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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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