List of Crown albums in The Penguin Guide to Jazz

The Penguin Guide to Jazz
The Penguin Guide to Jazz
The Penguin Guide to Jazz is a reference work containing an encyclopedic directory of jazz recordings on CD which are currently available in Europe or the United States...

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)	Release date	Notes
		ECM ECM (record label) ECM is a record label founded in Munich, Germany, in 1969 by Manfred Eicher. While ECM is best known for jazz music, the label has released a wide variety of recordings, and ECM's artists often refuse to acknowledge boundaries between genres... 08584			^{9th ed.}
	Jan Allan - 70	Phono Suecia PSCD 130	– September 1969		^{9th ed.}
	Prayer for Peace	FMR FMR Records FMR Records is an English music company record label comprising the major record label, FMR Music. Founded by current CEO Trevor Taylor in 1972. It is a specialist record label providing Jazz and improvisational percussion music .-History:... 109			^{9th ed.}
	Hot Fives & Sevens	JSP JSP Records JSP Records is a British record label, founded in 1978 by John Stedman , releasing recordings by blues musicians such as Professor Longhair, Buddy Guy, Jimmy Witherspoon, Louisiana Red and Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson. The label is based in London, England.JSP now predominantly releases remastered CDs... LOUISBOX 100	– 1930		Also "Core Collection."^{9th ed.}
		Columbia Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company... C4K 63527	– 1930		Also "Core Collection."^{9th ed.}
	Spiritual Unity	ESP-Disk ESP-Disk ESP-Disk is a New York-based record label, founded in 1964 by lawyer Bernard Stollman.From the beginning, the label's goal has been to provide its recording artists with complete artistic freedom, unimpeded by any record company interference or commercial expectations—a philosophy summed-up by the... 1002			Also "Core Collection."^{9th ed.}
	Chapter 4: Alive in New York	Impulse! Impulse! Records Impulse! Records was an American jazz record label, originally established in 1960 by producer Creed Taylor as a subsidiary of ABC-Paramount Records, based in New York City... 4274			^{9th ed.}
		MCA MCA Records MCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group , of which MCA Records was still part. MCA Records was absorbed by Geffen Records in 2003... GRP36112	– February 1939		3 CDs. Also "Core Collection."^{9th ed.}
	All That Is Tied	Tompkins Square TSO1965			^{9th ed.}
	Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk -Side two:-1999 bonus tracks:-Personnel:* Bill Hardman — trumpet* Johnny Griffin — tenor saxophone* Thelonious Monk — piano* Spanky DeBrest — bass* Art Blakey — drums-Additional personnel:* Nesuhi Ertegün — producer* Earl Brown — recording engineer...	Atlantic Atlantic Records Atlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz... 8122-73607			^{9th ed.}
	Lenox Avenue Breakdown Lenox Avenue Breakdown Lenox Avenue Breakdown is an album by jazz alto saxophonist Arthur Blythe. Columbia Records released the album in 1979, and Koch Jazz re-issued the title in 1998...	Koch KOC CD 7871			Also "Core Collection."^{9th ed.}
	For Alto For Alto For Alto is a jazz double-LP by composer/multi-reedist Anthony Braxton. Delmark Records released the double-album in 1970. The tracks on this album are performed by Braxton on alto saxophone, with no additional instrumentation or musicians and no overdubbing.The Penguin Guide to Jazz gives For...	Delmark Delmark Records Delmark Records is an independent American jazz and blues record label, based in Chicago since 1958. The label originated in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1953 when owner Bob Koester released a recording of the Windy City Six, a traditional jazz group, under the "Delmar" imprint.-History:Born in 1932 in... 420			^{9th ed.}
