Music Tracking 2025
These are 2025 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:
Genre switches (selection not implemented yet):
New Releases
Reissues, Etc.
- Rashied Ali/Leroy Jenkins: Swift Are the Winds of Life [Expanded Edition] (1975, Survival) [01-31] - jazz
- Ame Son: Catalyse (1970, BYG Actuel) [04-25] - jazz
- Albert Ayler Trio: Prophecy Live First Visit (1964, Ezz-Thetics) [02-28] - jazz
- David Binney: Grains of Light (2009-13, Mythology) [04-22] - jazz
- Blackbyds: City Life (1975, Craft/Jazz Dispensary) [07-11] - jazz
- Paul Bley: Ramblin' (1966, BYG Actuel) [03-28] - jazz
- Paul Bley: Open, to Love (1973, ECM) - jazz [*]
- Paul Bley Trio: Floater & Syndrome: The Upright Piano Sessions Revisited (1962-63, Ezz-Thetics) [03-12] - jazz
- Charles Brackeen: Rhythm X (1968, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [***]
- The Brass Company: Colors (1974, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [***]
- Anthony Braxton: B-X0 N0-47A (1969, BYG) [05-16] - jazz [**]
- Anthony Braxton: Quartet (Bristol) 1985 (Burning Ambulance) [06-04] - jazz
- Anthony Braxton: Quartet (England) 1985 (Burning Ambulance) [06-04] - jazz
- Jakob Bro/Paul Motian/Bill Frisell/Lee Konitz/Ben Street: Balladeering (2008, Loveland Music) [03-06] - jazz
- Peter Brötzmann Trio: Hurricane (Old Heaven Books) [03-24] - jazz [***]
- Dave Burrell/Sam Woodyard: The Lost Session: Paris 1979 (NoBusiness) [05-02] - jazz [A-]
- Kenny Burrell With Art Blakey: On View at the Five Spot Café: The Complete Masters (1959, Blue Note) [04-25] - jazz
- Jaki Byard: Blues for Smoke (1960, Candid) [01-17] - jazz
- Don Cherry: Eternal Rhythm () - jazz
- George Colligan: Live at the Jazz Standard (2014, Whirlwind) [05-02] - jazz [**]
- Chick Corea: Piano Improvisations Vol. 1 (1971, ECM) [04-18] - jazz
- Stanley Cowell: Musa: Ancestral Streams (1974, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [***]
- Stanley Cowell: Regeneration (1975, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [B]
- Stanley Cowell/Billy Harper/Reggie Workman/Billy Hart: Such Great Friends (1983, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [A-]
- Celia Cruz & Willie Colón: Celia Y Willie (1981, Craft) [06-06] - jazz
- Curlew: East/West/Also (1990, Cuneiform) [03-28] - jazz
- Walter Davis Jr: A Being Such as You (1979, Red) [04-14] - jazz
- The Descendants of Mike and Phoebe: A Spirit Speaks (1974, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [B]
- Manu Dibango: Dibango 82 (1982, We Want Sounds) [04-04] - African jazz
- Kenny Dorham: Blue Bossa in the Bronx: Live From the Blue Morocco (1957, Resonance) [04-12] - jazz [***]
- Marco Eneidi Quartet: Wheat Fields of Kleyehof (2004, Balance Point Acoustics) [04-02] - jazz [***]
- Ellery Eskelin: Trio New York About (or On) First Visit (2011-13, Ezz-Thetics) [02-07] - jazz [A-]
- Bill Evans: Explorations (1961, Craft) - jazz
- Bill Evans: Further Ahead: Live in Finland 1964-1969 (Elemental Music) [04-18] - jazz [**]
- Shamek Farrah: First Impressions (1974, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [***]
- Shamek Farrah & Sonelius Smith: The World of the Children (1976, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [**]
- Ella Fitzgerald: The Moment of Truth: Ella at the Coliseum (1967, Verve) [02-25] - vocal jazz [**]
- Patrick Forgas: Cocktail (1977, Cuneiform) [03-28] - jazz-rock
- Erik Friedlander and Michael Nicolas: John Zorn's Bagatelles: Vol. 2 (2019, Tzadik) [03-24] - jazz [**]
- Fred Frith/Shelley Burgon: The Life and Behavior (2002-05, Relative Pitch) [02-21] - jazz
- Kenny Garrett: Sounds From the Ancestors (2021, Mack Avenue) [05-01] - jazz
- Dexter Gordon: Landslide (1961-62, Blue Note) [07-04] - jazz
- Dexter Gordon: Our Man in Paris (1963, Blue Note) [07-03] - jazz
- John Gordon: Step by Step (1975, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [**]
- Green Cosmos: Abendmusiken (1981-82, Frederiksberg) [01-24] - jazz
- Vince Guaraldi Trio: Jazz Impressions of a Boy Named Charlie Brown (1964, Craft -2CD) [04-11] - jazz [**]
- Vince Guaraldi: It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown! (Lee Mendelson Film Productions) - jazz
- Mary Halvorson Quartet: John Zorn's Bagatelles: Vol. 1 (Tzadik) [01-24] - jazz [A-]
- Billy Harper: Capra Black (1973, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [**]
