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Rock and roll year zero: Chuck Berry, Little Richard and Bo Diddley alongside the last of the great bebop records.

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    Minus Some FishCharles Mingus

    Minus Some Fish

    Charles Mingus · 1955 · Jazz

    An early Mingus recording that reveals his compositional ambition fully in place, long before the better-known records arrived.

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    Study in BrownClifford Brown & Max Roach

    Study in Brown

    Clifford Brown & Max Roach · 1955 · Jazz

    A peak of hard-bop craft, Brown's lyrical trumpet to the fore. Swinging and warm. A genre classic.

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    A New Sound, A New StarJimmy Smith

    A New Sound, A New Star

    Jimmy Smith · 1955 · Jazz

    The Hammond organ introduced to jazz with swagger and invention — Smith establishing the instrument as a serious voice overnight.