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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  • 21 Savage: American Dream (Slaughter Gang/Epic) [01-12] - hip-hop [**]
  • 1010Benja: Ten Total (Three Six Zero) [03-22] - alt-pop [A-]
  • أحمد [Ahmed]: Giant Beauty (Fönstret) [04-08] - jazz [A-]
  • أحمد [Ahmed]: Wood Blues (Astral Spirits) [04-12] - jazz [A-]
  • اسم [ISM] [Pat Thomas/Joel Grip/Antonin Gerbal]: Maua (577) [02-16] - jazz [A-]
  • Acceleration Due to Gravity: Jonesville: Music by and for Sam Jones (Hot Cup -EP) - jazz [***]
  • Jessica Ackerley: All of the Colours Are Singing (AKP) [08-16] - jazz [*]
  • Actress: Statik (Smalltown Supersound) [06-07] - electronic [*]
  • Nicki Adams/Michael Eaton: The Transcendental (SteepleChase LookOut) [03-22] - jazz [**]
  • Adeem the Artist: Anniversary (Four Quarters) [05-03] - country [**]
  • Nick Adema: Urban Chaos (ZenneZ) [10-04] - jazz [***]
  • Neil Adler: Emi's Song (self-released) [05-29] - jazz [**]
  • Advancing on a Wild Pitch: Disasters, Vol. 2 (Hot Cup) [02-16] - jazz [A-]
  • Africatown, AL: Ancestor Sounds (Free Dirt) [02-23] - blues [**]
  • Okaidja Afroso: Àbòr Édín (Chechekule) - African [*]
  • Arooj Aftab: Night Reign (Verve) [05-31] - Pakistan jazz [***]
  • Cyrille Aimée: À Fleur De Peau (Whirlwind) [03-08] - vocal jazz [**]
  • Albare: Beyond Belief (AM) [02-12] - jazz [*]
  • Erlend Albertsen Bassspace: Name of the Wind (Dugnad Rec) [04-19] - jazz [**]
  • Melissa Aldana: Echoes of the Inner Prophet (Blue Note) [04-04] - jazz [**]
  • Neal Alger: Old Souls (Calligram) [03-01] - jazz [**]
  • JD Allen: The Dark, the Light, the Grey and the Colorful (Savant) [10-04] - jazz [**]
  • Alliance [Sharel Cassity/Colleen Clark]: Alliance (Shifting Paradigm) [03-15] - jazz [**]
  • Allie X: Girl With No Face (Twin Music) [02-23] - synthpop [***]
  • Ben Allison/Steve Cardenas/Ted Nash: Tell the Birds I Said Hello: The Music of Herbie Nichols (Sonic Camera) [02-02] - jazz [***]
  • Karrin Allyson: A Kiss for Brazil (Origin) [05-17] - vocal jazz [**]
  • Gonçalo Almeida: States of Restraint (Clean Feed) [06-28] - jazz [***]
  • Livio Almeida: The Brasilia Sessions (Zoho) [07-19] - jazz [**]
  • Altus: Mythos (Biophilia) [06-07] - jazz [***]
  • Holman Álvarez: Hidden Objects (Sunnyside) [11-08] - jazz [U]
  • John Alvey: Loft Glow (Jazz Music City) [08-25] - jazz [**]
  • Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore: TexiCali (Yep Roc) [06-21] - country [A-]
  • Gino Amato: Latin Crsossroads (Ovation) [09-01] - jazz [*]
  • Oren Ambarchi/Johan Berthling/Andreas Werlin: Ghosted II (Drag City) [04-26] - jazz [***]
  • Robby Ameen: Live at the Poster Museum (Origin) [07-26] - jazz [**]
  • John Ambrosini: Songs for You (self-released) [06-01] - vocal jazz [B]
  • Roxana Amed: Becoming Human (Sony Music Latin) [05-02] - Latin jazz [***]
  • Amyl and the Sniffers: Cartoon Darkness (B2B/Virgin) [10-25] - alt/indie [A-]
  • Bob Anderson: Live! (Jazz Hang) [03-29] - vocal jazz [*]
  • Laurie Anderson: Amelia (Nonesuch) [08-30] - 08-30 [A-]
  • Thomas Anderson: Hello, I'm From the Future (Out There) [04-01] - singer-songwriter [A-]
  • Jason Anick/Jason Yeager: Sanctuary (Sunnyside) [10-11] - jazz [U]
  • Anitta: Funk Generation (Republic) [04-26] - favela funk [***]
  • Sam Anning: Earthen (Earshift Music) [04-05] - jazz [***]
  • Bill Anschell: Improbable Solutions (Origin) [01-19] - jazz [*]
  • Anycia: Princess Pop That (United Masters) [04-26] - hip-hop [***]
  • Apathy: Connecticut Casual: Chapter 2 (Dirty Version) [04-12] - hip-hop [**]
  • Charlie Apicella & Iron City Meet the Griots Speak: Call to Action/Call to Prayer (OA2) [08-16] - jazz [**]
  • Florian Arbenz: Conversation #10 & #11: ON! (Hammer) [03-15] - jazz [**]
  • Nia Archives: Silence Is Loud (Hijinxx/Island) [04-10] - electronic [A-]
  • Daymé Arocena: Alkemi (Brownswood) [02-23] - Latin jazz [*]
  • Arrested Development: Bullets in the Chamber (Vagabond Productions) [01-12] - hip-hop [*]
  • Lynne Arriale Trio: Being Human (Challenge) [03-01] - jazz [**]
  • Byron Asher's Skrontch Music: Lord, When You Send the Rain (Sinking City) [04-19] - jazz [**]
  • Michaël Attias: Quartet Music Vol. I: LuMiSong (Out of Your Head) [03-01] - jazz [B+(**)]
  • Michaël Attias: Quartet Music Vol. II: Kardamon Fall (Out of Your Head) [10-18] - jazz [B+(***)]
  • Michaël Attias: Quartet Music Vol. I + II: LuMiSong + Kardamon Fall (Out of Your Head) [10-18] - jazz [B+(***)]
  • The Attic & Eve Risser: La Grande Crue (NoBusiness) [10-04] - jazz [A-]
  • Awon & Parental: Sublime (HHV) [02-09] - hip-hop [***]
  • Bab L' Bluz: Swaken (Real World) [05-10] - Morocco [*]
  • Bacchae: Next Time (Get Better) [07-05] - post-punk [***]
  • Bad Moves: Wearing Out the Refrain (Don Giovanni) [09-13] - power pop [***]
  • Art Baden: How Much of It Is Real (Rainy Days) [08-16] - jazz [**]
  • David Bailis: Tree of Life (Create or Destroy) [10-11] - jazz [U]
  • Andy Baker: From Here, From There (Calligram) [10-04] - jazz [U]
  • Jim Baker/Steve Hunt/Jakob Heinemann: Horizon Scanners (Clean Feed) [01-26] - jazz [**]
  • Ballister: Smash and Grab (Aerophonic) [01-16] - jazz [A-]
  • Ashtyn Barbaree: Sent Through the Ceiling (Artists 3 60) [10-25] - Americana [***]
  • Rahsaan Barber & Everyday Magic: Six Words (Jazz Music City) [09-06] - jazz [**]
  • Andrew Barker/William Parker/Jon Irabagon: Bakunawa (Out of Your Head) [08-30] - jazz [***]
  • Kenny Barron: Beyond This Place (Artwork/PIAS) [05-10] - jazz [A-]
  • Basic: This Is Basic (No Quarter) [09-06] - fusion [***]
  • John Basile: Heatin' Up (StringTime Jazz) [04-01] - jazz [*]
  • BassDrumBone: Afternoon (Auricle) [06-24] - jazz [***]
  • Jamie Baum Septet+: What Times Are These (Sunnyside) [04-05] - jazz [*]
  • BbyMutha: Sleep Paralysis (True Panther) [04-18] - hip-hop [**]
  • Beabadoobee: This Is How Tomorrow Moves (Dirty Hit) [08-09] - indie pop [A-]
  • Jazmin Bean: Traumatic Livelihood (Island) [02-23] - indie pop [**]
  • Beans: Zwaard (Tygr Rawwk) [03-13] - hip-hop [*]
  • Albert Beger/Ziv Taubenfeld/Shay Hazan/Hamid Drake: Cosmic Waves (NoBusiness) [05-27] - jazz [A-]
  • Beholder Quartet: Suspension of Disbelief (Sachimay) [04-15] - jazz [A-]
  • Beings: There Is a Garden (No Quarter) [06-07] - jazz [A-]
  • Evan Nicole Bell: Runaway Girl (Humingbird -EP) [01-11] - blues [*]
  • Alex Beltran: Rift (Calligram) [03-01] - jazz [***]
  • Oddgeir Berg Trio: A Place Called Home (Ozella) [06-21] - jazz [*]
  • Bruno Berle: No Reino Dos Afetos 2 (Psychic Hotline) [04-05] - Brazil [***]
  • Yaya Bey: Ten Fold (Big Dada) [05-10] - alt-r&b [***]
  • Beyoncé: Cowboy Carter (Parkwood/Columbia) [03-29] - country-pop [**]
  • Pat Bianchi: Three (21H) [02-09] - jazz [***]
  • Eric Bibb: Live at the Scala Theatre Stockholm (Repute) [04-05] - blues [**]
  • Carlos Bica: 11:11 (Clean Feed) [06-28] - jazz [**]
  • Big Bambi: Compositions for Bass Guitar & Bassoon, Vol. I (Greene Avenue Music) [09-27] - jazz [**]
  • Big Freedia With the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra: Live at the Orpheum Theater (Queen Diva) [04-19] - hip-hop [***]
  • Bruna Black/John Finbury: Vã Revelação (Green Flash) [05-14] - vocal jazz [**]
  • Black Art Jazz Collective: Truth to Power (HighNote) [02-16] - jazz [B]
  • Black Lives: People of Earth (Jammin' Colors) [04-19] [***]
  • Carsie Blanton: After the Revolution (self-released) [03-21] - singer-songwriter [***]
  • Carsie Blanton: The Red Album Vol. 1 (self-released -EP) - folk [***]
  • Blu & Evidence: Los Angeles (Bigger Picture Music/New World Color) [07-12] - hip-hop [**]
  • T.K. Blue: Planet Bluu (Jaja) [10-25] - jazz [U]
  • Blue Lab Beats: Blue Eclipse (Decca) [04-19] - nu jazz [B]
  • Blue Moods: Swing & Soul (Posi-Tone) [01-05] - jazz [***]
  • Stix Bones/Bob Beamon: Olimpik Soul (BONE Entertainment) [01-12] - jazz [*]
  • Benjamin Boone: Confluence: The Ireland Sessions (Origin) [09-20] - jazz [***]
  • Borderlands Trio [Stephan Crump/Kris Davis/Eric McPherson]: Rewilder (Intakt) [05-17] - jazz [***]
  • Geoff Bradfield: Colossal Abundance (Calligram) [09-06] - jazz [***]
  • Aziza Brahim: Mawja (Glitterbeat) [02-23] - maghreb pop [**]
  • Anthony Branker & Imagine: Songs My Mom Liked (Origin) [06-21] - Jaz [***]
  • Alan Braufman: Infinite Love Infinite Tears (Valley of Search) [05-17] - jazz [***]
  • Anthony Braxton: 10 Comp (Lorraine) 2022 (Braxton House) [03-29] - jazz [*]
  • Patricia Brennan Septet: Breaking Stretch (Pyroclastic) [09-06] - jazz [A-]
  • Olie Brice/Rachel Musson/Mark Sanders: Immense Blue (West Hill) [01-14] - jazz [**]
  • Bridgetown Sextet: Functionizin' (Rivermont) [01-27] - jazz [**]
  • Britti: Hello, I'm Britti (Easy Eye Sound) [02-02] - singer-songwriter [B+(**)]
  • Owen Broder: Hodges: Front and Center Vol Two (Outside In Music) [04-12] - jazz [A-]
  • The Bobby Broom Organi-sation: Jamalot Live (Steele) [05-24] - jazz [*]
  • Brother Ali: Love & Service (Travelers Media) [04-26] - hip-hop [*]
  • Peter Brötzmann/Paal Nilssen-Love: Chicken Shit Bingo (Trost) [01-26] - jazz [*]
  • Peter Brötzmann/Toshinori Kondo/Sabu Toyozumi: Complete Link (NoBusiness) [05-27] - jazz [A-]
  • Zach Bryan: The Great American Bar Scene (Belting Bronco/Warner) [07/04] - country [**]
  • Martin Budde: Back Burner (Origin) [03-22] - jazz [*]
  • The Buoys: Lustre (Sony) [07-12] - alt/indie [***]
  • Burial: Dreamfear/Boy Sent From Above (XL -EP) [02-09] - electronic [*]
  • Anne Burnell & Mark Burnell: This Could Be the Start of Something Big (Spectrum Music) [10-01] - vocal jazz [B]
  • Cedric Burnside: Hill Country Love (Provogue) [04-05] - blues [**]
  • Isrea Butler: Congo Lament (Vegas) [06-01] - jazz [***]
  • Chris Byars: Boptics (SteepleChase) [06-13] - jazz [**]
  • Cakes Da Killa: Black Sheep (Young Art) [03-22] - hip-hop [**]
  • John Cale: POPtical Illusion (Domino) [06-14] - art rock [***]
