Sunday, February 27, 2011

Acclaimed Music Top 20 Albums of 1961

Bobby Bland: steps two, number one


This is a kind of "history of music" project, based on aggregated charts found on Acclaimed Music. It features Top 20 playlists for decades 1920s, 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, and yearly Top 20 playlists (both songs and albums) for each year from 1960 to 2010. It's a weekly project.

Just like previous year's playlist, this 1961 chart is filled with great jazz. Bob Dylan and Beatles were yet to come, rock albums were yet to be invented: Bill Evans, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, Thelonious Monk, Stan Getz, Art Blakey ruled. But the number one, according to Acclaimed Music algorythm, is blues and soul singer Bobby "Blue" Bland. Enjoy!


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TOP 20 ALBUMS OF 1961
Source: Acclaimed Music
Missing from Spotify: 2 albums
(legenda: the number preceding the artist name is the ranking in Acclaimed Music Top 3000 chart)

1 (450) Bobby Bland - Two Steps from the Blues
2 (486) Oliver Nelson - The Blues and the Abstract Truth
3 (496) Bill Evans - Sunday at the Village Vanguard
4 (539) John Coltrane - My Favorite Things
5 (561) Ornette Coleman - Free Jazz
6 (595) Bill Evans - Waltz for Debby
7 (828) Gil Evans - Out of the Cool
8 (835) Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane - Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane
9 (1068) Max Roach - We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite
10 (1106) Judy Garland - Judy at Carnegie Hall
11 (1315) Miles Davis - Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet
12 (1337) The Shadows - The Shadows
-- (1563) Jimmy Giuffre 3 - Thesis/1961
13 (1612) Ray Charles - Genius + Soul = Jazz
14 (1632) The Original Soundtrack - West Side Story
-- (1716) Jimmy Giuffre 3 - Fusion/1961
15 (1826) John Coltrane - Coltrane Jazz
16 (1901) Ornette Coleman - This Is Our Music
17 (1902) Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - A Night in Tunisia
18 (1938) George Russell - Ezz-Thetics
19 (2040) Stan Getz - Focus
20 (2054) Eric Dolphy - At the Five Spot, Vol. 1

Listen to it on Spotify:
Mammoth (full albums): HTTP, URI. (SR0615)
Lite (3 tracks each album): HTTP, URI. (SR0616)

The Complete Acclaimed Music Series

SONGS:
- Top 20 Songs of 1920s
- Top 20 Songs of 1930s
- Top 20 Songs of 1940s
- Top 20 Songs of 1950s
- Top 20 Songs of 1960

ALBUMS:
- Top 20 Albums of 1950s
- Top 20 Albums of 1960
- Top 20 Albums of 1961

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