Reviews for albums released in 1958 can be found below. The reviews are categorized by genre and alphabetical order.
Jazz
- Somethin’ Else (Cannonball Adderley) A
- The Atomic Mr. Basie (Count Basie) A
- Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk (Art Blakey & Thelonious Monk) A
- Soul Brothers (Ray Charles & Milt Jackson) A-
- Cool Struttin’ (Sonny Clark) A-
- Something Else!!!! (Ornette Coleman) A-
- Blue Train (John Coltrane) A-
- John Coltrane with the Red Garland Trio (John Coltrane) B+
- Soultrane (John Coltrane) B+
- Relaxin’ with the Miles Davis Quintet (Miles Davis) A-
- Ascenseur pour l’échafaud (Miles Davis) A-
- Milestones (Miles Davis) A
- Black, Brown and Beige (Duke Ellington) A-
- At the Pershing: But Not for Me (Ahmad Jamal) B
- Piano (Wynton Kelly) B+
- Thelonious in Action (Thelonious Monk) A-
- Misterioso (Thelonious Monk) A
- The Cooker (Lee Morgan) A-
- Dance Mania (Tito Puente) B+
- A Night at the Village Vanguard (Sonny Rollins) A
- Freedom Suite (Sonny Rollins) B+
- Sonny Rollins and the Big Brass (Sonny Rollins) B+
- Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders (Sonny Rollins) A-
- The Art Tatum – Ben Webster Quartet (Art Tatum & Ben Webster) A
Rock and Roll
- One Dozen Berrys (Chuck Berry) A-
- Bo Diddley (Bo Diddley) A
- Have ‘Twangy’ Guitar Will Travel (Duane Eddy) A-
- Buddy Holly (Buddy Holly) A+
- Jerry Lee Lewis (Jerry Lee Lewis) A-
- Little Richard (Little Richard) B+
- King Creole (Elvis Presley) A-
Swing/Pop
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook (Ella Fitzgerald) B+
- Stay with Me (Billie Holiday) B+
- All or Nothing at All (Billie Holiday) B+
- Lady in Satin (Billie Holiday) A+
- Come Fly with Me (Frank Sinatra) B+
- Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely (Frank Sinatra) A
Rhythm & Blues
- Please Please Please (James Brown) A
- Ray Charles at Newport (Ray Charles) B+
- Yes Indeed!! (Ray Charles) B+
- I’m Jimmy Reed (Jimmy Reed) A-
Folk/Country
- The Fabulous Johnny Cash (Johnny Cash) B
- Johnny Cash Sings the Songs that Made Him Famous (Johnny Cash) B
- Folksongs and Instrumentals with Guitar (Elizabeth Cotton) B+
- The Kingston Trio (The Kingston Trio) C+
- Sea Shells (Peggy Lee) A-
Classical
- Classical Check-Up
- Violet Archer
- Bernard Herrmann
- Györgi Ligeti
- Karlheinz Stockhausen
- Edgard Varesè
- Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Music of 1958