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'50s Jazz Favourites

Curated by Amazon's Music Experts

A decade of innovations from Bebop to Hard Bop, Cool & The Shape of Jazz to Come. Cover: Art Blakey

86 SONGS • 9 HOURS AND 35 MINUTES

1Milestones
Milestones
Miles Davis feat. John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Red Garland, Paul Chambers & Philly Joe Jones
Milestones
05:42
2Moanin'
Moanin'
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Moanin' (Expanded Edition)
09:31
3St. Thomas [feat. Tommy Flanagan & Doug Watkins & Max Roach]
St. Thomas [feat. Tommy Flanagan & Doug Watkins & Max Roach]
Sonny Rollins feat. Tommy Flanagan, Doug Watkins & Max Roach
Saxophone Colossus
06:48
4Straight No Chaser
Straight No Chaser
Thelonious Monk
The Best Of Thelonious Monk
02:58
5Autumn Leaves
Autumn Leaves
Cannonball Adderley
Somethin' Else (Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
11:00
6So What
So What
Miles Davis feat. John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley & Bill Evans
Kind Of Blue (Legacy Edition)
09:23
7Take Five
Take Five
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Time Out
05:25
8Giant Steps
Giant Steps
John Coltrane
The Very Best of John Coltrane
04:43
9Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
Charles Mingus
Mingus Ah Um
05:44
10Django
Django
The Modern Jazz Quartet
Django (Rudy Van Gelder Remaster)
07:04
11Peace Piece
Peace Piece
Bill Evans Trio
Everybody Digs Bill Evans
06:41
12Red Pepper Blues
Red Pepper Blues
Art Pepper
On Contemporary: Art Pepper
03:41
13On The Scene
On The Scene
Milt Jackson
Wizard Of The Vibes
02:43
14Poinciana (Live At The Pershing, Chicago, 1958)
Poinciana (Live At The Pershing, Chicago, 1958)
Ahmad Jamal Trio
Ahmad Jamal At The Pershing: But Not For Me
08:09
15'Round Midnight
'Round Midnight
Wes Montgomery Trio
The Wes Montgomery Trio (Expanded Edition)
04:54
16But Not For Me (Remastered 2000)
But Not For Me (Remastered 2000)
Kenny Burrell
Introducing Kenny Burrell: The First Blue Note Sessions
03:49
17Naima
Naima
John Coltrane
The Very Best of John Coltrane
04:18
18It Never Entered My Mind
It Never Entered My Mind
The Miles Davis Quintet
Music From and Inspired by The Film Birth Of The Cool
05:22
19Thelonious (Rudy Van Gelder 24-Bit Mastering / 1998 Digital Remaster)
Thelonious (Rudy Van Gelder 24-Bit Mastering / 1998 Digital Remaster)
Thelonious Monk
Genius Of Modern Music (Vol.1, Expanded Edition)
03:02
20Just One of Those Things
Just One of Those Things
Bud Powell
Jazz Giant
03:52
21Con Alma (Album Version)
Con Alma (Album Version)
Oscar Peterson & Dizzy Gillespie
Oscar Peterson & Dizzy Gillespie
05:15
22Brilliant Corners [feat. Sonny Rollins & Ernie Henry & Clark Terry]
Brilliant Corners [feat. Sonny Rollins & Ernie Henry & Clark Terry]
Thelonious Monk feat. Sonny Rollins, Ernie Henry & Clark Terry
Brilliant Corners
07:44
23Well You Needn't (Remastered)
Well You Needn't (Remastered)
Thelonious Monk
Genius Of Modern Music (Vol.1, Expanded Edition)
03:00
24Solar (Rudy Van Gelder Remaster)
Solar (Rudy Van Gelder Remaster)
The Miles Davis Quintet
Jazz Showcase
04:44
25Subconscious Lee
Subconscious Lee
Lee Konitz
The 100 Best Jazz Tunes Of The 1950s
02:49
26Stella By Starlight (EP Take/Digital Remaster/2004)
Stella By Starlight (EP Take/Digital Remaster/2004)
Chet Baker
Chet Baker Sextet
03:10
27Finger Poppin' (Rudy Van Gelder Edition / Remastered)
Finger Poppin' (Rudy Van Gelder Edition / Remastered)
Horace Silver Quintet
Finger Poppin' (The Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
04:48
28Cotton Tail
Cotton Tail
Ben Webster
King Of The Tenors
03:24
29The Third World
The Third World
Herbie Nichols
The Prophetic Herbie Nichols Vol. 1 (Audio)
04:12
30Freeway
Freeway
Gerry Mulligan Quartet & Chet Baker
The Pacific Jazz Years
02:46
31Cherokee
Cherokee
Johnny Griffin Quartet
Way Out!
