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Top Jazz albums of 1952

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Updated: 30 April
Average Ratings Reviews
Billie Holiday - Billie Holiday Sings, Cover art
Billie Holiday Sings
Billie Holiday
3.69 274 274 4 4
1952 Album
Vocal Jazz Standards
mellow melancholic melodic love nocturnal passionate
274 Ratings 4 Reviews 3.69 Average
Stan Kenton - City of Glass, Cover art
City of Glass
Stan Kenton
3.53 871 871 12 12
1952 Album
Progressive Big Band Experimental Big Band
Third Stream
avant-garde complex manic urban instrumental scary dissonant anxious
871 Ratings 12 Reviews 3.53 Average
Milt Jackson - Wizard of the Vibes, Cover art
Wizard of the Vibes
Milt Jackson
3.53 442 442 11 11
1952 Album
Bebop
Cool Jazz
improvisation rhythmic mellow acoustic instrumental
442 Ratings 11 Reviews 3.53 Average
Nat "King" Cole - Penthouse Serenade: Nat 'King' Cole at the Piano, Cover art
Penthouse Serenade: Nat 'King' Cole at the Piano
Nat "King" Cole
3.51 154 154 1 1
September 1952 Album
Standards Jazz
improvisation melodic instrumental soft mellow sentimental acoustic
154 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.51 Average
Louis Armstrong - Satchmo Serenades, Cover art
Satchmo Serenades
Louis Armstrong
3.43 163 163 7 7
1952 Album
Vocal Jazz Standards
romantic soft ballad love
163 Ratings 7 Reviews 3.43 Average
Bud Powell - Piano Solos, Cover art
Piano Solos
Bud Powell
3.56 125 125 2 2
March 1952 Album
Bebop Stride
energetic instrumental acoustic improvisation playful melodic technical
125 Ratings 2 Reviews 3.56 Average
Charlie Parker - South of the Border, Cover art
South of the Border
Charlie Parker
3.25 181 181 5 5
September 1952 Album
Afro-Cuban Jazz Bebop
Cool Jazz
rhythmic warm melodic summer
181 Ratings 5 Reviews 3.25 Average
The Fabulous Sidney Bechet and His Hot Six - The Fabulous Sidney Bechet, Cover art
The Fabulous Sidney Bechet
The Fabulous Sidney Bechet and His Hot Six
3.49 81 81 1 1
May 1952 Album
Dixieland
energetic
81 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.49 Average
Gerry Mulligan and Allen Eager - The New Sounds, Cover art
The New Sounds
Gerry Mulligan & Allen Eager
3.42 89 89 2 2
1952 Album
Cool Jazz Bebop
rhythmic acoustic instrumental warm uplifting
89 Ratings 2 Reviews 3.42 Average
Charlie Parker - Charlie Parker Sextet, Cover art
Charlie Parker Sextet
Charlie Parker
3.68 61 61
April 1952 Album
Bebop
Cool Jazz
playful acoustic improvisation instrumental
61 Ratings 3.68 Average
Erroll Garner - Body & Soul, Cover art
Body & Soul
Erroll Garner
3.45 56 56
1952 Album
Swing Stride
acoustic instrumental
56 Ratings 3.45 Average
The Modern Jazz Quartet - Milt Jackson Quartet, Cover art
Milt Jackson Quartet
The Modern Jazz Quartet
3.49 67 67 1 1
1952 Album
Jazz Cool Jazz
Bebop
instrumental soft calm
67 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.49 Average
Oscar Peterson - Oscar Peterson Plays Pretty, Cover art
Oscar Peterson Plays Pretty
Oscar Peterson
3.68 39 39 1 1
1952 Album
Cool Jazz Stride
39 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.68 Average
Various Artists - Jam Session #1, Cover art
Jam Session #1
3.53 40 40
1952 Album
Bebop
Cool Jazz
instrumental
40 Ratings 3.53 Average
Sonny Rollins - Sonny Rollins Quartet, Cover art
Sonny Rollins Quartet
Sonny Rollins
3.31 48 48 1 1
1952 Album
Cool Jazz
acoustic instrumental
48 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.31 Average
Sidney Bechet - Ambiance Bechet, Cover art
Ambiance Bechet
Sidney Bechet
3.83 30 30
1952 Album
Dixieland
acoustic rhythmic
30 Ratings 3.83 Average
Anita O'Day - The Lady Is a Tramp, Cover art
The Lady Is a Tramp
Anita O'Day
3.18 52 52 1 1
1952 Album
Vocal Jazz Standards
romantic
52 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.18 Average
Erroll Garner - Overture to Dawn, Vol. 1, Cover art
Overture to Dawn, Vol. 1
Erroll Garner
3.61 31 31 1 1
1952 Album
Stride
instrumental
31 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.61 Average
Art Pepper - Art Pepper, Cover art
Art Pepper
Art Pepper
3.66 29 29
1952 Album
Bebop
instrumental
29 Ratings 3.66 Average
Lee Wiley - Sings Irving Berlin, Cover art
Sings Irving Berlin
Lee Wiley
3.22 30 30
1952 Album
Standards Vocal Jazz Tin Pan Alley
30 Ratings 3.22 Average
Bechet - Luter - On Parade, Cover art
On Parade
Sidney Bechet / Claude Luter
3.90 16 16
1952 Album
Jazz Dixieland
16 Ratings 3.90 Average
Jeri Southern - You Better Go Now!, Cover art
You Better Go Now!
