper/Jon Faddis - Jon & Billy (Trio/Evidence)
• Tom Harrell - Aurora (Adamo); reissued as Total! (Pinnacle)
• Billie Harris - I Want Some Water (Nimbus)
• Don "Sugarcane" Harris - Cup Full of Dreams (MPS)
• Eddie Harris/Les McCann - Second Movement (Atlantic)
• Gene Harris & the Three Sounds - Live at the 'It Club': Vols. 1 & 2 (Blue Note)
• Wendell Harrison - An Evening with the Devil (Tribe) 
• Nancy Harrow - Anything Goes (Audiophile)
• Johnny Hartman - Hartman Sings Trane's Favorites (Capitol Japan)
• Greg Hatza & Moon August - … Just Another Gig (Bushido)
• Louis Hayes/Junior Cook Quintet - Ichi-Ban (Timeless/Timeless-Muse)
• Tubby Hayes Quartet - Free Flight: The Ron Mathewson Tapes, Vol. 3 (Jazz in Britain)
• Roland Haynes - Second Wave (Black Jazz)
• Roy Haynes - Thank You, Thank You (Galaxy)
• Albert "Tootie" Heath - Kwanza (The First) (Muse/Elemental)
• Heath Brothers - Marchin' On (Strata-East)
• Heliocentric - Heliocentric (Discovery)
• Gerry Hemingway - Kwambe (Auricle)
• Bill Henderson - Live at the Times (Discovery)
• Jon Hendricks - Tell Me the Truth (Arista)
• Gijs Hendriks Quartet - Dom Rocket (Timeless)
• Peter Herbolzheimer Rhythm Combination & Brass - Waitaminute (MPS)
• Baird Hersey & The Year of the Ear - Lookin' for That Groove (Arista Novus)
• The Heshoo Beshoo Group - Armitage Road (Little Giant South Africa/We Are Busybodies)
• The Hi-Lo's - Back Again (MPS/PAUSA)
• Al Hibbler/Rahsaan Roland Kirk - A Meeting of the Times (Atlantic)
• Billy Higgins - Soweto (Red)
• Monk Higgins & The Specialties - Heavyweight (United Artists)
• Milt Hinton - Bassically with Blue (Black & Blue)
• Motohiko Hino - Toko: Motohiko Hino Quartet At Nemu Jazz (Bellwood/King)
• Chris Hinze Combination - Mission Suite (MPS)
• Jay Hoggard - Solo Vibraphone (India Navigation)
• Major Holley - Excuse Me, Ludwig (Black & Blue)
• Paul Horn - Paul Horn + Nexus (Epic)
• Stan Hope - Stan Hope (Mainstream)
• Clint Houston - Inside the Plain of the Elliptic (Timeless)
• Noah Howard - Olé (Chiaroscuro); originally released as Live in Europe, Vol. 1 (Sun) in France
• Michael Howell - Alone (Catalyst)
• Dave Hubbard - Dave Hubbard (Mainstream)
• Peanuts Hucko - Peanuts Hucko with His Pied Piper Quintet (World Jazz)
• Helen Humes - Let the Good Times Roll (Black & Blue)
• Bobbi Humphrey ‎- Live at Montreux (Blue Note)
• Percy Humphrey featuring Sweet Emma - Living New Orleans Jazz - 1974 (Smoky Mary)
• Willie Humphrey - New Orleans Clarinet (Smoky Mary)
• Albert Hunter - Amtrak Blues (Columbia)
• Dick Hyman Ensemble featuring Bob Wilber - Music of Jelly Roll Morton for Solo Piano, Trio, Quartet & Septet (Smithsonian-Columbia Special Products)
• Infinite Sound - Contemporary African-Amerikan Music (1750 Arch/Aguirre)
• Infinite Spirit Music - Live Without Fear (Ancient Afrika/Jazzman)
• Instant Composers Pool - Live Soncino (ICP)
• Weldon Irvine - In Harmony (Strata-East)
• Iskra - Jazz I Sverige '75 (Caprice)
• Michael Gregory Jackson - Heart and Center (Novus)
• Milt Jackson - At the Kosei Nenkin (Pablo)
• Oliver Jackson - Oliver Jackson Trio Featuring Cliff Smalls & Leonard Gaskin (Black & Blue)
• Illinois Jacquet/Wild Bill Davis - Illinois Jacquet with Wild Bill Davis (Black & Blue)
• Bob James - Two (CTI)
• Gregory James Quartet - Alicia (Inner City)
• Stafford James - Stafford James Ensemble (Red)
• Al Jarreau - All Fly Home (Warner Brothers)
• Jasmine - Jasmine (West 54)
• André Jaume - Saxanimalier (hat Hut)
• François Jeanneau - Techniques douces (Owl/Inner City)
