Best Jazz Albums Of 1956

Tracklisting

Disc 1

Side 1

• 1. Miles Davis - The Serpent's Tooth I
• 2. Miles Davis - The Serpent's Tooth II
• 3. Miles Davis - 'Round About Midnight
• 4. Miles Davis - Compulsion
• 5. Miles Davis - No Line
• 6. Miles Davis - Vierd Blues
• 7. Miles Davis - In Your Own Sweet Way
• 8. Miles Davis, Milt Jackson Quintet/Sextet - Dr. Jackle
• 9. Miles Davis, Milt Jackson Quintet/Sextet - Bitty Ditty
• 10. Miles Davis, Milt Jackson Quintet/Sextet - Minor March
• 11. Miles Davis, Milt Jackson Quintet/Sextet - Changes

Disc 2

• 1. The Jazz Messengers - Soft Winds
• 2. The Jazz Messengers - The Theme
• 3. The Jazz Messengers - Minor's Holiday
• 4. The Jazz Messengers - Alone Together
• 5. The Jazz Messengers - Prince Albert
• 6. Cannonball Adderley - Dog My Cats
• 7. Cannonball Adderley - I'm Glad There Is You
• 8. Cannonball Adderley - Blues For Bohemia
• 9. Cannonball Adderley - Junior's Tune
• 10. Cannonball Adderley - Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
• 11. Cannonball Adderley - Casa De Marcel
• 12. Cannonball Adderley - Little Girl Blue
• 13. Cannonball Adderley - T's Tune
• 14. Cannonball Adderley - Broadway At Basin Street
• 15. Cannonball Adderley - Just Norman
• 16. Cannonball Adderley - I Don't Care

Disc 3

• 1. Duke Ellington - Summertime
• 2. Duke Ellington - Laura
• 3. Duke Ellington - I Can't Get Started
• 4. Duke Ellington - My Funny Valentine
• 5. Duke Ellington - Everything But You
• 6. Duke Ellington - Frustration
• 7. Duke Ellington - Cotton Tail
• 8. Duke Ellington - Day Dream
• 9. Duke Ellington - Deep Purple
• 10. Duke Ellington - Indian Summer
• 11. Duke Ellington - Blues
• 12. The Charlie Mingus Jazz Workshop - Pithecanthropus Erectus
• 13. The Charlie Mingus Jazz Workshop - A Foggy Day
• 14. The Charlie Mingus Jazz Workshop - Profile Of Jackie
• 15. The Charlie Mingus Jazz Workshop - Love Chant

Disc 4

• 1. Billie Holiday - Lady Sings The Blues
• 2. Billie Holiday - Trav'lin' Light
• 3. Billie Holiday - I Must Have That Man
• 4. Billie Holiday - Some Other Spring
• 5. Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit
• 6. Billie Holiday - No Good Man
• 7. Billie Holiday - God Bless The Child
• 8. Billie Holiday - Good Morning Heartache
• 9. Billie Holiday - Love Me Or Leave Me
• 10. Billie Holiday - Too Marvelous For Words
• 11. Billie Holiday - Willow Weep For Me
• 12. Billie Holiday - I Thought About You
• 13. Sarah Vaughan - Over The Rainbow
• 14. Sarah Vaughan - Soon
• 15. Sarah Vaughan - Cherokee
• 16. Sarah Vaughan - I'll Never Smile Again
• 17. Sarah Vaughan - Don't Be On The Outside
• 18. Sarah Vaughan - How High The Moon
• 19. Sarah Vaughan - It Shouldn't Happen To A Dream
• 20. Sarah Vaughan - Sometimes I'm Happy
• 21. Sarah Vaughan - Maybe
• 22. Sarah Vaughan - An Occasional Man
• 23. Sarah Vaughan - Why Can't I
• 24. Sarah Vaughan - Oh My

Disc 5

• 1. Stan Getz - Indiana
• 2. Stan Getz - Without a Song
• 3. Stan Getz - I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You
• 4. Stan Getz - I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me
• 5. Stan Getz - Everything Happens to Me
• 6. Stan Getz - Over the Rainbow
• 7. Stan Getz - Get Happy
• 8. Stan Getz - Jeepers Creepers
• 9. Dave Brubeck - Swing Bells
• 10. Dave Brubeck - Walkin' Line
• 11. Dave Brubeck - In Your Own Sweet Way
• 12. Dave Brubeck -Part Contention
• 13. Dave Brubeck - Weep No More
• 14. Dave Brubeck - The Duke
• 15. Dave Brubeck - When I Was Young
• 16. Dave Brubeck - One Moment Worth Years
• 17. Dave Brubeck - The Waltz

