Music Tracking 2014

These are 2014 releases that I've taken note of, listed alphabetically by artist, with VA comps at the bottom. My grades, where available, are in brackets at the end of the line (stars in B+ range). Lines in blue indicate that I have a physical copy (albeit sometimes just a promo CDR); in green are records that I graded based on a Rhapsody stream or other such source. Most records have release dates and a brief generic note (usually taken from AMG). When I first put this file together, I dropped records once I had rated them. On Aug. 25, I folded the year-end list back in, both to give a sense of context (what I've heard vs. what I haven't) and to weed out some errors.

Unheard records are prioritized 0-3 (graded records are 4-5). The priotization is based subjectively on personal interests, reviews I've noticed, reviewers I particularly respect, what I know about the artists, etc. Roughly speaking: 0 is something I have no reason to consider (default page omits 0); 1 has been noted as having some cred somewhere; 2 is something I have some specific reason to search out; 3 is something I'll listen to ASAP.

Option selectors:

New Releases

  • 3D [Dabrowski Davis Drury]: Vermilion Tree (ForTune) - jazz
  • Mindi Abair: Wild Heart (Concord/Heads Up) [05-27] - contemporary jazz
  • Greg Abate Quartet: Motif (Whaling City Sound) - jazz [A-]
  • Jason Adasiewicz's Sun Rooms: From the Region (Delmark) [08-26] - jazz [***]
  • Afro Bop Alliance: Angel Eyes (Zoho) - Latin jazz
  • Afro Latin Vintage Orchestra: Pulsion (Ubiquity) [08-26] - jazz [***]
  • Anders Ahlen Unit: Lines and Dots (Signal and Sound) - jazz
  • Jason Ajemian: Folklords (Delmark) - jazz [A-]
  • Jason Ajemian/Tony Malaby/Rob Mazurek/Chad Taylor: A Way a Land of Life (NoBusiness) - jazz [***]
  • Melissa Aldana & Crash Trio: Melissa Aldana & Crash Trio (Concord) [06-24] - jazz [*]
  • Ralph Alessi/Kris Davis/Ingrid Laubrock/Tom Rainey: Lark (Skirl) - jazz
  • JD Allen: Bloom (Savant) [04-22] - jazz
  • Fabian Almazan: Rhizome (ArtistShare) - piano jazz
  • Rodrigo Amado: Wire Quartet (Clean Feed) - jazz [A-]
  • Rodrigo Amado Motion Trio & Peter Evans: Live in Lisbon (NoBusiness) - jazz [**]
  • Rodrigo Amado Motion Trio & Peter Evans: The Freedom Principle (NoBusiness) - jazz [**]
  • Oren Ambarchi/Eli Keszler: Alps (Dancing Wayang) - jazz
  • Scott Amendola/Charlie Hunter: Pucker (Sazi) - jazz
  • The Ames Room: Struggling in Public (Norwegianism) - jazz
  • AMM: Place Sub V (Matchless) - jazz
  • Angles 9: Injuries (Clean Feed) - jazz [***]
  • Lotte Anker/Jakob Riis: Squid Police (Konvoy) [11-11] - jazz [*]
  • Apuh!: Ett (Pälsrobot) - jazz
  • Allison Au Quartet: The Sky Was Pale Blue, Then Grey (self-released) [10-28] - jazz [**]
  • Audio One: An International Report (Audiographic) [05-15] - free jazz [***]
  • Audio One: The Midwest School (Audiographic) [05-15] - free jazz
  • Omer Avital: New Song (Motema) [03-04] - jazz [*]
  • Awakening Orchestra: Vol 1: This Is Not the Answer (Innova) - jazz
  • Azure: Hiptronics (Azuremusic) - jazz
  • Joachim Badenhorst: Forest Mori (Klein) - jazz
  • Ginger Baker: Why? (Motéma Music) [05-27] - continental jazz
  • Ballister: Both Ends (Bocian) [03-00] - free jazz
  • Billy Bang/William Parker: Medicine Buddha (2009, NoBusiness) - jazz [A-]
  • Diego Barber + Craig Taborn: Tales (Sunnyside) - jazz
  • Kenny Barron/Dave Holland: The Art of Conversation (Blue Note) - jazz [***]
  • Battle Trance: Palace of Wind (New Amsterdam) [08-26] - jazz [**]
  • Fini Bearman: Porgy and Bess (F-ire) - vocal jazz
  • Albert Beger Trio: The Way to Go (Jazzis) - jazz
  • Ben Bennett/Jack Wright: Tangle (Public Eyesore) - jazz
  • Ginger Berglung & Scott Whitfield: Solitary Moon (Bi-Coastal Music) - jazz
  • Jerry Bergonzi: Intersecting Lines (Savant) [04-12] - jazz
  • Peter Bernstein: Solo Guitar: Live at Smalls (Smalls Live) - jazz
  • Andy Bey: Pages From an Imaginary Life (HighNote) - vocal jazz
  • David Binney: Anacapa (Criss Cross) - jazz [*]
  • Nate Birkey: Just a Closer Walk (Household Ink) - jazz
  • Raoul Björkenheim: Ecstasy (Cuneiform) [01-21] - guitar jazz [***]
  • Black Milk Impulses: Manifesto (Meta) - jazz
  • Black Top: No 1 (Babel) - jazz
  • Daniel Blacksberg Trio: Perilous Architecture (NoBusiness) - jazz [***]
  • Brian Blade & the Fellowship Band: Landmarks (Blue Note) [04-29] - modern jazz [*]
  • Jonathan Blake: Gone but Not Forgotten (Criss Cross) [06-13] - jazz
  • Michael Blake: Tiddy Boom (Sunnyside) [10-28] - jazz [A-]
  • Tom Blancarte: The Shortening of the Way (Tubapede) - jazz
  • Paul Bley: Play Blue: Oslo Concert (ECM) [05-06] - piano jazz
  • Lena Bloch: Feathery (Thirteenth Note) - jazz [***]
  • Blood, Sweat, Drum + Bass: In the Spirit Of . . . (Blood Sweat Media) - jazz
  • Blue-Eyed Hawk: Under the Moon (Edition) - jazz
  • Fiorenzo Bodrato: Travelling Without Moving (CMC) - jazz [***]
  • Bogan Ghost: Zerfall () - jazz
  • Stefano Bollani: Joy in Spite of Everything (ECM) [08-25] - piano jazz
  • Paul Bollenback: Portraits in Space and Time (Mayimba) - guitar jazz
  • Ralph Bowen: Standard Deviation (Posi-Tone) - jazz
  • Kris Bowers: Heroes + Misfits (Concord Jazz) - jazz [B-]
  • Bobby Bradford/Frode Gjerstad: Silver Cornet (Nessa) - jazz
  • The Brand New Heavies: Sweet Freaks (Eagle) [11-25] - acid jazz
  • Anthony Braxton/Tomas Fujiwara/Tom Rainey: Trio New Haven 2013 (New Braxton House) - jazz
  • Anthony Braxton: Duo (Amherst) 2010 (New Braxton House) - jazz
  • Patrick Breiner's Double Double: Mileage (Sulde) [04-01] - jazz [*]
  • Peter Brendler: Outside the Line (Posi-Tone) - jazz [***]
  • Matt Brewer: Mythology (Criss Cross) [09-16] - jazz
  • Alan Broadbent: Heart to Heart (Chilly Bin) - piano jazz
  • Till Brönner: The Movie Album () [10-14] - contemporary jazz
  • Peter Brötzmann/Peeter Uuskyla: Dead and Useless (Omlott) - free jazz
  • Peter Brötzmann/Jason Adasiewicz/John Edwards/Steve Noble: Mental Shake (Otoroku) - jazz
  • Peter Brötzmann/John Edwards/Steve Noble: Soul Food Available (Clean Feed) [11-21] - jazz [***]
  • Otis Brown III: The Thought of You (Blue Note) [09-23] - modern jazz [B]
  • Albin Bruns NAH Quartett: Wegmarken (Double Moon) [09-05] - jazz
  • Jane Bunnett and Maqueque: Jane Bunnett and Maqueque (Justin Time) - jazz
  • The Bureau of Atomic Tourism: Spinning Jenny (Rat) - jazz
  • Ellen Burr/Michael Unruh: Where Am I From, Where Am I Going (Pfmentum) - jazz
  • Dave Burrell/Steve Swell: Turning Point (NoBusiness) - jazz [A-]
  • Ann Hampton Callaway: From Sassy to Divine: Sarah Vaughan Project (Shanachie) [09-16] - vocal jazz
  • Cantus: A Harvest Home (self-released) - jazz
