Reviews for albums released in 1959 can be found below. The reviews are categorized by genre and alphabetical order.
Jazz
- Moanin’ (Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers) A
- Time Out (Dave Brubeck Quartet) A+
- Tomorrow Is the Question! (Ornette Coleman) A
- The Shape of Jazz to Come (Ornette Coleman) A+
- Porgy and Bess (Miles Davis) A
- Kind of Blue (Miles Davis) A+
- Jazz Party (Duke Ellington) A-
- Back to Back (Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges) A-
- Side by Side (Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges) A-
- Anatomy of a Murder (Duke Ellington) A-
- Live at the Blue Note (Duke Ellington) A
- Festival Session (Duke Ellington) A-
- Everybody Digs Bill Evans (Bill Evans) A
- Sonny Side Up (Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt & Sonny Rollins) B+
- Kelly Blue (Wynton Kelly) B+
- Kelly Great (Wynton Kelly) B+
- Mingus Ah Um (Charles Mingus) A+
- The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall (Thelonious Monk) A
- 5 by Monk by 5 (Thelonious Monk) B+
- Thelonious Alone in San Francisco (Thelonious Monk) A-
- Newk’s Time (Sonny Rollins) B+
- New York, N.Y. (George Russell) A-
- The Sermon (Jimmy Smith) A-
- Jazz in Silhouette (Sun Ra) A
- Looking Ahead! (Cecil Taylor) A-
- Coltrane Time (Cecil Taylor) B+
- Love for Sale (Cecil Taylor) A-
- Pres and Teddy (Lester Young & Teddy Wilson) A-
Rock and Roll
- Chuck Berry Is on Top (Chuck Berry) A
- Go Bo Diddley (Bo Diddley) A-
- For LP Fans Only (Elvis Presley) A-
- A Date with Elvis (Elvis Presley) B+
- Elvis’ Gold Records: Vol. 2 (Elvis Presley) B
- Ritchie Valens (Ritchie Valens) B+
Swing/Pop
- The Genius of Ray Charles (Ray Charles) A+
- Once Upon a Summertime (Blossom Dearie) B+
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook (Ella Fitzgerald) A
- Last Recording (Billie Holiday) B
- Little Girl Blue (Nina Simone) A
- Come Dance with Me! (Frank Sinatra) A-
- No One Cares (Frank Sinatra) A
- Vaughan and Violins (Sarah Vaughan) B+
- What a Diff’rence a Day Makes! (Dinah Washington) A-
Rhythm & Blues
- What’d I Say (Ray Charles) A
- Blues from the Gutter (Champion Jack Dupree) A-
- I’m John Lee Hooker (John Lee Hooker) A-
- The Country Blues of John Lee Hooker (John Lee Hooker) B+
- Moanin’ in the Moonlight (Howlin’ Wolf) A
- Lightnin’ Hopkins (Lightnin’ Hopkins) A
Country/Folk
- Greatest! (Johnny Cash) B+
- Hymns by Johnny Cash (Johnny Cash) C+
- Songs of Our Soil (Johnny Cash) B
- Blind Joe Death (John Fahey) A
- Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs (Marty Robbins) A-
Foreign
- Chega de Saudade (João Gilberto) B+
Classical
- Classical Check-Up
- Karlheinz Stockhausen
