Music Year 2005

This is my year-end list for records released in 2005. A copy of this file as of Jan. 2, 2006 is frozen here. The freeze date represents the completion of several year-end pieces, including my Pazz & Jop Comments. Post-freeze changes are marked in this color (except for re-orderings). This was continued for one year, up to Dec. 31, 2006, at which point nothing more will be added to it. For records in hand, * identifies an advance copy, ** something borrowed.

More extensive lists of released/forthcoming albums can be found here. These lists will probably replace the Hyped lists I've used previously.

New Records

Amy Rigby: Little Fugitive (Signature Sounds)
Kanye West: Late Registration (Roc-A-Fella)
William Parker Quartet: Sound Unity (AUM Fidelity)
The Perceptionists: Black Dialogue (Definitive Jux)
Amadou & Mariam: Dimanche à Bamako (Nonesuch)
Anthony Braxton: 20 Standards (Quartet) 2003 (Leo, 4CD)
Tommy Smith & Brian Kellock: Symbiosis (Spartacus)
Alexander von Schlippenbach/Axel Dörner/Rudi Mahall/Jan Roder/Uli Jennessen: Monk's Casino (Intakt, 3CD)
FME: Cuts (Okka Disk)
Craig Harris: Souls Within the Veil (Aquastra, 2CD)
Thelonious Monk Quartet With John Coltrane: At Carnegie Hall (1957, Blue Note)
Bernardo Sassetti Trio²: Ascent (Clean Feed)
Paraphrase: Pre-Emptive Denial (Screwgun)
Dennis González's Spirit Meridian: Idle Wild (Clean Feed)
Blueprint: 1988 (Rhymesayers)
Rachid Taha: Tékitoi (Wrasse)
Fieldwork: Simulated Progress (Pi)
Bebo Valdés: Bebo de Cuba (Calle 54, 2CD)
Scott Hamilton: Back in New York (Concord)
Gerry Hemingway Quartet: The Whimbler (Clean Feed)
The Hold Steady: Separation Sunday (Frenchkiss)
Jerry Granelli: Sandhills Reunion (Songlines)
James McMurtry: Childish Things (Compadre)
M.I.A.: Arular (Beggars/XL)
The Go-Betweens: Oceans Apart (Yep Roc)
Sirone Bang Ensemble: Configuration (Silkheart)
The Vandermark 5: Alchemia (Not Two, 12CD)
Billy Bang: Vietnam: Reflections (Justin Time)
Balkan Beat Box (JDub)
Buck 65: This Right Here Is Buck 65 (VP)
Ibrahim Electric: Meets Ray Anderson (Stunt)
Buck 65: Secret House Against the World (Warner Music Canada)
The Ponys: Celebration Castle (In the Red)
Ravish Momin's Trio Tarana: Climbing the Banyan Tree (Clean Feed)
Gogol Bordello: Gypsy Punks (Side One Dummy)
Bobby Pinson: Man Like Me (RCA)
Daby Balde: Introducing Daby Balde (World Music Network)
Public Enemy: New Whirl Odor (SlamJamz)
George Russell and the Living Time Orchestra: The 80th Birthday Concert (Concept Publishing, 2CD)
Blackalicious: The Craft (Anti-)
Anat Cohen: Place & Time (Anzic)
Vijay Iyer: Reimagining (Savoy Jazz)
Sufjan Stevens: Illinois (Asthmatic Kitty)
Marc Ribot: Spiritual Unity (Pi)
The David S. Ware Quartets: Live in the World (1998-2003, Thirsty Ear, 3CD)
Lyrics Born: Same !@#$ Different Day (Quannum Projects)
Jenny Scheinman: 12 Songs (Cryptogramophone)
Steve Lacy/Joëlle Léandre: One More Time (Leo)
New Order: Waiting for the Sirens' Call (Warner Bros.)
DJ Spooky vs Dave Lombardo: Drums of Death (Thirsty Ear)
Uri Caine/Bedrock: Shelf-Life (Winter & Winter)
Avishai Cohen Trio & Ensemble: At Home (RazDaz/Sunnyside)
Ted Nash and Odeon: La Espada de la Noche (Palmetto) *
Charlie Haden Liberation Music Orchestra: Not in Our Name (Verve)
Assif Tsahar/Cooper-Moore/Hamid Drake: Lost Brother (Hopscotch)
Hilary Noble & Rebecca Cline: Enclave (Zoho)
John Surman: Way Back When (1969, Cuneiform)
Shakira: Oral Fixation, Vol.2 (Epic)
Robbie Fulks: Georgia Hard (Yep Roc)
Either/Orchestra: Éthiopiques 20: Live in Addis (Buda Musique, 2CD)
Sonny Rollins: Without a Song (The 9/11 Concert) (Milestone)
Neil Young: Prairie Wind (Reprise)
Hayes Carll: Little Rock (Highway 87)
Fred Anderson/Hamid Drake/William Parker: Blue Winter (Eremite, 2CD)
Kate Campbell: Blues and Lamentations (Large River Music)
Happy Apple: The Peace Between Our Companies (Sunnyside)
Sheila Jordan + Cameron Brown: Celebration (HighNote)
Miguel Zenón: Jíbaro (Marsalis Music/Rounder)
John Prine: Fair & Square (Oh Boy)
One More: Music of Thad Jones (IPO)
Wide Right: Sleeping on the Couch (Poptop)
Our New Orleans 2005 (Nonesuch)
Garage a Trois: Outre Mer (Telarc)
Tom Christensen: New York School (Playscape)
Four Tet: Everything Ecstatic (Domino)
Fred Lonberg-Holm Trio: Other Valentines (Atavistic)
Scott Amendola Band: Believe (Cryptogramophone)
Gerald Wilson Orchestra: In My Time (Mack Avenue)
Henry Kaiser & Wadada Leo Smith: Yo Miles! Upriver (Cuneiform, 2CD)
Sonny Simmons: The Traveller (Jazzaway)
Rich Halley Trio: Mountains and Plains (Louie)
Greg Osby: Channel Three (Blue Note)
William Parker: Luc's Lantern (Thirsty Ear)
James Blood Ulmer: Birthright (Hyena)
Triptych Myth: The Beautiful (AUM Fidelity)
Brakes: Give Blood (Rough Trade)
The Claudia Quintet: Semi-Formal (Cuneiform)
The Mountain Goats: The Sunset Tree (4AD)
Roswell Rudd & the Mongolian Buryat Band: Blue Mongol (Sunnyside)
Peter Epstein/Brad Shepik/Matt Kilmer: Lingua Franca (Songlines)
Missy Elliott: The Cookbook (Goldmind/Atlantic)
Amjad Ali Khan: Moksha (RealWorld)
Africa Unite: In Dub (Echo Beach)
Los Pleneros de la 21: Para Todos Ustedes (Smithsonian/Folkways)
The Vandermark 5: The Color of Memory (Atavistic, 2CD)
Bob Rockwell Quartet: Bob's Ben: A Salute to Ben Webster (Stunt)
The Rolling Stones: A Bigger Bang (Virgin)
Mary Gauthier: Mercy Now (Lost Highway)
Pernice Brothers: Discover a Lovelier You (Ashmont)
Mary Stallings: Remember Love (Half Note)
Rez Abbasi: Snake Charmer (Earth Sounds)
Danger Doom: The Mouse and the Mask (Epitaph)
Mark Whitecage & the Bi-Coastal Orchestra: BushWacked: A Spoken Opera (Acoustics)
Run the Road (Vice)
Bruce Springsteen: Devils & Dust (Columbia)
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (Clap Your Hands Say Yeah)
Wayne Shorter Quartet: Beyond the Sound Barrier (Verve)
Steve Lehman: Demian as Posthuman (Pi)
Jackie-O Motherfucker: Flags of the Sacred Harp (ATP)
Fannypack: See You Next Tuesday (Tommy Boy)
Benoît Delbecq Unit: Phonetics (Songlines)
Stevie Wonder: A Time to Love (Motown)
Arthur Kell Quartet: Traveller (Fresh Sound New Talent)
Frank London's Klezmer Brass Allstars: Carnival Conspiracy (Piranha)
Wayne Scott: This Weary Way (Full Light)
Damian Marley: Welcome to Jamrock (Universal)
Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté: In the Heart of the Moon (Nonesuch)
Linton Kwesi Johnson: Live in Paris With the Dennis Bovell Dub Band (Wrasse)
Blaine Larsen: Off to Join the World (BNA) **
Madonna: Confessions on a Dance Floor (Warner Bros.)
Waco Brothers: Freedom and Weep (Bloodshot)
Ardecore (Il Manifesto)
Ravi Coltrane: In Flux (Savoy Jazz)
Ry Cooder: Chávez Ravine (Nonesuch/Perro Verde)
Randy Sandke and the Inside Out Band: Outside In (Evening Star)
Fountains of Wayne: Out-of-State Plates (Virgin, 2CD) **
Jimmie Dale Gilmore: Come On Back (Rounder)
I'm Not a Gun: Our Lives on Wednesdays (City Centre Offices)
The White Stripes: Get Behind Me Satan (V2) **
Dianne Reeves: Good Night, and Good Luck (Concord)
Graham Collier: Workpoints (1968-75, Cuneiform, 2CD)
Ahmed Abdullah's Ebonic Tones: Tara's Song (TUM)
Steve Shapiro and Pat Bergeson: Low Standards (Sons of Sound)

Pending:

Records in hand, but which haven't yet been graded.

