Top 10 Albums of 1961

1 Sunday at the Village Vanguard - Bill Evans

2 Free Jazz - Ornette Coleman

3 The Blues and the Abstract Truth - Oliver Nelson

4 Two Steps from the Blues - Bobby Bland

5 My Favorite Things - John Coltrane

6 Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane - Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane

7 Out of the Cool - Gil Evans

8 Judy at Carnegie Hall - Judy Garland

9 The Shadows - The Shadows

10 We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite - Max Roach