1956

Elvis Presley's eponymous debut album, and another album "Elvis"
Three Ragas - Ravi Shankar
This is Sinatra! - Frank Sinatra
Two For Tonight - Bing Crosby
Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings – Bing Crosby
The Unique Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Monk
Ellington at Newport - Duke Ellington

Need more be said?

Also for a few hit singles:

"Roll Over Beethoven" - Chuck Berry
"Hound Dog", "Heartbreak Hotel", "Don't be Cruel" - Elvis Presley
"I Walk the Line" - Johnny Cash

I will say, I had the pleasure of seeing Elvis, Chuck Berry, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, and more all play live during these times, while I was a young kid (even got to shake John Lennon's hand).

Just gotta be an old fart and brag lol.

*spits beer on monitor*

Nothing too great in that year:
Leonard Cohen: Ten New Songs
Radiohead: Amnesiac
Talk Talk: Missing Pieces
Tool: Lateralus (haven't heard it, but it's famous)

Fischman wrote: I'm old enough that my birth year predates prog.  But that was still the golden age of jazz, especially hard bop.  But post bop was starting to emerge, and in a way, post bop is to Jazz what prog is to rock, so there is a bit of a proggy connection in some of my selections.  My top 10 from 1964: 1. Lee Morgan: The Sidewinder 2. Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers: Free For All 3. Grant Green: The Matador 4. Blue Mitchell: The Thing to Do 5. Lee Morgan: Tom Cat 6. Kenny Burrell: Soul Call 7. Freddie Hubbard: Breaking Point 8. Joe Henderson: In n' Out 9. Herbie Hancock: Empyrean Isles 10. Andrew Hill: Point of Departure

100% Blue Note! Nice list, though mine for 1964 BNs would include Eric Dolphy's Out To Lunch, Sam Rivers’ Fuchsia Swing Song, Grachan Moncur's Some Other Stuff and Jackie McLean's Action Action Action.

Possibly the label's greatest year?

EDIT: My mistake, the Burrell was on Prestige, wasn't it?

Edited by Mascodagama - July 22 2018 at 09:58

1978

1986

A quick look on PA and RYM prog lists, I couldn’t find a single album I’ve even heard.

I requested help by Google and found a couple that I’ve actually listened to and enjoyed:

Metallica - Masters of Puppets
Europe - The Final Countdown

Metallica came in my teens, but Europe I listened to as a kid. We had that album on cassette tape. There surely has to be more good music made this year, so maybe I should explore a bit.

Edited by Zeph - August 06 2023 at 23:21

I'm a fossil, born in 1955.  I pick Miles Davis "Blue Moods." 

1961 was a pretty good year for my favorite jazz solo artist. Here is my Top 5 of that year:
John Coltrane - My Favorite Things
John Coltrane - Ole Coltrane
Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane – s/t
Miles Davis - Someday My Prince Will Come
Oliver Nelson - The Blues and the Abstract Truth

Edited by enigmatic - August 07 2023 at 08:26

1970 - Genesis - Trespass