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Top Vocal Jazz albums of all time

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Updated: 14 May
Average Ratings Reviews
Nina Simone - Pastel Blues, Cover art
Pastel Blues
Nina Simone
4.02 9k 9,329 71 71
October 1965 Album
Vocal Jazz Soul Rhythm & Blues
Blues Piano Blues
passionate melancholic spiritual melodic conscious longing sombre love
9k Ratings 71 Reviews 4.02 Average
Nina Simone - Wild Is the Wind, Cover art
Wild Is the Wind
Nina Simone
3.98 5k 5,259 49 49
June 1966 Album
Vocal Jazz Soul
Soul Jazz
sentimental love melancholic passionate romantic longing conscious melodic
5k Ratings 49 Reviews 3.98 Average
Natalia Lafourcade - De todas las flores, Cover art
De todas las flores
Natalia Lafourcade
3.95 8k 8,200 62 62
28 October 2022 Album
Singer-Songwriter Chamber Folk Vocal Jazz
Bolero Mexican Folk Music Chamber Jazz Samba-jazz Vocal Jazz
lush poetic soothing love acoustic philosophical death melancholic
8k Ratings 62 Reviews 3.95 Average
Nina Simone - Little Girl Blue, Cover art
Little Girl Blue
Nina Simone
3.87 4k 3,945 50 50
February 1959 Album
Vocal Jazz
Soul Jazz Cool Jazz Standards
melancholic romantic sentimental passionate melodic acoustic soft bittersweet
4k Ratings 50 Reviews 3.87 Average
Chet Baker - Chet Baker Sings, Cover art
Chet Baker Sings
Chet Baker
3.83 7k 6,880 47 47
April 1954 Album
Vocal Jazz Standards Cool Jazz
love romantic lonely mellow melancholic soft bittersweet breakup
7k Ratings 47 Reviews 3.83 Average
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Song Book, Cover art
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Song Book
Ella Fitzgerald
3.86 580 580 9 9
1958 Album
Vocal Jazz Big Band Standards
Swing Tin Pan Alley
playful lush romantic love orchestral soothing
580 Ratings 9 Reviews 3.86 Average
Nina Simone - I Put a Spell on You, Cover art
I Put a Spell on You
Nina Simone
3.82 4k 3,849 29 29
March 1965 Album
Vocal Jazz Soul
Soul Jazz Traditional Pop
sentimental passionate playful love lush sensual sombre rhythmic
4k Ratings 29 Reviews 3.82 Average
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book, Cover art
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book
Ella Fitzgerald
3.82 2k 1,974 46 46
15 May 1956 Album
Vocal Jazz Standards
Swing Tin Pan Alley
love soft romantic melodic lush lonely sentimental mellow
2k Ratings 46 Reviews 3.82 Average
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Ella and Louis, Cover art
Ella and Louis
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
3.81 3k 3,202 42 42
October 1956 Album
Vocal Jazz
Standards
soft romantic love warm soothing sentimental acoustic melodic
3k Ratings 42 Reviews 3.81 Average
Ella Fitzgerald with Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book, Vol. 1, Cover art
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book, Vol. 1
Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington
3.81 860 860 17 17
1957 Album
Vocal Jazz Big Band
Standards
warm nocturnal improvisation rhythmic bittersweet passionate acoustic urban
860 Ratings 17 Reviews 3.81 Average
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Small Change
Tom Waits
3.75 7k 7,391 118 118
21 September 1976 Album
Singer-Songwriter Piano Blues Vocal Jazz
Beat Poetry Jazz Blues Lounge
alcohol humorous bittersweet urban poetic romantic passionate nocturnal
7k Ratings 118 Reviews 3.75 Average
Frank Sinatra - Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely, Cover art
Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely
Frank Sinatra
3.77 3k 2,643 45 45
8 September 1958 Album
Standards Vocal Jazz
lonely breakup melancholic depressive nocturnal concept album atmospheric sentimental
3k Ratings 45 Reviews 3.77 Average
Billie Holiday - Lady Sings the Blues, Cover art
Lady Sings the Blues
Billie Holiday
3.78 2k 2,123 17 17
December 1956 Album
Vocal Jazz Standards
Blues
acoustic love melancholic longing passionate sentimental soft romantic
2k Ratings 17 Reviews 3.78 Average
Billie Holiday - Songs for Distingué Lovers, Cover art
Songs for Distingué Lovers
Billie Holiday
3.79 1k 1,124 16 16
1958 Album
Vocal Jazz Standards
Cool Jazz Swing
mellow nocturnal romantic lush sentimental melancholic melodic love
1k Ratings 16 Reviews 3.79 Average
Tom Waits - Alice, Cover art
Alice
Tom Waits
3.75 6k 6,072 104 104
6 May 2002 Album
Singer-Songwriter Dark Cabaret Vocal Jazz
Dark Jazz
sombre lonely dark romantic poetic nocturnal eclectic love
6k Ratings 104 Reviews 3.75 Average
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Song Book, Cover art
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Song Book
Ella Fitzgerald
3.80 295 295 4 4
1961 Album
Vocal Jazz Standards
Big Band Traditional Pop
romantic passionate
295 Ratings 4 Reviews 3.80 Average
Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan, Cover art
Sarah Vaughan
Sarah Vaughan
3.76 2k 2,340 36 36
April 1955 Album
Vocal Jazz Standards
Cool Jazz Bebop
acoustic love melancholic romantic soft mellow melodic bittersweet
2k Ratings 36 Reviews 3.76 Average
Maria Bethânia - Álibi, Cover art
Álibi
Maria Bethânia
3.78 528 528 9 9
11 December 1978 Album
MPB Vocal Jazz
Samba Bossa nova Samba-canção Baroque Pop
sentimental bittersweet romantic eclectic lush sensual philosophical lonely
528 Ratings 9 Reviews 3.78 Average
Billie Holiday - Body and Soul, Cover art
Body and Soul
Billie Holiday
3.77 682 682 3 3
1957 Album
Vocal Jazz Standards
Cool Jazz
love mellow soft sentimental sensual melodic passionate poetic
682 Ratings 3 Reviews 3.77 Average
Blossom Dearie - Blossom Dearie Sings, Cover art
Blossom Dearie Sings
Blossom Dearie
3.80 253 253 5 5
1973 Album
Vocal Jazz Jazz Pop
Lounge
warm soft playful quirky love mellow optimistic sensual
253 Ratings 5 Reviews 3.80 Average
Elis Regina - Elis, Cover art
Elis
Elis Regina
3.76 826 826 11 11
26 May 1972 Album
MPB Vocal Jazz
Samba-jazz Baroque Pop Traditional Pop Jazz Fusion
lush sensual mellow rhythmic soft longing pastoral conscious
826 Ratings 11 Reviews 3.76 Average
Nina Simone - High Priestess of Soul, Cover art
High Priestess of Soul
Nina Simone
3.76 1k 1,301 14 14
January 1967 Album
Vocal Jazz Soul
Rhythm & Blues Soul Blues Gospel
melodic love passionate romantic spiritual poetic lush melancholic
1k Ratings 14 Reviews 3.76 Average
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Ella and Louis Again, Cover art
Ella and Louis Again
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
3.76 705 705 8 8
November 1957 Album
Vocal Jazz Standards
Swing
love melodic calm passionate soft nocturnal romantic peaceful
705 Ratings 8 Reviews 3.76 Average
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers and Hart Song Book, Cover art
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers and Hart Song Book
Ella Fitzgerald
3.76 626 626 14 14
1956 Album
Vocal Jazz Standards
Traditional Pop Swing
calm romantic soft
626 Ratings 14 Reviews 3.76 Average
John Larkin - John Larkin, Cover art
John Larkin
John Larkin
3.76 644 644 8 8