  • Jonas Cambien: Jonas Cambien's Maca Conu (Clean Feed) [01-26] - jazz [***]
  • Nicola Caminiti: Vivid Tales of a Blurry Self-Portrait (self-released) [05-10] - jazz [***]
  • Gerald Cannon: Live at Dizzy's Club: The Music of Elvin & McCoy (Woodneck) [01-19] - jazz [***]
  • Caporaso Ensemble: Encounter (Psychosomatic) [04-26] - jazz [*]
  • Ian Carey & Wood Metal Plastic: Strange Arts (Slow & Steady) [03-22] - jazz [**]
  • Frank Carlberg Large Ensemble: Elegy for Thelonious (Sunnyside) [03-08] - jazz [**]
  • Gunhild Carling: Jazz Is My Lifestyle! (Jazz Art) [09-01] - jazz [***]
  • Willi Carlisle: Critterland (Signature Sounds) [01-26] - country [**]
  • Sabrina Carpenter: Short n' Sweet (Island) [08-23] - pop [***]
  • Melissa Carper: Borned in Ya (Mae Music) [07-19] - country [A-]
  • James Carter: Un (Unaccompanied Baritone Saxophone) (J.M.I.) [05-17] - jazz [**]
  • George Cartwright & Bruce Golden: Dilate (self-released) [01-03] - jazz [*]
  • Kim Cass: Levs (Pi) [06-28] - jazz [***]
  • The Castellows: A Little Goes a Long Way (Warner Music Nashville -EP) [02-09] - country [**]
  • Cavalier: Different Type Time (Backwoodz Studioz) [04-19] - hip-hop [**]
  • Ernesto Cervini's Turboprop: A Canadian Songbook (Three Pines) [03-08] - jazz [***]
  • A Certain Ratio: It All Comes Down to This (Mute) [04-19] - new wave [**]
  • Layale Chaker & Sarafand: Radio Afloat (In a Circle) [05-17] - jazz [A-]
  • Manu Chao: Viva Tu (Because Music) [09-20] - world [A-]
  • Bill Charlap Trio: And Then Again (Blue Note) [08-16] - jazz [***]
  • Etienne Charles: Creole Orchestra (Culture Shock) [06-14] - jazz [*]
  • Charli XCX: Brat (Atlantic) [06-07] - electropop [***]
  • Annie Chen: Guardians (JZ Music) [02-23] - jazz [B]
  • Chief Keef: Almighty So 2 (43B) [05-10] - hip-hop [***]
  • John Chin/Jeong Lim Yang/Jon Gruk Kim: Journey of Han (Jinsy Music) [09-27] - jazz [*]
  • Rachel Chinouriri: What a Devastating Turn of Events (Elektra) [05-03] - alt/indie [**]
  • The Chisel: What a Fucking Nightmare (Pure Noise) [02-09] - hardcore punk [*]
  • Mina Cho's Grace Beat Quartet: "Beat Mirage" (International Gugak Jazz Institute) [02-09] - jazz [**]
  • The Choir Invisible [Charlotte Greve/Vinnie Sperazza/Chris Tordini]: Town of Two Faces (Intakt) [02-16] - jazz [***]
  • Chromeo: Adult Contemporary (BMG) [02-16] - electropop [**]
  • Cindy Lee: Diamond Jubilee (Realistik Studios) [03-29] - psychedelic pop [*]
  • Marc Ciprut: Moonshine (White Label) [07-11] - jazz [B]
  • Clairo: Charm (Clairo) [07-12] - sophisti-pop [***]
  • Gary Clark Jr.: JPEG RAW (Warner) [03-22] - blues [B-]
  • Dawn Clement/Steve Kovalcheck/Jon Hamar: Dawn Clement/Steve Kovalcheck/Jon Hamar Trio (self-released) [09-06] - jazz [*]
  • Carl Clements: A Different Light (Greydisc) [05-23] - jazz [***]
  • Coco & Clair Clair: Girl (Nice Girl World) [08-30] - hip-hop [A-]
  • Coco Chatru Quartet: Future (Trygger Music) [03-28] - jazz [***]
  • Avishai Cohen: Ashes to Gold (ECM) [10-11] - jazz [**]
  • Steve Coleman and Five Elements: PolyTropos/Of Many Turns (Pi) [10-25] - jazz [A-]
  • Isaiah Collier & the Chosen Few: The Almighty (Division 81) [04-24] - jazz [**]
  • Alfredo Colón: Blood Burden (Out of Your Head) [06-14] - jazz [A-]
  • Commodore Trio: Communal - EP (self-relesed - EP) [02-01] - jazz [*]
  • Common & Pete Rock: The Auditorium Vol. I (Loma Vista) [07-12] - hip-hop [***]
  • A.G. Cook: Britpop (New Alias) [05-10] - electronic [**]
  • Greg Copeland: Empire State (Franklin & Highland -EP) [09-06] - singer-songwriter [**]
  • The Core: Roots (Moserobie) [04-12] - jazz [A-]
  • Chick Corea & Béla Fleck: Remembrance (Thirty Tigers) [05-10] - jazz [B]
  • Chris Corsano/Joe Baiza/Mike Watt: Corsano Baiza Watt Trio (Yucca Alta) [09-06] - jazz [*]
  • Charley Crockett: $10 Cowboy (Son of Davy) [04-26] - country [**]
  • Charley Crockett: $10 Cowboy Chapter II: Visions of Dallas (Son of Davy) [07-22] - country [***]
  • Stephan Crump: Slow Water (Papillon Sounds) [05-03] - jazz [***]
  • Ivanna Cuesta: A Letter to the Earth (Orenda) [06-07] - jazz [A-]
  • The Cure: Songs of a Lost World (Universal Music) [11-01] - gothic pop [*]
  • Buck Curran: One Evening and Other Folks Songs (Obsolete/ESP-Disk) [06-28] - folk [*]
  • Caleb Wheeler Curtis: The True Story of Bears and the Invention of the Battery (Imani -2CD) [11-01] - jazz [U]
  • Zaccai Curtis: Cubop Lives! (Truth Revolution Recording Collective) [05-10] - jazz [**]
  • Jeremiah Cymerman: Body of Light (5049) [05-03] - jazz [*]
  • Daggerboard: Escapement (Wide Hive) [03-08] - jazz [**]
  • Amalie Dahl's Dafnie: Står Op Med Solen (Aguirre) [04-05] - jazz [***]
  • The Dare: What's Wrong With New York? (Republic) [09-06] - new rave [*]
  • Guy Davis: The Legend of Sugarbelly (M.C.) [08-23] - blues [***]
  • Jamale Davis: Run With the Hunted (SteepleChase) [04-19] - jazz [**]
  • The Kris Davis Trio: Run the Gauntlet (Pyroclastic) [09-27] - jazz [***]
  • On Ka'a Davis: Here's to Another Day and Night for the LWA of the Woke (Tzadik) [05-00] - jazz [*]
  • Day Dream: Duke & Strays Live: Works by Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn (Corner Store Jazz -2CD) [11-08] - jazz [**]
  • Jon De Lucia: The Brubeck Octet Project (Musæum Clausum) [07-12] - jazz [***]
  • George Dearborne: Lotta Honky Tonkin' Left in Me (Wingate) [07-12] - country [**]
  • Michael Dease: Found in Space: The Music of Gregg Hill (Origin) [09-20] - jazz [***]
  • Hania Derej Quartet: Evacuation (ZenneZ) [06-21] - jazz [***]
  • Devouring the Guilt: Not to Want to Say (Kettle Hole) [06-08] - jazz [***]
  • Dharma Down: Owl Dreams (Dharma Down) [10-11] - jazz [U]
  • Madi Diaz: Weird Faith (Anti-) [02-09] - singer-songwriter [A-]
  • Ani DiFranco: Unprecedented Sh!t (Righteous Babe) [05-17] - anti-folk [*]
  • DIIV: Frog in Boiling Water (Fantasy) [05-24] - shoegaze [*]
  • Divr: Is This Water (We Jazz) [02-02] - jazz [*]
  • The Rob Dixon/Steve Allee Quintet: Standards Deluxe (self-released) [02-01] - jazz [**]
  • DJ Anderson do Paraiso: Queridão (Nyege Nyege Tapes) [03-01] - baile funk [B]
  • Doechii: Alligator Bites Never Heal (Top Dawg/Capitol) [08-30] - hip-hop [**]
  • Arnaud Dolmen/Leonardo Montana: LéNo (Quai Son) [03-29] - jazz [**]
  • Giuseppe Doronzo/Andy Moor/Frank Rosaly: Futuro Ancestrale (Clean Feed) [01-26] - jazz [**]
  • Welf Dorr/Elias Meister/Dmitry Ishenko/Kenny Wollesen: So Far So Good (self-released) [06-21] - jazz [A-]
  • Dave Douglas: Gifts (Greenleaf Music) [04-12] - jazz [A-]
  • Ducks Ltd.: Harm's Way (Carpark) [02-09] - jangle pop [**]
  • Nick Dunston: Colla Voce (Out of Your Head) [04-26] - jazz [**]
  • Isabelle Duthoit & Franz Hautzinger: Dans le Morvan (Relative Pitch) [02-23] - jazz [*]
  • Morten Duun: Code Breaker (Cmntx) [07-19] - jazz [*]
  • Gui Duvignau/Jacob Sacks/Nathan Ellman-Bell: Live in Red Hook (Sunnyside) [01-26] - jazz [*]
  • Yelena Eckemoff: Romance of the Moon (L&H Production) [05-10] - jazz [***]
  • Edition Redux: Better a Rook Than a Pawn (Audiographic -23) [2023-12-22] - jazz [***]
  • Billie Eilish: Hit Me Hard and Soft (Interscope) [05-17] - pop [A-]
  • Wendy Eisenberg: Viewfinder (American Dreams) [09-13] - jazz [**]
  • Ekko Astral: Pink Balloons (Topshelf) [04-17] - postpunk [***]
  • El Khat: Mute (Glitterbeat) [09-13] - world [*]
  • Kahil El'Zabar's Ethnic Heritage Ensemble: Open Me, a Higher Consciousness of Sound and Spirit (Spiritmuse) [03-08] - jazz [A-]
  • Elbow: Audio Vertigo (Polydor) [03-22] - art rock [B]
  • Tinsley Ellis: Naked Truth (Alligator) [02-09] - blues [**]
  • Eminem: The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope) [07-12] - pop rap [**]
  • Emmeluth's Amoeba: Nonsense (Moserobie) [02-09] - jazz [A-]
  • Signe Emmeluth: Banshee (Motvind) [03-15] - jazz [***]
  • Empirical: Wonder Is the Beginning (Whirlwind) [03-15] - jazz [**]
  • Empress Of: For Your Consideration (Major Arcana/Giant) [03-22] - alt-pop [**]
  • English Teacher: This Could Be Texas (Island) [04-12] - art rock [***]
  • Peter Erskine and the Jam Music Lab All-Stars: Bernstein in Vienna (Origin) [01-19] - jazz [**]
  • John Escreet: The Epicenter of Your Dreams (Blue Room Music) [06-07] - jazz [***]
  • Ethel & Layale Chaker: Vigil (In a Circle) [05-17] - jazz [***]
  • Ethnic Heritage Ensemble: Open Me, a Higher Consciousness of Sound and Spirit (Spiritmuse) [03-08] - jazz [A-]
  • Etran De L'Aïr: 100% Saharan Guitar (Sahel Sounds) [09-13] - Saharan rock [***]
  • Julieta Eugenio: Stay (Cristalyn) [03-29] - jazz [A-]
  • Jeff Evans Porkestra: Willow Pillow (self-releaed -EP) [04-19] - country [***]
  • Orrin Evans and the Captain Black Big Band: Walk a Mile in My Shoe (Imani) [08-12] - jazz [*]
  • Christian Fabian Trio: Hip to the Skip (Spicerack) [02-01] - jazz [*]
  • Joe Fahey: Andrea's Exile (Rough Fish) [08-16] - singer-songwriter [**]
  • Alon Farber Hagiga With Dave Douglas: The Magician: Live in Jerusalem (Origin) [02-24] - jazz [***]
  • Maria Faust Jazz Catastrophe: 3rd Mutation: Moth (Bush Flash) [04-19] - jazz [A-]
  • Doug Ferony: Alright Okay You Win (Ferony Enterprizes Music) [10-01] - vocal jazz [B]
  • Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti & Frank Rosaly: Mestizk (International Anthem) [05-03] - vocal jazz [***]
  • R.A.P. Ferreira & Fumitake Tamura: The First Fist to Make Contact When We Dap (Ruby Yacht) [01-26] - hip-hop [***]
  • Sierra Ferrell: Trail of Flowers (Rounder) [03-22] - bluegrass [***]
  • Lawrence Fields: To the Surface (Rhythm 'N' Flow) [02-02] - jazz [**]
  • Nick Finzer: Legacy: A Centennial Celebration of JJ Johnson (Outside In Music) [04-05] - jazz [***]
  • Fire!: Testament (Rune Grammofon) [02-24] - jazz [***]
  • Delia Fischer: Beyond Bossa (Origin) [09-20] - vocal jazz [***]
  • Ingebrigt Håker Flaten/(Exit) Knarr: Breezy (Sonic Transmissions) [09-27] - jazz [**]
  • Flo Milli: Fine Ho, Stay (RCA) [03-15] - hip-hop [**]
