Albums First Released in 1955
The LP was becoming a serious format for vocal jazz, while hard bop was taking shape in small-group sessions. Notable albums first released in 1955 include In The Wee Small Hours by Frank Sinatra, Julie Is Her Name by Julie London, Afro-Cuban by Kenny Dorham and Study In Brown by Clifford Brown And Max Roach.
The album format gained importance in 1955. Vocal records became more coherent, hard bop sharpened the sound of modern jazz, and rock and roll was about to move from singles into full-length albums.
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Our Pick of the Year: In The Wee Small Hours by Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra and arranger Nelson Riddle built In The Wee Small Hours around late-night ballads, giving the record a consistent mood from start to finish. Songs such as In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning and Glad to Be Unhappy showed how an LP could carry one idea across two sides rather than simply collect recent singles.
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Frank Sinatra – In The Wee Small Hours (Blue Note Tone Poet, Mono)
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Julie London – Julie Is Her Name
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Kenny Dorham – Afro-Cuban (Blue Note)
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Clifford Brown And Max Roach – Study In Brown (180g, QRP, EmArcy, Acoustic Sounds Series)
NewOriginal price $70.00 - Original price $70.00Original price$70.00$70.00 - $70.00Current price $70.00Condition: Brand New Ships from: Melbourne Description Release details Tracklist Study in Brown, released in...
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Sarah Vaughan – Sarah Vaughan (180g, Mono, EmArcy, Acoustic Sounds Series)
NewOriginal price $75.00 - Original price $75.00Original price$75.00$75.00 - $75.00Current price $75.00Condition: Brand New Ships from: Melbourne Description Release details Tracklist This 1954 studio date, a sel...
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Chet Baker Quartet – Chet Baker in Paris, Vol 1 – Barclay – 1955 (Sam Records)
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In The Wee Small Hours – Frank Sinatra
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Harry Carney – With Strings (VG/VG) – LP, US 1955
Second Hand / USOriginal price $25.00 - Original price $25.00Original price$25.00$25.00 - $25.00Current price $25.00Condition: Second Hand Ships from: Melbourne Media: Very Good (VG) Cover: Very Good (VG) Description Release deta...
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Marian McPartland, George Shearing – Great Britain's (E/VG+) – LP, JP 1991, With OBI
Second Hand / JapanOriginal price $20.00 - Original price $20.00Original price$20.00$20.00 - $20.00Current price $20.00Condition: Second Hand Ships from: Melbourne Media: Excellent (E) Cover: Very Good Plus (VG+) Comments: Clean Japanes...
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Miles Davis – Blue Moods (E/VG+) – LP, AU
Second Hand / AustraliaOriginal price $80.00 - Original price $80.00Original price$80.00$80.00 - $80.00Current price $80.00Condition: Second Hand Ships from: Melbourne Media: Excellent (E) Cover: Very Good Plus (VG+) Comments: This is NOT a...
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Dick Collins And The Runaway Herd – Horn Of Plenty (VG/VG) – LP, US 1955
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Miles Davis – Volume 1 (VG+/VG+) – LP, FR 1985
Second Hand / FranceOriginal price $50.00 - Original price $50.00Original price$50.00$50.00 - $50.00Current price $50.00Condition: Second Hand Ships from: Melbourne Media: Very Good Plus (VG+) Cover: Very Good Plus (VG+) Description ...
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Bud Powell – The Amazing Bud Powell, Volume 1 (VG/VG+) – LP, US
Second Hand / USOriginal price $40.00 - Original price $40.00Original price$40.00$40.00 - $40.00Current price $40.00Condition: Second Hand Ships from: Melbourne Media: Very Good (VG) Cover: Very Good Plus (VG+) Description Releas...
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Duke Jordan – Do It Yourself Jazz Vol. 1 (VG+/VG+) – LP, US 1959
Second Hand / USOriginal price $75.00 - Original price $75.00Original price$75.00$75.00 - $75.00Current price $75.00Condition: Second Hand Ships from: Melbourne Media: Very Good Plus (VG+) Cover: Very Good Plus (VG+) Description ...
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Erroll Garner – Contrasts (VG/VG) – LP, AU
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Frank Sinatra – In The Wee Small Hours (VG+/E) – LP, Worldwide 2014
Second Hand / WorldwideOriginal price $50.00 - Original price $50.00Original price$50.00$50.00 - $50.00Current price $50.00Condition: Second Hand Ships from: Melbourne Media: Very Good Plus (VG+) Cover: Excellent (E) Description Release...
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