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The top-rated free jazz album on Riffiter is Gemini Rights by Steve Lacy, rated 4.5/5 by 12 listeners.

982 free jazz albums ranked by community ratings and listening on Riffiter. The community has rated 13 of 982 free jazz albums, averaging 4.0/5, spanning 1955 to 2026.

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  1. Gemini Rights cover01Gemini RightsSteve Lacy · 2022★ 4.5 · 12
  2. A Love Supreme cover

    02 A Love Supreme

    John Coltrane · 1965

    ★ 4.5 · 3
  3. Apollo XXI cover

    03 Apollo XXI

    Steve Lacy · 2019

    ★ 4.3 · 3
  4. Oh yeah? cover

    04 Oh yeah?

    Steve Lacy · 2026

    ★ 3.7 · 25
  5. The Lo-Fis cover

    05 The Lo-Fis

    Steve Lacy · 2020

    ★ 4.5 · 2
  6. Karma cover

    06 Karma

    Pharoah Sanders · 1969

    ★ 3.3 · 2
  7. My Favorite Things cover

    07 My Favorite Things

    John Coltrane · 1961

    ★ 3.0 · 1
  8. Blue Train cover

    08 Blue Train

    John Coltrane · 1957

    ★ 4.5 · 1
  9. The Shape of Jazz to Come cover

    09 The Shape of Jazz to Come

    Ornette Coleman · 1959

    ★ 4.0 · 1
  10. Dark Red cover

    10 Dark Red

    Steve Lacy · 2017

    ★ 4.0 · 1
  11. Nice Shoes cover

    11 Nice Shoes

    Steve Lacy · 2025

    ★ 5.0 · 1
  12. Sleeping Beauty cover

    12 Sleeping Beauty

    Sun Ra · 2025

    ★ 4.0 · 1
  13. Giant Steps cover

    13 Giant Steps

    John Coltrane · 1959

    ★ 3.0 · 1
  14. Duke Ellington & John Coltrane cover

    14 Duke Ellington & John Coltrane

    John Coltrane · 1963

  15. Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album cover

    15 Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album

    John Coltrane · 2018

  16. Steve Lacy's Demo cover

    16 Steve Lacy's Demo

    Steve Lacy · 2017

  17. John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman cover

    17 John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman

    John Coltrane · 1963

  18. Journey in Satchidananda cover

    18 Journey in Satchidananda

    Alice Coltrane · 1971

  19. Coltrane's Sound cover

    19 Coltrane's Sound

    John Coltrane · 1964

  20. Olé Coltrane cover

    20 Olé Coltrane

    John Coltrane · 1961

  21. Bad Habit cover

    21 Bad Habit

    Steve Lacy · 2022

  22. Ptah, the El Daoud cover

    22 Ptah, the El Daoud

    Alice Coltrane · 1996

  23. Interstellar Space cover

    23 Interstellar Space

    John Coltrane · 1974

  24. Meditations cover

    24 Meditations

    John Coltrane · 1966

  25. Coltrane '58: The Prestige Recordings cover

    25 Coltrane '58: The Prestige Recordings

    John Coltrane · 2019

  26. Coltrane Plays the Blues cover

    26 Coltrane Plays the Blues

    John Coltrane · 1962

  27. Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane cover

    27 Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane

    John Coltrane · 1958

  28. C U Girl cover

    28 C U Girl

    Steve Lacy · 2015

  29. Bad Habit (Sped Up) cover

    29 Bad Habit (Sped Up)

    Steve Lacy · 2022

  30. Sun Ship cover

    30 Sun Ship

    John Coltrane · 1971

  31. Thembi cover

    31 Thembi

    Pharoah Sanders · 1971

  32. Bahia cover

    32 Bahia

    John Coltrane · 1964

  33. An Angel Fell cover

    33 An Angel Fell

    Idris Ackamoor · 2018

  34. Unit Structures cover

    34 Unit Structures

    Cecil Taylor · 1966

  35. Pharoah cover

    35 Pharoah

    Pharoah Sanders · 1976

  36. Eternity cover

    36 Eternity

    Alice Coltrane · 1976

  37. Universal Consciousness cover

    37 Universal Consciousness

    Alice Coltrane · 1971

  38. Change of the Century cover

    38 Change of the Century

    Ornette Coleman · 1960

  39. Mercury cover

    39 Mercury

    Steve Lacy · 2022

  40. Fuchsia Swing Song cover

    40 Fuchsia Swing Song

    Sam Rivers · 1965

  41. Hear & Now cover

    41 Hear & Now

    Don Cherry · 1977

  42. Africa cover

    42 Africa

    Pharoah Sanders · 1988

  43. Wisdom Through Music cover

    43 Wisdom Through Music

    Pharoah Sanders · 1972

  44. World Galaxy cover

    44 World Galaxy

    Alice Coltrane · 2006

  45. Swirling cover

    45 Swirling

    Sun Ra Arkestra · 2020

  46. Love in Us All cover

    46 Love in Us All

    Pharoah Sanders · 1974

  47. Village of the Pharoahs cover

    47 Village of the Pharoahs

