Rhapsody Streamnotes: Year 2024 Index

March 25

  1. Albare: Beyond Belief (2023 [2024], AM) B+(*)
  2. Bob Anderson: Live! (2023 [2024], Jazz Hang) B+(*)
  3. Lynne Arriale Trio: Being Human (2023 [2024], Challenge) B+(**)
  4. Espen Berg: Water Fabric (2023, Odin) A-
  5. Espen Berg: The Hamar Concert (2022 [2023], NXN) B+(**)
  6. Black Art Jazz Collective: Truth to Power (2024, HighNote) B
  7. Blue Moods: Swing & Soul (2023 [2024], Posi-Tone) B+(***)
  8. Jonas Cambien: Jonas Cambien's Maca Conu (2023 [2024], Clean Feed) B+(***)
  9. Gerald Cannon: Live at Dizzy's Club: The Music of Elvin & McCoy (2023 [2024], Woodneck) B+(***)
  10. Ian Carey & Wood Metal Plastic: Strange Arts (2019 [2024], Slow & Steady) B+(**)
  11. The Choir Invisible [Charlotte Greve/Vinnie Sperazza/Chris Tordini]: Town of Two Faces (2022 [2024], Intakt) B+(***)
  12. Djeli Moussa Condé: Africa Mama (2023, Accords Croises) B+(***)
  13. The Chick Corea Elektric Band: The Future Is Now (2016-18 [2023], Candid, 2CD) B+(*)
  14. Patrick Cornelius: Book of Secrets (2022 [2023], Posi-Tone) B+(**)
  15. Stephan Crump: Slow Water (2023 [2024], Papillon Sounds) B+(***)
  16. Giuseppe Doronzo/Andy Moor/Frank Rosaly: Futuro Ancestrale (2022 [2024], Clean Feed) B+(**)
  17. Gui Duvignau/Jacob Sacks/Nathan Ellman-Bell: Live in Red Hook (2022 [2024], Sunnyside) B+(*)
  18. Kahil El'Zabar's Ethnic Heritage Ensemble: Open Me, a Higher Consciousness of Sound and Spirit (2023 [2024], Spiritmuse) A-
  19. Alon Farber Hagiga With Dave Douglas: The Magician: Live in Jerusalem (2023 [2024], Origin) B+(***)
  20. R.A.P. Ferreira & Fumitake Tamura: The First Fist to Make Contact When We Dap (2024, Ruby Yacht) B+(***)
  21. Fire!: Testament (2022 [2024], Rune Grammofon) B+(***)
  22. David Friesen: This Light Has No Darkness (2023 [2024], Origin) B
  23. The Fully Celebrated Orchestra: Sob Story (2023 [2024], Relative Pitch) B+(**)
  24. Glitter Wizard: Kiss the Boot (2023, Kitten Robot, EP) B
  25. Roby Glod/Christian Ramond/Klaus Kugel: No ToXiC (2022 [2024], Nemu) A-
  26. Vanisha Gould and Chris McCarthy: Life's a Gig (2022 [2024], Fresh Sound New Talent) B+(**)
  27. Laura Jane Grace: Hole in My Head (2024, Polyvinyl) B+(***)
  28. Dave Harrington/Max Jaffe/Patrick Shiroishi: Speak, Moment (2021 [2024], AKP) B+(**)
  29. Keyon Harrold: Foreverland (2023 [2024], Concord) B+(**)
  30. Heems & Lapgan: Lafandar (2024, Veena Sounds) A
  31. Art Hirahara: Echo Canyon (2023, Posi-Tone) B+(**)
  32. Brittany Howard: What Now (2024, Island) B+(**)
  33. Hurray for the Riff Raff: The Past Is Still Alive (2024, Nonesuch) A-
  34. Idles: Tangk (2024, Partisan) B+(**)
  35. Vijay Iyer: Compassion (2022 [2024], ECM) B+(***)
  36. Katy Kirby: Blue Raspberry (2024, Anti-) B+(**)
  37. Julian Lage: Speak to Me (2024, Blue Note) B+(*)
  38. Lapgan: History (2023, Veena Sounds) B+(*)
  39. Lapgan: Duniya Kya Hai (2021, Veena Sounds) B+(**)
  40. Lapgan: Badmaash (2019, self-released) B+(**)
  41. The Last Dinner Party: Prelude to Ecstasy (2024, Island) B+(*)
  42. Remy Le Boeuf's Assembly of Shadows: Heartland Radio (2023 [2024], SoundSpore) B
  43. David Leon: Bird's Eye (2022 [2024], Pyroclastic) B+(**)
  44. Les Amazones d'Afrique: Musow Danse (2024, Real World) B+(***)
  45. James Brandon Lewis Quartet: Transfiguration (2022 [2024], Intakt) A-
  46. Little Simz: Drop 7 (2024, Forever Living Originals, EP) B+(**)
  47. Charles Lloyd: The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow (2024, Blue Note, 2CD) A-
  48. Cecilia Lopez & Ingrid Laubrock: Maromas (2022 [2023], Relative Pitch) B+(**)
  49. Corb Lund: El Viejo (2024, New West) B+(***)
  50. Brady Lux: Ain't Gone So Far (2024, 6483357 DK, EP) B+(***)
  51. Mannequin Pussy: I Got Heaven (2024, Epitaph) B+(**)
  52. Nicole McCabe: Live at Jamboree (2023 [2024], Fresh Sound New Talent) B+(***)
  53. Mike McGinnis + 9: Outing: Road Trip II (2023 [2024], Sunnyside) B+(**)
  54. Moor Mother: The Great Bailout (2024, Anti-) B+(*)
  55. Willie Morris: Conversation Starter (2022 [2023], Posi-Tone) B+(**)
  56. Willie Morris: Attentive Listening (2023 [2024], Posi-Tone) B+(*)
  57. Kjetil Mulelid: Agoja (2022 [2024], Odin) B+(**)
  58. Mali Obomsawin/Magdalena Abrego: Greatest Hits (2024, Out of Your Head) B+(**)
  59. Emile Parisien/Roberto Negro: Les Métanuits (2023, ACT) B+(**)
  60. Emile Parisien Quartet: Let Them Cook (2024, ACT) B+(***)
  61. Pissed Jeans: Half Divorced (2024, Sub Pop) B+(*)
  62. Chris Potter/Brad Mehldau/John Patitucci/Brian Blade: Eagle's Point (2024, Edition) A-
  63. QOW Trio: The Hold Up (2024, Ubuntu Music) A-
  64. Queen Esther: Things Are Looking Up (2024, EL) A-
  65. Queen Esther: Rona (2023, EL) B+(*)
  66. Gruff Rhys: Sadness Sets Me Free (2024, Rough Trade) B
  67. Zach Rich: Solidarity (2021 [2024], OA2) B+(*)
  68. Ron Rieder: Latin Jazz Sessions (2023 [2024], self-released) B+(***)
