Sonny Rollins records the album ‘Sonny Rollins on Impulse!’ (1965)
‘Sonny Rollins on Impulse!’ is his first album recorded on July 8, 1965 to be released the same year on the Impulse! label.
John Coltrane records ‘Ascension’ with Mccoy Tyner, Elvin Jones, Freddie Hubbard, Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp et al (1966)
John Coltrane‘s ‘Ascension’ is an album of continuous performance without breaks recorded on June 28, 1965 and released in February 1966 by Impulse!
Lee Morgan records ‘The Gigolo’ with Wayne Shorter et al for Blue Note (1965)
Lee Morgan‘s ‘The Gigolo’ is an album recorded on June 25 & July 1, 1965 with a quintet featuring Wayne Shorter, Harold Mabern, Bob Cranshaw and Billy Higgins and released in 1966 by Blue Note.
Wes Montgomery records ‘Smokin’ at the Half Note’ with the Wynton Kelly Trio for Verve (1965)
‘Smokin’ at the Half Note’ by Wes Montgomery & the Wynton Kelly Trio is their second collaboration album recorded live in late June 1965 and in studio, on September 22, 1965 and released the same year by Verve.
The Byrds release ‘Mr. Tambourine Man,’ their debut album featuring ‘All I Really Want to Do’ (1965)
The Byrds‘ ‘Mr. Tambourine Man’ feat. “All I Really Want to Do” is their debut album released on June 21, 1965 by Columbia.
Sonny Rollins records ‘There Will Never Be Another You’ at Museum of Modern Art, New York (1965)
Sonny Rollins‘ ‘There Will Never Be Another You’ is a live album recorded on June 17, 1965 at Museum of Modern Art, New York and released in 1978 By Impulse!.
Decca publish Them’s first album : ‘The Angry Young Them’ featuring ‘Gloria’ (1965)
Them’s ‘The Angry Young Them’ feat. ‘Gloria’ is their first album featuring lead singer Van Morrison and released on June 11, 1965 by Decca.
Bobby Hutcherson records ‘Components’ with Freddie Hubbard, Herbie Hancock et al (1965)
Bobby Hutcherson‘s ‘Components’ is an album mixing hard bop on one side and avant-garde on the other, recorded on June 10, 1965 and released the same year by Blue Note.
John Coltrane records ‘Kulu Sé Mama’ for Impulse! (1965)
John Coltrane‘s ‘Kulu Sé Mama’ is an album (two tracks with a large ensemble, four with the ‘classic quartet’) recorded on June 10 & 16, 1965 and October 14, 1965 and released In 1967 By Impulse!
Verve publish ‘The Astrud Gilberto Album,’ her first album recorded with Antônio Carlos Jobim, João Gilberto et al (1965)
‘The Astrud Gilberto Album’ is her first solo album produced by Creed Taylor and released in May 1965 by Verve.
John Coltrane records ‘Transition’ with Mccoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison and Elvin Jones (1965)
John Coltrane‘s ‘Transition’ is an album recorded on May 26 & June 10, 1965 and released posthumously only in 1970 by Impulse!..
Sam Rivers records ‘Contours’ with Freddie Hubbard, Herbie Hancock et al (1965)
Sam Rivers‘ ‘Contours’ is his second (fully avant-garde) album recorded on May 21, 1965 and released the same year by Blue Note.
Wes Montgomery records ‘Bumpin” for Verve (1965)
Wes Montgomery‘s ‘Bumpin” is his thirteenth album recorded on March 16, May 18, 19 & 20, 1965 and released the same year by Verve.
John Coltrane finishes the recording of ‘The John Coltrane Quartet Plays’ with Mccoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Art Davis and Elvin Jones (1965)
‘The John Coltrane Quartet Plays’ is an album (full title ‘The John Coltrane Quartet Plays Chim Chim Cheree, Song of Praise, Nature Boy, Brazilia’) recorded on February 17-18, March 28 and May 17, 1965 and released the same year by Impulse!
Blue Note publish Herbie Hancock’s fifth album : ‘Maiden Voyage’ (1965)
Barbra Streisand releases ‘My Name Is Barbra’ in conjunction with a a television special (1965)
Barbra Streisand‘s ‘My Name Is Barbra’ is the first of two studio albums (tied-in to a television special of the same name) released in May 1965.
Sun Ra records ‘The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Volume One’ with his Solar Arkestra (1965)
Tony Bennett releases ‘If I Ruled the World: Songs for the Jet Set,’ an album arranged by Don Costa (1965)
Tony Bennett‘s ‘If I Ruled the World: Songs for the Jet Set’ is a studio album arranged by Don Costa and released on April 19, 1965 by Columbia.
Bert Jansch releases ‘Bert Jansch,’ his eponymous debut album (1965)
‘Bert Jansch’ is his eponymous debut album featuring ‘Needle of Death,’ produced by Bill Leader and released on April 16, 1965 by Transatlantic
Frank Sinatra starts the recording of the ‘September of My Years’ album arranged by Gordon Jenkins (1965)
Frank Sinatra‘s ‘September of My Years’ is a studio album arranged by Gordon Jenkins, recorded between April 13 and May 27, 1965 and released in September 1965 by Reprise.