The music of 1950 is all over the board: jazz bebop, classical experimentation, obscure Mexican song & dance and the beginnings of swingin’ pop. Over the course of the next few weeks, I’ll be listening to it all to determine whether or not it still holds up, and then imparting that knowledge to you.

• Top 10 Albums of 1950
• The Music of 1951>>

Jazz

• The Last Testament of a Great New Orleans Jazzman (Bunk Johnson) A
• Innovations in Modern Music (Stan Kenton) A
• Charlie Parker with Strings (Charlie Parker) A
• The New Sound (Les Paul) A-
• Piano Solos (Bud Powell) A-
• Piano Solos #2 (Bud Powell) A

Swing/Pop

• Ella Sings Gershwin (Ella Fitzgerald) A-
• Swing and Dance with Frank Sinatra (Frank Sinatra) A-
• Sarah Vaughan (Sarah Vaughan) B+

Classical

• Classical Check-Up 
  • Pierre Boulez
  • John Cage
  • Sergei Prokofiev
  • Richard Strauss

Foreign

• Voice of the Xtabay (Yma Sumac) A-
• Sones de Mexico (Trio Aguilillas) A-