  • Floating Points: Cascade (Ninja Tune) [09-13] - IDM [A-]
  • Flukten: Flukten (Odin) [05-31] - jazz [***]
  • Sue Foley: One Guitar Woman: A Tribute to the Female Pioneers of Guitar (Stony Plain) [03-29] - blues [***]
  • Joe Fonda Quartet: Eyes on the Horizon (Long Song) [11-15] - jazz [U]
  • Fontaines D.C.: Romance (XL) [08-23] - indie rock [**]
  • Adam Forkelid: Turning Point (Prophone) [03-05] - jazz [***]
  • Elin Forkelid: Songs to Keep You Company on a Dark Night (Sail Cabin) [11-15] - jazz [**]
  • Forq: Big Party (GroundUP) [09-13] - jazz [*]
  • Four + Six: Four + Six (Jazz Hang) [03-29] - jazz [A-]
  • Four Tet: Three (Text) [03-15] - electronica [***]
  • Chad Fowler/Shanyse Strickland/Sana Nagano/Melanie Dyer/Ken Filiano/Anders Griffen: Birdsong (Mahakala Music) [01-19] - jazz [**]
  • Fox Green: Light Darkness (self-released) [06-12] - alt/indie [A-]
  • Eric Frazier: That Place Featuring "Return of the Panther Woman" (EFP Productions) [03-29] - jazz [***]
  • Fred Again . .: Ten Days (Atlantic) [09-06] - prog house [**]
  • Amaro Freitas: Y'Y (Psychic Hotline) [03-01] - jazz [**]
  • Friends & Neighbors: Circles (Clean Feed) [01-24] - jazz [***]
  • David Friesen: This Light Has No Darkness (Origin) [02-24] - jazz [B]
  • David Friesen: A Light Shining Through (Origin) [11-22] - jazz [U]
  • Bill Frisell: Orchestras (Blue Note) [04-19] - jazz [**]
  • Satoko Fujii Tokyo Trio: Jet Black (Libra) [01-24] - jazz [***]
  • Satoko Fujii Quartet: Dog Days of Summer (Libra) [09-13] - jazz [U]
  • The Fully Celebrated Orchestra: Sob Story (Relative Pitch) [02-23] - jazz [**]
  • FUR [Hélène Duret/Benjamin Sauzereau/Maxime Rouayroux]: Bond (BMC) [06-07] - jazz [**]
  • Joel Futterman: Innervoice (NoBusiness) [10-04] - jazz [U]
  • Future & Metro Boomin: We Don't Trust You (Epic/Freebandz/Republic Boominati Worldwide) [03-22] - hip-hop [**]
  • Future & Metro Boomin: We Still Don't Trust You (Epic/Freebandz/Republic/Boominati Worldwide) [04-12] - hip-hop [**]
  • Future Islands: People Who Aren't There Anymore (4AD) [01-26] - synthpop [*]
  • Joel Futterman/William Parker: Why (Soul City Sounds) - jazz [***]
  • Gangrene: Heads I Win, Tails You Lose (ALC) [04-19] - hip-hop [**]
  • Nubya Garcia: Odyssey (Concord Jazz) [09-24] - jazz [B]
  • Amanda Gardier: Auteur (Music Inspired by the Films of Wes Anderson) (self-released) [01-26] - jazz [A-]
  • Hilary Gardner: On the Trial with the Lonesome Pines (Anzic) [03-08] - jazz [*]
  • Kenny Garrett & Svoy: Who Killed AI? (Mack Avenue) [04-12] - jazz [**]
  • Myriam Gendron: Mayday (Thrill Jockey) [05-10] - folk [**]
  • Beth Gibbons: Lives Outgrown (Domino) [05-17] - singer-songwriter [A-]
  • Claudia Gibson: The Fields of Chazy (self-released) [03-01] - folk [**]
  • Marshall Gilkes and WDR Big Band: Life Songs (Alternate Side) [01-26] - jazz [***]
  • Girl in Red: I'm Doing It Again Baby! (Columbia) [04-10] - alt-pop [**]
  • Frode Gjerstad Trio: Unknown Purposes (Circulasione Totale) [09-04] - jazz [***]
  • Frode Gjerstad/Margaux Oswald/Ivar Myrset Asheim: Another Step (Circulasione Totale) [09-04] - jazz [*]
  • Margaret Glaspy: The Sun Doesn't Think (ATO -EP) [04-26] - singer-songwriter [***]
  • Glass Beach: Plastic Death (Run for Cover) [01-19] - prog rock [B-]
  • Roby Glod/Christian Ramond/Klaus Kugel: No Toxic (Nemu) [01-02] - jazz [A-]
  • GloRilla: Ehhthang Ehhthang (CMG/Interscope) [04-05] - hip-hop [***]
  • Nicole Glover: Plays (Savant) [03-29] - jazz [A-]
  • Jose Gobbo Trio: Current (self-released) [02-05] - jazz [**]
  • Ben Goldberg/Todd Sickafoose/Scott Amendola: Here to There (Secret Hatch) [10-25] - jazz [U]
  • The Vinny Golia Quintet 2024: Almasty (Nine Winds) [04-15] - jazz [**]
  • Phillip Golub: Abiding Memory (Endectomorph Music) [06-21] - jazz [**]
  • Dayramir González: V.I.D.A. [Verdad, Independencia, Diversidad Y Amor] (self-released) [04-12] - jazz [B]
  • The Sofia Goodman Group: Receptive (Joyous) [07-26] - jazz [*]
  • Jon Gordon: 7th Ave South (ArtistShare) [05-03] - jazz [*]
  • Kim Gordon: The Collective (Matador) [03-08] - alt/indie [A-]
  • Gossip: Real Power (Columbia) [03-22] - alt/indie [**]
  • Vanisha Gould and Chris McCarthy: Life's a Gig (Fresh Sound New Talent) [01-12] - jazz [**]
  • Ciara Grace: Write It Down (self-released) [***]
  • Laura Jane Grace: Hole in My Head (Polyvinyl) [02-16] - punk/folk [***]
  • María Grand With Marta Sánchez: Anohin (Biophilia) [03-29] - jazz [*]
  • Grandaddy: Blu Wav (Dangerbird) [02-16] - indie pop [B]
  • Ariana Grande: Eternal Sunshine (Republic) [03-08] - dance-pop [**]
  • Frank Gratkowski/Ensemble Modern: Mature Hybrid Talking (Maria de Alvear World Edition) - jazz [**]
  • Gordon Grdina/Christian Lillinger: Duo Work (Attaboygirl) [02-16] - jazz [***]
  • Gordon Grdina's the Marrow: With Fathieh Honari (Attaboygirl) [02-16] - jazz [***]
  • Guillermo Gregorio: Two Trios (ESP-Disk -23) [2023-12-01] - jazz [***]
  • The Gringo Pistoleros: The Rise and . . . Subsequent Fall of the Texas Alien (self-released) [05-31] - country [**]
  • Erik Griswold/Chloe Kim/Helen Svoboda: Anatomical Heart (Earshift Music) [04-26] - jazz [**]
  • Gregory Groover Jr.: Loveabye (Criss Cross) [04-26] - jazz [**]
  • Andrea Grossi Blend 3 + Jim Black: Axes (We Insist!) [05-21] - jazz [***]
  • Richard Guba: Songs for Stuffed Animals (self-released) [06-06] - jazz [**]
  • Morgan Guerin: Tales of the Facade (Candid) [05-10] - jazz [*]
  • Giovanni Guidi: A New Day (ECM) [07-19] - jazz [**]
  • Andy Haas: For the Time, Being (Resonant Music) - jazz [U]
  • The Haas Company [Featuring Andy Timmons]: Vol. 1: Galactic Tide (Psychiatric) [06-01] - jazz [B]
  • The Haas Company [Featuring Frank Gambale]: Vol. 2: Celestial Latitude (Psychiatric) [09-01] - jazz [**]
  • Marika Hackman: Big Sigh (Chrysalis) [01-12] - singer-songwriter [**]
  • Noah Haidu: Standards II (Sunnyside) [04-12] - jazz [**]
  • Russell Haight: Go Forth (OA2) [08-16] - jazz [***]
  • Sahra Halgan: Hiddo Dhawr (La Région/Danaya Music) [01-29] - African [***]
  • Jared Hall: Influences (Origin) [06-21] - jazz [***]
  • Rich Halley 4: Dusk and Dawn (Pine Eagle) [10-25] - jazz [A-]
  • Halsey: The Great Impersonator (Columbia) [10-25] - pop [A-]
  • Mary Halvorson: Cloudward (Nonesuch) [01-19] - jazz [**]
  • Sarah Hanahan: Among Giants (Blue Engine) [06-21] - jazz [***]
  • Simon Hanes: Tsons of Tsunami (Tzadik) [02-23] - jazz [**]
  • Hannah Frances: Keeper of the Shepherd (Ruination) [03-01] - folk rock [*]
  • The Hard Quartet: The Hard Quartet (Matador) [10-04] - indie rock [*]
  • Alex Harding/Lucian Ban: Blutopia (Sunnyside) [05-17] - jazz [**]
  • Dave Harrington/Max Jaffe/Patrick Shiroishi: Speak, Moment (AKP) [03-08] - jazz [**]
  • Stefon Harris + Blackout: Sonic Creed Volume II: Life Signs (Motéma) [06-14] - jazz [*]
  • Joel Harrison & Alternative Guitar Summit: The Middle of Everywhere: Guitar Solos Vol. I (AGS) [07-24] - jazz [*]
  • Keyon Harrold: Foreverland (Concord) [01-19] - jazz [**]
  • Jo Harrop: The Path of a Tear (Lateralize) [06-07] - jazz [***]
  • Mercer Hassy Orchestra: Duke's Place (Mercer Hassy) [04-15] - jazz [A-]
  • Alexander Hawkins/Sofia Jernberg: Musho (Intakt) [04-19] - vocal jazz [*]
  • Hawkwind: Stories From Time and Space (Cherry Red) [04-05] - space rock [B]
  • Heems & Lapgan: Lafandar (Veena Sounds) [02-16] - hip-hop [A]
  • Heems: Veena (Veena Sounds) [08-23] - hip-hop [***]
  • Eirik Hegdal Eklektisk Samband: Turnchest (Particular) - jazz [*]
  • Aaron Yale Heisler: Zoot's Soprano EP [Alternate Takes and Remixes From the Bechet Century] (Bathurst Manor -EP) [03-27] - jazz [B]
  • Alex Heitlinger Jazz Orchestra: Slush Pump Truck Stop (SteepleChase) [ 02-23] - jazz [B]
  • Helado Negro: Phasor (4AD) [02-09] - indietronica [**]
  • Alden Hellmuth: Good Intentions (Fresh Sound New Talent) [09-08] - jazz [***]
  • Arve Henriksen/Harmen Fraanje: Touch of Time (ECM) [01-26] - jazz [*]
  • Jihee Heo: Flow (OA2) [06-21] - jazz [**]
  • Enrique Heredia Trio: Plays Herbie Nichols (Fresh Sound) [01-25] - jazz [***]
  • Hermanos Gutiérrez: Sonido Cósmico (Easy Eye Sound) [07-14] - Latin [A-]
  • Fred Hersch: Silent, Listening (ECM) [04-19] - jazz [*]
  • Jake Hertzog: Longing to Meet You (self-released) [06-01] - Jjazz [**]
  • Monika Herzig's Sheroes: All in Good Time (Zoho) [07-22] - jazz [**]
  • Conrad Herwig: The Latin Side of McCoy Tyner (Savant) [05-24] - jazz [**]
  • Dylan Hicks & Small Screens: Modern Flora (Soft Launch) [09-06] - singer-songwriter [A-]
  • Hinds: Viva Hinds (Lucky Number) [09-06] - indie pop [A-]
  • Christopher Hoffman: Vision Is the Identity (Out of Your Head) [03-22] - jazz [*]
  • John Hollenbeck & NDR Bigband: Colouring Hockets (Plexatonic) [11-15] - jazz [U]
  • Mike Holober & the Gotham Jazz Orchestra: This Rock We're On: Imaginary Letters (Palmetto) [06-14] - jazz [B]
  • Julia Holter: Something in the Room She Moves (Domino) [03-22] - art pop [*]
  • Home Counties: Exactly as It Seems (Submarine Cat) [05-03] - dance-punk [*]
  • Homeboy Sandman: Rich II (self-released) [06-07] - hip-hop [**]
  • Hyeseon Hong Jazz Orchestra: Things Will Pass (Pacific Coast Jazz) [08-23] - jazz [**]
  • Jazzmeia Horn: Messages (Empress Legacy) [10-25] - vocal jazz [**]
  • Hot Club of San Francisco: Original Gadjo (Hot Club) [09-13] - jazz [**]
  • Hovvdy: Hovvdy (Arts & Crafts) [04-26] - alt/indie [*]
  • Brittany Howard: What Now (Island) [02-09] - psychedelic soul [**]
  • Daniel Humair/Samuel Blaser/Heiri Känzig [Helveticus]: Our Way (Blaser Music) [05-24] - jazz [***]
  • Hurray for the Riff Raff: The Past Is Still Alive (Nonesuch) [02-24] - singer-songwriter [A-]
  • Jason Kao Hwang: Soliloquies: Unaccompanied Pizzicato Violin Improvisations (True Sound) [09-15] - jazz [U]
  • I Am Three: In Other Words (Leo) [04-05] - jazz [A-]
  • Ibibio Sound Machine: Pull the Rope (Merge) [05-03] - African [**]