  69. Diego Rivera: With Just a Word (2022 [2024], Posi-Tone) B+(***)
  70. Dex Romweber: Good Thing Goin' (2023, Propeller Sound) B+(*)
  71. Jeremy Rose & the Earshift Orchestra: Discordia (2023 [2024], Earshift Music) B+(***)
  72. Joel Ross: Nublues (2023 [2024], Blue Note) A-
  73. Bill Ryder-Jones: Iechyd Da (2024, Domino) A-
  74. Scheen Jazzorkester & Cortex: Frameworks: Music by Thomas Johansson (2022 [2024], Clean Feed) B+(***)
  75. Ignaz Schick/Oliver Steidle: Ilog3 (2021 [2023], Zarek) B+(***)
  76. Fie Schouten/Vincent Courtois/Guus Janssen: Vostok: Remote Islands (2023, Relative Pitch) B+(**)
  77. Nadine Shah: Filthy Underneath (2024, EMI North) B+(*)
  78. Sheer Mag: Playing Favorites (2024, Third Man) B+(**)
  79. Patrick Shiroishi: I Was Too Young to Hear Silence (2020 [2023], American Dreams) B+(***)
  80. Håkon Skogstad: 8 Concepts of Tango (2023 [2024], Øra Fonogram) B+(*)
  81. Sleater-Kinney: Little Rope (2024, Loma Vista) B
  82. The Smile: Wall of Eyes (2024, XL) B
  83. Vera Sola: Peacemarker (2024, Spectraphonic/City Slang) B+(**)
  84. Simon Spiess Quiet Tree: Euphorbia (2022 [2024], Intakt) B+(**)
  85. John Surman: Words Unspoken (2022 [2024], ECM) A-
  86. Michael Thomas: The Illusion of Choice (2023 [2024], Criss Cross) B+(***)
  87. Viktoria Tolstoy: Stealing Moments (2023 [2024], ACT) B+(*)
  88. A Tonic for the Troops: Realm of Opportunities (2022 [2023], Odin) B+(**)
  89. Rafael Toral: Spectral Evolution (2024, Moikai) B+(*)
  90. Akiko Tsugura: Beyond Nostalgia (2023 [2024], SteepleChase) B+(**)
  91. The Umbrellas: Fairweather Friend (2024, Tough Love) B+(*)
  92. Albert Vila Trio: Reality Is Nuance (2022 [2023], Fresh Sound New Talent) B+(**)
  93. Hein Westergaard/Katt Hernandez/Raymond Strid: The Knapsack, the Hat, and the Horn (2022 [2024], Gotta Let It Out) B+(**)
  94. Tierra Whack: World Wide Whack (2024, Interscope) A-
  95. Yard Act: Where's My Utopia? (2024, Island) B+(**)
  96. Alice Coltrane: The Carnegie Hall Concert (1971 [2024], Impulse!) A-
  97. Emahoy Tsegue Maryam Guebru: Souvenirs (1977-85 [2024], Mississippi) B+(***)
  98. Joe Henderson: Power to the People (1969 [2024], Craft) B+(***)
  99. Roberto Magris: Love Is Passing Thru: Solo/Duo/Trio/Quartet (2005 [2024], JMood) A-
  100. Jack Wood: The Gal That Got Away: The Best of Jack Wood, Featuring Guest Niehaud Fitzgibbon ([2024], Jazz Hang) B+(***)
  101. Espen Berg Trio: Bølge (2017 [2018], Odin) B+(***)
  102. Espen Berg Trio: Fjære (2021 [2022], Odin) B+(**)
  103. Jaki Byard: Live in Chicago 1992 (1992, Jazz³+) B+(**)
  104. Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru: Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru (1963-70 [2016], Mississippi) A-
  105. Emahoy Tsege-Mariam Gebru: Jerusalem (1972-2012 [2023], Mississippi) B+(***)
  106. Herb Geller: European Rebirth: 1962 Paris Sessions (1962 [2022], Fresh Sound) B+(***)
  107. Herb Geller: Plays the Al Cohn Songbook (1994 [1996], Hep) B+(**)
  108. The Herb Geller Quartet: I'll Be Back (1996 [1998], Hep) B+(**)
  109. The Herb Geller Quartet: You're Looking at Me (1997 [1998], Fresh Sound) B+(***)
  110. Herb Geller and Brian Kellock: Hollywood Portraits (1999 [2000], Hep) B+(***)
  111. Herb Geller: To Benny & Johnny, With Love From Herb Geller (2001 [2002], Hep) B+(**)
  112. Herb Geller: Plays the Arthur Schwartz Songbook (2005, Hep) B+(**)
  113. Herb Geller With Don Friedman: At the Movies (2007, Hep) B+(**)
  114. Stan Getz/Charlie Byrd: Jazz Samba (1962, Verve) A-
  115. Stan Getz With Al Haig: Preservation (1948-51 [1967], Prestige) B+(**)
  116. Gigi: Gigi (2001, Palm Pictures) B+(***)
  117. Gigi: Illuminated Audio (2003, Palm Pictures) B+(*)
  118. Gigi: Gold & Wax (2006, Palm Pictures) A-
  119. Gigi W Material: Mesgana Ethiopia (2009 [2010], M.O.D. Technologies) B+(**)
  120. Hawkwind: Doremi Fasol Latido (1972, United Artists) B+(***)
  121. Barney McAll: Precious Energy (2022, Extra Celestial Arts) B
  122. Nicole McCabe: Introducing Nicole McCabe (2020, Minaret) A-
  123. Nicole McCabe: Landscapes (2022, Fresh Sound New Talent) B+(***)
  124. Pajama Party: Up All Night (1989, Atlantic) B+(**)
  125. Art Pepper & Warne Marsh: Unreleased Art: Volume 9: At Donte's, April 26, 1974 (1974 [2016], Widow's Taste, 3CD) B+(***)
  126. Art Pepper: Surf Ride (1952-53 [1957], Savoy) A-
  127. Art Pepper Quintet: Live at Donte's 1968 (1968 [2004], Fresh Sound, 2CD) B+(***)
  128. Art Pepper/Warne Marsh: Art Pepper With Warne Marsh (1956 [1986], Contemporary/OJC) A-
  129. Art Pepper: No Limit (1977 [1978], Contemporary) A-
  130. Art Pepper: Saturday Night at the Village Vanguard (1977 [1992], Contemporary/OJC) A-
  131. Art Pepper: More for Les: At the Village Vanguard, Volume Four (1977 [1992], Contemporary/OJC) A
  132. QOW Trio: QOW Trio (2020, Ubuntu Music) B+(***)
  133. Queen Esther: Talkin' Fishbowl Blues (2004, EL) B+(**)
