Music Tracking 2024

These are 2024 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.

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New Releases

  • Monty Alexander: D Day (Pee Wee) [03-29] - jazz
  • Ricky Alexander: Just Found Joy (Turtle Bay) [04-26] - jazz
  • Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore: TexiCali (Yep Roc) [06-21] - country
  • Antistatic: Relics (Cuneiform) [01-26] - jazz
  • Tim Armacost: Something About Believing (TMA) [08-02] - jazz
  • Basher: May Day (Sinking City) [05-31] - jazz
  • John Blum Quartet Featuring Marshall Allen: Deep Space (Astral Spirits) [08-21] - jazz
  • John Butcher + 13: Fluid Fixations (Weight of Wax) [02-01] - jazz
  • Summer Camargo: To Whom I Love (Blue Engine) [03-15] - jazz
  • Daniel Carter & Playfield: Magic Heart (577) [01-19] - jazz
  • Daniel Carter/Patrick Holmes/Matthew Putman/Hilliard Greene/Federico Ughi: Telepathic Mysteries, Vol. 2 (577) [07-05] - jazz
  • Trish Clowes & Ross Stanley: Journey to Where (Stoney Lane) [03-08] - jazz
  • Ed Clute: Shadows on the Moon (Rivermont) - jazz
  • Dal Sasso Big Band: Chick Corea's Three Quartets Revisited (Jazz & People) [05-17] - jazz
  • Seth Andrew Davis/Will Yager: April 8th, 1969 (Ox Cart New Music) [06-06] - jazz
  • Hania Deren Quartet: Evacuation (ZenneZ) - jazz
  • Jorrit Dijkstra: PorchBone () [J|jazz]
  • DJ Ws da Igrejinha: Caça Fantasma, Vol. 1 ()
  • Kit Downes: Dr. Snap (Bimhuis) [04-26] - jazz
  • Paul Dunmall/Paul Rogers/Mark Sanders: Wildlife (Fundacja Słuchaj) [03-20] - jazz
  • Elephant9: Mythical River (Rune Grammofon) [04-19] - jazz
  • John Ellis Quartet: Bizet: Carmen in Jazz (Blue Room Music -23) [2023-12-22] - jazz
  • Joe Ely: Driven to Drive ()
  • Wayne Escoffery: Alone (Smoke Sessions) [08-30] - jazz
  • Tanja Feichtmair/Mara Kolibri/Stefan Krist/Josef Novotny/Fredi Pröll/Julius Winter/Uli Winter: Adschi (Creative Sources) [02-27] - jazz
  • Mabe Fratti: Sentir Que No Sabes (Unheard of Hope) [06-28] - art pop
  • Jürg Frey: Outermost Melodies (Another Timbre) [05-27] - jazz
  • Fuubutsushi: Meridians (Cached.Media) [07.08] - jazz
  • Raffi Garabedian: The Crazy Dog (Clandestine) [03-15] - jazz
  • Tim Garland: Moment of Departure (Ubuntu Music) [05-03] - jazz
  • Ghost Trees: Intercept Method (self-released) [04-12] - jazz
  • Girl and Girl: Call a Doctor (Sub Pop) [05-24] - alt/indie
  • Adam Goldfarb: Fire Lapping at the Creek (Infrequent Seams) [04-12] - jazz
  • Alex Heitlinger Jazz Orchestra: Slush Pump Truck Stop (SteepleChase) [ 02-23] - jazz
  • François Houle/Kate Gentile/Alexander Hawkins: Fatrasies (Victo) [05-10] - jazz
  • Illuminati Hotties: Power (Hopeless) [ 08-23] - twee pop
  • Jon Irabagon Trio: Dinner & Dancing (Irrabagast) [07-30] - jazz
  • The Jazz Defenders: Memory in Motion (Haggis) [04-19] - jazz
  • Cassandra Jenkins: My LIght, My Destroyer (Dead Oceans) [07-12] - sophisti-pop
  • Ka: The Thief Next to Jesus (Iron Works) [08-19] - hip-hop
  • Eddie Kaine & Big Ghost Ltd;: Last Exit to Crooklyn () [04-02] - hiop-hop
  • Ariel Kalma/Jeremiah Chiu/Marta Sofia Honer: The Closest Thing to Silence (International Anthem) [02-02] - jazz
  • Pandelis Karayorgis/George Kokkinaris: Out From Athens (Driff) - jazz
  • Walter Kemp 3: Black Whole Live (self-released) [01-26] - jazz
  • Kokoko!: Butu (Transgressive) - African
  • Kronos Quartet: Outer Spaceways Incorporated (Red Hot Org) [06-21] - jazz
  • LDL [Urs Leimgruber/Jacques Demierre/Thomas Lehn]: In the Endless Wind (Wide Ear) [04-27] - jazz
  • Jihye Lee Orchestra: Infinite Connections (Motéma Music) [05-31] - jazz
  • Ravyn Lenae: Bird's Eye (Atlantic) [08-09] - r&b
  • José Lencastre/Zbigniew Kozera/Vasco Trilla: Chymeia (Phonogram Unit) [02-02] - jazz
