This page collects the posts in the Album of the Week column, and provides indexes by series.
Chronological Order
By Series
Peter Gabriel and Collaborators
- Peter Gabriel, Peter Gabriel 1 (1977)
- Peter Gabriel, Peter Gabriel 2 (1978)
- Peter Gabriel, Peter Gabriel 3 (1980)
- Laurie Anderson, John Giorno & William S. Burroughs, You’re the Guy I Want To Share My Money With
- Laurie Anderson, Big Science
- Peter Gabriel, Peter Gabriel 4 (Security) (1982)
Charles Mingus
- Charles Mingus, Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus
- Charles Mingus, Tijuana Moods
- Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Max Roach, Money Jungle
- Charles Mingus, The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
- Charles Mingus, Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus
- Charles Mingus, Mingus at Monterey
- Charles Mingus, Let My Children Hear Music
- Charles Mingus, Three or Four Shades of Blues
Christmas 2025
- Jimmy Smith, Christmas ’64
- Kenny Burrell, Have Yourself a Soulful Little Christmas
- Samara Joy, A Joyful Holiday
- Boston Camerata, A Renaissance Christmas (1986)
- Amanda Whiting, A Christmas Cwtch
Masters of the Jazz Organ
- Jimmy Smith, Prayer Meetin’
- Jimmy Smith, The Cat
- Jimmy Smith, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
- Jimmy Smith, Organ Grinder Swing
- Jimmy Smith, Swings Along With Stranger in Paradise
- Brother Jack McDuff, Hot Barbeque
- Jimmy Smith, Respect
- Johnny “Hammond” Smith, Nasty!
- Brother Jack McDuff, Moon Rappin’
- Chester Thompson, Powerhouse
- Ronnie Foster, Two Headed Freap
- Jimmy Smith, Root Down
- Jimmy McGriff and Groove Holmes, Dueling Organs
- Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, Close But No Cigar
- Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, Live at KEXP!
- Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, I Told You So
- Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, Cold As Weiss
Thelonious Monk
- Thelonious Monk, Plays Duke Ellington
- Thelonious Monk, Brilliant Corners
- Thelonious Monk, Monk’s Music
- Thelonious Monk, Solo Monk
- Thelonious Monk, Mønk
The Police, Sting, and the Brothers Marsalis
- The Police, Reggatta de Blanc
- Eberhard Schoener, Video-Magic
- The Police, Zenyatta Mondatta
- The Police, Ghost in the Machine
- Various, The Secret Policeman’s Other Ball
- Various, Brimstone & Treacle (Soundtrack)
- Various, Party Party (Soundtrack)
- The Police, Synchronicity
- Miles Davis, Decoy
- Wynton Marsalis, Hot House Flowers
- Miles Davis, You’re Under Arrest
- Wynton Marsalis, Black Codes (From the Underground)
- Sting, The Dream of the Blue Turtles
- Sting, Bring on the Night
- Wynton Marsalis, J Mood
- Sting, We’ll Be Together
- Sting, …Nothing Like the Sun
- Branford Marsalis, Random Abstract
- Marcus Roberts, The Truth is Spoken Here
- Branford Marsalis, Trio Jeepy
- Wynton Marsalis, Standard Time Vol. 3: The Resolution of Romance
- Branford Marsalis, Crazy People Music
- Marcus Roberts, Deep in the Shed
- Branford Marsalis, The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born
- Marcus Roberts, Alone With Three Giants
- Buckshot LeFonque
Christmas
- Deller Consort/Alfred Deller, Carols & Motets for the Nativity of Medieval & Tudor England
- Boston Camerata, A Renaissance Christmas (1974)
- Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians, The Sounds of Christmas
- Robert Shaw Chorale, Joy to the World
- Ella Fitzgerald, Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas
- Vince Guaraldi, A Charlie Brown Christmas
- King’s College Choir, O Come All Ye Faithful
- Ramsey Lewis, Sound of Christmas
- Virginia Women’s Chorus, Candlelight Christmas
- Dylan Thomas, Reading (Vol. 1)
- The Ramsey Lewis Trio, More Sounds of Christmas
- Boston Pops, Pops Christmas Party
- Boston Camerata, A Medieval Christmas
- Duke Pearson, Merry Ole Soul
More Miles
- Miles Davis, Bags Groove
- Cannonball Adderley Quintet, In Chicago
- Miles Davis, In Person Friday and Saturday Nights at the Blackhawk, San Francisco
- Herbie Hancock, Inventions & Dimensions
- Herbie Hancock, Empyrean Isles
- Wayne Shorter, JuJu
- Tony Williams, Life Time
- Wayne Shorter, Adam’s Apple
- Herbie Hancock, V.S.O.P.
