In the Wee Small Hours is the ninth studio album by American vocalist Frank Sinatra. It was released in April 1955 on Capitol Records, produced by Voyle Gilmore with arrangements by Nelson Riddle. The songs on the album deal with themes such as loneliness, introspection, lost love, failed relationships, depression and night-life. As a result, In the Wee Small Hours is generally regarded as one of the first concept albums. The album's cover artwork reflects these themes and portrays a reflective-looking Sinatra on an eerie and deserted street awash in blue-tinged street lights. , Sinatra would successfully continue the "concept" formula with later albums such as Songs for Swingin' Lovers! and Only the Lonely. He had been developing the idea since 1946 with his first album release, The Voice. In the Wee Small Hours was issued as two 10-inch LP discs, and also as one 12-inch record LP, making it one of the first of its kind. It was also issued as four four–song 45-rpm EP discs sold in cardboard sleeves with the same cover as the LPs, not in paper covers like 45-rpm singles. (See Gramophone records for explanations of these terms.)
The album was a commercial success, reaching number 2 on the US charts where it stayed for 18 weeks, being Sinatra's highest charting album since his 1947 release Songs by Sinatra. As of 2002 it has been certified Gold by the RIAA, selling over 500,000 units. The album was also a critical success, and is listed as the third most acclaimed album of the 50s. Rolling Stone called it the 101st greatest album of all time.

RCA公司在1955年底用35000美元的价格从猫王出道的Sun Records买下了猫王当时所有发表和未发表的作品版权，并于6个月之后发布了这张专辑，是猫王第一张完整的个人专辑，猫王由红歌星正式加冕为王。 这张专辑在滚石杂志选出的500张历代最强专辑中排名第55位。

Brilliant Corners is a studio album by American jazz musician Thelonious Monk. It was his third album for Riverside Records and the first, for this label, to include his own compositions. The complex title track required over a dozen takes in the studio, and is considered one of his most difficult compositions

"SABU" L.MARTINEZ,conga,bongo and vocal
ARSENIO RODRIGUEZ,conga,guitar and vocal
RAUL "CAESAR" TRAVIESO,conga and vocal
ISRAEL MOISES "QUIQUE" TRAVIESO,conga
RAY "MOSQUITO" ROMERO,conga
EVARISTO BARO,bass
WILLIE CAPO,vocal
SARAH BARO,vocal
Recording engineer:RUDY VAN GELDER

So dubbed because these three sessions -- two from early 1949, one from March 1950 -- are where the sound known as cool jazz essentially formed, The Birth of the Cool remains one of the defining, pivotal moments in jazz. This is where the elasticity of bop was married with skillful, big-band arrangements and a relaxed, subdued mood that made it all seem easy, even at its most intricate. After all, there's a reason why this music was called cool; it has a hip, detached elegance, never getting too hot, even as the rhythms skip and jump. Indeed, the most remarkable thing about these sessions -- arranged by Gil Evansand featuring such heavy-hitters as Kai Winding, Gerry Mulligan, Lee Konitz, and Max Roach-- is that they sound intimate, as the nonet never pushes too hard, never sounds like the work of nine musicians. Furthermore, the group keeps things short and concise (probably the result of the running time of singles, but the results are the same), which keeps the focus on the tones and tunes. The virtuosity led to relaxing, stylish mood music as the end result -- the very thing that came to define West Coast or "cool" jazz -- but this music is so inventive, it remains alluring even after its influence has been thoroughly absorbed into the mainstream

Genre: World Music
Sub Genre: Mambo
Release Date: 07/02/2000
Original Release Year: 1958
Label / Distributor: Blue Note / EMI
Studio / Live: Studio
Stereo: Mono
Format: Performer

搖滾音樂史上最具原創精神的藝人小理查（Little Richard），當他站上歌唱舞台，總是使出渾身解數，將一種凝聚了流行樂，搖滾樂，節奏藍調，靈魂樂與放克樂的彈唱風格來個狂放不羈的大爆發，讓每一個聽到他的歌的人百分之百的感受到他的熱情與活力。小理查的歌唱風格對貓王、詹姆斯布朗、披頭四、滾石樂團、麥可傑克森等不同世代的傳奇藝人影響至深。
小理查在1957年發行首張專輯【Here`s Little Richard】，專輯登上全美告示牌雜誌流行專輯榜第13名，此張專輯在「2012年版滾石雜誌史上最偉大500張專輯名單」中名列第50名，美國樂壇推崇這張專輯裡頭的每一首歌曲都是不可多得的經典唱作，絕對值得每一位搖滾樂狂熱份子珍藏，其中包含了在MOJO音樂雜誌的「100張改變世界的唱片名單」中排名總冠軍，專文中公開推舉為史上第一首搖滾樂作品，同時也在2012年獲得滾石雜誌讚揚為擁有史上最具啟發性的搖滾樂歌詞創作，入選「2011年版滾石雜誌史上最偉大500首歌曲名單」第43名的"Tutti Frutti"，蟬連全美告示牌雜誌黑人單曲榜6週冠軍，晉升熱門單曲榜第6名，入選「2011年版滾石雜誌史上最偉大500首歌曲名單」第55名的"Long Tall Sally"，晉升熱門單曲榜第10名的"Jenny Jenny"，勇奪節奏藍調單曲榜冠軍的"Rip It Up"，晉升節奏藍調單曲榜亞軍曲"Slippin` And Slidin`"，晉升節奏藍調單曲榜第6名的"Miss Ann"，晉升節奏藍調榜第8名的"Ready Teddy"，晉升節奏藍調榜第9名的"She`s Got It"。