| Year
|
Recipients(s)
|
Work
|
Performing artist(s)
|
Nominees
Performers in parentheses / Labels in brackets
|
Ref.
|
| 1964
|
Leonard Feather and Stanley Dance
|
The Ellington Era
· Columbia
|
Duke Ellington
|
- Edward Albee and Harold Clurman – Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Original Cast) [Columbia Masterworks]
- Harold Arlen – The Barbra Streisand Album (Barbra Streisand) [Columbia]
- Sidney Bock – An Evening of Elizabethan Music (The Julian Bream Consort) [RCA Victor Red Seal]
- Bob Ballard – The Amazing Amanda Ambrose (Amanda Ambrose) [RCA Victor]
- Benjamin A. Botkin, Sylvester Vigilante, Harold Preece & James Horan – The Badmen (Pete Seeger and others) [Legacy]
|
[3]
|
| 1965
|
Stanton Catlin and Carleton Beals
|
Mexico (Legacy Collection)
· Columbia/Legacy
|
Carlos Chávez
|
- Neville Cardus – Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in a C Sharp Minor/Berg: Wozzeck Excerpts (Erich Leinsdorf) [RCA Victor Red Seal]
- Alexander Cohen – Beyond the Fringe '64 (Original Cast) [Capitol]
- Stan Getz, João Gilberto, and Gene Lees – Getz/Gilberto (Stan Getz and João Gilberto) [Verve]
- Rory Guy – The Definitive Piaf (Édith Piaf) [Capitol]
- George Sponholtz – The Young Chevalier (Maurice Chevalier) [Capitol]
- Jack Tracy – Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini (Quincy Jones) [Mercury]
|
[4]
|
| 1966
|
Stan Cornyn
|
September of My Years
· Reprise
|
Frank Sinatra
|
- Dom Cerulli – The Voice of the Uncommon Man (Adlai Stevenson) [MGM]
- Stanley Dance – Grand Terrace Band (Earl Hines) [RCA Victor]
- Charles Lamb – Father and Son (Hank Williams and Hank Williams Jr.) [MGM]
- Gustav Rudolf Sellner & Otto Gerdes – Berg: Wozzeck (Karl Böhm conducting the Deutsche Oper Berlin) [Deutsche Grammophon]
|
[5]
|
| 1967
|
Stan Cornyn
|
Sinatra at the Sands
· Reprise
|
Frank Sinatra
|
- Harvey Cowen – Big Ben Strikes Again (Ben Colder) [MGM]
- Stanley Dance and Ralph J. Gleason – The Ellington Era, Volume 2 (Duke Ellington) [Columbia]
- Fred W. Friendly – Edward R. Murrow: A Reporter Remembers, Vol. I—The War Years (Edward R. Murrow) [Columbia]
- Nelson Lyon – Doctor Zhivago (Maurice Jarre) [MGM]
|
[6]
|
| 1968
|
John D. Loudermilk
|
Suburban Attitudes in Country Verse
· RCA Victor
|
John D. Loudermilk
|
- Stan Cornyn – Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim (Frank Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim) [Reprise]
- Stanley Dance – The Far East Suite (Duke Ellington) [RCA Victor]
- Rory Guy – Extra Special! (Peggy Lee) [Capitol]
- Rod McKuen – The Earth (Rod McKuen with music by Anita Kerr) [Warner Brothers]
- Richard Oliver – Listen! (Gary Lewis & the Playboys) [Liberty]
|
[7]
|
| 1969
|
Johnny Cash
|
At Folsom Prison
· Columbia
|
Johnny Cash
|
- Stan Cornyn – Francis A. & Edward K. (Frank Sinatra and Duke Ellington) [Reprise]
- Miles Kreuger – Ethel Waters on Stage and Screen (Ethel Waters) [Columbia]
- Richard Oliver – Anthology of Indian Music, Volume 1 (Ravi Shankar, Ali Akbar Kahn and S. Balachander) [World Pacific/Liberty]
- Pete Seeger – Pete Seeger's Greatest Hits (Pete Seeger) [Columbia]
|
[8]
|
| 1970
|
Johnny Cash
|
Nashville Skyline
· Columbia
|
Bob Dylan
|
- Joan Baez – David's Album (Joan Baez) [Vanguard]
- John Dodds II – Chicago Mess Around (Johnny Dodds) [Milestone]
- John Hartford – John Hartford (John Hartford) [RCA Victor]
- Rex Reed – At Town Hall (Mabel Mercer and Bobby Short) [Atlantic]
|
[9]
|
| 1971
|
Chris Albertson
|
The World's Greatest Blues Singer
· Columbia
|
Bessie Smith
|
- Billy Edd Wheeler – As I See It (Jack Moran) [Athena]
- Ralph J. Gleason – Bitches Brew (Miles Davis) [Columbia]
- Rod McKuen – Hold Back the World (Alexander's Greyhound Bass) [Stanyan]
- Anthony d'Oberoff – I Do Not Play No Rock and Roll (Mississippi Fred McDowell) [Capitol]
- Rex Reed – Judy. London. 1969. (Judy Garland) [Juno]
- James Goodfriend – Sixteen All Time Greatest Hits (Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys) [Columbia]
- Arthur Knight – They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (the John Green Orchestra) [ABC]
|
[10]
|
| 1972
|
Sam Samudio
|
Sam, Hard and Heavy
· Atlantic
|
Sam the Sham
|
- Colman Andrews – Miles Davis (Miles Davis) [United Artists]
- Don Demichael – The Genius of Louis Armstrong (Louis Armstrong) [Columbia]
- Nat Hentoff – Louis Armstrong: July 4, 1900 – July 6, 1971 (Louis Armstrong) [RCA Victor]
- James Lyons – Music of Varese (Konstantin Simonovitch conducting the Paris Instrumental Ensemble) [Angel]