- V.S.O.P., The Quintet
- Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea, An Evening with Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea in Concert
- Herbie Hancock, Herbie Hancock Quartet
- Herbie Hancock, Mega-Mix/TFS
- Wayne Shorter, Footprints Live!
- Wayne Shorter, Celebration Vol. 1
Vocalists
- Pearl Bailey, A Broad
- Pearl Bailey, For Adult Listening
- June Christy, The Song is June!
- Ella Fitzgerald, Sings the Rodgers and Hart Song Book (Vol. 2)
- Ella Fitzgerald, Sings the Irving Berlin Song Book (Vol. 1)
- Nina Simone, Pastel Blues
- Johnny Hartman, The Voice That Is!
- Johnny Hartman, This One’s for Tedi
- Cécile McLorin Salvant, Dreams and Daggers
- Cécile McLorin Salvant, The Window
- Kurt Elling, Secrets are the Best Stories
- Kurt Elling, SuperBlue
- Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ghost Song
- Cécile McLorin Salvant, Mélusine
- Kurt Elling and Charlie Hunter, SuperBlue: The Iridescent Spree
P.D.Q. Bach
- Peter Schickele, Presenting P.D.Q. Bach (1807-1742?)
- An Hysteric Return: P.D.Q. Bach at Carnegie Hall
- Portrait of P.D.Q. Bach
- A Little Nightmare Music
John Coltrane
- John Coltrane, Giant Steps
- John Coltrane, Coltrane’s Sound
- John Coltrane with Eric Dolphy, Evenings at the Village Gate
- McCoy Tyner, Reaching Fourth
- John Coltrane, Ballads
- McCoy Tyner, Nights of Ballads & Blues
- John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman
- John Coltrane Quartet, Crescent
- John Coltrane, Blue World
- John Coltrane, A Love Supreme
- John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle
- Archie Shepp, Fire Music
- Archie Shepp, On This Night
- John Coltrane, Sun Ship
- McCoy Tyner, Expansions
- Pharoah Sanders, Karma
- McCoy Tyner, Extensions
- Alice Coltrane, Ptah the El Daoud
- Pharoah Sanders, Black Unity
- McCoy Tyner, Sahara
- John Coltrane, Interstellar Space
A Funk Interlude
- Sly and the Family Stone, Stand!
- Gil Scott-Heron, The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
- Sly and the Family Stone, Fresh
- Parliament, Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome
CTI Records
- Antônio Carlos Jobim, Wave
- Wes Montgomery, Road Song
- Freddie Hubbard, Red Clay
- Joe Farrell, Joe Farrell Quartet
- Bill Evans, Montreux II
- Stanley Turrentine, Sugar
- Hubert Laws, Afro-Classic
- Freddie Hubbard, Straight Life
- Freddie Hubbard, First Light
- Joe Farrell, Outback
- Freddie Hubbard, Sky Dive
- Hubert Laws, Morning Star
- Joe Farrell, Moon Germs
- Milt Jackson, Sunflower
- Ron Carter, Blues Farm
- Freddie Hubbard and Stanley Turrentine, In Concert Vol. 1
- Freddie Hubbard, Music is Here
- Deodato, Deodato 2
- Don Sebesky, Giant Box
- Joe Farrell, Penny Arcade
- Ron Carter, All Blues
- Hubert Laws, In the Beginning
- Freddie Hubbard, Polar AC
- Jim Hall, Concierto
- George Benson, Good King Bad
- Yusef Lateef, Autophysiopsychic
Kronos Quartet
Bill Evans
- Herbie Mann and the Bill Evans Trio, Nirvana
- Bill Evans and Jim Hall, Undercurrent
- Bill Evans Trio, Moon Beams
- Bill Evans Trio, How My Heart Sings!
