1956 Album Releases

1956

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Mar 23

Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley

100

critic score

(4)

75

user score

(251)

Jan 1

Charles Mingus - Pithecanthropus Erectus

Pithecanthropus Erectus

100

critic score

(1)

81

user score

(116)

Mar 1

Frank Sinatra - Songs for Swingin' Lovers!

Songs for Swingin' Lovers!

98

critic score

(4)

77

user score

(92)

Oct 1

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Ella and Louis

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong

90

critic score

(1)

83

user score

(72)

1956

Glenn Gould - Bach: The Goldberg Variations

Bach: The Goldberg Variations

95

critic score

(4)

82

user score

(59)

Oct 19

Elvis Presley - Elvis

100

critic score

(2)

73

user score

(56)

Nov 1

Louis Prima - The Wildest!

100

critic score

(1)

76

user score

(49)

1956

The Louvin Brothers - Tragic Songs of Life

The Louvin Brothers

Tragic Songs of Life

100

critic score

(1)

60

user score

(42)

Jul 7

Duke Ellington - Ellington at Newport

Ellington at Newport

100

critic score

(2)

77

user score

(39)

Dec 1

Fats Domino - This Is Fats

90

critic score

(1)

72

user score

(36)

Jan 1

Billie Holiday - Lady Sings the Blues

Lady Sings the Blues

80

critic score

(1)

78

user score

(32)

Jan 1

Miles Davis - Collectors' Items

Collectors' Items

90

critic score

(1)

70

user score

(26)

Jan 1

Harry Belafonte - Calypso

Harry Belafonte

100

critic score

(1)

79

user score

(25)

1956

Moondog - Moondog

90

critic score

(1)

75

user score

(21)

Apr 1

Miles Davis - Miles: The New Miles Davis Quintet

Miles: The New Miles Davis Quintet

70

critic score

(1)

66

user score

(21)

Jan 1

Miles Davis - Blue Haze

60

critic score

(1)

71

user score

(20)

Jan 1

Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book

Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book

90

critic score

(1)

80

user score

(20)

1956

Miles Davis - Quintet/Sextet

67

user score

(19)

Jan 1

Ravi Shankar - Music Of India (Three Classical Ragas)

Music Of India (Three Classical Ragas)

100

critic score

(1)

82

user score

(19)

1956

Odetta - Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues

Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues

90

critic score

(1)

83

user score

(17)

1956

Michio Miyagi - 宮城道雄名曲選集 (Masterpieces of Koto)

宮城道雄名曲選集 (Masterpieces of Koto)

83

user score

(16)

1956

Moondog - More Moondog

90

critic score

(1)

76

user score

(15)

1956

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - The Jazz Messengers

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

The Jazz Messengers

80

critic score

(1)

83

user score

(14)

Jul

Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Gospel Train

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

70

critic score

(2)

71

user score

(14)

Jan 1

George Sawaya Trio - Arabic Songs of Lebanon and Egypt

George Sawaya Trio

Arabic Songs of Lebanon and Egypt

64

user score

(13)

1956

B.B. King - Singin' The Blues

Singin' The Blues

90

critic score

(1)

80

user score

(12)

Jan 1

Miles Davis - Miles Davis and Horns

Miles Davis and Horns

60

critic score

(1)

58

user score

(12)

1956

Johnny Burnette & The Rock 'n Roll Trio - Johnny Burnette and the Rock 'n Roll Trio

Johnny Burnette & The Rock 'n Roll Trio

Johnny Burnette and the Rock 'n Roll Trio

79

user score

(11)

Apr

Charles Mingus - Jazz Composers Workshop

Jazz Composers Workshop

76

user score

(11)

Jul 12

Sun Ra & His Arkestra - Super-sonic Jazz

Sun Ra & His Arkestra

Super-sonic Jazz

68

user score

(10)

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Sep 14

Cecil Taylor - Jazz Advance

90

critic score

(1)

70

user score

(10)