• Carter Jefferson - The Rise of Atlantis (Timeless/Timeless Muse)
• Eddie Jefferson - Things Are Getting Better (Muse)
• Paul Jeffrey - Watershed (Mainstream)
• Antonio Carlos Jobim - Urubu (Warner Brothers)
• Bruce Johnson/Rodney Jones - The Liberation of Contemporary Jazz Guitar (Strata-East)
• J.J. Johnson - Pinnacles (Milestone)
• J.J. Johnson/Nat Adderley - Yokohama Concert (Pablo)
• La Mont Johnson - Sun, Moon and Stars (Mainstream)
• Plas Johnson - Positively (Concord)
• Rudolph Johnson - Spring Rain (Black Jazz)
• Dill Jones - Davenport Blues: Dill Jones Plays Bix and Others (Chiaroscuro)
• Elvin Jones/Masabumi Kikuchi - Hollow Out (Philips Japan/Universal)
• Etta Jones - My Mother's Eyes (Muse)
• "Papa" Jo Jones - The Main Man (Pablo)
• "Boogaloo" Joe Jones - Right On, Brother (Prestige)
• "Philly" Joe Jones - Philly Mignon (Galaxy)
• Quincy Jones - Gula Matari (A&M)
• Herbert Joos - The Philosophy of the Fluegelhorn (JAPO)
• Theo Jörgensmann Quartet - Song Of BoWaGe (CMP)
• The JPJ Quartet - Montreux '71 (Master Jazz); reissued as part of The JPJ Quartet Featuring Budd Johnson: 1969-71 (Storyville)
• Ivan Jullien Big Band with Eddy Louiss - Porgy & Bess (Riviera/Gitanes)
• Vic Juris - Roadsong (Muse)
• Max Kaminsky - When Summer Is Gone (Chiaroscuro)
• Kimiko Kasai with Herbie Hancock - Butterfly (CBS/Sony Japan)
• Ryo Kawasaki - Nature's Revenge (MPS)
• Roger Kellaway - The Roger Kellaway Cello Quartet (A&M)
• Ed Kelly - Ed Kelly & Friend (Theresa)
• Stan Kenton & His Orchestra - Live at Brigham Young University (Creative World)
• Robin Kenyatta - Nomusa (Muse)
• Brooks Kerr - Soda Fountain Rag: The Music of Duke Ellington (Chiaroscuro)
• Brooks Kerr/Paul Quinichette Quartet - Prevue (Famous Door)
• Barney Kessel - Soaring (Concord)
• Barney Kessel/Herb Ellis - Poor Butterfly (Concord)
• Siegfried Kessler Trio - Invitation (Impro)
• Key - Key (Calig)
• Calvin Keys - Proceed With Caution! (Black Jazz)
• Masabumi Kikuchi - East Wind (East Wind)
• Morgana King - Stretchin' Out (Muse)
• Miriam Klein - By Myself (L+R/Enja)
• John Klemmer - Nexus for Duo and Trio (Novus/Bluebird)
• Eric Kloss/Barry Miles - Together (Muse)
• Cullen Knight - Looking Up (Tree Top Records)
• Franz Koglmann - Opium for Franz (Pipe/Black Monk)
• Eero Koivistoinen Quartet - Labyrinth (Love/Svart)
• Hans Koller & The International Brass Company - The Horses! (L+R)
• Hans Koller/Wolfgang Dauner - Free Sound & Super Brass (MPS)
• Peter Kowald/Barre Phillips - Die Jungen: Random Generators (FMP)
• Volker Kriegel - Inside: Missing Link (MPS)
• Ira Kris Group - Jazzanova (MPS)
• Ernie Krivda - The Alchemist (Inner City)
• Karin Krog - We Could Be Flying (Polydor)
• Gene Krupa - Live at the New School (Chiaroscuro)
• Peter Kuhn Quintet - Livin´ Right (Big City Records/No Business)
• The Steve Kuhn/Sheila Jordan Band - Playground (ECM)
• Rolf Kühn Group - Connection '74 (MPS)
• Charles Kynard - Wa-Tu-Wa-Zui (Beautiful People) (Prestige); reissued as part of Kynard's Legends of Acid Jazz CD
• The L.A. 4 [Laurindo Almeida, Ray Brown, Shelly Manne, Bud Shank] - The L.A. 4 (Concord)
• Pat LaBarbera - Pass It On (PM)
• La Clave - La Clave (Verve)
• Guy Lafitte - Corps et Âme (Black & Blue)
• Rick Laird - Soft Focus (Timeless)
• Art Lande & Rubisa Patrol - Desert Marauders (ECM)
• Ellis Larkins - A Smooth One (Black & Blue)
• Yusef Lateef - The Doctor is In …and Out (Atlantic/Collectables)
• Latin Percussion Jazz Ensemble - Just Like Magic (Latin Percussion Ventures, Inc.)