- Joshua Rifkin – Piano Rags by Scott Joplin (Joshua Rifkin) [Nonesuch]
- George T. Simon – This is Benny Goodman (Benny Goodman) [RCA Victor]
- Tom West – Honky Tonkin' with Charlie Walker (Charlie Walker) [Epic]
|
[11]
|
| 1973
|
| Best Album Notes
|
[12]
|
| Tom T. Hall
|
Tom T. Hall's Greatest Hits
· Mercury
|
Tom T. Hall
|
- Michael Brooks – Super Chief (Count Basie) [Columbia]
- Albert Goldman – Lenny Bruce: Carnegie Hall (Lenny Bruce) [United Artists]
- Charles Mingus – Let My Children Hear Music (Charles Mingus) [Columbia]
- Dan Morgenstern – Bunny Berigan, His Trumpet and His Orchestra, Volume 1 (Bunny Berigan) [RCA Vintage Series]
|
| Best Album Notes – Classical
|
| James Lyons
|
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2 ("A London Symphony")
· RCA Red Seal
|
André Previn conducting the London Symphony Orchestra
|
- David Cairns – Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini (Colin Davis conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra) [Philips]
- Tom Eastwood – Julian and John (Julian Bream & John Williams) [RCA Red Seal]
- Karolynne Gee – Michael Rabin: In Memoriam (Michael Rabin) [Seraphim]
- H. C. Robbins Landon – Haydn: Symphonies (Complete), Volumes 4 and 5 (Antal Doráti conducting the Philharmonia Hungarica) [Decca]
- Sacheverell Sitwell – John Ogdon Plays Alkan (John Ogdon) [RCA Red Seal]
- Ursula Von Rauchhaupt – String Quartets of the New Viennese School (LaSalle Quartet) [Deutsche Grammophon]
|
| 1974
|
| Best Album Notes
|
[13]
|
| Dan Morgenstern
|
God Is in the House
· Onyx
|
Art Tatum
|
- Stan Cornyn – Ol’ Blue Eyes Is Back (Frank Sinatra) [Reprise]
- Chet Flippo – Lonesome, On'ry and Mean (Waylon Jennings) [RCA]
- William Ivey – This is Jimmie Rodgers (Jimmie Rodgers) [RCA]
- Lionel Newman – Remember Marilyn (Marilyn Monroe) [Philips]
|
| Best Album Notes – Classical
|
| Glenn Gould
|
Hindemith: Sonatas for Piano Complete
· Columbia Masterworks
|
The Villa Musica Ensemble
|
- Alan Rich – Rachmaninov: Concerto No. 2 in C Minor for Piano (Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra with a solo by Arthur Rubinstein) [RCA Red Seal]
- H. C. Robbins Landon – Haydn: Symphony No. 36–Symphony No. 48 (Antal Doráti) [Decca]
- H. C. Robbins Landon – Haydn: Symphony No. 20 in C Major–Symphony No. 35 in B Flat Major (Antal Doráti) [Decca]
- Irving Kolodin – Dvorák: Piano Quartet in E Flat Major, Op. 87 (the Guarneri Quartet with a solo by Arthur Rubinstein) [RCA Red Seal]
- Clair Van Ausdall – Debussy: La mer/Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune and Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe Suite #2 (Eugene Ormandy) [RCA Red Seal]
- Harvey Phillips – Bizet: Carmen (Leonard Bernstein) [Deutsche Grammophon]
- Misha Donat – Berio: Recital 1 ("For Cathy") (Cathy Berberian) [RCA Red Seal]
- Tom Eastwood – The Woods So Wild (Julian Bream) [RCA Red Seal]
- Erik Smith – Bach: Brandenburg Concertos (Neville Marriner) [Philips]
|
| 1975
|
| Best Album Notes
|
[14]
|
| Charles R. Townsend
|
For the Last Time
· United Artists
|
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
|
- Rudy Behlmer – 50 Years of Film Music (Various Artists) [Warner Brothers]
- Ralph J. Gleason – The Pianist (Duke Ellington) [Fantasy]
- J.R. Young – The World is Still Waiting for the Sunrise (Les Paul and Mary Ford) [Capitol]
|
| Dan Morgenstern
|
The Hawk Flies
· Milestone
|
Coleman Hawkins
|
| Best Album Notes – Classical
|
| Rory Guy
|
The Classic Erich Wolfgang Korngold
· Angel
|
Willy Mattes (conductor) with a solo by Ulf Hoelscher
|
- David Cairns – Berlioz: The Damnation of Faust (Colin Davis conducting the London Symphony Orchestra) [Philips]
- Deryck Cooke – Mahler: Symphony No. 10 (Wyn Morris conducting the New Philharmonic Orchestra) [Philips]
- Donald Garvelmann – Scriabin: Piano Music (Complete), Volume 2 (Various Artists) [Vox]
- George Jellinek – Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel (Kurt Eichhorn conducting the Bavarian Radio Orchestra with solos by Anna Moffo & Helen Donath) [RCA]
- Irving Kolodin – Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani (James Levine conducting the New Philharmonia Orchestra) [RCA]
- Christopher Palmer – Herrmann: Citizen Kane (Charles Gerhardt conducting the National Philharmonic Orchestra) [RCA]
- Wolfram Schwinger – Weber: Der Freischütz (Erich Kleiber) [Deutsche Grammophon]