	Machine Gun	FMP FMP (Free Music Production) Free Music Production is a German record label founded by Jost Gebers, Peter Brötzmann, Peter Kowald, and Alexander von Schlippenbach in 1969, specializing in free improvisation and free jazz, usually by European, often German musicians.... CD 24			Also "Core Collection."^{9th ed.}
		Verve Verve Records Verve Records is an American jazz record label now owned by Universal Music Group. It was founded by Norman Granz in 1956, absorbing the catalogues of his earlier labels, Clef Records and Norgran Records , and material which had been licensed to Mercury previously.-Jazz and folk origins:The Verve... 835684			2 CDs.^{9th ed.}
	Papa Celestin & Sam Morgan	Azure AZ-CD-12	– December 1928		^{9th ed.}
		Atlantic 8122 72398-2	, July 1960		^{9th ed.}
	Beauty Is a Rare Thing Beauty Is a Rare Thing Beauty Is a Rare Thing is an compilation album collecting all recordings by the American jazz composer and saxophonist Ornette Coleman made for the Atlantic label between 1959 and 1961...	Rhino Rhino Entertainment Rhino Entertainment Company is an American specialty record label and production company. It is owned by Warner Music Group.-History:Rhino was originally a novelty song and reissue company during the 1970s and 1980s, releasing compilation albums of pop, rock & roll, and rhythm & blues successes... /Atlantic R2 71410	– March 1961		6 CDs.^{3rd ed.}
		Atlantic/Rhino 8122 71984	– May 1961		7 CDs^{3rd ed.}
		Impulse! 051155-2			Also "Core Collection."^{9th ed.}
	Ascension	Impulse! 543413-2	June, December 1965		^{9th ed.}
	Kind of Blue Kind of Blue Kind of Blue is a studio album by American jazz musician Miles Davis, released August 17, 1959, on Columbia Records in the United States. Recording sessions for the album took place at Columbia's 30th Street Studio in New York City on March 2 and April 22, 1959...	Columbia CK 64935	March – April 1959		Also "Core Collection."^{9th ed.}
		Columbia CXK 66955			7 CDs.^{9th ed.}
	Miles Davis and Gil Evans: The Complete Columbia Studio Sessions Miles Davis & Gil Evans: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings Miles Davis & Gil Evans: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings is a box set of music by jazz musicians Miles Davis and Gil Evans originally released on CD in 1996 and remastered and re-released in 2004. It collects work from 1957 through 1968 at Columbia Records recording studios.Miles Davis and...	Columbia CXK 67397	– 1968		6 CDs.^{9th ed.}
	Out to Lunch	Blue Note 98793			Also "Core Collection."^{9th ed.}
		Storyville Storyville Records Storyville Records is a large international record label based in Copenhagen, Denmark, specializing in jazz and blues music. Besides its original material, Storyville Records has licensed and reissued many vintage jazz recordings that previously appeared on such labels as Paramount Records,... STCD 8316/7			2 CDs.^{9th ed.}
	Sunday at the Village Vanguard Sunday at the Village Vanguard Sunday at the Village Vanguard is a 1961 album by jazz pianist and composer Bill Evans. The album is routinely ranked as one of the best live jazz recordings of all time.-History:...	Original Jazz Classics Original Jazz Classics Original Jazz Classics was started in 1983 as an imprint of Fantasy Records. Under this name facsimiles of original editions of jazz LPs have been reissued on CD and formerly on LP and cassette also. The LPs were originally released on Riverside, Prestige and other labels that had been purchased... OJC 140			^{9th ed.}
	Waltz for Debby	Original Jazz Classics OJC 210			^{9th ed.}
	Blame It on My Youth	Contemporary Contemporary Records Contemporary Records was a jazz record label founded by Lester Koenig in 1951 in Los Angeles. Contemporary was known for seminal recordings embodying the West Coast sound, but also released recordings based in New York... CCD-14042-2			^{9th ed.}
	Ancora Da Capo	Leo Leo Records Leo Records is an English jazz record label, which releases Russian jazz in addition to material from American and British musicians.Leo Records was founded in 1979 by Leo Feigin , a Russian immigrant to Britain... CD LR 108	October – November 1980		^{9th ed.}