  • Steve Cardenas: Melody in a Dream (Sunnyside) - jazz [*]
  • Jungman Carlo: Jungman Carlo (Distrosong) [05-16] - jazz
  • Malonie Carre: Forever (self-released) - vocal jazz [B]
  • François Carrier/Michel Lambert/Alexey Lapin: The Russian Concerts Volume 2 (FMR) [10-14] - jazz [***]
  • Juan Pablo Carletti/Tony Malaby/Christopher Hoffman: Niño/Brujo (NoBusiness) - jazz [***]
  • Michael Carvin Experience: Flash Forward (Motema) [08-19] - jazz
  • Frank Catalano/Jimmy Chamberlin/Percy Jones/Chris Poland/Adam Benjamin: Love Supreme Collective (Ropeadope) [09-30] - jazz [*]
  • The Cellar and Point: Ambit (Cuneiform) [10-14] - chamber jazz [B]
  • Joan Chamorro & Andrea Motis: Feeling Good (Temps Spain) - jazz
  • Alan Chan Jazz Orchestra: Shrimp Tale (Crown Heights Audio Network) - jazz [*]
  • Tom Chang: Tongue & Groove (Raw Toast) - jazz [**]
  • Brian Charette: The Question That Drives Us (Steeplechase) [10-02] - jazz
  • Brian Charette: Good Tipper (Posi-Tone) - jazz
  • Cyrus Chestnut: Midnight Melodies (Smoke Sessions) [07-08] - jazz
  • Chicago Underground Duo: Locus (Northern Spy) - jazz [***]
  • Billy Childs: Map to the Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro (Sony Masterworks) [09-09] - jazz [B-]
  • Chingari: Bombay Makossa (Abstract Logix) [09-16] - jazz [*]
  • Eric Church: The Outsiders (Captiol Nashville) [02-11] - country; JG near pick [*]
  • Marko Churnchetz: Devotion (Whirlwind) - jazz
  • Circum Grand Orchestra: 12 (Circum Disc) - jazz
  • The Stanley Clarke Band: Up (Mack Avenue) [09-30] - jazz
  • John Clayton: The Parlor Series Vol 1 - Gerald Clayton LTD (ArtistShare) - jazz
  • Nels Cline & Julian Lage: Room (Mack Avenue) [11-25] - jazz [*]
  • Jimmy Cobb: The Original Mob (Smoke Sessions) [06-10] - jazz [***]
  • Jeff Coffin & the Mu'tet: Side Up (Ear Up) [11-04] - jazz
  • Avishai Cohen's Triveni: Dark Nights (Anzic) [10-27] - jazz
  • Greg Cohen: Golden State (Relative Pitch) - jazz
  • Haggai Cohen-Milo: Penguin (Tzadik) [05-00] - jazz
  • Freddy Cole: Singing the Blues (High Note) - vocal jazz [**]
  • Linda Cole & Joshua Bowlus: What a Wonderful World (self-released) - vocal jazz
  • Lloyd Cole: Standards (Omnivore) - jazz
  • Jeff Colella/Putter Smith: Lotus Blossom (The American Jazz Institute/Capri) - jazz [**]
  • Graham Collier: Luminosity: The Last Suites (Jazz Continuum) - jazz
  • Alessandro Collina/Rodolfo Cervetto/Marc Peillon/Fabrizio Bosso: Michel on Air (ITI) [07-24] - jazz [***]
  • Kevin Conlon/The Groove Rebellion: In Transit (Blujazz) - jazz [*]
  • Cat Conner: Cat House (Cat Tales) - vocal jazz
  • The Cookers: Time and Time Again (Motema Music) [09-16] - jazz [***]
  • Kevin Connor: Swingtet () - trad jazz/cuban son
  • Jack Cooper: Mists: Charles Ives for Jazz Orchestra (Planet Arts) [08-22] - jazz [*]
  • The Core Trio: The Core Trio With Matthew Shipp (self-released) - jazz [A-]
  • Chick Corea Trio: Trilogy (Concord, 3CD) [09-09] - piano jazz [***]
  • Jeff Cosgrove/Matthew Shipp/William Parker: Alternating Current () - jazz
  • Sylvie Courvoisier: Double Windsor (Tzadik) [06-00] - jazz
  • Sylvie Courvoisier: Double Windsor () - jazz
  • Eric-Maria Couturier/Henri Roger/Emmanuelle Somer/Bruno Tocanne: Parce Que (Instant Musics) - jazz
  • Neil Cowley Trio: Touch and Flee (Naim Jazz) [09-09] - piano jazz [*]
  • Theo Crocker: AfroPhysicist (Okeh) [05-19] - jazz [*]
  • Connie Crothers: Concert in Paris (New Artists) - jazz
  • Jamie Cullum: Interlude (Island) - vocal jazz
  • The Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra: Gimme Some Sugar Baby! (Jamco) - big band jazz
  • Jeremiah Cymerman/Nate Wooley/Evan Parker: World of Objects (5049) - jazz
  • Jeremiah Cymerman: Pale Horse (5049) - jazz
  • Carsten Dahl Trio: A Good Time (Storyville) - piano jazz
  • Piotr Damasiewicz Project: Imprographic 1 (ForTune) - jazz
  • Piotr Damasiewicz Project: Mnemotaksja (ForTune) - jazz
  • Franco D'Andrea: Monk and the Time Machine (Parco Della Musical) - jazz
  • Dee Daniels: Intimate Conversations (Origin) [09-16] - vocal jazz [B-]
  • Lars Danielsson: Libreto II (ACT) - jazz
  • Nils Davidsen: Noget At Glaede Sig Til (ILK Music) - jazz
  • Tara Davidson: Duets (Addo) [10-07] - jazz [**]
  • Charles Davis: For the Love of Lori (CD Baby) [06-02] - jazz
  • Jeff Davis: Dragon Father (Fresh Sound New Talent) - jazz [***]
  • De Beren Gieren + Susana Santos Silva: The Detour Fish: Live in Ljubljana (Clean Feed) [11-21] - jazz [**]
  • Dead Neanderthals & Colin Webster: Prime (Gaffer) - jazz
  • Massimo de Mattia 4tet: Hypermodern (Rudi) - jazz
  • Rob Derke & the NY Jazz Quartet: Blue Divide (Zoho) - jazz [***]
  • Laura Dickinson: One for My Baby: To Frank Sinatra With Love (Blujazz) [12-14] - vocal jazz [**]
  • Paul Dietrich Quintet: We Always Get There (Blujazz) - jazz [*]
  • Ron Di Salvio: Songs for Jazz Legends (Blujazz) - jazz [B]
  • Diva: A Swingin' Life (MCG Jazz) - jazz [**]
  • Armen Donelian: Sayat-Nova: Songs of My Ancestors (Sunnyside) - jazz
  • Henrik Otto Donner & TUMO: And It Happened . . . (TUM) - jazz [**]
  • Piere Dorge and the New Jungle Orchestra: Tjak Tjaka Tchicai (SteepleChase) - jazz
  • Dave Douglas/Chet Doxas/Steve Swallow/Jim Doxas: Riverside (Greenleaf Music) - jazz [A-]
  • Paquito D'Rivera: Jazz Meets the Classics (Paquito) - jazz
  • Marc Ducret: Tower-Bridge (Ayler) - jazz
  • Jozef Dumoulin: A Fender Rhodes Solo (Bee Jazz) - jazz
  • Chris Dundas: Oslo Odyssey (BLM, 2CD) [09-16] - jazz [***]
  • Paul Dunmall/Philip Gibbs/Neil Metcalfe: The Ravens Look (FMR) - jazz
  • Donald Edwards: Evolution of an Influenced Mind (Criss Cross) [02-18] - jazz [**]
  • EFT: Spatial Awareness (Out Now) - jazz
  • Mark Egan: About Now (Wavetone) - jazz [B-]
  • Shauli Einav: A Truth About Me (Cristal) - jazz
  • Mark Elf: Returns 2014 (Jen Bay Jazz) - jazz [**]
  • Ensemble Progresivo: Hesitancy (Creative Sources) - jazz
  • Enten Eller: Pietas (Splasc(H)) - jazz
  • Eple Trio: Universal Cycle (Shipwreckords/Phonofile) - jazz
  • John Escreet: Sound, Space and Structures (Sunnyside) [05-13] - jazz
  • Gabriel Espinosa/Hendrik Meurkens: Samba Little Samba (Zoho) - Brazilian jazz
  • Ethnic Heritage Ensemble: Black Is Back (Catalyst) [08-19] - jazz [***]
  • Oran Etkin: Gatherng Light (Motema Music) - jazz
  • Charles Evans: Subliminal Leaps (More Is More) - jazz
  • Orrin Evans: Liberation Blues (Smoke Sessions) [08-12] - jazz [**]
  • Peter Evans/Raleigh Dailey: Measure From Zero (Llama) - jazz
  • Expansions: The Dave Liebman Group: Samsara (Whaling City Sound) - jazz [*]
  • Fail Better!: Zero Sum (JACC) - jazz
  • Fake the Facts: Soundtrack (Trost) - jazz