1986 Album
Vocal Jazz Avant-Garde Jazz
Post-Bop Free Jazz
energetic complex avant-garde improvisation quirky manic passionate technical
644 Ratings 8 Reviews 3.76 Average
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings Songs From "Let No Man Write My Epitaph", Cover art
Ella Fitzgerald Sings Songs From "Let No Man Write My Epitaph"
Ella Fitzgerald
3.78 204 204 5 5
1960 Album
Vocal Jazz Standards Film Soundtrack
acoustic sparse nocturnal soft melodic love sensual soothing
204 Ratings 5 Reviews 3.78 Average
Frank Sinatra - No One Cares, Cover art
No One Cares
Frank Sinatra
3.74 999 999 16 16
20 July 1959 Album
Standards Vocal Jazz
lonely melancholic depressive introspective suicide sad breakup alcohol
999 Ratings 16 Reviews 3.74 Average
Billie Holiday - All or Nothing at All, Cover art
All or Nothing at All
Billie Holiday
3.76 328 328 2 2
October 1959 Album
Vocal Jazz
Standards
longing melancholic romantic breakup melodic love bittersweet passionate
328 Ratings 2 Reviews 3.76 Average
Maria Bethânia Viana Telles Veloso - A tua presença..., Cover art
A tua presença...
Maria Bethânia Viana Telles Veloso
3.78 173 173 2 2
1971 Album
MPB Vocal Jazz
Bossa nova Baroque Pop Traditional Pop
bittersweet melancholic poetic romantic rhythmic sentimental nocturnal sad
173 Ratings 2 Reviews 3.78 Average
Ella Fitzgerald - Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!, Cover art
Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!
Ella Fitzgerald
3.76 250 250 6 6
November 1961 Album
Vocal Jazz Standards
Bebop Swing
250 Ratings 6 Reviews 3.76 Average
Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington - Together for the First Time, Cover art
Together for the First Time
Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington
3.76 231 231 6 6
1961 Album
Vocal Jazz Swing
Dixieland
happy
231 Ratings 6 Reviews 3.76 Average
Patty Waters - Patty Waters Sings, Cover art
Patty Waters Sings
Patty Waters
3.70 3k 2,826 45 45
February 1966 Album
Vocal Jazz Avant-Garde Jazz
Free Jazz Free Improvisation
nocturnal lonely ominous sparse disturbing dark sombre depressive
3k Ratings 45 Reviews 3.70 Average
Helen Merrill - Helen Merrill, Cover art
Helen Merrill
Helen Merrill
3.72 1k 1,180 17 17
1955 Album
Vocal Jazz Standards
Cool Jazz
nocturnal calm soothing soft longing melancholic romantic love
1k Ratings 17 Reviews 3.72 Average
Archie Shepp - Blasé, Cover art
Blasé
Archie Shepp
3.71 641 641 5 5
1969 Album
Avant-Garde Jazz Vocal Jazz
Free Jazz Blues Jazz Poetry Spiritual Jazz
improvisation mellow nocturnal acoustic melodic playful avant-garde passionate
641 Ratings 5 Reviews 3.71 Average
Billie Holiday - Billie Holiday, Cover art
Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday
3.71 1k 1,013 5 5
June 1947 Album
Vocal Jazz Standards Traditional Pop
Blues Swing
sentimental melancholic love romantic melodic bittersweet longing lonely
1k Ratings 5 Reviews 3.71 Average
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Porgy & Bess, Cover art
Porgy & Bess
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
3.71 768 768 8 8
April 1959 Album
Vocal Jazz
Big Band
melodic passionate love sentimental calm bittersweet romantic poetic
768 Ratings 8 Reviews 3.71 Average
John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman - John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman, Cover art
John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman
John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman
3.69 3k 3,102 54 54