- Erik Smith – Mozart: Don Giovanni (Colin Davis conducting the Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra) [Philips]
- Clair W. Van Ausdall – Rachmaninoff: The Bells and 3 Russian Songs (Eugene Ormandy conducting the Temple University Choirs) [RCA]
|
| 1976
|
| Best Album Notes
|
[15]
|
| Pete Hamill
|
Blood on the Tracks
· Columbia
|
Bob Dylan
|
- Ralph J. Gleason – The Real Lenny Bruce (Lenny Bruce) [Fantasy]
- Benny Green – The Tatum Solo Masterpieces (Art Tatum) [Pablo]
- Tom T. Hall – Greatest Hits, Volume 2 (Tom T. Hall) [Mercury]
- George T. Simon – Glenn Miller: A Legendary Performer (Glenn Miller & His Orchestra) [RCA]
|
| Best Album Notes – Classical
|
| Gunther Schuller
|
Footlifters: A Century of American Marches
· Columbia
|
Gunther Schuller conducting the All-Star Band
|
- Rudi Blesh – Joplin: The Complete Works (Dick Hyman) [RCA]
- Laszlo Eosze – Kodály: Orchestral Works (Antal Doráti conducting the Philharmonia Hungarica) [London]
- Rory Guy and Itzhak Perlman – Joplin: The Easy Winners with solos by Itzhak Perlman and André Previn) [Angel]
- Rory Guy – Gershwin: Gershwin's Wonderful with solos by Ralph Grierson & Artie Kane) [Angel]
- James H. Moore – Gagliano: La Dafne (Paul Vorwerk conducting the Musica Pacifica) [ABC/Command]
- Christopher Palmer – Korngold: Die Tote Stadt (Erich Leinsdorf conducting the Munich Radio Orchestra with solos by René Kollo, Carol Neblett, Hermann Prey & Benjamin Luxon) [RCA]
- Judith Robison – The English Harpsichord (William Byrd, Giles Farnaby and others with a solo by Igor Kipnis) [Angel]
- H. C. Robbins Landon – Haydn: Symphonies 93–104 (Antal Doráti conducting the Philharmonia Hungarica) [London]
|
| 1977
|
Dan Morgenstern
|
The Changing Face of Harlem: Savoy Sessions
· Savoy
|
Various Artists
|
- George R. Marek – Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos (Daniel Barenboim conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra with a solo by Arthur Rubinstein) [RCA]
- Douglas B. Green – The Blue Sky Boys (The Blue Sky Boys) [RCA]
- Francis Robinson – Caruso: A Legendary Performer (Enrico Caruso) [RCA]
- Mort Goode – The Complete Tommy Dorsey, Volume 1 – 1935 (Tommy Dorsey) [RCA]
|
[16]
|
| 1978
|
George T. Simon
|
Bing Crosby: A Legendary Performer
· RCA
|
Bing Crosby
|
- Chris Albertson – Stormy Blues (Billie Holiday) [Verve/Polydor]
- Michael Brooks – The Lester Young Story, Volume 1 (Lester Young) [Columbia]
- George T. Simon – Guy Lombardo: A Legendary Performer (Guy Lombardo) [RCA]
- Patrick Snyder – Flight Log (Jefferson Airplane) [Grunt/RCA]
|
[17]
|
| 1979
|
Michael Brooks
|
A Bing Crosby Collection, Volumes 1 and 2
· Columbia
|
Bing Crosby
|
- Irving Kolodin and William Bender – Beethoven: Symphonies (9) (Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic) [Polydor]
- Leonard Feather – Ellington at Carnegie Hall – 1943 (Duke Ellington) [Prestige]
- Alan Lomax – Georgia Sea Island Songs (Various Artists) [New World]
- Dan Morgenstern – The Individualism of Pee Wee Russell (Pee Wee Russell) [Savoy]
- David Baker and R.D. Darell – Works of Carpenter/Gilbert/Adolph Weiss/Powell (the Los Angeles Philharmonic) [New World]
|
[18]
|
| 1980
|
Bob Porter & James Patrick
|
Charlie Parker: The Complete Savoy Sessions
· Savoy
|
Charlie Parker
|
- Melvin Maddocks – Giants of Jazz: Billie Holiday (Billie Holiday) [Time-Life]
- Dan Morgenstern and Stanley Dance – Giants of Jazz: Duke Ellington (Duke Ellington) [Time-Life]
- Dick Schory – The Magical Music of Walt Disney (Various Artists) [Ovation]
- Richard M. Sudhalter – Hoagy Carmichael: A Legendary Performer and Composer (Hoagy Carmichael) [RCA]
|
[19]
|
| 1981
|
David McClintock
|
Trilogy: Past Present Future
· Reprise
|
Frank Sinatra
|
- David Evans and Bruce Bastin – Atlanta Blues: 1933 (Blind Willie McTell, Curley Weaver and Buddy Moss) [John Edwards Memorial Foundation]
- Lauren Lortie – Elvis Aron Presley (Elvis Presley) [RCA]
- John McDonough and Richard M. Sudhalter – Giants of Jazz: Lester Young (Lester Young) [Time-Life]
- Dan Morgenstern – Chicago Concert 1956 (Louis Armstrong) [Columbia]
|
[20]
|
| 1982
|
Dan Morgenstern
|
Erroll Garner: Master of the Keyboard
· Book of the Month Records
|
Erroll Garner
|
- C.P. Crumpacker – The Mario Lanza Collection (Mario Lanza) [RCA/Red Seal]
- John McDonough – Giants of Jazz: Pee Wee Russell (Pee Wee Russell) [Time-Life]
- David Thompson and Philip W. Payne – Giants of Jazz: Fats Waller (Fats Waller) [Time-Life]