- Bill Evans, Trio 64
- Bill Evans Trio, Trio ’65
- Bill Evans, At the Montreux Jazz Festival
- Bill Evans, Montreux II
- Kronos Quartet, Music of Bill Evans
Duke Ellington
- Duke Ellington, Masterpieces by Ellington
- Duke Ellington and Mahalia Jackson, Black, Brown and Beige
- Duke Ellington, Ellington Indigos
- Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
- The Boston Pops files: The Duke at Tanglewood
- Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington, Ella & Duke at the Côte d’Azur
Miles Davis
- Miles Davis, Dig
- Miles Davis, Cookin’ with the Miles Davis Quintet
- Miles Davis, Relaxin’ with the Miles Davis Quintet
- Miles Davis, Workin’ with the Miles Davis Quintet
- Miles Davis, Steamin’ with the Miles Davis Quintet
- Thelonious Monk, Monk’s Music
- Miles Davis, Miles Ahead
- Cannonball Adderley: Somethin’ Else
- Miles Davis, Kind of Blue
- Miles Davis and John Coltrane, The Final Tour: Copenhagen, March 24, 1960
- Miles Davis, Someday My Prince Will Come
- Miles Davis, At Carnegie Hall
- Herbie Hancock, Takin’ Off
- Herbie Hancock, My Point of View
- Miles Davis, Miles in Berlin
- Wayne Shorter, Speak No Evil
- Miles Davis, E.S.P.
- Herbie Hancock, Maiden Voyage
- Wayne Shorter, The All Seeing Eye
- Bobby Timmons, The Soul Man
- Miles Davis, Miles Smiles
- Wayne Shorter, Schizophrenia
- Miles Davis, Nefertiti
- Miles Davis, Miles in the Sky
- Miles Davis, Filles de Kilimanjaro
- Miles Davis, Water Babies
- Miles Davis, In a Silent Way
- Herbie Hancock, Fat Albert Rotunda
- Wayne Shorter, Super Nova
- Miroslav Vitous, Infinite Search
- Joe Zawinul, Zawinul
- Weather Report, Weather Report
- Miles Davis, Champions
Miscellaneous
- Eva Cassidy, Live at Blues Alley
- Eddie Costa, Mat Mathews & Don Elliott At Newport
- Vince Guaraldi, It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (Original Soundtrack Recording)
- Kenny Dorham, Afro-Cuban
- The Best of the Phenomenal Dukes of Dixieland
- Vince Guaraldi, A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
- Album of the Week: methodology and sources
Boston Pops
- Boston Pops, The Duke at Tanglewood
- Boston Pops, Encore: Fiedler’s Greatest Hits
- Boston Pops, Evening at Pops with Narration by Julia Child
- Boston Pops, American Salute
- Boston Pops, Fiedler’s Favorite Marches
- Boston Pops, Fiddle-Faddle
- Boston Pops, Light Classics
- Boston Pops, Pops Festival
- Boston Pops, Liebestraum
- Boston Pops, Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops Play the Music of Paul Simon
Index to Posts
By Artist
An incomplete listing of musicians tagged in the #albumoftheweek posts.
