This is a list of certified jazz recordings, which also represents best-selling jazz recordings.
Jazz recordings Studio albums + List of studio albums, with details and certifications Title Artist Details Certifications Blue Train John Coltrane Released: January 1958 Recorded: September 15, 1957 Label: Blue Note Format: LP US: Gold MC: Gold ITA: Platinum UK: Gold Porgy and Bess Miles Davis Released: 1959 Recorded: July 22, 1958 – August 18, 1958 Label: Columbia Format: LP UK: Silver Kind of Blue Miles Davis Released: August 17, 1959 Recorded: March 2, 1959 – April 22, 1959 Label: Columbia Format: LP, Reel Tape US: 5× Platinum AUS: 2× Platinum BEA: Gold DEN: Gold FRA: Platinum ITA: 2× Platinum NVPI: Silver ZPAV: Platinum UK: 2× Platinum Giant Steps John Coltrane Released: February 1960 Recorded: May 4, 1959 – December 2, 1959 Label: Atlantic Format: LP US: Gold Sketches of Spain Miles Davis Released: July 18, 1960 Recorded: November 15, 1959 – November 20, 1959 Label: Columbia Format: LP, Reel Tape US: Platinum UK: Gold My Favorite Things John Coltrane Released: March 1961 Recorded: October 21, 1960 – October 26, 1960 Label: Atlantic Format: LP US: Gold Getz/Gilberto Stan Getz and João Gilberto Released: March 1964 Recorded: March 18–19, 1963 Label: Verve Format: LP US: Gold MC: Gold DEN: Platinum ITA: Gold A Love Supreme John Coltrane Released: January 1965 Recorded: December 9, 1964 Label: Impulse! Format: LP US: Platinum ITA: Gold UK: Gold In a Silent Way Miles Davis Released: July 30, 1969 Recorded: February 18, 1969 Label: Columbia Format: LP UK: Gold Bitches Brew Miles Davis Released: April 1970 Recorded: August 19, 1969 – January 28, 1970 Label: Columbia Format: LP, Reel Tape, 8 Track Tape US: Platinum UK: Gold Tutu Miles Davis Released: December 1986 Recorded: January 6, 1986 – March 25, 1986 Label: Warner Bros. Format: LP, CD, CS FRA: Gold Doo-Bop Miles Davis Released: June 30, 1992 Recorded: January 19, 1991 – February 1991 Label: Warner Bros. Format: LP, CD, CS GER: Gold
Live albums + List of live albums, with details and certifications Title Artist Details Certifications Miles & Quincy Live at Montreux Miles Davis Released: 1993 Recorded: July 8, 1991 Label: Warner Bros. Format: CD, CS GER: Gold Live Around the World Miles Davis Released: May 14, 1996 Recorded: August 1988-August 1991 Label: Warner Bros. Format: LP, CD, CS GER: Gold
Compilation albums + List of compilation albums, with details and certifications Title Artist Details Certifications Birth of the Cool Miles Davis Released: 1957 Recorded: January 21, 1949 – March 9, 1950 Label: Capitol Format: LP UK: Silver Miles Davis Story Miles Davis Released: 1991 Label: Columbia Format: LP, CD, CS FRA: Gold
Crossover jazz recordings
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