- Dick Wellstood, Willa Rouder, and Frank Kappler – Giants of Jazz: James P. Johnson (James P. Johnson) [Time-Life]
|
[21]
|
| 1983
|
John Chilton and Richard Sudhalter
|
Giants of Jazz: Bunny Berigan
· Time-Life
|
Bunny Berigan
|
- Gary Giddins – Duke Ellington 1941 (Duke Ellington & His Orchestra) [Smithsonian]
- Thornton Hagert – An Experiment in Modern Music: Paul Whiteman at Aeolian Hall (Paul Whiteman) [Smithsonian]
- William Ivey – The Greatest Country Music Recordings of All Time (Various Artists) [Franklin Mint Record Society]
- William Ivey and Bob Pinson – 60 Years of Country Music (Various Artists) [RCA]
- Robert Palmer – Young Blood (The Coasters) [Atlantic/DeLuxe]
|
[22]
|
| 1984
|
Orrin Keepnews
|
The "Interplay" Sessions
· Milestone
|
Bill Evans
|
- Lester Bangs – The Fugs Greatest Hits, Volume 1 (The Fugs) [Adelphi]
- Peter Guralnick – The Okeh Sessions (Big Maybelle) [Epic/CBS]
- Richard B. Hadlock – Giants of Jazz: Joe Sullivan (Joe Sullivan) [Time-Life]
- John McDonough – Seven Come Eleven (Benny Goodman) [Columbia]
|
[23]
|
| 1985
|
Gunther Schuller and Martin Williams
|
Big Band Jazz
· Smithsonian
|
Various Artists
|
- Glenn Hinson – Virginia Traditions/Virginia Work Songs (Various Artists) [Blue Ridge]
- Grover Sales – Amadeus (Original Soundtrack Album) (Neville Marriner conducting the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields) [Fantasy]
- James Sundquist – An Anthology of Sacred Carols for Classical Guitar (James Sundquist) [Eagle]
- Z Factor and Lorene Lortie – A Golden Celebration (Elvis Presley) [RCA]
|
[24]
|
| 1986
|
Peter Guralnick
|
Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963
· RCA
|
Sam Cooke
|
- Lenny Kaye – Bleecker and McDougal: The Folk Scene of the 1960s (Various Artists) [Elektra]
- Lenny Kaye – Crossroads: White Blues in the 1960s (Various Artists) [Elektra]
- James R. Morris, J.R. Taylor, and Dwight Blocker Bowers – American Popular Song (Various Artists) [Smithsonian/CBS Special Products]
- Neil Tesser – The Girl from Ipanema: The Bossa Nova Years (Stan Getz) [Verve]
|
[25]
|
| 1987
|
Gary Giddins, Wilfrid Sheed, Jonathan Schwartz, Murray Kempton, Andrew Sarris, Stephen Holden, and Frank Conroy
|
The Voice: The Columbia Years 1943–1952
· Columbia/CBS
|
Frank Sinatra
|
- Cameron Crowe – Biograph (Bob Dylan) [Columbia/CBS]
- Richard Freed & Peter Eliot Stone – Virtuosi (Smithsonian Productions) (Various Artists) [Smithsonian]
- David Hall, John Stratton, Tom Owen, Robert Tuggle, and David Hamilton – The Mapleson Cylinders (The Metropolitan Opera) [Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives]
- Lenny Kaye – Elektrock: The Sixties (Various Artists) [Elektra]
|
[26]
|
| 1988
|
Orrin Keepnews
|
The Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings
· Riverside
|
Thelonious Monk
|
- Peter Guralnick – The Complete Sun Sessions (Elvis Presley) [BMG Music/RCA]
- Nolan Porterfield – Jimmie Rodgers on Record: America's Blue Yodeler (Jimmie Rodgers) [Smithsonian]
- Mark Tucker – Singers and Soloists of the Swing Bands (Various Artists) [Smithsonian]
- Charles K. Wolfe – The Bristol Sessions (Various Artists) [Country Music Foundation]
|
[27]
|
| 1989
|
Anthony DeCurtis
|
Crossroads
· Polydor
|
Eric Clapton
|
- John Edward Hasse – The Classic Hoagy Carmichael (Hoagy Carmichael) [Indiana Historical Society]
- Mike Kreuger – Show Boat (Frederica von Stade, Jerry Hadley, Teresa Stratas, Nancy Culp & Lillian Gish with John McGlinn conducting the London Sinfonietta) [Angel]
- Dan Morgenstern – The Complete Commodore Jazz Recordings, Volume 1 (Various Artists) [Mosaic]
- Vaughn Webb – Virginia Tradition: Southwest Virginia Blues (Various Artists) [BRI]
|
[28]
|
| 1990
|
Phil Schaap
|
Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve
· Verve
|
Charlie Parker
|
- Dwight Blocker Bowers – American Musical Theater: Shows, Songs and Stars (Various Artists) [Smithsonian]
- Gene Lees – The Complete Fantasy Recordings (Bill Evans) [Fantasy]
- Howard Wright Marshall, Amy E. Skillman, and Charles Walden – Now That's a Good Tune (Masters of Traditional Missouri Fiddling) [Grey Eagle]
- Martin Williams, Dick Katz & Francis Davis – Jazz Piano 1898–1964 (Various Artists) [Smithsonian]
|
[29]
|
| 1991
|
Dan Morgenstern
|
Brownie: The Complete Emarcy Recordings of Clifford Brown
· EmArcy
|
Clifford Brown
|
- Mary Katherine Aldin and Robert Palmer – Muddy Waters: The Chess Box (Muddy Waters) [MCA/Chess]
