For the listener who still reaches for a physical disc when the music matters, this page collects 581 jazz CDs spanning classic catalog, contemporary voices, live sets, and box sets worth owning in full.
The titles here cover a lot of ground. John Coltrane's Giant Steps on Atlantic and Herbie Hancock's remastered Headhunters on Sony Music anchor the catalog end. Charles Mingus's Cumbia and Jazz Fusion on Rhino brings something stranger and harder to categorize. Miles Davis appears twice: the single-disc Very Best of Miles Davis digipak on Rhino and the eight-disc box set Complete Plugged Nickel Live 1965 on Sony Legacy, a live document that rewards the kind of attention a box set demands. Samara Joy's Portrait on Verve is available here as a signed CD. Jon Batiste's Monk Movements on Verve and Emmet Cohen's Universal Truth on Mack Avenue represent the current generation working inside the tradition. Big Band of Brothers brings Jazz Celebration of the Allman Brothers Band on New West Records, which should appeal to anyone who found their way to jazz from the jam world. The Stephane Grappelli and David Grisman Live CD on Wounded Bird Records and Chick Corea's Forever Yours: The Farewell Concert on Candid round out the live side of the collection. Blue Note is well represented with Blue Note Plays Stevie Wonder, Blue Note Plays Burt Bacharach, and Chris Botti's Vol. 1.
Why buy from Relix
Relix has covered jazz, the Grateful Dead, Phish, and the wider jam and roots world since 1974. The store reflects that same range: we carry titles because they belong in a serious collection, not because an algorithm surfaced them. The Relix Sessions series extends that commitment to vinyl, offering live recordings produced by Relix and pressed to vinyl on the Relix Vinyl label. When we stock a jazz CD, it is because someone here actually cares about it.
Every CD in this collection is new and sealed. Pre-order titles display a street date and ship when the label releases them. CDs ship in protective packaging.
If jazz on disc is your format, the full CDs section covers rock, folk, and roots alongside jazz. Listeners who also collect vinyl can browse Jazz Vinyl Records or the broader Vinyl LPs collection. For Blue Note specifically, the Blue Note Records page pulls together vinyl, CDs, and reissues from that label in one place.