	Touchin' on Trane	FMP CD 24	October – November 1991		Also "Core Collection."^{9th ed.}
		Roost Roost Records Roost Records was a record label established in 1949, primarily to record jazz, taking its secondary name from the New York club with which it was associated... 859622-2	– December 1954		3 CDs.^{9th ed.}
		Bluebird Bluebird Records Bluebird Records is a sub-label of RCA Victor Records originally created in 1932 to counter the American Record Company in the "3 records for a dollar" market. Along with ARC's Perfect Records, Melotone Records and Romeo Records, and the independent US Decca label, Bluebird became one of the best... 66528-2	– January 1949		2 CDs.^{9th ed.}
	Free Fall Free Fall (Jimmy Giuffre album) -Track listing:All tracks written by Jimmy Giuffre#Propulsion - 3:08#Three We - 4:13#Ornothoids - 2:46#Dichotomy - 4:00#Man Alone - 2:20#Spasmodic - 3:29#Yggdrasill - 2:34#Divided Man - 1:56#Primordial Call - 3:26#The Five Ways - 2:20...	Columbia CK 65446			^{9th ed.}
		Fresh Sound Fresh Sound Fresh Sound, or Fresh Sound New Talent, is a Spanish jazz label based in Barcelona, specializing in American jazz music.Fresh Sound was founded in 1983 as a reissue label for 1950s jazz... FSRCD 38			^{9th ed.}
	Maiden Voyage	Blue Note 95331			^{9th ed.}
	Head Hunters Head Hunters Head Hunters is the twelfth studio album by American jazz musician Herbie Hancock, released October 13, 1973, on Columbia Records in the United States. Recording sessions for the album took place during September 1973 at Wally Heider Studios and Different Fur Trading Co. in San Francisco, California...	Columbia 471239			^{3rd ed.}
& Zaum	Above Our Heads the Sky Splits Open	Slam CD258			^{9th ed.}
	Woody's Winners / Jazz Hoot	Collectables Collectables Records Collectables is a reissue record label founded in 1980 by Jerry Greene. Greene was previously associated with New York City's Times Square Record Shop, Philadelphia's Record Museum retail chain, and the Lost Nite and Crimson record labels.... 6678	– March 1967		^{9th ed.}
	Point of Departure	Blue Note 9364			Also "Core Collection."^{9th ed.}
	and Volume 2	Blue Note 32143-2 & 32144-2	– June 1955		Also "Core Collection."^{9th ed.}
		Warner Bros. Warner Bros. Records Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies... 81227-3689-2	– March 1972		^{9th ed.}
	Astigmatic	Harkit HKRCD 8158			^{9th ed.}
	Motion Motion (Lee Konitz album) Motion is an album by jazz saxophonist Lee Konitz, recorded in 1961 for Verve Records. It features the great jazz drummer Elvin Jones as well the bass player Sonny Dallas. It is regarded by many as Konitz's finest album...	Verve V6 8399			Also "Core Collection."^{9th ed.}
	Was Da Ist	FMP CD 62			^{9th ed.}
	Homage to Charles Parker Homage to Charles Parker Homage to Charles Parker is an album by American jazz trombonist/composer George Lewis recorded in 1979 for the Italian Black Saint label.-Reception:...	Black Saint Black Saint/Soul Note Black Saint and Soul Note are two affiliated Italian jazz independent record labels. Since their conception in the 1970s, they have released albums from a variety of influential jazz musicians, particularly in the genre of free jazz.-History:... 120029			^{9th ed.}
	Ode	Intakt CD 041			^{9th ed.}
	From the Soul From the Soul From the Soul is a 1992 jazz album by saxophonist and composer Joe Lovano, generally regarded as being his masterpiece so far. It was recorded with a studio band rather than Lovano's working group; it is notable for his only encounter with Michel Petrucciani , and for being one of Ed Blackwell's...	Blue Note 798363			^{9th ed.}
	At the Black Hawk	Original Jazz Classics OJC 656, 657, 658, 659, 660			^{9th ed.}
	Vertigo	MaxJazz			^{9th ed.}