  134. Queen Esther: What Is Love? (2010, EL) B+(***)
  135. Queen Esther: The Other Side (2014, EL) B+(**)
  136. Sonny Redd/Art Pepper: Two Altos (1952-57 [1992], Savoy) B+(*)
  137. Sonny Red: Out of the Blue (1959-60 [1996], Blue Note) B+(***)
  138. Stacey Q: Greatest Hits (1982-95 [1995], Thump) B+(***)
  139. SSQ: Playback (1983, Enigma) B+(**)
  140. SSQ: Jet Town Je T'Aime (2020, Synthicide) B+(*)
  141. Stephan Crump/Steve Lehman: Kaleidoscope and Collage (2011, Intakt) -
  142. Nicole McCabe: Improvisations (2022, Minaret, EP) -
  143. Stan Getz: Nobody Else but Me (1964 [1994], Verve) A-
  144. The R&B No. 1s of the '50s (1950-59 [2013], Acrobat, 6CD) A

February 28

  1. Acceleration Due to Gravity: Jonesville: Music by and for Sam Jones (2023 [2024], Hot Cup, EP) B+(***)
  2. Colby Acuff: Western White Pines (2023, Sony Music Nashville) B+(***)
  3. Tanner Adell: Buckle Bunny (2023, Columbia, EP) B+(***)
  4. Advancing on a Wild Pitch: Disasters, Vol. 2 (2023 [2024], Hot Cup) A-
  5. Eric Alexander: A New Beginning: Alto Saxophone With Strings (2021 [2023], HighNote) B+(**)
  6. Jim Alfredson: Family Business (2021 [2023], Posi-Tone) B+(**)
  7. Ben Allison/Steve Cardenas/Ted Nash: Tell the Birds I Said Hello: The Music of Herbie Nichols (2022 [2024], Sonic Camera) B+(***)
  8. Joe Alterman: Joe Alterman Plays Les McCann: Big Mo & Little Joe: (2023, Joe Alterman Music) B+(**)
  9. Bill Anschell: Improbable Solutions (2020-23 [2024], Origin) B+(*)
  10. Alex Anwandter: El Diablo En El Cuerpo (2023, 5 AM) B+(**)
  11. Atmosphere: Talk Talk EP (2023, Rhymesayers Entertainment) B+(**)
  12. Aunty Rayzor: Viral Wreckage (2023, Hakuna Kulala) B+(***)
  13. Bad Bunny: Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Manana (2023, Rimas Entertainment) B+(**)
  14. Barbie: The Album (2023, Atlantic) B+(***)
  15. Berlioz: Jazz Is for Ordinary People (2023, self-released, EP) B+(*)
  16. Carsie Blanton: Body of Work (2023, self-released) B+(**)
  17. Jaap Blonk/Damon Smith/Ra Kalam Bob Moses: Rune Kitchen (2022 [2023], Balance Point Acoustics) B+(*)
  18. Stix Bones/Bob Beamon: Olimpik Soul (2023 [2024], BONE Entertainment) B+(*)
  19. Brothers Osborne: Brothers Osborne (2023, EMI Nashville) B+(*)
  20. Peter Bruun/Søren Kjærgaard/Josas Westergaard: Thēsaurós (2022, ILK) B+(*)
  21. Burial: Dreamfear/Boy Sent From Above (2024, XL, EP) B+(*)
  22. Tré Burt: Traffic Fiction (2023, Oh Boy) B+(*)
  23. Willi Carlisle: Critterland (2024, Signature Sounds) B+(**)
  24. Annie Chen: Guardians (2022-23 [2024], JZ Music) B
  25. Mina Cho's Grace Beat Quartet: "Beat Mirage" (2023 [2024], International Gugak Jazz Institute) B+(**)
  26. Chuquimamani-Condori: DJ E (2023, self-released) B+(*)
  27. City Girls: Raw (2023, Quality Control/Motown) B+(**)
  28. Isaiah Collier: Parallel Universe (2023, Night Dreamer) B+(***)
  29. Commodore Trio: Communal - EP (2023 [2024], self-released, EP) B+(*)
  30. Craven Faults: Standers (2023, The Leaf Label) B+(***)
  31. Charley Crockett: Live From the Ryman Auditorium (2022 [2023], Son of Davy) A-
  32. Daggerboard: Escapement (2022 [2024], Wide Hive) B+(**)
  33. Evelyn Davis/Fred Frith/Phillip Greenlief: Lantskap Logic: Hidden Danger Lets Me In (2022 [2023], Clean Feed) B+(*)
  34. Jordan Davis: Bluebird Days (2023, MCA Nashville) B+(*)
  35. John Dierker/Jeff Arnal: Astral Chronology (2022-23 [2023], Mahakala Music, EP) B+(**)
  36. DJ Danifox: Ansiedade (2023, Principe) B+(**)
  37. DJ Finale: Mille Morceau (2023, Nyege Nyege Tapes) A-
  38. DJ K: Panico No Submundo (2023, Nyege Nyege Tapes) B+(*)
  39. Dogo Du Togo: Dogo Du Togo (2022, self-released) B+(*)
  40. Drain: Living Proof (2023, Epitaph) B+(*)
  41. Drake: For All the Dogs (2023, OVO Sound) B
  42. Ana Frango Elétrico: Me Chama De Gato Que Eu Sou Sua (2023, Mr Bongo) B+(**)
  43. Andy Emler MegaOctet: No Rush! (2021 [2023], La Buissonne) B+(**)
  44. Emmeluth's Amoeba: Nonsense (2021 [2024], Moserobie) A-
  45. Ilhan Ersahin/Dave Harrington/Kenny Wollesen: Your Head You Know (2023, Nublu, EP) B+(*)
  46. Peter Erskine and the Jam Music Lab All-Stars: Bernstein in Vienna (2021 [2024], Origin) B+(**)
  47. Christian Fabian Trio: Hip to the Skip (2022-23 [2024], Spicerack) B+(*)
  48. Greg Foat & Eero Koivistoinen: Feathers (2023, Jazzaggression) B+(*)
  49. Chad Fowler/George Cartwright/Kelley Hurt/Christopher Parker/Luke Stewart/Steve Hirsh/Zoh Amba: Miserere (2023, Mahakala Music) B+(**)
  50. Chad Fowler/Shanyse Strickland/Sana Nagano/Melanie Dyer/Ken Filiano/Anders Griffen: Birdsong (2022 [2024], Mahakala Music) B+(**)
  51. Friends & Neighbors: Circles (2022 [2024], Clean Feed) B+(***)
  52. Romulo Fróes and Tiago Rosas: Na Goela (2023, YB Music) B+(**)
  53. Jayda G: Guy (2023, Ninja Tune) B+(***)
  54. Glass Beach: Plastic Death (2024, Run for Cover) B-
  55. Jose Gobbo Trio: Current (2023 [2024], self-released) B+(**)
