Music Aficionado

“In the beginning they were children; in the end they were children.

Peter Daltrey vividly remembers the songs that formed a new direction for music in his mind.

“A great many people are going to be surprised by this set” reads the opening statement of the liner notes on Lennie Tristano’s 1955 self-titled album.

In 1955 Frank Sinatra was two years into his contract with Capitol Records.

On Valentine’s Day 1955 Billie Holiday went into a recording studio in New York for a session organized by Norman Granz, head of Clef Records.

This article is dedicated to two jazz singers who were on a similar trajectory in 1955.

1955 was a year of two halves for Chet Baker.

In the first half of 1955 Miles Davis was in a much better shape than he was in a long time.

1955 was a pivotal year for the Modern Jazz Quartet.

The second article in the 1955 jazz series about artists who recorded for Blue Note Records is dedicated to an unsung hero of modern jazz.