Music Tracking 2023
These are 2023 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.
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:
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- Chantal Acda & Bill Frisell: Live at Jazz Middelheim (2017, self-released) [09-08] - vocal jazz [*]
- Toshiko Akiyoshi: Toshiko's Blues: Quartet & Trios 1953-1958 (Fresh Sound) - jazz
- Barry Altschul/David Izenson/Perry Robinson: Stop Time: Live at Prince Street, 1978 (NoBusiness) [09-08] - jazz [A-]
- Curtis Amy: Peace for Love (1994, Fresh Sound) [10-11] - jazz [***]
- Fred Anderson: The Milwaukee Tapes, Vol 2 (1980, Corbett vs Dempsey) [07-15] - jazz [***]
- Dorothy Ashby: With Strings Attached (1957-65, New Land -6LP) [06-09] - jazz
- Jean-Jacques Avenel/Siegfried Kessler/Daunik Lazro: Ecstatic Jazz: Crypte Des Franciscains Béziers 12 Février 1982 (Fou) [02-12] - jazz
- David Axelrod: Heavy Axe (1974, Craft) - jazz
- Axolotl: Abrasive (1981, Souffle Continu) [03-24] - jazz
- Albert Ayler: Summertime to Spiritual Unity Revisited (Ezz-Thetics) - jazz
- Derek Bailey & Paul Motian: Duo in Concert (1990, Frozen Reeds) [11-17] - jazz
- Chet Baker: Blue Room: The 1979 Vara Studio Sessions in Holland (Jazz Detective, 2CD) [04-28] - jazz [**]
- Gabe Baltazar Quartet: Birdology (1992, Fresh Sound) [10-11] - jazz [A-]
- Basie All Stars: Live at Fabrik Vol 1: Hamburg 1981 (Jazzline) [03-24] - jazz [**]
- Eddie Bert Sextet: The Human Factor (1987, Fresh Sound) [10-11] - jazz [**]
- Walter Bishop Jr: Bish at the Bank: Live in Baltimore (1966-67, Reel to Real) [04-21] - jazz [***]
- The Bix Centennial All-Stars: Celebrating Bix! [20th Anniversary Edition] (2003, Turtle Bay) - jazz
- John Blum: Nine Rivers (ESP-Disk) [09-01] - jazz [**]
- Anthony Branker & Ascent: Spirit Songs (Origin) [08-26] - jazz [***]
- Brew: Heat/Between Reflections (1998-2019, Clean Feed -2CD) [06-23] - jazz [A-]
- Peter Brotzmann/Sabu Toyozumi: Triangle: Live at Ohm, 1987 (NoBusiness) [09-08] - jazz [***]
- Dave Brubeck Quartet: Debut in the Netherlands 1958: The Lost Recordings (The Lost Recordings) [02-03] - jazz
- Dave Brubeck: Live From the Northwest, 1959 (Brubeck Editions) [11-24] - jazz
- Donald Byrd: Live: Cookin' With Blue Note at Montreux (1973, Blue Note -22) [2022-12-09] - jazz [*]
- Roy Campbell/William Parker/Zen Matsuura: Visitation of Spirits: The Pyramid Trio Live, 1985 (NoBusiness) [09-08] - jazz [A-]
- Francois Carrier Ensemble: Openness (2006, Fundacja Sluchaj -3CD) [09-10] - jazz [A-]
- Benny Carter: Jazz Giant (1958, Craft) - jazz
- George Cartwright: The Ghostly Bee (2005, Mahakala Music) [08-04] - jazz [*]
- George Cartwright: A Tenacious Slew (2007, Mahakala Music) [08-184] - jazz [*]
- Bill Charlap: All Through the Night (1997, Criss Cross) [03-17] - jazz [**]
- Don Cherry: Inside/Outside (1987, Delta Music) - jazz
- Don Cherry/Jean Schwarz: Roundtrip 1977: Live at Theatre Recamier, Paris (Transversales Disques) - jazz
- Sonny Clark: The Complete Sonny Clark Blue Note Sessions (1957-61, Mosaic -6CD) - jazz