  56. Gordon Grdina/Christian Lillinger: Duo Work (2023 [2024], Attaboygirl) B+(***)
  57. Gordon Grdina's the Marrow: With Fathieh Honari (2023 [2024], Attaboygirl) B+(***)
  58. Mary Halvorson: Cloudward (2023 [2024], Nonesuch) B+(**)
  59. Hardy: The Mockingbird & the Crow (2023, Big Loud) B+(**)
  60. Tim Hecker: No Highs (2023, Kranky) B+(***)
  61. Enrique Heredia Trio: Plays Herbie Nichols (2019-22 [2024], Fresh Sound) B+(***)
  62. Jon Irabagon: Survivalism (2024, Irabbagast) B+(*)
  63. Jon Irabagon's Outright!: Recharge the Blade (2021 [2024], Irabbagast) B+(***)
  64. Abdullah Ibrahim: 3 (2023 [2024], Gearbox) B+(*)
  65. Ayumi Ishito: Ayumi Ishito & the Spacemen Vol. 2 (2020 [2023], 577) B+(*)
  66. Maria João & Carlos Bica Quartet: Close to You (2019-21 [2023], JACC) A-
  67. Cody Johnson: Leather (2023, Warner Music Nashville) B
  68. Jonas Brothers: The Album (2023, Republic) B+(*)
  69. Kabeaushé: The Coming of Gaze (2023, Hakuna Kulala) B+(*)
  70. Kabeaushé: Hold on to Deer Life, There's a Blcak Boy Behind You! (2023, Monkeytown) B
  71. Noah Kahan: Stick Season (2022, Mercury/Republic) B+(***)
  72. Steven Kamperman: Maison Moderne (2023, Trytone) A-
  73. Kaze: Unwritten (2023 [2024], Circum/Libra) B+(***)
  74. Ruston Kelly: The Weakness (2023, Rounder) B+(*)
  75. Anni Kiviniemi Trio: Eir (2023 [2024], We Jazz) B+(***)
  76. Knower: Knower Forever (2023, self-released) B
  77. Tony Kofi & Alina Bzhezhinska: Altera Vita (For Pharoah Sanders) (2023, BBE, EP) B
  78. Lia Kohl: The Ceiling Reposes (2021-22 [2023], American Dreams) B+(**)
  79. Ella Langley: Excuse the Mess (2023, Sawgod) B+(*)
  80. Jamie Leonhart: The Illusion of Blue (Side A) (2022, self-released, EP) B-
  81. Jamie Leonhart: The Illusion of Blue (Side B) (2022, self-released, EP) B-
  82. Liquid Mike: Paul Bunyan's Slingshot (2024, self-released) B+(**)
  83. Doug MacDonald: Sextet Session (2023 [2024], DMAC Music) B+(**)
  84. Eliza McLamb: Going Through It (2024, Royal Mountain) B+(***)
  85. Metric: Formentera II (2023, Metric Music International) B+(***)
  86. Mokoomba: Tusona: Tracings in the Sand (2023, Out Here) B+(**)
  87. Bonnie Montgomery: River (2023, Gar Hole) B+(*)
  88. Richard Nelson/Makrokosmos Orchestra: Dissolve (2023 [2024], Adhyâropa) B+(**)
  89. Nickel Creek: Celebrants (2023, Thirty Tigers) B-
  90. Nondi_: Flood City Trax (2023, Planet Mu) B+(*)
  91. Old Crow Medicine Show: Jubilee (2023, ATO) B
  92. Angel Olsen: Forever Means (2023, Jagjaguwar, EP) B
  93. Ulysses Owens Jr. and Generation Y: A New Beat (2023 [2024], Cellar Music) B+(**)
  94. The Paranoid Style: The Interrogator (2024, Bar/None) A-
  95. Dave Pietro: The Talisman (2023 [2024], SteepleChase) B+(**)
  96. Dougie Poole: The Rainbow Wheel of Death (2023, Wharf Cat) B+(*)
  97. Noah Preminger/Kim Cass: The Dank (2023, Dry Bridge, EP) B+(**)
  98. Public Image Ltd.: End of World (2023, PIL Official) B+(*)
  99. Zoe Rahman: Colour of Sound (2023, Manushi) B+(*)
  100. Andrew Rathbun: The Speed of Time (2022 [2023], SteepleChase) B+(***)
  101. Chase Rice: I Hate Cowboys & All Dogs Go to Hell (2023, Broken Bow) A-
  102. Monika Roscher Bigband: Witchy Activities and the Maple Death (2023, Zenna) B+(**)
  103. RVG: Brain Worms (2023, Ivy League/Fire) B+(**)
  104. Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band: Vox Humana (2023, Jazzheads) B+(***)
  105. Nicky Schrire: Nowhere Girl (2023, Anzic) B+(*)
  106. Adam Schroeder/Mark Masters: CT! Adam Schroeder & Mark Masters Celebrate Clark Terry (2023 [2024], Capri) B+(***)
  107. Laura Schuler Quartett: Sueños Paralelos (2021 [2023], Antidrò) B+(**)
  108. Matthew Shipp/Steve Swell: Space Cube Jazz (2021 [2024], RogueArt) B+(***)
  109. Luciana Souza & Trio Corrente: Cometa (2023, Sunnyside) B+(**)
  110. Sparks Quartet [Eri Yamamoto/Chad Fowler/William Parker/Steve Hirsh]: Live at Vision Festival XXVI (2022 [2023], Mahakala Music) B+(**)
  111. Peter Stampfel/Eli Smith/Walker Shepard: Wildernauts (2024, Don Giovanni) B+(**)
  112. Sunny Five [Tim Berne/David Torn/Ches Smith/Devin Hoff/Marc Ducret]: Candid (2022 [2024], Intakt) B+(***)
  113. Rajna Swaminathan: Apertures (2021 [2023], Ropeadope) B+(**)
  114. Tani Tabbal Quartet: Intentional (2022 [2023], Mahakala Music) B+(***)
  115. David Tamura + Toadal Package: Final Entrance (2023, JPN) B+(**)
  116. Azu Tiwaline: The Fifth Dream (2023, IOT) A-
  117. Truth Cult: Walk the Wheel (2023, Pop Wig) B+(*)
  118. Tucker Brothers: Live at Chatterbox (2023 [2024], Midwest Crush Music) B+(*)
  119. Mark Turner Quartet: Live at the Village Vanguard (2022 [2023], Giant Step Arts) B+(**)
  120. Turnpike Troubadours: A Cat in the Rain (2023, Bossier City) B
  121. Kali Uchis: Orquídeas (2024, Geffen) A-
  122. Morgan Wallen: One Thing at a Time (2023, Big Loud) B+(*)
  123. Wiki & Tony Seltzer: 14K Figaro (2023, Wikset Enterprise) B+(***)
  124. Stephen Wilson Jr.: Søn of Dad (2023, Big Loud) A-
