Best Albums of 1956
71 albums ranked by Wavelength users
Elvis
Elvis Presley
Birth of the Cool
Miles Davis
Songs for Swingin' Lovers!
Frank Sinatra
Way Out West
Sonny Rollins
Three Ragas
Ravi Shankar
Monk.
Thelonious Monk
Soulville
Ben Webster Quintet
Calypso
Harry Belafonte
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
The Blues
B.B. King
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
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
Here Is Phineas
Phineas Newborn Jr.
Sonny Clark Trio (The Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
Sonny Clark
Bowling Green and Other Folk Songs from the Southern Mountains
The Kossoy Sisters
The Dance Album
Carl Perkins
Lady Sings the Blues
Billie Holiday
Clifford Brown and Max Roach At Basin Street
Clifford Brown & Max Roach
The Hawk Flies High (Keepnews Collection)
Coleman Hawkins
Body and Soul
Billie Holiday
Close to You and More
Frank Sinatra
Mingus at The Bohemia (Live)
Charles Mingus
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book (feat. Duke Ellington and His Orchestra)
Ella Fitzgerald
New Jazz Conceptions
Bill Evans
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
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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
Collector's Items
Miles Davis
Mating Call (Rudy Van Gelder Remaster)
Tadd Dameron
Tenor Conclave
Hank Mobley, Al Cohn, John Coltrane & Zoot Sims
Alto Madness
Jackie McLean & John Jenkins
Songs for Distingué Lovers
Billie Holiday
The Platters
The Platters
Ray Bryant Trio
The Ray Bryant Trio
Ruth Brown
Ruth Brown
Blues In the Closet
Bud Powell
Sassy
Sarah Vaughan
Chico Hamilton Quintet (feat. Buddy Collette)
Chico Hamilton Quintet
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