Bingo: Songs for Children in English With Brazilian and Caribbean Rhythms (Soundbrush)
Bright Eyes: I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning (Saddle Creek)
The Campbell Brothers: Can You Feel It? (Ropeadope) *
Fall Out Boy (Island) *
Spire: Live in Geneva Cathedral/Saint Pierre (Touch, 2CD)
Turning Point: Matador (Native Language) *

Missed:

Records in hand, graded B+ or below, in roughly declining order:

Jeff Parker: The Relatives (Thrill Jockey)
Marc Johnson: Shades of Jade (ECM)
NOW Orchestra & Marilyn Crispell: Pola (Victo)
David Hazeltine: Modern Standards (Sharp Nine)
Randy Reinhart: At the Mill Hill Playhouse: As Long As I Live (Arbors)
MI3: We Will Make a Home for You (Clean Feed)
Fiona Apple: Extraordinary Machine (Clean Slate/Epic) **
Dave Holland Big Band: Overtime (Dare2/Sunnyside)
Common: Be (Good/Geffen) **
Lucinda Williams: Live at the Fillmore (Lost Highway, 2CD) **
Mike Ladd: Negrophilia [The Album] (Thirsty Ear)
Bell Orchestre: Recording a Tape the Colour of the Light (Rough Trade)
Atmosphere: You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having (Rhymesayers)
Exploding Customer: Live at Tampere Jazz Happening (Ayler)
The Go! Team: Thunder, Lightning, Strike (Columbia)
Will Calhoun: Native Lands (Half Note)
Sam Rivers/Ben Street/Kresten Osgood: Violet Violets (Stunt)
Jason Kao Hwang: Graphic Evidence (Asian Improv)
Bayashi: Rock (Jazzaway)
Souad Massi: Honeysuckle (Mesk Elil) (Wrasse)
Michael Blake: Blake Tartare (Stunt)
John Ellis: One Foot in the Swamp (Hyena)
Enrico Rava: Full of Life (CAM Jazz)
Joe Fielder Trio: Plays the Music of Albert Mangelsdorff (Clean Feed)
Ten in Texas (Icehouse Music)
Billy Jenkins: When the Crowds Have Gone (Babel)
Antonio Arnedo: Colombia (Adventure Music)
Dominic Frasca: Deviations (Cantaloupe/Serious Music)
Marc Copland/John Abercrombie/Kenny Wheeler: Brand New (Challenge)
The Onus: Triphony (Hipnotic)
Lars-Göran Ulander Trio: Live at the Glenn Miller Café (Ayler)
Erik Truffaz: Saloua (Blue Note)
Unexpected: Plays the Blues in Need (Fresh Sound New Talent)
Neal Caine: Backstabber's Ball (Smalls)
James Finn Trio: Plaza de Toros (Clean Feed)
Chemical Brothers: Push the Button (Astralwerks)
Trygve Seim: Sangam (ECM)
Joe Giardullo: No Work Today: Nine for Steve Lacy (Drimala)
Paul Motian/Bill Frisell/Joe Lovano: I Have the Room Above Her (ECM)
Bloc Party: Silent Alarm (Vice) **
George Colligan's Mad Science: Realization (Sirocco Music)
The Crimson Jazz Trio: The King Crimson Songbook Volume One (Voiceprint)
Paal Nilssen-Love: Townorchestrahouse (Clean Feed)
Kronos Quartet and Asha Bhosle: You've Stolen My Heart: Songs From R.D. Burman's Bollywood (Nonesuch) **
Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys: Dominos (Rounder)
Julius Tolentino: Just the Beginning (Sharp Nine)
The Willowz: Talk in Circles (Sympathy for the Record Industry)
Juan Pablo Balcazar Quartet: The Heckler: Heckler City (Fresh Sound New Talent)
Hank Jones: For My Father (Justin Time)
Hard Cell (Berne+Taborn+Rainey): Feign (Screwgun)
Gidon Kremer: Johann Sebastian Bach: The Sonatas and Partitas (ECM New Series, 2CD)
Ray Barretto: Time Was - Time Is (O+ Music)
The Gift: Live at Sangha: Nov 6, 2004 (Bmadish)
String Trio of New York With Oliver Lake: Frozen Ropes (Barking Hoop)
Dave Douglas: Keystone (Greenleaf Music)
Zu: The Way of the Animal Powers (Xeng)
Jabbo Ware/The Me We & Them Orchestra + Strings & Horns: Vignettes in the Spirit of Ellington (Y'all of New York)
Nils Wogram & Simon Nabatov: The Move (Between the Lines)
George Colligan Trio: Past-Present-Future (Criss Cross)
John Coltrane: One Down, One Up: Live at the Half Note (1965, Impulse, 2CD)
Aaron Weinstein: A Handful of Stars (Arbors)
Dizzy Gillespie/Charlie Parker: Town Hall, New York City, June 22, 1945 (1945, Uptown)
Ernest Dawkins' Chicago 12: Misconceptions of a Delusion Shades of a Charade (Dawk) *
Brian Lynch: 24/7 (Nagel Heyer)
John Sheridan's Dream Band: Easy as It Gets (Arbors)
Mark Weinstein: Algo Más (Jazzheads)
The Fonda/Stevens Group: Forever Real (482 Music)
Eugene Chadbourne: The Hills Have Jazz (Boxholder)
Groundtruther: Longitude (Thirsty Ear)
Matt Renzi: The Cave (Fresh Sound New Talent)
Sherman Irby: Faith (Black Warrior)
Roundtrip: Two Way Street (Jazzaway)
Red Rodney/Herman Schoonderwalt Quintet: Scrapple From the Apple (1975, Blue Jack Jazz)
Sonido Isleño: Vive Jazz! (Tresero)
Thunderbirds Are Now!: Justamustache (Frenchkiss)
Gianluigi Trovesi/Gianni Coscia: Round About Weill (ECM)
Duo Nueva Finlandia: Short Stories (TUM)
The Frank Hewitt Quintet: Four Hundred Saturdays (1999, Smalls)
Steve Heckman Quartet: Live at Yoshi's (World City)
Tommaso-Rava Quartet: La Dolce Vita (CAM Jazz)
Keely Smith: Vegas '58-Today (Concord)
Eivind Opsvik: Overseas II (Fresh Sound New Talent)
Available Jelly: Bilbao Song (Ramboy)
John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble: A Blessing (Omnitone)
Joe Lovano: Joyous Encounter (Blue Note)
Sergi Sirvent: Free Quartet (Fresh Sound New Talent)
The Dave Brubeck Quartet: London Flat London Sharp (Telarc)
The Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet: Be Music, Night (Okka Disk)
Yosvany Terry Cabrera: Metamorphosis (Ewe)
Gerry Hemingway Quintet: Double Blues Crossing (Between the Lines)
Jamie Lidell: Multiply (Warp)
Beck: Guero (Interscope) **
Davendra Banhart: Cripple Crow (XL) **
Collin Herring: The Other Side of Kindness (Gravestone Picnic)
Satoko Fujii Four: Live in Japan 2004 (P.J.L)
Arild Andersen: Electra (ECM)
Nachito Herrera: Bembé En Mi Casa (FS Music)
Crimetime Orchestra: Life Is a Beautiful Monster (Jazzaway)
Scott Anderson/Nia Quintet: End of Time (BluJazz)
John Mayer Trio: Try! (Aware/Columbia) **
KTU: 8 Armed Monkey (Thirsty Ear)
Franz Ferdinand: You Could Have It So Much Better (Domino)
The Alon Farber Hagiga Quintet: Exposure (Fresh Sound New Talent)
Michael Blake Trio: Right Before Your Very Ears (Clean Feed)
Bobo Stenson/Anders Jormin/Paul Motian: Goodbye (ECM)
Young Jeezy: Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101 (Def Jam)
The Thing: Live at Blå (Smalltown Superjazz)
Michaël Attias: Renku (Playscape)
Lee Konitz: Jonquil (Blue Jack Jazz)
Jacob Garchik: Abstracts (Yestereve)
Cooper-Moore: Outtakes 1978 (Hopscotch)
Michaël Attias: Credo (1999, Clean Feed)
Vision Volume 3 (Arts for Art)
Mark Dresser: Unveil (Clean Feed)
Gato Libre: Strange Village (Onoff)
Mahala Raï Banda (Crammed Discs) **
