Music Year 2022

Of course, it's too early for a year-end list. But as the proto-fascist organization of my youth insisted, one should always be prepared. For records in hand, * identifies an advance copy, ** something borrowed or streamed. Some albums released in previous years are included here, noted by a "-NN" (e.g., -21 for 2021) -- these are mostly imports or self-releases, often hard to figure out official dates, but they were either December 2020 releases or unknown (to me, at least) before the current year.

I keep adding to the 2021 until the end of calendar 2022, especially where the record was known to exist in 2021 and I'm just getting around to it.

New Records

Pending:

Records in hand, but which haven't yet been graded (sorted by artist, or release date if future). Those marked ** are downloads in hand.

• The United States Air Force Band Airmen of Note: The 2022 Jazz Heritage Series (self-released)
• Josean Jacobo Trio: Herencia Criolla (self) [03-04]
• Kali Rodriguez-Peña: Mélange (Truth Revolution) [03-04]
• Somi: Zenzile: The Reimagination of Miriam Makeba (Salon Africana) [03-04]
• Jean Fineberg: & Jazzphoria (Pivotal) [04-08]
• Mike Allemana: Vonology (Ears & Eyes) [04-15]
• Natalie Cressman & Ian Faquini: Auburn Whisper (Cressman Music) [04-15]
• Ben Markley Big Band With Ari Hoenig: Ari's Fun House (OA2) [04-15]
• Keith Oxman: This One's for Joey (Capri) [04-15]
• Rich Pellegrin: Passage: Solo Improvisations II [04-15]
• Jordan Vanhemert: Nomad (Origin) [04-15]
• Fabian Willmann Trio: Balance (CYH) [04-15]
• Dan Bruce's Beta Collective: Time to Mind the Mystics (Shifting Paradigm) [04-29]
• Kind Folk: Head Towards the Center (Fresh Sound New Talent) [04-29]
• Whit Dickey Quartet: Astral Long Form/Staircase in Space (Tao Forms) [05-06]
• Ches Smith: Interpret It Well (Pyroclastic) [05-06]
• Charming Hostess: The Ginzburg Geography (Tzadik) [05-20]
• Yelena Eckemoff: I Am a Stranger in This World (L&H Production, 2CD) [05-20]
• Yu Nishiyama: A Lotus in the Mud (Next Level) [05-20]
• Martin Bejerano: #Cubanamerican (Figgland) [05-27]
• Will Bernard: Pond Life (Dreck to Disk) [05-27]
• Stephen Philip Harvey Jazz Orchestra: Smash! (Next Level) [06-17]
• Heroes Are Gang Leaders: LeAutoRoiOgraphy (577) [06-17]
• Daniel Carter/Evan Strauss/5-Track/Sheridan Riley: The Uproar in Bursts of Sound and Silence (577) [??-??]
• Sture Ericson/Pat Thomas/Raymond Strid: Bagman Live at Cafe Oto (577) [??-??]
• Amanda Irarrázabal/Miriam van Boer Salmón: Fauces (577) [??-??]
• Jessica Pavone/Lukas Koenig/Matt Mottel: Spam Likely (577) [??-??]
• SSWAN [Jessica Ackerley/Patrick Shiroishi/Chris Williams/Luke Stewart/Jason Nazary]: Invisibility Is an Unnatural Disorder (577) [??-??]

Also Noted:

Records in hand, graded B+ or below, in alphabetical order within grade slots:

Limited sampling: Records I played parts of, but not enough to grade: -- means no interest, - not bad but not a prospect, + some chance, ++ likely prospect.

Reissues/Compilations/Vault Music:

In previous years I tried to separate reissues from compilations, including newly released vault items in the latter. This made sense when I was reviewing a lot of Recycled Goods material, but led to other problems with year-end lists, so as of 2013 anything containing any previously released material is collected here, and anything that is wholly previously unreleased is treated as new, above.

Pending

Records in hand, sorted by artist, or release date if future. Those marked ** are downloads in hand.

• Dave Brubeck Trio: Live From Vienna 1967 (Brubeck Editions) [04-15]
• Pepper Adams With the Tommy Banks Trio: Live at Room at the Top (1972, Reel to Real) [04-23]
• Charles Mingus: The Lost Album: From Ronnie Scott's (1972, Resonance, 3CD) [04-29]

Also Noted: