Best Albums of the 1950s
100 albums ranked by Wavelength users
Kind of Blue
Miles Davis • 1959
Chet Baker Sings
Chet Baker • 1954
Birth of the Cool
Miles Davis • 1956
Moanin'
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers • 1958
Elvis
Elvis Presley • 1956
Songs for Swingin' Lovers!
Frank Sinatra • 1956
Way Out West
Sonny Rollins • 1956
The Best of Muddy Waters
Muddy Waters • 1957
The King of Rock 'n' Roll: The Complete 50's Masters
Elvis Presley • 1957
In the Wee Small Hours
Frank Sinatra • 1955
Time Out
The Dave Brubeck Quartet • 1959
The Shape of Jazz to Come (Mono)
Ornette Coleman • 1959
The Best Of Little Walter
Little Walter • 1957
Somethin' Else
Cannonball Adderley • 1958
'Round About Midnight (Mono Version)
Miles Davis • 1957
Workin' With The Miles Davis Quintet
New Miles Davis Quintet • 1959
Brilliant Corners
Thelonious Monk • 1957
Misterioso
Thelonious Monk • 1957
Blues Walk
Lou Donaldson • 1958
Sarah Vaughan
Sarah Vaughan • 1954
The Atomic Mr Basie
Count Basie and His Orchestra • 1957
Ahmad Jamal At The Pershing: But Not for Me
Ahmad Jamal Trio • 1957
The Sounds of India
Ravi Shankar • 1957
Afro-Cuban
Kenny Dorham • 1954
Soulville
Ben Webster Quintet • 1956
A Blowin' Session (The Rudy Van Gelder Edition) [Remastered]
Johnny Griffin • 1957
Cool Struttin’
Sonny Clark • 1958
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley • 1956
Concert By the Sea
Erroll Garner • 1954
Calypso
Harry Belafonte • 1956
Come Dance With Me!
Frank Sinatra • 1958
Berry Is On Top
Chuck Berry • 1959
Ella and Louis
Ella Fitzgerald • 1955
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Songbook
Ella Fitzgerald • 1955
Relaxin' With the Miles Davis Quintet (Remastered)
Miles Davis Quintet • 1958
Dinah Jams (Live)
Dinah Washington & Brook Benton • 1954
Sonny Rollins Plus 4
Sonny Rollins • 1956
What a Diff'rence a Day Makes! (Expanded Edition)
Dinah Washington • 1959
Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants (Remastered)
Miles Davis & Milt Jackson • 1959
Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band - 1954
Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band • 1953
The Genius of Bud Powell (Expanded Edition)
Bud Powell • 1956
Lennie Niehaus Vol. 1: The Quintets
Lennie Niehaus • 1953
This Is How I Feel About Jazz
Quincy Jones & James Ingram • 1956
Back at the Chicken Shack
Jimmy Smith • 1959
A Date with Elvis
Elvis Presley • 1959
The Jazz Giants '56
Lester Young • 1956
The Magnificent Thad Jones Vol.3
Thad Jones • 1956
Live At the Half Note
Lee Konitz • 1959
Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 1
Thelonious Monk & John Coltrane • 1951
Kai And Jay, Bennie Green With Strings (Remastered 1989)
Kai Winding, J.J. Johnson & Bennie Green • 1953
Nothing but the Blues
Herb Ellis • 1958
Saxophone Colossus (Rudy Van Gelder Remaster)
Sonny Rollins Quartet • 1956

A Blowin' Session
Johnny Griffin • 1957
Bags' Groove (Remastered)
Miles Davis & Milt Jackson • 1957
The Birth of a Band!
Quincy Jones • 1958
Mingus Ah Um
Charles Mingus • 1959
Lennie Niehaus, Vol. 4: The Quintets & Strings
Lennie Niehaus • 1954
The Complete Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster Sessions
Gerry Mulligan & Ben Webster • 1959
Songs I Like To Sing!
Helen Humes • 1959
On the Town (Expanded Edition)
Oscar Peterson Trio • 1957
At The Concertgebouw (Live)
Oscar Peterson Trio • 1957
Readings By Jack Kerouac On The Beat Generation
Jack Kerouac • 1959
The Oscar Peterson Trio At the Stratford Shakespearean Festival (Live)
Oscar Peterson Trio • 1956
Blues & Roots (Bonus Track Version)
Charles Mingus • 1959
Genius of Modern Music (Vol. 2)
Thelonious Monk & John Coltrane • 1956
Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy
Louis Armstrong • 1954
Blowing in from Chicago (The Rudy Van Gelder Edition Remastered)
Clifford Jordan & John Gilmore • 1956
Pithecanthropus Erectus
Charles Mingus • 1956
The Legendary Kid
Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band • 1955
The "Chirping" Crickets
Buddy Holly & The Crickets • 1957
Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs
Marty Robbins • 1958
Chega de Saudade
João Gilberto • 1959
Portrait in Jazz
Bill Evans Trio • 1959
Convite para Ouvir Maysa, Vol. 2
Maysa • 1957
Fontessa
The Modern Jazz Quartet • 1955
With His Hot and Blue Guitar (feat. The Tennessee Two)
Johnny Cash • 1957
Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson
Ben Webster & Oscar Peterson • 1958
Blowin' the Blues Away
The Horace Silver Quintet • 1959
Missa Luba
Les Troubadours Du Roi Baudouin • 1957
Drums of Passion
Babatunde Olatunji • 1958
The Blues
B.B. King • 1956
Blossom Dearie
Blossom Dearie • 1957
Satan Is Real
The Louvin Brothers • 1959
Everybody Still Digs Bill Evans
Bill Evans • 1958
Stay With Me
Billie Holiday • 1957
Mingus Dynasty
Charles Mingus • 1959
At Mister Kelly's
Sarah Vaughan • 1958
Thelonious Alone In San Francisco
Thelonious Monk • 1959
That's All
Bobby Darin • 1959
Bags & Trane
Milt Jackson & John Coltrane • 1959
Study In Brown
Clifford Brown & Max Roach • 1954
Milestones
Miles Davis & Milt Jackson • 1958
Lightnin' Hopkins
Lightnin' Hopkins • 1958
Deeds, Not Words
Max Roach • 1958
The Genius of Ray Charles
Ray Charles • 1959
Cannonball Adderley Quintet In Chicago
Cannonball Adderley Quintet • 1959
The Christmas Song (Expanded Edition)
Nat "King" Cole • 1955
Sings Ballads and Blues
Odetta • 1955
All or Nothing At All
Billie Holiday • 1957
Ray Charles
Ray Charles • 1957
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