- Gary Giddons – Art Pepper: The Complete Galaxy Recordings (Art Pepper) [Galaxy/Fantasy]
- Robert Palmer – Bo Diddley: The Chess Box (Bo Diddley) [MCA/Chess]
- David Perry – The Jack Kerouac Collection (Jack Kerouac) [Rhino]
|
[30]
|
| 1992
|
James Brown, Cliff White, Harry Weinger, Nelson George, and Alan M. Leeds
|
Star Time
· Polydor
|
James Brown
|
- John Bauldie – The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 (Bob Dylan) [Columbia]
- Rob Bowman – The Complete Stax/Volt Singles 1959–1968 (Various Artists) [Atlantic]
- Colin Escott – The Original Singles Collection . . . Plus (Hank Williams) [Polydor]
- Robert Palmer – The Birth of Soul (Ray Charles) [Atlantic]
|
[31]
|
| 1993
|
Dave Marsh, Jerry Wexler, David Ritz, Thulani Davis, Ahmet Ertegun, Tom Down, and Arif Mardin
|
Queen of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings
· Rhino
|
Aretha Franklin
|
- Will Friedwald and Dick Katz – The Complete Capitol Recordings of the Nat King Cole Trio (The Nat King Cole Trio) [Mosaic]
- Peter Guralnick – The King of Rock 'n' Roll: The Complete 50s Masters (Elvis Presley) [RCA]
- Pete Welding and Lawrence Cohn – Roots n' Blues the Retrospective (1925–1950) (Various Artists) [Columbia/Legacy]
- Robert Kimball and Richard Sudhalter – You're the Top: Cole Porter in the 1930s (Various Artists) [Koch International Classics]
|
[32]
|
| 1994
|
Buck Clayton, Phil Schaap, and Joel E. Siegel
|
The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945–1959
· Verve
|
Billie Holiday
|
- Colin Escott – King of the Blues (B. B. King) [MCA]
- Orrin Keepnews and Jim Ferguson – The Complete Riverside Recordings (Wes Montgomery) [Riverside]
- Peter Guralnick – From Nashville to Memphis: The Essential 60s Masters (Elvis Presley) [RCA]
- Alan Lomax and Robert Palmer – Songs of the South: A Musical Journey from the Georgia Sea Islands to the Mississippi Delta Recorded in the Field by Alan Lomax (Various Artists) [Atlantic]
|
[33]
|
| 1995
|
Dan Morgenstern and Loren Schoenberg
|
Louis Armstrong: Portrait of the Artists as a Young Man, 1923–1934
· Columbia/Legacy/Smithsonian
|
Louis Armstrong
|
- Yves Beauvais, Don Cherry, Ornette Coleman, and Robert Palmer – Beauty Is A Rare Thing: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (Ornette Coleman) [Rhino]
- Francis Pandras, Celia Powell, Peter Pullman, Sonny Rollins, and Horace Silver – The Complete Bud Powell on Verve (Bud Powell) [Verve]
- Carol Cooper, Steven Greenberg, and Jaime Wolf – Otis! The Definitive (Otis Redding) [Rhino]
- Peter Guralnick – Sam Cooke's SAR Records Story 1959–1965 (Various Artists) [ABKCO]
|
[34]
|
| 1996
|
Rob Bowman
|
The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Vol. 3: 1972–1975
· Stax
|
Various Artists
|
- Geoffrey Mark Fidelman and James Gavin – Ella: The Legendary Decca Recordings (Ella Fitzgerald) [Decca Jazz]
- John Fricke – 25th Anniversary: Retrospective (Judy Garland) [Capitol]
- Dan Morgenstern – I'll Be Seeing You: A Tribute to Carmen McRae (Carmen McRae) [Decca Jazz]
- Dan Morgenstern – Let's Do It: Best of the Verve Years (Louis Armstrong) [Verve]
|
[35]
|
| 1997
|
George Avakian, Bob Belden, Bill Kirchner, and Phil Schaap
|
Miles Davis & Gil Evans: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings
· Columbia
|
Miles Davis and Gil Evans
|
- Will Friedwald, Dave Kapp, and Mel Tormé – The Mel Tormé Collection: 1944 – 1985 (Mel Tormé) [Rhino]
- Lawrence Hoffman – Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994 (Various Artists) [Smithsonian]
- Will Friedwald – The Complete Capitol Singles Collection (Frank Sinatra) [Capitol]
- Chris Albertson – The Complete Recordings, Vol. 5 (Bessie Smith) [Columbia/Legacy]
|
[36]
|
| 1998
|
John Fahey, Luis Kemnitzer, Jon Pankake, Chuck Pirtle, Jeff Place, Neil V. Rosenberg, Lucy Sante, Peter Stampfel, and Eric Von Schmidt
|
Anthology of American Folk Music
· Smithsonian Folkways
|
Various Artists
|
- Robert Gordon – Anthology (Al Green) [The Right Stuff]
- Ben Edmonds, Mark Kemp, Meegan Lee Ochs, and Michael Ventura – Farewells & Fantasies (Phil Ochs) [Elektra Traditions/Rhino]
- Dave Alvin, James Austin, Bill Dahl, Ahmet Ertegun, David Ritz, Billy Vera, and Jerry Wexler – Ray Charles Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection (Ray Charles) [Rhino]
- Ian Whitcomb – Titanic: Music As Heard on the Fateful Voyage (Various Artists) [Rhino]
|
[37]
|
| 1999
|
Bob Belden, Todd Coolman, and Michael Cuscuna
|
Miles Davis Quintet 1965–1968
· Columbia/Legacy
|
Miles Davis Quintet