- Ornette Coleman: Ornette at 12/Crisis to Man on the Moon Revisited (1968-69, Ezz-Thetics) - jazz
- Ornette Coleman Trio: At the Golden Circle Stockholm Revisited (1965, Ezz-Thetics) - jazz
- Graham Collier: Down Another Road @ Stockholm Jazz Days '69 (My Only Desire) [02-24] - jazz [A-]
- Graham Collier Music: Smoke-Blackened Walls & Curlews (1970, British Progressive Jazz) [09-01] - jazz [*]
- John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy: Evenings at the Village Gate (1961, Impulse!) [06-01] - jazz [***]
- John Coltrane: Sun Ship (1965, VMP Classics) - jazz
- Kenny Cox & the Contemporary Jazz Quintet: Multidirection (1969, Third Man/Blue Note) [09-22] - jazz
- Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis With Shirley Scott: Cookin' With Jaws and the Queen: The Legendary Prestige Albums (1958, Craft, 3CD) [03-03] - jazz [**]
- Miles Davis: Miles Davis With Tadd Dameron Revisited: Live 1949 at the Royal Roost NYC & in Paris at Festival Internationale De Jazz (Ezz-Thetics) - jazz [***]
- Miles Davis Quintet: In Concert at the Olympia Paris 1957 (Fresh Sound) [09-13] - jazz [**]
- Steve Davis: Meets Hank Jones, Vol 1 (2008, Smoke Sessions) [11-24] - jazz
- Elton Dean/Steve Miller/Pip Pyle: Home Brewed (1976, British Progressive Jazz -22) [2022-12-02] - jazz [***]
- Elton Dean: Seven for Lee Variations: On Italian Roads, Vol 2 (British Progressive Jazz) [12-01] - jazz
- Blossom Dearie: Discover Who I Am: The Fontana Years 1966-70 (Fontana/Mercury -6CD) - vocal jazz
- Jack DeJohnette: Sorcery (1974, Craft) - jazz
- Les DeMerle Sound 67: Once in a Lifetime (1967, Origin) [04-21] - jazz [**]
- Bill Dixon With Archie Shepp: 7-Tette & Orchestra Revisited (Ezz-Thetics) - jazz
- Eric Dolphy: Outward Bound to Out to Lunch Revisited (Ezz-Thetics) - jazz
- Dave Douglas and Elan Mehler: If There Are Mountains (2019, Greenleaf Music) [03-24] - jazz [*]
- Bill Evans: Treasures: Solo, Trio & Orchestral Recordings From Denmark (1965-1969) (Elemental -2CD) [04-28] - jazz [**]
- Bill Evans Trio: At the Village Vanguard 1961 Revisited (Ezz-Thetics) - jazz
- Bill Evans: Tales: Live in Copenhagen (1964) (Elemental Music) [11-24] - jazz
- Paul Flaherty/Jim Matus/Larry Derdeyn: Wednesday Weld (2006, 577) [07-21] - jazz
- Joel Futterman: Inneraction (1984, Mahakala Music) [05-19] - jazz [***]
- Herb Geller: Playing Jazz: The Musical Autobiography of Herb Geller (1995, Fresh Sound) [10-11] - jazz [***]
- Eric Ghost: Secret Sauce (1975, Jazz Room -22) [2022-09-30] - jazz [***]
- Dizzy Gillespie: Portrait of Jenny (1970, BBE) [02-17] - jazz [***]
- Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker: Live Revisited (1945, Ezz-Thetics) - jazz
- Alan Goldsher: The Complete Pocket Sessions (2019, Gold Note) - jazz [B-]
- Milford Graves With Arthur Doyle & Hugh Glover: Children of the Forest (1976, Black Editions Archive) [05-19] - jazz [***]
- Johnny Griffin: Live at Ronnie Scott's (1964, Gearbox) [11-10] - jazz [***]
- Roy Hargrove: The Love Suite: In Mahogany (1993, Blue Engine) [10-13] - jazz [A]
