Best 100 Jazz Albums of the Reader's Choice (読者が選ぶジャズ名盤ベスト100) by Swing Journal (スインズジャーナル)

The Swing Journal is a Japanese Jazz Magazine, it was first published in 1947, and was suspended in 2010 until now.

On the January 2001 issue, it published a list of best 100 jazz albums, based on the votes by their readers who actually purchased the records and CDs.

1. Bill Evans Trio - Waltz For Debby

2. Miles Davis - Kind of Blue

3. Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus

4. Art Pepper - Art Pepper Meets The Rhythm Section

5. Art Blakey Quintet - A Night At Birdland

6. Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else

7. Bill Evans Trio - Portrait In Jazz

8. John Coltrane Quartet - Ballads

9. Sonny Clark - Cool Struttin'

10. Chick Corea - Return To Forever

11. John Coltrane - Blue Train

12. Cliffor Brown / Max Roach - Study In Brown

13. Miles Davis Quintet - Cookin'

14. Eric Dolphy - Eric Dolphy At The Five Spot - Vol. 1

15. Wes Montgomery - Full House

16. Charlie Parker - The Complete Studio Recordings On Savoy Years Vol. 1

17. Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage

18. Oscar Peterson - We Get Requests

19. Sonny Rollins - A Night At The Village Vanguard

20. Sonny Rollins - Way Out West

21. Lee Morgan - Candy

22. Helen Merrill - Helen Merrill

23. Keith Jarrett - The Köln Concert

24. Clifford Brown and Max Roach - Clifford Brown and Max Roach

25. Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - At Club Saint Germain

26. John Coltrane - Giant Steps

27. Miles Davis - Bitches Brew

28. Stan Getz, João Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto

29. Thelonious Monk - Brilliant Corners

30. Weather Report - Heavy Weather

31. Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, Jack DeJohnette - Standards Live

32. Stan Getz - Stan Getz Plays

33. Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Moanin'

34. Kenny Dorham - Quiet Kenny

35. Keith Jarrett - The Melody At Night, With You

36. Herbie Hancock - Speak Like A Child

38. Jaco Pastorius - Word Of Mouth

39. Sonny Rollins - Volume Two

40. Bud Powell - The Scene Changes

41. Bill Evans Trio - Sunday At The Village Vanguard

42. Miles Davis - 'Round About Midnight

43. Hank Mobley - Soul Station

44. Gerry Mulligan Quartet - Gerry Mulligan Quartet

45. John Coltrane Quartet - Live At The Village Vanguard

46. John Coltrane - A Love Supreme

47. Lester Young and Teddy Wilson Quartet - Pres & Teddy

48. Abdullah Ibrahim - African Piano

49. John Coltrane - My Favorite Things

50. Charlie Parker Quartet - Now's The Time

51. Mal Waldron - Left Alone

52. Bill Evans Trio - Explorations

53. Keith Jarrett Trio - Whisper Not

54. Ornette Coleman Trio - At The Golden Circle

55. Keith Jarrett Trio - Standards, Vol.1

56. Jim Hall - Concierto

57. Miles Davis Quintet - Relaxin' With The Miles Davis Quintet

58. Benny Goodman - Live At Carnegie Hall

59. The Cannonball Adderley Quintet - The Cannonball Adderley Quintet In San Francisco

60. Shelly Manne - My Fair Lady

61. Grover Washington Jr. - Winelight

62. Deodato - Prelude

63. Dexter Gordon - Go!

64. Sonny Rollins Quartet - Tenor Madness

65. Miles Davis - Milestones

66. Stan Getz - Stan Getz Quartets

67. Miles Davis - Bags Groove

68. Art Pepper - Modern Art

69. Sarah Vaughan - Crazy And Mixed Up

70. Duke Ellington - Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band

71. Charles Mingus - Pithecanthropus Erectus

72. Barney Kessel with Shelly Manne and Ray Brown - The Poll Winners

73. Paul Chambers - Bass On Top

74. Miles Davis - "Four" & More

75. Max Roach - We Insist!

76. Bud Powell Trio - The Roost Sessions

77. Art Pepper - The Return Of Art Pepper

79. Oscar Peterson Trio - Girl Talk

80. Chet Baker - Chet Baker Sings

81. Dexter Gordon - Our Man In Paris

82. John Coltrane - Soultrane

83. Curtis Fuller Quintet - Blues-ette

84. Clifford Brown - Clifford Brown With Strings

85. Mal Waldron - All Alone

86. Red Garland Trio - Groovy

87. Bill Evans - At The Montreux Jazz Festival

88. Miles Davis - The Complete Live At The Plugged Nickel

89. Junior Mance - Junior

90. Johnny Griffin Quartet - The Kerry Dancers

91. Miles Davis - Agharta

92. Donald Byrd - Fuego

93. Bill Evans, Jim Hall - Undercurrent

94. Sonny Clark Trio - Sonny Clark Trio

95. Hank Mobley - Dippin'

96. Gerry Mulligan - Night Lights

97. Bill Evans - Alone

98. Jackie McLean - 4, 5 And 6

99. Pat Metheny Trio - Trio 99→00

100. The Cannonball Adderley Quintet - Cannonball Adderley Quintet in Chicago