What is the best jazz album released on the Blue Note label?

Blue Note Records defined the sound of hard bop and post-bop jazz. With its iconic Reid Miles sleeve designs and legendary house sound, every release was an event — which album stands above them all?

1

Blue Train

John Coltrane's 1958 Blue Note masterpiece — arguably his finest hard bop statement.

2

Moanin'

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers' 1958 hard bop essential.

3

Soul Station

Hank Mobley's 1960 Blue Note masterpiece — hard bop elegance personified.

4

The Sidewinder

Lee Morgan's 1964 boogaloo hit that reshaped Blue Note's sound.

5

Out to Lunch!

Eric Dolphy's 1964 avant-garde Blue Note classic — unlike anything before it.

6

Speak No Evil

Wayne Shorter's 1964 post-bop masterpiece — one of Blue Note's most celebrated albums.

7

Maiden Voyage

Herbie Hancock's 1965 modal-jazz masterwork — oceanic, serene, eternal.

8

Song for My Father

Horace Silver's 1965 soul-jazz classic for Blue Note.

9

Idle Moments

Grant Green's 1963 late-night Blue Note masterpiece.

10

Point of Departure

Andrew Hill's 1964 Blue Note — avant-garde jazz's great underrated masterpiece.

11

Go!

Dexter Gordon's 1962 Blue Note quartet session — his comeback masterwork.

12

Genius of Modern Music Vol. 1

Thelonious Monk's late-1940s Blue Note sessions — the birth of his unique style.

13

Page One

Joe Henderson's 1963 Blue Note debut featuring 'Blue Bossa' and 'Recorda Me'.

14

A Night at Birdland

Art Blakey's 1954 live Blue Note recording with Clifford Brown — foundation document.