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Studio Albums
- Lee Konitz – Subconscious-Lee [Prestige] (1950)
- Bud Powell – The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1 (1951)
- Lester Young – Lester Young With the Oscar Peterson Trio (1952)
- Thelonious Monk – Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 1 (1952)
- Thelonious Monk – Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 2 (1952)
- George Lewis – Jazz Funeral in New Orleans (October 26, 1953)
- Charlie Mariano – Boston All Stars (1953)
- Kai Winding / J.J. Johnson / Bennie Green – Kai and Jay, Bennie Green with Strings (1954)
- Louis Armstrong – Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy (1954)
- Kid Ory‘s Creole Jazz Band – Kid Ory’s Creole Jazz Band [1954] (1954)
- Lennie Niehaus – Lennie Niehaus, Vol. 1: The Quintets (1954)
- Barney Kessel – Vol. 3: To Swing or Not to Swing (March 28, 1955)
- Shelly Manne & His Men – The West Coast Sound, Vol. 1 (1955)
- Frank Sinatra – In the Wee Small Hours (1955)
- Jimmy Raney – Jimmy Raney: A (1955)
- Frank Morgan – Frank Morgan (1955)
- June Christy – Something Cool (1955)
- Kenny Dorham – Afro-Cuban (1955)
- Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers – Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers (1955)
- Lester Young – The Jazz Giants ’56 (January 12, 1956)
- Thad Jones – The Magnificent Thad Jones (July 14, 1956)
- Charles Mingus – Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956)
- Bud Powell – The Genius of Bud Powell (1956)
- The Lighthouse All-Stars – Music for Lighthousekeeping (1956)
- Kid Ory‘s Creole Jazz Band – The Legendary Kid (1956)
- Phineas Newborn, Jr. – Here Is Phineas (1956)
- Shelly Manne & His Friends – Modern Jazz Performances of Songs from My Fair Lady (1956)
- Lucky Thompson – Tricotism (1956)
- Count Basie / Joe Williams – Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings (1956)
- Gene Ammons – The Happy Blues (1956)
- Johnny Smith – Moonlight in Vermont (1956)
- Sonny Rollins – Sonny Rollins Plus 4 (1956)
- Sonny Rollins – Saxophone Colossus (1956)
- Marty Paich Dek-tette / Mel Tormé – Mel Tormé with the Marty Paich Dek-tette (1956)
- Lester Young / Teddy Wilson – Pres & Teddy (1956)
- Lennie Niehaus – Lennie Niehaus, Vol. 4: The Quintets and Strings (1956)
- John Lewis – Grand Encounter: 2 Degrees East-3 Degrees West (1956)
- Count Basie and His Orchestra – April in Paris (1956)
- Louis Prima – The Wildest! (January 1957)
- Sonny Rollins – Way Out West (March 7, 1957)
- Miles Davis – ‘Round About Midnight (March 18, 1957)
- Quincy Jones – This Is How I Feel About Jazz (March 21, 1957)
- Tommy Flanagan / John Coltrane / Kenny Burrell / Idrees Sulieman – The Cats (April 18, 1957)
- Johnny Griffin – The Congregation (October 13, 1957)
- Kenny Drew – Pal Joey (October 15, 1957)
- Miles Davis – Miles Ahead (November 1957)
- Miles Davis – Bags’ Groove (December 1957)
- The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra – Deep Passion (1957)
- Charles Mingus – The Clown (1957)
- The Ben Webster Quintet – Soulville (1957)
- The Lighthouse All-Stars – In the Solo Spotlight (1957)
- Gil Evans – Gil Evans & Ten (1957)
- Dave Pell – I Had the Craziest Dream (1957)
- Bud Freeman – Chicago/Austin High School Jazz in Hi-Fi (1957)
- Johnny Griffin – A Blowin’ Session (1957)
- Miles Davis – Birth of the Cool (1957)
- Frank Sinatra – Where Are You? (1957)
- Ella Fitzgerald – Sings the Rodgers and Hart Song Book (1957)
- Lambert, Hendricks & Ross – Sing a Song of Basie (1957)
- Count Basie – The Atomic Mr. Basie (1957)
- Thelonious Monk – Brilliant Corners (1957)
- Art Pepper – Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section (1957)
- Sonny Clark – Cool Struttin’ (January 5, 1958)
- Hampton Hawes – Four! (January 27, 1958)
- Cannonball Adderley – Somethin’ Else (March 9, 1958)
- Miles Davis – Relaxin’ With the Miles Davis Quintet (March 1958)
- Miles Davis – Milestones (April 1958)
- Lou Donaldson – Blues Walk (July 28, 1958)