Disc 6

• 1. Johnny Hodges, The Ellington All-Stars - Ah Oodie Oobie
• 2. Johnny Hodges, The Ellington All-Stars - Meet Mr. Rabbit
• 3. Johnny Hodges, The Ellington All-Stars - Duke's In Bed
• 4. Johnny Hodges, The Ellington All-Stars - Just Squeeze Me
• 5. Johnny Hodges, The Ellington All-Stars - Ballade For The Very Sad And Very Tired Lotus Eaters
• 6. Johnny Hodges, The Ellington All-Stars - Confab With Rab
• 7. Johnny Hodges, The Ellington All-Stars - It Had To Be You
• 8. Johnny Hodges, The Ellington All-Stars - Black And Tan Fantasy
• 9. Johnny Hodges, The Ellington All-Stars - Take The "A" Train
• 10. Thelonious Monk - It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing
• 11. Thelonious Monk - Sophisticated Lady
• 12. Thelonious Monk - I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good
• 13. Thelonious Monk - Black And Tan Fantasy
• 14. Thelonious Monk - Mood Indigo
• 15. Thelonious Monk - I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
• 16. Thelonious Monk - Solitude
• 17. Thelonious Monk - Caravan

Disc 7

• 1. Chet Baker, Bobby Jaspar - How About You
• 2. Chet Baker, Bobby Jaspar - Once In A While
• 3. Chet Baker, Bobby Jaspar - Cheketah
• 4. Chet Baker, Bobby Jaspar - Alone Together
• 5. Chet Baker, Bobby Jaspar - Chet
• 6. Chet Baker, Bobby Jaspar - Dinah
• 7. Chet Baker, Bobby Jaspar - Tasty Pudding
• 8. Chet Baker, Bobby Jaspar - Anticipated Blues
• 9. Chet Baker, Bobby Jaspar -Line
• 10. Kenny Burrell - This Time The Dream's On Me
• 11. Kenny Burrell - Fugue 'N Blues
• 12. Kenny Burrell - Takeela
• 13. Kenny Burrell - Weaver Of Dreams
• 14. Kenny Burrell - Delilah
• 15. Kenny Burrell - Rhythmorama
• 16. Kenny Burrell - Blues For Skeeter

Disc 8

• 1. Gerry Mulligan - Funhouse
• 2. Gerry Mulligan - Ide's Side
• 3. Gerry Mulligan - Roundhouse
• 4. Gerry Mulligan - Kaper
• 5. Gerry Mulligan - Bweebida Bobbida
• 6. Gerry Mulligan - Mullenium
• 7. Gerry Mulligan - Mulligan's Too
• 8. John Coltrane, Hank Mobley - Weejah
• 9. John Coltrane, Hank Mobley - Polka Dots And Moonbeams
• 10. John Coltrane, Hank Mobley - On It
• 11. John Coltrane, Hank Mobley - Avalon

Disc 9

• 1. Oscar Peterson - Debut
• 2. Oscar Peterson - They Didn't Believe Me
• 3. Oscar Peterson - Lover Come Back To Me
• 4. Oscar Peterson - Where Or When
• 5. Oscar Peterson - Three O' Clock In The Morning
• 6. Oscar Peterson - All The Things You Are
• 7. Oscar Peterson - Tenderly
• 8. Oscar Peterson - Oscar's Blues
• 9. Oscar Peterson - Little White Lies
• 10. Oscar Peterson - In The Middle Of A Kiss
• 11. Oscar Peterson - Nameless
• 12. Oscar Peterson - Two Sleepy People
• 13. Dizzy Gillespie - The Champ
• 14. Dizzy Gillespie - Birk's Works
• 15. Dizzy Gillespie - Caravan
• 16. Dizzy Gillespie - Time On My Hands
• 17. Dizzy Gillespie - On The Sunny Side Of The Street
• 18. Dizzy Gillespie - Tin Tin Deo
• 19. Dizzy Gillespie - Stardust
• 20. Dizzy Gillespie - They Can't Take That Away From Me
• 21. Dizzy Gillespie - The Bluest Blues
• 22. Dizzy Gillespie - Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac
• 23. Dizzy Gillespie - Ohh-Shoo-Be-Doo-Bee

Disc 10

• 1. Modern Jazz Quartet - Versailles (Porte De Versailles)
• 2. Modern Jazz Quartet - Angel Eyes
• 3. Modern Jazz Quartet - Fontessa
• 4. Modern Jazz Quartet - Over The Rainbow
• 5. Modern Jazz Quartet - Bluesology
• 6. Modern Jazz Quartet - Willow Weep For Me
• 7. Modern Jazz Quartet - Woodyn You
• 8. Horace Silver - Cool Eyes
• 9. Horace Silver - Shirl
• 10. Horace Silver - Camouflage
• 11. Horace Silver - Enchantment
• 12. Horace Silver - Senor Blues
• 13. Horace Silver - Virgo
• 14. Horace Silver - For Heaven's Sake