		Polydor Polydor Records Polydor is a record label owned by Universal Music Group, headquartered in the United Kingdom.-Beginnings:Polydor was originally an independent branch of the Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft. Its name was first used as an export label in 1924, the British and German branches of the Gramophone... 841598			^{9th ed.}
	Mingus Ah Um Mingus Ah Um Mingus Ah Um is a jazz album by Charles Mingus, recorded and released on Columbia Records in 1959. It was his first album recorded for Columbia. The cover features a painting by S...	Columbia CK 65512			^{9th ed.}
		Impulse! 051174-2			^{9th ed.}
	Dedicated to Connie	Atlantic 82763			2 CDs.^{3rd ed.}
		Blue Note 830363	–1958		4 CDs. Also "Core Collection."^{9th ed.}
	With John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall At Carnegie Hall is a much acclaimed live album by The Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane.It was recorded on 29 November 1957 at "Thanksgiving Jazz", a benefit concert produced by Kenneth Lee Karpe for the Morningside Community Center in Harlem. Other acts playing included: Billie Holiday,...	Blue Note 35153			^{9th ed.}
		Riverside Riverside Records Riverside Records was a United States record label specializing in jazz. Founded by Orrin Keepnews and Bill Grauer under his firm Bill Grauer Productions, Inc. in 1953, the label was a major presence in the jazz record industry for a decade... 022	–1962		15 CDs.^{9th ed.}
		Blue Note 95332			Also "Core Collection."^{9th ed.}
	Papa Celestin & Sam Morgan	Azure AZ-CD-12	April – October 1927		^{9th ed.}
	Jelly Roll Morton Volumes 1-5	JSP JAZZBOX 903	– October 1930		5 CDs.^{9th ed.}
	New Orleans Rhythm Kings 1922-1925 The Complete Set	Retrieval RTR 79031	– January 1935		2 CDs.^{9th ed.}
	King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band - The Complete Set	Retrieval RTR 79007	– December 1924		2 CDs. Also "Core Collection."^{9th ed.}
		Columbia 494438 2			^{9th ed.}
		Savoy Savoy Records Savoy Records is an American record label specializing in jazz, R&B and gospel. Starting in the mid 1940s, Savoy played an important part in popularizing bebop.Savoy Records is an American record label specializing in jazz, R&B and gospel. Starting in the mid 1940s, Savoy played an important part... 92911-2	– December 1948		8 CDs.^{9th ed.}
		PSI PSI Records PSI Records is an independent record label based in Nottingham, United Kingdom and Los Angeles, United States formed in 2002 by Pitchshifter frontman JS Clayden and his brother Mark Clayden.-History:... 02.09			Also "Core Collection."^{9th ed.}
	50th Birthday Concert	Leo CD LR 212/213			2 CDs.^{9th ed.}
		Columbia 494434-2	March – April 1970		^{9th ed.}
	We Insist! – Freedom Now Suite	Candid CCD 79002	September & October 1960		Also "Core Collection."^{9th ed.}
	Saxophone Colossus Saxophone Colossus Saxophone Colossus is one of Sonny Rollins' most acclaimed albums. Recorded and released in 1956, it has been awarded a rare Crown by The Penguin Guide to Jazz, and is widely considered the masterpiece of his mid-1950s series of recordings for Prestige Records and one of the greatest albums ever...	Original Jazz Classics OJCCD 291			Also "Core Collection."^{9th ed.}
		Blue Note 99795			2 CDs. Also "Core Collection."^{9th ed.}
	Electric Ascension	Atavistic Atavistic Records Atavistic Records is an American rock and jazz record label based in Chicago, Illinois, known particularly for its No Wave and free jazz recordings. It has released albums by Glenn Branca, Nels Cline, Lydia Lunch, Peter Brötzmann, various Ken Vandermark projects, Pinetop Seven, Swans, Elliott... ALP 159			^{9th ed.}
	Pakistani Pomade	Atavistic 240			^{9th ed.}
	Monk's Casino	Intakt CD 100	, February 2004		3 CDs.^{9th ed.}
	New Orleans Wiggle	GHB Jazzology Records Jazzology Records is a United States based record label specializing in traditional jazz.Jazzology was founded in 1949 by George H. Buck, who still runs it, now under the auspices of the George H. Buck, Jr. Foundation, dedicated to the preservation great jazz recordings... BCD-347			^{9th ed.}