Herb Geller/Rein de Graaf: Delightful Duets Volume 2 (Blue Jack Jazz)
Richard Thompson: Front Parlour Ballads (Cooking Vinyl) *
Cedar Walton: Underground Memoirs (HighNote)
Jens Winther European Quintet: Concord (Stunt)
Tone Collector (Jazzaway)
Brad Paisley: Time Well Wasted (Arista Nashville) **
Slide Hampton Meets Two Tenor Case: Callitwhatchawana (Blue Jack Jazz)
Bill Mays Trio: Live at Jazz Standard (Palmetto)
Evan Parker Electro-Acoustic Ensemble: The Eleventh Hour (ECM)
Kenny Barron Trio: The Perfect Set: Live at Bradley's II (1996, Sunnyside)
Louise Hoffsten: From Linköping to Memphis (Memphis International)
LCD Soundsystem (DFA/Capitol, 2CD) **
Kenny White: Symphony in 16 Bars (Wildflower)
Sunny Murray: Perles Noires Vol. I (Eremite)
Kahil El'Zabar's Ritual Trio: Live at the River East Art Center (Delmark)
Anthony Wonsey: The Thang (Sharp Nine)
Petra Haden and Bill Frisell (Sovereign Artists) **
Gretchen Wilson: All Jacked Up (Epic)
Eddie Palmieri: Listen Here! (Concord)
Mario Adnet & Zé Nogueira Present Moacir Santos: Choros & Alegria (Adventure Music)
Myron Walden: This Way (Fresh Sount New Talent)
Kerry Politzer Quartet: Labyrinth (Polisonic)
Sunny Murray: Perles Noires Vol. II (Eremite)
Rodney Crowell: The Outsider (Columbia) *
Delirium: Eclexistence (TUM)
Enrico Rava: Tati (ECM)
Hugh Masekela: Revival (Heads Up)
Herb Robertson NY Downtown Allstars: Elaboration (Clean Feed)
Jason Moran: Same Mother (Blue Note)
Dick Hyman and Randy Sandke: Now and Again (Arbors)
Marty Ehrlich: News on the Rail (Palmetto) *
Susie Arioli Band Featuring Jordan Officer: Learn to Smile Again (Justin Time)
Russ Johnson: Save Big (Omnitone)
John Lindberg Quartet: Winter Birds (Between the Lines)
Joshua Redman Elastic Band: Momentum (Nonesuch)
X: Live in Los Angeles (Shout! Factory)
Bud Shank Quartet w/Phil Woods: Bouncing With Bud & Phil: Live at Yoshi's (Capri)
Loren Stillman: It Could Be Anything (Fresh Sound New Talent)
Gregg August: Late August (Iacuessa)
Modern Traditions Ensemble: New Old Music (Adventure Music)
Kenny Wheeler: What Now? (Cam Jazz)
The Dan Cray Trio: Save Us! (BluJazz)
Subtitle: Young Dangerous Heart (Gold Standard Laboratories)
James Carter Organ Trio: Out of Nowhere (Half Note)
Rosenberg/Baker/Hatwich/Daisy: New Folk, New Blues (482 Music)
Shakira: Fijación Oral, Vol. 1 (Epic)
Wallace Roney: Mystikal (High Note)
Robert Walter: Super Heavy Organ (Magnatude)
Alexander Schimmeroth Trio: Arrival (Fresh Sound New Talent)
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey: The Sameness of Difference (Hyena)
Ozomatli: Live at the Fillmore (Concord)
Wynton Marsalis: Amongst the People: Live at the House of Tribes (Blue Note)
Mark Dresser/Denman Maroney: Time Changes (Cryptogramophone)
Billy Martin and Socket: January 14 & 15, 2005 (Amulet)
David "Fathead" Newman: I Remember Brother Ray (HighNote)
Will Bernard Trio: Directions to My House (Direct to Disk)
Dylan van der Schyff: The Definition of a Toy (Songlines)
Graham Parker: Songs of No Consequence (Bloodshot)
Eric Comstock: No One Knows (Harbinger)
Charles Gayle: Shout! (Clean Feed)
Houston Person: All Soul (HighNote)
In the Country: This Was the Pace of My Heartbeat (Rune Grammofon) *
Meat Beat Manifesto: At the Center (Thirsty Ear)
Luis Perdomo: Focus Point (RKM)
John O'Gallagher's Axiom: Line of Sight (Fresh Sound New Talent)
Roni Ben-Hur: Signature (Reservoir)
Rutherford/Vandermark/Müller/van der Schyff: Hoxha (Spool/Line)
Ruby Braff: You Brought a New Kind of Love (Arbors)
Tord Gustavsen Trio: The Ground (ECM)
Tony DeSare: Want You (Telarc)
Darrell Scott, Danny Thompson & Kenny Malone: Live in NC (Full Light)
Dub Syndicate: Pure Thrill Seekers (Shanachie)
Marcin Wasilewski, Slawomir Kurkiewicz, Michal Miskiewicz: Trio (ECM)
Sarah Morrow: American All Stars in Paris (O+ Music)
Aram Shelton: Arrive (482 Music)
Eric Felten: Meets the Dek-Tette (VSOP)
Dave Peck: Good Road (Let's Play Stella)
The Kenny Davern Quartet: In Concert, Albuquerque, 2004 (Arbors)
Ray Marchica: In the Ring (Sons of Sound)
Marshall Gilkes Quartet: Edenderry (Alternate Side)
Mark Masters Ensemble: Porgy & Bess Redefined! (Capri)
Trio East: Stop-Start (Sons of Sound)
Andrew Lamb & Warren Smith: The Dogon Duo (Engine)
Trio da Paz: Somewhere (Blue Toucan)
Aesop Rock: Fast Cars, Danger, Fire and Knives (Definitive Jux)
Avram Fefer/Bobby Few: Kindred Spirits (Boxholder)
The Ken Walker Sextet: Terra Firma (Synergy Music)
Louise Rogers/Rick Strong: Bass-ically Speaking (Rilo)
Ernest Ranglin: Surfin' (Tropic/Telarc)
Alexander McCabe: The Round (Wamco)
Vince Seneri: Street Talk (SenFul)
Tamura + Sharp + Kato + Fujii: In the Tank (Libra)
Greg Burk Trio: Nothing, Knowing (482 Music)
Joan Crowe: Bird on the Wire (Evensongmusic)
Mark Sherman: One Step Closer (CAP)
Kathy Kosins: Vintage (Mahogany Jazz/Lightyear)
Dena DeRose: A Walk in the Park (MaxJazz)
The Cars Are the Stars: Fragments (Chez Moi)
Henry Grimes Trio: Live at the Kerava Jazz Festival (Ayler)
Broadway Project: The Vessel (Doubling Cube)
Archie Shepp & Mal Waldron: Left Alone Revisited . . . a Tribute to Billie Holiday (Synergy Music)
Kenny Wheeler & John Taylor: Where Do We Go From Here? (CAM Jazz)
Guillermo Klein y los Guachos: Live in Barcelona (Fresh Sound New Talent)
Ron Blake: Sonic Tonic (Mack Avenue)
Tim Ries: The Rolling Stones Project (Concord)
Charlie Peacock: Love Press Ex-Curio (Runway)
John Tchicai/Garrison Fewell/Tino Tracanna/Paolino Dalla Porta/Massimo Manzi: Big Chief Dreaming (Soul Note)
Meshell Ndegeocello: The Spirit Music Jamia: Dance of the Infidel (Shanachie)
Yves François: Blues for Hawk (1981-82, Delmark)
Ezra Weiss: Perseophone (Umoja)
Curtis Fuller: Keep It Simple (Savant)
The Stryker/Slagle Band: Live at the Jazz Standard (Zoho)
Ani DiFranco: Knuckle Down (Righteous Babe) **
I Believe to My Soul (Rhino/Work Song/Hear Music)
Greg Davis/Steven Hess: Decisions (Longbox)
Joe Locke: Rev-elation (Sharp Nine)
Amina Figarova: September Suite (Munich)
Jean-Marc Foltz/Bruno Chevillon: Cette Opacité (Clean Feed)
Baden Powell: Live à Bruxelles (1999, Sunnyside)
Tiempo Libre: Arroz Con Mango (Shanachie)
The Chad Makela Quartet: Flicker (Cellar Live)
Zu/Mats Gustafsson: How to Raise an Ox (Atavistic)
The New Pornographers: Twin Cinema (Matador) **
George Jones: Hits I Missed . . . and One I Didn't (Bandit/BNA) **
Kjeril Møster/Per Zanussi/Kjell Nordeson: MZN3 (Jazzaway)
Zé Eduardo/Jack Walrath Quartet: Bad Guys (Clean Feed)
Black Eyed Peas: Monkey Business (A&M) **
