* 1955
21. Tito Puente * Cuban Carnival (RCA)
22. Erroll Garner * Concert By the Sea (Columbia)
23. Modern
Jazz Quartet * Django (Prestige/OJC)
24. Sarah Vaughan * In the Land of Hi-Fi (Emarcy)
25. Count Basie * Count Basie Swings -- Joe Williams Sings (Verve)
26. Yma Sumac * Mambo (Capitol)
27. Jacques Brel * Jacques Brel 1 (Jacques Brel et Ses Chansons) (Philips)
28. Frank Sinatra * Songs for Swingin' Lovers! (Capitol)
29. Anita O'Day * This Is Anita (Verve)
30. Nat King Cole * Sings For Two In Love (Capitol)
31. Sonny Rollins * Work Time (Prestige)
* 1956
32. Sonny Rollins * Saxophone Colossus (Prestige)
33. Charles Mingus * Pithecanthropus Erectus (Atlantic)
34. Thelonious Monk * Brilliant Corners (Milestone)
35. Anita O'Day * Anita Sings the Most (Verve)
36. Duke Ellington * Ellington at Newport (Columbia)
37. Johnny Burnette *
Rock 'n' Roll Trio (Coral)
38. George Russell *
Jazz Workshop (Bluebird)
39. Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)
40. Harry Belafonte * Calypso (RCA Victor)
41. Little Willie John * Fever (King)
42. Gene Vincent * Bluejean Bop! (Capitol)
43. Cal Tjader * Latin Kick (Fantasy)
44. Elvis Presley * Elvis (RCA Victor)
45. Sonny Rollins * Tenor Madness (Prestige)
46. Tito Puente * Let's Cha Cha (RCA)
47. The Louvin Brothers * Tragic Songs Of Life (Capitol)
48. Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong * Ella And Louis (Verve)
49. Miles Davis * Workin' (Prestige)
50. Miles Davis * Steamin' (Prestige)
51. Miles Davis * Cookin' (Prestige)
52. Miles Davis * Relaxin' (Prestige)
53. Anita O'Day * Pick Yourself Up with Anita O'Day (Verve)
54. Sun Ra * Super Sonic
Jazz (Evidence)
55. B.B. King * Singin' The
Blues (Crown)
56. Quincy Jones * This Is How I Feel About
Jazz (Paramount/GRP)
57. Johnny Cash * Johnny Cash With His Hot & Blue Guitar (Sun)
58. Miles Davis * Round About Midnight (Columbia)
* 1957
59. Dizzy Gillespie * At Newport (Verve)
60. Charles Mingus * New Tijuana Moods (Bluebird)
61. Sonny Rollins * Way Out West (Con
temporary)
62. Tito Puente * Top Percussion (RCA)
63. Johnny Burnette & The
Rock 'N' Roll Trio (Coral)
64. Ray Charles (Atlantic)
65. Jerry Lee Lewis (Sun)
66. Buddy Holly * The Chirping Crickets (MCA)
67. Sonny Rollins * A Night At The Village Vanguard, Vol. 2 (Blue Note)
68. Thelonious Monk * Thelonious With John Coltrane (Riverside)
69. Ernest Tubb * The Daddy Of 'Em All (Decca)
70. Little Richard * Here's Little Richard (Specialty)
71. Count Basie * Atomic Mr. Basie (Roulette)
72. Patsy Cline (MCA)
73. Maya Angelou * Miss Calypso (Scamp)
74. Red Garland Trio * Groovy (Prestige/OJC)
75. Bo Diddley (Checker)
76. John Coltrane * Blue
Train (Blue Note)
77. Gene Vincent * Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps (Capitol)
78. Miles Davis * Miles Ahead (Columbia)
79. Charles Mingus * The Clown (Atlantic)
80. Sonny Rollins * A Night At The Village Vanguard, Vol. 1 (Blue Note)
81. Frank Sinatra * Come Fly with Me (Capitol)
82. Frank Sinatra * A Swingin' Affair! (Capitol)