- John Abercrombie
- Arthur Adams
- Cannonball Adderley
- Obo Addy
- Airto
- Frank Albinder
- Rashied Ali
- Don Alias
- Craig Allen
- Cat Anderson
- Laurie Anderson
- Leroy Anderson
- Wessell Anderson
- Anne Azéma
- Bad Manners
- Colin Bailey
- Donald Bailey
- Pearl Bailey
- Chet Baker
- Shorty Baker
- Bananarama
- Roma Baran
- Scotty Barnhard
- David Barry
- Gary Bartz
- Jeff Beck
- Joe Beck
- Michael Beinhorn
- Chuck Bennett
- George Benson
- Bob Berg
- Jay Berliner
- Gene Bertoncini
- Nathaniel Bettis
- Maurice Bevan
- James Billings
- Pauline Black
- Ed Blackwell
- Brian Blade
- Johnathan Blake
- Art Blakey
- Ben Bloom
- Willie Bobo
- Rogerio Boccato
- Joe Bonney
- Bono
- Maria Booker
- Walter Booker
- Weedie Braimah
- Michael Brecker
- Randy Brecker
- Kent Brinkley
- Sam Brown
- Garnett Brown
- Marion Brown
- Monty Budwig
- Barbara Burton
- Herb Bushler
- Bob Bushnell
- Boston Camerata
- Monty Budwig
- Jimmy Buffington
- Hiram Bullock
- Larry Bunker
- Kenny Burrell
- William S. Burroughs
- Alfred Burt
- Kate Bush
- Don Butterfield
- Jaki Byard
- Donald Byrd
- George Cables
- Obed Calvaire
- Lucia Capellaro
- Maurice Carnes
- Harry Carney
- Ron Carter
- Michael Carvin
- Al Cass
- Eva Cassidy
- Philip Catherine
- Joe Chambers
- Paul Chambers
- June Christy
- Mino Cinelu
- Eric Clapton
- Mike Clark
- Buck Clarke
- Kenny Clarke
- Stanley Clarke
- Stephen Cleobury
- George Clinton
- Jimmy Cobb
- Billy Cobham
- Joel Cohen
- George Coleman
- Johnny Coles
- Buddy Colette
- Bootsy Collins
- Howard Collins
- Phil Collins
- Alice Coltrane
- John Coltrane
- Chris Conner
- Norman Connors
- Junior Cook
- Buster Cooper
- Ray Copeland
- Stewart Copeland
- Larry Coryell
- Elvis Costello
- Chick Corea
- Butch Cornell
- Eddie Costa
- Bob Cranshaw
- George Crumb
- Ted Curson
- Luques Curtis
- Art Davis
- George Davis
- Miles Davis
- Richard Davis
- Steve Davis
- Jack DeJohnette
- Alfred Deller
- Mark Deller
- Eumir Deodato
- Paul Desmond
- Frank DeVol
- Román Diaz
- Aaron Diehl
- Eric Dolphy
- Donovan
- Eve Duke
- Joe Dukes
- Dukes of Dixieland
- DJ Premier
- Sly Dunbar
- Frankie Dunlop
- Hank Dutt
- George Duvivier
- Dave Edmunds
- Hamza El Din
- Lonne Elder
- Kurt Elling
- Duke Ellington
- Mercer Ellington
- Don Elliott
- Rolf Ericson
- Booker Ervin
- Kevin Eubanks
- Bill Evans
- Bill Evans (saxophone)
- Gil Evans
- Richard Evans
- Jon Faddis
- Art Farmer
- Joe Farrell
- Larry Fast
- Wilton Felder
- Delbert Felix
- Arthur Fiedler
- Matt Finders
- Clare Fischer
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Tommy Flanagan
- Corey Fonville
- Bruce Ford
- Ricky Ford
- Sullivan Fortner
- Sonny Fortune
- Al Foster
- Ronnie Foster
- George Freeman
- Dave Friedman
- Robert Fripp
- Curtis Fuller
- Peter Gabriel
- Steve Gadd
- Barry Galbraith