John Scofield: That's What I Say: Plays the Music of Ray Charles (Verve)
Assif Tsahar's Project: Solitude (Hopscotch)
Carol Robbins: Jazz Play (Jazzcats)
Kammerflimmer Kollektief: Absencen (Staubgold)
Mick Rossi: One Block From Planet Earth (Omnitone)
Next Order: Live-Powered Nexus (Lolo)
Dave Stryker: Big City (Melbray)
Cole Broderick: In a Dream (Cole Broderick)
Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives: Souls' Chapel (Superlatone) *
Mat Maneri: Pentagon (Thirsty Ear)
Mingus Big Band/Orchestra/Dynasty: I Am Three (Sue Mingus Music/Sunnyside)
Tatsu Aoki: Basser Live II (Asian Improv)
Harris Eisenstadt: The Soul and Gone (482 Music)
Nanci Griffith: Hearts in Mind (New Door/Universal) **
Sarah DeLeo: The Nearness of You (Sweet Sassy Music)
Down to the Bone: Spread Love Like Wildfire (Narada Jazz)
Jumala Quintet: Turtle Crossing (Clean Feed)
Bryn Roberts: Ludlow (Fresh Sound New Talent)
Ben Monder: Oceana (Sunnyside)
Barry Guy New Orchestra: Oort-Entropy (Intakt)
David Sanborn: Closer (Verve)
Martin Taylor: The Valley (The Guitar Label)
Fred Hess Quartet: Crossed Paths (Tapestry)
Keith Jarrett: Radiance (ECM, 2CD)
Carmen Lundy: Jazz and the New Songbook: Live at the Madrid (2005, Afrasia Productions, 2CD)
Charles Lloyd: Jumping the Creek (ECM)
The Randy Sandke Quartet: Trumpet After Dark (Evening Star)
Whit Dickey: In a Heartbeat (Clean Feed)
Hot Hot Heat: Elevator (Sire)
Afro-Celt Sound System: Anatomic (RealWorld)
Steve Dalachinsky/Matthew Shipp: Phenomena of Interference (Hopscotch)
Sherrie Maricle & the DIVA Jazz Orchestra: TNT: A Tommy Newsom Tribute (Lightyear)
Fred Frith: Eleventh Hour (Winter & Winter, 2CD)
Patricia Vonne: Guitars & Castanets (CoraZong)
Swing Out Sister: Live (Shanachie)
The Earl May Quartet: Swinging the Blues (Arbors)
Poncho Sanchez: Do It! (Concord Picante)
Mozayik: Haitian Creole Jazz (Zoho)
Fast 'N' Bulbous: Pork Chop Blue Around the Rind (Cuneiform)
Free Fall: Amsterdam Funk (Smalltown Superjazz)
Keiko Matsui: Walls of Akendora (Narada Jazz)
Jim Cifelli: Groove Station (Short Notice Music)
Pat Metheny Group: The Way Up (Nonesuch)
Enrico Pieranunzi: Special Encounter (CAM Jazz)
Luciana Souza: Duos II (Sunnyside)
Madredeus: Faluas Do Tejo (Metro Blue)
The Deborah Weisz Quintet: Grace (For Will) (Va Wah)
Bill Cole/William Parker: Two Masters: Live at the Prism (Boxholder)
The Jim Seeley/Arturo O'Farrill Quintet (Zoho)
Dave Douglas: Mountain Passages (Greenleaf Music/Koch)
Lea Delaria: Double Standards (Telarc)
Paul Jackson: Funk on a Stick (Backdoor)
Delbert McClinton: Cost of Living (New West) **
Red Mitchell/George Cables: Live at Port Townsend (1992, Challenge)
Oz Noy: Ha! (Magnatude) *
Terry Gibbs: Feelin' Good (Mack Avenue)
Bill Charlap: Plays George Gershwin: The American Soul (Blue Note)
Zach Brock and the Coffee Achievers: Chemistry (Secret Fort)
Iconoclast: The Dreadful Dance (Fang)
Bucky Pizzarelli & Frank Vignola: Moonglow (Hyena)
Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee: Borrowed Time (Fresh Sound New Talent)
Moutin Reunion Quartet: Something Like Now (Nocturne)
XXL (Xiu Xiu-Larsen): ¡Ciaütstico! (Important)
Savina Yannatou & Primavera en Salonico: Sumiglia (ECM)
Maria de Barros: Dança Ma Mi (Narada)
Stefano Di Battista: Parker's Mood (Blue Note)
Salvatore Bonafede: Journey to Donnafugata (CAM Jazz)
Luis Mario Ochoa & Friends: Cimarrón (Cuban Music Productions)
Bull Fonda Duo: Cup of Joe, No Bull (Corn Hill Indie)
Adam Rogers: Apparitions (Criss Cross)
Agustí Fernandez/Peter Kowald: Sea of Lead (Hopscotch)
SF Jazz Collective (Nonesuch)
Alpha Blondy: Elohim (1999, Shanachie)
Moby: Hotel (V2, 2CD)
The Fareed Haque Group: Cosmic Hug (Magnatude) *
Randy Johnston: Is It You? (HighNote)
Joe Williams: Havin' a Good Time (1965, Hyena)
Joey DeFrancesco With Jimmy Smith: Legacy (Concord)
Randy Sandke and the Metatonal Band: The Mystic Trumpeter (Evening Star)
Stich Wynston's Modern Surfaces: Transparent Horizons (TCB)
Peter Kenagy: Little Machines (Fresh Sound New Talent)
Guillermo Klein: Una Nave (Sunnyside)
Cinzia Spata: 93-03 (Azzurra Music)
Kurt Rosenwinkel: Deep Song (Verve)
Henri Dikongué: Biso Nawa (Buda Musique)
Simone Kopmajer: Romance (Zoho)
Mats Gustafsson & David Stackenås: Blues (Atavistic)
Denny Zeitlin: Solo Voyage (MaxJazz)
Common Ground: High Voltage (Delmark)
Jeff Black: Tin Lily (Dualtone)
Hanna Richardson and Phil Flanigan: Simply . . . With Spirit! (Arbors)
Tim Coffman: Crossroads (BluJazz)
Two Siberians: Out of Nowhere (WA/Heads Up)
Tommy Newsom and His Octo-Pussycats (Arbors)
Soweto Gospel Choir: Blessed (Shanachie)
Larsen: Play (Important)
Avery Sharpe Trio: Dragon Fly (JKNM)
Pablo Menéndez: Havana Blues Mambo (Zoho)
Donald Harrison/Ron Carter/Billy Cobham: New York Cool: Live at the Blue Note (Half Note)
Cuong Vu: It's Mostly Residual (ArtistShare)
Diana Krall: Christmas Songs (Verve)
Robert Glasper: Canvas (Blue Note)
Rick Germanson: You Tell Me (Fresh Sound New Talent)
Coldplay: X&Y (Capitol) **
Make a Rising: Rip Through the Hawk Black Night (High Two)
Brokeback Mountain (Verve Forecast)
Organissimo: This Is the Place (Big "O")
Seu Jorge: Cru (Wrasse) **
Dave's True Story: Simple Twist of Fate: DTS Does Dylan (BePop)
Deanna Witkowski: Length of Days (ArtistShare)
Yusa: Breathe (Tumi)
Björn Wennås: Static (Beartones)
Joel Harrison: Harrison on Harrison (HighNote)
Ruby Braff: Controlled Nonchalance at the Regattabar, Volume 2 (1993, Arbors)
Dave's True Story: Nature (BePop)
The Bad Plus: Suspicious Activity? (Columbia)
Lena Horne: Seasons of a Life (1994-2000, Blue Note) *
Sean Jones: Gemini (Mack Avenue)
Avram Fefer/Bobby Few: Heavenly Places (Boxholder)
Gush: Norrköping (Atavistic)
Michael Pagán Big Band: Pag's Groove (Capri)
Positive Knowledge: First Ones (Charles Lester Music)
Eric Alexander & Vincent Herring: The Battle: Live at Smoke (HighNote)
Steve Kuhn Trio: Quiéreme Mucho (Sunnyside)
Marian McPartland/Steely Dan: Piano Jazz (2002, Jazz Alliance)
Julia Sarr/Patrice Larose: Set Luna (Sunnyside/No Format)
Carl Weingarten: Local Journeys (Multiphase)
Alex Bugnon: Free (Narada)
Jamie Oldaker's Mad Dogs & Okies (Concord)
Ramsey Lewis: With One Voice (Narada Jazz)
Andrea Wolper: The Small Hours (Varis One Jazz)
Nicola Stilo/Toninho Horta: Duets (Adventure Music)
Arturo Sandoval: Live at the Blue Note (Half Note)
Monty Alexander: Live at the Iridium (Telarc)
Daria: Feel the Rhythm (Jazz 'm Up)
Rova/Orkestrova: Electric Ascension 2003 (Atavistic)