- Stan Getz / Gerry Mulligan / Harry “Sweets” Edison / Louis Bellson / Oscar Peterson Trio – Jazz Giants ’58 (August 1, 1958)
- Annie Ross / Gerry Mulligan – Annie Ross Sings a Song with Mulligan! (1958)
- Victor Feldman – Suite Sixteen (1958)
- Machito and His Orchestra – Latin Soul Plus Jazz (1958)
- Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers – Moanin’ (1958)
- Tito Puente and His Orchestra – Dance Mania (1958)
- Herb Ellis – Nothing But the Blues (1958)
- John Coltrane – Blue Train (1958)
- Frank Sinatra – Come Fly With Me (1958)
- Frank Sinatra – Only the Lonely (1958)
- The Three Sounds – Introducing the 3 Sounds (1958)
- Milt Jackson & John Coltrane – Bags & Trane (January 15, 1959)
- Horace Silver – Finger Poppin’ with the Horace Silver Quintet (February 1, 1959)
- Dinah Washington – What a Diff’rence a Day Makes (February 19, 1959)
- Blue Mitchell – Big 6 (April 2, 1959)
- Quincy Jones – The Birth of a Band! (June 16, 1959)
- Miles Davis – Kind of Blue (August 17, 1959)
- Miles Davis – Workin’ With the Miles Davis Quintet (September 1959)
- The Dave Brubeck Quartet – Time Out (December 14, 1959)
- Gerry Mulligan / Ben Webster – Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster (1959)
- Frank Sinatra – Come Dance with Me! (1959)
- Henry Mancini – The Music from Peter Gunn [Original TV Soundtrack] (1959)
- Count Basie / Tony Bennett – Count Basie Swings/Tony Bennett Sings (1959)
- Miles Davis – Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants (1959)
- Art Pepper – Plus Eleven (1959)
- The Gerry Mulligan Quartet – What Is There to Say? (1959)
- Ornette Coleman – The Shape of Jazz to Come (1959)
- Charles Mingus – Mingus Ah Um (1959)
- Charles Mingus – Blues & Roots (1959)
- Miles Davis – Porgy and Bess (1959)
Studio Albums
- John Coltrane – Giant Steps (January 1960)
- Hank Mobley – Soul Station (February 7, 1960)
- Lonnie Johnson – Blues & Ballads (April 5, 1960)
- The Young Lions – The Young Lions (April 25, 1960)
- Miles Davis – Sketches of Spain (July 1960)
- Duke Jordan – Flight to Jordan (August 4, 1960)
- Teddy Edwards Quartet – Teddy’s Ready (August 17, 1960)
- Steve Lacy – The Straight Horn of Steve Lacy (September 1960)
- Clark Terry – Color Changes (November 19, 1960)
- The Budd Johnson Quintet – Let’s Swing! (December 2, 1960)
- Art Farmer / Benny Golson – Meet the Jazztet (1960)
- Freddie Redd Quintet – Shades of Redd (1960)
- Ornette Coleman – Change of the Century (1960)
- Wes Montgomery – The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery (1960)
- Mel Tormé – Swings Shubert Alley (1960)
- Helen Humes – Songs I Like to Sing! (1960)
- Eddie Harris – Exodus to Jazz (January 17, 1961)
- John Coltrane – My Favorite Things (March 1961)
- Miles Davis – Steamin’ With the Miles Davis Quintet (May 1961)
- George Russell Sextet – Ezz-thetics (July 8, 1961)
- Pee Wee Russell – Swingin’ with Pee Wee (August 1961)
- Max Roach – We Insist! Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite (August 1961)
- Max Roach – Percussion Bitter Sweet (August 1961)
- Yusef Lateef – Eastern Sounds (September 5, 1961)
- Ornette Coleman Double Quartet – Free Jazz (September 1961)
- Jimmy Smith – Midnight Special (November 1961)
- Thelonious Monk / John Coltrane – Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane (December 1961)
- Booker Little – Victory and Sorrow (1961)
- Booker Little – Out Front (1961)
- Roland Kirk with Jack McDuff – Kirk’s Work (1961)
- Ida Cox – Blues for Rampart Street (1961)
- Benny Carter and His Orchestra – Further Definitions (1961)
- Phil Woods – Rights of Swing (1961)
- Oliver Nelson – The Blues and the Abstract Truth (1961)
- Phineas Newborn, Jr. – A World of Piano! (1961)
- Stanley Turrentine – That’s Where It’s At (January 2, 1962)
- Jackie McLean – Let Freedom Ring (March 19, 1962)
- Vince Guaraldi Trio – Cast Your Fate to the Wind: Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus (April 18, 1962)
- Stan Getz / Charlie Byrd – Jazz Samba (April 20, 1962)
- Jimmy Smith – Bashi