  • Abdullah Ibrahim: 3 (Gearbox) [01-12] - jazz [*]
  • Ice Spice: Y2K! (10K/Capitol/Dolo) [ 07-26] - hip-hop [***]
  • Shawneci Icecold/Vernon Reid/Matthew Garrison & Grant Calvin Weston: Future Prime (Underground45) [09-01] - jazz [U]
  • Idles: Tangk (Partisan) [02-16] - art punk [**]
  • Ill Considered: Precipice (New Soil) [03-22] - jazz [***]
  • Ill Considered: Infrared (New Soil) [09-06] - jazz [**]
  • Illuminati Hotties: Power (Hopeless) [ 08-23] - twee pop [**]
  • Randy Ingram: Aries Dance (Sounderscore) [10-18] - jazz [**]
  • Mikko Innanen Autonomous: Hietsu (Fiasko) [02-02] - jazz [**]
  • Jon Irabagon's Outright!: Recharge the Blade (Irabbagast) [01-23] - jazz [***]
  • Jon Irabagon: Survivalism (Irabbagast) [01-23] - jazz [*]
  • Jon Irabagon Trio + One: Dinner & Dancing (Irabbagast) [07-30] - jazz [***]
  • Jon Irabagon: I Don't Hear Nothin' but the Blues: Volume 3 Part 2: Exuberant Scars (Irabbagast) [07-30] - jazz [**]
  • Ive: Ive Switch (Starship Entertainment -EP) [04-29] - K-pop [A-]
  • Ethan Iverson: Technically Acceptable (Blue Note) [01-19] - jazz [*]
  • Vijay Iyer: Compassion (ECM) [02-02] - jazz [***]
  • Ize Trio: The Global Suites (self-released) [08-02] - jazz [*]
  • J.U.S X Squadda B: 3rd Shift (Bruiser Brigade) [08-06] - hip-hop [***]
  • Javon Jackson/Nikki Giovanni: Javon & Nikki Go to the Movies (Solid Jackson/Palmetto) [08-23] - jazz [A-]
  • Keefe Jackson/Raoul van der Weide/Frank Rosaly: Live at de Tanker (Kettle Hole) [08-04] - jazz [***]
  • Laird Jackson: Life (self-released) - vocal jazz [U]
  • Eric Jacobson: Heading Home (Origin) [08-16] - jazz [*]
  • Arushi Jain: Delight (Leaving) [03-29] - electronic [B-]
  • Boldy James/Conductor Williams: Across the Tracks (Near Mint) [06-28] - hip-hop [**]
  • Colin James: Chasing the Sun (Stony Plain) [08-23] - blues [B]
  • Janel & Anthony: New Moon in the Evil Age (Cuneiform) [06-28] - jazz [**]
  • Jazz at the Ballroom: Flying High: Big Band Canaries Who Soared (Jazz at the Ballroom) [05-03] - jazz [***]
  • Jazz Ensemble of Memphis: Playing in the Yard (Memphis International) [04-05] - jazz [*]
  • Mathias Højgaard Jensen: Is as Is (Fresh Sound New Talent) [05-31] - jazz [A-]
  • The Jesus and Mary Chain: Glasgow Eyes (Fuzz Club) [03-08] - noise pop [**]
  • Malcolm Jiyane Tree-O: True Story (New Soil/Mushroom Hour) [06-14] - jazz [**]
  • Jlin: Akoma (Planet Mu) [03-22] - electronic [***]
  • Joel and the Neverending Sextet: Marbled (Motvind) [09-13] - jazz [***]
  • Johnny Blue Skies [Sturgill Simpson]: Passage Du Desir (High Top Mountain) [07-12] - country [**]
  • Tom Johnson Jazz Orchestra: Time Takes Odd Turns (self-released) [08-30] - jazz [B]
  • Karen Jonas: The Rise and Fall of American Kitsch (self-released) [08-08] - country [*]
  • Darius Jones: Legend of e'Boi (The Hypervigilant Eye) (AUM Fidelity) [10-04] - jazz [A-]
  • Norah Jones: Visions (Blue Note) [03-08] - vocal jazz [*]
  • Danny Jonokuchi Big Band: A Decade (Bandstand Presents) [08-23] - jazz [*]
  • I. Jordan: I Am Jordan (Ninja Tune) [05-10] - electronic [*]
  • JPEGMafia: I Lay Down My Life for You (AWAL) [08-01] - hip-hop [*]
  • Julie: My Anti-Aircraft Friend (Atlantic) [09-13] - shoegaze [*]
  • Ka: The Thief Next to Jesus (Iron Works) [08-19] - hip-hop [**]
  • Goran Kajfeš Tropiques: Tell Us (We Jazz) [05-03] - jazz [***]
  • Ariel Kalma/Jeremiah Chiu/Marta Sofia Honer: The Closest Thing to Silence (International Anthem) [02-02] - jazz [**]
  • Benji Kaplan: Untold Stories (self-released) [05-01] - jazz [*]
  • Pandelis Karayorgis/George Kokkinaris: Out From Athens (Driff) [05-20] - jazz [**]
  • Alex Kautz: Where We Begin (Sunnyside) [07-05] - jazz [*]
  • Kaytranada: Timeless (RCA) [06-07] - alt-r&b [***]
  • Kaze: Unwritten (Circum/Libra) [02-09] - jazz [***]
  • Ryan Keberle & Catharsis: Music Is Connection (Alternate Side) [10-18] - jazz [***]
  • Jason Keiser: Kind of Kenny (OA2) [10-25] - jazz [U]
  • Roger Kellaway: Live at Mezzrow (Cellar Music) [05-17] - jazz [*]
  • Simone Keller: Hidden Heartache (Intakt) [03-15] - jazz [**]
  • Amirtha Kidambi's Elder Ones: New Monuments (We Jazz) [03-15] - jazz [**]
  • Rebecca Kilgore: A Little Taste: A Tribute to Dave Frishberg (Cherry Pie Music) [10-28] - vocal jazz [U]
  • Izumi Kimura/Barry Guy/Gerry Hemingway: Six Hands Open as One (Fundacja Sluchaj) [04-01] - jazz [***]
  • Cassie Kinoshi's SEED.: Gratitude (International Anthem) [03-22] - jazz [*]
  • Katy Kirby: Blue Raspberry (Anti-) [01-26] - indie folk [**]
  • Lola Kirke: Country Curious (One Riot -EP) [04-20] - country [*]
  • Anni Kiviniemi Trio: Eir (We Jazz) [01-12] - jazz [***]
  • Tobias Klein/Frank Rosaly/Maria Warelis: Tendresse (Relative Pitch) [06-28] - jazz [**]
  • Kneecap: Fine Art (Heavenly) [06-14] - hip-hop [A-]
  • Julien Knowles: As Many, as One (Biophilia) [04-26] - jazz [*]
  • Kirk Knuffke: Super Blonde (SteepleChase) [09-20] - jazz [A-]
  • Charlie Kohlhase's Explorer's Club: A Second Life (Mandorla Music) [06-07] - jazz [A-]
  • Cliff Korman Trio: Urban Tracks (SS) [12-06] - jazz [U]
  • Jim Kweskin: Never Too Late: Duets With Friends (Storysound) [01-26] - folk [***]
  • Anysia Kym: Truest (10k -EP) [03-21] - hip-hop [*]
  • Lady Gaga: Harlequin (Interscope) [09-27] - jazz? [*]
  • Julian Lage: Speak to Me (Blue Note) [03-01] - jazz [*]
  • Miranda Lambert: Postcards From Texas (Republic Nashville) [09-13] - country [A-]
  • Dawn Landes: The Liberated Woman's Songbook (Fun Machine Music) [03-29] - folk [*]
  • Brian Landrus: Plays Ellington & Strayhorn (Palmetto) [07-12] - jazz [***]
  • Jon Langford & the Bright Shiners: Where It Really Starts (Tiny Global Productions) [03-08] - alt-country [**]
  • The Last Dinner Party: Prelude to Ecstasy (Island) [02-02] - baroque pop [*]
  • Last Word Quintet: Falling to Earth (Origin) [03-22] - jazz [**]
  • Bill Laurance/The Untold Orchestra: Bloom (ACT Music) [04-26] - jazz [**]
  • Matt Lavelle & the 12 Houses: The Crop Circles Suite Part One (Mahakala Music) [04-11] - jazz [***]
  • Andy Laverne: Spot On (SteepleChase) [02-22] - jazz [**]
  • Remy Le Boeuf's Assembly of Shadows: Heartland Radio (SoundSpore) [03-16] - jazz [B]
  • Ellie Lee: Escape (Sori-E Naite Music) [05-24] - jazz [***]
  • Lemadi Trio: Canonical Discourse (A New Wave of Jazz Axis) [10-15] - jazz [U]
  • MJ Lenderman: Manning Fireworks (Anti-) [09-06] - country rock [***]
  • Adrianne Lenker: Bright Future (4AD) [03-22] - singer-songwriter [***]
  • Peter Lenz: Breathe: Music for Large Ensembles (GambsART) [11-08] - jazz [U]
  • David Leon: Bird's Eye (Pyroclastic) [03-08] - jazz [**]
  • Janel Leppin's Ensemble Volcanic Ash: To March Is to Love (Cuneiform) [06-28] - jazz [***]
  • Les Amazones d'Afrique: Musow Danse (Real World) [02-16] - African [***]
  • Les Savy Fav: Oui, LSF (Frenchkiss) [05-10] - post-punk [**]
  • Omer Leshem: Play Space (Ubuntu Music) [09-27] - jazz [**]
  • James Brandon Lewis Quartet: Transfiguration (Intakt) [02-16] - jazz [A-]
  • Molly Lewis: On the Lips (Jagjaguwar) [02-16] [*]
  • The Libertines: All Quiet on the Eastern Esplanade (Casablanca/Republic) [04-05] - alt/indie [B]
  • David Liebman & the CNY Jazz Orchestra: If a White Horse From Jerusalem . . . (CNY Jazz Arts Foundation) [08-10] - jazz [**]
  • The Linda Lindas: No Obligation (Epitaph) [10-11] - alt/indie [**]
  • Dua Lipa: Radical Optimism (Warner) [05-03] - dance-pop [A-]
  • Liquid Mike: Paul Bunyan's Slingshot (self-released) [02-02] - alt/indie [**]
  • Little Simz: Drop 7 (Forever Living Originals -EP) [02-09] - UK hip-hop [**]
  • Live Edge Trio With Steve Nelson: Closing Time (OA2) [05-17] - jazz [**]
  • LL Cool J: The Force (Def Jam) [09-06] - hip-hop [A-]
  • Charles Lloyd: The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow (Blue Note) [03-15] - jazz [A-]
  • Rosemary Loar: Vagabond Heart/Curação Vagabundo (Atlor Music) [07-18] - vocal jazz [***]
  • The Bruce Lofgren Group: Earthly and Cosmic Tales (Night Bird) [06-01] - jazz [B]
  • Frank London/The Elders: Spirit Stronger Than Blood (ESP-Disk) [06-07] - jazz [***]
  • Allen Lowe & the Constant Sorrow Orchestra: Louis Armstrong's America Volume 1 (ESP-Disk -2CD) [09-03] - jazz [A-]
  • Allen Lowe & the Constant Sorrow Orchestra: Louis Armstrong's America Volume 2 (ESP-Disk -2CD) [09-03] - jazz [A]
  • Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets: Indoor Safari (Yep Roc) [09-13] - pub rock [*]
  • Old Man Luedecke: She Told Me Where to Go (Outside) [05-24] - country [B]
  • Corb Lund: El Viejo (New West) [02-23] - country [***]
  • Lupe Fiasco: Samurai (1st and 15th Too) [06-28] - hip-hop [**]
  • John Lurie: Painting With John (Royal Potato Family) [03-15] - jazz [***]
  • Brady Lux: Ain't Gone So Far (6483357 Records DK) [01-27] - country [***]
  • Lux Quartet: Tomorrowland (Enja/Yellowbird) [08-09] - jazz [A-]
  • Brian Lynch: 7X7BY7 (Holistic MusicWorks) [10-25] - jazz [U]
  • Shelby Lynne: Consequences of the Crown (Monument) [08-16] - country [B]
  • Hayoung Lyou: The Myth of Katabasis (Endectomorph Music) [11-15] - jazz [U]
  • Lyrics Born: Goodbye, Sticky Rice (Mobile Home) [10-25] - hip-hop [A-]
  • Doug MacDonald: Sextet Session (DMAC Music) [03-01] - jazz [*]
  • Doug MacDonald and the Coachella Valley Trio: Live at the Rancho Mirage Library (DMAC Music) [10-01] - jazz [**]
  • Mach-Hommy: #Richaxxhaitian (Mach-Hommy) [05-17] - hip-hop [***]
  • João Madeira/Margarida Mestre: Voz Debaixo (4DaRecord) [02-17] - jazz [**]
  • Magdalena Bay: Imaginal Disk (Mom + Pop) [08-23] - synthpop [**]
  • The Taj Mahal Sextet: Swingin' Live at the Church in Tulsa (Lightning Rod) [03-08] - blues [***]
  • Mai-Liis: Kaleidoscope (OA2) [07-26] - jazz [*]
  • Nduduzo Makhathini: Unomkhubulwane (Blue Note) [06-07] - jazz [***]
  • Rose Mallett: Dreams Realized (Carrie-On Productions) [09-01] - jazz [***]
