Fifties

Last of the set. 1950s. Everyone's favorite decade for music.

Personally this has been a very useful exercise. A lot of my music collection was filed away without me knowing release dates.

1. Kind of Blue, Miles Davis (1959).
2. Here's Little Richard!, Little Richard (1957).
3. Blue Train, John Coltrane (1958).
4. In The Wee Small Hours, Frank Sinatra (1955).
5. Moanin' in the Moonlight, Howlin' Wolf (1959).
6. The Shape of Jazz to Come, Ornette Coleman (1959).
7. Saxophone Colossus, Sonny Rollins (1956).
8. Moanin', Art Blakey (1958).
9. Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall, Monk and Coltrane (r:1957).
10. Ellington at Newport, Duke Ellington (1956).

11. Elvis Presley, Elvis Presley (1956).
12. Ella and Louis, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong (1956).
13. Bo Diddley, Bo Diddley (1958).
14. Time Out, Dave Brubeck (1959).
15. Mingus Ah Um, Charlie Mingus (1959).
16. Songs for Swingin' Lovers!, Frank Sinatra (1956).
17. Somethin' Else, Cannonball Adderly (1958).
18. Go Bo Diddley, Bo Diddley (1959).
19. Ella and Louis Again, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong (1957).
20. Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book, Ella Fitzgerald (1956).
21. Jazz Party, Duke Ellington (1959).
22. Jazz in Silhouette, Sun Ra (1959)/Clifford Brown and Max Roach, Clifford Brown and Max Roach (1955).
23. Brilliant Corners, Thelonious Monk (1957).
24. Lennie Tristano/The New Tristano, Lennie Tristano (1955).
25. Cool Struttin', Sonny Clark (1958).