Reviews for albums released in 1957 can be found below. The album reviews are categorized by genre and alphabetical order.
Jazz
- April in Paris (Count Basie) A
- Orgy in Rhythm (Art Blakey) B+
- The Great Ray Charles (Ray Charles) A-
- Coltrane (John Coltrane) A-
- Cookin’ with the Miles Davis Quintet (Miles Davis) A-
- ‘Round About Midnight (Miles Davis) A-
- Miles Ahead (Miles Davis) A+
- Such Sweet Thunder (Duke Ellington) A-
- Kenton with Voices (Stan Kenton) C
- Rendezvous with Kenton (Stan Kenton) C+
- The Clown (Charles Mingus) A
- East Coasting (Charles Mingus) B+
- Mingus Three (Charles Mingus) B
- A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry (Charles Mingus) B+
- Brilliant Corners (Thelonious Monk) A+
- Thelonious Himself (Thelonious Monk) A-
- Monk’s Music (Thelonious Monk) A
- Mulligan Meets Monk (Thelonious Monk & Gerry Mulligan) A-
- Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section (Art Pepper) B+
- Strictly Powell (Bud Powell) B
- The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 3 (Bud Powell) B
- Saxophone Colossus (Sonny Rollins) A+
- Rollins Plays for Bird (Sonny Rollins) B+
- Tour de Force (Sonny Rollins) A-
- Sonny Rollins, Volume 1 (Sonny Rollins) A-
- Way Out West (Sonny Rollins) A
- Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2 (Sonny Rollins) A
- The Sound of Sonny (Sonny Rollins) A-
- The Jazz Workshop (George Russell) A
- Jazz by Sun Ra (Sun Ra) A
- Super Sonic Jazz (Sun Ra) A
Rock and Roll
- After School Session (Chuck Berry) A
- The “Chirping” Crickets (The Crickets) B+
- With his Hot and Blue Guitar (Johnny Cash) A-
- Loving You (Elvis Presley) B+
- Elvis’ Christmas Album (Elvis Presley) A-
- Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps (Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps) A-
Swing/Pop
- Ella and Louis Again (Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong) B+
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (Ella Fitzgerald) A-
- Body and Soul (Billie Holiday) B+
- Songs for Distingué Lovers (Billie Holiday) A-
- Dream Street (Peggy Lee) B+
- About the Blues (Julie London) B+
- Make Love to Me (Julie London) B+
- Julie (Julie London) B
- Anita Sings the Most (Anita O’Day) A-
- Close to You (Frank Sinatra) A
- A Swingin’ Affair! (Frank Sinatra) B+
- Where Are You? (Frank Sinatra) B+
- The Swingin’ Miss “D” (Dinah Washington) B+
- Dinah Washington Sings Fats Waller (Dinah Washington) B+
- Music for a First Love (Dinah Washington) B
Rhythm & Blues
- Ray Charles (Ray Charles) A
- Singin’ the Blues (B.B. King) A-
- Here’s Little Richard (Little Richard) A
Country/Folk
- Chet Atkins at Home (Chet Atkins) A-
- Time to Dream (Les Paul) B
Classical
- Classical Check-Up
- Jean Barraqué
- Dmitri Shostakovich
- Igor Stravinsky
- Iannis Xenakis
The Music of 1957
