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1956
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(163)
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(15)
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(10)
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Blues
(3)
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(1)
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(1)
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(1)
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(14)
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(6)
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(3)
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(1)
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(4)
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(2)
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(7)
Mar 23
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
100
critic score
(4)
77
user score
(193)
Jan 1
Charles Mingus
Pithecanthropus Erectus
100
critic score
(1)
82
user score
(85)
Mar 1
Frank Sinatra
Songs for Swingin' Lovers!
98
critic score
(4)
77
user score
(77)
Dec 1
Sonny Rollins
Saxophone Colossus
100
critic score
(1)
84
user score
(69)
Oct 1
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
Ella and Louis
90
critic score
(1)
82
user score
(53)
1956
Glenn Gould
Bach: The Goldberg Variations
95
critic score
(4)
83
user score
(46)
Oct 19
Elvis Presley
Elvis
100
critic score
(2)
73
user score
(41)
Nov 1
Louis Prima
The Wildest!
100
critic score
(1)
77
user score
(41)
Jul 7
Duke Ellington
Ellington at Newport
100
critic score
(2)
78
user score
(32)
Dec 1
Fats Domino
This Is Fats
90
critic score
(1)
72
user score
(31)
1956
The Louvin Brothers
Tragic Songs of Life
100
critic score
(1)
64
user score
(30)
Jan 1
Miles Davis
Collectors' Items
90
critic score
(1)
69
user score
(20)
Jan 1
Billie Holiday
Lady Sings the Blues
80
critic score
(1)
80
user score
(19)
1956
Moondog
Moondog
90
critic score
(1)
76
user score
(18)
Jan 1
Harry Belafonte
Calypso
100
critic score
(1)
78
user score
(18)
Jan 1
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book
90
critic score
(1)
81
user score
(16)
Apr 1
Miles Davis
Miles: The New Miles Davis Quintet
70
critic score
(1)
66
user score
(16)
1956
Miles Davis
Quintet/Sextet
67
user score
(15)
Jan 1
Miles Davis
Blue Haze
60
critic score
(1)
68
user score
(15)
Jan 1
Ravi Shankar
Music Of India (Three Classical Ragas)
100
critic score
(1)
86
user score
(14)
1956
Odetta
Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues
90
critic score
(1)
84
user score
(13)
Jan 1
George Sawaya Trio
Arabic Songs of Lebanon and Egypt
65
user score
(13)
Jul
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Gospel Train
70
critic score
(2)
72
user score
(11)
1956
Moondog
More Moondog
90
critic score
(1)
81
user score
(9)
1956
Johnny Burnette & The Rock 'n Roll Trio
Johnny Burnette and the Rock 'n Roll Trio
81
user score
(9)
Jul 12
Sun Ra & His Arkestra
Super-sonic Jazz
66
user score
(9)
1956
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
The Jazz Messengers
79
user score
(8)
Jan 1
Miles Davis
Miles Davis and Horns
60
critic score
(1)
54
user score
(8)
1956
Ella Fitzgerald
Lullabies of Birdland
90
critic score
(1)
72
user score
(7)
Apr
Charles Mingus
Jazz Composers Workshop
74
user score
(7)
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1956
Thelonious Monk
The Unique Thelonious Monk
90
critic score
(1)
72
user score
(6)
1956
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Song Book
100
critic score
(1)
77
user score
(6)
Jan 1
Erroll Garner
Concert by the Sea
100
critic score
(1)
75
user score
(6)
1956
The Modern Jazz Quartet
Fontessa
78
user score
(5)
1956
Michio Miyagi
宮城道雄名曲選集 (Masterpieces of Koto)
89
user score
(5)
Jan 1
Sonny Rollins
Tenor Madness
76
user score
(5)
Jan 2
Lennie Tristano
Lennie Tristano
75
user score
(5)
Sep 14
Cecil Taylor
Jazz Advance
90
critic score
(1)
76
user score
(5)
1956
Billie Holiday
Solitude
60
critic score
(1)
83
user score
(4)
1956
Phineas Newborn Jr.
Phineas' Rainbow
80
critic score
(1)
77
user score
(4)
1956
B.B. King
Singin' The Blues
90
critic score
(1)
78
user score
(4)
Jan 1
Sonny Rollins
Plus 4
100
critic score
(1)
77
user score
(4)
Jan 1
Clifford Brown & Max Roach
At Basin Street
79
user score
(4)
Jan 27
Elvis Presley
Heartbreak Hotel
87
user score
(4)
1956
Lester Young
The Jazz Giants '56
100
critic score
(1)
78
user score
(3)
1956
The Platters
The Platters
70
user score
(3)
1956
Tommy Makem & The Clancy Brothers
The Rising of the Moon: Irish Songs of Rebellion
76
user score
(3)
1956
Cliff Edwards
Ukulele Ike Sings Again
57
user score
(3)
Jan
Boris Vian
Chansons "possibles" et "impossibles"
81
user score
(3)
Jan 1
Count Basie & Joe Williams
Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings
100
critic score
(1)
73
user score
(3)
Jan 1
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Jazz at Oberlin
74
user score
(3)
Jan 1
Phineas Newborn Jr.
Here Is Phineas
83
user score
(3)
Jan 1
Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinícius De Moraes, Roberto Paiva
Orfeu Da Conceição
83
user score
(3)
Jan 1
Pete Seeger
American Industrial Ballads
66
user score
(3)
Feb 1
Elmer Bernstein
The Man With the Golden Arm
90
critic score
(1)
76
user score
(3)
Jul 13
Elvis Presley
Don't Be Cruel / Hound Dog
93
user score
(3)
Sep 1
Johnny Smith
Moonlight in Vermont
82
user score
(3)
Nov 21
Elvis Presley
Love Me Tender
68
user score
(3)
1956
Julie London
Calendar Girl
80
critic score
(1)
65
user score
(2)
1956
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
63
user score
(2)
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