• Azar Lawrence - Bridge into the New Age (Prestige)
• Hubert Laws - In the Beginning (CTI)
• Ronnie Laws - Pressure Sensitive (Blue Note)
• Prince Lawsha [Lasha] - Firebirds Live at Berkeley Jazz Festival, Vol. 1 (Birdseye)
• Hugh Lawson - Prime Time (Storyville)
• Jeanne Lee - Conspiracy (Earthforms)
• Peggy Lee - Mirrors (A&M)
• Carmen Leggio - Smile (Progressive)
• Michel Legrand - Le Jazz Grand (Gryphon)
• Günter Lenz Springtime - Roaring Plenties (L+R)
• Milcho Leviev - Blue Levis (Dobre)
• O'Donel Levy - Simba (Groove Merchant)
• Mel Lewis - And Friends (A&M Horizon)
• Ramsey Lewis - Them Changes (Cadet)
• Libre - Con Salsa... Con Ritmo, Volume 1 (Salsoul)
• Kirk Lightsey and Rudolph Johnson with the All Stars - Habiba (Gallo/Outernational Sounds)
• Listen featuring Mel Martin - Growing (Inner City)
• Charles Lloyd - Geeta (A&M)
• Didier Lockwood - New World (MPS)
• Mike Longo - Talk with the Spirits (Pablo)
• The Jeff Lorber Fusion - Soft Space (Inner City)
• Frank Lowe - The Flam (Black Saint)
• Mundell Lowe - The Incomparable Mundell Lowe (Dobre); reissued on Jazz Alliance as Souvenirs: A Tribute to Nick Ceroli
• Henry Lowther Band - Child Song (Deram/Esoteric)
• Bernard Lubat - Solo: Café L'Estaminet (Musica)
• Reggie Lucas - Survival Themes (East Wind/Inner City)
• Jimmy Lyons - Push Pull (hat Hut/Corbett vs. Dempsey) 
• Humphrey Lyttelton - Take It from the Top: A Dedication to Duke Ellington (Black Lion)
• Machito Orchestra - Fireworks (Coco)
• Jimmy Madison - Bumps on a Smooth Surface (Adelphi)
• Rob Madna Trio freaturing Ferdinand Povel - Broadcast Business '76 (DayBreak)
• Bob Magnusson Quintet - Revelation (Discovery)
• Adam Makowicz - Unit (Polskie Nagrania Muza)
• Junior Mance - The Junior Mance Touch (Polydor)
• Mike Mandel - Sky Music (Vanguard)
• Emil Mangelsdorff Quartett - Interaction Jazz (Telefunken)
• Chuck Mangione Quartet - Alive! (Mercury)
• The Manhattan Transfer - The Manhattan Transfer (Atlantic)
• Herbie Mann - Memphis Underground (Atlantic)
• Ray Mantilla - Mantilla (Inner City)
• Michael Mantler - Movies (WATT)
• Guido Manusardi - Delirium (Atlantic Italy)
• Steve Marcus - Sometime Other Than Now (Flying Dutchman)
• Arif Mardin - Journey (Atlantic)
• Tania Maria - Live (Medley/Stunt)
• Frank Marocco - Jazz Accordion: Featuring Reeds by Ray Pizzi (Discovery)
• Ricardo Marrero and the Group - Time (Vaya)
• John "Spider" Martin - Absolutely (Improv)
• Jean-Pierre Mas/Cesarius Alvim - Rue de Lourmel (Owl/Inner City)
• Keshavan Maslak - Humanplexity (Leo)
• Bill Mason - Gettin' Off (Eastbound/Tidal Waves)
• James Mason - Rhythm of Life (Chiaroscuro)
• George Masso - Choice N.Y.C. Bone (Famous Door)
• Mikio Masuda - Trace (East Wind)
• Yoshiaki Masuo - 111 Sullivan Street (East Wind)
• David Matthews - Big Band Recorded Live at the "Five Spot" (Muse)
• Lincoln Mayorga - Lincoln Mayorga & Distinguished Colleagues, Volume III (Sheffield Lab)
• Paul McCandless - All the Mornings Bring (Elektra)
• Les McCann - Invitation to Openness (Atlantic)
• Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass - Present Perfect (MPS/PAUSA)
• Susannah McCorkle - The Songs of Johnny Mercer (Black Lion/Jazz Alliance)
• Eugene McDaniels - Headless Heroes of the Apocalypse (Atlantic)
• Harold McKinney - Voices and Rhythms of the Creative Profile (Tribe/Pure Pleasure)
• Howard McGhee Sextet - Live at Emerson's (Zim) 
• Jimmy McGriff - Black Pearl (Blue Note)
• Jimmy McGriff/Groove Holmes - Giants of the Organ in Concert (Groove Merchant)
• Ken McIntyre - Home (SteepleChase)
• Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre - Forces and Feelings (Delmark)
• Dave McKenna - Giant Strides (Concord)
• Jackie McLean/Michael Carvin - Antiquity (SteepleChase/Inner City)
• Rene McLean Sextet - Watch Out (SteepleChase/Inner City)
• John McNeil/Tom Harrell - Look to the Sky (SteepleChase)
• Lloyd McNeill - Treasures (Baobab Record Co./Soul Jazz Records)
• Joe McPhee - The Willisau Concert (hat Hut/Corbett vs. Dempsey)
• Jay McShann/Buddy Tate - Crazy Legs & Friday Strut (Sackville)
• Mike Melvoin, Dennis Budimir, Jim Hughart, Larry Bunker - Concours (Trio Japan)
• Misha Mengelberg - Pech Onderweg (BV Haast)
• Misha Mengelberg/Han Bennink - Einepartietischtennis (FMP/ICP)
• Don Menza Quintet featuring Frank Rosolino - First Flight: Complete Recordings (Fresh Sound); originally released as First Flight (Catalyst)
• Don Menza/Pete Magadini/Wray Downes/Dave Young - Bones Blues (Sackville)
• Helen Merrill - Chasin' the Bird (Inner City/Trio Japan)
• Barry Miles - White Heat (Mainstream)
• Harry Miller's Isipingo - Family Affair (Ogun)
• Jorge Millet Orchestra - A Magic Dream (Top Hits)
• Kohsuke Mine - Out of Chaos (East Wind)
• Billy Mitchell - The Colossus of Detroit (Xanadu)
• J. R. Mitchell/Byard Lancaster - Live at Macalester College 72 (Dogtown/Porter)
• Dwike Mitchell-Wille Ruff Duo - Strayhorn: A Mitchell-Ruff Interpretation (Mainstream)
• Roscoe Mitchell - Noonah (Nessa) 
• Hank Mobley - Thinking of Home (Blue Note)
• Louis Moholo-Moholo - Spirits Rejoice! (Ogun)
• Grachan Moncur III - Shadows (Denon)
• J.R. Monterose - Welcome Back, J.R. aka Lush Life (Progressive)
• J.R. Monterose,  Jon Eardley,  Rein De Graaff,  Henk Haverhoek,  Pierre Courbois - Body and Soul (Munich/Fresh Sound) 
• Buddy Montgomery - Ties (Bean Records)
