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. 1
   Blue Train

   John Coltrane's 1958 Blue Note masterpiece — arguably his finest hard bop statement.
2. 2
   Moanin'

   Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers' 1958 hard bop essential.
3. 3
   Soul Station

   Hank Mobley's 1960 Blue Note masterpiece — hard bop elegance personified.
4. 4
   The Sidewinder

   Lee Morgan's 1964 boogaloo hit that reshaped Blue Note's sound.
5. 5
   Out to Lunch!

   Eric Dolphy's 1964 avant-garde Blue Note classic — unlike anything before it.
6. 6
   Speak No Evil

   Wayne Shorter's 1964 post-bop masterpiece — one of Blue Note's most celebrated albums.
7. 7
   Maiden Voyage

   Herbie Hancock's 1965 modal-jazz masterwork — oceanic, serene, eternal.
8. 8
   Song for My Father

   Horace Silver's 1965 soul-jazz classic for Blue Note.
9. 9
   Idle Moments

   Grant Green's 1963 late-night Blue Note masterpiece.
10. 10
    Point of Departure

    Andrew Hill's 1964 Blue Note — avant-garde jazz's great underrated masterpiece.
11. 11
    Go!

    Dexter Gordon's 1962 Blue Note quartet session — his comeback masterwork.
12. 12
    Genius of Modern Music Vol. 1

    Thelonious Monk's late-1940s Blue Note sessions — the birth of his unique style.
13. 13
    Page One

    Joe Henderson's 1963 Blue Note debut featuring 'Blue Bossa' and 'Recorda Me'.
14. 14
    A Night at Birdland

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