  125. Eri Yamamoto: Colors of the Night Trio (2022 [2023], Mahakala Music) B+(**)
  126. Kofi Ayivor: Adzagli (Jungle Funk) (1981 [2023], Kalita) B+(**)
  127. Borga Revolution! Volume 1: Ghanaian Dance Music in the Digital Age, 1983-1992 (1983-92 [2022], Kalita) B+(***)
  128. Borga Revolution! Volume 2: Ghanaian Dance Music in the Digital Age, 1983-1996 (1983-96 (2023), Kalita) A-
  129. The Dave Brubeck Quartet: Live From the Northwest, 1959 (1959 [2023], Brubeck Editions) B+(***)
  130. George Cartwright's GloryLand PonyCat: Black Ants Crawling ([2024], Mahakala Music) B+(**)
  131. Duke Ellington: All the Hits and More 1927-54 (1927-54 [2023], Acrobat, 4CD) A
  132. Herb Geller: Fire in the West (1957 [2023], Jazz Workshop) A-
  133. Ghetto Brothers: Power-Fuerza (1972 [2024], Vampisoul) B+(*)
  134. Tubby Hayes: No Blues: The Complete Hopbine '65 (1965 [2023], Jazz in Britain) B+(***)
  135. If You Want to Make a Lover: Palm Wine, Akan Blues & Early Guitar Highlife, Pt. 1 (1920s-50s [2023], Death Is Not the End) B+(*)
  136. If You Want to Make a Lover: Palm Wine, Akan Blues & Early Guitar Highlife, Pt. 2 (1920s-50s [2023], Death Is Not the End) B+(**)
  137. Kantata: It's High Time Now (1986 [2023], BBE) B+(***)
  138. Late Night Count Basie (2023, Primary Wave, EP) B+(**)
  139. Jeffrey Lewis: Asides & B-Sides (2014-2018) (2014-18 [2023], self-released) B+(***)
  140. Melba Liston: Melba Liston and Her 'Bones (1958 [2023], Jazz Workshop) A-
  141. Los Mohanes: La Tumbia (2017 [2023], Moli Del Tro) B+(*)
  142. Don Menza & Sam Noto: Steppin': Quartet Live (1980 [2023], Fresh Sound) B+(***)
  143. Charles Mingus: Changes: The Complete 1970s Atlantic Studio Recordings (1973-78 [2023], Rhino, 7CD) B+(***)
  144. Charlie Parker/Dizzy Gillespie/Bud Powell/Charles Mingus/Max Roach: Hot House: The Complete Jazz at Massey Hall Recordings (1953 [2023], Craft, 3CD) B+(***)
  145. The R&B No. 1s of the '40s (1942-50 [2023], Acrobat, 4CD) A-
  146. Lou Reed: Hudson River Wind Meditations (2007 [2024], Light in the Attic) B+(**)
  147. Sonny Rollins: Go West! The Contemporary Records Albums (1957-58 [2023], Craft, 3CD) A-
  148. Pharoah Sanders: Festival de Jazz de Nice, Nice, France, July 18, 1971 (1971 [2024], Kipepeo Publishing) B+(***)
  149. Taylor Swift: 1989 (Taylor's Version) (2023, Republic) B+(***)
  150. Barbara Thompson: First Light (1971-72 [2023], Jazz in Britain) B
  151. Papa Yankson: Party Time (Odo Ye Wu) (1989 [2023], Kalita) B+(***)
  152. Abyssinia Infinite Featuring Ejigayehu "Gigi" Shibabaw: Zion Roots (2003, Network) A-
  153. Afrorack: The Afrorack (2022, Hakuna Kulala) A-
  154. Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown: Sings Louis Jordan [The Definitive Black & Blue Sessions] (1973 [2019], Black & Blue) B+(**)
  155. Millie Jackson: On the Soul Country Side (1977-81 [2014], Kent) B+(***)
  156. Charles Mingus: Mingus Moves (1973, Atlantic; [1993], Rhino) B+(**)
  157. Charles Mingus: Changes One (1974 [1975], Atlantic) A
  158. Charles Mingus: Changes Two (1974 [1975], Atlantic) A-
  159. Charles Mingus: Three or Four Shades of Blues (1977, Atlantic) B+(*)
  160. Charles Mingus: Cumbia & Jazz Fusion (1976-77 [1978], Atlantic) B+(*)
  161. Charles Mingus: Me Myself an Eye (1978, Atlantic) B+(***)
  162. Charles Mingus: Something Like a Bird (1978 [1980], Atlantic) A-
  163. The Paranoid Style: The Power of Our Proven System (2013, Misra, EP) B+(***)
  164. The R&B No. 1s of the '50s (1950-59 [2013], Acrobat, 6CD) A-
  165. Zach Bryan: Zach Bryan (2023, Warner) A-
  166. Rodney Crowell: The Chicago Sessions (2023, New West) A-
  167. Sonny Rollins: Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders: Barney Kessel/Hampton Hawes/Leroy Vinnegar/Shelly Manne (1958, Contemporary) B+(***)

January 31

  1. 75 Dollar Bill: Singularity 06: Anchor Dragging Behind (2023, The State51 Conspiracy, EP) B+(***)
  2. Deena Abdelwahed: Jbal Rrsas (2023, Infiné) B+(***)
  3. Acid Arab: Trois (2023, Crammed Discs) B+(**)
  4. Agust D: D-Day (2023, Big Hit Music) B+(*)
  5. Alfa Mist: Variables (2023, Anti-) B+(*)
  6. Altin Gün: Ask (2023, Glitterbeat) B+(*)
  7. B. Cool-Aid: Leather Blvd. (2023, Lex) B+(*)
  8. Daniel Bachman: When the Roses Come Again (2023, Three Lobed) B+(*)
  9. Ballister: Smash and Grab (2022 [2024], Aerophonic) A-
  10. Patricia Bastos: Vos Da Taba (2023, self-released) A-
  11. Beneficence & Jazz Spastiks: Summer Night Sessions (2023, Ill Adrenaline) A
  12. Big O: In the Company of Others (2023, Vintage Soundz) B+(*)
  13. Black Belt Eagle Scout: The Land, the Water, the Sky (2023, Saddle Creek) B+(**)
  14. Black Milk: Everybody Good? (2023, Mass Appeal) B+(*)
  15. Mykki Blanco: Postcards From Italia (2023, Transgressive, EP) B+(*)
  16. Blockhead: The Aux (2023, Backwoodz Studioz) B+(***)
  17. Blonde Redhead: Sit Down for Dinner (2023, Section1) B+(*)