  • Farmers by Nature: Love and Ghosts (AUM Fidelity) [08-12] - jazz [A-]
  • Scott Feiner & Pandeiro Jazz: A View From Below (self-released) - jazz [B]
  • Cynthia Felton: Cynthia Felton Sings the Nancy Wilson Classics: Save Your Love for Me (self-released) - vocal jazz
  • Agustí Fernandéz/Mats Gustafsson: Constellation (Clamshell) - jazz
  • Steve Fidyk: Heads Up! (Posi-Tone) - jazz
  • Jean Luc Fillon: Oboman Plays Cole Porter: Begin the Night . . . (Soupir Editions) - jazz [B]
  • Fire! Orchestra: Second Exit (Rune Grammofon) - jazz
  • Fire! Orchestra: Enter (Rune Grammofon) [05-14] - jazz [**]
  • Paul Flaherty/Randall Colbourne: Ironic Havoc (Relative Pitch) - jazz
  • Paul Flaherty/Chris Corsano: Low Cost Space Flights (Feedtube) - jazz
  • Flametet: A General History of Flame (self-released) - jazz
  • Foils Quartet: The Jersey Lily (Creative Sources) - jazz
  • Danny Fox Trio: Wide Eyed (Hot Cup) - piano jazz [***]
  • Tori Freestone Trio: In the Chop House (Whirlwind) - jazz
  • Friends and Neighbors: Hymn for a Hungry Nation (Clean Feed) [11-21] - jazz [**]
  • David Friesen Circle 3 Trio: Where the Light Fails (Origin, 2CD) [11-17] - piano jazz [**]
  • Bill Frisell: Guitar in the Space Age (Okeh) [10-07] - jazz [***]
  • Tomas Fujiwara Trio: Variable Bets (Relative Pitch) [12-02] - jazz
  • Larry Fuller: Larry Fuller (Capri) [09-16] - piano jazz [***]
  • Garbacho Maroconnection: Bissara (Label Oued) [05-15] - jazz
  • Richard Galliano: Sentimentale (Resonance) [09-30] - jazz [A-]
  • Hal Galper Trio: O's Time (Origin) [09-16] - piano jazz [**]
  • Margarida Garcia: The Leaden Echo (Headlights) - jazz
  • Renaud Garcia-Fons: Beyond the Double Bass (Enja) - jazz
  • Hilary Gardner: The Great City (Anzic) - vocal jazz
  • Ananda Gari: T-Duality (Auand) - jazz [**]
  • Gato Libre: DuDu (Libra) - jazz [B]
  • Stephen Gauci/Kirk Knuffke/Ken Filiano: Chasing Tales (Relative Pitch) - jazz
  • Nora Germain: Little Dipper (self-released) - jazz
  • Get the Blessing: Lope and Antilope (Naim Jazz) - jazz [*]
  • Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio: We're Back (Whaling City Sound) [09-09] - jazz [**]
  • Roby Glod/Roberta Piket/Mark Tokar/Klaus Kugel: Op Der Schmelz Live (NEMU) - jazz
  • GoGo Penguin: V2.0 (Gondwana) [03-17] - fusion jazz
  • Jared Gold: JG3+3 (Posi-Tone) - jazz
  • Ben Goldberg: Worry Later (BAG Production) [05-20] - jazz [**]
  • Larry Goldings: Ramshackle Serenade (Pirouet) [05-27] - jazz
  • Brad Goode Quartet: Montezuma (Origin) [10-21] - jazz [**]
  • Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band: Life in the Bubble (Concord) [05-13] - jazz
  • Sax Gordon: In the Wee Small Hours (Delmark) - jazz [**]
  • Grand Union Orchestra: The Song of Many Tongues (Redgold) - jazz
  • Danny Green Trio: After the Calm (OA2) [11-17] - jazz [**]
  • Jimmy Greene: Beautiful Life (Mack Avenue) - jazz [*]
  • Lars Greve: Breidablik (Hiatus) - jazz
  • Johnny Griffith: Dance With the Lady (GB) - jazz [*]
  • The Grip: Celebrate (Slowfoot) - jazz
  • Brian Groder Trio: Reflexology (Latham) - jazz [***]
  • Grünen [Achim Kaufmann/Robert Landfermann/Christian Lillinger]: Pith & Twig (Clean Feed) [11-21] - jazz [***]
  • Mats Gustafsson: Torturing the Saxophone (Corbett vs Dempsey) - jazz
  • Barry Guy: Five Fizzles for Samuel Beckett (NoBusiness, EP) [11-00] - jazz [**]
  • Barry Guy: Amphi/Radio Rondo (Intakt) - jazz
  • Rich Halley 4: The Wisdom of Rocks (Pine Eagle) - free jazz [A-]
  • Mary Halvorson/Michael Formanek/Tomas Fujiwara: Thumbscrew (Cuneiform) [01-21] - jazz [A-]
  • Mary Halvorson: Reverse Blue (Relative Pitch) - jazz [***]
  • Scott Hamilton: Live at Smalls (Smalls Live) [09-09] - jazz
  • Ross Hammond: Humanity Suite (Prescott) - jazz [***]
  • Darryl Harper: The Need's Got to Be So Deep (Hipnotic) - jazz
  • Tom Harrell: Trip (High Note) [08-12] - jazz
  • Tom Harrell: The Auditorium Session (Parco Della Musica) - jazz
  • Joel Harrison: Mother Stump (Cuneiform) [05-13] - jazz
  • Elias Haslanger: Live at the Gallery (Cherrywood) - jazz [*]
  • Alexander Hawkins: Song Singular (Babel) - piano jazz
  • Louis Hayes: Return of the Jazz Communicators (Smoke Sessions) [05-13] - jazz
  • Phil Haynes: No Fast Food: In Concert (Corner Store Jazz, 2CD) - jazz [***]
  • Robin Hayward: Nouveau Saxhorn Nouveau Basse (Pogus) - jazz
  • David Hazeltine: For All We Know (Smoke Sessions) - jazz [***]
  • Jimmy Heath Big Band: Togetherness: Live at the Blue Note (Jazz Legacy) - jazz
  • David Helbock's Random/Control: Think of Two (Traumton) - jazz [**]
  • Jerry Heldman: Revelation(s) (Origin, 2CD) [09-16] - jazz [B]
  • Arve Henriksen: Places of Worship (Rune Grammofon) - jazz
  • Arve Henriksen: The Nature of Connections (Rune Grammofon) - jazz
  • Benjamin Herman: Trouble (Dox) [07-15] - jazz [*]
  • Vincent Herring: Uptown Shuffle (Smoke Sessions) - jazz [**]
  • Maggie Herron: Good Thing (self-released) [10-21] - vocal jazz [**]
  • Fred Hersch: Floating (MRI) [07-09] - piano jazz
  • Conrad Herwig: The Latin Side of Joe Henderson (High Note) [09-16] - jazz
  • Kevin Hildebrandt: Tolerance (Summit) - jazz [**]
  • Pamela Hines Trio: Thrive! (Spice Rack) - piano jazz
  • Hiromi: Alive (Telarc) - piano jazz
  • Eric Hofbauer: Prehistoric Jazz Volume 1: The Rite of Spring (Creative Nation Music) - jazz [***]
  • Eric Hofbauer: Prehistoric Jazz Volume 2: Quintet for the End of Time (Creative Nation Music) - jazz [**]
  • Will Holshouser/Matt Munisteri/Marcus Rojas: Introducing Musette Explosion (Aviary) [11-01] - jazz [**]
  • Erik Honore: Heliographs (Hubro) - jazz
  • William Hooker & Liudas Mockunas: Live at the Vilnius Jazz Festival (NoBusiness) - jazz [A-]
  • Wayne Horvitz: 55: Music and Dance in Concrete (Cuneiform) - jazz [B]
  • Wayne Horvitz/The Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble: At the Reception (Songlines) - jazz
  • Charlie Hunter & Scott Amendola: The Cars (Charlie Hunter Music) - jazz
  • Hush Point: Blues and Reds (Sunnyside) - jazz
  • Bobby Hutcherson/David Sanborn/Joey DeFrancesco: Enjoy the View (Blue Note) - jazz [*]
  • I Compani: Verdi 2.00 (Icdisc) - jazz
  • ICP Orchestra: East of the Sun (ICP) [08-22] - jazz [**]
  • Ideal Bread: Beating the Teens: Songs of Steve Lacy (Cuneiform, 2CD) [05-13] - jazz [***]
  • Tommy Igoe: The Tommy Igoe Rhythm Conspiracy (Deep Rhythm) [09-23] - jazz [B-]
  • Indigo Mist [Cuong Vu/Richard Karpen]: That the Days Go By and Never Come Again (Rare Noise) - jazz
  • The Eric Ineke Jazzxpress: Cruisin' (Challenge) - jazz
  • Interstatic: Arise (Rare Noise) - jazz
  • The Intuition Orchestra: To the Inside (ForTune) - jazz