|
- Joel Dorn, Tom Dowd, Andrew Homzy, Patrick Milligan, Sue Mingus, Tina Marisa Rocchio, and Stefano Zenni – Passions of a Man: The Complete Atlantic Recordings 1956–1961 (Charles Mingus) [Rhino]
- Daniel Cooper & Colin Escott – The Complete Hank Williams (Hank Williams) [Mercury Nashville]
- Bill Ivey, Bill C. Malone, Claudia Perry, John W. Rumble, and Ron Wynn – From Where I Stand: The Black Experience in Country Music (Various Artists) [Warner Bros. Nashville]
- Sedgwick Clark, Barbara Haws, Kurt Masur, Alan Rich, Robert Sherman, and Steven Smolian – The Historic Broadcasts 1923 to 1987 (The New York Philharmonic) [New York Philharmonic Special Editions]
|
[38]
|
| 2000
|
Bob Blumenthal
|
The Classic Quartet: The Complete Impulse! Recordings
· Impulse
|
John Coltrane
|
- Rick Bragg – Live at The Grand Ole Opry (Hank Williams) [Mercury Nashville]
- Rob Bowman – The Last Soul Company (Various Artists) [Malaco]
- Daniel Cooper – The Complete Country & Western Recordings (1959–1986) (Ray Charles) [Rhino]
- Marc Kirkeby – Sony Music 100 Years: Soundtrack for a Century (Various Artists) [Sony]
|
[39]
|
| 2001
|
Bob Blumenthal
|
The Complete Columbia Recordings 1955–1961
· Columbia/Legacy
|
Miles Davis and John Coltrane
|
- Jeff Place – The Best of Broadside 1962–1988: Anthems of the American Underground from the Pages of Broadside Magazine (Various Artists) [Smithsonian Folkways]
- John Chilton – The Complete Lester Young Studio Sessions on Verve (Lester Young) [Verve]
- Bud Scoppa – Hotcakes & Outtakes: 30 Years of Little Feat (Little Feat) [Rhino]
- Dr. Demento – The Remains of Tom Lehrer (Tom Lehrer) [Rhino]
- Gerald Early – Yes I Can! The Sammy Davis Jr. Story (Sammy Davis, Jr.) [Warner Archives/Rhino]
|
[40]
|
| 2002
|
Walter Mosley
|
...And It's Deep Too! The Complete Warner Bros. Recordings (1968–1992)
· Warner Archives/Rhino
|
Richard Pryor
|
- Mari Evans – The Long Road Back To Freedom: An Anthology of Black Music (Various Artists) [Buddha]
- Gerald Early – Rhapsodies in Black: Music and Words from the Harlem Renaissance (Various Artists) [Rhino]
- Rob Bowman – The Stax Story (Various Artists) [Stax]
|
[41]
|
| Elijah Wald
|
Arhoolie Records 40th Anniversary Collection: 1960–2000 The Journey of Chris Strachwitz
· Arhoolie
|
Various Artists
|
| 2003
|
David Evans
|
Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton
· Revenant
|
Charlie Patton
|
- Artie Shaw – Artie Shaw: Self Portrait (Artie Shaw) [Bluebird/RCA]
- Dennis McNally – The Golden Road (1965–1973) (The Grateful Dead) [Rhino]
- Will Friedwald – Frank Sinatra in Hollywood 1940–1964 (Frank Sinatra) [Reprise/Warner]
- Tim Page – A State of Wonder: The Complete Goldberg Variations 1955 & 1981 (Glenn Gould) [Sony Classical]
|
[42]
|
| 2004
|
Tom Piazza
|
Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey
· Hip-O
|
Various Artists
|
- Loren Schoenberg – Count Basie and His Orchestra—America's #1 Band! The Columbia Years (Count Basie and His Orchestra) [Columbia/Legacy]
- Ashley Kahn – Four Women: The Nina Simone Philips Recordings (Nina Simone) [Verve]
- Will Friedwald – Peggy Lee—The Singles Collection (Peggy Lee) [Capitol/EMI]
- Daniel Wolff – Sam Cooke with The Soul Stirrers—The Complete Specialty Records Recordings (Sam Cooke with The Soul Stirrers) [Specialty]
|
[43]
|
| 2005
|
Loren Schoenberg
|
The Complete Columbia Recordings of Woody Herman and His Orchestra & Woodchoppers (1945–1947)
· Mosaic
|
Woody Herman and His Orchestra
|
- Sean Wilentz – The Bootleg Series Vol. 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964, Concert at Philharmonic Hall (Bob Dylan) [Columbia/Legacy]
- Barry Alfonso – Carry It On (Peter, Paul and Mary) [Rhino]
- Paul Krassner – Let the Buyer Beware (Lenny Bruce) [Shout! Factory]
- Chris Morris – No Thanks! The 70's Punk Rebellion (Various Artists) [Rhino]
|
[44]
|
| 2006
|
Alan Lomax and John Szwed
|
The Complete Library of Congress Recordings
· Rounder
|
Jelly Roll Morton
|
- Adam White – Heaven Must Have Sent You: The Holland/Dozier/Holland Story (Various Artists) [Hip-O]
- Patrick Carr – The Legend (Johnny Cash) [Columbia/Legacy]
- David Ritz – Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1952–1959) (Ray Charles) [Atlantic/Rhino/Warner]
- Henry "Hank" Sapoznik – You Ain't Talkin' to Me: Charlie Poole and the Roots of Country Music (Charlie Poole and various artists) [Columbia/Legacy]
|
[45]
|
| 2007
|
Dan Morgenstern
|
If You Got To Ask, You Ain't Got It!
