《Down Beat》五星唱片（'50s–'80s）

一直在整理老牌爵士樂雜誌《Down Beat》一九五零至八零年代唱片評論欄裏的五星唱片。由於其中大部分已經可以在音樂流播網站聽到，發出來大概還是有點意義。

當年的評星制水分很少，看有多少一星和兩星便知，因此五星也更值得信賴。其中固然有不少歷史名作，但也有許多今日幾乎不被任何人提起的出品。

附上 Apple Music 和 Discogs 鏈接（若有）。部分專輯中的曲目日後被重新組合發行，流播服務上的版本在標題、封面、曲數、和曲順上都未必和初版唱片完全一樣。方括號裏的日期是唱片出現在《Down Beat》的期數，並非錄音或出版日期。本文會不斷修補更新。

1950s

  • Buddy DeFranco & Oscar Peterson – Play George Gershwin [1955.4.20] (Apple Music) (Discogs)
  • Stan Getz – At The Shrine [1955.4.20] (Apple Music) (Discogs)
  • Mary Lou Williams – A Keyboard History [1955.4.20] (Discogs)
  • Shelly Manne & Russ Freeman – Shelly Manne & Russ Freeman [1955.4.20] (Discogs)
  • Milt Hinton – East Coast Jazz Series 5 [1955.4.20] (Apple Music) (Discogs)
  • Jackie and Roy – Storyville Presents Jackie And Roy [1956.1.25] (Apple Music) (Discogs)
  • Duke Ellington & Jimmy Blanton – Duo [1956.1.25] (Apple Music, disc 2 track 16–19) (Discogs)
  • Oscar Moore / Barney Kessel / Tal Farlow – Swing Guitars [1956.1.25] (Discogs) (未 CD 化)
  • Jo Jones – The Jo Jones Special [1956.1.25] (Discogs)
  • The Modern Jazz Quartet – Concorde [1956.2.8] (Apple Music) (Discogs)
  • Barney Kessel – Vol. 3, To Swing Or Not To Swing [1956.2.8] (Apple Music) (Discogs)
  • Jimmy Rushing – Listen To The Blues With Jimmy Rushing [1956.2.8] (Discogs) (未 CD 化)
  • Joe Sullivan – New Solos By An Old Master [1956.2.8] (Discogs) (未 CD 化)
  • Art Tatum, Roy Eldridge, Alvin Stoller, John Simmons – The Art Tatum–Roy Eldridge–Alvin Stoller–John Simmons Quartet [1956.2.8] (Apple Music) (Discogs)
  • Roy Eldridge - Little Jazz (Clef MG C-683) [1956.4.18] (Discogs)
  • Lennie Tristano - Lennie Tristano [1956.4.18] (Apple Music) (Discogs)
  • Bud Powell - The Amazing Bud Powell vol. 1 [1956.4.18] (Apple Music) (Discogs)
  • Anita O'Day - Anita [1956.4.18] (Apple Music) (Discogs)
  • The Jimmy Giuffre 3 – The Jimmy Giuffre 3 [1957.7.11] (Apple Music) (Discogs)
  • Marilyn Moore – Moody Marilyn Moore [1957.7.11] (Apple Music) (Discogs)
  • The Oscar Peterson Trio – At The Stratford Shakespearean Festival [1957.7.25] (Apple Music) (Discogs)
  • Anita O'Day – Anita Sings for Oscar (又名 Anita Sings the Most) [1957.8.8] (Apple Music) (Discogs)
  • George Russell - The Jazz Workshop [1957.8.8] (Apple Music) (Discogs)
  • The Art Tatum Trio – Presenting... The Art Tatum Trio [1957.8.8] (Apple Music) (Discogs)
  • Mose Allison - Back Country Suite [1957.9.5] (Apple Music) (Discogs)
  • Seldon Powell - Seldon Powell Sextet [1957.9.5] (Discogs)
  • Sonny Rollins - Way Out West [1957.9.5] (Apple Music) (Discogs)
  • Miles Davis - Cookin' With The Miles Davis Quintet [1957.9.19] (Apple Music) (Discogs)
  • Stuff Smith - Stuff Smith [1957.10.3] (Discogs)
  • Louis Armstrong - Satchmo: A Musical Autobiography [1957.10.3] (Apple Music) (Discogs)
  • Jonathan Edwards - The Piano Artistry of Jonathan Edwards
    • [1957.10.17。樂評人 Leonard Feather 在本期給了這張唱片四十八顆星，並說「我們內心還給它加上了十三根橫條，因爲只有在美國才能做出這樣的唱片」（按：彼時美國國旗上只有四十八顆星——阿拉斯加和夏威夷一九五九年才併入美國）] (Discogs) (未 CD 化)
  • Duke Ellington: Such Sweet Thunder [1957.10.17] (Apple Music) (Discogs)
  • Milt Jackson - Plenty, Plenty Soul [1957.10.31] (Apple Music) (Discogs)
  • Manny Albam - The Jazz Greats of Our Time, Vol. 1 [1957.11.28] (Discogs)
  • Count Basie - Basie in London [1957.12.12] (Apple Music) (Discogs)
  • Miles Davis - Miles Ahead [1957.12.12] (Apple Music) (Discogs)
  • Horace Silver - The Stylings of Silver [1957.12.12] (Apple Music) (Discogs)
  • Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Himself [1957.12.12] (Apple Music) (Discogs)
  • Gerry Mulligan - Gerry Mulligan Quartet [1957.12.26] (Apple Music) (Discogs)
  • Thelonious Monk - Monk's Music [1957.12.26] (Apple Music) (Discogs)

1960s

1970s

  • Albert Dailey – The Day After The Dawn [1972.10.26] (Apple Music) (Discogs) (未 CD 化)
  • Carmen McRae – The Great American Songbook [1972.10.26] (Apple Music) (Discogs)
  • Norman Connors – Love From The Sun [1974.1.18] (Apple Music) (Discogs) (未 CD 化)
  • Paul Desmond – Skylark [1974.1.18] (Apple Music) (Discogs)
  • Al Cohn & Zoot Sims – Body and Soul [1974.1.18] (Discogs)
  • Clive Stevens & Friends – Atmospheres [1974.1.18] (Discogs)

1980s