Best Albums of the 1950 s

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

8.0

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