  • Jon Irabagon/Mark Helias/Barry Altschul: It Takes All Kinds (Irabbagast/Jazzwerkstatt) - jazz [***]
  • Anne Mette Iversen's Double Life: So Many Roads (Brooklyn Jazz Underground) - jazz
  • Vijay Iyer: Mutations (ECM) - jazz [A-]
  • Jason Jackson: Inspiration (Jack & Hill Music/Planet Arts) [10-14] - jazz [B]
  • Javon Jackson: Expression (Smoke Sessions) - jazz [*]
  • Paul Jackson Trio: Groove or Die (Whirlwind) - pop jazz
  • Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey: Worker (Royal Potato Family) [10-14] - avant-garde jazz
  • Peter Jacquemyn: Dig Deep (ChampdAction) - jazz
  • Ahmad Jamal/Yusef Lateef: Live at the Olympia: June 27, 2012 (Jazz Village, 2CD) [09-07] - jazz
  • James Farm: City Folk (Nonesuch) [10-27] - jazz
  • Al Jarreau: My Old Friend: Celebrating George Duke (Concord) [08-05] - vocal jazz
  • Keith Jarrett/Charlie Haden: Last Dance (2007, ECM) [06-17] - jazz
  • Jax Jazz Collective: Lotus Blossom: The Music of Billy Strayhorn (J-Bo) - jazz
  • Anthony Jefferson: But Beautiful (2014, self-released) - vocal jazz [**]
  • Mark Jennett: Everybody Says Don't (Jazzizit) - vocal jazz
  • Christine Jensen Jazz Orchestra: Habitat (Justin Time) - jazz [*]
  • Max Johnson: The Prisoner (NoBusiness) - jazz [***]
  • Richard Leo Johnson: Celeste (Soft Science) - jazz
  • Russ Johnson: Meeting Point (Relay) [05-16] - jazz
  • Russ Johnson: Still Out to Lunch (Yellowbird) [10-10] - jazz [**]
  • Jokleba: Outland (ECM) - jazz
  • Darius Jones/Matthew Shipp: Cosmic Lieder: The Darkseid Recital (AUM Fidelity) [08-12] - avant-garde jazz [*]
  • Paul Jones: Short History (Blujazz) - jazz [**]
  • Sean Jones: Im-pro-vise Never Before Seen (Mack Avenue) [07-22] - jazz
  • Paul Jost: Breaking Through (Dot Time) - vocal jazz
  • Kalle Kalima & K-18: Buñuel de Jour (TUM) [09-16] - jazz [***]
  • Rafael Karlen: The Sweetness of Things Half-Remembered (Pinnacles) - jazz
  • Darrell Katz and the JCA Orchestra: Why Do You Ride? (Leo) [10-14] - jazz [*]
  • Ryan Keberle & Catharsis: Into the Zone (Greenleaf Music) [09-30] - jazz [*]
  • Assaf Kehati Trio: Naked (self-released) - jazz
  • Stacey Kent: The Changing Lights (Warner Jazz) - jazz [**]
  • Steve Khan: Subtext (Tone Center) [06-24] - jazz
  • Frank Kimbrough: Quartet (Palmetto) [10-14] - piano jazz
  • Kirk Knuffke and Jesse Stacken: Five (Steeplechase) - jazz
  • Toby Koenigsberg Trio: Drift (Ninjazz) - piano jazz
  • Lee Konitz/Dan Tepfer/Michael Janisch/Jeff Williams: First Meeting: Live in London Volume 1 (Whirlwind) - jazz [***]
  • Konstrukt & Marshall Allen: Live at Sant'anna Aressi Jazz Festival (8mm) - jazz
  • Köök: Imber, Wiltshire (Va Fongool) - jazz
  • Kristin Korb: Finding Home (self-released) - vocal jazz
  • Jonathan Kreisberg: Wave Upon Wave (New for Now Music) [11-11] - jazz [*]
  • Yoni Kretzmer/Pascal Niggenkemper/Weasel Walter: Protest Music (Out Now) - jazz
  • Krokofant: Krokofant (Rume Grammofon) - jazz
  • Kronomorfic [David Borgo & Paul Pellegrin]: Entangled (OA2) [10-21] - jazz [*]
  • Martin Küchen: . . . And Everything Inside Came Down as Dust (Confront) - jazz
  • Jonas Kullhammar: Gentlemen (Moserobie) - jazz [A-]
  • LA 6: Frame of Mind (Jazzed Media) - jazz
  • Arthur Lacerda/Eduardo Manso/Paal Nilssen-Love/Felipe Zenicola: Bota Fogo (Bocian) - jazz
  • Andrew Lafkas: 1+1 = Year Zero (Watermoon) - jazz
  • Oliver Lake Organ Quartet: What I Heard (Passin' Thru) - jazz [**]
  • Michel Lambert: Journal des Épisodes II (Jazz From Rant) [11-18] - jazz [***]
  • Bob Lark and His Alumni Big Band: Sweet Return (Jazzed Media) - jazz
  • Ingrid Laubrock & Tom Rainey: And Other Desert Towns (Relative Pitch) - jazz
  • Ingrid Laubrock Octet: Zürich Concert (Intakt) - jazz [*]
  • Matt Lavelle/John Pietaro: Harmolodic Monk (Unseen Rain) [06-27] - jazz [**]
  • Azar Lawrence: The Seeker (Sunnyside) [07-08] - jazz [**]
  • Daunik Lazro/Benjamin Duboc/Didier Lasserre: Sens Radiants (Dark Tree) - jazz
  • Joëlle Léandre/Pascal Contet: 3 (Ayler) - jazz
  • Nguyen Lê: Celebrating the Dark Side of the Moon (ACT) - jazz
  • Lean Left: Live at the Area Sismica (Unsounds) - free jazz
  • Anja Lechner/François Couturier: Moderato Cantabile (ECM New Series) [09-16] - jazz
  • Led Bib: The People in Your Neighborhood (Cuneiform) [05-13] - jazz
  • Led Bib: The Good Egg (Cuneiform) [05-13] - jazz
  • Mike LeDonne: I Love Music (Savant) [05-19] - jazz
  • Enoch Lee: Finish Line (self-released) - jazz
  • Steve Lehman Octet: Mise en Abîme (Pi) [06-24] - jazz [A]
  • Gianni Lenoci/Kent Carter/Bill Elgart: Plaything (NoBusiness) - jazz [***]
  • Stefano Leonardi/Stefano Pastor/Fridolin Blumer/Heinz Geisser: Conversations About Thomas Chapin (Leo) - jazz
  • Jerry Léonide: The Key (ACT) - jazz
  • L'Étau: Choses Clandestines (Disques Bloc Thyristors) - jazz
  • Dave Liebman Big Band: A Tribute to Wayne Shorter (Summit) [08-12] - jazz [*]
  • Helge Lien Trio: Badgers and Other Beings (Ozella) [05-02] - jazz
  • John Lindberg/Anil Eraslan: Juggling Kukla (NoBusiness) - jazz [**]
  • The Mark Lomax Trio: Isis & Osiris (Inarhyme) [09-16] - jazz [A-]
  • Fred Lonberg-Holm/Frode Gjerstad: Life on Sandpaper (FMR) - jazz
  • The Mike Longo Trio: Celebrates Oscar Peterson: Live (CAP) [10-07] - piano jazz [**]
  • Luis Lopes Lisbon Berlin Trio: The Line (Clean Feed) [11-21] - jazz [A-]
  • Michelle Lordi: Michelle Lordi Sings (self-released) - vocal jazz
  • Low Society: You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down (Icehouse) - vocal jazz [*]
  • Jan Lundgren: All By Myself (Fresh Sound) - piano jazz [**]
  • Carmen Lundy: Soul to Soul (Afrasia) - vocal jazz
  • Brian Lynch and Emmet Cohen: Questioned Answer (Hollistic Musicworks) [07-31] - jazz [**]
  • Harold Mabern: Right on Time (Smoke Sessions) [01-08] - jazz [*]
  • Peter Madsen: Elvis Never Left the Building (Playscape) - piano jazz
  • Joe Magnarelli: Lookin' Up (Posi-Tone) [06-24] - jazz
  • Dean Magraw & Eric Kamau Gravatt: Fire on the Nile (Red House) [10-14] - jazz [**]
  • Mike Majkowski: Why Is There Something Instead of Nothing (Bocian) - jazz
  • Tony Malaby TubaCello: Scorpion Eater (Clean Feed) [11-21] - jazz [***]
  • Luke Malewicz: Green Ruins (Heritage Jazz) - jazz
  • Mammal Hands: Mammal Hands (Gondwana) - jazz
  • Sarah Manning: Harmonious Creature (Posi-Tone) - jazz [***]
  • Karen Mantler: Business Is Bad (ECM/Xtra Watt) [07-29] - vocal jazz
  • Michael Mantler: The Jazz Composer's Update (ECM) - jazz [B]
  • Louis-Michel Marion: 5 Strophes (Kadima) - jazz
  • Thomas Marriott: Urban Folklore (Origin) [10-21] - jazz [*]
  • Branford Marsalis: In My Solitude: Live at Grace Cathedral (Okeh) [10-21] - jazz [**]
  • Delfeayo Marsalis: The Last Southern Gentlemen (Troubadour Jass) - jazz [***]