  • Jeffrey Lewis: Ghosterbusters (-EP) - anti-folk
  • Casimir Liberski/Tatsuya Yoshida: Troubled Water (Totalism) [03-21] - jazz
  • Orlando Madrid: From This Moment Forward (OM) [01-12] - jazz
  • Malcria: Fantasias Histericas (Iron Lung) - Mexican
  • Francisco Mela/Zoh Amba: Causa y Efecto (Vol. 2) (577) [02-02] - jazz
  • John Minnock: A Different Riff: Minnock Sings Shire (Dot Time) [04-18] - vocal jazz
  • Matt Mitchell: Illimitable (Obliquity) [05-03] - jazz
  • Tim Motzer/Gregg Bendian: The Eternal (1k) [01-04] - jazz
  • Montanera: A Flor de Piel (Western Vinyl)
  • Simon Nabatov: Raging Bulgakov (Fundacja Sluchaj) - jazz
  • Meshell Ndegeocello: No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin (Blue Note) [08-02] - vocal jazz
  • The New Mastersounds: Old School (One Note) [03-29] - jazz
  • New Orleans Klezmer All Stars: Tipish (self-released) [04-23] - jazz
  • The New Orleans Night Owls: St. Louis Rag and Other Ragtime Classics (Rivermont) - jazz
  • Paal Nilssen-Love/Ken Vandermark: Japan 2019 (PNL/Audiographic) [02-09] - jazz
  • The Nordic Quintet: Originals (AMM) [01-26] - jazz
  • One Another Orchestra: One Another Orchestra (Nato) [03-24] - jazz
  • Magnus Öström & Dan Berglund: e.s.t. 30 (ACT Music) [05-31] - jazz
  • Pedro the Lion: Santa Cruz (Polyvinyl)
  • Ivo Perelman/Matthew Shipp: Magical Incantation (Soul City Sounds) [05-24] - jazz
  • Poeji: Nant (Squama) [08-09] - jazz
  • Present: This Is NOT the End (Cuneiform) [03-29] - jazz
  • Remedy [Thomas Heberer/Joe Fonda/Joe Hertenstein]: Live at Jazzkammer (420 CPW) [05-27] - jazz
  • Emilio Reyna: Los Niños Perdidos (Ropeadope Sur) [05-17] - jazz
  • Tomeka Reid/Isadora Edwards/Elisabeth Coudoux: Reid/Edwards/Coudoux (Relative Pitch) [02-23] - jazz
  • Reverso: Shooting Star [Etoile Filante] (self-released) [01-19] - jazz
  • Amy Rigby: Hang in There With Me (Tapete) [08-30] - singer-songwriter
  • Gonzalo Rubalcaba/Hamilton De Holanda: Collab (Sony Music Brazil) [07-19] - jazz
  • Adam Rudolph/Tyshawn Sorey: Archaisms II (Meta) [06-07] - jazz
  • Alice Russell: I Am (Tru Thoughts) [04-05]
  • Otis Sandsjö: Y-Otis Tre (We Jazz) [02-23] - jazz
  • Hannah Selin: Dream Journal & the Apocalypse (Gold Bolus) [04-12] - classical
  • Elliott Sharp: Ere Guitar (Intakt) [06-21] - jazz
  • Wayne Shorter: Celebration, Volume 1 (2014, Blue Note) [08-23] - jazz
  • Marlon Simon and the Nagual Spirits: On Different Paths (Truth Revolution) [01-26] - jazz
  • Alex Sipiagin: Horizons (Blue Room Music) [05-24] - jazz
  • Mama Sissoko: Live (Meruba-ML) [02-16] - African
  • Wadada Leo Smith & Joe Morris: Earth's Frequencies (Fundacja Sluchaj) [01-30] - jazz
  • Kavain Wayne Space & XT: Yesyespeakersyes (Feedback Moves) [03-15] - jazz
  • Vinnie Sperrazza Apocryphal: Sunday (Loyal Label) [01-19] - jazz
  • This Is Lorelei: Box for Buddy, Box for Star (Double Double Whammy) [06-14]
  • Micah Thomas: Mountains (Artwork) [09-13] - jazz
  • Richard Thompson: Ship to Shore (New West) [05-31]
  • Rebecca Trescher Tentet: Character Pieces (self-released) [05-03] - jazz
  • Federico Ughi: Infinite Cosmos Calling You You You, Vol. 1 (577) [03-08] - jazz
  • Petra Van Nuis & Dennis Luxion: From Me to You (String Damper) [05-13] - vocal jazz
  • Juliet Varnedoe Jazz Band: Cajun Bleu (self-released) [04-12] - jazz
  • April Varner: April (Cellar Music) [06-29] - jazz
  • Benjamin Vergara & Amanda Irrarrazabal: Último Sosiego (577) [01-04] - jazz
  • Jennifer Walshe/Tony Conrad: In the Merry Month of May (Blue Chopsticks) [05-24] - jazz
  • Kathrine Windfeld: Aldebaran (Stunt) [03-29] - jazz
  • Michael Wollny & Joachim Kühn: Duo (ACT Music) [01-26] - jazz
  • Zawose Queens: Maisha (Real World) [06-07] - African
  • John Zorn: Her Melodious Lay (Tzadik) - jazz

Reissues, Etc.