Billy Childs Ensemble: Lyric: Jazz-Chamber Music Vol. 1 (Lunacy Music)
Mitchell Froom: A Thousand Days (Inner Knot)
Mike Marshall: Brazil Duets (Adventure Music)
The Benevento Russo Duo: Best Reason to Buy the Sun (Ropeadope) *
Lizz Wright: Dreaming Wide Awaye (Verve Forecast)
Lisa Gerrard/Jeff Rona: A Thousand Roads (Wide Blue Sky)
Barbara Montgomery: Trinity (Mr. Bean and Bumpy)
Danilo Perez: Live at the Jazz Showcase (ArtistShare)
Iro Haarla/Ulf Krokfors/Loco Motife: Penguin Beguine (TUM)
Harry Connick Jr.: Occasion: Connick on Piano 2 (Marsalis Music)
Dave Weckl Band: Multiplicity (Stretch)
Anthony Braxton/Matt Bauder: 2 + 2 Compositions (482 Music)
Dino Saluzzi/Jon Christensen: Senderos (ECM)
Gini Wilson: The San Francisco ChamberJazz Quartet (Music Wizards)
Full House: Champagne Taste (Nagel Heyer)
Jackie Coon: The Joys of New Orleans (Arbors)
Jeff Golub: Temptation (Narada Jazz)
Willie Nelson: Countryman (Lost Highway) **
Richie Hart: Greasy Street (Zoho)
Sakésho: We Want You to Say . . . (Heads Up)
Cheryl Bentyne: Let Me Off Uptown: The Music of Anita O'Day (Telarc)
Billy Butterfield Joins Andy Bartha: Take Me to the Land of Jazz (1969, Delmark)
Scanner + Dessy: Play Along (Sub Rosa)
Grachan Moncur III Octet: Exploration (Capri)
Patrick Zimmerli: Phoenix (Songlines)
Arturo O'Farrill: Live in Brooklyn (Zoho)
John Pizzarelli: Knowing You (Telarc)
Julie Hardy: A Moment's Glance (Fresh Sound New Talent)
Jim Hall/Geoffrey Keezer: Free Association (ArtistShare)
Nils Økland: Bris (Rune Grammofon)
Natto Quartet: Thousand Oaks (482 Music)
Terence Blanchard: Flow (Blue Note)
Toto Bona Lokua (Sunnyside)
Dave Liebman & Phil Markowitz: Manhattan Dialogues (Zoho)
Dominic Miller: Third World (Alula)
Thievery Corporation: The Cosmic Game (ESL Music)
Marian McPartland & Friends: 85 Candles -- Live in New York (Concord, 2CD)
Kate McGarry: Mercy Streets (Palmetto) *
Michel Camilo: Solo (Telarc)
Eldar (Sony Classical)
The Reverend Al Green: Everything's OK (Blue Note)
André Bush: Start From Silence (Old Culture)
The Frank and Joe Show: 66 2/3 (Hyena)
Hendrik Meurkens: Amazon River (Blue Toucan)
Rosco Gordon: No Dark in America (Dualtone)
Altan: Local Ground (Narada)
Brooklyn Sax Quartet: Far Side of Here (Omnitone)
Marian McPartland/Elvis Costello: Piano Jazz (Jazz Alliance)
BeatleJazz: With a Little Help From Our Friends (Lightyear)
Dr. John: Sippiana Hericane (Blue Note)
Ron Levy's Wild Kingdom: Voodoo Boogaloo (Levtronic)
Tierney Sutton: I'm With the Band (Telarc)
Soweto Gospel Choir: Voices From Heaven (Shanachie) **
Beequeen: The Bodyshop (Important)
Amina Figarova: Come Escape With Me (Munich)
The Robert Cray Band: Twenty (Sanctuary) **
Maria Schneider Orchestra: Days of Wine and Roses: Live at the Jazz Standard (2000, ArtistShare)
Rita Coolidge: And So Is Love (Concord)
Renée Fleming: Haunted Heart (Decca)
Marcus Miller: Silver Rain (Koch) **
Slammin: All-Body Band (Crosspulse)
Flora Purim: Flora's Song (Narada Jazz)
Sara Caswell: But Beautiful (Arbors)
Jazz at Lincoln Center's Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra With Arturo O'Farrill: Noche Inolvidable (Palmetto)
Chris McNulty: Dance Delicioso (Elefant Dreams)
Bradley Leighton: Just Doin' Our Thang (Pacific Coast Jazz)
Jeff Lorber: Flipside (Narada Jazz)
Bill Frisell: Richter 858 (Songlines)
Shining: In the Kingdom of Kitsch You Will Be a Monster (Rune Grammofon)
David Murray 4tet & Strings: Waltz Again (Justin Time)
James Carter/Cyrus Chestnut/Ali Jackson/Reginald Veal: Gold Sounds (Brown Brothers)
Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra: Don't Be Afraid . . . The Music of Charles Mingus (Palmetto) *
Jamie O'Neal: Brave (Capitol)
Anita Baker: Christmas Fantasy (Blue Note)
Susan Tedeschi: Hope and Desire (Verve Forecast)
The Greencards: Weather and Water (Dualtone) *
Marian McPartland/Bruce Hornsby: Piano Jazz (2003, Jazz Alliance)
The Fabulous Thunderbirds: Painted On (Tone-Cool/Artemis) **
Rebecca Shrimpton and Eric Hofbauer: Madman's Moon (CNM)
Sonny Landreth: Grant Street (Sugar Hill) **
Doug Wamble: Bluestate (Marsalis Music/Rounder)
A Skaggs Family Christmas: Volume One (Skaggs Family)
Nnenna Freelon: Blueprint of a Lady: Sketches of Billie Holiday (Concord)
Peter Apfelbaum & the New York Hieroglyphics: It Is Written (ACT)
Niacin: Organik (Magna Carta)
Symphonic Jobim (Adventure Music, 2CD)
Jim Self With Strings: Inner Play (Basset Hound)
Raynald Colom: My Fifty One Minutes (Fresh Sound New Talent)
Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra: A Love Supreme (Palmetto) *
Miriodor: Parade + Live at Nearfest 2002 (Cuneiform, 2CD)
Warren Hill: Pop Jazz (Native Language)
Debby Boone: Reflections of Rosemary (Concord)
Euge Groove: Just Feels Right (Narada Jazz)
Jason Miles: Miles to Miles: In the Spirit of Miles Davis (Narada)
Pamela Williams: Sweet Saxations (Shanachie)
Abram Wilson: Jazz Warrior (Dune)
The Blind Boys of Alabama: Atom Bomb (RealWorld)
Simply Red: Simplified (Verve Forecast)
Bill Charlap/Sandy Stewart: Love Is Here to Stay (Blue Note)
Shel Silverstein: Runny Babbit (Harper Children's Audio)
Jazzanova: Blue Note Trip (1949-75, Blue Note, 2CD)
Katie Bull: Love Spook (Corn Hill Indie)
Dafnis Prieto: About the Monks (Zoho)
Ilona Knopfler: Live the Life (Mack Avenue)
Ladysmith Black Mambazo: No Boundaries (Gallo/Heads Up)
Fred Hersch Ensemble: Leaves of Grass (Palmetto) *
Soulive: Break Out (Concord)
Javon Jackson: Have You Heard (Palmetto) *
Steve Cole: Spin (Narada Jazz)
Louie Bellson: The Sacred Music of Louie Bellson and the Jazz Ballet (Percusion Power)
Jazz at Lincoln Center Presents: Higher Ground: Hurricane Relief Benefit Concert (Blue Note)
Jamie Cullum: Catching Tales (Verve Forecast)
Kenny Chesney: The Road and the Radio (BNA)
Third World: Black, Green & Gold (Shanachie)
Craig Chaquico: Holiday (Higher Octave)
Paul McCartney: Chaos and Creation in the Backyard (Capitol) **
Nels Cline/Wally Shoup/Chris Corsano: Immolation/Immersion (Strange Attractors)
Paul Anka: Rock Swings (Verve) *
Acoustic Alchemy: American/English (Higher Octave Music)
Herbie Hancock: Possibilities (Hear Music)
The Mars Volta: Frances the Mute (Universal) **
Yellowjackets: Altered State (Heads Up)
Urban Knights: Urban Knights VI (Narada Jazz)
Trisha Yearwood: Jasper County (MCA Nashville) **
Zbigniew Karkowski: One and Many (Sub Rosa)
Jimmy Webb: Twilight of the Renegades (Sanctuary)
Simon Keep: Interview With the Eggs (Sub Rosa)

