Focus on 1959: a pivotal year in jazz recordings. Significant recordings from Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Dave Brubeck, Charles Mingus and others were reshaping jazz; Brubeck released Take Five, which became the best-selling jazz single of all time. Ella at the peak of her career. Louis Armstrong popular all over the world. Also featuring: Chet Baker * Art Pepper * Dinah Washington * Cannonball Adderley Quintet & John Coltrane * Gerry Mulligan & Johnny Hodges * Oscar Peterson & Ben Webster * Eddie Davis