1956

Thelonious Monk - The Unique Thelonious Monk

Thelonious Monk

The Unique Thelonious Monk

90

critic score

(1)

75

user score

(8)

1956

Ella Fitzgerald - Lullabies of Birdland

Ella Fitzgerald

Lullabies of Birdland

90

critic score

(1)

72

user score

(8)

1956

Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Song Book

Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Song Book

100

critic score

(1)

78

user score

(8)

Jan

Boris Vian - Chansons "possibles" et "impossibles"

Chansons "possibles" et "impossibles"

78

user score

(8)

Jan 1

Sonny Rollins - Plus 4

100

critic score

(1)

75

user score

(8)

Jan 1

Clifford Brown & Max Roach - At Basin Street

Clifford Brown & Max Roach

At Basin Street

90

critic score

(1)

77

user score

(7)

Jan 1

Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness

90

critic score

(1)

71

user score

(7)

Jan 27

Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel

Heartbreak Hotel

88

user score

(7)

Apr

Béla Bartók - Concerto for Orchestra

Concerto for Orchestra

77

user score

(7)

Sep

Johnny Smith Quintet featuring Stan Getz - Moonlight in Vermont

Johnny Smith Quintet featuring Stan Getz

Moonlight in Vermont

100

critic score

(1)

78

user score

(7)

1956

Billie Holiday - Solitude

60

critic score

(1)

81

user score

(6)

1956

The Modern Jazz Quartet - Fontessa

The Modern Jazz Quartet

90

critic score

(1)

76

user score

(6)

1956

Miles Davis - Miles Davis Vol.2

Miles Davis Vol.2

62

user score

(5)

Jan

The Jazz Messengers - The Jazz Messengers at the Cafe Bohemia Volume 1

The Jazz Messengers

The Jazz Messengers at the Cafe Bohemia Volume 1

70

critic score

(1)

81

user score

(5)

Jan 2

Lennie Tristano - Lennie Tristano

Lennie Tristano

Lennie Tristano

77

user score

(5)

Feb 1

Elmer Bernstein - The Man With the Golden Arm

Elmer Bernstein

The Man With the Golden Arm

90

critic score

(1)

76

user score

(5)

1956

Julie London - Calendar Girl

80

critic score

(1)

64

user score

(4)

1956

Phineas Newborn Jr. - Phineas' Rainbow

Phineas Newborn Jr.

Phineas' Rainbow

80

critic score

(1)

77

user score

(4)

1956

Aretha Franklin - The Gospel Soul of Aretha Franklin

Aretha Franklin

The Gospel Soul of Aretha Franklin

90

critic score

(1)

80

user score

(4)

1956

Frank Sinatra - Frank Sinatra Conducts Tone Poems of Color

Frank Sinatra Conducts Tone Poems of Color

60

critic score

(1)

69

user score

(4)

1956

The Platters - The Platters

69

user score

(4)

1956

Charles Mingus - Mingus at the Bohemia

Mingus at the Bohemia

70

user score

(4)

1956

Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich - Krupa and Rich

Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich

90

critic score

(1)

78

user score

(4)

Jan 1

Pete Seeger - American Industrial Ballads

American Industrial Ballads

67

user score

(4)

Jan 1

Jimmy Giuffre - The Jimmy Giuffre Clarinet

The Jimmy Giuffre Clarinet

74

user score

(4)

Jan 1

Count Basie & Joe Williams - Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings

Count Basie & Joe Williams

Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings

100

critic score

(1)

73

user score

(4)

Jan 1

Ahmad Jamal - Chamber Music of the New Jazz

Chamber Music of the New Jazz

90

critic score

(1)

76

user score

(4)

Jan 1

Sonny Rollins - Work Time

70

critic score

(1)

76

user score

(4)

Jan 1

Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinícius De Moraes, Roberto Paiva - Orfeu Da Conceição

Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinícius De Moraes, Roberto Paiva

Orfeu Da Conceição

80

user score

(4)

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