- Coleman Hawkins, The hawk flies high (Riverside);
- Count Basie Orchestra, E=MC2 (Blue Note);
- John Coltrane, Blue train (Blue Note);
- Miles Davis, 'Round about midnight (Columbia);
- Miles Davis, Birth of the cool (Capitol);
- Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2 (Blue Note);
- Thelonious Monk Septet, Monk's music (Riverside).