  18. Don Braden: Earth Wind and Wonder Volume 2 (2023, self-released) B
  19. Apollo Brown & Planet Asia: Sardines (2023, Mello Music Group) B+(***)
  20. John Butcher/Dominic Lash/Emil Karlsen: Here and How (2022 [2023], Bead) B+(**)
  21. Frank Carlberg Large Ensemble: Elegy for Thelonious (2022 [2024], Sunnyside) B+(**)
  22. CASisDEAD: Famous Last Words (2023, XL) B+(**)
  23. Cat Clyde: Down Rounder (2023, Second Prize) B+(*)
  24. Cautious Clay: Karpeh (2023, Blue Note) B+(*)
  25. CESVR/Fleevus/Febem: Brime! (2020 [2021], Butterz/Beatwise, EP) B+(***)
  26. CESVR/Fleezus/Febem: Brime! (Deluxe Edition) (2020-23 [2023], Butterz/Beatwise) B+(***)
  27. Rasheed Chappell & the Arcitype: Sugar Bills (2023, Project City Music Group) A-
  28. Chino XL & Stu Bangas: God's Carpenter (2023, Brutal Music/1332) A-
  29. Christine and the Queens: Paranoia, Angels, True Love (2023, Because Music) B
  30. Gerald Cleaver: 22/23 (2023, Positive Elevation/577) B+(***)
  31. Chembo Corniel Quintet: Artistas, Músicos y Poetas (2023, Chemboro) B+(***)
  32. Czarface: Czartificial Intelligence (2023, Silver Age/Virgin) A-
  33. Day Tripper: What a Day to Be Dead (2023, self-released) B+(**)
  34. Declaime and Theory Hazit: Rocketman (2023, SomeOthaShip) A-
  35. Helena Deland: Goodnight Summerland (2023, Chivi Chivi) B+(*)
  36. Disclosure: Alchemy (2023, Apollo/AWAL) B
  37. The Rob Dixon/Steve Allee Quintet: Standards Deluxe (2023 [2024], self-released) B+(**)
  38. DJ Girl: Hellworld (2023, Planet Mu) B+(**)
  39. DJ Ws Da Ingejinha: Caça Fantasma Vol. 1 (2023, Delama) B
  40. Dragonchild: Dragonchild (2023, FPE) B+(**)
  41. Baxter Dury: I Thought I Was Better Than You (2023, Heavenly) B
  42. Jason Eady: Mississippi (2023, Old Guitar) B+(**)
  43. Easy Star All-Stars: Ziggy Stardub (2023, Easy Star) B-
  44. Elzhi X Oh No: Heavy Vibrato (2023, Nature Sounds) A-
  45. Enji: Ulaan (2023, Squama) B
  46. FACS: Still Life in Decay (2023, Trouble in Mind) B+(**)
  47. Fatboi Sharif X Steel Tipped Dove: Decay (2023, Backwoodz Studioz) B-
  48. Mike Flips/Nord1kone/Seize: Life Cycles (2023, SpitSLAM) B+(**)
  49. Anne Foucher & Jean-Marc Foussat: Chair Ça (2022 [2024], Fou) B+(***)
  50. Four Elements & Beyond: Clock the Chemistry (2023, Four Elements & Beyond) B+(***)
  51. Jean-Marc Foussat/Daunik Lazro: Trente-Cinq Minutes & Vingt-Trois Secondes (2023 [2024], Fou) B+(***)
  52. Satoko Fujii Tokyo Trio: Jet Black (2023 [2024], Libra) B+(***)
  53. Peter Gabriel: I/O (2023, Real World) B+(*)
  54. Amanda Gardier: Auteur (Music Inspired by the Films of Wes Anderson) (2022 [2024], self-released) A-
  55. Derrick Gardner & the Jazz Prophets: Pan Africa (2022 [2023], Impact Jazz) B+(***)
  56. Geese: 3D Country (2023, Partisan) B-
  57. Sam Gendel: Cookup (2023, Nonesuch) B
  58. Samuel Goff/Camila Nebbia/Patrick Shiroishi: Diminished Borders (2023, Cacophonous Revival) B+(***)
  59. Vinny Golia/Max Johnson/Weasel Walter: No Refunds (2014 [2023], Unbroken Sounds) B+(**)
  60. Gorillaz: Cracker Island (2023, Parlophone/Warner) B
  61. Hands & Tongues: 3 Meta-Dialogues (2023, 4DaRecord) B-
  62. Mayer Hawthorne: For All Time (2023, P&L)
  63. Marina Herlop: Nekkuja (2023, Pan) B+(*)
  64. Anna Hillburg: Tired Girls (2023, Speakeasy Studios) B+(*)
  65. Hope D: Clash of the Substance (2023, self-released) B+(**)
  66. Hozier: Unreal Unearth (2023, Island) B+(**)
  67. Nabihah Iqbal: Dreamer (2023, Ninja Tune) B+(***)
  68. Gregory Alan Isakov: Appaloosa Bones (2023, Dualtone) B
  69. Ethan Iverson: Technically Acceptable (2024, Blue Note) B+(*)
  70. Ja'king the Divine: Parables of the Sower (2023, Copenhagen Crates)
  71. Anders Jormin/Lena Willemark: Pasado En Claro (2021 [2023], ECM) B+(**)
  72. Kid Abstrakt & Leo Low Pass: Still Dreaming (2023, Melting Pot Music) A-
  73. King Kashmere X Alecs DeLarge: The Album to End All Alien Abductions (2023, High Focus) B+(*)
  74. Kool Keith & Real Bad Man: Serpent (2023, Real Bad Man) B+(***)
  75. Benjamin Koppel/Scott Colley/Brian Blade: Perspective (2023, Cowbell Music) B+(**)
  76. Benjamin Koppel: White Buses: Passage to Freedom (2023, Cowbell Music) B+(***)
  77. Talib Kweli & Madlib: Liberation 2 (2023, Luminary) B+(***)
  78. La Sécurité: Stay Safe (2023, Mothland) A-
  79. Mon Laferte: Autopoiética (2023, Universal Music Mexico) A-
  80. Alex Lahey: The Answer Is Always Yes (2023, Liberation) B+(**)
  81. Oliver Lake/Mathias Landæus/Kresten Osgood: Spirit (2017 [2023], Sfär) B+(**)
  82. Lalalar: En Kötü Iyi Olur (2023, Bongo Joe) B+(***)
  83. David Larsen: The Peplowski Project (2022 [2023], self-released) B+(**)
  84. Gabe Lee: Drink the River (2023, Torrez Music Group) A-
  85. Jim Legxacy: Homeless N*gga Pop Music (2023, (!)) B
  86. Carin León: Colmillo De Leche (2023, Socios/Oplaai) B+(**)
  87. Nils Lofgren: Mountains (2023, Cattle Track Road) B
  88. Dave Lombardo: Rites of Percussion (2023, Ipecac) B+(**)