  • Kali Malone: All Life Long (Ideologic Organ) [02-09] - minimalism [*]
  • Mannequin Pussy: I Got Heaven (Epitaph) [03-01] - indie rock [**]
  • David Maranha/Rodrigo Amado: Wrecks (Nariz Entupido) [10-25] - jazz [U]
  • Roc Marciano: Marciology (Marci Enterprises) [03-29] - hip-hop [*]
  • Grégoire Maret/Romain Collin: Ennio (ACT Music) [04-26] - jazz [*]
  • Laura Marling: Patterns in Repeat (Chryalis/Partisan) [10-25] - singer-songwriter [**]
  • Delfeayo Marsalis Uptown Jazz Orchestra: Crescent City Jewels (Troubadour Jass) [08-30] - jazz [A-]
  • Brian Marsella/Jon Irabagon: Blue Hour (Irabbagast) [07-30] - jazz [*]
  • Abbey Masonbrink: Rising (self-released) [05-17] - singer-songwriter [**]
  • Masta Ace & Marco Polo: Richmond Hill (Fat Beats) [01-26] - hip-hop [**]
  • Mark Masters Ensemble: Sui Generis (Capri) [10-04] - jazz [U]
  • Mavi: Shadowbox (Mavi 4 Mayor Music) [08-09] - hip-hop [**]
  • Shawn Maxwell: J Town Suite (Cora Street) [05-01] - jazz [**]
  • Paula Maya: Rio De Janeiro (Yellow House) [08-01] - Brazilian vocal jazz [B]
  • Rob Mazurek: Milan (Clean Feed) [03-29] - jazz [**]
  • MC5: Heavy Lifting (EarMusic) [10-18] - hard rock [**]
  • Christian McBride/Edgar Meyer: But Who's Gonna Play the Melody? (Mack Avenue) [03-22] - jazz [*]
  • Nicole McCabe: Live at Jamboree (Fresh Sound) [02-16] - jazz [***]
  • Leyla McCalla: Sun Without the Heat (Anti-) [04-12] - folk [A-]
  • James McClaskey & the Rhythm Band: Later on Blues (BigTone) [ 04-10] - jazz [**]
  • Ron McClure: Just Sayin' (SteepleChase) [03-29] - jazz [***]
  • Chad McCullough: In These Hills, Beyond (Calligram) [09-06] - jazz [***]
  • Thollem McDonas: Infinite-Sum Game (ESP-Disk) [10-18] - jazz [U]
  • Zara McFarlane: Sweet Whispers: Celebrating Sarah Vaughan (Universal) [06-14] - vocal jazz [**]
  • Mike McGinnis + 9: Outing: Road Trip II (Sunnyside) [02-16] - jazz [**]
  • Eliza McLamb: Going Through It (Royal Mountain) [01-19] - singer-songwriter [***]
  • Terence McManus: Music for Chamber Trio (Rowhouse Music) [09-24] - jazz [***]
  • Michael McNeill: Barcode Poetry (Infrasonic Press) [10-01] - jazz [***]
  • Joe McPhee With Ken Vandermark: Musings of a Bahamian Son: Poems and Other Words (Corbett vs. Dempsey) [05-17] - jazz [**]
  • Charles McPherson: Reverence (Smoke Sessions) [04-26] - jazz [***]
  • JD McPherson: Nite Owls (New West) [09-27] - singer-songwriter [**]
  • Megan Thee Stallion: Megan (Hot Girl) [06-28] - hip-hop [***]
  • Ava Mendoza/Dave Sewelson: Of It but Not Is It (Mahakala Music) [03-15] - jazz [***]
  • The Messthetics/James Brandon Lewis: The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis (Impulse!) [03-15] - jazz [***]
  • Pat Metheny: MoonDial (BMG) [07-26] - jazz [*]
  • Midnight Sons: Money Has No Owners (Chong Wizard) [03-29] - hip-hop [**]
  • Raul Midón: Lost & Found (ReKondite ReKords) [04-26] - soul [C+]
  • MIKE & Tony Seltzer: Pinball (10k -EP) [03-06] - hip-hop [*]
  • Andy Milne and Unison: Time Will Tell (Sunnyside) [04-26] - jazz [**]
  • Matt Mitchell: Zealous Angles (Pi) [08-16] - jazz [***]
  • Nicole Mitchell and Ballaké Sissoko: Bamako Chicago Sound System (FPE) [08-23] - jazz [A-]
  • Yuka Mito: How Deep Is the Ocean (Nana Notes) [10-11] - jazz [B]
  • Mk.gee: Two Star & the Dream Police (R&R Digital) [02-09] - alt r&b [**]
  • Moby: Always Centered at Night (Mute) [06-14] - electronic [*]
  • Mdou Moctar: Funeral for Justice (Matador) [05-03] - Saharan [***]
  • Modney: Ascending Primes (Pyroclastic) [05-03] - jazz [*]
  • Jesus Molina: Selah (Dynamo Production) [05-24] - jazz [B]
  • Mike Monford: The Cloth I'm Cut From (self-released) [05-04] - jazz [A-]
  • Monolake: Studio (Imbalance Computer Music) [09-06] - ambient techno [***]
  • Thurston Moore: Flow Critical Lucidity (Daydream Library Series) [10-04] [**]
  • Kelly Moran: Moves in the Field (Warp) [03-29] - modern classical [***]
  • Gurf Morlix: In Love at Zero Degrees (Rootball) [10-08] - Americana [**]
  • Megan Moroney: Am I Okay? (Columbia Nashville) [07-12] - country [***]
  • Moor Mother: The Great Bailout (Anti-) [03-07] - hip-hop [*]
  • John Moreland: Visitor (Old Omens/Thirty Tigers) [04-05] - country [***]
  • Willie Morris: Attentive Listening (Posi-Tone) [03-01] - jazz [*]
  • Simon Moullier: Elements of Light (Candid) [09-20] - jazz [U]
  • Move: Free Baile: Live in Shenzhen (Clean Feed) [06-28] - jazz [***]
  • Ms. Boogie: The Breakdown (self-released) [01-12] - drill [*]
  • Kjetil Mulelid: Agoja (Odin) [03-22] - jazz [**]
  • Riley Mulherkar: Riley (Westerlies) [02-16] - jazz [***]
  • David Murray Quartet: Francesca (Intakt) [05-17] - jazz [A-]
  • Kacey Musgraves: Deeper Well (MCA Nashville) [03-15] - country [A-]
  • Mute: After You've Gone (Endectomorph Music) [05-13] - jazz [***]
  • Kim Myhr & Kitchen Orchestra: Hereafter (Sofa Music) [02-23] - jazz [*]
  • Simon Nabatov Quartet Feat. Ralph Alessi: Lovely Music (Clean Feed) [04-25] - jazz [***]
  • Nacka Forum: Peaceful Piano (Moserobie) [10-18] - jazz [A-]
  • Fabiano do Nascimento & Sam Gendel: The Room (Real World) [01-26] - chamber jazz [**]
  • Kate Nash: 9 Sad Symphonies (Kill Rock Stars) [06-21] - alt/indie [A]
  • Navy Blue: Memoirs in Armour (Freedom Sounds) [08-02] - hip-hop [***]
  • Meshell Ndegeocello: No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin (Blue Note) [08-02] - vocal jazz [**]
  • The Necks: Bleed (Northern Spy) [10-11] - jazz [*]
  • Richard Nelson/Makrokosmos Orchestra: Dissolve (Adhyâropa) [02-02] - jazz [**]
  • Willie Nelson: The Border (Legacy) [05-31] - country [A-]
  • Willie Nelson: Last Leaf on the Tree (Legacy) [11-01] - country [**]
  • The New Mastersounds: Old School (One Note) [03-29] - jazz [*]
  • The New Wonders: Steppin' Out (Turtle Bay) [04-05] - jazz [***]
  • Sam Newsome/Max Johnson: Tubes (Unbroken Sounds) [03-01] - jazz [**]
  • Ngwaka Son Systéme: Iboto Ngenge (Eck Echo) [02-24] - African [***]
  • Cornelia Nilsson: Where Do You Go? (Stunt) [02-23] - jazz [**]
  • Carlos Niño & Friends: Placenta (International Anthem) [05-24] - jazz [*]
  • NLE Choppa: Slut Szn (Warner) [09-26] - hip-hop [*]
  • Che Noir: The Color Chocolate, Volume 1 (Poetic Movement -EP) [01-26] - hip-hop [**]
  • Normani: Dopamine (RCA) [06-14] - pop rap [**]
  • Nubiyan Twist: Find Your Flame (Strut) [05-03] - jazz [*]
  • O.: WeirdOs (Speedy Wunderground) [06-21] - nu jazz [*]
  • The Michael O'Neill Sextet: Synergy: With Tony Lindsay (Jazzmo) [04-19] - jazz [**]
  • Mali Obomsawin/Magdalena Abrego [Deerlady]: Greatest Hits (Out Of Your Head) [01-19] - singer-songwriter [**]
  • Lothar Ohlmeier/Tobias Klein: Left Side Right (Trytone) [02-16] - jazz [**]
  • Miles Okazaki: Miniature America (Cygnus) [07-19] - jazz [B]
  • Nils Økland Band: Gjenskinn (Hubro) [03-01] - jazz [**]
  • ØKSE: ØKSE (Backwoodz Studioz) [08-09] - rap jazz [A-]
  • Ol' Burger Beats: 74: Out of Time (Coalmine) [02-16] - hip-hop [**]
  • Alicia and Michael Olatuja: Olatuja (Whirlwind) [05-31] - jazz [*]
  • Old 97's: American Primitive (ATO) [04-05] - alt/indie [*]
  • Old Mountain: Another State of Rhythm (Clean Feed) [01-26] - jazz [**]
  • One for All: Big George (Smoke Sessions) [03-15] - jazz [*]
  • Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet: Four Guitars Live (Palilalia) [03-22] - jazz [A-]
  • Roberto Ottaviano: Lacy in the Sky With Diamonds (Clean Feed) [06-28] - jazz [A-]
  • Sam Outlaw: Terra Cotta (Black Hills) [03-07] - country [*]
  • Chuck Owen & Resurgence: Magic Light (Origin) [04-26] - jazz [*]
  • Ulysses Owens Jr and Generation Y: A New Beat (Cellar Music) [01-19] - jazz [**]
  • Michael Pagán: Paganova (Capri) [07-19] - jazz [***]
  • Fabiana Palladino: Fabiana Palladino (Paul Institute/XL) [04-05] - sophisti-pop [***]
  • Mavis Pan: Rising (self-released) [10-04] - jazz [U]
  • Matt Panayides Trio: With Eyes Closed (Pacific Coast Jazz) [09-20] - jazz [**]
  • The Paranoid Style: The Interrogator (Bar/None) [02-02] - rock [A-]
  • Emile Parisien Quartet: Let Them Cook (ACT) [03-01] - jazz [***]
  • William Parker/Cooper-Moore/Hamid Drake: Heart Trio (AUM Fidelity) [06-21] - jazz [A-]
  • William Parker & Ellen Christi: Cereal Music (AUM Fidelity) [06-21] - jazz [***]
  • William Parker/Hugo Costa/Philipp Ernsting: Pulsar (NoBusiness) [10-04] - jazz [A-]
  • Charlie Parr: Little Sun (Smithsonian Folkways) [03-22] - folk [*]
  • Rob Parton's Ensemble 9+: Relentless (Calligram) [06-07] - jazz [*]
  • Jonah Parzen-Johnson: You're Never Really Alone (We Jazz) [03-08] - jazz [**]
  • Ben Patterson Jazz Orchestra: Groove Junkies (Origin) [05-17] - jazz [**]
  • Hery Paz: River Creatures (Porta Jazz) [01-30] - jazz [***]
  • Carly Pearce: Hummingbird (Big Machine) [06-07] - country [***]
  • Jeremy Pelt: Tomorrow's Another Day (HighNote) [03-02] - jazz [*]
  • Clarence Penn: Behind the Voice (Origin) [06-21] - jazz [*]
  • Ken Peplowski: Unheard Bird (Arbors) [04-05] - jazz [B-]
  • Ken Peplowski: Live at Mezzrow (Cellar Music) [07-05] - jazz [***]
  • Ivo Perelman/Barry Guy/Ramon Lopez: Interaction (Ibeji Music) [01-28] - jazz [A-]
  • Ivo Perelman/Chad Fowler/Reggie Workman/Andrew Cyrille: Embracing the Unknown (Mahakala Music) [03-29] - jazz [**]
  • Ivo Perelman Quartet: Water Music (RogueArt) [04-00] - jazz [A-]
  • Ivo Perelman/Mark Helias/Tom Rainey: Truth Seeker (Fundacja Sluchaj) [02-28] - jazz [A-]
  • Ivo Perelman/Tom Rainey: Duologues 1: Turning Point (Ibeji Music) - jazz [***]
  • Eric Person: Rhythm Edge (Distinction) [10-01] - jazz [B]
  • Houston Person/Peter Beets: Live in Holland: Houston Person Meets Peter Beets Trio (Maxanter) - jazz [A-]
  • Pest Control: Year of the Pest (Quality Control HQ -EP) [10-25] - hardcore punk [***]
  • Pet Shop Boys: Nonetheless (Parlophone) [04-26] - new wave [A-]
  • Madeleine Peyroux: Let's Walk (Just One Recording/Thirty Tigers) [06-28] - vocal jazz [***]
  • Kate Pierson: Radios & Rainbows (Lazy Meadow Music) [09-20] - art pop [**]
