Paul Weller Names His All-Time Favourite Jazz Albums

British musician Paul Weller has identified the jazz recordings he considers most essential to his own creative development. The selections span spiritual works by John and Alice Coltrane to the boundary testing compositions of Charles Mingus, revealing a sustained engagement with jazz that has underpinned his songwriting across five decades.

What Jazz Albums Does Paul Weller Consider Essential?

Weller's chosen recordings reflect a regard for discipline, individual expression and musical mastery. These are not casual selections. Each record represents a departure from convention, executed with the kind of authority that only dedicated practice allows.

John Coltrane's 1965 album A Love Supreme stands first among them. Weller described the record to Entertainment Weekly as more than a musical achievement.