Top Albums of 1957
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Johnny Griffin |
A Blowin' Session |
Hard Bop
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Frank Sinatra |
A Swingin' Affair! |
Standards,
Vocal Jazz
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18 |
1987 |
Nat King Cole |
After Midnight |
Vocal Jazz
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11 |
1568 |
Chuck Berry |
After School Session |
Rhythm & Blues,
Rock & Roll
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24 |
2520 |
Anita O'Day |
Anita Sings the Most |
Standards,
Vocal Jazz
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10 |
1492 |
Count Basie |
April in Paris |
Big Band,
Swing
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8 |
1444 |
Art Pepper |
Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section |
Cool Jazz
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23 |
2476 |
Count Basie |
At Newport |
Big Band
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Gerry Mulligan |
At Storyville |
Jazz
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Dizzy Gillespie |
Birks' Works |
Big Band
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4 |
531 |
Thelonious Monk |
Brilliant Corners |
Hard Bop
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15 |
1876 |
Miles Davis |
Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet |
Hard Bop
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The "5" Royales |
Dedicated to You |
Doo-Wop
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Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong |
Ella and Louis Again |
Standards,
Vocal Jazz
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16 |
1889 |
Ella Fitzgerald |
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook |
Big Band,
Vocal Jazz
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Elvis Presley |
Elvis' Christmas Album |
Christmas Music,
Gospel,
Rock & Roll
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12 |
1581 |
Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps |
Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps |
Rockabilly
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2 |
393 |
Little Richard |
Here's Little Richard |
Rhythm & Blues,
Rock & Roll
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20 |
2275 |
Jimmy Giuffre |
Jimmy Giuffre 3 |
Cool Jazz
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21 |
2300 |
Johnny Cash |
Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar! |
Country,
Rockabilly
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Ella Fitzgerald |
Like Someone in Love |
Standards,
Vocal Jazz
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Nat King Cole |
Love Is the Thing |
Traditional Pop,
Vocal Jazz
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19 |
2209 |
Elvis Presley |
Loving You |
Rock & Roll
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6 |
1038 |
Miles Davis |
Miles Ahead |
Cool Jazz
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Anita O'Day |
Pick Yourself Up with Anita O'Day |
Vocal Jazz
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Reverend Gary Davis |
Pure Religion and Bad Company |
Acoustic Blues,
Gospel
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Ray Charles |
Ray Charles/Hallelujah, I Love Her So |
Rhythm & Blues,
Soul
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Henry "Red" Allen |
Ride, Red, Ride in Hi-Fi/World on a String |
Dixieland
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9 |
1462 |
Miles Davis |
Round About Midnight |
Hard Bop
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1 |
383 |
Sonny Rollins |
Saxophone Colossus |
Hard Bop
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25 |
2584 |
B.B. King |
Singin' the Blues |
Electric Blues
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22 |
2324 |
Duke Ellington |
Such Sweet Thunder |
Big Band
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Sun Ra and His Arkestra |
Super-Sonic Jazz |
Post-Bop
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3 |
408 |
The Crickets |
The "Chirping" Crickets |
Rockabilly
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Charles Mingus |
The Clown |
Post-Bop
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13 |
1729 |
The Everly Brothers |
The Everly Brothers (They're Off and Rolling) |
Close Harmony,
Pop,
Rock & Roll
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Coleman Hawkins |
The Hawk Flies High |
Bebop
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17 |
1925 |
George Russell |
The Jazz Workshop |
Jazz
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14 |
1756 |
The Weavers |
The Weavers at Carnegie Hall |
Contemporary Folk
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26 |
2938 |
Thelonious Monk |
Thelonious Himself |
Hard Bop
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Thelonious Monk & Sonny Rollins |
Thelonious Monk & Sonny Rollins |
Hard Bop
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7 |
1235 |
Sonny Rollins |
Way Out West |
Hard Bop
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5 |
685 |
The Original Broadway Cast |
West Side Story |
Show Tunes
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Frank Sinatra |
Where Are You? |
Standards,
Vocal Jazz
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