Miles Davis’ ‘Round About Midnight’ is an album recorded on October 26, 1955; June 5 and September 10, 1956 and released on March 18, 1957 by Columbia.
Sonny Rollins‘ ‘Tenor Madness‘ is an album recorded on May 24, 1956 with John Coltrane and released the same year by Prestige.
‘Cuban Fire!’ by Stan Kenton & his orchestra is an album (one of the most influential Latin jazz large-ensemble recordings of all time), recorded on May 22–24, 1956 and releaseed the same year by Capitol.
‘Ray Charles‘ is his debut album recorded between May 17, 1953 and November 27, 1956, released in 1957 (and re-released as ‘Hallelujah I Love Her So’ in 1962) by Atlantic .
‘Steamin’ with the Miles Davis Quintet’ is an album recorded on May 11 and October 26, 1956 and released in May 1961 by Prestige.
‘Workin’ with the Miles Davis Quintet’ is an album recorded on May 11 and October 26, 1956 with John Coltrane on every track but two and released in September 1959 by Prestige.
Peggy Lee‘s ‘Black Coffee’ is her first album recorded between April 30, 1953 & April 3, 1956 and released in 1956 by Decca.
Jackie McLean’s ‘One Step Beyond’ is an album recorded on April 30, 1963 with a a vibraphone player in place of the pianist and released the same year by Blue Note.
Louis Prima‘s ‘The Wildest!’ is an album recorded on April 19 and 20, 1956 at Capitol Studios, produced by Voyle Gilmore and featuring ‘Just a Gigolo’
‘My Fair Lady’ feat. Julie Andrews is the recording by the Broadway cast (including Andrews and Rex Harrison) of the famous musical, released on April 2, 1956 by Columbia.
‘Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook’ is a studio album recorded between February 7 and March 27, 1956 with an orchestra conducted by Buddy Bregman and released the same year by Verve.
“Elvis Presley” is his eponymous debut studio album released, in mono, on March 23, 1956 by Rca Victor.
Sonny Rollins‘ ‘Plus Four’ is an album (also titled ‘3 Giants!’) recorded March 22, 1956 with pianist Richie Powell and trumpeter Clifford Brown and released the same year by Prestige.
‘The Unique Thelonious Monk‘ is an album of standards recorded on March 17 and April 3, 1956 with Art Blakey on drums and Oscar Pettiford on bass and released the same year by Riverside.
Art Blakey‘s ‘Drum Suite’ is an album recorded on December 13, 1956 and February 22, 1957 with The Jazz Messengers and the Art Blakey Percussion Ensemble and released the same year by Columbia.
Charles Mingus‘ ‘Pithecanthropus Erectus’ is an album recorded on January 30, 1956 and released the same year by Atlantic.
Modern Jazz Quartet‘s ‘Fontessa’ is an album recorded from January 22 till February 14, 1956 and released the same year by Atlantic.
Tony Bennett‘s ‘Tony’ is an album (re-titled ‘Tony Bennett Showcase’) produced by Ernest Altschuler and released on January 14, 1957 by Columbia.
Lester Young‘s ‘Pres and Teddy’ is an album recorded on January 13, 1956 with the Teddy Wilson Quartet and released In April 1959 by Verve.
Dinah Washington‘s ‘Dinah!’ is an album recorded on January 11 & November 11, 1956 and released in 1956 by Emarcy.