- Eric Gale
- Red Garland
- Don Gardner
- Carlos Garnett
- Donald Rafael Garrett
- Jimmy Garrison
- Renée Geyer
- John Giblin
- John Giorno
- The Go-Gos
- Glenn Goines
- Eddie Gomez
- Paul Gonsalves
- Dexter Gordon
- Wycliffe Gordon
- Larry Graham
- Jerry Granelli
- Nigel Gray
- Grant Green
- Urbie Green
- Dave Gregory
- Henry Grimes
- Steve Grossman
- Gigi Gryce
- Vince Guaraldi
- Shafi Hadi
- Dick Hafer
- Omar Hakim
- Hassan Hakmoun
- Al Hall
- Jim Hall
- Jimmy Hamilton
- Bob Hammer
- Michael Hampton
- Herbie Hancock
- John Handy
- Roland Hanna
- Roy Hargrove
- Tom Harrell
- David Harrington
- Herb Harris
- DJ Harrison
- Billy Hart
- Johnny Hartman
- Coleman Hawkins
- Richard Hayman
- Roy Haynes
- Percy Heath
- Tootie Heath
- Eddie Henderson
- Joe Henderson
- Mike Henderson
- Billy Higgins
- Calvin Hill
- Lonnie Hillyer
- Milt Hinton
- Johnny Hodges
- Dave Holland
- Red Holloway
- Groove Holmes
- Issac “Red” Holt
- Freddie Hubbard
- Paul Humphrey
- Lex Humphries
- Charlie Hunter
- Rob Hunter
- Steve Hunter
- Robert Hurst
- Bobby Hutcherson
- Weldon Irvine
- Robert Irving III
- Chuck Israels
- Charles Ives
- David Izenson
- Brian Jackson
- Mahalia Jackson
- Milt Jackson
- Paul Jackson
- Quentin Jackson
- Niels Jakobsen
- Bob James
- Jimmy James
- Keith Jarrett
- Kwasi Jayourba
- Joan Jeanrenaud
- Antônio Carlos Jobim
- Osie Johnson
- Reggie Johnson
- Rudolph Johnson
- Darryl Jones
- Elvin Jones
- Hank Jones
- Jimmy Jones
- Philly Joe Jones
- Sam Jones
- Thad Jones
- Samara Joy
- Manu Katché
- Billy Kaye
- Wynton Kelly
- Lawrence Killian
- King’s College Choir
- Kenny Kirkland
- Emmanuel Klein
- Jimmy Knepper
- Mark Knopfler
- Lee Konitz
- Phil Kraus
- Kronos Quartet
- Delvon Lamarr
- Pablo Landrum
- Ronald Lang
- Bill Laswell
- Yusef Lateef
- Hubert Laws
- Ronnie Laws
- Lawrence Leathers
- David Lee
- James Levi
- Tony Levin
- O’Donel Levy
- Herbie Lewis
- Ramsey Lewis
- Nils Lofgren
- Lorne Lofsky
- Bryan Loren
- Ralph MacDonald
- John McLaughlin
- Charles McPherson
- Madness
- Herbie Mann
- Dumisani Maraire
- Charlie Mariano
- Jerry Marotta
- Branford Marsalis
- Delfeayo Marsalis
- Ellis Marsalis
- Wynton Marsalis
- Fred Marshall
- Istvan Marta
- Osvaldo “Chihuahua” Martinez
- Jack Mason
- Mat Mathews
- Bennie Maupin
- Cecil McBee
- Seward McCain
- Dolette McDonald
- Jack McDuff
- David McGraw
- Jimmy McGriff
- Charles Mingus
- Hank Mobley
- Charnett Moffett
- Grachan Moncur
- Thelonious Monk
- Tony Monte
- Wes Montgomery
- Ysabel Morel
- Marty Morell
- Dick Morrissey
- Paul Motian
- Alphonse Mouton
- George Mraz
- Foday Musa Suso
- Ray Nance
- Lewis Nash
- Kenneth Nash
- Bob Neloms
- Oliver Nelson
- Joe Newman
- Mark O’Connor
- Claus Ogerman
- Joseph Orange
- John Ore
- Jimmy Owens
- Hugh Padgham
- Maceo Parker
- Ray Parker Jr.