- Phil Haynes: A Life Improvised () - jazz
- Joe Henderson: The Complete "An Evening With Joe Henderson" (1987, Red) [05-05] - jazz
- Johnny Hodges Septet: In Concert: Falkoner Central, Copenhagen, March 17, 1961 (SteepleChase) [03-21] - jazz [***]
- Noah Howard: Quartet to At Judson Hall Revisited (Ezz-Thetics) - jazz
- Kim Dae Hwan/Choi Sun Bae: Korean Fantasy (1999, NoBusiness) [09-08] - jazz [***]
- Masaru Imada Trio + 1: Planets (1977, BBE) - jazz
- Ahmad Jamal: Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse 1966-1968 (Jazz Detective/Elemental, 2CD) [11-24] - jazz [***]
- Jazz at the Philharmonic: The Complete Jam Sessions 1950-1957 (Mosaic) [01-01] - jazz
- The Jazz Doctors: Intensive Care: Prescriptions Filled [The Billy Bang Quartet Sessions 1983/1984] (1983-84, Cadillac) [04-21] - jazz [***]
- Jeff Johnson: My Heart (1991, Origin) [04-21] - jazz [**]
- Clifford Jordan: Drink Plenty Water (1974, Harvest Song) [06-01] - jazz [***]
- JuJu: A Message From Mozambique (1972, Strut) [03-17] - jazz [A-]
- Stan Kenton and His Orchestra: Salute! 17 Tracks Recorded by Wally Heider (Sounds of Yesteryear) - jazz
- Yasuhiro Kohno Trio + One: Song of Island (1985, BBE) - jazz
- Jan Lundgren Trio/Herb Geller: Stockholm Get-Together! (1994, Fresh Sound) [10-11] - jazz [***]
- Paul Lytton/Erhard Hirt: Borne on a Whim: Duets, 1981 (Corbett vs Dempsey) [08-09] - jazz [**]
- Roberto Magris & the JM Horns: High Quote (2012, JM) - jazz [*]
- Les McCann: Never a Dull Moment! Live From Coast to Coast 1966-1967 (Resonance) [12-01] - jazz [A-]
- Charles Mingus: At Antibes 1960 Revisited (Ezz-Thetics) - jazz
- Charles Mingus: Changes: The Complete 1970s Atlantic Studio Recordings (1973-79, Rhino -7CD) [06-23] - jazz
- Jouk Minor/Josef Traindl/Jean Querlier/Christian Lete/Dominique Regef: Enfin La Mer (1978, NoBusiness) [09-08] - jazz [***]
- Paul Moer Trio: Plays the Music of Elmo Hope (1991, Fresh Sound) [10-11] - jazz [***]
- Wes Montgomery/Wynton Kelly Trio: Maximum Swing: The Unissued 1965 Half Note Recordings (Resonance) [12-01] - jazz [***]
- Masao Nakajima Quartet: Kemo Sabe (19789, BBE) - jazz
- New York Art Quartet: Revisited (1964, Ezz-Thetics) - jazz
- Jack Nimitz Quartet: Confirmation (1995, Fresh Sound) [10-11] - jazz [***]
- Bengt Frippe Nordstrom: Vinyl Box (Ni Vu Ni Connu) - jazz
- Mike Osborne: Starting Fires: Live at the 100 Club 1970 (British Progressive Jazz) [08-04] - jazz [***]
- Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra [Horace Tapscott]: 60 Years (1961-2019, The Village) [06-16] - jazz [***]
- Charlie Parker: At Birdland 1950 Revisited (Ezz-Thetics) - jazz
- Charlie Parker: The Long Lost Bird Live Afro-Cubop Recordings (1945-54, RockBeat) [04-22] - jazz [***]
- Evan Parker/X-Jazz Ensemble: A Schist Story (JACC -22) [2022-12-24] - jazz [*]
- The Dave Pell Octet: Plays Again (1994, Fresh Sound) [10-11] - jazz [**]
- Art Pepper: Meets the Rhythm Section (1957, Craft) - jazz