• Monk Montgomery - Bass Odyssey (Chisa)
• Jemeel Moondoc & Muntu - The Evening of the Blue Men (Muntu); reissued on Muntu Recordings (No Business)
• Brew Moore - Brew's Stockholm Dew (Sonet)
• Reggie Moore - Furioso (Mainstream)
• Chuck Morohnic Quartet - Copenhagen Suite (SteepleChase)
• Butch Morris - In Touch... But Out of Reach (Kharma)
• Byron Morris & Unity - Vibrations, Themes & Serenades (E.P.I. Records)
• Ramon Morris - Sweet Sister Funk (Groove Merchant)
• Sam Morrison - Dune (East Wind/Inner City)
• Sal Mosca - For You (Choice)
• Bob Moses - Devotion (Soul Note)
• Sam Most/Joe Farrell - Flute Talk (Xanadu)
• Mount Everest - Jazz I Sverige '79 (Caprice)
• Alphonse Mouzon - In Search of a Dream (MPS)
• Bob Mover - On the Move (Choice)
• George Mraz - Plucking and Bowing (Progressive)
• Mtume - Rebirth Cycle (Third Street Records)
• Idris Muhammad - Power of Soul (Kudu/Legacy)
• Gerry Mulligan - The Age of Steam (A&M)
• Joe Muranyi & Herbie [Herb] Hall - Clarinet Wobble (Fat Cat's Jazz)
• George Muribus - Brazilian Tapestry (Catalyst)
• Turk Murphy's Frisco Jazz Band - Frisco Jazz Band Live! (MPS)
• Sunny Murray Quintet - Aigu-Grave (Futura-Marge)
• Amina Claudine Myers - Poems for Piano: The Piano Music of Marion Brown (Sweet Earth Records)
• Dickey Myers - Dickey's Mood (Quadrangle Music)
• Mythologie - Live at Domicile Munich (BASF)
• Tatsuya Nakamura Quartet - Song of Pat (Nadja)
• Teruo Nakamura - Unicorn (Three Blind Mice)
• Zbigniew Namyslowski - Winobranie (Polskie Nagrania Poland)
• Ray Nance - Huffin' & Puffin' (MPS)
• Ted Nash - Conception (Concord)
• Sandy Nassan - Just Guitar (Embryo)
• National Jazz Ensemble/Chuck Israels - National Jazz Ensemble, Vol. 2 (Chiaroscuro)
• Bobby Naughton Units - Understanding (JAPO)
• Bobby Naughton/Wadada Leo Smith/Perry Robinson - The Haunt (Otic/NoBusiness)
• Michael Naura Quartett - Call (MPS)
• Neighbours - Accents (EMI Electrola)
• New Direction for the Arts - Free Form Suite (Three Blind Mice/Think! Records)
• New Jazz Trio - Page One (MPS)
• New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra - New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra (Arhoolie); reissued on CD as part of Creole Belles (Arhoolie)
• James Newton - Paseo del Mar (India Navigation)
• Phil Nimmons - The Atlantic Suite (Sackville)
• Sal Nistico - Neo/Nistico (Bee Hive)
• Nordic Jazz Quintet - Nordjazz (Storyville)
• Red Norvo - Vibes a la Red (Famous Door/Progressive)
• Red Norvo/Ross Tompkins - Red & Ross: Recorded Live January 1979 (Concord)
• Sam Noto - Entrance! (Xanadu)
• Makaya Ntshoko - Makaya & the Tsotsis (Enja)
• Ocho - Ocho (UA Latino)
• Bill O'Connell - Searching (Inner City)
• Claus Ogerman Orchestra - Gate of Dreams (Warner Brothers)
• Shunzo Ohno Quartet - Falter Out (Victor, Japan)
• George Ohtsuka - Maracaibo Cornpone (Trio/Absord)
• Babatunde Olatunji - Soul Makossa (Paramount Records)
• Sy Oliver - Yes Indeed (Black & Blue)
• Olympia Brass Band - The Olympia Brass Band of New Orleans (GHB)
• Oneness Of Juju - African Rhythms (Black Fire/Strut)
• OPA - Goldenwings/Magic Time (Milestone)
• Opposite Corner - Jazz I Sverige '76 (Caprice)
• Orchester Erwin Lehn - Color in Jazz (MPS)
• Anthony Ortega - Rain Dance (Discovery)
• Mike Osborne - Outback (Turtle/RPM)
• Harold Ousley - The People's Groove (Muse)
• Charles Owens' Mother Lode - I Stand Alone (Vault/Essential Media Group)
• Jimmy Owens - Jimmy Owens (A&M Horizon)
• Tony Oxley - February Papers (Incus/Discus)
• Charlie Palmieri - Impulsos (Coco)
• Evan Parker - Saxophone Solos (Incus)
• Evan Parker/Derek Bailey - The London Concert (Incus)
• Maynard Parker - Midnight Rider (Prestige)
• William Parker - Through Acceptance of the Mystery Peace (Centering/Eremite)
• Joe Pass - Portraits of Duke Ellington (Pablo)
• Passport [Klaus Doldinger] - Passport (Atlantic)
• Jaco Pastorius - Jaco Pastorius (Epic)
• Kellee Patterson - Maiden Voyage (Black Jazz)
• Fritz Pauer - Live at the Berlin "Jazz Galerie" (MPS)
• Cecil Payne - Bird Gets the Worm (Muse)
• Annette Peacock/Paul Bley - Dual Unity (Freedom)
• Duke Pearson - It Could Only Happen with You (Blue Note)
• Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen/Kenneth Knudsen - Pictures (SteepleChase)
• Dave Pell's Prez Conference featuring Joe Williams - In Celebration of Lester Young (GNP Crescendo)
• Jim Pepper - Pepper's Pow Wow (Embryo/Atlantic)
• Perception - Perception (Futura/Souffle Continu, France)
• Bill Perkins - Confluence (Interplay)
• Barre Phillips - Mountainscapes (ECM)
• Esther Phillips - From a Whisper to a Scream (Kudu)
• Flip Phillips - Phillips' Head (Choice); reissued as Spanish Eyes on Candid
• Sonny Phillips - My Black Flower (Muse/32 Jazz)
• Astor Piazzolla - Libertango (Carosello, Italy/Chyrsalis)
• Bobby Pierce - New York (Muse)
• Piirpauke - Piirpauke (Love)
• Dave Pike - Times Out of Mind (Muse)
• Pillot-Farmer Quartet - Brother Man (Carosello)
• Michel Pilz/Peter Kowald/Paul Lovens - Carpathes (FMP)
• Pirchner/Pepl Jazzzwio - Gegenwind (Mood)
• Bucky Pizzarelli/Joe Venuti - Nightwings (Flying Dutchman)
• Ray Pizzi - Conception (Pablo)
• Bu Pleasant - Ms. Bu (Muse)
• Pony Poindexter - In Barcelona (Spiral/Fresh Sound)
• Noel Pointer - Phantazia/Hold On (Blue Note, BGO UK)
• Jimmy Ponder - Illusions (ABC Impulse!)