Compilations/Vault Music:

Horace Silver: The Very Best (1954-66, Blue Note)
Bud Powell: The Very Best (1949-58, Blue Note)
Power to the People and the Beats: Public Enemy's Greatest Hits (1987-98, Def Jam)
The World of Nat King Cole (1943-91, Capitol)
Thelonious Monk: The Very Best (1947-52, Blue Note)
You Ain't Talkin' to Me: Charlie Poole and the Roots of Country Music (1902-40, Columbia/Legacy, 3CD)
A User Guide to They Might Be Giants (1986-2002, Elektra/Rhino) **
Dizzy Gillespie: Career 1937-1992 (Shout! Factory, 2CD)
Iggy Pop: A Million in Prizes: The Anthology (1969-2003, Virgin, 2CD)
Billy Crystal Presents the Milt Gabler Story (1938-64, Verve)
Art Pepper: Mosaic Select (1956-57, Mosaic, 3CD)
Art Pepper: Omega Sessions: The Complete Master Takes (1957, Fresh Sound)
Johnny Cash: The Legend (1955-2002, Columbia/Legacy, 4CD)
The Rough Guide to Astor Piazzolla (1957-88, World Music Network)
John Fogerty: The Long Road Home (1969-2005, Fantasy)
Good for What Ails You: Music of the Medicine Shows (1926-37, Old Hat, 2CD)
Louis Armstrong: Jazz Moods: Hot (1926-29, Columbia/Legacy)
Louis Jordan: Number Ones (1942-48, Geffen/Chronicles) **
The Essential Sonny Rollins: The RCA Years (1962-64, RCA/Legacy, 2CD)
Charlie Parker: The Genius of Charlie Parker (1944-49, Savoy Jazz, 2CD)
Ben Webster: For Lovers (1954-64, Verve)
The Essential Duke Ellington (1927-60, Columbia/Legacy, 2CD)
The Essential Artie Shaw (1938-45, Bluebird/Legacy, 2CD) *
Maximum Joy: Unlimited (1979-1983) (Crippled Dick Hot Wax)
Loretta Lynn: The Definitive Collection (1964-78, MCA Nashville/Chronicles)
World Psychedelic Classics 3: Love's a Real Thing (1972-78, Luaka Bop)
The Ex: Singles, Period: The Vinyl Years (1980-90, Ex)
Crunk Hits (2002-04, TVT)
The Ultimate Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: The Early Years, Vol. 2 (1983-84, Narada, 2CD)
Bill Evans: The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings, 1961 (1961, Riverside, 3CD)
Duke Ellington: Mrs Clinkscales to the Cotton Club: Volume 1 (1926-29, JSP, 4CD)
Flatt & Scruggs: Foggy Mountain Gospel (1951-66, Columbia/Legacy, 2CD)
The Essential Pete Seeger (1941-66, Columbia/Legacy)
Ralph Sutton and Dick Cary: Rendezvous at Sunnie's 1969 (1969, Arbors)
Billy Crystal Remembers Billie Holiday (1939-50, Verve)
20 #1 Hits of the '20s (1920-29, Collectors' Choice)
The Best of Seven Steps: The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis 1963-1964 (Columbia/Legacy)
Hobart Smith: In Sacred Trust: The 1963 Fleming Brown Tapes (1963, Smithsonian/Folkways) **
The Essential O'Jays (1972-78, Epic/Legacy)
Breaking Out of New Orleans (1922-29, JSP, 4CD)
Jimmy Smith: The Very Best (1956-86, Blue Note)
Lee Morgan: The Very Best (1957-65, Blue Note)
The Essential Tito Puente (1949-63, RCA/Legacy, 2CD)
Ike Quebec: The Complete Blue Note 45 Sessions (1959-62, Blue Note, 2CD)
Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn: The Definitive Collection (1970-88, MCA Nashville/Chronicles) *
Choubi Choubi! Folk & Pop Sounds From Iraq (Sublime Frequencies)
The Very Best of Rosanne Cash (1979-2003, Columbia/Legacy)
Todd Snider: That Was Me (1994-99, Hip-O)
Miles Davis: The Cellar Door Sessions 1970 (Columbia/Legacy, 6CD)
The Swinging Side of Bobby Darin (1962-65, Capitol Jazz)
Budd Johnson: The Stanley Dance Sessions (1958-67, Lone Hill Jazz)
Flatt & Scruggs: Foggy Mountain Jamboree (1951-57, Columbia/Legacy)
Louis Prima & Keely Smith: Live From Las Vegas (Capitol)
Gaby Lita Bembo and Orchestra Stukas du Zaïre: Kita Mata ABC (1974-83, RetroAfric)
The Rough Guide to the Music of the Sahara (World Music Network)
Jazz in Paris: Saint-Germain-Des-Prés 1946-1956 (1947-56, Verve, 3CD)
Johnny Cash: The Legend of Johnny Cash (1955-2003, Island)
Bob Marley: Africa Unite: The Singles Collection (1970-80, Island/Chronicles)
Go Contrary, Go Sing: Heroes and Zeroes of the North American Underground (1999-2004, Brooklyn Towne)
The Bunny Lee Rocksteady Years (1967-68, Moll-Selekta)
Taj Mahal: The Essential Taj Mahal (1967-99, Columbia/Legacy, 2CD)
Harry Belafonte: The Essential Harry Belafonte (1952-70, RCA/Legacy, 2CD)
Africa Remix: Ah Freak Iya (1998-2004, Milan)
Eminem: Curtain Call: The Hits (1999-2005, Aftermath)
All Over the World: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra (1973-2001, Epic/Legacy)
Carter Sisters and Mother Maybelle With Chet Atkins (1950, Country Routes)
Digable Planets: Beyond the Spectrum: The Creamy Spy Chronicles (1993-94, Blue Note)
Les Paul With Mary Ford: The Best of the Capitol Masters: 90th Birthday Edition (1948-57, Capitol)
Eminem: Curtain Call: The Hits (1999-2005, Aftermath)
The Rough Guide to Boogaloo (1964-74, World Music Network) **
From Bakabush: The First Ten Years of Stonetree (Stonetree)
Chet Baker: Career 1952-1988 (Shout! Factory, 2CD)
Tommy Dorsey: The Sentimental Gentleman of Swing: Centennial Collection (1925-56, Bluebird/Legacy, 3CD)
Mahmoud Ahmed: Éthiopiques, Vol. 19: Alèmyé (1974, Buda Musique)
Sonny Simmons: The Complete ESP-Disk' Recordings (1967, ESP-Disk, 2CD)
30 #1 Hits of the '30s (1930-39, Collectors' Choice, 2CD)
Chet Baker: The Very Best (1954-56, Pacific Jazz)

