Having been born in 1962, and liking and listening to music from the early sixties onward, I thought it might be fun to attempt a listing of my favorite albums each year since birth.

The initial post for this series of ideas began on December 26th, 2023.  You can look it up....

I present my favorite Jazz albums of 1966...  

but Jazz releases are difficult to assign a year, as many were recorded and not released for many years, or even decades.  So, my yearly designations for these may not be accurate, but I'll live with it.

Jazz Albums released 1966:

1. John Coltrane Meditations

2. Albert Ayler Live in Greenwich Village – 

3. Joseph Jarman Song For

4. Wayne Shorter Speak No Evil 

5. Joe Henderson Mode for Joe 

6. Larry Young Of Love And Peace

7. Roscoe Mitchell Sound

8. Sonny Simmons Staying on the Watch

9. Pharoah Sanders Tauhid

10. John Coltrane Ascension

Jazz Honorable Mentions, 1966:

11. Cecil Taylor Unit Structures

12. Don Cherry Where Is Brooklyn? – 

13. Sam Rivers A New Conception

14. Henry Grimes The Call

15. Don Cherry Symphony For Improvisers