• Jean-Luc Ponty Meets Giorgio Gaslini (Produttori Associati/PAUSA)
• Lenny Popkin - 317 E. 32nd (Choice); originally released as Falling Free
• Michel Portal - ¡Dejarme Solo! (Cy/Dreyfus)
• Steve Potts - Musique Pour Le Film D'Un Ami (123/Souffle Continu)
• Baden Powell - Tristeza on Guitar (MPS)
• Seldon Powell - Messin' with Seldon Powell (Encounter)
• Preservation Hall Jazz Band - New Orleans, Vol. 1 (Columbia)
• Sammy Price - Rockin' Boogie (Black & Blue)
• Julian Priester - Love, Love (ECM)
• Roland Prince - Free Spirit (Vanguard)
• David Pritchard - City Dreams (Inner City)
• Arthur Prysock - Unforgettable (King)
• Pucho & the Latin Soul Brothers - Yaina (Right-On); reissued on CuBop/Ubiquity
• Bernard "Pretty" Purdie - Purdie Good! (Prestige); reissued as part of Purdie's Legends of Acid Jazz CD
• Mick Pyne - Alone Together (Spotlite)
• Quintet Boy Raaijmakers [Raaymakers] - Quintet Boy Raaijmakers ‎(Eurosound)
• Frederic Rabold Crew - Funky Tango (MPS)
• Johnny Răducanu - Confesiuni = Confessions (Electrecord)
• Don Rader Quintet - Wallflower (Discovery)
• Vasant Rai - Spring Flowers (Vanguard)‎
• Raices - Raices (Nemporer)
• Phil Ranelin - The Time Is Now! (Tribe)
• Doug Raney Quintet - Cuttin' Loose (SteepleChase)
• Jimmy Raney/Doug Raney - Stolen Moments (SteepleChase)
• Ernest Ranglin - Ranglypso (MPS)
• Hugo Rasmussen - Sweets to the Sweet (RCA Denmark/Music Mecca)
• Arman Ratip - The Spy from Istanbul (EMI/Regal Zonophone)
• Karl Ratzer Group - Finger Prints (CMP)
• Fred Raulston - Open Stream (Inner City)
• Sonny Red [Sylvester Kyner] - Sonny Red (Mainstream)
• Dewey Redman - Ear of the Behearer (Impulse)
• Dizzy Reece/Ted Curson - Blowin' Away (Interplay/Trio); reissued as Moose the Mooche (Discovery)
• Waymon Reed - 46th and 8th (Artists House)
• Hans Reichel - Bonobo (FMP/Corbett vs. Dempsey)
• Steve Reid - Rhythmatism (Mustevic/Universal Sound)
• Dieter Reith - Knock Out (MPS)
• Don Rendell Quintet - Space Walk (Columbia/EMI)
• The Revolutionary Ensemble - The People's Republic (A&M Horizon)
• Buddy Rich - Very Alive at Ronnie Scotts (RCA)
• Mike Richmond - Dream Waves (Sonet/Inner City)
• Mike Richmond/Andy LaVerne - For Us (SteepleChase)
• Larry Ridley - Sum of the Parts (Strata-East)
• Doug Riley - Dreams (PM/Ultra Vybe)
• Howard Riley - Flight (Turtle)
• Lee Ritenour - Captain Fingers (Epic)
• Sam Rivers/Mario Schiano - Rendez-Vous (Vedette)
• Howard Roberts - Antelope Freeway/Equinox Express Elevator (Impulse)
• Jim Robinson - Living New Orleans Jazz: 1976 (Smoky Mary)
• Perry Robinson - The Traveler (Chiaroscuro)
• Bora Roković - Ultra Native (MPS)
• Red Rodney - Red Tornado (Muse)
• Bobby Rodríguez y La Compañia - Latin from Manhattan (Vaya)
• Dom Um Romão - Dom Um Romão (Muse)
• David Rose - Distance Between Dreams ‎(Gratte-Ciel/Inner City)
• Bernt Rosengren - Notes from Underground (Harvest/EMI Sweden)
• Frank Rosolino - Thinking About You (Sackville)
• Badal Roy - Ashirbad (Trio)
• Marshall Royal - First Chair (Concord)
• Mario Rusca - Joyette: Piano Solo (Dire)
• Patrice Rushen - Prelusion (Prestige)
• Jimmy Rushing - The You and Me That Used to Be (RCA)
• Eddie Russ - See the Light (Monument/Soul Brother UK)
• Gene Russell - New Direction (Black Jazz)
• Paul Rutherford - The Gentle Harm of the Bourgeoisie (Emanem)
• Terje Rypdal - Odyssey (ECM)
• Dom Salvador - My Family (Minha Familia) (Muse)
• Emiliano Salvador - Nueva Visión (EGREM/Qbadisc)
• Sal Salvador - Juicy Lucy (Bee Hive)
• David Sanborn - Heart to Heart (Warner Brothers)
• Moacir Santos - Saudade (Blue Note)
• Michel Sardaby - Michel Sardaby In New York (Disques Debs/441 Music)
• Heikko Sarmanto Big Band - Everything Is It (Porter Records/EMI Finland)
