Best Albums of 1956

Birth of the Cool

Miles Davis

8.6

Songs for Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

8.6

Way Out West

Sonny Rollins

8.5

Monk.

Thelonious Monk

8.5

Soulville

Ben Webster Quintet

8.3

Calypso

Harry Belafonte

8.3

Sonny Rollins Plus 4

Sonny Rollins

The Genius of Bud Powell (Expanded Edition)

Bud Powell

This Is How I Feel About Jazz

Quincy Jones & James Ingram

The Jazz Giants '56

Lester Young

The Magnificent Thad Jones Vol.3

Thad Jones

Saxophone Colossus (Rudy Van Gelder Remaster)

Sonny Rollins Quartet

The Oscar Peterson Trio At the Stratford Shakespearean Festival (Live)

Oscar Peterson Trio

Genius of Modern Music (Vol. 2)

Thelonious Monk & John Coltrane

Blowing in from Chicago (The Rudy Van Gelder Edition Remastered)

Clifford Jordan & John Gilmore

Pithecanthropus Erectus

Charles Mingus

Elvis Presley

7.6

5 Reviews

The Blues

B.B. King

7.8

Sonny Criss Plays Cole Porter

Sonny Criss

Bad Boy

The Jive Bombers

Moanin' in the Moonlight

Howlin' Wolf

Lea In Love

Barbara Lea

Manny Albam And The Jazz Greats Of Our Time Vol. 1

Manny Albam

Milt Jackson Quartet (Reissue)

Milt Jackson & John Coltrane

The Fabulous Fats Navarro, Vol. 1

Fats Navarro

Bless This House

Mahalia Jackson

Flute Soufflé

Herbie Mann & Bobby Jaspar

A Garland Of Red

Red Garland

Miles

New Miles Davis Quintet

7.5

Here Is Phineas

Phineas Newborn Jr.

7.9

Sonny Clark Trio (The Rudy Van Gelder Edition)

Sonny Clark

7.5

Bowling Green and Other Folk Songs from the Southern Mountains

The Kossoy Sisters

7.8

The Dance Album

Carl Perkins

7.8

Lady Sings the Blues

Billie Holiday

7.5

Clifford Brown and Max Roach At Basin Street

Clifford Brown & Max Roach

7.7

The Hawk Flies High (Keepnews Collection)

Coleman Hawkins

7.6

Body and Soul

Billie Holiday

7.6

Close to You and More

Frank Sinatra

7.4

Mingus at The Bohemia (Live)

Charles Mingus

7.4

Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book (feat. Duke Ellington and His Orchestra)

Ella Fitzgerald

7.3

New Jazz Conceptions

Bill Evans

7.1

A Profile Of Gerry Mulligan

Gerry Mulligan

Sunrise

Elvis Presley

Jazz Advance

Cecil Taylor Quartet

Guitar Moods By Mundell Lowe (Remastered 2004)

Mundell Lowe

Phil & Quill With Prestige

Phil Woods & Gene Quill Quintet

Mulligan Meets Monk [Remastered]

Thelonious Monk & John Coltrane

At The Hickory House Vol. 1 (Live)

Jutta Hipp

The Great Ray Charles

Ray Charles

Stan Getz And The Oscar Peterson Trio

Oscar Peterson Trio

Blue Serge

Serge Chaloff

House Party

The Incredible Jimmy Smith

Chet Baker Big Band

Chet Baker & Stan Getz

Johnny Burnette and the Rock 'N Roll Trio

Johnny Burnette & The Rock 'N' Roll Trio

The Young Bloods

Donald Byrd & Phil Woods

Memorial Album

Clifford Brown

That's Him!

Abbey Lincoln

Sonny Rollins, Vol. 1

Sonny Rollins Quartet

6.9

Collector's Items

Miles Davis

6.8

Mating Call (Rudy Van Gelder Remaster)

Tadd Dameron

6.7

Tenor Conclave

Hank Mobley, Al Cohn, John Coltrane & Zoot Sims

6.6

Alto Madness

Jackie McLean & John Jenkins

6.0

Songs for Distingué Lovers

Billie Holiday

6.3

The Platters

6.0

Ray Bryant Trio

The Ray Bryant Trio

Ruth Brown

Blues In the Closet

Bud Powell

Sassy

Sarah Vaughan

Chico Hamilton Quintet (feat. Buddy Collette)

Chico Hamilton Quintet