1001 Albums: 1955-1959

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Topic: 1001 Albums: 1955-1959
Posted: June 22 2023 at 04:29

Compiled from 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die - Fifty Years of Music from 1955 to 2004.

1955: Frank Sinatra - In the Wee Small Hours - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsoD4eYuzH2U4NOhyNrLc8LoB4iiPLdrE

1956: Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvDaQTRzMiRr2GcFF6Gq_yVpK2BVHNl31

1956: The Louvin Brothers - Tragic Songs of Life - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nxQsfAHKwNOejZS7MtPtYjpn9byKurIUY

1956: Louis Prima - The Wildest! - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL01NBH7ivWKLen_m7U8T1WYjyqWIGStI2

1956: Fats Domino - This is Fats - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU3gVY50mDYlghJvtoRqbmHeg8APgUP6e

1956: Duke Ellington - Ellington at Newport - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL-NbN8uTOihEAAeD75eevQTDiFqHi8ta

1956: Frank Sinatra - Songs for Swingin' Lovers - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmzP977za2bLEmZwTzpMGGJAtDZOk-bud

1957: The Crickets - The Chirping Crickets - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL-NbN8uTOigd2fEuBmSgoOm2xV5wVQZr

1957: Count Basie - The Atomic Mr. Basie - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL-NbN8uTOiihqHtXLZkUF23NNtKGk3zE

1957: Thelonious Monk - Brilliant Corners - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLp1OjP0tJn_F4jBpdG_JqW8PE1bfKwDLt

1957: Sabu - Palo Congo - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUuvH2ToULI

1957: Miles Davis - Birth of the Cool - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvPB3ZyOCrM

1957: Machito - Kenya - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD3FB9341607FC235

1957: Little Richard - Here's Little Richard - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcbDDOYqBVTGg13XntyeiDtA0yTWEmohC

1958: Tito Puente & His Orchestra - Dance Mania - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4N0kYbTSIbjnUD1Ee-N4kBOrC3L1XGDA

1958: Billie Holiday - Lady in Satin - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gncbydxqE4Y

1958: Jack Elliott - Jack Takes the Floor - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLowQCq3Ss89h-qn07Jmhh0aZjbumd8-rw

1958: Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan at Mister Kelly's - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLowQCq3Ss89iHhFMpKo5wYG1rrufGl85G

1959: Ella Fitzgerald - Sings the Gershwin Songbook - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lht-kr-We2I

1959: Ray Charles - The Genius of Ray Charles - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLowQCq3Ss89iND4aDT08rm4CAoOZOYlNv

1959: Miles Davis - Kind of Blue - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgRcCyey1hM

1959: Marty Robbins - Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPKiuFLGsAxpDipLa0XJp5qVaeHxzpH3s

1959: The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1d-Axi4mhY

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Posted: June 22 2023 at 04:42

Monk ahead of the 2 Miles and Brubeck

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Posted: June 22 2023 at 05:18

sorry, none from the list, but

Sonny Rollins - Vol. 2 (1957)

quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond

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Posted: June 22 2023 at 05:26

Kind Of Blue, Time Out, Mingus Ah Hum, Jacques Brel n°4 (all of them from 59),

bubbling under:

New Bottle Old Wine - Gil Evans

Ellington at Newport- Duke

Brilliant Corners - Monk

... and some compilation of Chuck Berry (I guess)

Edited by Sean Trane - June 22 2023 at 05:39

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prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword

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Posted: June 22 2023 at 05:43

In the poll:

The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out! over

Marty Robbins - Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs

Frank Sinatra - In the Wee Small Hours &

Miles Davis - Kind of Blue

Here's five album favorites from each year. I think my selections are much more awesome:

Chico Hamilton Quintet - Chico Hamilton Quintet Featuring Buddy Collette (1955)
Eartha Kitt - Down to Eartha (1955)
Julie London - Julie Is Her Name (1955)
Helen Merrill - Helen Merrill (1955)

Ben Webster - Sophisticated Lady (1955)

Hal McKusick Octet - In a Twentieth-Century Drawing Room (1956)

The Modern Jazz Quartet - Fontessa (1956)

John Jacob Niles - Sings American Folk Songs (1956)
Bob Romeo, His Flute and the Jungle Sextet - Music to Play in the Dark (1956)
Ronnie Deauville - Smoke Dreams (1956)

Kenny Graham - Moondog and Suncat Suites (1957)

Yma Sumac - Legend of the Jivaro (1957)

Fairuz - راجعون (Rajioun) (1957)
Jimmy Giuffre - The Jimmy Giuffre 3 (1957)

Nat "King" Cole - Love Is the Thing (1957)

Miles Davis - Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (1958)

Sabu and His Percussion Ensemble - Sorcery! (1958) Much, much better than Palo Congo

Kenneth Patchen - Kenneth Patchen Reads His Poetry with the Chamber Jazz Sextet (1958)

Martin Denny - Forbidden Island (1958)
Laurindo Almeida / Martin Ruderman / Salli Terri - Duets With the Spanish Guitar (1958)

The Cecil Taylor Quartet - Looking Ahead! (1959)

Ahmed Abdul-Malik - Jazz Sahara (1959)
Ken Nordine - Next! (1959)
The Horace Silver Quintet - Finger Poppin' With the Horace Silver Quintet (1959)

Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um (1959)

Edited by Saperlipopette! - June 24 2023 at 01:36

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Posted: June 22 2023 at 05:52

not a specialist of that era however I have a lot of Fats Domino' songs and Dave Brubeck'
voted for the later

Edited by mellotronwave - June 22 2023 at 05:53

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Posted: June 22 2023 at 06:25