Jeri Southern
3.23 28 28
1952 Album
Vocal Jazz Standards
love sentimental
28 Ratings 3.23 Average
Howard McGhee's All Stars - Howard McGhee, Cover art
Howard McGhee
Howard McGhee's All Stars
3.45 22 22 1 1
1952 Album
Bebop
instrumental rhythmic acoustic
22 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.45 Average
Ralph Burns - Free Forms, Cover art
Free Forms
Ralph Burns
3.26 25 25 1 1
1952 Album
Progressive Big Band
Cool Jazz Easy Listening
instrumental mellow acoustic
25 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.26 Average
Johnny Hodges - Collates, Cover art
Collates
Johnny Hodges
3.54 20 20
1952 Album
Swing
Bebop
playful instrumental rhythmic
20 Ratings 3.54 Average
Johnny Hodges - Collates No. 2, Cover art
Collates No. 2
Johnny Hodges
3.58 17 17
1952 Album
Swing Bebop
playful instrumental rhythmic
17 Ratings 3.58 Average
George Wallington - The George Wallington Trio, Cover art
The George Wallington Trio
George Wallington
3.48 19 19 2 2
1952 Album
Cool Jazz Bebop
Stride
improvisation instrumental
19 Ratings 2 Reviews 3.48 Average
Anita O'Day - Collates, Cover art
Collates
Anita O'Day
3.46 18 18
1952 Album
Vocal Jazz
Standards
18 Ratings 3.46 Average
Les Paul - Galloping Guitars, Cover art
Galloping Guitars
Les Paul
3.49 21 21
1952 Album
Jazz
Boogie Woogie Swing
melodic playful instrumental technical
21 Ratings 3.49 Average
James Moody - James Moody and His Modernists with Chano Pozo, Cover art
James Moody and His Modernists with Chano Pozo
James Moody
3.58 15 15
1952 Album
Bebop Afro-Cuban Jazz
Vocal Jazz Rumba cubana
15 Ratings 3.58 Average
The Dave Brubeck Trio - Distinctive Rhythm Instrumentals, Cover art
Distinctive Rhythm Instrumentals
The Dave Brubeck Trio
3.14 25 25
1952 Album
Cool Jazz
instrumental acoustic improvisation
25 Ratings 3.14 Average
Erroll Garner - Overture to Dawn, Vol. 2, Cover art
Overture to Dawn, Vol. 2
Erroll Garner
3.19 19 19 1 1
1952 Album
Stride
instrumental
19 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.19 Average
Various Artists - Jam Session #2, Cover art
Jam Session #2
3.72 12 12
1952 Album
Bebop
acoustic energetic improvisation instrumental
12 Ratings 3.72 Average
Sidney Bechet & Mugsy Spanier - Duets, Cover art
Duets
Sidney Bechet & Mugsy Spanier
3.57 15 15
1952 Album
Dixieland Swing Jazz
instrumental sentimental
15 Ratings 3.57 Average
Jimmy Forrest - Night Train, Cover art
Night Train
Jimmy Forrest
3.25 17 17 1 1
1952 Album
Soul Jazz
Vocal Group
sensual nocturnal
17 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.25 Average
Art Hodes - Out of the Back Room, Cover art
Out of the Back Room
Art Hodes
3.30 15 15
1952 Album
Dixieland New Orleans Blues
acoustic lo-fi
15 Ratings 3.30 Average
King of the Clarinet
Buddy DeFranco
3.50 10 10 1 1
1952 Album
Bebop
playful lo-fi improvisation instrumental
10 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.50 Average
Harry James and His Orchestra - Soft Lights, Sweet Trumpet, Cover art
Soft Lights, Sweet Trumpet
Harry James and His Orchestra
3.53 10 10 1 1
1952 Album
Big Band
Cool Jazz Swing
instrumental
10 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.53 Average
Lee Wiley - Sings Vincent Youmans, Cover art
Sings Vincent Youmans
Lee Wiley
3.10 17 17
1952 Album
Vocal Jazz
17 Ratings 3.10 Average
Dinah Washington - Blazing Ballads, Cover art
Blazing Ballads
Dinah Washington
3.25 14 14
1952 Album
Vocal Jazz
14 Ratings 3.25 Average
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  • The Stan Getz Quintette - Jazz at Storyville, Cover art
    Jazz at Storyville
    1952 Album
    36 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.84 Average
    3.84 36 36 1 1
  • Wardell Gray & Dexter Gordon - The Chase and the Steeplechase, Cover art
    The Chase and the Steeplechase
    1952 Album
    23 Ratings 1 Reviews 3.48 Average
    3.48 23 23 1 1
  • Sidney Bechet & Claude Luter - Deux heures du matin au Vieux-Colombier Bechet-Luter vol.5, Cover art
    Deux heures du matin au Vieux-Colombier Bechet-Luter vol.5
    1952 Album
    2 Ratings 4.50 Average
    4.50 2 2
  • The Dave Brubeck Quartet - The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Cover art
    The Dave Brubeck Quartet
    1952 Album
    4 Ratings 3.02 Average
    3.02 4 4
  • Sidney Bechet & Claude Luter - Pleyel Jazz Concert 31 Janvier 1952, Vol.2, Cover art
    Pleyel Jazz Concert 31 Janvier 1952, Vol.2
    1952 Album
    1 Ratings 2.50 Average
    2.50 1 1
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