  89. Maurice Louca Elephantine Band: Moonshine (2023, Sub Rosa/Northern Spy) B+(***)
  90. Salvoandrea Lucifora Quartet: Drifters (2022 [2023], Trytone) A-
  91. M(h)aol: Attachment Styles (2023, Tulle) B+(**)
  92. Machine Girl: Neon White Soundtrack Part 1: The Wicked Heart (2022, self-released) B+(**)
  93. Machine Girl: Neon White Soundtrack Part 2: The Burn That Cures (2022, self-released) B+(*)
  94. Madlib/Meyhem Lauren/DJ Muggs: Champagne for Breakfast (2023, Soul Assassins) B+(***)
  95. Melenas: Ahora (2023, Trouble in Mind) B+(**)
  96. Memphis LK: Too Much Fun (2023, Dot Dash, EP) B+(**)
  97. Memphis LK: True Love and Its Consequences (2023, Dot Dash, EP) B+(***)
  98. Hailu Mergia: Pioneer Works Swing (Live) (2016 [2023], Awesome Tapes From Africa) B+(**)
  99. Lyia Meta: Always You (2023, self-released) B
  100. Stephan Micus: Thunder (2020-22 [2023], ECM) B
  101. Moka Only: In and of Itself (2023, Urbnet) B+(***)
  102. Van Morrison: Accentuate the Positive (2023, Exile/Virgin) B+(**)
  103. The Mountain Goats: Jenny From Thebes (2023, Merge) B+(**)
  104. Riley Mulherkar: Riley (2021-22 [2024], Westerlies) B+(***)
  105. Estee Nack: Nacksaw Jim Duggan (2023, Griselda) B+(*)
  106. Nas: Magic 2 (2023, Mass Appeal) B+(**)
  107. Nas: Magic 3 (2023, Mass Appeal) B+(**)
  108. Ndox Electrique: Tëd ak Mame Coumba Lamba ak Mame Coumba Mbang (2023, Bongo Joe) B+(*)
  109. Neak: Die Wurzel (2023, self-released) B+(**)
  110. Camila Nebbia: Una Ofrenda a la Ausencia (2023, Relative Pitch) B+(**)
  111. Ivan Neville: Touch My Soul (2023, The Funk Garage) B+(**)
  112. The New Pornographers: Continue as a Guest (2023, Merge) B+(*)
  113. Noertker's Moxie: In Flitters: 49 Bits From B*ck*tt (2023, Edgetone) B+(***)
  114. Nostalgia 77: The Loneliest Flower in the Village (2021 [2023], Jazzman) B+(**)
  115. Atle Nymo Trio: Circle Steps (2023, Arc) B+(**)
  116. Offset: Set It Off (2023, Motown) B+(*)
  117. Lothar Ohlmeier/Tobias Klein: Left Side Right (2023 [2024], Trytone) B+(**)
  118. Omnigone: Against the Rest (2023, Bad Time) B+(*)
  119. Joell Ortiz & L'Orange: Signature (2023, Mello Music) B+(*)
  120. Pardoner: Peace Loving People (2023, Bar/None) B+(*)
  121. Dolly Parton: Rockstar (2023, Butterfly/Big Machine) B
  122. Hery Paz: Jardineros (2021 [2023], 577) B+(**)
  123. Vinnie Paz: All Are Guests in the House of God (2023, Iron Tusk Music) B+(**)
  124. Pest Control: Don't Test the Pest (2023, Quality Control HQ) B+(*)
  125. Sara Petite: The Empress (2023, Forty Below) A-
  126. Pipe: Pipe (2023, Third Uncle) B+(**)
  127. Andy Pratt: Trio (2023 [2024], Thrift Girl) B+(*)
  128. Prince Kaybee: Gemini (2022, self-released) B+(**)
  129. Prins Emanuel: Diagonal Musik II (2023, Music for Dreams) B+(**)
  130. Purelink: Signs (2023, Peak Oil) B+(*)
  131. Quantic: Dancing While Falling (2023, Play It Again Sam) B+(***)
  132. Queens of the Stone Age: In Times New Roman . . . (2023, Matador) B-
  133. Reggie Quinerly: The Thousandth Scholar (2023 [2024], Redefinition) B+(**)
  134. Reneé Rapp: Snow Angel (2023, Interscope) B
  135. Raw Poetic: Away Back In (2023, Def Pressé) B+(**)
  136. Jason Rebello/Tim Garland: Life to Life (2022 [2023], Whirlwind) B+(**)
  137. Recognize Ali: Back to Mecca II (2023, Greenfield Music) B+(***)
  138. Ishmael Reed/West Coast Blues Caravan of All Stars: Blues Lyrics by Ishmael Reed (2023, Reading Group) A-
  139. Jay Royale: Criminal Discourse (2023, self-released) B+(**)
  140. Naoko Sakata: Infinity (2023, Pomperipossa) B+(*)
  141. Samo Salamon/Vasil Hadzimanov/Ra-Kalam Bob Moses: Dances of Freedom (2021 [2024], Samo) A-
  142. Seablite: Lemon Lights (2023, Mt. St. Mtn.) B+(*)
  143. Shabazz Palaces: Robed in Rareness (2023, Sub Pop, EP) B+(*)
  144. Kavita Shah: Cape Verdean Blues (2023, Folkalist) B+(***)
  145. Shaheed & DJ Supreme: The Art of Throwing Darts (2023, Communicating Vessels) B+(***)
  146. Shakti: This Moment (2023, Abstract Logix) B+(*)
  147. Louis Siciliano: Ancient Cosmic Truth (2023, Musica Presente, EP) B+(**)
  148. Antero Sievert: Dear Bossa (2023, JMI) B+(***)
  149. Sigur Rós: Átta (2023, Krunk/BMG) B-
  150. Guilty Simpson: Escalation (2023, Uncommon) B+(**)
  151. Josh Sinton: Couloir & Book of Practitioners Vol. 2: Book W (2023 [2024], Form Is Possibility, 2CD) B+(***)
  152. Alex Sipiagin Quintet: Mel's Vision (2022 [2023], Criss Cross) B+(**)
  153. Sister Zo: Arcana (2023, All Centre, EP) A-
  154. Jae Skeese: Abolished Uncertainties (2023, Empire) A-
  155. Chucky Smash: The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (2023, King of the Beats) B+(*)
  156. Caitlyn Smith: High & Low (2023, Monument) B+(*)
  157. Ches Smith: Laugh Ash (2023 [2024], Pyroclastic) B+(*)
  158. Jimi "Primetime" Smith & Bob Corritore: The World in a Jug (2023, Vizztone/SWMAF) B+(***)
  159. Jorja Smith: Falling or Flying (2023, FAMM) B+(***)