  • Dave Pietro: The Talisman (SteepleChase) [01-19] - jazz [**]
  • Pissed Jeans: Half Divorced (Sub Pop) [03-01] - alt/indie [*]
  • Planet D Nonet: Echoes of Harlem: A Salute to Duke Ellington Vol. 2 (Eastlawn) [07-19] - jazz [***]
  • PNY Quintet: Over the Wall (RogueArt) [03-00] - jazz [**]
  • Pony Boy All-Star Big Band: This Is Now: Live at Boxley's (Pony Boy) [08-09] - jazz [**]
  • Bolis Popul: Letter to Yu (Deewee) [03-08] - electronic [***]
  • Porij: Teething (Play It Again Sam) [04-26] - electronic [**]
  • Chris Potter/Brad Mehldau/John Patitucci/Brian Blade: Eagle's Point (Edition) [03-08] - jazz [A-]
  • Pouty: Forget About Me (Get Better) [02-09] - postpunk [**]
  • Jonathan Powell: Mambo Jazz Party (Circle 9) [08-09] - jazz [***]
  • Jessica Pratt: Here in the Pitch (Mexican Summer) [ 05-03] - singer-songwriter [B]
  • Yvonnick Prené/Geoff Keezer: Jobim's World (Sunnyside) [06-07] - jazz [*]
  • Dafnis Prieto: 3 Sides of the Coin (Dafnison Music) [09-27] - jazz [A-]
  • John Primer & Bob Corritore: Crawlin' Kingsnake (VizzTone) [03-29] - blues [***]
  • Jeanfrançois Prins: Blue Note Mode (GAM) [03-01] - jazz [**]
  • Katie Pruitt: Mantras (Rounder) [04-05] - country [**]
  • Tutu Puoane: Wrapped in Rhythm, Vol. 1 (SoulFactory) [03-15] - vocal jazz [*]
  • Pylon Reenactment Society: Magnet Factory (Strolling Bones) [02-09] - new wave [***]
  • QOW Trio: The Hold Up (Ubuntu Music) [01-24] - jazz [A-]
  • Alvin Queen Trio: Feeling Good (Stunt) [06-14] - jazz [*]
  • Queen Esther: Things Are Looking Up (EL) [04-09] - blues [A-]
  • Reggie Quinerly: The Thousandth Scholar (Redefinition) [01-19] - jazz [**]
  • Bruno Råberg Tentet: Evolver (Orbis Music) [06-01] - jazz [**]
  • Rapsody: Please Don't Cry (Jamla/Roc Nation) [05-17] - hip-hop [**]
  • Real Bad Man & Lukah: Temple Needs Water. Village Needs Peace. (Old Soul Music/Real Bad Man) [03-29] - hip-hop [**]
  • Reut Regev's R*Time: It's Now: R*Time Plays Doug Hammond (ESP-Disk) [11-15] - jazz [U]
  • Remedy [Thomas Heberer/Joe Fonda/Joe Hertenstein]: Live at Jazzkammer (420 CPW) [05-27] - jazz [**]
  • Cene Resnik/Samo Salamon/Samuel Ber: The Thinkers (Samo) [10-21] - jazz [***]
  • Kenny Reichert: Switch (Calligram) [06-07] - jazz [**]
  • Tomeka Reid Quartet: 3+3 (Cuneiform) [04-26] - jazz [A-]
  • Dave Rempis/Pandelis Karayorgis/Jakob Heinemann/Bill Harris: Truss (Aerophonic/Drift) [04-23] - jazz [A-]
  • Dave Rempis/Tashi Dorji Duo: Gnash (Aerophonic) [06-25] - jazz [***]
  • Dave Rempis/Jason Adasiewicz/Joshua Abrams/Tyler Damon: Propulsion (Aerophonic) [10-04] - jazz [A-]
  • Travis Reuter: Quintet Music (self-released) [04-19] - jazz [***]
  • Revival Season: Golden Age of Self Snitching (Heavenly) [02-23] - hip-hop [***]
  • Gruff Rhys: Sadness Sets Me Free (Rough Trade) [01-26] - singer-songwriter [B]
  • Zach Rich: Solidarity (OA2) [02-23] - jazz [*]
  • Amy Rigby: Hang in There With Me (Tapete) [08-30] - singer-songwriter [A-]
  • Steph Richards: Power Vibe (Northern Spy) [05-03] - jazz [***]
  • Ride: Interplay (Wichita) [03-29] - shoegaze [*]
  • Ron Rieder: Latin Jazz Sessions (self-released) [03-04] - jazz [***]
  • Amy Rigby: Hang in There With Me (Tapete) [08-30] - singer-songwriter [A-]
  • Diego Rivera: With Just a Word (Posi-Tone) [02-02] - jazz [***]
  • Jason Robinson: Ancestral Numbers (Playscape) [05-14] - jazz [A-]
  • Jason Robinson: Ancestral Numbers II (Playscape) [10-08] - jazz [U]
  • Terre Roche: Inner Adult (self-released) [05-17] - singer-songwriter [**]
  • Moses Rockwell Featuring Plain Old Mike: Regular Henry Sessions (Hipnott) [03-01] - hip-hop [***]
  • Ernesto Rodrigues/Bruno Parinha/João Madeira: Into the Wood (Creative Sources) [01-09] - jazz [A-]
  • Maggie Rogers: Don't Forget Me (Capitol) [04-10] - singer-songwriter [A-]
  • Rosali: Bite Down (Merge) [03-22] - singer-songwriter [B]
  • Jeremy Rose & the Earshift Orchestra: Discordia (Earshift Music) [03-01] - jazz [***]
  • Brandon Ross Phantom Station: Off the End (Sunnyside) [04-19] - jazz [**]
  • Joel Ross: Nublues (Blue Note) [02-09] - jazz [A-]
  • Jim Rotondi: Finesse (Cellar Music) [02-09] - jazz [B]
  • Claire Rousay: Sentiment (Thrill Jockey) [04-19] - ambient pop [*]
  • Jeff Rupert: It Gets Better (Rupe Media) [09-06] - jazz [***]
  • Catherine Russell/Sean Mason: My Ideal (Dot Time) [08-26] - jazz [A-]
  • Bill Ryder-Jones: Iechyd Da (Domino) [01-12] - singer-songwriter [A-]
  • Jerome Sabbagh: Heart (Analog Tone Factory) [08-30] - jazz [**]
  • Taliba Safiya: Black Magic (self-released) - blues [*]
  • Anne Sajdera: It's Here (Bijuri) [09-20] - jazz [U]
  • Samo Salamon/Vasil Hadzimanov/Ra-Kalam Bob Moses: Dances of Freedom (Samo) [01-15] - jazz [A-]
  • Angelica Sanchez/Chad Taylor: A Moster Is Just an Animal You Haven't Met Yet (Intakt) [03-15] - jazz [***]
  • Marta Sanchez Trio: Perpetual Void (Intakt) [04-19] - jazz [***]
  • Otis Sandsjö: Y-Otis Tre (We Jazz) [02-23] - jazz [B]
  • Carla Santana/José Lencastre/Maria do Mar/Gonçalo Almeida: Defiant Ilussion (A New Wave of Jazz) [01-08] - jazz [***]
  • Sault: Acts of Faith (Forever Living Originals) [07-06] [*]
  • A. Savage: The Loft Sessions (Rough Trade -EP) [04-03] - singer-songwriter [*]
  • Ann Savoy: Another Heart (Smithsonian Folkways) [04-19] - Cajun [*]
  • Scheen Jazzorkester & Cortex: Frameworks: Music by Thomas Johansson (Clean Feed) [01-26] - jazz [***]
  • ScHoolboy Q: Blue Lips (Interscope) [03-01] - hip-hop [*]
  • Adam Schroeder/Mark Masters: CT! Adam Schroeder & Mark Masters Celebrate Clark Terry (Capri) [01-19] - jazz [***]
  • Frank Paul Schubert/Michel Pilz/Stefan Scheib/Klaus Kugel: Live at FreeJazz Saar 2019 (Nemu) [05-01] - jazz [***]
  • Dave Schumacher & Cubeye: Smoke in the Sky (Cellar) [04-19] - jazz [***]
  • Radam Schwartz: Saxophone Quartet Music (Arabesque) [05-01] - jazz [A-]
  • Claudio Scolari Project: Intermission (Principal) [03-25] - jazz [A-]
  • Claudio Scolari Project: Opera 8 (Principal) [04-05] - jazz [***]
  • Dred Scott/Moses Patrou/Tom Beckham/Matt Pavolka: Cali Mambo (Ropeadope) [09-20] - jazz [**]
  • Brandon Seabrook: Object of Unknown Function (Pyroclastic) [10-18] - jazz [*]
  • Altin Sencalar: Discover the Present (Posi-Tone) [03-29] - jazz [*]
  • Serengeti: KDIV (Othar) [05-03] - hip-hop [A-]
  • Sara Serpa: Encounters & Collisions (Biophilia) [11-15] - vocal jazz [U]
  • Dirk Serries/Rodrigo Amado/Andrew Lisle: The Invisible (Klanggalerie) [06-28] - jazz [***]
  • Shabaka: Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace (Impulse!) [04-10] - jazz [**]
  • Shaboozey: Where I've Been, Isn't Where I'm Going (Republic/Empire) [05-31] - country [*]
  • Nadine Shah: Filthy Underneath (EMI North) [02-23] - art pop [*]
  • Shakira: Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran (Sony Music Latin) [03-22] - Latin [***]
  • Sheer Mag: Playing Favorites (Third Man) [03-01] - power pop [**]
  • Matthew Shipp/Steve Swell: Space Cube Jazz (RogueArt) [01-15] - jazz [***]
  • Matthew Shipp Trio: New Concepts in Piano Trio Jazz (ESP-Disk) [04-05] - jazz [A-]
  • Matthew Shipp: The Data (RogueArt) [06-17] - jazz [***]
  • Patrick Shiroishi: Glass House (Otherly Love) [09-20] - jazz [*]
  • Idit Shner & Mhondoro: Ngatibatanei [Let Us Unite!] (OA2) [04-26] - jazz [A-]
  • Sarah Shook & the Disarmers: Revelations (Abeyance) [03-29] - country [**]
  • Wayne Shorter: Celebration, Volume 1 (2014, Blue Note) [08-23] - jazz [***]
  • ShrapKnel: Nobody Planning to Leave (Backwoodz Studioz) [06-07] - hip-hop [B]
  • Michael Shrieve: Drums of Compassion (7D Media) [05-24] - jazz [*]
  • Jacob Shulman: High Firmament (Endectomorph) [03-01] - jazz [B]
  • Jacob Shulman: Ferment Below (Endectomorph) [03-01] - jazz [B]
  • Shygirl: Club Shy (Because Music -EP) [02-09] - dance-pop [*]
  • Flavio Silva: Eko (Break Free) [06-07] - jazz [**]
  • Nala Sinephro: Endlessness (Warp) [09-06] - jazz fusion [***]
  • Josh Sinton: Couloir & Book of Practitioners Vol 2: Book W (Form Is Possibility -2CD) [01-12] - jazz [***]
  • Sisso & Maiko: Singeli Ya Maajabu (Nyege Nyege Tapes) [05-24] - Afrobeat [*]
  • Ballaké Sissoko/Derek Gripper: Ballaké Cissoko & Derek Gripper (Matsuli Music) [05-10] - African [***]
  • Skee Mask: ISS010 (Ilian Tape) [03-28] - electronic [**]
  • Jae Skeese & Superior: Testament of the Times (RRC Music/BarsOverBs) [03-08] - hip-hop [A-]
  • Håkon Skogstad: 8 Concepts of Tango (Øra Fonogram) [03-15] - jazz [*]
  • Harry Skoler: Red Brick Hill (Sunnyside) [07-12] - jazz [**]
  • Bria Skonberg: What It Means (Cellar Live) [07-26] - jazz [**]
  • M Slago/Homeboy Sandman: And We Are Here (Fly 7 Music) [08-09] - hip-hop [***]
  • Sleater-Kinney: Little Rope (Loma Vista) [01-19] - alt/indie [B]
  • Margaret Slovak & Chris Maresh: A Star's Light Does Fall (Slovak Music) [11-01] - jazz [U]
  • The Smile: Wall of Eyes (XL) [01-26] - art rock [B]
  • Ches Smith: Laugh Ash (Pyroclastic) [02-02] - jazz [*]
  • Connie Smith: Love, Prison, Wisdom and Heartaches (Fat Possum) [04-11] - country [**]
  • Ronny Smith: Struttin' (Pacific Coast Jazz) [04-19] - jazz [*]
  • TV Smith: Handwriting (JKP/Easy Action) [05-03] - punk [***]
  • Wadada Leo Smith & Amina Claudine Myers: Central Park's Mosaics of Reservoir, Lake, Paths and Gardens (Red Hook) [05-10] - jazz [*]
  • Walter Smith III: Three of Us Are From Houston and Reuben Is Not (Blue Note) [09-27] - jazz [A-]
  • Chris Smither: All About the Bones (Signature Sounds) [05-03] - folk [A-]
  • SML: Small Medium Large (International Anthem) [06-28] - jazz [***]
  • Jim Snidero: For All We Know (Savant) [02-16] - jazz [A-]
  • Snotty Nose Rez Kids: Red Future (Savage Mob) [09-13] - hip-hop [***]
  • Vera Sola: Peacemarker (Spectraphonic/City Slang) [02-02] - singer-songwriter [**]
  • Something Else! [Featuring Vincent Herring]: Soul Jazz (Smoke Sessions) [06-14] - jazz [*]