Pending:

Missed:

Washington Phillips: The Key to the Kingdom (1927-29, Yazoo)
Sound of the World (2000-05, Wrasse, 2CD)
Cult Cargo: Belize City Boil Up (Numero Group)
Putumayo Presents: North African Groove (1996-2004, Putumayo World Music)
Putumayo Presents: Swing Around the World (1964-2004, Putumayo World Music)
Sonny Rollins: The Vest Best (1956-57, Blue Note)
Jazz in Paris: Montmartre 1924-1939 (1933-62, Verve, 3CD)
Cream: Gold (1966-68, Polydor/Chronicles, 2CD) **
The Definitive Ol' Dirty Bastard Story (1995-99, Elektra/Rhino)
American Primitive Vol. II (1897-1939, Revenant, 2CD)
Porter Wagoner: Misery Loves Company (Masked Weasel)
Western Swing and Country Jazz: An Expertly Selected Package (1935-40, JSP, 4CD)
The Very Best of Canned Heat (1967-73, Capitol)
Progressions: 100 Years of Jazz Guitar (1906-2001, Columbia/Legacy, 4CD)
A Dream Come True: The Best of Trudy Desmond (1988-98, Just a Memory)
Cameo Parkway 1957-1967 (1956-67, Abkco, 4CD)
ZE Records Presents: Undercover (1979-2004, ZE)
High Rollers! From Las Vegas (Capitol)
Radio Pyongyang: Commie Funk and Agit Pop From the Hermit Kingdom (1995-2005, Sublime Frequencies)
Bob Dylan: The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack (1959-66, Columbia/Legacy, 2CD)
I Have Always Been Here Before: The Roky Erickson Anthology (1965-95, Shout! Factory, 2CD)
New Thing! (1956-84, Soul Jazz, 2CD)
Esther Phillips: Jazz Moods: Hot (1972-75, Epic/Legacy)
Jazz in Paris: Champs Elysees 1917-1949 (1927-75, Verve, 3CD)
Big Guns: The Very Best of Rory Gallagher (1970-90, Capo, 2CD)
Patty Loveless: The Definitive Collection (1985-96, MCA Nashville/Chronicles)
Andrew Hill: Mosaic Select (1967-70, Mosaic, 3CD)
Jazz in Paris: Rive Gauche, Rive Droite 1956-1959 (1955-73, Verve, 3CD)
The Ultimate Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: The Early Years, Vol. 1 (1978-82, Narada, 2CD)
The Best of Frank Stokes (Yazoo)
Ham Hocks & Cornbread: The Pounding, Pulsating Roots of Rock 'n' Roll (1945-52, JSP, 4CD)
The Red Garland Quintets Featuring John Coltrane: Prestige Profiles (1957-61, Prestige)
The Roots: Home Grown! The Beginners Guide to Understanding the Roots Volume Two (Geffen)
Lightnin' Hopkins: Prestige Profiles (1960-64, Prestige)
Turn Back the Years: The Essential Hank Williams Collection (1947-52, Mercury/Chronicles, 3CD)
Tyrone Davis: Give It Up (Turn It Loose): The Very Best of the Columbia Years (1976-81, Columbia/Legacy)
The Essential Jefferson Airplane (1966-72, RCA/Legacy, 2CD)
Mixed Media Series: Basquiat Salutes Jazz (1948-74, Prestige)
The Essential Dolly Parton (1967-2000, RCA/Legacy, 2CD)
The Righteous Brothers: Retrospective 1963-1974 (Abkco)
Putumayo Presents New Orleans (1956-2004, Putumayo World Music)
Mutant Disco #3: Garage Sale (1979-92, ZE)
Charley Patton: Primeval Blues, Rags, and Gospel Songs (1929-34, Yazoo)
The Essential Dion (1961-68, Columbia/Legacy)
The Sound of Dub: Rare and Soundful Pearls From South Africa in Dub (Echo Beach)
Dizzy Gillespie: Dizzy: The Music of John Birks Gillespie (1950-63, Verve)
Putumayo Presents: Kermit Ruffins (1992-2002, Putumayo World Music)
The Essential Glenn Miller (1939-44, Bluebird/Legacy, 2CD)
Eminem: Curtain Call: The Hits + Stan's Mixtape (1999-2005, Aftermath, 2CD)
Artie Shaw: Jazz Moods: Hot (1938-45, Bluebird/Legacy)
Now That Sounds Kosher! (1955-2004, Shout! Factory)
June Carter Cash: Keep on the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music (Columbia/Legacy, 2CD)
The Roots: Home Grown! The Beginners Guide to Understanding the Roots Volume One (Geffen)
Dr. John: The Best of the Parlophone Years (1998-2004, Blue Note)
Pearls Before Swine: The Complete ESP-Disk' Recordings (1967-68, ESP-Disk)
Chet Baker: Jazz Moods: Cool (1974-75, Columbia/Legacy)
Glenn Miller: Jazz Moods: Hot (1939-42, Bluebird/Legacy)
Grant Green: The Original Jam Master, Volume One: Ain't It Funky Now (1969-72, Blue Note)
Studio One Women (1966-81, Soul Jazz)
Eminem: Curtain Call: The Hits + Stan's Mixtape (1999-2005, Aftermath, 2CD)
Tease! The Beat of Burlesque (1952-61, Verve)
Putumayo Presents: Italian Café (1958-2004, Putumayo World Music)
Lio: Les Pop Songs (1980-1991, ZE)
Marion Williams: Remember Me (1968-92, Shanachie)
Tony Bennett: Jazz Moods: Cool (1957-67, Columbia/Legacy)
Lama Gyurme & Jean-Philippe Rykiel: The Lama's Chants: Songs of Awakening / Roads of Blessings (1994-2001, Narada, 2CD)
Grant Green: The Original Jam Master, Volume Two: For the Funk of It (1969-72, Blue Note)
Putumayo Kids Presents: French Playground (Putumayo World Music)
Kenny Burrell: Prestige Profiles (1957-63, Prestige)
Nina Simone: The Soul of Nina Simone (1963-87, RCA/Legacy)
The Best of Tito Puente (20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection) (1991-99, Hip-O)
Concord Picante: 25th Anniversary Sampler (1980-2003, Concord)
The Essential Yo-Yo Ma (1981-2003, Sony Classical/Legacy, 2CD)
Hi-Flyers (1937-41, Krazy Kat)
Miles Davis: The Very Best: The Early Years (1949-58, Blue Note)
Trojan Dub Massive: Chapter One (Trojan/Sanctuary)
Charles Brown: Black Night (Masked Weasel)
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong: For Lovers (1956-57, Verve)
ZE Xmas Record Reloaded 2004 (1981-2004, ZE)
Try for the Sun: The Journey of Donovan (1964-2004, Epic/Legacy, 3CD)
Come On Get Happy! The Very Best of the Partridge Family (1970-72, Arista/Legacy)
The Rolling Stones: Rarities 1971-2003 (Hear Music/Virgin)
Não Wave: Brazil Post Punk (1982-88, Man)
Putumayo Presents: Latin Lounge (2000-04, Putumao World Music)
Putumayo Kids Presents: One World, One Kid (Putumayo World Music)
The Appalachians (1927-2003, Dualtone) **
Grant Green: The Original Jam Master, Volume Three: Mellow Madness (1969-72, Blue Note)
Lio: Les Ballades (1980-96, ZE)
Ultimate Isaac Hayes: Can You Dig It? (1968-77, Stax, 2CD+DVD)
The Best of Poi Dog Pondering (The Austin Years) (1989-91, Columbia/Legacy)
Screaming Trees: Ocean of Confusion (1990-96, Epic/Legacy)
Aretha Franklin: Jazz Moods: 'Round Midnight (1961-69, Columbia/Legacy)
Earl Scruggs With Special Guests: I Saw the Light With Some Help From My Friends (1971, Columbia/Legacy)
Johnny "Guitar" Watson: The Funk Anthology (1976-94, Shout! Factory, 2CD)
Bobby Darin: Live From Las Vegas (1963, Capitol)
The Best of Brandy (1994-2004, Atlantic) **
John Coltrane: More John Coltrane for Lovers (1959-65, Verve)
George Shearing: The Very Best (1955-69, Capitol Jazz)
Putumayo Presents: Mali (Putumayo World Music)
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band: Jazz Moods: Hot (1987-92, Columbia/Legacy)
Putumayo Presents: Acoustic Brazil (1979-2004, Putumayo World Music)
The Best of Shel Silverstein: His Words His Songs His Friends (1967-85, Columbia/Legacy)
Everybody Plays the Fool: The Best of the Main Ingredient (1973-75, RCA/Legacy)
Patty Waters: The Complete ESP-Disk' Recordings (1965-66, ESP-Disk) *
Putumayo Presents: Asian Lounge (1978-2005, Putumayo World Music)
The Essential Frank Sinatra With the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra (1940-42, RCA/Legacy, 2CD)
New York for Lovers (1953-95, Verve)
Loggins & Messina: The Best: Sittin' In Again (1972-74, Columbia/Legacy)
Nancy Wilson: Live From Las Vegas (Capitol)
A Quiet Revolution: 30 Years of Windham Hill (Windham Hill/Legacy, 4CD)
The Essential Marty Robbins (1952-82, Columbia/Legacy, 2CD)
The Edge: David Axelrod at Capitol Records (1966-70, Capitol Jazz)
Dexter Gordon: Jazz Moods: 'Round Midnight (1976-85, Columbia/Legacy)
Lou Rawls: The Very Best (1966-92, Blue Note)
Paris for Lovers (1950-92, Verve)
Billy Joel: My Lives (Columbia/Legacy, 4CD)
The Essential Poco (1969-89, Epic/Legacy)
The Essential Gene Autry (Columbia/Legacy, 2CD)
Mizell: The Mizell Brothers at Blue Note (1972-77, Blue Note)
Judy Garland and Friends: Duets (1963, Savoy Jazz)
John Denver's Greatest Hits (1969-73, RCA/Legacy)
The Essential Barry Manilow (1974-97, Arista/Legacy, 2CD)
Rick Springfield: Written in Rock: Anthology (1970-2004, RCA/Legacy, 2CD)
Putumayo Presents: Celtic Crossroads (1998-2005, Putumayo World Music)
Judy Garland: That Old Feeling: Classic Ballads From the Judy Garland Show (1963-64, Savoy Jazz)
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass: Lost Treasures: Rare & Unreleased (1963-74, Shout! Factory)
Nina Simone: For Lovers (1964-87, Verve)
Dead Can Dance: Momento (Rhino/4AD)
Zucchero: Zucchero & Co. (1988-2003, Concord)

Reissues

Reissues are new releases of old records: records that have been previously released under the same name (although we're also on the lookout for trivial rename jobs). They may have extra bonus cuts, maybe even a whole extra disc of cuts; "twofers" are also included here.

