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‘Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5’ is the debut album of The Jackson 5 featuring Michael Jackson as lead singer, released on December 18, 1969 by Motown.
B. B. King’s ‘Lucille’ is his fifteenth studio album recorded on December 18 & 20, 1967 and released in 1968 By Bluesway.
Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown‘ is an album also known as ‘Sarah Vaughan,’ recorded on December 18, 1954 and released in 1955 by Emarcy.
Bill Evans‘ ‘Trio 64’ is an album recorded on December 18, 1963 with Gary Peacock and Paul Motian and released in 1964.
Duke Ellington‘s ‘Masterpieces by Ellington’ is an album recorded on December 18, 1950 with an orchestra and released in 1951 by Columbia.
Albert Ayler‘s ‘In Greenwich Village’ is a live album recorded on December 18, 1966 and February 26, 1967 and released in 1967 by Impulse!.
Dizzy Gillespie‘s ‘The Greatest Trumpet of Them All’ is an album recorded on December 17, 1957 and featuring Benny Golson and released the same year by Verve.
Soft Machine‘s ‘Volume One’ is their debut album also titled ‘The Soft Machine‘ and released in December 1968 by Abc Probe.
Stanley Turrentine‘s ‘Blue Hour’ is a collaboration album with The Three Sounds (Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins and Bill Dowdy), recorded on June 29 & December 16, 1960 and released in March 1961 by Blue Note.
Eartha Kitt‘s ‘That Bad Eartha’ is her debut 12 vinyl studio album released in December 1953 by Rca Victor.
Thelonious Monk‘s ‘Underground’ is an album recorded on December 14 and 21, 1967 and February 14, 1968 and released the same year by Columbia.
Dave Brubeck Quartet’s ‘Jazz at the College of the Pacific’ is a live album recorded on December 14, 1953 and released in December 1953 by Fantasy Records.
Big Brother & the Holding Company’ is their debut album featuring vocalist Janis Joplin and recorded on December 12–14, 1966 and released in August 1967 by Mainstream.
‘Caetano Veloso‘ is his debut and eponymous solo album featuring ‘Alegria, Alegria’ and ‘Tropicália’ and released in 1968 by Phillips
Johnny Hodges with Billy Strayhorn and the Orchestra’ is a studio album arranged by Billy Strayhorn, featuring many members of Duke Ellington‘s orchestra and recorded on December 11–12, 1962 and released in June 1962 by Verve.
‘Blood, Sweat & Tears‘ feat. ‘Spinning Wheel’ is their eponymous second album released on December 11, 1968 by Columbia.
‘The The Electric Prunes‘ is their debut and eponymous album featuring ‘I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night),’ produced by David Hassinger and released in December 1966 by Reprise
‘Fred Neil’ is his second and eponymous album featuring ‘Everybody’s Talkin’,’ produced by Nick Venet and released in December 1966 by Capitol
‘Out of the Cool’ by The Gil Evans Orchestra. is an album recorded on November 18 & 30, December 10 & 15, 1960 and released in February 1961 by Impulse!