- John Patitucci
- Gary Peacock
- Duke Pearson
- Janice Pendarvis
- Danilo Pérez
- Walter Perkins
- Houston Person
- Morris Pert
- Marvin Peterson
- Oscar Pettiford
- Barre Phillips
- Chico Pinheiro
- The Police
- Kyle Poole
- Boston Pops
- Raymond Pounds
- Eddie Preston
- Julian Priester
- Bernard Purdie
- David Rhodes
- Jerome Richardson
- Dannie Richmond
- Ben Riley
- Herlin Riley
- Sam Rivers
- Max Roach
- Marcus Roberts
- Mickey Roker
- Willie Rodriguez
- Margaret Ross
- Charlie Rouse
- Pete Rugolo
- Cécile McLorin Salvant
- David Sanborn
- Pharoah Sanders
- Lalo Schifrin
- Eberhard Schoener
- Thornel Schwartz
- Allan Schwartzberg
- John Scofield
- Gil Scott-Heron
- Don Sebesky
- Sonny Sharrock
- Clarence Shaw
- Robert Shaw
- Woody Shaw
- Archie Shepp
- John Sherba
- Garry Shider
- Al Shorter
- Wayne Shorter
- Dmitri Shostakovich
- Paul Sikivie
- Claudio Slon
- Jimmy Smith
- Lonnie Liston Smith
- Clark Sommers
- James Spaulding
- Christine Spencer
- Squeeze
- Sting
- Rose Stone
- Sly Stone
- Billy Strayhorn
- Andy Summers
- Daniel Swenberg
- Thomas Tallis
- Justinian Tamasuza
- Grady Tate
- Art Taylor
- Creed Taylor
- Robert Tear
- Richard Tee
- Bob Thiele
- Chris Thomas
- Dylan Thomas
- Leon Thomas
- Chester Thompson
- Aidan Thorne
- Bobby Timmons
- Bill Triglia
- John Tropea
- Earl Turbinton
- Stanley Turrentine
- McCoy Tyner
- U2
- Midge Ure
- Reginald Veal
- Miroslav Vitouš
- Kevin Volans
- Dick Wagner
- Jack Walrath
- Freddie Waits
- Cedar Walton
- Carlos Ward
- Wilbur Ware
- Fred Waring
- Butch Warren
- Quentin Warren
- Grover Washington, Jr.
- Julius Watkins
- “Wah Wah” Watson
- Jeff “Tain” Watts
- Dan Weiss
- Paul Weller
- Fred Wesley
- Paul Weston
- Lenny White
- Amanda Whiting
- Buster Williams
- Cootie Williams
- Richard Williams
- Todd Williams
- Tony Williams
- Vesta Williams
- Britt Woodman
- Sam Woodyard
- Victor Wooten
- Reggie Workman
- Bernie Worrell
- Richard Wyands
- Eldee Young
- Snooky Young
- Joe Zawinul
- Miguel Zenon
By Label
Note: When a record has been reissued on a different label, the label of the original recording has been used.
- Argo Records
- A&M Records
- Atlantic Records
- Audio Fidelity
- The Bach Guild
- Blue Note Records
- Cadet Records
- Caedmon Records
- Capitol Records
- Casablanca Records
- Charisma Records
- Colemine Records
- Columbia Records
- CTI Records
- Edition Records
- Embryo Records
- Epic Records
- Fantasy Records
- Flying Dutchman Records
- First Word Records
- Giorno Poetry Systems
- Impulse Records
- Landmark Records
- Mack Avenue Records
- Mercury Wing Records
- Nonesuch Records
- Philips Records
- Pickwick Records
- RCA Victor
- Riverside Records
- Roulette Records
- Turnabout Records
- United Artists Records
- Vanguard Records
- Verve Records
- Warner Bros Records
- Wewantsounds