  • Daniel Son & Futurewave: Bushman Bodega (WavGodMusic) [07-12] - hip-hop [*]
  • Tyshawn Sorey/Adam Rudolph: Archaisms II (Meta) [06-07] - jazz [**]
  • Tyshawn Sorey Trio: The Suspectible Now (Pi) [10-11] - jazz [U]
  • Omar Souleyman: Erbil (Mad Decent) [03-29] - dabke [***]
  • Space: Embrace the Space (Relative Pitch) [03-15] - jazz [***]
  • Spanish Harlem Orchestra: Swing Forever (Ovation) [08-23] - jazz [**]
  • Simon Spiess Quiet Tree: Euphorbia (Intakt) [01-19] - jazz [**]
  • Split System: Vol. II (Legless) [02-09] - garage rock [***]
  • Splitter Orchester: Splitter Musik (Hyperdelia -3CD) [04-19] - jazz [**]
  • Sprints: Letter to Self (City Slang) [01-05] - post-punk [A-]
  • Squarepusher: Dostrotime (Warp) [03-01] - drill and bass [***]
  • St. Vincent: All Born Screaming (Virgin) [04-26] - singer-songwriter [**]
  • Peter Stampfel/Eli Smith/Walker Shepard: Wildernauts (Don Giovanni) [01-18] - folk [**]
  • Anthony Stanco: Stanco's Time (OA2) [06-21] - jazz [**]
  • Vince Staples: Dark Times (Def Jam/Blacksmith) [05-23] - hip-hop [***]
  • Star Splitter [Gabriele Mitelli/Rob Mazurek]: Medea (We Insist!) [05-21] - jazz [B]
  • Ayra Starr: The Year I Turned 21 (Mavin Global Holdings) [05-31] - afrobeats [**]
  • Jason Stein/Marilyn Crispell/Damon Smith/Adam Shead: Spi-raling Horn (Balance Point Acoustics) [05-03] - jazz [A-]
  • Jason Stein: Anchors (Tao Forms) [09-13] - jazz [***]
  • Stemeseder Lillinger Quartet: Umbra II (Intakt) [06-21] - jazz [***]
  • Luke Stewart Silt Trio: Unknown Rivers (Pi) [05-03] - jazz [A-]
  • Still House Plants: If I Don't Make It, I Love U (Bison) [04-10] - art rock [B-]
  • Geoff Stradling & the StradBand: Nimble Digits (Origin) [04-26] - jazz [***]
  • The Dave Stryker Trio With Bob Mintzer: Groove Street (Strikezone) [01-24] - jazz [**]
  • Sulida: Utos (Clean Feed) [06-28] - jazz [***]
  • Moses Sumney: Sophcore (Tuntum -EP) [08-02] - alt-r&b [*]
  • Kevin Sun: The Fate of the Tenor (Endectomorph) [03-08] - jazz [***]
  • Kevin Sun: Quartets (Endectomorph Music, 2CD) [10-18] - jazz [U]
  • Sunny Five [Tim Berne/David Torn/Ches Smith/Devin Hoff/Marc Ducret]: Candid (Intakt) [01-19] - jazz [***]
  • Superposition: II (We Jazz) [07-19] - jazz [**]
  • John Surman: Words Unspoken (ECM) [02-16] - jazz [A-]
  • Swamp Dogg: Blackgrass: From West Virginia to 125th St (Oh Boy) [05-31] - bluegrass [***]
  • Taylor Swift: The Tortured Poets Department (Republic) [04-19] - pop [A-]
  • Aki Takase Japanic: Forte (Budapest Music Center) [04-19] - jazz [**]
  • Ohad Talmor/Chris Tordini/Eric McPherson: Back to the Land (Intakt -2CD) [09-25] - jazz [***]
  • Natsuki Tamura/Jim Black: NatJim (Libra) [05-17] - jazz [***]
  • Natsuki Tamura/Satoko Fujii: Aloft (Libra) [07-12] - jazz [***]
  • Tarbaby: You Think This America (Giant Step Arts) [06-25] - jazz [***]
  • Curtis Taylor: Taylor Made (Curtis Taylor Music) [04-12] - jazz [**]
  • Terton [Louie Belogenis/Trevor Dunn/Ryan Sawyer]: Outer, Inner, Secret (Tzadik) [01-12] - jazz [***]
  • TGB: Room 4 (Clean Feed) [03-29] - jazz [**]
  • This Is Lorelei: Box for Buddy, Box for Star (Double Double Whammy) [06-14] - singer-songwriter [**]
  • Thollem: Worlds in a Life, Two (ESP-Disk) [04-05] - jazz [**]
  • Fred Thomas: Window in the Rhythm (Polyvinyl) [10-04] [*]
  • Michael Thomas: The Illusion of Choice (Criss Cross) [03-08] - jazz [***]
  • Linda Thompson: Proxy Music (Storysound) [06-21] - folk [*]
  • TiaCorine: Almost There (South Scope/Interscope -EP) [02-02] - hip-hop [**]
  • Mary Timony: Untame the Tiger (Merge) [02-24] - post-punk [B]
  • Tinashe: Quantum Baby (Nice Life) [08-16] - alt-r&b [**]
  • Viktoria Tolstoy: Stealing Moments (ACT) [03-01] - jazz [*]
  • Tonus: Analog Deviation (A New Wave of Jazz Axis) [10-15] - jazz [U]
  • Zach Top: Cold Beer & Country Music (Leo33) [05-07] - country [**]
  • Rafael Toral: Spectral Evolution (Moikai) [02-24] - jazz [*]
  • Transition Unit: Fade Value (A New Wave of Jazz Axis) [10-15] - jazz [U]
  • Tribulation: Sub Rosa in Æternum (Century Media) [11-01] - gothic metal
  • Tropical Fuck Storm: Tropical Fuck Storm's Inflatable Graveyard (Three Lobed) [09-27] [*]
  • Ryan Truesdell: Synthesis: The String Quartet Sessions (ArtistShare -3CD) [06-21] - jazz [**]
  • Juanma Trujillo: Howl (Endectomorph Music) [07-12] - jazz [**]
  • Akiko Tsugura: Beyond Nostalgia (SteepleChase) [01-19] - jazz [**]
  • Rosie Tucker: Utopia Now! (Sentimental) [03-22] - alt/indie [***]
  • Tucker Brothers: Live at Chatterbox (Midwest Crush Music) [02-01] - jazz [*]
  • Steve Turre: Sanyas (Smoke Sessions) [06-28] - jazz [***]
  • Tyla: Tyla (Epic) [03-22] - pop [**]
  • Oded Tzur: My Prophet (ECM) [06-07] - jazz [**]
  • Kali Uchis: Orquídeas (Geffen) [01-12] - Latin [A-]
  • Lisa Ullén: Heirloom (Fönstret) [02-12] - jazz [**]
  • The Umbrellas: Fairweather Friend (Tough Love) [01-26] - jangle pop [*]
  • Kiki Valera: Vacilón Santiaguero (Circle 9 Music) [05-31] - jazz [***]
  • Vampire Weekend: Only God Was Above Us (Columbia) [04-05] - alt/indie [**]
  • Peter Van Huffel's Callisto: Meandering Demons (Clean Feed) [03-29] - jazz [***]
  • Jordan VanHemert: Deep in the Soil (Origin) [04-26] - jazz [**]
  • Julia Vari Feat Negroni's Trio: Somos (Alternative Representa) [02-16] - vocal jazz [A-]
  • Piet Verbist: Flamenco Jazz Summit: El Mar Empieza Aquí (Origin) [08-16] - jazz [***]
  • Angela Verbrugge: Somewhere (OA2) [05-17] - vocal jazz [**]
  • Martina Verhoeven Quintet: Indicator Light (Live at Paradox 2023) (A New Wave of Jazz Axis) [10-15] - jazz [U]
  • Verraco: Breathe . . . Godspeed (Timedance -EP) [05-31] - electronic [***]
  • Luis Vicente Trio: Come Down Here (Clean Feed) [06-28] - jazz [**]
  • Fay Victor: Herbie Nichols SUNG: Life Is Funny That Way (Tao Forms -2CD) [04-05] - jazz [A]
  • Bob Vylan: Humble as the Sun (Ghost Theatre) [04-05] - UK rap [A-]
  • Morgan Wade: Obsessed (Ladylike/RCA Nashville) [08-16] - country [A-]
  • Kelsey Waldon: There's Always a Song (Oh Boy) [05-10] - country [***]
  • Alan Walker: A Little Too Late (Aunt Mimi's) [06-28] - singer-songwriter [*]
  • Jack Walrath: Live at Smalls (Cellar Music) [03-12] - jazz [***]
  • Ben Waltzer: The Point (Calligram) [10-04] - jazz [U]
  • Marta Warelis/Andy Moor: Escape (Relative Pitch) [06-21] - jazz [**]
  • Kenny Warren: Sweet World (Out of Your Head) [05-24] - jazz [**]
  • Kamasi Washington: Fearless Movement (Young) [05-03] - jazz [***]
  • Waxahatchee: Tigers Blood (Anti-) [03-22] - singer-songwriter [***]
  • Philip Weberndoerfer: Tides (Shifting Paradigm) [08-23] - jazz [**]
  • Faye Webster: Underdressed at the Symphony (Secretly Canadian) [03-01] - singer-songwriter [*]
  • Amber Weekes: A Lady With a Song: Amber Weekes Celebrates Nancy Wilson (Amber Inn) [06-01] - vocal jazz [*]
  • Randy Weinstein: Harmonimonk (Random Chance) [05-15] - jazz [**]
  • Dan Weiss: Even Odds (Cygnus) [03-29] - jazz [A-]
  • Gillian Welch/David Rawlings: Woodland (Acony) [08-23] - folk [***]
  • Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties: In Lieu of Flowers (Hopeless) [04-12] - folk-rock [B-]
  • Hein Westergaard/Katt Hernandez/Raymond Strid: The Knapsack, the Hat, and the Horn (Gotta Let It Out) [02-25] - jazz [**]
  • Stian Westerhus & Maja S. K. Ratkje: All Losses Are Restored (Crispin Glover) [03-15] - jazz [B]
  • Western Jazz Collective: The Music of Andrew Rathbun (Origin) [10-25] - jazz [**]
  • Tierra Whack: World Wide Whack (Interscope) [03-15] - hip-hop [A-]
  • Andy Wheelock/Whee 3 Trio: In the Wheelhouse (OA2) [10-25] - jazz [**]
  • Conchúr White: Swirling Violets (Bella Union) [01-19] - singer-songwriter [***]
  • Jack White: No Name (Third Man) [07-19] - garage rock [**]
  • WHO Trio: Live at Jazz Festival Willisau 2023 [First Visit] (Ezz-Thetics) [06-12] - jazz [***]
  • Cecily Wilborn: Kuntry Gurl Playplist (self-released) - country [*]
  • Friso van Wijck: Friso van Wijck's Candy Container (TryTone) [11-01] - jazz [***]
  • Wilco: Hot Sun Cool Shroud (dBpm -EP) [06-28] - alt/indie [*]
  • Immanuel Wilkins: Blues Blood (Blue Note) [10-11] - jazz [**]
  • Kathryn Williams & Withered Hand: Willson Williams (One Little Independent) [04-26] [*]
  • Kelly Willis/Melissa Carper/Brennen Leigh: Wonder Women of Country (Brooklyn Basement -EP) [03-15] - country [**]
  • Lainey Wilson: Whirlwind (BBR) [08-23] - country [***]
  • Matt Wilson: Matt Wilson's Good Trouble (Palmetto) [06-14] - jazz [A-]
  • Mark Winkler: The Rules Don't Apply (Café Pacific) [01-12] - vocal jazz [**]
  • Norma Winstone/Kit Downes: Outpiost of Dreams (ECM) [05-07] - vocal jazz [***]
  • Luke Winslow-King: Flash-a-Magic (Bloodshot) [09-06] - blues-rock [*]
  • Chelsea Wolfe: She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She (Loma Vista) [02-09] - darkwave [**]
  • WoochieWobbler: Is My Future Bright? (3455092 DK -EP) [01-15] - hip-hop [**]
  • Jack Wood & Nichaud Fitzgibbon: Movie Magic: Great Songs From the Movies (Jazz Hang) [10-01] - vocal jazz [U]
  • Lizz Wright: Shadow (Blues & Greens) [04-12] - vocal jazz [*]
  • X: Smoke & Fiction (Fat Possum) [08-02] - postpunk [*]
  • Xaviersobased: Keep It Goin Xav (34Ent) [01-15] - hip-hop [*]
  • Jamie XX: In Waves (Young) [09-20] - electropop [A-]
  • Nilüfer Yanya: My Method Actor (Ninja Tune) [09-13] - art pop [***]
  • Yard Act: Where's My Utopia? (Island) [03-01] - art punk [**]
  • Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Fu##in' Up (Reprise) [04-26] - rock [***]
  • Denny Zeitlin: Panoply (Sunnyside) [06-14] - jazz [**]
  • Miguel Zenón: Golden City (Miel Music) [08-30] - jazz [A-]
  • Tucker Zimmerman: Dance of Love (4AD) [10-11] - singer-songwriter [A-]
  • Dann Zinn: Two Roads (Ridgeway) [10-04] - jazz [**]
  • Christopher Zuar Orchestra: Exuberance (self-released) [05-11] - jazz [**]
  • Outer Spaceways Incorporated: Kronos Quartet and Friends Meet Sun Ra (Red Hot +) [06-21] - jazz [**]

Reissues, Etc.

