Top Albums of 1959
1 |
29 |
Miles Davis |
Kind of Blue |
Cool Jazz,
Modal Jazz
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2 |
303 |
Ornette Coleman |
The Shape of Jazz to Come |
Avant-Garde Jazz
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3 |
326 |
Dave Brubeck Quartet |
Time Out |
Cool Jazz
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4 |
394 |
Charles Mingus |
Mingus Ah Um |
Post-Bop
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5 |
678 |
Howlin' Wolf |
Moanin' in the Moonlight |
Chicago Blues
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6 |
737 |
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers |
Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers [Moanin'] |
Hard Bop
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7 |
739 |
Miles Davis |
Porgy and Bess |
Big Band
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8 |
984 |
Chuck Berry |
Chuck Berry Is On Top |
Rock & Roll
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9 |
1135 |
Ray Charles |
The Genius of Ray Charles |
Soul,
Vocal Jazz
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10 |
1173 |
Marty Robbins |
Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs |
Cowboy
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11 |
1259 |
Ella Fitzgerald |
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook |
Standards,
Vocal Jazz
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12 |
1632 |
Bo Diddley |
Go Bo Diddley |
Rhythm & Blues,
Rock & Roll
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13 |
1712 |
João Gilberto |
Chega De Saudade |
Bossa Nova
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14 |
1849 |
Jimmy Smith |
The Sermon! |
Soul Jazz
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15 |
1998 |
Lambert, Hendricks and Ross |
The Hottest New Group in Jazz |
Vocal Jazz
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16 |
2063 |
Lightnin' Hopkins |
The Roots of Lightnin' Hopkins/Lightnin' Hopkins |
Acoustic Texas Blues
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17 |
2095 |
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong |
Porgy & Bess |
Vocal Jazz
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18 |
2157 |
Harry Belafonte |
Belafonte at Carnegie Hall |
Caribbean Folk Music
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19 |
2243 |
Henry Mancini |
The Music from Peter Gunn |
Jazz Pop,
Television Music
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20 |
2295 |
George Russell |
New York N.Y. |
Big Band
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21 |
2409 |
Wynton Kelly |
Kelly Blue |
Hard Bop
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22 |
2414 |
Ricky Nelson |
Ricky Sings Again |
Country
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23 |
2536 |
Duke Ellington |
Anatomy of a Murder |
Big Band,
Film Score
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24 |
2601 |
Champion Jack Dupree |
Blues from the Gutter |
New Orleans Blues,
Piano Blues
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25 |
2764 |
Sonny Boy Williamson (II) |
Down and Out Blues |
Chicago Blues
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26 |
2774 |
Horace Silver |
Blowin' the Blues Away |
Hard Bop
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27 |
2784 |
Frank Sinatra |
Come Dance with Me! |
Standards,
Vocal Jazz
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28 |
2802 |
The Lester Young - Teddy Wilson Quartet |
Pres and Teddy |
Swing
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29 |
2853 |
Steve Lacy |
Reflections: Steve Lacy Plays Thelonious Monk |
Post-Bop
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30 |
2950 |
Coleman Hawkins & Ben Webster |
Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster/Blue Saxophones |
Post-Bop
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Albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000: |
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John Cage |
Indeterminacy |
Indeterminacy,
Spoken Word
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Miles Davis |
Workin' with the Miles Davis Quintet |
Hard Bop
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Dinah Washington |
What a Diff'rence a Day Makes! |
Standards,
Vocal Jazz
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John Fahey |
Blind Joe Death |
American Primitivism
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Harold Land |
The Fox |
Jazz
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Ben Webster |
Ben Webster and Associates |
Jazz
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Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges |
Side by Side |
Jazz
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Bill Evans |
Everybody Digs Bill Evans |
Cool Jazz,
Modal Jazz
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Quincy Jones |
The Birth of a Band! |
Big Band
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Thelonious Monk |
The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall |
Hard Bop
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Esquivel |
Exploring New Sounds in Hi-Fi/Exploring New Sounds in Stereo |
Lounge,
Space Age Pop
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Cecil Taylor |
Looking Ahead! |
Avant-Garde Jazz
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Gerry Mulligan |
Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster |
Cool Jazz
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Art Pepper |
Art Pepper + Eleven |
Cool Jazz
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The Kingston Trio |
At Large |
Folk Revival
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Memphis Slim |
At the Gate of Horn |
Piano Blues
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Ritchie Valens |
Ritchie Valens |
Rock & Roll
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Cannonball Adderley |
In San Francisco |
Hard Bop
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John Coltrane and Paul Quinichette |
Cattin' with Coltrane and Quinichette |
Jazz
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Frank Sinatra |
No One Cares |
Standards,
Vocal Jazz
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Gerry Mulligan |
What Is There to Say? |
Cool Jazz
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Little Richard |
The Fabulous Little Richard |
Rhythm & Blues,
Rock & Roll
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Mongo Santamaría |
Mongo/AfroRoots |
Afro-Cuban Jazz
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Peggy Lee/George Shearing |
Beauty and the Beat! |
Standards,
Vocal Jazz
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Duke Ellington |
Jazz Party |
Big Band
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Ornette Coleman |
Tomorrow Is the Question! |
Hard Bop
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Sarah Vaughan |
No Count Sarah |
Big Band,
Vocal Jazz
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Ella Fitzgerald |
Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson |
Standards,
Vocal Jazz
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Art Blakey |
At the Jazz Corner of the World Vol. 2 |
Hard Bop
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