Elvis Presley (1956, RCA) **
Art Pepper: Winter Moon (1980, Galaxy)
Miles Davis: A Tribute to Jack Johnson (1970, Columbia/Legacy)
Gerry Mulligan: Jeru (1962, Columbia/Legacy)
Pat Metheny/Ornette Coleman: Song X: Twentieth Anniversary (1985, Nonesuch)
Rosanne Cash: Interiors (1990, Columbia/Legacy)
Run-DMC: Run-DMC (1983-84, Arista/Legacy)
Rank and File: Long Gone Dead (1984, Collectors' Choice)
Albert Ayler: Spiritual Unity (1964, ESP-Disk)
Tina Brooks: True Blue (1960, Blue Note)
Miles Davis: Miles in Tokyo (1964, Columbia/Legacy)
Run-DMC: Raising Hell (1986, Arista/Legacy)
Sonny Stitt: It's Magic (1969, Delmark)
Billy Bang: Sweet Space/Untitled Gift (1979-82, 8th Harmonic Breakdown, 2CD)
Joe Cocker: Mad Dogs and Englishmen (Deluxe Edition) (1970, A&M, 2CD)
Miles Davis: Miles in Berlin (1964, Columbia/Legacy)
Miles Davis: My Funny Valentine (1964, Columbia/Legacy)
Don Cherry: Where Is Brooklyn (1964, Blue Note)
Wes Montgomery: Smokin' at the Half Note (1965, Verve)
Manic Street Preachers: The Holy Bible: 10th Anniversary Edition (1994, Epic/Legacy, 2CD+DVD)
The Insect Trust: Hoboken Saturday Night (1970, Collectors Choice)
Miles Davis: "Four" and More (1964, Columbia/Legacy)
Ahmad Jamal: The Legendary Okeh & Epic Recordings (1951-55, Epic/Legacy)
DJ Shadow: Endrotroducing (Deluxe Edition) (1996-97, Island/Chronicles, 2CD)
Rosanne Cash: King's Record Shop (1987, Columbia/Legacy)
The Fugs: Virgin Fugs (1967, ESP-Disk)
John Surman/John Warren: Tales of the Algonquin (1971, Vocalion)
Andrew Hill: Andrew!!! (1964, Blue Note)
Julian Priester Pepo Mtoto: Love, Love (1974, ECM)
Albert Ayler: Bells / Prophecy (1964-65, ESP-Disk)
Dave Burrell: After Love (1970, Free America/Verve)
Run-DMC: King of Rock (1985, Arista/Legacy)
Marion Brown: Marion Brown (1965, ESP-Disk)
Janis Joplin: Pearl (Legacy Edition) (1970, Columbia/Legacy, 2CD)
Art Ensemble of Chicago: Phase One (1971, Free America/Verve)
Blue Mitchell: Down With It! (1965, Blue Note)
Dexter Gordon: Daddy Plays the Horn (1955, Shout! Factory)
Irving Fields Trio: Bagels and Bongos (1959, Reboot Stereophonic)
Thad Jones & Mel Lewis: Live at the Village Vanguard (1967, Blue Note)
Rank and File: Sundown (1982, Collectors' Choice)

Pending:

Missed:

Johnny Winter: The Progressive Blues Experiment (1969, Capitol)
Dexter Gordon: Manhattan Symphonie (1978, Columbia/Legacy)
Jeff Wayne: War of the Worlds (1976-77, Columbia/Legacy, 2CD)
Elmo Hope: Trio and Quartet (1953-57, Blue Note)
Pharoah Sanders: Pharoah's First (1964, ESP-Disk)
Bill Withers: Just As I Am (1971, Columbia/Legacy)
Booker Ervin: Tex Book Tenor (1968, Blue Note)
Run-DMC: Tougher Than leather (1988, Arista/Legacy)
Sun Ra: Heliocentric Worlds: Volumes 1 and 2 (1965, ESP-Disk)
Bill Evans Trio: At Shelly's Manne Hole (1963, Riverside)
Oliver Nelson's Big Band: Live From Los Angeles (1967, Impulse)
Kenny Drew Trio (1956, Riverside)
Rosanne Cash: Seven Year Ache (1981, Columbia/Legacy)
Johnny Coles: Little Johnny C (1963, Blue Note)
Shrimp Boat: Speckly (1989, Aum Fidelity)
Stanley Turrentine: That's Where It's At (1962, Blue Note)
The Everly Brothers: Sing Great Country Hits (1963, Collectors' Choice)
Anthony Braxton: Donna Lee (1972, Free America/Verve)
Stanley Turrentine: Jazz Moods: Cool (1971-75, Epic/Legacy)
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers: Drum Suite (1956-57, Columbia/Legacy)
The Everly Brothers: A Date With the Everly Brothers (1961, Collectors' Choice)
Miles Davis: 'Round About Midnight (Legacy Edition) (1955-57, Columbia/Legacy, 2CD)
Dieter Scherf Trio: Inside-Outside Reflections (1974, Atavistic)
Frank Wright: Uhuru Na Umoja (1970, Free America/Verve)
Miles Davis: Miles Davis in Europe (1963, Columbia/Legacy)
June Christy: Ballads for Night People (1959-61, Capitol Jazz)
Luiz Bonfá: Solo in Rio 1959 (Smithsonian/Folkways)
Steve Kuhn: Trance (1974, ECM)
Bob Brookmeyer: Bob Brookmeyer & Friends (1964, Columbia/Legacy)
Bill Bruford's Earthworks: Dig? (1989, Summerfold)
Art Ensemble of Chicago With Fontella Bass (1970, Free America/Verve)
The Contemporary Jazz Quintet: Actions (1966-67, Atavistic)
Roswell Rudd (1965, Free America/Verve)
Anthony Braxton: Saxophone Improvisations Series F (1972, Free America/Verve, 2CD)
Sun Ra: Nothing Is . . . (1966, ESP-Disk)
Ike Quebec: Heavy Soul (1961, Blue Note)
Clifford Thornton: The Panther and the Lash (1970, Free America/Verve)
Dave Holland/Barre Phillips: Music From Two Basses (1971, ECM)
Albert Ayler: Slugs' Saloon (1966, ESP-Disk, 2CD)
Gabor Szabo: Spellbinder (1966, Impulse)
Alan Skidmore Quintet: Once Upon a Time (1970, Vocalion)
The Everly Brothers: It's Everly Time! (1960, Collectors' Choice)
Gato Barbieri: Chapter Four: Alive in New York (1975, Impulse)
Bill Bruford's Earthworks (1986, Summerfold)
Albert Ayler: New Grass (1968, Impulse)
Paul Bley: Improvisie (1971, Free America/Verve)
Hank Mobley: High Voltage (1967, Blue Note)
Michael White: The Land of Spirit and Light (1973, Impulse)
Marian McPartland/Teddy Wilson: Piano Jazz (1978, Jazz Alliance)
Eurythmics: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) (1983, RCA/Legacy)
Deniece Williams: This Is Niecy (1976, Columbia/Legacy)
Jackie McLean: Consequence (1965, Blue Note)
Joe McPhee/John Snyder: Pieces of Light (1974, Atavistic)
Emergency: Homage to Peace (1970, Free America/Verve)
Ella Fitzgerald: Sings the Jerome Kern Songbook (1963, Verve)
Miles Davis: Seven Steps to Heaven (1963, Columbia/Legacy)
Sun Ra: Heliocentric Worlds Vol. 3: The Lost Tapes (1965, ESP-Disk)
David Allan Coe: Penitentiary Blues (1968, Hacktone)
Horace Silver: Silver's Blue (1956, Epic/Legacy)
Al Green: Back Up Train (1967-68, Arista/Legacy)
Bill Bruford: Feels Good to Me (1977, Winterfold)
Jefferson Starship: Red Octopus (1975, RCA/Legacy)
Yusef Lateef: Psychicemotus (1965, Impulse)
George Jones: My Very Special Guests (Legacy Edition) (1977-97, Epic/Legacy, 2CD)
Woody Shaw: Stepping Stones: Live at the Village Vanguard (1978-79, Columbia/Legacy)
Archie Shepp: Black Gipsy (1969, Free America/Verve)
Mal Waldron & Steve Lacy: Mal Waldron With the Steve Lacy Quintet (1972, Free America/Verve)
Steve Lacy: The Gap (1972, Free America/Verve)
Eurythmics: Be Yourself Tonight (1985, RCA/Legacy)
Art Ensemble of Chicago: Certain Blacks (1970, Free America/Verve)
Brötzmann/Bennink: Schwarzwaldfahrt (1977, Atavistic)
Mary Lou Williams: Mary Lou's Mass (1969-72, Smithsonian/Folkways)
Hank Mobley: Reach Out! (1968, Blue Note)
James Brown: Gettin' Down to It (1968-69, Verve)
Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass: Whipped Cream & Other Delights (1965, Shout! Factory)
The Everly Brothers: Roots (1968, Collectors' Choice)
Bill Bruford: One of a Kind (1979, Winterfold)
Pharoah Sanders: Elevation (1973, Impulse)
Fra Lippo Lippi: Songs (1985, Rune Arkiv)
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass: Sounds Like (1967, Shout! Factory) *
John Denver: Back Home Again (1974, RCA/Legacy)
Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass: South of the Border (1964, Shout! Factory)
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass: Herb Alpert's Ninth (1967, Shout! Factory) *
Ray Charles: Friendship (1984-86, Columbia/Legacy)
Teena Marie: Robbery (1983, Epic/Legacy)
Alan Shorter: Tes Esat (1970, Free America/Verve)
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass: The Lonely Bull (1962, Shout! Factory)
John Denver: Rhymes & Reasons (1969, RCA/Legacy)
Paul Kantner/Jefferson Starship: Blows Against the Empire (1970, RCA/Legacy)
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass: The Beat of the Brass (1968, Shout! Factory) *
Don Williams With Pozo Seco: The Little Darlin' Sound of Don Williams (1970, Koch) **