  • The Cannonball Adderley Quintet: Live in Montreal: May 1975 (Liberation Hall) [05-17] - jazz
  • Art Ensemble of Chicago: A Jackson in Your House (1969, BYG Actuel) [02-02] - jazz [**]
  • Steve Beresford/Anne Marie Beretta: Dancing the Line (1985, WeWantSounds) [09-06] - jazz
  • Black Artist Group: For Peace and Liberty: In Paris, Dec 1972 (WeWantSounds) [09-20] - jazz
  • Anthony Braxton: Solo Bern 1984 [First Visit] (Ezz-Thetics) [04-19] - jazz
  • Marion Brown: Three for Shepp to Gesprächsfetzen Revisited (1966-68, Ezz-Thetics) - jazz
  • Raymond Burke: The Southland Recordings 1958-1960 (GHB) [04-09] - jazz
  • John Coltrane 4tet: Live in France July 27/28 1965: The Complete Concerts (Fingerpoppin) - jazz
  • Ford Dabney's Syncopated Orchestras: After Midnight (1917-22, Archeophone) [05-17] - jazz
  • Georgann Eubanks: Song Keepers: A Music Maker Foundation Anthology (Music Maker -4CD) [01-08] - blues
  • Joe Fonda: From the Source (1998, Fundacja Sluchaj -23) [2023-12-15] - jazz
  • Stan Getz & Bill Evans: Previously Unreleased Recordings (1963, Verve) [02-23] - jazz
  • Herbie Hancock: Speak Like a Child (1968, Blue Note) [04-19] - jazz [*]
  • Hampton Hawes: For Real! (1958, Craft) [05-17] - jazz [A-]
  • Intercommunal Free Dance Music Orchestra: L'Intercommunal (1976-78, Souffle Continu) [06-14] - jazz
  • Fumio Itabashi: Watarase (1982, Wewantsounds) [04-00] - jazz
  • Louis Jordan: World Broadcast Recordings 1944/45 (Circle) [05-01] - jazz
  • Harold Land: The Fox (1960, Craft) [04-12] - jazz [**]
  • Pat Metheny: Bright Size Life (1975, ECM) [08-09] - jazz [**]
  • Charles Mingus: Mingus Takes Manhattan: The Complete Birdland Dates: 1961-1962 (New Land) [01-05] - jazz
  • Hank Mobley: Workout (1962, Blue Note Classic Vinyl) [05-17] - jazz [***]
  • Lee Morgan: Search for the New Land (1964, Blue Note) [02-16] - jazz [A-]
  • Lee Morgan: The Sidewinder (1963, Blue Note) - jazz [A-]
  • Lee Morgan: The Very Best of Lee Morgan (Blue Note) - jazz [A-]
  • Abdallah Oumbadougou: Amghar: The Godfather of Tuareg Music Vol 1 (Strong Place) [03-01] - Saharan rock
  • Archie Shepp: Poem for Malcolm (1969, BYG Actuel) [06-21] - jazz [**]
  • Wayne Shorter: Odyssey of Iska (1970, Blue Note Tone Poet) [07-05] - jazz [**]
  • Soft Machine: Høvikkoden 1971 (Cuneiform) [05-31] - jazz
  • Juma Sultan's Aboriginal Music Society: Father of Origin (1970, Eremite) [08-24] - jazz
  • Sun Ra: Inside the Light World: Sun Ra Meets the OVC (1986, Strut) [05-31] - jazz
  • Sun Ra Akrestra: Live at Pit-Inn Tokyo, Japan 8-8-1988 (Super Fuji Discs) - jazz
  • Cecil Taylor Unit: Live at Fat Tuesday's February 9, 1980 [First Visit] (1980, Ezz-Thetics) [03-01] - jazz
  • Alan Tomlinson Trio: Loft 1993 (Scatter Archive) [03-25] - jazz
  • Sarah Vaughan: The Divine One: A Centennary Tribute: Her 50 Finest 1944-62 () - vocal jazz
  • Mal Waldron: The Quest (1962, Craft/OJC) [09-27] - jazz [B]
  • Bobby Watson: Love Remains (1986, RED) - jazz [A]
  • Kenny Wheeler: Angel Song (1996, ECM) [05-31] - jazz [B]
  • Gerald Wiggins: Classic Trio Sessions 1956-1957 (Fresh Sound) - jazz
  • Cootie Williams: Concerto for Cootie: Selected Recordings 1928-62 (Acrobat) [01-09] - jazz
  • Legends & the Lost: Rare & Hot Jazz 1929-1931 (Frog) - jazz
  • Love Hides All Faults: Deep Gospel Soul Selected by Jumbo (Elusive Vinyl/Pyramid) - gospel
  • Nigerian Guitar Roots: Juju, Guitar Band Highlife 1936-1968 (El Sur -2CD) - African

Priority Counts

  • Priority 2: 132
  • Priority 3: 14

Total: 146