• Masahiko Sato/Gary Peacock - Masahiko Meets Gary: Samādhi (Express)
• Teddy Saunders Sextet - Sue Blue (Discovery)
• Mario Schiano - Partenza di Pulcinella per La Luna (RCA Vista, Italy)
• Mario Schiano con Antonello Salis - Old Fashioned (Carosello) ‎
• Alexander von Schlippenbach Trio - Pakistani Pomade (FMP)
• David Schnitter - Goliath (Muse)
• Irène Schweizer - Hexensabbat (FMP)
• Irène Schweizer/Rüdiger Carl - The Very Centre of Middle Europe (hat Hut)
• Jimmy Scott - The Source (Atlantic)
• Rhoda Scott - Live at the Club Saint-Germain (Barclay/Universal France)
• Rhoda Scott/Kenny Clarke - Rhoda Scott + Kenny Clarke (Barclay/Gitanes)
• Ronnie Scott Quintet - Serious Gold (Pye)
• Tom Scott - Tom Scott and the L.A. Express (Ode)
• Adele Sebastian - Desert Fairy Princess (Nimbus)
• Don Sebesky - Giant Box (CTI)
• Bud Shank - Heritage (Concord)
• Sonny Sharrock - Monkey-Pockie-Boo (BYG Actuel)
• Charles "Bobo" Shaw/Human Arts Ensemble - Under the Sun (Freedom)
• Charles "Cha Cha" Shaw - Into Morning (Folkways)
• Marlena Shaw - Live at Montreux (Blue Note)
• George Shearing Trio - Windows (MPS)
• Bobby Shew - Outstanding in His Field (Inner City)
• Sahib Shihab - Sentiments (Storyville)
• Charlie Shoemake - Sunstroke (Muse)
• Bobby Short - Bobby Short Is K-RA-ZY for Gershwin (Atlantic)
• Alan Shorter - Tes Esat (America)
• Ben Sidran - Puttin' in Time on Planet Earth (Blue Thumb)
• Alan Silva and the Celestrial Communication Orchestra - Seasons (BYG)
• Norman Simmons Quartet - Ramira the Dancer (Spotlite)
• Hal Singer Jazz Quartet - Soweto to Harlem (The Sun, South Africa)
• The Singers Unlimited - A Special Blend (MPS/PAUSA)
• Sirone - Artistry (Of the Cosmos)
• Sivuca - Sivuca (Vanguard)
• Alan Skidmore Quintet - TCB (Philips/Vocalion)
• Carol Sloane - Carol Sings (Audiophile)
• Cliff Smalls - Caravan (Black & Blue)
• Bill Smith - Pick a Number (Onari)
• Carrie Smith - When You're Down and Out (Black & Blue)
• Derek Smith - The Man I Love (Progressive)
• Donald Smith - Luv (Whynot/Candid)
• Harold E. Smith/Mike Kull/Joe McPhee - Trinity (CjRecord Productions/Atavistic)
• Lonnie Liston Smith and the Cosmic Echoes - Astral Traveling (Flying Dutchman) 
• Lonnie Smith - Live at Club Mozambique (Blue Note)
• Louis Smith Quintet - Prancin' (SteepleChase)
• Putter Smith - Lost and Found (Vee Jay)
• Willie "The Lion" Smith - Live at Blues Alley (Chiaroscuro)
• Willie "The Lion" Smith & Jo Jones - The Lion & The Tiger (Fremeaux & Associates); originally released as two LPs on the Jazz Odyssey label
• Smoke - Smoke (Session, Germany)
• Ronald Snijders - Natural Sources (Everland/Ronald Snijders, Austria)
• Soft Machine - Third (CBS)
• Mark Soskin - Rhythm Vision (Prestige)
• Raul de Souza - Colors (Milestone)
• Melvin Sparks - Spark Plug (Prestige); reissued as part of Sparks' Legends of Acid Jazz CD
• James Spaulding - Plays the Legacy of Duke Ellington (Storyville)
• Leon Spencer, Jr. - Louisiana Slim (Prestige); reissued as part of Spencer's Legends of Acid Jazz CD 
• Spontaneous Music Ensemble - Quintessence (Emanem)
• Peter Sprague - Dance of the Universe (Xanadu)
• Jess Stacy - Stacy's Still Swinging (Chiaroscuro)
• Tomasz Stańko - Balladyna (ECM)
• Jeremy Steig/Eddie Gomez - Outlaws (Enja/Inner City)
• Slam Stewart - Slam Bam (Black & Blue)
• Danny Stiles/Bill Watrous - One More Time (Famous Door)
• Sonny Stitt/Sadik Hakim - Sonny Stitt Meets Sadik Hakim (Progressive)
• Kathy Stobart - Arbeia (Spotlite)
• Kathy Stobart/Joe Temperley - Saxploitation (Spotlite)
• Frank Strazzeri Sextet - View from Within (Creative World); originally released as Taurus on Revelation Records
• String Trio of New York - First String (Black Saint)