· Bluebird/Legacy
|
Fats Waller
|
- Marshall Wyatt – Good for What Ails You: Music of the Medicine Shows, 1926–1937 (Various Artists) [Old Hat]
- Tim Brooks – Lost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry 1891–1922 (Various Artists) [Archeophone]
- David Ritz and Ben Edmonds – Pirate Radio (The Pretenders) [Rhino/Warner/Sire]
- David Fricke – There Is a Season (The Byrds) [Columbia/Legacy]
|
[46]
|
| 2008
|
Bruce Nemerov
|
John Work III: Recording Black Culture
· Spring Fed
|
Various Artists
|
- Patrick Feaster and David Giovannoni – Actionable Offenses: Indecent Phonograph Recordings from the 1890s (Various Artists) [Archeophone]
- Loren Schoenberg – Classic Chu Berry Columbia and Victor Sessions (Chu Berry) [Mosaic]
- David Sager – Off the Record: The Complete 1923 Jazz Band Recordings (King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band) [Off The Record]
- Ricky Jay – Ricky Jay Plays Poker (Various Artists) [Octone/Legacy]
|
[47]
|
| 2009
|
Francis Davis
|
Kind of Blue: 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition
· Columbia/Legacy
|
Miles Davis
|
- Art Rosenbaum – Art of Field Recording Volume I: Fifty Years of Traditional American Music Documented by Art Rosenbaum (Various Artists) [Dust-to-Digital]
- Patrick Feaster and David Giovannoni – Debate '08: Taft and Bryan Campaign on the Edison Phonograph (William Jennings Bryan and William Howard Taft) [Archeophone]
- David Ritz and Jerry Wexler – Rare & Unreleased Recordings from the Golden Reign of the Queen of Soul (Aretha Franklin) [Rhino/Atlantic]
- Henry "Hank" Sapoznik – The Unsung Father of Country Music: 1925–1934 (Ernest V. Stoneman) [5-String]
|
[48]
|
| 2010
|
Dan Morgenstern
|
The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935–1946)
· Mosaic
|
Louis Armstrong
|
- Mark Berresford – Dance-O-Mania: Harry Yerkes and the Dawn of the Jazz Age, 1919–1923 (The Happy Six) [Rivermont Records]
- Douglas Brinkley and Johnny Depp – Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson—Music from the Film (Various Artists) [Legacy]
- Ed Cray and Bill Nowlin – My Dusty Road (Woody Guthrie) [Rounder]
- Lloyd Ecker and Susan Ecker – Origins of the Red Hot Mama, 1910–1922 (Sophie Tucker) [Archeophone]
|
[49]
|
| 2011
|
Robert Gordon
|
Keep an Eye on the Sky
· Rhino
|
Big Star
|
- Gage Averill – Alan Lomax in Haiti: Recordings for the Library of Congress, 1936–1937 (Various Artists) [Harte]
- Ashley Kahn – Side Steps (John Coltrane) [Prestige]
- Doug Seroff – There Breathes a Hope: The Legacy of John Work II and His Fisk Jubilee Quartet, 1909–1916 (Fisk University Jubilee Quartet) [Archeophone]
- Will Sheff – True Love Cast Out All Evil (Roky Erickson with Okkervil River) [Anti-]
|
[50]
|
| 2012
|
Adam Machado
|
Hear Me Howling!: Blues, Ballads & Beyond as Recorded by the San Francisco Bay by Chris Strachwitz in the 1960s
· Arhoolie
|
Various Artists
|
- Neil Diamond – The Bang Years 1966-1968 (Neil Diamond) [Columbia]
- Ted Olson and Tony Russell – The Bristol Sessions 1927–1928: The Big Bang of Country Music (Various Artists) [Bear Family]
- Ken Shipley – Complete Mythology (Syl Johnson) [Numero]
- Alec Palao – The Music City Story: Street Corner Doo Wop, Raw R&B and Soulful Sounds from Berkeley, California 1950–75 (Various Artists) [Ace]
|
[51]
|
| 2013
|
Billy Vera
|
Singular Genius: The Complete ABC Singles
· Concord
|
Ray Charles
|
- Stephen Wade – Banjo Diary: Lessons From Tradition (Stephen Wade) [Smithsonian Folkways]
- Hans Olof Gottfridsson – First Recordings: 50th Anniversary Edition (The Beatles and Tony Sheridan) [Time-Life]
- Holly George-Warren – The Pearl Sessions (Janis Joplin) [Sony Legacy]
- Fernando Gonzalez – Piazzolla in Brooklyn (The Pablo Aslan Quintet) [Soundbrush]
|
[52]
|
| 2014
|
Neil Tesser
|
Afro Blue Impressions (Remastered and Expanded)
· Pablo/Concord
|
John Coltrane
|
- Ben Young – Call it Art 1964–1965 (The New York Art Quartet) [Triple Point]
- Alec Palao – Electric Music for the Mind and Body (Country Joe & the Fish) [Ace/Vanguard]
- Jonathan Cott – Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps (Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic) [Sony Classical]
- Sean Wilentz – 360 Sound: The Columbia Records Story (Various Artists) [Columbia]
- Nathan Salsburg – Work Hard, Play Hard, Pray Hard: Hard Time, Good Time & End Time Music 1923–1936 (Various Artists) [Tompkins Square]
|
[53]
|
| 2015
|
Ashley Kahn
|
Offering: Live at Temple University
· Resonance/Impulse
|
John Coltrane
|
- David Sager – Happy: The 1920 Rainbo Orchestra Sides (Isham Jones Rainbo Orchestra) [Archeophone]
- Alec Palao – I'm Just Like You: Sly's Stone Flower 1969–70 (Various Artists) [Light In The Attic]
- Scott B. Bomar – The Other Side of Bakersfield: 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West' (Various Artists [Bear Family]
- Jon Kirby – Purple Snow: Forecasting the Minneapolis Sound (Various Artists) [Numero]
- Scott Blackwood – The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume One (1917–27) (Various Artists) [Third Man/Revenant]
|
[54]
|
| 2016
|
Joni Mitchell
|
Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, A Ballet, Waiting To Be Danced
· Rhino
|
Joni Mitchell
|
- James P. Leary – Folksongs of Another America: Field Recordings from the Upper Midwest, 1937–1946 (Various Artists) [Dust-to-Digital/University of Wisconsin Press]
- Jeff Place – Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection (Lead Belly) [Smithsonian Folkways]
