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‘Nina Simone at Town Hall’ is her third release and her first live album recorded live at The Town Hall New York City on September 12, 1959 and released the same year by Colpix.
Ray Charles‘ ‘What’d I Say’ is a studio album recorded between September 11, 1952 and February 18, 1959 and released in October 1959 by Atlantic.
Jacques Brel‘s ‘La Valse à Mille Temps’ is his fourth album featuring ‘Ne me quitte pas,’ recorded between September 11 and 17, 1959 and released the same year by Philips
Horace Silver‘s’Blowin’ the Blues Away’ is an album recorded on August 29-30 & September 13, 1959 with Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, Gene Taylor and Louis Hayes and released the same year by Blue Note.
The Modern Jazz Quartet‘s ‘Pyramid’ is an album recorded on August 22 & 25 and December 21, 1959 and January 15, 1960 In 1960 and released the same year by Atlantic.
Duke Ellington‘s ‘Live at the Blue Note’ is an album recorded on August 9, 1959 and released the same year by Roulette.
‘Go Bo Diddley‘ feat. ‘Say Man’ is this second (but first studio) album released in July 1959 by Checker Records.
Jimmy Smith‘s ‘Home Cookin’ is an album recorded on July 15, 1958, May 24 & June 16, 1959 and released in 1960 By Blue Note.
‘Oscar Peterson Plays the Duke Ellington Song book’ is an album recorded between July 14 and August 9, 1959 with Ray Brown on double bass and Ed Thigpen on drums and released the same year by Verve.
Ella Fitzgerald‘s ‘Get Happy!’ is an album recorded from July 24, 1957 till July 11, 1959 with various studio Orchestras and released in 1959 By Verve.
‘Time Out’ by The Dave Brubeck Quartet is an album recorded on June 25, July 1 and August 18, 1959 by Columbia.
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‘s ‘The Shape of Jazz to Come’ is his third album recorded on May 22, 1959 and released in October 1959 By Atlantic.
‘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 + 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.
‘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‘ ‘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‘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’s ‘New Soil’ is an album recorded on May 2, 1959 with Donald Byrd on trumpet and released rhe same year by Blue Note. .
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