• John Stowell - Golden Delicious (Inner City)
• John Stubblefield - Prelude (Storyville)
• L. Subramaniam featuring Frank Morgan - Fantasy Without Limits (Discovery) 
• Monette Sudler Sextet - Brighter Days for You (SteepleChase)
• Kunihiko Sugano Trio + 1 - Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (Three Blind Mice/Craftman Japan)
• Idrees Sulieman Quintet - Bird's Grass (SteepleChase)
• Maxine Sullivan - We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye (Audiophile)
• Stan Sulzmann - On Loan with Gratitude (Mosaic UK) 
• Bill Summers - Feel the Heat (Prestige)
• Supersax - Dynamite!! (MPS/PAUSA)
• Richard Sussman Quintet - Free Fall (Inner City)
• Hiromasa Suzuki - Rock Joint Cither / Silk Road (RCA Japan)
• Steve Swallow - Home (ECM)
• Synthesis - Six by Six (Chiaroscuro)
• Gabor Szabo - Small World (Four Leaf Clover); reissued as part of In Stockholm (Four Leaf Clover)
• Thomas Talbert - Louisiana Suite & Other Instrumentals (Seabreeze) 
• Tamba Trio - Tamba Trio (RCA Brazil)
• Billy Taylor - Live at Storyville (West 54)
• John Taylor - Decipher (MPS)
• John Tchicai Trio - Real Tchicai (SteepleChase)
• Richard Tee - Strokin' (Tappan Zee)
• Okay Temiz - Oriental Wind (Sonet)
• Okay Temiz/Johnny Dyani - Witchdoctor's Son (Yonca/Matsuli Music)
• Joe Temperley/Jimmy Knepper - Just Friends (Hep); reissued on CD as part of Special Relationship (Hep)
• Henri Texier - A Cordes et à Cris (Disques JMS)
• Eje Thelin - Acoustic Space (EMI/Odeon)
• Eje Thelin/Pierre Favre/Jouck [Jouk] Minor - Candles of Vision (Calig)
• Fats Theus - Black Out (CTI)
• Jacques Thollot - Résurgence (Musica)
• Joe Thomas - Joy of Cookin' (Groove Merchant)
• Leon Thomas ‎- Blues and the Soulful Truth (Flying Dutchman)
• René Thomas - Hommage a... René Thomas (Timeless)
• Sir Charles Thompson - Hey There (Black & Blue)
• Chester Thompson [organist] - Powerhouse (Black Jazz)
• Don Thompson - Country Place (PM)
• Sonny Thompson - Swings in Paris (Black & Blue)
• Clifford Thornton - The Panther and the Lash (America/Universal France)
• Pål Thowsen/Jon Christensen - No Time for Time (Zarepta/Sonet/Pan)
• Keith Tippett - Dedicated To You, But You Weren't Listening (Vertigo/Esoteric)
• Masahiko Togashi - Spiritual Nature (East Wind)
• Masahiko Togashi/Isao Suzuki - Day of the Sun (King Japan)
• Jukka Tolonen - Summer Games (Love)
• Juan Pablo Torres - Con Todos Los Hierros (Arieto)
• Ralph Towner - Solstice (ECM)
• Transit Express - Priglacit (RCA Victor France)
• Triton [Alan Wakeman/Paul Bridge/Nigel Morris] - Wilderness of Glass (Mosaic UK/Alan Wakeman)
• Joe Turner [pianist] - King of Stride (Chiaroscuro)
• Big Joe Turner [singer] - In the Evening (Pablo/OJC)
• Norris Turney - I Let A Song... (Black & Blue)
• Norris Turney, Bobby Ashton, Taft Jordan, Benny Morton, Norman Simmons, Al Casey, Johnny Williams, Ronnie Cole - Harlem... One More Time: Live at Pluckemin! (Harlem... One More Time)
• Frank Tusa - Father Time (Enja/Inner City)
• Charles Tyler - The Saga of the Outlaws (Nessa)
• Takao Uematsu - Straight Ahead (Art Union Japan)
• James Blood [Ulmer] - Tales of Captain Black (Artists House)
• UMO [New Music Orchestra] - Umophilos (RCA Finland)
• United Jazz + Rock Ensemble - Live im Schützenhaus (Mood)
• Phillip [Phil] Upchurch - Darkness, Darkness (Blue Thumb)
• Massimo Urbani - 360º Aeutopia (Red)
• Michal Urbaniak/Tomasz Stanko - We'll Remember Komeda (MPS)
• René Urtreger - Recidive (Sonopresse)
• Warren Vaché - First Time Out (Monmouth Evergreen/Audiophile)
• Oscar Valdambrini-Dino Piana Quintet - Afrodite (Vedette/Rearward)
• Carlos "Patato" Valdez - Ready for Freddy (Latin Percussion Ventures, Inc.)