- Ted Olson – Portrait of an American Singer (Tennessee Ernie Ford) [Bear Family]
- Ryan Barna – Songs of the Night: Dance Recordings, 1916–1925 (Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra) [Archeophone]
|
[55]
|
| 2017
|
Ken Bloom & Richard Carlin
|
Sissle and Blake Sing Shuffle Along
· Harbinger/Musical Theater Project
|
Eubie Blake & Noble Sissle
|
- Mikal Gilmore – The Complete Monument & Columbia Albums Collection (Kris Kristofferson) [Legacy]
- Ted Olson & Tony Russell – The Knoxville Sessions, 1929–1930: Knox County Stomp (Various Artists) [Bear Family]
- Rob Sevier & Ken Shipley – Ork Records: New York, New York (Various Artists) [Numero]
- Richard Martin – Waxing the Gospel: Mass Evangelism and the Phonograph, 1890–1900 (Various Artists) [Archeophone]
|
[56]
[57]
|
| 2018
|
Lynell George
|
Live at the Whisky a Go Go: The Complete Recordings
· Stax
|
Otis Redding
|
- Wayne Bledsoe & Bradley Reeves – Arthur Q. Smith: The Trouble With the Truth (Various Artists) [Bear Family]
- Ted Olson – Big Bend Killing: The Appalachian Ballad Tradition (Various Artists) [Great Smoky Mountains Association]
- Bryan S. Wright – The Complete Piano Works of Scott Joplin (Richard Dowling) [Rivermont Records]
- David Giovannoni – Edouard-Léon Scott de Martinville, Inventor of Sound Recording: A Bicentennial Tribute (Various Artists) [Archeophone]
- Michael Corcoran – Washington Phillips and His Manzarene Dreams (Washington Phillips) [Dust-to-Digital]
|
[58]
|
| 2019
|
David Evans
|
Voices of Mississippi: Artists and Musicians Documented by William Ferris
· Dust-to-Digital
|
Various Artists
|
- James P. Leary – Alpine Dreaming: The Helvetia Records Story, 1920–1924 (Various Artists) [Archeophone]
- Richard Martin & Ted Olson – 4 Banjo Songs, 1891–1897: Foundational Recordings of America's Iconic Instrument (Charles A. Asbury) [Archeophone]
- Ben Ratliff – The 1960 Time Sessions (Sonny Clark Trio) [Tompkins Square]
- David Gilbert – The Product of Our Souls: The Sound and Sway of James Reese Europe's Society Orchestra (Various Artists) [Archeophone]
- Amanda Petrusich – Trouble No More: The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 / 1979–1981 (Deluxe Edition) (Bob Dylan) [Columbia/Legacy]
|
[59]
|
| 2020
|
Steve Greenberg
|
Stax '68: A Memphis Story
· Craft /Stax/Concord
|
Various Artists
|
- Judy Cantor-Navas – The Complete Cuba Jam Sessions (Various Artists) [Craft]
- Robert Marovich – The Gospel According to Malaco (Various Artists) [Malaco]
- Brendan Greaves – Pedal Steal + Four Corners (Terry Allen & the Panhandle Mystery Band) [Paradise of Bachelors]
- Jeff Place – Pete Seeger: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection (Pete Seeger) [Smithsonian Folkways]
|
[60]
|
| 2021
|
Bob Mehr
|
Dead Man's Pop
· Warner
|
The Replacements
|
- Tim Brooks – At the Minstrel Show: Minstrel Routines from the Studio, 1894-1926 (Various Artists) [Archeophone]
- Scott B. Bomar – The Bakersfield Sound: Country Music Capital of the West, 1940-1974 (Various Artists) [Bear Family]
- Colin Hancock – The Missing Link: How Gus Haenschen Got Us from Joplin to Jazz and Shaped the Music Business (Various Artists) [Archeophone]
- David Sager – Out of a Clear Blue Sky (Nat Brusiloff) [Rivermont Records]
|
[61]
|
| 2022
|
Ricky Riccardi
|
The Complete Louis Armstrong Columbia and RCA Victor Studio Sessions, 1946-1966
· Mosaic
|
Louis Armstrong
|
- Ann-Katrin Zimmermann – Beethoven: The Last Three Sonatas (Sunwook Kim) [Accentus]
- Kevin Howes – Creation Never Sleeps, Creation Never Dies: The Willie Dunn Anthology (Willie Dunn) [Light In The Attic]
- David Giovannoni, Richard Martin & Stephan Puille – Etching The Voice: Emile Berliner and the First Commercial Gramophone Discs, 1889-1895 (Various Artists) [Archeophone]
- Robert Marovich – The King of Gospel Music: The Life and Music of Reverend James Cleveland (Various Artists) [Malaco]
|
[62]
|
| 2023
|
Bob Mehr
|
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition)
· Rhino
|
Wilco
|
- Fernando González - The American Clavé Recordings Astor Piazolla) [American Clavé/Nonesuch]
- Gareth Murphy - Andy Irvine/Paul Brady (Special Edition) (Andy Irvine & Paul Brady) [Compass]
- John Schneider - Harry Partch, 1942 (Harry Partch) [MicroFest]
- Ted Olson - Life's Work: A Retrospective (Doc Watson) [Craft]
|
[63]
|
| 2024
|
Robert Gordon & Deanie Parker
|
Written In Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos
· Stax/Craft
|
Various Artists
|
- Ashley Kahn - Evenings at the Village Gate: John Coltrane with Eric Dolphy (Live) (John Coltrane & Eric Dolphy) [Impulse!/UMe]
- Scott B. Bomar - I Can Almost See Houston: The Complete Howdy Glenn (Howdy Glenn) [Omnivore]
- Vik Sohonie - Mogadishu's Finest: The Al Uruba Sessions (Iftin Band) [Ostinato]
- Jeff Place & John Troutman - Playing For the Man at the Door: Field Recordings From the Collection of Mack McCormick, 1958-1971 (Various Artists) [Smithsonian Folkways]
|
|
| 2025
|
Ricky Riccardi
|
Centennial
· Archeophone
|
King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band & Various Artists
|
- Tim Brooks - After Midnight (Ford Dabney's Syncopated Orchestras) [Archeophone]
- Lauren de Graf - The Carnegie Hall Concert (Alice Coltrane) [Alice Coltrane 1971 Carnegie]
- Dominic Fyfe - John Culshaw - The Art of the Producer - The Early Years 1948-55 (John Culshaw) [Decca]
- Josh Kun - SONtrack Original de la Pelicula "Al Son de Beno" (Various Artists) [Al Son de Beno]
|
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