Ray Charles records ‘In Person’ in Atlanta, Georgia for Atlantic Records (1959)
Ray Charles ‘In Person’ is a live album recorded on May 28, 1959 at Morris Brown College’s Herndon Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia and released In July 1960 by Atlantic.
Ornette Coleman records ‘The Shape of Jazz to Come,’ his third album featuring ‘Lonely Woman’ (1959)
Ornette Coleman‘s ‘The Shape of Jazz to Come’ is his third album recorded on May 22, 1959 and released in October 1959 By Atlantic.
Chess starts the recording of ‘Chuck Berry Is on Top’ album featuring Johnny B. Goode, Maybelle, Roll Over Beethoven, etc (1955)
‘Chuck Berry Is on Top’ is his third studio album featuring his greatest hits (Johnny B. Goode, Maybelle, Roll Over Beethoven and so on) recorded from May 21, 1955 till 1959 and released in July 1959 by Chess.
Art Pepper records ‘Art Pepper + Eleven – Modern Jazz Classics’ with a big band conducted by Marty Paich (1959)
‘Art Pepper + Eleven – Modern Jazz Classics’ is an album recorded on March 12, 24 & May 12, 1959 with a jazz big band conducted and arranged by Marty Paich and released the same year by Contemporary.
Ray Charles records in New-York ‘The Genius of Ray Charles’ (1959)
‘The Genius of Ray Charles‘ is his sixth studio album mixing big band songs with string-backed ballads, recorded on May 6 and June 23, 1959 and released in October 1959 by Atlantic. .
Charles Mingus records ‘Mingus Ah Um’ produced by Teo Macero (1959)
Charles Mingus‘ ‘Mingus Ah Um’ is an album (with a cover painted by S. Neil Fujita) recorded on May 5 and 12, 1959 and released the same year by Columbia..
John Coltrane records ‘Giant Steps’ for Atlantic Records (1959)
John Coltrane‘s ‘Giant Steps’ is his fifth studio album as leader recorded on May 4–5, 1959 & December 2, 1959 and released on January 27, 1960 by Atlantic.
Jackie McLean records ‘New Soil’ with trumpeter Donald Byrd (1959)
Jackie McLean’s ‘New Soil’ is an album recorded on May 2, 1959 with Donald Byrd on trumpet and released rhe same year by Blue Note. .
Columbia publish Miles Davis’ ‘Kind of Blue’ recorded with, on some tracks, John Coltrane & Bill Evans (1959)
Miles Davis‘ ‘Kind of Blue’ is a studio album recorded on March 2 and April 22, 1959 with on some tracks John Coltrane & Bill Evans and released on August 17, 1959 by Columbia
Harry Belafonte records the album ‘Belafonte at Carnegie Hall’ (1959)
Harry Belafonte‘s ‘Belafonte at Carnegie Hall’ is a live double album recorded on April 19 and 20, 1959 and released In October 1959 By Rca Victor.
Roulette publish ‘The Chairman of the Board,’ an album by Count Basie and his Orchestra (1959)
Count Basie‘s ‘The Chairman of the Board’ is a studio album recorded with his orchestra and released on April 18, 1959 by Roulette.
Cecil Taylor records the album ‘Love for Sale’ for United Artists (1959)
Cecil Taylor‘s ‘Love for Sale’ is an album recorded on April 15, 1959 and released by United Artists.
Buddy Rich records ‘Richcraft’ with a big band arranged by Ernie Wilkins (1959)
Buddy Rich‘s ‘Richcraft’ is a studio big band album with arrangements by Ernie Wilkins, recorded on April 9–10, 1959 and released in 1959 by Mercury.
Del-Fi Records publish ‘Ritchie Valens’ his first and only eponymous album featuring ‘La Bamba’ (1959)
‘Ritchie Valens‘ is his first and only eponymous studio album featuring ‘La Bamba’ and posthumously released, after his death in a plane crash, in March 1959 by Del-Fi Records.
Frank Sinatra records ‘No One Cares’ with Gordon Jenkins as arranger (1959)
Frank Sinatra‘s ‘No One Cares’ is an album recorded on March 24, 25, 26, May 14, 1959 and released the same year by Capitol.
Sun Ra records ‘Jazz in Silhouette’ with his Arkestra for Saturn (1959)
Bethlehem Records publish Nina Simone’s debut album : ‘Little Girl Blue’ a.k.a. ‘Jazz As Played in an Exclusive Side Street Club’ (1959)
Nina Simone‘s ‘Little Girl Blue’ a.k.a. ‘Jazz As Played in an Exclusive Side Street Club’ is her debut album released in February 1959 by Bethlehem Records
Riverside record ‘The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall’ (1959)
‘The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall’ is an album recorded on February 28, 1959 and released the same year by Riverside.
Dinah Washington records ‘What a Diff’rence a Day Makes!’ (1959)
Dinah Washington‘s ‘What a Diff’rence a Day Makes!’ is an album arranged by Belford Hendricks, recorded on February 19 and August 1959 and released the same year by Mercury.
Dizzy Gillespie records ‘The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie’ an album for Verve (1959)
Dizzy Gillespie‘s ‘The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie’ is an album recorded on February 17, 18 & 20, 1959 and released the same year by Verve.