06:47
32Four
Four
The Miles Davis Quintet
Workin' With The Miles Davis Quintet
07:13
33Stop Time (Remastered)
Stop Time (Remastered)
Horace Silver
Horace Silver And The Jazz Messengers
04:07
34Pithecanthropus Erectus
Pithecanthropus Erectus
Charles Mingus
Pithecanthropus Erectus
10:37
35Blues For Alice
Blues For Alice
Charlie Parker
Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker On Verve
02:46
36Oleo (Album - Remastered)
Oleo (Album - Remastered)
Miles Davis
The Classic Prestige Sessions, 1951-1956 (Digital eBooklet)
05:16
37Dancing In The Dark
Dancing In The Dark
Cannonball Adderley
Ballads
04:08
38Moon Dreams
Moon Dreams
Miles Davis
Ballads And Blues
03:20
39Blue In Green (Take 3)
Blue In Green (Take 3)
Bill Evans, Scott LaFaro & Paul Motian
Portrait In Jazz [Keepnews Collection]
05:26
40My One and Only Love
My One and Only Love
Art Tatum
The Jazz Playlist, Pt. 3
06:14
41Sound Lee
Sound Lee
Lee Konitz
HIP JAZZ BOP - Revenge Of The Nerds: Jazz Essentials By Jazz Greats
06:38
42Boplicity
Boplicity
Miles Davis
The Blue Note And Capitol Recordings
03:01
43Bags' Groove (RVG Remaster) [feat. Thelonious Monk & Milt Jackson & Kenny Clarke & Percy Heath]
Bags' Groove (RVG Remaster) [feat. Thelonious Monk & Milt Jackson & Kenny Clarke & Percy Heath]
Miles Davis feat. Thelonious Monk, Milt Jackson, Kenny Clarke & Percy Heath
Bags' Groove (Rudy Van Gelder Remaster)
11:15
44Pent-Up House [feat. Clifford Brown & Max Roach & Richie Powell & George Morrow]
Pent-Up House [feat. Clifford Brown & Max Roach & Richie Powell & George Morrow]
Sonny Rollins feat. Clifford Brown, Max Roach, Richie Powell & George Morrow
Plus Four [Rudy Van Gelder edition]
08:53
45Surrey With The Fringe On Top
Surrey With The Fringe On Top
The Miles Davis Quintet
Steamin' With The Miles Davis Quintet
09:03
46Theme For Ernie
Theme For Ernie
John Coltrane
Coltrane '58: The Prestige Recordings
04:57
47Joy Spring
Joy Spring
Clifford Brown & Max Roach Quintet
Clifford Brown And Max Roach
06:51
48Freddie Freeloader
Freddie Freeloader
Miles Davis feat. John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Wynton Kelly & Paul Chambers
Kind Of Blue
09:48
49Night Train
Night Train
Jimmy Forrest
Night Train
02:59
50Somethin' Else
Somethin' Else
Cannonball Adderley
Somethin' Else (Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
08:14
51Satin Doll (Live At The Whitney Museum/1972)
Satin Doll (Live At The Whitney Museum/1972)
Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington's Finest Hour
02:53
52Good Bait
Good Bait
John Coltrane
Coltrane '58: The Prestige Recordings
12:09
53If I Were A Bell (Rudy Van Gelder Remaster)
If I Were A Bell (Rudy Van Gelder Remaster)
The Miles Davis Quintet
Relaxin' With The Miles Davis Quintet
08:17
54Coop De Grass
Coop De Grass
Shorty Rogers
The Big Shorty Rogers Express
03:00
55Line Up
Line Up
Lennie Tristano
Lennie Tristano/The New Tristano
03:34
56Fontessa
Fontessa
The Modern Jazz Quartet
Fontessa
11:23
57Flamingo (Rudy Van Gelder/Remastered 2000)
Flamingo (Rudy Van Gelder/Remastered 2000)
Jimmy Smith
The Sermon (The Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
08:01
58Afrodisia (Remastered/Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
Afrodisia (Remastered/Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