  • Ellis Marsalis Trio: On the Second Occasion (ELM) - jazz
  • Emilia Martensson: Ana (Babel) - jazz
  • Ross Martin/Max Johnson/Jeff Davis: Big Eyed Rabbit (Not Two) [07-01] - jazz [B]
  • Harvey Mason Sr: Chameleon (Concord) [04-29] - crossover jazz
  • Matadors: Matadorials (Birncore) - jazz
  • Tina May: My Kinda Love (Hep) - vocal jazz
  • Rob Mazurek: Mother Ode (Corbett vs Dempsey) - jazz
  • Rob Mazurek and Black Cube SP: Return the Tides: Ascension Suite and Holy Ghost (Cuneiform) [10-14] - jazz
  • Alexander McCabe/Paul Odeh: This Is Not a Pipe (Wamco) - jazz [**]
  • Carol McCartney: Be Cool (self-released) - vocal jazz
  • Dave McConnell Group: The Dragon and the Griffin (New Atlantis) - jazz
  • Andrew McCormack: First Light (Edition) - piano jazz
  • Zara McFarlane: If You Knew Her (Brownswood) [01-20] - vocal jazz [B]
  • Pete McGuinness Jazz Orchestra: Strength in Numbers (Summit) - jazz [*]
  • John McLaughlin & the 4th Dimension: The Boston Record (Abstract Logix) [03-18] - jazz [B]
  • Joe McPhee: Glasses (Corbett & Dempsey) - jazz
  • Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood: Juice (Indirecto) [09-16] - electric jazz [*]
  • Giocomo Merega/Noah Kaplan/Joe Moffett: Crows and Motives (Underwolf) - jazz
  • Collette Michaan: Incarnate/Encarna (self-released) [12-02] - jazz [B]
  • The Microscopic Septet: Manhattan Moonrise (Cuneiform) [05-27] - jazz [A-]
  • Microtub: Star System (Sofa) - jazz
  • Sei Miguel: Salvation Modes (Clean Feed) - jazz [*]
  • Ron Miles: Circuit Rider (Enja) [10-14] - jazz
  • Millennium Jazz Orchestra: Safety Zone (self-released) - jazz
  • Pete Mills: Sweet Shadow (Cellar Live) - jazz [***]
  • Andy Milne and Dapp Theory: Forward in All Directions (Whirlwind) - jazz
  • Gianni Mimmo/Alison Blunt: Lasting Ephemerals (Amirani) - jazz
  • Nicole Mitchell's Sonic Projections: The Secret Escapades of Velvet Anderson (RogueArt) - jazz
  • Roscoe Mitchell/Mike Reed: In Pursuit of Magic (482 Music) [01-28] - jazz
  • Roscoe Mitchell: Conversations I (Wide Hive) - jazz [B]
  • Roscoe Mitchell: Conversations II (Wide Hive) [04-15] - jazz [*]
  • Nils Petter Molvaer: Switch (Okeh/Sony) - jazz
  • Tony Monaco: Furry Slippers (Summit) - jazz [B]
  • Jemeel Moondoc: The Zookeeper's House (Relative Pitch) [05-27] - jazz
  • Stanton Moore: Conversations (Royal Potato Family) [04-15] - New Orleans jazz
  • Thurston Moore/Gabriel Ferrandini/Pedro Sousa: Live at ZDB (Shhpuma) - jazz
  • Joe Morris Quartet: Balance (Clean Feed) - jazz [**]
  • Moskus: Mestertyven (Hubro) - piano jazz [A-]
  • Sam Most: New Jazz Standards (Summit) - jazz [**]
  • Mostly Other People Do the Killing: Blue (Hot Cup) [10-14] - jazz [B]
  • Mssigno: Mssigno EP (Goon Club Allstars, EP) - JG near pick
  • Wolfgang Muthspiel: Driftwood (ECM) [06-24] - jazz [*]
  • Michael Musillami: Pride (Playscape) - jazz
  • Naked Wolf: Naked Wolf (El Negocito) - jazz [*]
  • National Jazz Trio of Scotland: Standards Vol III (Karaoke Kalk) [07-22] - jazz
  • Natura Morta: Decay (FMR) - jazz
  • Matt Nelson: Lower Bottoms (Tubapede) - jazz
  • Marius Neset/Trondheim Jazz Orchestra: Lion (ACT) - jazz
  • Keir Neuringer: Ceremonies Out of the Air (New Atlantis) - jazz
  • David Neves: Progress Report (self-released) - jazz
  • The New York Standards Quartet [NYSQ]: The New Straight Ahead (Whirlwind) - jazz
  • Sam Newsome: The Straight Horn of Africa: A Path to Liberation [The Art of the Soprano, Vol. 2] (self-released) [10-21] - jazz [A-]
  • Paal Nilssen-Love Large Unit: First Blow (PNL) - jazz
  • Paal Nilssen-Love Large Unit: Erta Ale (PNL, 3CD) [11-13] - jazz [***]
  • Miho Nobuzane: Simple Words: Jazz Loves Brazil (self-released) [10-21] - piano jazz [*]
  • Northwest + 1: Minor Suggestions (self-released) - jazz
  • Jim Norton Collective: Time Remembered: Compositions of Bill Evans (Origin) [11-17] - jazz [**]
  • NYTC New York-Tokyo Connection: Precious Live at the B-flat (Seven Steps) - jazz
  • Giorgio Occhipinti: Ronda de Musica (self-released) - jazz
  • Old Style Sextet: Old Style Sextet (Blujazz) - jazz [*]
  • Steve Olson: Conversations (self-released) - jazz
  • Opus 5: Progression (Criss Cross) [06-10] - jazz
  • Marialy Pacheco: Introducing (Neuklang) - piano jazz
  • The Ed Palermo Big Band: Oh No! Not Jazz!! (Cuneiform) [02-04] - jazz
  • Paragon: Cerca (Jellymould) - jazz
  • Parker Abbott Trio: The Wayfinders (self-released) [10-23] - jazz [B]
  • Juan Pastor: Chinchano (Ears & Eyes) - jazz
  • Hanna Paulsberg Concept: Song for Josia (Ora Fonogram) - jazz
  • Nicholas Payton: Numbers (Paytone) [07-22] - jazz [B-]
  • Rich Pellegrin Quintet: Episodes IV-VI (OA2) - jazz [*]
  • Clarence Penn & Penn Station: Monk: The Lost Files (Origin) [10-21] - jazz [*]
  • Danilo Perez: Panama 500 (Mack Avenue) [02-03] - Latin jazz [**]
  • Pericopes [Alessandro Sgobbio & Emiliano Vernizzi]: Frames (Parmafrontiere) [10-14] - jazz
  • Peripheral Vision: Sheer Tyranny of the Will (self-released) [09-23] - jazz [**]
  • Sonya Perkins: Dream a Little Dream (self-released) [10-21] - vocal jazz [B]
  • Shane Perlowin & Jacob Wick: Objet A (Prom Night) - jazz
  • Houston Person: The Melody Lingers On (High Note) [10-21] - jazz
  • Phantom Orchard Ensemble: Through the Looking Glass (Tzadik) [06-00] - jazz
  • Phronesis: Life to Everything (Edition) - jazz
  • Adam Pieronczyk: The Planet of Eternal Life (Jazzwerkstatt) - jazz [**]
  • Adam Pieronczyk Quartet: A-Trane Nights (Fortune, 2CD) [10-00] - jazz [***]
  • Alex Pinto & All India Permit: All Indis Permit (Pursuance) - jazz
  • Anthony Pirog: Palo Colorado Dream (Cuneiform) [10-14] - jazz [*]
  • Plasmic: Live at Chilli Jazz Festival 2013 (Leo) - jazz
  • Plymouth: Plymouth (Rare Noise) [04-06] - jazz [*]
  • Polar Bear: In Each and Every One (The Leaf Label) [04-01] - modern jazz
  • Tineke Postma/Greg Osby: Sonic Halo (Challenge) - jazz [***]
  • PRISM Quartet: People's Emergency Center (Innova) - jazz
  • Simon Purcell: Red Circle (Whirlwind) - piano jazz
  • Quadraceratops: Quadraceratops (Efpi) - jazz
  • Arun Ramamurthy Trio: Jazz Carnatica (self-released) - Indian jazz
  • Mason Razavi: Quartet Plus (First Orbit Sounds) - jazz
  • RED Trio & Mattias Ståhl: North and the Red Stream (NoBusiness) - jazz [**]
  • Joshua Redman: Trios Live (Nonesuch) - jazz [**]
  • Eric Reed: Groovewise (Smoke Sessions) [09-09] - jazz
  • Dianne Reeves: Beautiful Life (Concord Jazz) - vocal jazz [B-]
  • Xavi Reija: Resolution (Moonjune) - jazz [***]
  • Dave Rempis/Darren Johnston/Larry Ochs: Spectral (Aerophonic) - jazz [***]
  • Dave Rempis/Lasse Marhaug: Naancore (Aerophonic) - jazz [**]