- Bill Perkins: Perk Plays Prez: Bill Perkins Recreates the Historic Solos of Lester Young (1995, Fresh Sound) [10-11] - jazz [***]
- Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky: Luten at Jazzwerkstatt Peitz (2011, Jazzwerkstatt) [05-12] - jazz [***]
- Michel Petrucciani: The Montreux Years (1990-98, BMG/Montreux) [03-06] - jazz [A-]
- Vance Provey/Whit Dickey/Spin Dunbar: Motifs 1983 (New Haven Improvisers Collective) - jazz
- Bernard Purdie: Purdie Good! (1971, Craft) - jazz
- Abbey Rader/Davey Williams: In One Is All (1999, Abray) [02-03] - jazz [**]
- The Don Rendell/Ian Carr Quintet: Warm Up (1965, Jazz in Britain, 2CD) - jazz
- Sam Rivers: Archive Series (1971-2002, NoBusiness) [02-23] - jazz
- Sonny Rollins With Heikki Sarmanto Trio: Live at Finlandia Hall, Helsinki 1972 (Svart) [06-02] - jazz [A-]
- Sonny Rollins: Go West! The Contemporary Records Albums (1957-58, Craft) [03-17] - jazz
- Pharoah Sanders Quartet: Live at Fabrik: Hamburg 1980 (Jazzline) [03-23] - jazz [A-]
- Pharoah Sanders: Pharoah [Expanded Edition] (1976, Luaka Bop) [09-15] - jazz [***]
- Shirley Scott: Queen Talk: Live at the Left Bank (1972, Reel to Real) [04-22] - jazz [A-]
- Bud Shank: Plays the Music of Bill Evans (1996, Fresh Sound) [10-11] - jazz [B+]
- Matthew Shipp Trio: Circular Temple (1990, ESP-Disk) - jazz [B+]
- Wayne Shorter: Adam's Apple to Super Nova Revisited (1966-69, Ezz-Thetics) - jazz
- DB Shrier: DB Shrier Emerges (1967, Omnivore) - jazz [A-]
- Nina Simone: You've Got to Learn (1966, Verve) - vocal jazz [*]
- Dick Sisto: Falling in Love (1994, SteepleChase) - jazz [**]
- Alan Skidmore: A Supreme Love (1961-2019, Confront -6CD) [05-01] - jazz
- Sonny Stitt: Boppin' in Baltimore: Live at the Left Bank (1973, Jazz Detective/Elemental) [04-22] - jazz [A-]
- Frank Strazzeri and His Woodwinds West: Somebody Loves Me (1994, Fresh Sound) [10-11] - jazz [**]
- Sun Ra and His Arkestra: Jazz in Silhouette (Expanded Edition) (1958, Cosmic Myth) [06-16] - jazz
- Isao Suzuki: Approach (1986, BBE) - jazz
- Steve Swell's Fire Into Music: For Jemeel: Fire From the Road (2003-04, RogueArt, 3CD) [04-07] - jazz [A-]
- Okay Temiz: Okay Temiz's Oriental Wind Live at Montreux Jazz Festival 1982 (Caz Plak) - jazz
- Hideyasu Terakawa Quartet: Introducing [Live] (1978, BBE) - Jazz
- Luther Thomas: 11th Street Fire Suite (1978, Corbett vs Dempsey) [03-20] - jazz [C+]
- Clifford Thornton: Ketchaoua Revisited (Ezz-Thetics) - jazz
- Cal Tjader: Catch the Groove: Live at the Penthouse 1963-1967 (Jazz Detective/Elemental, 2CD) [11-24] - jazz [A-]
- McCoy Tyner: The Montreux Years (1981-2009, BMG) [06-23] - jazz
- Abdul Wadud: By Myself: Solo Cello (1977, Gotta Groove) [04-30] - jazz [**]
- Trevor Watts' Original Drum Orchestra: The Art Is in the Rhythm Volume 2 (Jazz in Britain -2CD) - jazz
- The Birth of Bop: The Savoy 10-Inch LP Collection (1944-49, Craft, 2CD) - jazz [***]
Priority Counts
- Priority 1: 369
- Priority 2: 115
- Priority 3: 1
- Priority 4: 390
- Priority 5: 290
Total: 1165
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