Jazz for background
The 40 jazz albums with the highest Background suitability values — the same occasion suitabilities published on each album's page, best first.
| No. | Artist | Album | Year | Suitability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carol Kidd | The Night We Called It a Day | 1990 | 81 |
| 2 | Jo Harrop | The Heart Wants | 2022 | 80 |
| 3 | Liane Carroll | The Right To Love | 2017 | 80 |
| 4 | Alice Zawadzki | Za Górami | 2024 | 79 |
| 5 | Norma Winstone | Somewhere Called Home | 1987 | 79 |
| 6 | Betty Smith | My Foolish Heart | 1958 | 78 |
| 7 | Jasmine Myra | Rising | 2024 | 78 |
| 8 | Emma Smith | Bitter Orange | 2025 | 77 |
| 9 | Georgia Mancio & Alan Broadbent | Songbook | 2017 | 75 |
| 10 | Carol Kidd | Carol Kidd | 1984 | 74 |
| 11 | Bex Burch | Do Not Be Afraid | 2019 | 73 |
| 12 | Stacey Kent | Dreamsville | 2001 | 73 |
| 13 | Anoushka Lucas | Dark Soul | 2019 | 72 |
| 14 | Carol Kidd | Nice Work | 1987 | 72 |
| 15 | Kate Williams | Four Plus Three | 2016 | 72 |
| 16 | Maxine Daniels | The Magic of Maxine Daniels... Every Night About This Time | 1986 | 72 |
| 17 | Norma Winstone (Azimuth) | Azimuth | 1977 | 72 |
| 18 | Norma Winstone (Azimuth) | Départ | 1980 | 72 |
| 19 | Sarah Gillespie | Glory Days | 2013 | 72 |
| 20 | Elaine Delmar | Elaine Sings Wilder | 1969 | 71 |
| 21 | Tori Freestone | El Mar de Nubes | 2019 | 71 |
| 22 | Zara McFarlane | If You Knew Her | 2014 | 71 |
| 23 | Norma Winstone (Azimuth) | The Touchstone | 1979 | 70 |
| 24 | Amanda Whiting | The Liminality of Her | 2024 | 69 |
| 25 | Barbara Jay | The Nearness of You | 1982 | 69 |
| 26 | Bryony Jarman-Pinto | Cage & Aviary | 2019 | 69 |
| 27 | Rosemary Squires | Everything's Coming Up Rosy | 1963 | 69 |
| 28 | Alice Zawadzki | Within You Is A World of Spring | 2019 | 68 |
| 29 | Beryl Davis | Beryl Davis | 1976 | 68 |
| 30 | Josephine Davies (Satori) | In the Corners of Clouds | 2018 | 68 |
| 31 | Laura Jurd / Dinosaur | To The Earth | 2020 | 68 |
| 32 | Stacey Kent | Close Your Eyes | 1997 | 68 |
| 33 | Yazz Ahmed | Finding My Way Home | 2011 | 68 |
| 34 | Alison Rayner | Short Stories | 2019 | 67 |
| 35 | Norma Winstone (Azimuth) | Azimuth '85 | 1985 | 67 |
| 36 | Nikki Iles & NDR Bigband | Face to Face | 2023 | 66 |
| 37 | Cleo Laine | Shakespeare and All That Jazz | 1964 | 65 |
| 38 | Josephine Davies (Satori) | Satori: How Can We Wake? | 2020 | 65 |
| 39 | Rosie Frater-Taylor | Featherweight | 2024 | 65 |
| 40 | Cassie Kinoshi's seed. | gratitude | 2024 | 64 |