Favorite albums of the year:

1. Chuck Berry: Berry Is On Top

2. Charles Mingus: Mingus Ah Um

3. Ornette Coleman: The Shape of Jazz to Come

4. Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster

5. The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall

6. The Buddy Holly Story

7. Howlin' Wolf: Moanin' in the Moonlight

8. Billie Holiday: All or Nothing at All

9. Miles Davis: Kind of Blue

10. Coleman Hawkins: Soul

11. Elvis Presley: For LP Fans Only

12. The Dave Brubeck Quartet: Time Out

13. The Lester Young & Teddy Wilson Quartet: Pres and Teddy

(the year is 1959, obvs.)