July 1963 Album
Vocal Jazz
Standards
love romantic nocturnal melodic sentimental acoustic calm soothing
3k Ratings 54 Reviews 3.69 Average
Billie Holiday & Ray Ellis and His Orchestra - Lady in Satin, Cover art
Lady in Satin
Billie Holiday & Ray Ellis
3.67 3k 3,402 71 71
June 1958 Album
Vocal Jazz
melancholic sentimental sad lonely love orchestral lush melodic
3k Ratings 71 Reviews 3.67 Average
Louis Armstrong - Louis Armstrong Plays W. C. Handy, Cover art
Louis Armstrong Plays W. C. Handy
Louis Armstrong
3.69 2k 1,515 30 30
November 1954 Album
Vocal Jazz Dixieland
Blues
acoustic playful humorous improvisation rhythmic happy technical uplifting
2k Ratings 30 Reviews 3.69 Average
Julie London - Julie Is Her Name, Cover art
Julie Is Her Name
Julie London
3.69 2k 1,931 29 29
December 1955 Album
Vocal Jazz Standards
soft melancholic nocturnal sensual minimalistic love lonely sparse
2k Ratings 29 Reviews 3.69 Average
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  • Chet Baker - Sings and Plays From the Film "Let's Get Lost", Cover art
    Sings and Plays From the Film "Let's Get Lost"
    1989 Album
    174 Ratings 5 Reviews 3.76 Average
    3.76 174 174 5 5
  • Harry Connick Jr. - When Harry Met Sally..., Cover art
    When Harry Met Sally...
    1989 Album
    174 Ratings 2 Reviews 3.55 Average
    3.55 174 174 2 2
  • Tom Waits and Crystal Gayle - One From the Heart, Cover art
    One From the Heart
    1982 Album
    1k Ratings 34 Reviews 3.19 Average
    3.19 1k 1,405 34 34
  • Various Artists - The Sound of Jazz, Cover art
    The Sound of Jazz
    1958 Album
    49 Ratings 2 Reviews 3.72 Average
    3.72 49 49 2 2
  • Diana Ross - Lady Sings the Blues, Cover art
    Lady Sings the Blues
    1972 Album
    119 Ratings 7 Reviews 2.98 Average
    2.98 119 119 7 7
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  • Nina Simone - Nina Simone in Concert, Cover art
    Nina Simone in Concert
    1964 Album
    1k Ratings 15 Reviews 3.99 Average
    3.99 1k 1,142 15 15
  • Ella Fitzgerald - Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife, Cover art
    Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife
    1960 Album
    665 Ratings 26 Reviews 3.93 Average
    3.93 665 665 26 26
  • Sinatra With Count Basie & The Orchestra & Quincy Jones - Sinatra at the Sands, Cover art
    Sinatra at the Sands
    1966 Album
    710 Ratings 25 Reviews 3.91 Average
    3.91 710 710 25 25
  • Nina Simone - Live at Montreux 1976, Cover art
    Live at Montreux 1976
    2011 Album
    132 Ratings 4 Reviews 4.25 Average
    4.25 132 132 4 4
  • Nina Simone - Nina Simone at Town Hall, Cover art
    Nina Simone at Town Hall
    1959 Album
    598 Ratings 10 Reviews 3.92 Average
    3.92 598 598 10 10
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  • Chet Baker - Embraceable You: Chet Baker Sings and Plays, Cover art
    Embraceable You: Chet Baker Sings and Plays
    1995 Album
    152 Ratings 5 Reviews 3.90 Average
    3.90 152 152 5 5
  • Marvin Gaye - Vulnerable, Cover art
    Vulnerable
    1997 Album
    214 Ratings 7 Reviews 3.45 Average
    3.45 214 214 7 7
  • Nina Simone - You've Got to Learn, Cover art
    You've Got to Learn
    2023 Album
    113 Ratings 3.72 Average
    3.72 113 113
  • Frank Sinatra with the Red Norvo Quintet - Live in Australia, 1959, Cover art
    Live in Australia, 1959
    1997 Album
    66 Ratings 5 Reviews 4.01 Average
    4.01 66 66 5 5
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