  • Revolutionary Snake Ensemble: Live Snakes (Accurate) - jazz [A]
  • Marc Ribot Trio: Live at the Village Vanguard (Pi) - jazz [***]
  • Rex Richardson & Steve Wilson: Blue Shift (Summit) - jazz [***]
  • Sylvain Rifflet & Jon Irabagon: Perpetual Motion: A Celebration of Moondog (Jazz Village) [10-14] - jazz [*]
  • Howard Riley: To Be Continued (Slam) - piano jazz
  • Riverloam Trio: Inem Gortin (FMR) - jazz
  • Matana Roberts/Sam Shalabi/Nicolas Caloia: Feldspar (Tour de Bras) - jazz
  • Justin Robinson: Alana's Fantasy (Criss Cross) [06-10] - jazz
  • Diane Roblin: Reconnect (self-released) - jazz [*]
  • Roberto Rodriguez: Aguares: The Book of Angels Volume 23 (Tzadik) [07-00] - jazz
  • Jason Roebke: Combination (self-released) [04-09] - jazz [*]
  • Jason Roebke Octet: High/Red/Center (Delmark) - jazz [***]
  • Roil [Chris Abrahams/Mike Majkowski/James Waples]: Raft of the Meadows (NoBusiness) - jazz [***]
  • Rootville: Offshore (Double Moon) [09-05] - jazz
  • Rafael Rosa: Portrait (self-released) - jazz [**]
  • Daniel Rosenboom Quintet: Fire Keeper (Orenda) - jazz
  • Annie Ross: To Lady With Love (Red Anchor) - vocal jazz
  • Brandon Ross/Stomu Takeishi: For Living Lovers: Revealing Essence (Sunnyside) - jazz [B]
  • Rudy Royston: 303 (Greenleaf Music) [02-04] - jazz [**]
  • Rusconi: History Sugar Dream (Qilin/Beejazz) - jazz
  • Dylan Ryan/Sand: Circa (Cuneiform) [09-30] - jazz [*]
  • Jerome Sabbagh: The Turn (Sunnyside) [09-16] - jazz
  • Jamie Saft/Steve Swallow/Bobby Previte: The New Standard (Rare Noise) - jazz [*]
  • Akira Sakata/Giovanni Di Domenico: Iruman (Mbari Musica) [01-10] - free jazz [*]
  • Akira Sakata/Johan Berthling/Paal Nilssen-Love: Arashi (Trost) [06-14] - free jazz [***]
  • Akira Sakata/Fred Lonberg-Holm/Ketil Gutvik/Paal Nilssen-Love: The Cliff of Time (PNL) [05-00] - free jazz [*]
  • Samo Salamon Bassless Quartet: 2Alto (SteepleChase LookOut) - jazz [*]
  • Dino Saluzzi: El Valle de la Infancia (ECM) - jazz
  • Antonio Sanchez: Three Times Three () [08-05] - jazz
  • Sten Sandell/Paal Nilssen-Love: Jacana (Rune Grammofon) - jazz
  • Masahiko Satoh/Paal Nilssen-Love: Spring Snow (PNL) [05-00] - piano jazz [**]
  • Carl Saunders: America (Summit) [08-12] - jazz [*]
  • Boris Savoldelli/Garrison Fewell: Electric Bat Conspiracy (Creative Nation Music) [11-04] - jazz [B+(*)]
  • Andreas Schaerer/Lucas Niggli: Arcanum (Intakt) - jazz
  • Morten Schantz: Unicorn (Calibrated) - jazz
  • Malte Schiller Octet: All the Way (Unit) [10-14] - jazz
  • Daniel Schlaeppi: Essentials (self-released) - jazz
  • Reg Schwager: Delphinus (Jazz From Rant) [12-30] - jazz [**]
  • Eric Schugren/Vin Scialla/Brian Charette/Mike DiRubbo: Wake Up! (Liftoff) - jazz
  • Louis Sclavis Quartet: Silk and Salt Melodies (ECM) [09-30] - jazz [***]
  • Anton Schwartz: Flash Mob (Anton Jazz) - jazz [B]
  • Brandon Seabrook: Sylphid Vitalizers (New Atlantis) [06-24] - guitar jazz [*]
  • Marc Seales: American Songs Volume 2: Blues . . . and Jazz (Origin) - jazz [*]
  • Second Exit: Spoon (ForTune) - jazz
  • Pat Senatore Trio: Ascensione (Fresh Sound) - jazz [**]
  • Sequoia: Relations (Evil Rabbit) - jazz
  • Brian Settles Trio: Folk (Engine Studios) - jazz
  • Kenny Shanker: Action City (Posi-Tone) - jazz
  • Elliott Sharp: Momentum Anomaly (New Atlantis) - jazz
  • Linda Sharrock: No Is No: Don't Fuck Around With Your Women (Improvising Beings) - jazz [***]
  • Elizabeth Shepherd: The Signal (Linus Entertainment) [09-30] - contemporary jazz
  • Archie Shepp: Attica Blues Orchestra Live: I Hear the Sound (Archieball) - jazz [***]
  • Matthew Shipp Trio: Root of Things (Relative Pitch) - piano jazz [***]
  • Matthew Shipp: I've Been to Many Places (Thirsty Ear) [09-09] - piano jazz [*]
  • Ryan Shultz Quintet: Hair Dryers (Origin) [10-21] - jazz [*]
  • Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut: The Music of Everything (Creative Music for Creative Listeners) - jazz
  • Side A: In the Abstract (Not Two) [06-00] - free jazz [**]
  • Signal Problems: Signal Problems (Pfmentum) - jazz
  • Sonny Simmons & Moksha Samnyasin: Nomadic (Svart) [11-28] - jazz [***]
  • Siné Qua Non: Simple Pleasures (self-released) - jazz
  • Donna Singer: Destiny: Moment of Jazz (Emerald Baby) - vocal jazz [B]
  • Blaise Siwula/Harvey Valdes/Gian Luigi Diana: Tesla Coils () - jazz
  • Sketches: Volume 2 (BJU) - jazz
  • Skogen: Despairs Had Governed Me Too Long (Another Timbre) - jazz
  • Matt Slocum: Black Elk's Dream (Chandra) - jazz
  • Ches Smith and These Arches: International Hoohah (ForTune) - jazz
  • Tommy Smith and Brian Kellock: Whisperng of the Stars (Spartacus) - jazz [***]
  • Wadada Leo Smith: The Great Lakes Suites (TUM, 2CD) [09-16] - jazz [A-]
  • Wadada Leo Smith/George Lewis/John Zorn: Sonic Rivers (Tzadik) [06-00] - jazz
  • Wadada Leo Smith/Bill Laswell: The Stone (Akashic Meditation) (MOD) - jazz [*]
  • Wadada Leo Smith/Jamie Saft/Joe Morris/Balasz Pandi: Red Hill (Rare Noise) [09-23] - jazz [A-]
  • Walter Smith III: Still Casual (CD Baby) [09-09] - jazz
  • Torben Snekkestad/Barry Guy: Slip Slide and Collide (Maya) - jazz
  • Michael Snow & Thollem McDonas: Two Piano Concert at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (Edgetone) [10-30] - piano jazz [**]
  • Emilio Solla y la Inestable de Brooklyn: Second Half (self-released) - jazz [**]
  • A Sondheim Jazz Project: City of Strangers (Bobby Hsu Music) - jazz
  • Tyshawn Sorey: Alloy (Pi) [10-28] - jazz [***]
  • J Spaceman and Kid Millions: Live at the Poisson Rouge (Northern Spy) - jazz
  • Alister Spence/Myra Melford: Everything Here Is Possible (self-released) - jazz
  • Vinnie Sperrazza: Apocryphal (Loyal Label) - jazz [**]
  • The Spin Quartet: In Circles (Origin) [10-21] - jazz [**]
  • Spiro: Pole Star (Real World) - jazz
  • Spoke: (R)anthems (River) [10-08] - jazz [*]
  • Tomasz Sroczynski/Marek Pospieszalski: Bareness (Requiem) - jazz
  • Jesse Stacken: Helleborus (Fresh Sound New Talent) - jazz [***]
  • Lyn Stanley: Potions (A.T. Music) [11-08] - vocal jazz [**]
  • Dayna Stephens: Peace (Sunnyside) [11-04] - jazz
  • Bob Stewart: Connections: Mind the Gap (Sunnyside) [08-05] - jazz
  • Curtis Stigers: Hooray for Love (Concord) [04-29] - vocal jazz
  • Dave Stryker: Eight Track (Strikezone) [03-04] - guitar jazz
  • Subtle Lip Can: Reflective Drime (Drip Audio) [12-16] - jazz [**]
  • The Suite Unraveling: The Suite Unraveling (Tzadik) [07-00] - jazz
  • Sundae + Mr Goessl: Cheek to Cheek (self-released) - vocal jazz
  • Helen Sung: Anthem for a New Day (Concord Jazz) - jazz [*]
  • Supersilent: 12 (Rune Grammofon) - jazz
  • Tierney Sutton: Paris Sessions (Varese Sarabande) [09-16] - vocal jazz
