Long Shot's Top 50 Albums of 1960
Color me surprised at the relative dearth of quality albums from this year. It was a bit of a struggle to make it to 50 albums worth mentioning here; seems like this year was a relatively stagnant one as far as music is concerned, apart from surf rock starting to catch on a bit more with acts like The Ventures achieving popular success. Oh yeah, and Giant Steps. That's a thing as well, I suppose. |
1 | | Charles Mingus Blues & Roots
4.8
Track pick: "Moanin'" |
2 | | John Coltrane Giant Steps
4.6
Track pick: "Naima" |
3 | | Oscar Brown Jr. Sin & Soul
4.4
Track pick: "Somebody Buy Me a Drink" |
4 | | Thelonious Monk Thelonious Alone in San Francisco
4.3
Track pick: "Ruby, My Dear" |
5 | | Art Blakey The Big Beat
4.2
Track pick: "Dat Dere" |
6 | | Joan Baez Joan Baez
4.2
Track pick: "All My Trials" |
7 | | Miles Davis Sketches of Spain
4.2
Track pick: "Concierto de Aranjuez" |
8 | | Ella Fitzgerald Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife
4.2
Track pick: "Mack the Knife" |
9 | | Charles Mingus Mingus Dynasty
4.2
Track pick: "Slop" |
10 | | Wes Montgomery The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery
4.1
Track pick: "Mr. Walker" |
11 | | Etta James At Last!
4.0
Track pick: "At Last" |
12 | | Bill Evans Portrait in Jazz
3.9
Track pick: "Blue in Green" |
13 | | Ornette Coleman Change of the Century
3.9
Track pick: "Ramblin'" |
14 | | Muddy Waters At Newport 1960
3.8
Track pick: "Got My Mojo Working" |
15 | | Joao Gilberto O Amor, o Sorriso e a Flor
3.8
Track pick: "Samba de una nota so" |
16 | | Muddy Waters Sings "Big Bill"
3.8
Track pick: "Double Trouble" |
17 | | Ahmed Abdul-Malik East Meets West
3.8
Track pick: "Searchin'" |
18 | | Yusef Lateef The Centaur and the Phoenix
3.8
Track pick: "Iqbal" |
19 | | Bobby Timmons This Here Is Bobby Timmons
3.7
Track pick: "Moanin'" |
20 | | Eric Dolphy Outward Bound
3.7
Track pick: "G. W." |
21 | | Hank Mobley Soul Station
3.7
Track pick: "This I Dig of You" |
22 | | Freddie Hubbard Open Sesame
3.6
Track pick: "Open Sesame" |
23 | | Lonnie Johnson Blues & Ballads
3.6
Track pick: "St. Louis Blues" |
24 | | Duke Ellington Blues In Orbit
3.6
Track pick: "Blues in Orbit" |
25 | | Ray Charles The Genius Hits the Road
3.6
Track pick: "Georgia on My Mind" |
26 | | Bo Diddley Have Guitar, Will Travel
3.5
Track pick: "Mumblin' Guitar" |
27 | | Kenny Dorham Quiet Kenny
3.5
Track pick: "Lotus Blossom" |
28 | | Frank Sinatra Nice 'n' Easy
3.5
Track pick: "Nice 'n' Easy" |
29 | | Roy Orbison Lonely and Blue
3.5
Track pick: "Only the Lonely" |
30 | | John Lee Hooker House of the Blues
3.5
Track pick: "Walkin' the Boogie" |
31 | | Donald Byrd Byrd In Hand
3.5
Track pick: "Here Am I" |
32 | | Tina Brooks True Blue
3.4
Track pick: "Theme for Doris" |
33 | | Ben Webster & Oscar Peterson Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson
3.4
Track pick: "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" |
34 | | Curtis Fuller Blues-ette
3.4
Track pick: "Five Spot After Dark" |
35 | | Wanda Jackson Rockin' With Wanda
3.4
Track pick: "Rock Your Baby" |
36 | | Donald Byrd Fuego
3.4
Track pick: "Fuego" |
37 | | The Kingston Trio String Along
3.4
Track pick: "This Mornin', This Evenin', So Soon" |
38 | | Gerry Mulligan and Ben Webster Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster
3.4
Track pick: "Chelsea Bridge" |
39 | | Bo Diddley Bo Diddley Is a Gunslinger
3.3
Track pick: "Sixteen Tons" |
40 | | John Lee Hooker Travelin'
3.3
Track pick: "I'm a Stranger" |
41 | | The Modern Jazz Quartet Pyramid
3.3
Track pick: "Pyramid" |
42 | | Cliff Richard Me and My Shadows
3.3
Track pick: "She's Gone" |
43 | | The Ventures Walk, Don't Run
3.2
Track pick: "Walk, Don't Run" |
44 | | Eden Ahbez Eden's Island
3.2
Track pick: "Market Place" |
45 | | Cannonball Adderley Them Dirty Blues
3.2
Track pick: "Work Song" |
46 | | Bo Diddley Bo Diddley in the Spotlight
3.2
Track pick: "Road Runner" |
47 | | Babatunde Olatunji Drums of Passion
3.2
Track pick: "Jin-Go-Lo-Ba" |
48 | | Elvis Presley Elvis Is Back!
3.1
Track pick: "Reconsider Baby" |
49 | | Tony Bennett Sings a String of Harold Arlen
3.1
Track pick: "When the Sun Comes Out" |
50 | | George Russell Jazz in the Space Age
3.1
Track pick: "Dimensions" |
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