  160. Jim Snidero: For All We Know (2023 [2024], Savant) A-
  161. Cleo Sol: Heaven (2023, Forever Living Originals) B+(*)
  162. Cleo Sol: Gold (2023, Forever Living Originals) B+(**)
  163. Spectacular Diagnostics: Raw Lessons (2023, Rucksack) B+(**)
  164. Joe Stamm Band: Wild Man (2023, self-released) B+(*)
  165. Marnie Stern: The Comeback Kid (2023, Joyful Noise) B+(**)
  166. Stik Figa X The Expert: Ritual (2023, Rucksack) A-
  167. The Dave Stryker Trio With Bob Mintzer: Groove Street (2023 [2024], Strikezone) B+(**)
  168. Jonathan Suazo: Ricano (2023, Ropeadope) B+(***)
  169. AJ Suede & Televangel: Parthian Shots (2023, Fake Four) B+(*)
  170. Surgeon: Crash Recoil (2023, Tresor) B+(***)
  171. Rob Sussman: Top Secret Lab (2023, Sus4music) B+(*)
  172. Sweeping Promises: Good Living Is Coming for You (2023, Sub Pop) B+(**)
  173. Willie Tea Taylor & the Fellership: The Great Western Hangover (2023, self-released) B+(**)
  174. Tele Novella: Poet's Tooth (2023, Kill Rock Stars) B+(*)
  175. Emilio Teubal: Futuro (2021 [2023], Not Yet) B+(**)
  176. Tomu DJ: Crazy Trip (2023, No Bias, EP) B+(***)
  177. Rian Treanor & Ocen James: Saccades (2023, Nyege Nyege Tapes) B+(**)
  178. V Knuckles & Phoniks: The Next Chapter (2023, Don't Sleep) B+(***)
  179. Katie Von Schleicher: A Little Touch of Schleicher in the Night (2023, Sipsman) B+(*)
  180. Walter Wolfman Washington: Feel So at Home (2022 [2023], Tipitina's Record Club) B+(*)
  181. Bobby West: Big Trippin' (2023, Soulville Sound) B+(*)
  182. Sam Wilkes: Driving (2023, Wilkes) B+(*)
  183. Hank Williams IV: Honky Tonk Habit (2023, Lone Star Reserve, EP) B+(*)
  184. Jaime Wyatt: Feel Good (2023, New West) B
  185. Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad: Jazz Is Dead 16: Phil Ranelin & Wendell Harrison (2023, Jazz Is Dead) B+(**)
  186. Yungmorpheus & Real Bad Man: The Chalice & the Blade (2023, Real Bad Man) B+(**)
  187. Yungmorpheus: From Whence It Came (2023, Lex) B+(*)
  188. Jewel Ackah: Electric Hi-Life (1986 [2023], BBE) B+(***)
  189. Cannonball Adderley Quintet: In Concert: Falkoner Centret, Copenhagen, Denmark, April 13, 1961 (1961 [2023], SteepleChase) B+(***)
  190. Dorothy Ashby: With Strings Attached (1957-1965) (1957-65 [2023], New Land) B+(*)
  191. Danger Mouse & Jemini: Born Again (2003-04 [2023], Lex) A-
  192. Eddie Lockjaw Davis Quartet: All of Me (1983 [2023], SteepleChase) B+(***)
  193. J Jazz: Deep Modern Jazz From Japan Volume 4: The Nippon Columbia Label 1968-1981 (1968-81 [2023], BBE) B+(***)
  194. Per 'Texas' Johansson: Alla Mina Kompisar (1998 [2023], Moserobie) A-
  195. Kenneth Kiesler/University of Michigan Opera Theatre: James P. Johnson: De Organizer/The Dreamy Kid (Excerpts) (2006 [2023], Naxos) B+(*)
  196. Ary Lobo: Ary Lobo 1958-1966 [Limited Dance Edition No. 19] (1958-66 [2023], Analog Africa) B+(***)
  197. Evan Parker: NYC 1978 (1978 [2023], Relative Pitch) B+(***)
  198. Oscar Peterson: Con Alma: Live in Lugano, 1964 (1964 [2023], Mack Avenue) B+(**)
  199. WaJazz: Japanese Jazz Spectacle Vol. I: Deep, Heavy and Beautiful Jazz From Japan 1968-1984: The Nippon Columbia Masters (1968-84 [2022], Universounds) B+(**)
  200. WaJazz: Japanese Jazz Spectacle Vol II: Deep, Heavy and Beautiful Jazz From Japan 1962-1985: The King Records Masters (1962-85 [2023], Universounds) B
  201. Mal Waldron/Terumasa Hino: Reminscent Suite (1973 [2024], BBE) A-
  202. Yo! Boombox: Early Independent Hip Holp, Electro and Disco Rap, 1979-83 (1979-83 [2023], Soul Jazz) B+(***)
  203. Dorothy Ashby: The Jazz Harpist (1957, Regent) B+(**)
  204. Dorothy Ashby With Frank Wess: Hip Harp (1958, Prestige) B
  205. Dorothy Ashby and Frank Wess: In a Minor Groove (1958, New Jazz) B
  206. Dorothy Ashby: Soft Winds: The Swinging Harp of Dorothy Ashby (1961, Jazzland) B
  207. Dorothy Ashby: Dorothy Ashby (1962, Argo) B+(**)
  208. Dorothy Ashby: The Jazz Harpist (1957-62 [2012], Fresh Sound, 3CD) B+(*)
  209. Dorothy Ashby: The Fantastic Jazz Harp of Dorothy Ashby (1965, Atlantic) B+(*)
  210. Dorothy Ashby: Afro-Harping (1968, Cadet) B+(*)
  211. Dorothy Ashby: Dorothy's Harp (1969, Cadet) B-
  212. Dorothy Ashby: The Rubáiyát of Dorothy Ashby (1969-70 [1970], Cadet) B
  213. Danger Mouse & Jemini: Ghetto Pop Life (2003, Lex) B+(***)
  214. Talib Kweli/Madlib: Liberation (2007, Blacksmith Music) A-
  215. Native Soul: Teenage Dreams (2021, Awesome Tapes From Africa) A-
  216. Camila Nebbia/Patrick Shiroishi: The Human Being as a Fragile Article (2021, Trouble in Mind) B+(**)
  217. Bill Scorzari: Through These Waves (2016, self-released) A-
  218. Bill Scorzari: Now I'm Free (2019, self-released) A-
  219. Bill Scorzari: Just the Same (2015, self-released) B+(*)
  220. Tomu DJ: Feminista (2021, self-released) B+(**)
  221. James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet: For Mahalia, With Love (2023, Tao Forms, 2CD) A