  • Brian Swartz & the Gnu Sextet: Portraiture (Summit) - jazz [**]
  • Syrinx Effect: Snail Songs (self-released) - jazz
  • Aki Takase/Alexander von Schlippenbach: So Long, Eric!: Homage to Eric Dolphy (Intakt) - jazz [***]
  • Tom Tallitsch: Ride (Posi-Tone) - jazz
  • Natsuki Tamura/Alexander Frangenheim: Nax (Creative Sources) [11-04] - jazz [*]
  • Tarbaby with Oliver Lake & Marc Ducret: Fanon (RogueArt) - jazz
  • Greg Tardy: Hope (SteepleChase) - jazz
  • Joanne Tatham: Out of My Dreams (Cafe Pacific) [12-02] - vocal jazz [B]
  • George Taylor: Rain or Shine (self-released) - jazz
  • George Taylor: Trouble Town (self-released) - jazz
  • John Taylor: In Two Minds (CAM Jazz) - piano jazz
  • Yosvany Terry: New Throned King (5Pasion) [04-01] - jazz [***]
  • Thelonious: Crows on the Beeline (self-released) - jazz
  • Rachel Therrien: Home Inspiration (self-released) - jazz
  • Eric Thielemans: Sprang (Miasmah) - jazz
  • Chris Thile & Edgar Meyer: Bass & Mandolin (Nonesuch) [09-09] - jazz
  • Ken Thomson and Slow/Fast: Settle (NCM East) - jazz [***]
  • Throttle Elevator Music: Area J (Wide Hive) [10-28] - jazz [**]
  • Simon Toldam Trio: Kig Op 14 (ILK Music) - jazz
  • Ton Trio II: On and On (Singlespeed Music) - jazz [***]
  • Touch and Go Sextet: Live at the Novara Jazz Festival (Nine Winds) - jazz [***]
  • Ralph Towner/Wolfgang Muthspiel/Slava Grigoryan: Travel Guide (ECM) - jazz
  • TRE + Stefano Battaglia: Horo (Abeat, 2CD) - jazz
  • Tunto: Huvi (Aani) - jazz
  • Mark Turner Quartet: Lathe of Heaven (ECM) [09-09] - jazz [**]
  • The David Ullmann 8: Corduroy (Little Sky) [08-26] - jazz [**]
  • Us Free [Bill McHenry/Henry Grimes/Andrew Cyrille]: Fish Stories (2006, Fresh Sound New Talent) - jazz [***]
  • Peeter Uuskyla: Daydreaming Nerves (Omlott) - jazz
  • Manuel Valera and New Cuban Express: In Motion (Criss Cross) [09-16] - jazz
  • Manuel Valera Sr: Recuerdos (Mavo) - jazz
  • Ken Vandermark: Nine Ways to Read a Bridge (Not Two, 6CD) - jazz
  • Ken Vandermark/Paal Nilssen-Love Duo: Lightning Over Water () - jazz
  • Ken Vandermark/Paal Nilssen-Love: Extended Duos (Audiographic) - jazz
  • Gideon van Gelder: Lighthouse (Bertus-Rosen) [10-14] - jazz
  • Vanguard Jazz Orchestra: OverTime: Music of Bob Brookmeyer (Planet Arts) - jazz [*]
  • Peter Van Huffel/Michael Bates/Jeff Davis: Boom Crane (Fresh Sound New Talent) - jazz [A-]
  • Andreas Varady: Andreas Varady (Verve) [08-05] - guitar jazz
  • Variable Density Sound Orchestra: Evolving Strategies (Not Two) - jazz
  • Dimitrije Vasiljevic: Metaphor (self-released) - piano jazz
  • VAX: Count to VAX (self-released) - jazz
  • Velkro: Don't Wait for the Revolution (Clean Feed) [11-21] - jazz [A]
  • Piet Verbist/Zygomatik: Cattitude (Origin) - jazz [**]
  • Erik Vermeulen Trio: Asterisk (El Negocito) [09-05] - jazz
  • Marlene VerPlanck: I Give Up, I'm in Love (Audiophile) - vocal jazz [A-]
  • Vertigo Trombone Quartet: Developing Good Habits (NWOG) [05-16] - jazz
  • Elio Villafranca and His Jazz Syncopators: Caribbean Tinge: Live From Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola (Motéma) [06-24] - Latin jazz [*]
  • Hugues Vincent & Yasumune Morishige: Fragment () - jazz
  • Rosenna Vitro: Clarity: Music of Clare Fischer (Random Act) [09-30] - vocal jazz [*]
  • Jerry Vivino: Back East (Blujazz) - jazz [**]
  • Eric Vloeimans: Oliver's Cinema (Buzz) - jazz
  • Christian Vuust: Urban Hymn (self-released) - jazz
  • Ulf Wakenius: Solo: Momento Magico (ACT) [03-28] - guitar jazz [*]
  • Lissy Walker: Wonderland (Dogwood) - vocal jazz
  • Geoff Warren: The Quartet Album (FMR) - jazz
  • Marcin Wasilewski Trio w/Joakim Milder: Spark of Life (ECM) [10-07] - jazz [A-]
  • Bill Watrous/Pete Christlieb/Carl Saunders/The Gary Urwin Jazz Orchestra: A Beautiful Friendship (Summit) - jazz [B]
  • Ernie Watts Quartet: A Simple Truth (Flying Dolphin) [05-20] - jazz [**]
  • Trevor Watts: Veracity (FMR) - jazz
  • Anna Webber: Simple (Skirl) - jazz [***]
  • Colin Webster/Mark Holub: Viscera (self-released) - jazz
  • Colin Webster/Andrew Lisle/Alex Ward: Red Kite (Raw Tonk) [11-24] - jazz [**]
  • Walt Weiskopf: Overdrive (Posi-Tone) - jazz [B]
  • Dan Weiss: Fourteen (Pi) - jazz [B-]
  • David Weiss: When Words Fail (Motema Music) - jazz
  • Ezra Weiss: Before You Know It: Live in Portland (Roark) [09-09] - jazz [A-]
  • Bobby Wellins and the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra: Culloden Moor Suite (Spartacus) - jazz
  • Chris Willer: Chris Weller's Hanging Hearts (self-released) - jazz
  • Scott Wendholt & Adam Kolker Quartet: Andthem (Fresh Sound New Talent) - jazz [**]
  • Kenny Werner/Lionel Loueke/Miguel Zenon/Benjamin Koppel/Ferenc Nemeth: Coalition (Half Note) [09-16] - jazz
  • Western Jazz Quartet: Free Fall (Blujazz) - jazz [*]
  • Rodney Whitaker: When We Find Ourselves Alone (Mack Avenue) [08-19] - jazz
  • David White Jazz Orchestra: The Chase (Mister Shepherd) - jazz [*]
  • The WHO Trio: The WHO Zoo (Auricle) - jazz
  • Steve Wilson/Lewis Nash Duo: Duologue (MCG Jazz) - jazz [***]
  • Martin Wind: Turn Out the Stars (What If? Music) - jazz
  • Luke Winslow-King: Everlasting Arms (Bloodshot) [09-30] - New Orleans jazz [B]
  • Brice Winston: Child's Play (Criss Cross) [09-16] - jazz
  • Nate Wooley/Hugo Antunes/Chris Corsano: Malus (NoBusiness) - jazz [**]
  • Jack Wright/Ben Wright: As If Anything Could Be the Same (Relative Pitch) - jazz
  • Eric Wyatt: Borough of Kings (Posi-Tone) - jazz
  • Jason Yeager Trio: Affirmation (Inner Circle Music) [10-21] - jazz [B]
  • Jacob Young: Forever Young (ECM) [06-17] - jazz
  • Sarah Marie Young: Little Candy Heart (Snip) - vocal jazz
  • Peter Zak Trio: The Disciple (Steeplechase) - piano jazz [***]
  • Zanussi 5: Live in Coimbra (Clean Feed) [11-21] - jazz [A-]
  • Zebrina: Hamidbar Medaber (Tzadik) [07-00] - jazz/Jewish
  • Denny Zeitlin: Stairway to the Stars (Sunnyside) [07-08] - jazz
  • Miguel Zenón: Identities Are Changeable (Miel Music) [11-04] - jazz [*]
  • Dann Zinn: Shangri La (self-released) [10-01] - jazz [B]
  • Zion 80: Adramelech: Book of Angels 22 (Tzadik) - jazz
  • Zoor: Volumes A + B (Umlaut) - jazz
  • John Zorn: In the Hall of Mirrors (Tzadik) [05-00] - jazz
  • John Zorn: Myth and Mythopoesis (Tzadik) [06-00] - jazz
  • John Zorn: On Leaves of Grass (Tzadik) [07-00] - jazz
  • John Zorn: The Testament of Solomon (Tzadik) [07-00] - jazz
  • John Zorn: Valentine's Day (Tzadik) [07-00] - jazz
  • Duduvudu: The Gospel According to Dudu Pukwana (Edgetone) [09-30] - jazz [A]
  • Just Passing Through: The Breithaupt Brothers Songbook Vol. II (ALMA) - jazz [B]

Reissues, Etc.