	Muggsy Spanier 1931 and 1939	Jazz Classics in Digital Stereo RPCD 609	– December 1939		^{3rd ed.}
	Leosia Leosia (album) Leosia is an album by Polish jazz trumpeter and composer Tomasz Stańko recorded in 1996 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 3½ stars stating "As ECM recordings go, Leosia is one of the label's, and certainly trumpeter Tomasz Stanko's,...	ECM 531693-2			Also "Core Collection."^{9th ed.}
	Jazz in Silhouette Jazz in Silhouette Jazz in Silhouette is a jazz album by Sun Ra and His Arkestra. Recorded on March 6, 1959 and released May of the same year. The album was recorded in Chicago during a session that also included the whole of Sound Sun Pleasure!! and Interstellar Low Ways from the album of the same name...	Evidence ECD 22012			Also "Core Collection."^{9th ed.}
	Tales of the Algonquin	Deram Deram Records Deram Records was a subsidiary record label established in 1966 by Decca Records in the United Kingdom. At this time U.K. Decca was a completely different company than the Decca label in the United States, which was then owned by MCA Inc. Deram recordings were also distributed in the U.S. through... 844 883-2			^{9th ed.}
		hatOLOGY Hathut Records Hathut Records is a Swiss record label specialising in jazz and contemporary classical music.Founded in 1975 by Werner X. Uehlinger to document the work of saxophonist / trumpeter Joe McPhee... 2-2053			2 CDs.^{9th ed.}
		Pablo Pablo Records Pablo Records was a record label founded by Norman Granz in 1972, some ten years after he had sold his jazz labels to MGM Records.... 4404	– January 1955		7 CDs.^{9th ed.}
	Nefertiti, the Beautiful One Has Come	Revenant Revenant Records Revenant Records is a record label based in Austin, Texas, which concentrates on folk and blues. Revenant was formed in 1996 by John Fahey and Dean Blackwood... 202			2 CDs.^{9th ed.}
	2gether	Nagel Heyer 2011			Also "Core Collection."^{9th ed.}
	Kid Thomas-George Lewis Ragtime Stompers	GHB BCD-5			Also "Core Collection."^{9th ed.}
	Sarah Vaughan Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown, also known as Sarah Vaughan, is a 1954 jazz album featuring Grammy Award winning singer Sarah Vaughan and influential trumpeter Clifford Brown, released on the EmArcy label. It was the only collaboration between the pair, and though originally eponymous was...	Verve 543305-2			Also "Core Collection."^{9th ed.}
	Lumi Lumi (album) Lumi is an album by Finnish avant-garde jazz composer, bandleader and drummer Edward Vesala recorded in 1986 and released on the ECM label in 1987.-Reception:Critical reception to the album has been divided....	ECM 831517-2			Also "Core Collection."^{9th ed.}
		hat ART Hathut Records Hathut Records is a Swiss record label specialising in jazz and contemporary classical music.Founded in 1975 by Werner X. Uehlinger to document the work of saxophonist / trumpeter Joe McPhee... 6024	, March 1984		^{3rd ed.}
	Love Remains Love Remains Love Remains is the 2010 debut album from How to Dress Well. Pitchfork Media placed it at number 19 on its list "The Top 50 Albums of 2010"....	Red Red Records Red Records is an Italian jazz record label established in 1976.Artists who have recorded for the label include Joe Henderson, Bobby Watson, Billy Higgins, Roberto Gatto, Franco d'Andrea, Dave Liebman, Cedar Walton, Edward Simon, Stafford James, Ray Mantilla, Jim Snidero, Black Note, Julius... RRCD 123212			^{9th ed.}
	Unity	Blue Note 56416-2			Also "Core Collection."^{9th ed.}
		Tzadik TZ 7328	September 1984–2000		Also "Core Collection."^{9th ed.}

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List of all Four-Star albums, Crown albums, Core albums and Top 1001 albums (1st – 10th editions; not affiliated with the publisher nor authors)
Penguin Guide to Jazz: Crown Albums List (1st - 8th editions; not affiliated with the publisher or authors)

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