  • Cannonball Adderley: Burnin' in Bordeaux: Live in France 1969 (Elemental Music) [04-26] - jazz [**]
  • Cannonball Adderley: Poppin' in Paris: Live at L'Olympia 1972 (Elemental Music) [04-20] - jazz [***]
  • África Negra: Antologia Vol. 2 (1979-90, Bongo Joe) [08-02] - African [A-]
  • Louis Armstrong: Louis in London (1968, Verve) [07-12] - jazz [A-]
  • Atrás del Cosmos: Cold Drinks, Hot Dreams (1980, Blank Forms Editions) [04-19] - jazz [A-]
  • Derek Bailey/Sabu Toyozumi: Breath Awareness (1987, NoBusiness) [05-27] - jazz [***]
  • Chet Baker & Jack Sheldon: In Perfect Harmony: The Lost Album (1972, Jazz Detective) [04-20] - jazz [**]
  • Duck Baker: Breakdown Lane: Free Jazz Guitar 1976-1998 (ESP-Disk) [11-01] - jazz [U]
  • William Basinski: September 23rd (1982, Temporary Residence) [09-23] - electronic [*]
  • Black Artist Group: For Peace and Liberty: In Paris, Dec 1972 (WeWantSounds) [09-20] - jazz [***]
  • Arthur Blythe Quartet: Live From Studio Rivbea: July 6, 1976 (NoBusiness) [10-04] - jazz [***]
  • Karen Borca Trio Quartet & Quintet: Good News Blues: Live at the Vision Festival 1998 & 2005 (NoBusiness) [05-27] - jazz [A-]
  • Christer Bothén Featuring Bolon Bata: Trancedance [40th Anniversary Edition] (1984, Black Truffle) [05-24] - jazz [A-]
  • Broadcast: Spell Blanket: Collected Demos 2006-2009 (Warp) [05-03] - electronic [B]
  • Raymond Burke: The Southland Recordings 1958-1960 (Jazzland) [04-09] - jazz [*]
  • Burnt Sugar/The Arkestkra Chamber: The Reconstru-Ducted Repatriation Road-Rage ReMiXeS (Avantgroidd) [02-02] - jazz [**]
  • George Cartwright's GloryLand PonyCat: Black Ants Crawling (2003, Mahakala Music) [02-11] - jazz [**]
  • Nat King Cole: Live at the Blue Note Chicago (1953, Iconic) [04-20] - jazz [**]
  • Alice Coltrane: The Carnegie Hall Concert (1971, Impulse!) [03-22] - jazz [A-]
  • John Coltrane Quartet + Stan Getz + Oscar Peterson: Live/Dusseldorf March 28th, 1960 (Lantower) [03-25] - jazz [*]
  • DJ Notoya: Funk Tide: Tokyo Jazz-Funk From Electric Bird 1978-87 (Wewantsounds/Electric Bird) [03-15] - jazz-funk [B-]
  • Bill Evans: In Norway: The Kongsberg Concert (1970, Elemental Music, 2CD) [11-29] - jazz [U]
  • Fingers: The Complete Fingers Remember Mingus (1979-93, Jazz in Britain, 3CD) [05-29] - jazz [***]
  • Franco & OK Jazz: Franco Luambo Makiadi Presents Les Editions Populaires (1968-1970) (Planet Ilunga) [02-29] - African [A-]
  • Gastr del Sol: We Have Dozens of Titles (1993-98, Drag City) - jazz [**]
  • Charles Gayle/Milford Graves/William Parker: WEBO (1991, Black Editions Archive) [06-21] - jazz [A-]
  • Emahoy Tsegue Maryam Gebru: Souvenirs (1977-85, Mississippi) [02-23] - Africa [***]
  • Stan Getz: Unissued Session: Copenhagen 1977 (SteepleChase) [05-10] - jazz [**]
  • Ghetto Brothers: Power-Fuerza (1972, Vampisoul) [01-16] - Latin funk [*]
  • Terry Gibbs Dream Band: Vol. 7: The Lost Tapes, 1959 (Whaling City Sound) [10-11] - jazz [U]
  • Johnny Griffin Quartet: Live in Valencia 92 [The Jordi Suñol Archives 3] (Storyville) [06-07] - jazz [***]
  • Grupo Irakere: Grupo Irakere (1976, Mr Bongo) [01-26] - Cuban [A-]
  • Gush: Afro Blue (1998, Trost) [01-19] - jazz [***]
  • Phil Haynes' 4 Horns and What?: The Complete American Recordings (1989-95, Corner Store Jazz) [06-14] - jazz [A-]
  • Aaron Yale Heisler: Guitar Sketches (Toronto 2008-24) (Bathurst Manor) [04-08] - jazz [***]
  • Joe Henderson: Power to the People (1969, Craft) [03-15] - jazz [***]
  • Andrew Hill: A Beautiful Day Revisited (2002, Palmetto, 2CD) [11-01] - jazz [U]
  • Al Jarreau: Wow! Live at the Childe Harold (1976, Resonance) [12-06] - jazz [U]
  • The Jazzanians: We Have Waited Too Long (1988, Ubuntu Music) [04-12] - jazz [**]
  • Sven-Åke Johansson und Alexander von Schlippenbach: Über Ursache und Wirkung der Meinungsverschiedenheiten Beim Turmbau zu Babel (1994, Trost) [02-23] - jazz [**]
  • Pete Jolly: Seasons (1970, Future Days) - jazz [*]
  • B.B. King: In France: Live at the 1977 Nancy Jazz Pulsations Festival (Deep Digs/Elemental Music) [11-29] - blues [U]
  • Yusef Lateef: Atlantis Lullaby: The Concert From Avignon (1972, Elemental Music, 2CD) [04-26] - jazz [**]
  • Love Child: Never Meant to Be 1988-1993 (12XU) [03-08] - rock [***]
  • Roberto Magris: Love Is Passing Thru: Solo/Duo/Trio/Quartet (2005, JMood) [03-01] - jazz [A-]
  • Shelly Manne & His Men: Jazz From the Pacific Northwest (1958-66, Reel to Real) [04-20] - jazz [**]
  • Charlie Mariano: Boppin' in Boston 1947-1953 (Fresh Sound) [04-19] - jazz [**]
  • Brother Jack McDuff: Ain't No Sunshine: Live in Seattle (1972, Reel to Real) [05-17] - jazz [*]
  • Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre: Live From Studio Rivbea: July 12, 1975 [Rivbea Live! Series, Volume 1] (NoBusiness) [05-27] - jazz [***]
  • Microstoria: Init Ding + _Snd (1995-96, Thrill Jockey) [01-26] - ambient [*]
  • Ron Miles: Old Main Chapel (2011, Blue Note) - jazz [***]
  • Charles Mingus: Incarnations (1960, Candid) [03-15] - jazz [**]
  • Louis Moholo-Moholo: Louis Moholo-Moholo's Viva-La-Black (1988, Ogun) [06-28] - jazz [**]
  • Mixmaster Morris/Jonah Sharp/Haruomi Hosono: Quiet Logic (1998, WRWTFWW) [02-23] - ambient [A-]
  • Gerry Mulligan: Night Lights (1963, Philips) [04-26] - jazz [*]
  • Tony Oxley: Angular Apron (1992, Corbett vs. Dempsey) [06-15] - jazz [***]
  • Austin Peralta: Endless Planets [Deluxe Edition] (2011, Brainfeeder) [02-09] - jazz [A-]
  • Rail Band: Buffet Hotel De La Gare, Bamako (1973, Mississippi) [04-05] - African [A-]
  • Phil Ranelin: The Found Tapes: Live in Los Angeles (1978-1981, ORG Music) [01-28] - jazz [***]
  • Lou Reed: Hudson River Wind Meditations (2007, Light in the Attic) [01-12] - ambient [**]
  • Emily Remler: Cookin' at the Queens (1984-88, Resonance, 2CD) [11-29] - jazz [U]
  • Raphael Roginski: Plays John Coltrane and Langston Hughes (2013, Unsound) [09-27] - jazz [**]
  • Sonny Rollins: Freedom Weaver: The 1959 European Tour Recordings (Resonance -3CD) [04-20] - jazz [A-]
  • Sonny Rollins: A Night at the Village Vanguard: The Complete Masters (1958, Blue Note) [02-12] - jazz [***]
  • Pharoah Sanders: Festival de Jazz de Nice, Nice, France, July 18, 1971 (1971, Kipepeo Publishing) [02-04] - jazz [***]
  • Septet Matchi-Oul: Terremoto (1971 Souffle Continu) [03-15] - jazz [***]
  • Pat Smythe Quartet: New Dawn: Live 1973 (British Progressive Jazz) [03-01] - jazz [***]
  • Todd Snider: Songs for the Daily Planet (Purple Version) (Aimless) - folk [**]
  • Todd Snider: Viva Satellite (Purple Version) (Aimless) [04-26] - folk [*]
  • Sonic Youth: Walls Have Ears (1993, Goofin') [02-09] - rock [***]
  • Tomasz Stanko Quartet: September Night (2004, ECM) [06-21] - jazz [***]
  • The Louis Stewart Trio: Louis the First (1975, Livia) [03-05] - jazz [***]
  • Sun Ra: At the Showcase: Live in Chicago 1976-1977 (Jazz Detective, 2CD) [04-20] - jazz [*]
  • Sun Ra: Excelsior Mill (1984, Sundazed/Modern Harmonic) [05-24] - jazz [B]
  • Sun Ra & His Arkestra: Pink Elephants on Parade (1985-90, Modern Harmonic) [07-05] - jazz [***]
  • Sun Ra: Lights on a Satellite: Live at the Left Bank (1978, Resonance, 2CD) [11-29] - jazz [U]
  • Art Tatum: Jewels in the Treasure Box: The 1953 Chicago Blue Note Jazz Club Recordings (Resonance -3CD) [04-20] - jazz [A-]
  • Alan Tomlinson Trio: Loft 1993 (Scatter Archive) [03-25] - jazz [**]
  • Unholy Modal Rounders: Unholier Than Thou 7/7/77 (Don Giovanni) [09-06] - folk [A]
  • Mal Waldron/Terumasa Hino: Reminscent Suite (1973, BBE) [01-24] - jazz [A-]
  • Mal Waldron/Steve Lacy: The Mighty Warriors: Live in Antwerp (1995, Elemental Music, 2CD) [04-20] - jazz [A-]
  • Mars Williams & Hamid Drake: I Know You Are but What Am I (1996, Corbett vs. Dempsey) [03-01] - jazz [A-]
  • Mars Williams/Darin Gray/Chris Corsano: Elastic (2012, Corbett vs. Dempsey) [03-01] - jazz [***]
  • Jack Wood: The Gal That Got Away: The Best of Jack Wood, Featuring Guest Niehaud Fitzgibbon (Jazz Hang) [03-29] - jazz [***]
  • The John Wright Trio: South Side Soul (1960, Craft) [06-27] - jazz [**]
  • Congo Funk: Sound Madness From the Shores of the Mighty Congo River: Kinshasa/Brazzaville 1969-1982 (Analog Africa) [04-05] - African [***]
  • Electro Throwdown: Sci-Fi Inter-Planetary Electro Attack on Planet Earth 1982-89 (Soul Jazz) [04-10] - electro [**]
  • In the Beginning There Was Rhythm (Soul Jazz) [05-10] - synth-pop [***]
  • The Jazz Dispensary: The Freedom Sound! The People Arise (1963-76, Craft) [04-19] - jazz [**]
  • Kampire Presents: A Dancefloor in Ndola (Strut) [08-02] - African [A-]
  • Les Belgicains: Na Tango Ya Covadia 1964-70 (Covadia) [04-19] - African [**]
  • Merengue Típico, Nueva Generación! (Bongo Joe) [02-09] - merengue [A-]
  • Miami Sound: More Funk and Soul From Miami, Florida 1967-1974 (Soul Jazz) - funk [**]
  • The Oscar Pettiford Memorial Concert (1960, SteepleChase) [04-19] - jazz [*]
  • The Power of the Heart: A Tribute to Lou Reed (Light in the Attic) [04-20] [**]

Priority Counts

  • Priority 4: 666
  • Priority 5: 325

Total: 991