Favourites from the poll:-

1956: Frank Sinatra - Songs for Swingin' Lovers - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmzP977za2bLEmZwTzpMGGJAtDZOk-bud

1958: Tito Puente & His Orchestra - Dance Mania - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4N0kYbTSIbjnUD1Ee-N4kBOrC3L1XGDA

1959: Ella Fitzgerald - Sings the Gershwin Songbook - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lht-kr-We2I

My pick of Space Age Pop favourites from 1955-1959:-

1955: Les Baxter - Kaleidoscope - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFvJsfO5PeV7MsOKlOJF42aNlhRV8_jfU

1955: Les Baxter - Tamboo! - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdl1y1w4PGIqFI7Onv6YPzWjlpKqSCqzQ

1956: Les Baxter - La Femme - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFvJsfO5PeV7_z_tJxvYklNxzZlpDZZdn

1956: Les Baxter - Caribbean Moonlight - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuhAEE12s8eOdePWpulZwNpiciFZTLnGx

1957: Les Baxter - Round the World with Les Baxter - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFvJsfO5PeV4HPY-2AOJ9Iwuh2Ve4kPlp

1957: Les Baxter - Midnight on the Cliffs - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFvJsfO5PeV5saUy-JIpEgINqeANO_tIe

1957: Les Baxter - Ports of Pleasure - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqE27rsdZLUi_EnbRGctuUbTTYHCOBOjC

1958: Les Baxter - Space Escapade - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqE27rsdZLUijRxvyT70hdoLWQOHijeI5

1958: Les Baxter - South Pacific - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgdr52KPfHs

1958: Les Baxter - Confetti - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFvJsfO5PeV698OHSdp7FBKclPROzFyqu

1958: Les Baxter - Love is a Fabulous Thing - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2XvmR-b5gY

1959: Les Baxter - African Jazz - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdl1y1w4PGIqRmZCQzNKQDzyqesfsVSrR

1959: Les Baxter - Jungle Jazz - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuhAEE12s8eP9D1sI-mpa5haxzCHQYNPG

1959: Les Baxter - Goliath and the Barbarians - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kbQEUqr1B3XWrZlHEkAjUe4GpziXcuALk

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - June 22 2023 at 06:26

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Posted: June 22 2023 at 06:49

Fats Domino

Elvis Presley

Frank Sinatra - Songs for swinging lovers.

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Posted: June 22 2023 at 07:14

Psychedelic Paul must be the most obsessive music fan on the planet. Tongue

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Posted: June 22 2023 at 07:51

AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Psychedelic Paul must be the most obsessive music fan on the planet. Tongue

I think you're right. Prog Rock only makes up about 6% of my CD collection. Smile

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Posted: June 22 2023 at 10:01

^ Out of curiosity, what percentage of the albums in this list (which albums) would you say are in your collection? I only have Time Out and Kind of Blue, but I have heard other music in the list. It;s not a period from which I have listened to very many albums. Like many here I expect, it's around 1967 where I start seriously collecting (quite a lot from 1966 too).

I voted for Time Out. I was expecting to see Mingus Ah Um (1959) in the list, and it would have got my vote. That said, my favouriter Mingus is, rather predictably I would think, 1963's The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady.

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Posted: June 22 2023 at 10:31

Logan wrote:

^ Out of curiosity, what percentage of the albums in this list (which albums) would you say are in your collection? I only have Time Out and Kind of Blue, but I have heard other music in the list. It;s not a period from which I have listened to very many albums. Like many here I expect, it's around 1967 where I start seriously collecting (quite a lot from 1966 too).

I voted for Time Out. I was expecting to see Mingus Ah Um (1959) in the list, and it would have got my vote. That said, my favouriter Mingus is, rather predictably I would think, 1963's The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady.

Sadly, I don't have any CD albums in the poll, but I have all 14 of Les Baxter's CD albums listed above. I have 32 albums by Les Baxter in total - more than any other artist. Big smile

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - June 22 2023 at 10:32

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Posted: June 22 2023 at 10:51

Seven in my collection. All jazz.

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Posted: June 22 2023 at 10:52

Heard many (if not all) of these artists, but as an album I think I only heard Kind of Blue in full, but none of the other albums, so it would not be constructive (at least not to me) to vote in this poll.

But I like the fact that you post links to these albums in your post, it allows to get acquainted with the music more easily, if one wished... Here, I'm not that curious to explore those other artists, though.

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Posted: June 23 2023 at 07:41

Paul, you truly are King of the Polls🤣🤣🤣

Way before my time and there’s no hope of me voting….

But if I did it certainly wouldn’t be Frank Sinatra, a truly awful singer🙀

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Posted: June 23 2023 at 07:45

essexboyinwales wrote:

Paul, you truly are King of the Polls🤣🤣🤣

Way before my time and there’s no hope of me voting….

But if I did it certainly wouldn’t be Frank Sinatra, a truly awful singer🙀

I'm not quite old enough to remember the fifties, seeing as I wasn't born until 1959, so Frank Sinatra's a bit before my time too, although I'm not too young to appreciate the Space Age Pop of Les Baxter & His Orchestra. Smile

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Posted: June 23 2023 at 08:11

One of the all time best prog albums according to PA, Kind of Blue, gets my vote.

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Posted: June 24 2023 at 01:39

Logan wrote:

I was expecting to see Mingus Ah Um (1959) in the list, and it would have got my vote. Lady.

Edited into my list. I must have removed it thinking it was actually in the poll (it so obviously belongs there).

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Posted: June 24 2023 at 08:04

Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

Monk ahead of the 2 Miles and Brubeck

That's about it for me, too.

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