Kenny Dorham
Afro-Cuban (Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
05:06
59Afro Blue
Afro Blue
Mongo Santamaría
Cuban 1950 (The Best Oldies Latin)
03:58
60Avila And Tequila
Avila And Tequila
Hank Mobley Quartet
Hank Mobley Quartet
04:31
61Nica's Dream
Nica's Dream
Blue Mitchell Sextet
Blue Soul
06:33
62Doxy (Remastered 2024)
Doxy (Remastered 2024)
Miles Davis
Miles '54: The Prestige Recordings (Remastered 2024)
04:55
63Hip Strut (Remastered)
Hip Strut (Remastered)
Jackie McLean
New Soil
11:19
64Nostalgia In Times Square (1994 Remaster)
Nostalgia In Times Square (1994 Remaster)
Charles Mingus
Jazz Portraits-Mingus In Wonderland
12:18
65Jordu
Jordu
Clifford Brown & Max Roach Quintet
Clifford Brown And Max Roach
07:50
66Along Came Betty
Along Came Betty
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Moanin' (Expanded Edition)
06:09
67Cool Struttin'
Cool Struttin'
Sonny Clark
Cool Struttin' (Remastered / Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
09:23
68Blues Walk
Blues Walk
Lou Donaldson
Blues Walk
06:43
69Blue Train (Remastered 2003/Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
Blue Train (Remastered 2003/Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
John Coltrane
Blue Train (Expanded Edition)
10:44
70Lazy Bird (Alternate Take 1)
Lazy Bird (Alternate Take 1)
John Coltrane
Lazy Bird/Blue Train
09:23
71Walkin'
Walkin'
Miles Davis
The 100 Best Jazz Tunes Of The 1950s
13:27
72Fables of Faubus
Fables of Faubus
Charles Mingus
Mingus Ah Um
08:13
73You Get 'Cha
You Get 'Cha
Jimmy Smith
A New Sound - A New Star, Vol. 1
04:22
74Fantail
Fantail
Count Basie & His Orchestra
The Atomic Mr Basie
02:57
75Sandu
Sandu
Clifford Brown & Max Roach Quintet
Study In Brown
04:57
76Deciphering The Message (Live) (Live At Cafe Bohemia, NY/1955 / Rudy Van Gelder Edition/2001)
Deciphering The Message (Live) (Live At Cafe Bohemia, NY/1955 / Rudy Van Gelder Edition/2001)
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
At The Cafe Bohemia (Vol. 1/The Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
10:14
77April In Paris (Live at Sunset School, Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA, September 1955)
April In Paris (Live at Sunset School, Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA, September 1955)
Erroll Garner
The Complete Concert by the Sea (Expanded)
04:55
78Blue Monk (Live At Carnegie Hall, New York/1957)
Blue Monk (Live At Carnegie Hall, New York/1957)
Thelonious Monk Quartet & John Coltrane
At Carnegie Hall
06:31
79Diminuendo In Blue (Live)
Diminuendo In Blue (Live)
Duke Ellington
Ellington at Newport 1956 (Complete)
14:15
80Split Kick (Live)
Split Kick (Live)
Art Blakey Quintet
A Night At Birdland
08:44
81Haitian Fight Song
Haitian Fight Song
Charles Mingus
Passions Of A Man: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1956-1961)
12:01
82Almost Like Being In Love
Almost Like Being In Love
Lester Young & The Oscar Peterson Trio
Lester Young With The Oscar Peterson Trio
03:35
83Lonely Woman
Lonely Woman
Ornette Coleman
The Shape of Jazz To Come (Mono)
05:01
84Saturn
Saturn
Sun Ra
Jazz in Silhouette
03:41
85Chronology
Chronology
Ornette Coleman
The Shape Of Jazz To Come
06:03
86Wallering (Album Version)
Wallering (Album Version)
Cecil Taylor Quartet
Looking Ahead!
05:23