• Dave Valentin - The Hawk (Arista GRP)
• Kid Thomas Valentine - Kid Thomas Featuring Alton Purnell (Smoky Mary)
• Kid Thomas [Valentine]/Louis Nelson - Live in Denmark, Vols. 1 & 2 (Storyville)
• Tom van der Geld - Path (ECM)
• Fred Van Hove - Verloren Maandag (FMP)
• Maarten Van Norden/Boy Raaymakers Quartet - Chicken Song (BV Haast)
• Jasper van 't Hof - Flowers Allover (MPS)
• Naná Vasconcelos - Saudades (ECM)
• Harry Verbeke Quartet - Short Speech (Timeless)
• Harry Verbeke/Rob Agerbeek Quartet - Gibraltar (Timeless) 
• Edward Vesala - Nan Madol (ECM)
• Joe Viera Sextett - Kontraste (Calig)
• Tommy Vig - 1978 (Dobre)
• Leroy Vinnegar - The Kid (PBR International/P-Vine Japan)
• The Visitors - In My Youth (Muse)
• Eraldo Volante - Safari (Carosello)
• Abdul Wadud - By Myself (Bisharra)
• Collin Walcott - Cloud Dance (ECM)
• Narada Michael Walden - Garden of Love Light (Atlantic)
• Terry Waldo's Gutbucket Syncopaters - Hot House Rag (Delmark)
• Terry Waldo & Susan LaMarche - Jazz Babies ‎(Dirty Shame Records)
• Jan Wallgren/Bengt Ernryd - Love Chant (Dragon) ‎
• Bengt-Arne Wallin - Varmluft (Sonet)
• Cedar Walton/Hank Mobley - Breakthrough! (Muse/32 Jazz/Savoy)
• John Warren - Bass Is (Enja)
• Grover Washington, Jr. - Inner City Blues (Kudu/Mojazz)
• Tyrone Washington - Do Right (Blue Labor/P-Vine)
• Bill Watrous Quintet - Funk'n Fun (Yupiteru Records); reissued as Art Pepper Presents “West Coast Sessions!” Volume 4: Bill Watrous (Omnivore)
• Robert [Bobby] Watson - All Because of You (Roulette)
• Ernie Watts - Wonder Bag (Vault/Wounded Bird)
• Chuck Wayne - Traveling (Progressive)
• Chuck Wayne/Joe Puma - Interactions (Choice)
• Art Webb - Mr. Flute (Atlantic)
• Klaus Weiss Quintet - On Tour (Calig)
• Bobby Wellins - Dreams Are Free (Vortex UK)
• Dick Wellstood - Alone (Solo Art)
• Ken [Kenny] Werner - The Piano Music of Beiderbecke, Ellington, Gershwin, James P. Johnson (Atlantic)
• Clarence Wheeler & The Enforcers - The Love I've Been Looking For ‎(Atlantic)
• Jiggs Whigham - Hope (Telefunken/Mons)
• Andrew White - Passion Flower (Andrew's Music)
• Lenny White - Venusian Summer (Nemperor/Wounded Bird)
• Michael White - The Land of Spirit and Light (Impulse)
• Widespread Depression Orchestra - Downtown Uproar (Stash)
• Gerry Wiggins - Wig is Here (Black & Blue)
• Barney Willen [Wilen] - Moshi (Saravah)
• Lee Wiley - Back Home Again (Monmouth Evergreen)
• Charles Williams - Trees and Grass and Things (Mainstream)
• Claude Williams - My Silent Love (Black & Blue)
• James Williams - Everything I Love (Concord)
• Joe Williams - Live (Fantasy)
• Bishop Norman Williams & The One Mind Experience - Bishop's Bag (Theresa)
• Tony Williams Lifetime - (turn it over) (Polydor)
• Jack Wilson - Innovations (Discovery)
• Joe Lee Wilson - Secrets from the Sun (Sun/Inner City)
• Nancy Wilson - Can't Take My Eyes Off You (Capitol)
• Phillip Wilson with Olu Dara - Esoteric (hat Hut/Corbett vs. Dempsey)
• Reuben Wilson - Set Us Free (Blue Note)
• Kai Winding - Danish Blue (Glendale)
• Kai Winding/Curtis Fuller - Giant Bones '80' (Sonet)
• Norma Winstone - Edge of Time (Argo/Dusk Fire)
• Paul Winter Consort - Icarus (Epic)
• Jimmy Witherspoon - Spoonful (Blue Note)
• Steve Wolfe/Nancy King - First Date (Inner City)
• Booty Wood - Chelsea Bridge (Black & Blue)
• Lyman Woodard Organization - Saturday Night Special (Strata)
• The Wooden Glass featuring Billy Wooten - Recorded Live (Interim/P-Vine)
• Chris Woods - Modus Operandi (Delmark)
• Reggie Workman - The Works of Workman (Denon)
• World's Greatest Jazzband of Yank Lawson & Bob Haggart - What's New? (Atlantic)
• Frank Wright Quartet - Church Number Nine (Calumet, France)
• Richard Wyands - Then, Here and Now (Storyville)
• Hozan Yamamoto - Ginkai (Silver World) (Philips/Universal)
• Tsuyoshi Yamamoto - Life (East Wind)
• [Yosuke] Yamashita Trio - Clay (Enja)
• Pete Yellin - Dance of Allegra (Mainstream)
• Young Holt Unlimited - Mellow Dreamin' (Cotillion)
• David Young - David Young (Mainstream)
• Snooky Young - Horn of Plenty (Concord)
• Snooky Young/Marshall Royal - Snooky & Marshal's Album (Concord)
• Leszek Zadlo Ensemble - Time Emit (Musician Record Co./EMI Electrola)
• Joe Zawinul - Zawinul (Atlantic)
• Monica Zetterlund - Chicken Feathers (SR Records)
• Attila Zoller - Common Cause (Enja)