  • Rashied Al Akbar/Muhammad Ali/Earl Cross/Idris Ackamoor: Ascent of the Nether Creatures (1980, NoBusiness, LP) - free jazz [***]
  • Negro Aquilino: El Saxofon Humano (Fresh Sound) - jazz
  • Louis Armstrong: Columbia and RCA Victor Live Recordings of Louis Armstrong and the All Stars (Mosaic) - jazz
  • Louis Armstrong: Complete Newport 1956 & 1958 (Mosaic) - jazz
  • Albert Ayler: Lorrach, Paris 1966 (Hatology) - jazz
  • Albert Ayler: Spiritual Unity [50th Anniversary Edition] (ESP-Disk) - free jazz
  • Julian Bahula: Spirit of Malombo: Malombo Jazz, Jabula and Jazz Africa 1966-1984 (Strut, 2CD) - South African [**]
  • Lester Bowie: The Great Pretender (1981, Jazzwerkstatt) - jazz
  • Peter Brötzmann: For Adolphe Sax (1967, Cien Fuegos) - jazz
  • Peter Brötzmann: Opened, but Hardly Touched (1981, Cien Fuegos) - jazz
  • Peter Brötzmann/Sonny Sharrock: Whatthefuckdoyouwant (1987, Trost) [07-14] - free jazz [**]
  • Hadley Caliman: Hadley Caliman (Boplicity) - jazz
  • Jay Clayton & John Lindberg: As Tears Go By (1988, Jazzwerkstatt) [01-28] - vocal jazz [*]
  • John Coltrane: Afro Blue Impressions (Pablo) - jazz
  • John Coltrane & Friends: Trane's Blue Note Sessions (1956-57, Blue Note, 3CD) - jazz
  • John Coltrane: Offering: Live at Temple University (1966, Impulse, 2CD) [09-23] - jazz [**]
  • Graham Collier: Luminosity (Jazz Continuum) - jazz
  • Ted Daniel's Energy Module: Interconnections (NoBusiness, 2CD) - jazz [A-]
  • Danish Radio Big Band: A Good Time Was Had by All (1964-2000, Storyville, 6CD) - jazz
  • The Miles Davis Quintet: All of You: The Last Tour 1960 (Acrobat) - jazz
  • Hamid Drake/Michael Zerang: For Ed Blackwell (1995, Pink Palace) [11-01] - jazz [***]
  • Duke Ellington: Masterpieces by Ellington (Columbia/Analogue Productions) - jazz
  • Bill Evans: Symbiosis (Edel Kultur) - jazz
  • Charlie Haden/Jim Hall: Charlie Haden/Jim Hall (Impulse) [09-30] - chamber jazz [A-]
  • Herbie Hancock: Dedication (1974, Wounded Bird) [09-23] - jazz
  • Herbie Hancock: Flood (1975, Wounded Bird) [09-23] - jazz
  • Herbie Hancock: Herbie Hancock Trio (1977, Wounded Bird) [09-23] - jazz
  • Herbie Hancock: Herbie Hancock Trio With Ron Carter & Tony Williams (1981, Wounded Bird) [09-23] - jazz
  • Herbie Hancock: The Warner Bros Years [1969-1972] (Warner) - jazz
  • Roy Haynes: Hip Ensemble (Boplicity) - jazz
  • Milt Hinton/Ralph Sutton/Gus Johnson/Jim Galloway: The Sackville All Star Christmas Record (1986, Sackville/Delmark) - christmas/jazz [*]
  • Noah Howard Quartetto: Live at the Swing Club Torino, Italy (Serie WOC Italy) - jazz
  • Keith Jarrett/Charlie Haden/Paul Motian: Hamburg '72 (ECM) - jazz [A-]
  • Bill Jennings: The Architect of Soul Jazz: Complete Early Recordings 1951-1957 (Fresh Sound) - jazz [**]
  • Sheila Jordan: Portrait of Sheila (American Jazz Classics) - jazz
  • Stan Kenton Orchestra: Kenton Roars! At the Golden Lion (1969, Tantara) - big band jazz
  • Roland Kirk: The Limelight/Verve Albums (1964-67, Mosaic) - jazz
  • Peter Kowald: Discography (Jazzwerkstatt, 4CD) [08-26] - jazz
  • Steve Lacy: Cycles (1976-1980) (1976-80, Emanem, 2CD) - jazz
  • Steve Lacy Four: Morning Joy . . . Paris Live (1986, Hatology) - jazz
  • Harold Land: Choma (Burn) (Boplicity) - jazz
  • Charles Lloyd: Manhattan Stories (1965, Resonance, 2CD) [09-16] - jazz [A-]
  • Frank Lowe Quartet: Out Loud (1974, Triple Point, 5LP) - jazz
  • Pete Magadini: Bones Blues (1977, Sackville/Delmark) [08-26] - jazz [**]
  • Mahavishnu Orchestra: Whiskey A-Go-Go 27.03.72 (Klondike) [09-30] - fusion jazz
  • Joe McPhee: The CJR Years 1969-1974 (Bo' Weavil) - jazz
  • Joe McPhee: As Serious as Your Life (1996, Hatology) - jazz
  • Joe McPhee: Underground Railroad (Bo' Weavil) - jazz
  • Hank Mobley: The Classic Blue Note Collection 1955-1961 (Enlightenment) - jazz
  • Nucleus with Leon Thomas: Live (1970, Gearbox) - vocal jazz
  • Joe Pass: Intercontinental (Edel Kultur) - jazz
  • Jaco Pastorius: Anthology (Rhino, 2CD) [10-14] - jazz
  • Oscar Peterson: Exclusively for My Friends: My Favorite Instrument, Vol 4 (Edel Kultur) - jazz
  • Enrico Pieranunzi/Marc Johnson/Joey Baron: Play Morricone 1 & 2: The Complete Recordings (2001-02, CAM Jazz, 2CD) - jazz [A-]
  • Bud Powell: Birdland 1953 (ESP-Disk, 3CD) [02-04] - piano jazz
  • Don Pullen: Richard's Tune (1975, Sackville/Delmark) [08-26] - jazz [***]
  • Sam Rivers: Contrasts (1980, ECM) - jazz
  • Wolfgang Schmidtke Orchestra: Monk's Mood (1999-2001, Jazzwerkstatt) - jazz
  • Sun Ra: Astro Black (Impulse) - jazz
  • Sun Ra: Atlantis (El Saturn) - jazz
  • Sun Ra: Super-Sonic Jazz (El Saturno) - jazz
  • Sun Ra and His Band From Outer Space: Space Aura (Art Yard, EP) - jazz
  • Sun Ra: Sign of the Myth (Roaratorio) - jazz
  • Sun Ra & His Arkestra: In the Orbit of Ra (Strut, 2CD) [09-23] - jazz [A-]
  • Sun Ra & His Intergalactic Research Arkestra: The Invisible Shield () - jazz
  • Sun Ra Arkestra: Live in Nickelsdorf 1984 (Trost) - jazz
  • Sun Ra Arkestra: Live in Ulm 1992 (Leo) - jazz
  • Horace Tapscott Quintet: The Giant Is Awakened (International Phonograph) [10-21] - jazz
  • The Buddy Tate Quartet: Texas Tenor (1978, Sackville/Delmark) - jazz [A-]
  • Lennie Tristano: Chicago April 1952 (Uptown) - piano jazz
  • Udu Calls [Tiziano Tononi/Daniele Cavallanti/William Parker]: The Vancouver Tapes (1999, Long Song) - jazz
  • George Van Eps: Once in Awhile (1946-49, Delmark) - guitar jazz [***]
  • The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra: OverTime: The Music of Bob Brookmeyer (Planet Arts) [08-15] - jazz [*]
  • VSOP: Tempest in the colosseum (1977, Wounded Bird) [09-23] - jazz
  • VSOP: Five Stars (1979, Wounded Bird) [09-23] - jazz
  • Cedar Walton: Reliving the Moment (1977-78, High Note) [07-29] - jazz
  • The Beatles: A Jazz Tribute (2002-05, High Note) - jazz [B]
  • The Complete Dial Modern Jazz Sessions (Mosaic) [12-00] - jazz
  • Creative Music Studio Archive Selections: Volume 1 (1977-81, Innova, 3CD) - jazz
  • Keynote Jazz Collection (Fresh Sound) - jazz
  • The Rough Guide to Arabic Jazz (World Music Network, 2CD) [06-24] - arabic/world fusion [**]
  • Salsa de la Bahia: A Collection of SF Area Salsa and Latin Jazz: Vol. 2, Hoy Y Ayer (1983-2013, Patois, 2CD) - latin jazz [**]

Note: As of Dec. 6, 2014, I stopped automatically adding records from EOY lists where they didn't seem to have any prospecting value.

Priority Counts

  • Priority 1: 397
  • Priority 2: 34
  • Priority 3: 3
  • Priority 4: 118
  • Priority 5: 195

Total: 747