83. Nina Simone * Little Girl Blue (Get Back)
84. Nina Simone * Nina Simone & Her Friends (Bethlehem)
* 1958
85. Johnny Guitar Watson * Gangster of Love (King)
86. Martin Denny * Hypnotique (Liberty)
87. Sun Ra *
Jazz In Silhouette (Evidence)
88. Art Blakey & the
Jazz Messengers * Moanin' (Blue Note)
89. Tito Puente *
Dance Mania (RCA)
90. Thelonious Monk * Misterioso (Riverside)
91. Jimmy Smith * The Sermon! (Blue Note)
92. Serge Gainsbourg * Du Chant a la Une (Philips/Polygram)
93. Miles Davis * Miles & Coltrane (Columbia)
94. Wanda Jackson (Capitol)
95. Fats Domino * The Fabulous Mr. D (Imperial)
96. Sarah Vaughan * No Count Sarah (Polygram)
97. Esquivel * Exploring New Sounds in Stereo (RCA Victor)
98. Sun Ra * Visits Planet Earth (Evidence)
99. Jacques Brel * Jacques Brel 3 (Philips)
100. Miles Davis * Milestones (Columbia)
101. Johnny Cash * The Fabulous Johnny Cash (Columbia)
102. Sonny Rollins * Freedom Suite (Con
temporary)
103. Sonny Rollins * Newk's Time (Blue Note)
104. John Coltrane *
Soultrane (OJC/Prestige)
105. Cannonball Adderly Quartet * Somethin' Else (Blue Note)
106. Mongo Santamaria * Yambu (Fantasy)
107. Miles Davis * Porgy and Bess (Columbia)
108. Arthur Lyman * Taboo: The Exotic Sounds of Arthur Lyman (Rykodisc)
109. Les Baxter * Space Escapade (Capitol)
110. Anita O'Day * Anita O'Day Sings the Winners (Verve)
111. Miles Davis * '58 Sessions (Columbia)
112. John Coltrane * Black Pearls (OJC/Fantasy)
* 1959
113. Miles Davis * Kind Of Blue (Columbia)
114. Charles Mingus * Mingus Ah-Um (Columbia)
115. Tito Puente * Puente In Love (Tico)
116. Dave Bru
Beck Quartet * Time Out (Columbia)
117. John Coltrane * Giant
Steps (Atlantic)
118. John Coltrane * Coltrane
Jazz (Atlantic)
119. Lightnin' Hopkins (Smithsonian)
120. Ornette Coleman * The Shape Of
Jazz To Come (Atlantic)
121. Ornette Coleman * Change Of The Century (Atlantic)
122. George Russell * New York, N.Y. (Decca)
123. Ray Charles * The Genius Of Ray Charles (Atlantic)
124. Ornette Coleman * This Is Our Music (Atlantic)
125. Chuck Berry * Chuck Berry Is on Top (Chess)
126. Larry Williams * Here's Larry Williams (Specialty)
127. Harry Belafonte * Belafonte at Carnegie Hall (RCA Victor)
128. Sonny Boy Williamson * Down And Out
Blues (Chess)
129. Ornette Coleman * Tomorrow Is The Question! (Con
temporary)
130. Marlene Dietrich * Lili Marlene (Columbia)
131. Martin Denny * Quiet Village (Liberty)
132. George Jones * White Lightning And Other Favorites (Mercury)
133. Bo Diddley * Go Bo Diddley (Chess)
134. Peggy Lee * Beauty And The Beat! (Capitol)
135. Mongo Santamaria * Sabroso! (Fantasy)
136. Peggy Lee * Things Are Swingin' (Capitol)
137. Sun Ra * The Nubians of Plutonia 58-59 (Evidence)
138. Hank Ballard & the Midnighters * Singin' & Swingin' (King)
139. Thelonious Monk * Alone In San Francisco (Riverside)
140. Charles Mingus * Mingus Dynasty (Columbia)
141. Charles Mingus *
Blues and Roots (Atlantic)
142. Arthur Lyman * Hawain Sunset (Hi Fi)
143. Martin Denny * Afro-Desia (Liberty)
144. Pee Wee Crayton (Crown)