    Pharoah Sanders · 1973

  48. Message From Home cover

    48 Message From Home

    Pharoah Sanders · 1996

  49. Cosmic Music cover

    49 Cosmic Music

    Alice Coltrane · 1968

  50. A Monastic Trio cover

    50 A Monastic Trio

    Alice Coltrane · 1998

  51. Huntington Ashram Monastery cover

    51 Huntington Ashram Monastery

    Alice Coltrane · 1969

  52. Lord of Lords cover

    52 Lord of Lords

    Alice Coltrane · 1972

  53. Radha-Krsna Nama Sankirtana cover

    53 Radha-Krsna Nama Sankirtana

    Alice Coltrane · 1977

  54. Far Cry cover

    54 Far Cry

    Eric Dolphy · 1962

  55. Live Without Your Love (with Steve Lacy) cover

    55 Live Without Your Love (with Steve Lacy)

    Steve Lacy · 2020

  56. Amaryllis cover

    56 Amaryllis

    Mary Halvorson · 2022

  57. Space Is the Place cover

    57 Space Is the Place

    Sun Ra · 1973

  58. Transcendence cover

    58 Transcendence

    Alice Coltrane · 2002

  59. Om cover

    59 Om

    John Coltrane · 1967

  60. Save Our Children cover

    60 Save Our Children

    Pharoah Sanders · 1999

  61. Contours cover

    61 Contours

    Sam Rivers · 1967

  62. About Ghosts cover

    62 About Ghosts

    Mary Halvorson · 2025

  63. We Be All Africans cover

    63 We Be All Africans

    Idris Ackamoor · 2016

  64. Conquistador! cover

    64 Conquistador!

    Cecil Taylor · 1967

  65. New York Is Now cover

    65 New York Is Now

    Ornette Coleman · 1968

  66. Sunshine (feat. Fousheé) cover

    66 Sunshine (feat. Fousheé)

    Steve Lacy · 2022

  67. Cloudward cover

    67 Cloudward

    Mary Halvorson · 2024

  68. Art Deco cover

    68 Art Deco

    Don Cherry · 1989

  69. Translinear Light cover

    69 Translinear Light

    Alice Coltrane · 2004

  70. Transfiguration cover

    70 Transfiguration

    Alice Coltrane · 2002

  71. Cattin' with Coltrane and Quinichette cover

    71 Cattin' with Coltrane and Quinichette

    John Coltrane · 1959

  72. El Corazón cover

    72 El Corazón

    Don Cherry · 1982

  73. Jewels of Thought cover

    73 Jewels of Thought

    Pharoah Sanders · 1969

  74. Spiritual cover

    74 Spiritual

    John Coltrane · 2001

  75. Where Is Brooklyn? cover

    75 Where Is Brooklyn?

    Don Cherry · 1969

  76. Love Cry cover

    76 Love Cry

    Albert Ayler · 1968

  77. Trane's Blues cover

    77 Trane's Blues

    John Coltrane · 1958

  78. Other Aspects cover

    78 Other Aspects

    Eric Dolphy · 1987

  79. Love Call cover

    79 Love Call

    Ornette Coleman · 1990

  80. The Empty Foxhole cover

    80 The Empty Foxhole

    Ornette Coleman · 1966

  81. Tomorrow Is the Question! cover

    81 Tomorrow Is the Question!

    Ornette Coleman · 1991

  82. Dimensions & Extensions (Remastered) cover

    82 Dimensions & Extensions (Remastered)

    Sam Rivers · 2008

  83. Black Stars cover

    83 Black Stars

    Sam Rivers · 2001

  84. Crystals cover

    84 Crystals

    Sam Rivers · 1974

  85. Living Sky cover

    85 Living Sky

    Sun Ra Arkestra · 2022

  86. Another Side Of John Coltrane cover

    86 Another Side Of John Coltrane

    John Coltrane · 2021

  87. Belladonna (feat. The Mivos Quartet) cover

    87 Belladonna (feat. The Mivos Quartet)

    Mary Halvorson · 2022

  88. Afro Futuristic Dreams cover

    88 Afro Futuristic Dreams

    Idris Ackamoor · 2023

  89. Welcome to Love cover

    89 Welcome to Love

    Pharoah Sanders · 1991

  90. New Grass cover

    90 New Grass

    Albert Ayler · 1968

  91. Expression cover

    91 Expression

    John Coltrane · 1967

  92. Live Without Your Love (Remixes) cover

    92 Live Without Your Love (Remixes)

    Steve Lacy · 2020

  93. Pharoah's First cover

    93 Pharoah's First

    Pharoah Sanders · 1998

  94. Waves cover

    94 Waves

    Sam Rivers · 2005

  95. Bone Bells cover

    95 Bone Bells

    Mary Halvorson · 2025

  96. Dona Nostra cover

    96 Dona Nostra

    Don Cherry · 1994

  97. Music is the Healing Force of the Universe cover

    97 Music is the Healing Force of the Universe

    Albert Ayler · 1969

  98. Vibrations cover

    98 Vibrations

    Albert Ayler · 1973

  99. Coltrane Jazz cover

    99 Coltrane Jazz

    John Coltrane · 1960

  100. the feeling cover

    100 the feeling

    Steve Lacy · 2026

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