This page collects the posts in the Album of the Week column, and provides indexes by series.
Chronological Order
By Series
The Police, Sting, and More
- 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
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.
- Cannonball Adderley
- Obo Addy
- Airto
- Rashied Ali
- Don Alias
- Craig Allen
- Cat Anderson
- Leroy Anderson
- Bad Manners
- Colin Bailey
- Pearl Bailey
- Chet Baker
- Shorty Baker
- Bananarama
- Gary Bartz
- Jeff Beck
- Joe Beck
- Michael Beinhorn
- Chuck Bennett
- George Benson
- Bob Berg
- Gene Bertoncini
- Nathaniel Bettis
- Maurice Bevan
- James Billings
- Pauline Black
- Ed Blackwell
- Brian Blade
- Johnathan Blake
- Art Blakey
- 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
- Boston Camerata
- Monty Budwig
- Hiram Bullock
- Larry Bunker
- Alfred Burt
- George Cables
- Obed Calvaire
- Harry Carney
- Ron Carter
- Michael Carvin
- Eva Cassidy
- Joe Chambers
- Paul Chambers
- June Christy
- Mino Cinelu
- Eric Clapton
- Mike Clark
- Kenny Clarke
- Stanley Clarke
- Stephen Cleobury
- George Clinton
- Jimmy Cobb
- Billy Cobham
- Joel Cohen
- George Coleman
- Johnny Coles
- Bootsy Collins
- Howard Collins
- Phil Collins
- Alice Coltrane
- John Coltrane
- Chris Conner
- Norman Connors
- Junior Cook
- Buster Cooper
- Ray Copeland
- Stewart Copeland
- 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
- Dukes of Dixieland
- Sly Dunbar
- Hank Dutt
- Dave Edmunds
- Hamza El Din
- Kurt Elling
- Duke Ellington
- Mercer Ellington
- Don Elliott
- Bill Evans
- Bill Evans (saxophone)
- Gil Evans
- Jon Faddis
- Art Farmer
- Joe Farrell
- Delbert Felix
- Arthur Fiedler
- Clare Fischer
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Tommy Flanagan
- Corey Fonville
- Bruce Ford
- Sullivan Fortner
- Sonny Fortune
- Al Foster
- Ronnie Foster
- Dave Friedman
- Curtis Fuller
- Steve Gadd
- Barry Galbraith
- Eric Gale
- Red Garland
- Carlos Garnett
- Donald Rafael Garrett
- Jimmy Garrison
- Renée Geyer
- The Go-Gos
- Glenn Goines
- Eddie Gomez
- Paul Gonsalves
- Dexter Gordon
- Larry Graham
- Jerry Granelli
- Nigel Gray
- Grant Green
- Urbie Green
- Henry Grimes
- Steve Grossman
- Gigi Gryce
- Vince Guaraldi
- Omar Hakim
- Hassan Hakmoun
- Jim Hall
- Jimmy Hamilton
- Bob Hammer
- Michael Hampton
- Herbie Hancock
- Roland Hanna
- Tom Harrell
- David Harrington
- DJ Harrison
- Billy Hart
- Johnny Hartman
- Coleman Hawkins
- Roy Haynes
- Percy Heath
- Tootie Heath
- Eddie Henderson
- Joe Henderson
- Mike Henderson
- Richard Hayman
- Billy Higgins
- Calvin Hill
- Milt Hinton
- Johnny Hodges
- Dave Holland
- Issac “Red” Holt
- Freddie Hubbard
- Lex Humphries
- Charlie Hunter
- Robert Hurst
- Bobby Hutcherson
- Weldon Irvine
- Robert Irving III
- Chuck Israels
- Charles Ives
- David Izenson
- Brian Jackson
- Mahalia Jackson
- Milt Jackson
- Paul Jackson
- Niels Jakobsen
- Bob James
- Keith Jarrett
- Joan Jeanrenaud
- Antônio Carlos Jobim
- Osie Johnson
- Reggie Johnson
- Darryl Jones
- Elvin Jones
- Hank Jones
- Jimmy Jones
- Philly Joe Jones
- Sam Jones
- Manu Katché
- Billy Kaye
- Wynton Kelly
- Lawrence Killian
- King’s College Choir
- Kenny Kirkland
- Emmanuel Klein
- Mark Knopfler
- Lee Konitz
- Phil Kraus
- Kronos Quartet
- Pablo Landrum
- Ronald Lang
- Bill Laswell
- Yusef Lateef
- Hubert Laws
- Ronnie Laws
- Lawrence Leathers
- David Lee
- James Levi
- Herbie Lewis
- Ramsey Lewis
- Lorne Lofsky
- Bryan Loren
- Ralph MacDonald
- John McLaughlin
- Madness
- Herbie Mann
- Dumisani Maraire
- Branford Marsalis
- Ellis Marsalis
- Wynton Marsalis
- Fred Marshall
- Istvan Marta
- Osvaldo “Chihuahua” Martinez
- Jack Mason
- Mat Mathews
- Bennie Maupin
- Cecil McBee
- Seward McCain
- Dolette McDonald
- Hank Mobley
- Charnett Moffett
- Grachan Moncur
- Thelonious Monk
- Tony Monte
- Wes Montgomery
- Marty Morell
- Paul Motian
- Alphonse Mouton
- Foday Musa Suso
- Ray Nance
- Lewis Nash
- Kenneth Nash
- Claus Ogerman
- Joseph Orange
- Jimmy Owens
- Hugh Padgham
- Maceo Parker
- Ray Parker Jr.
- John Patitucci
- Gary Peacock
- Duke Pearson
- Janice Pendarvis
- Danilo Pérez
- Marvin Peterson
- Barre Phillips
- Chico Pinheiro
- The Police
- Kyle Poole
- Boston Pops
- Julian Priester
- Bernard Purdie
- Ben Riley
- Herlin Riley
- Sam Rivers
- Marcus Roberts
- Mickey Roker
- Willie Rodriguez
- Margaret Ross
- Charlie Rouse
- Pete Rugolo
- Cécile McLorin Salvant
- David Sanborn
- Pharoah Sanders
- Eberhard Schoener
- Gil Scott-Heron
- Don Sebesky
- Sonny Sharrock
- Robert Shaw
- Woody Shaw
- Archie Shepp
- John Sherba
- Garry Shider
- Al Shorter
- Wayne Shorter
- Dmitri Shostakovich
- Paul Sikivie
- Claudio Slon
- 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
- Dylan Thomas
- Leon Thomas
- Bobby Timmons
- John Tropea
- Earl Turbinton
- Stanley Turrentine
- McCoy Tyner
- U2
- Midge Ure
- Reginald Veal
- Miroslav Vitouš
- Kevin Volans
- Freddie Waits
- Cedar Walton
- Carlos Ward
- Wilbur Ware
- Fred Waring
- Butch Warren
- Grover Washington, Jr.
- Julius Watkins
- “Wah Wah” Watson
- Jeff “Tain” Watts
- Fred Wesley
- Paul Weston
- Lenny White
- Buster Williams
- Cootie Williams
- Todd Williams
- Tony Williams
- Vesta Williams
- Sam Woodyard
- Reggie Workman
- Bernie Worrell
- Richard Wyands
- Eldee 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
- Caedmon Records
- Capitol Records
- Casablanca Records
- Columbia Records
- CTI Records
- Edition Records
- Embryo Records
- Epic Records
- Fantasy Records
- Flying Dutchman Records
- 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