Nostalgia's Album Journey: 1950-Today

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So I'm gonna listen to as many critically acclaimed albums from the last 70 years (according to RYM and AOTY) as possible over the course of God knows how long and document my experiences here.

Why? Cause I know damn well I'm missing out on way too much good music and wanna fix that. Well, at least a little.

Wish me luck!

1.

Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker With Strings1950

60

2.

Trío Aguilillas

Sones of Mexico1950

70

3.

Yma Sumac

Voice of the Xtabay1950

60

4.

Jo Stafford

Autumn in New York1950

70

5.

Duke Ellington

Masterpieces by Ellington1951

70

6.

Miles Davis

The New Sounds1951

50

7.

Thelonious Monk

Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 11951

60

8.

Stan Kenton

City of Glass1952

50

9.

Duke Ellington

Ellington Uptown1953

80

10.

Bud Powell

The Amazing Bud Powell1952

70

11.

Thelonious Monk

Genius of Modern Music Vol. 21952

70

12.

Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker

Bird and Diz1952

80

13.

Various Artists

Singin' in the Rain1952

50

14.

Milt Jackson

Wizard of the Vibes1952

80

15.

Various Artists

Anthology of American Folk Music1952

80

16.

Peggy Lee

Black Coffee1953

60

17.

Thelonious Monk

Thelonious Monk Trio1953

50

18.

Moondog

Moondog and His Friends1953

40

19.

The Quintet

Jazz at Massey Hall1956

80

20.

Jay Jay Johnson Sextet

Jay Jay Johnson With Clifford Brown1953

60

21.

Clifford Brown & Max Roach

Clifford Brown & Max Roach1954

90

22.

Chet Baker

Chet Baker Sings1954

70

23.

Frank Sinatra

Swing Easy!1954

60

24.

Frank Sinatra

Songs For Young Lovers1954

70

25.

Thelonious Monk & Sonny Rollins

Thelonious Monk & Sonny Rollins1954

70

26.

Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong Plays W. C. Handy1954

70

27.

Art Blakey Quintet

A Night at Birdland, Vol. 11954

80

28.

Art Blakey Quintet

A Night at Birdland, Vol. 21954

80

29.

Yma Sumac

Mambo!1954

70

30.

Dorival Caymmi

Canções Praieiras1954

50

31.

Frantz Casseus

Haitian Dances1954

40

32.

June Christy

Something Cool1954

60

33.

Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra

Afro1954

80

34.

Bud Powell

The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 21954

50

35.

Miles Davis

Blue Moods1955

60

36.

Clifford Brown & Max Roach

Study in Brown1955

80

37.

Sarah Vaughan

Sarah Vaughan1955

70

38.

Frank Sinatra

In the Wee Small Hours1955

80

39.

Julie London

Julie Is Her Name1955

50

40.

Kenny Dorham

Afro-Cuban1955

60

41.

Helen Merrill

Helen Merrill1955

80

42.

Louis Armstrong

Satch Plays Fats1955

60

43.

Thelonious Monk

Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington1955

60

44.

Clifford Brown & Max Roach

Brown and Roach Incorporated1955

80

45.

Erroll Garner

Concert by the Sea1955

50

46.

Sonny Rollins

Tenor Madness1956

70

47.

Glenn Gould

Bach: The Goldberg Variations1956

60

48.

Charles Mingus

Pithecanthropus Erectus1956

70

49.

Frank Sinatra

Songs for Swingin' Lovers!1956

70

50.

Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley1956

60

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jkpyg

2y

I've made a list of my faves from 60,61 and 62,thanks!!!

jkpyg

2y

I’m doing this atm too!!! I started in 1960 last week! I’m on 62 atm.