- Nancy Harrow: Wild Women Don't Have the Blues (1960, Candid) - vocal jazz
- Roy Haynes: Hip Ensemble (1971, We Want Sounds) [02-28] - jazz
- Joe Henderson: Multiple (1973, Craft) [03-07] - jazz [A-]
- Joe Henderson: Our Thing to In 'n Out Revisited (1963-64, Ezz-Thetics) - jazz
- John Hicks: Hells Bells (1975, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [***]
- John Hicks: Steadfast (1975, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [**]
- Andrew Hill: Grass Roots (1968, Blue Note) [07-04] - jazz
- William Hooker: A Time Within: Live at the New York Jazz Museum, January 14, 1977 (Valley of Search) [03-28] - jazz [***]
- Noah Howard Quartet: Schizophrenic Blues (1977, Cien Fuegos) [01-17] - jazz
- Noah Howard Group: Berlin Concert (1975, Cien Fuegos) [01-17] - jazz
- Freddie Hubbard: On Fire: Live From the Blue Morocco (1967, Resonance) [04-12] - jazz [**]
- Freddie Hubbard: Here to Stay (1962, Blue Note) [06-23] - jazz
- Michael Gregory Jackson: Frequency Equilibrium Koan (1977, Moved-by-Sound) [02-24] - jazz
- Keith Jarrett: New Vienna (2016, ECM) [05-30] - jazz
- The Jazz Crusaders: Freedom Sound (1961, Blue Note) [07-03] - jazz
- Ginger Johnson and His African Messengers: African Party [Deluxe Edition] (1967, Innovative Collective/BBE Music) [01-17] - jazz [A-]
- Clifford Jordan: Glass Bead Games (1973, Strata-East/Mack Avenue) [04-25] - jazz
- Clifford Jordan Big Band: Play What You Feel (1990, Mapleshade/P-Vine) [03-19] - jazz
- Frank Kimbrough: The Call (2010, Sunnyside) [05-02] - jazz [**]
- Roland Kirk Quartet: Domino (1963, MIG) [04-25] - jazz
- Charles Kynard: Woga (1972, We Want Sounds) [06-27] - jazz [***]
- Steve Lacy Three: Live Lugano 1984 First Visit (Ezz-Thetics) [02-08] - jazz
- Steve Lacy/Roswell Rudd/Kent Carter/Beaver Harris: Trickles (1976, Black Saint) - jazz
- Daunik Lazro/Tristan Honsinger/Jean-Jacques Avenel: True & Whole Rhythms au Danois 9 Mai 1982 (Fou) - jazz
- To Live and Shave in L.A.: The Wigmaker in Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg (1995-2000, Palilia) [04-10] - jazz
- Jimmy Lyons: Live From Studio Rivbea: 1974 & 1976 (NoBusiness) [05-02] - jazz [A-]
- Edison Machado: Edison Machado & Boa Nova (1978, Far Out) [03-28] - Brazilian jazz
- Joe Maneri/Tyson Rogers & Jacob Braverman: In the Shadow First Visit (2002, Ezz-Thetics) [01-15] - jazz
- Bennie Maupin: The Jewel in the Lotus (1974, ECM) [05-16] - jazz
- Rob Mazurek: Alternate Moon Cycles [IA11 Edition] (2012, International Anthem) [03-28] - jazz [**]
- Nellie McKay: Gee Whiz: The Get Away From Me Demos (Omnivore) [05-09] - singer-songwriter [***]
- Marian McPartland: At the Peninsula Library 1972 (Liberation Hall) [04-11] - jazz
- Misha Mengelberg/Sabu Toyozumi: The Analects of Confucius (2000, NoBusiness) [05-02] - jazz [A-]
- Charles Mingus: Mingus in Argentina: The Buenos Aires Concerts (1977, Resonance -2CD) [04-12] - jazz [A-]
- Charles Mingus: Mingus at Monterey (1964, Candid) [04-12] - jazz
- Hank Mobley: Roll Call (1960, Blue Note) [03-20] - jazz
- Thelonious Monk: With Sonny Rollins 1953 to 1957 Revisited (Ezz-Thetics) - jazz
- Thelonious Monk: Thelonious Himself (1957, Craft) [05-23] - jazz
- Wes Montgomery: The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery (1960, Craft) [02-28] - jazz
- Wes Montgomery With the Wynton Kelly Trio: Smokin' in Seattle: Live at the Penthouse (1966, Resonance) [04-12] - jazz
- James Moody: 80 Years Young: Live at the Blue Note March 26, 2005 (Origin) [05-16] - jazz [A-]
- Gerry Mulligan: Nocturne (1992, Red) [04-12] - jazz [**]
- Gerry Mulligan & Thelonious Monk: Mulligan Meets Monk (1957, Craft) [04-12] - jazz
- Music Inc. [Charles Tolliver/Stanley Cowell/Cecil McBee/Jimmy Hopps]: Music Inc. (1970, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [**]
- Music Inc. [Charles Tolliver/Stanley Cowell/Cecil McBee/Jimmy Hopps]: Live at Slugs' Volume I & II (1970, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [***]
- The New York Bass Violin Choir: The New York Bass Violin Choir (Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [**]
- David "Fathead" Newman/Ellis Marsalis/Cornell Dupree: Return to the Wide Open Spaces (1990, Amazing/Steady Boy) [04-12] - jazz [**]
- Kristen Noguès & John Surman: Diriaou (1998, Souffle Continu) [06-20] - jazz [A-]
- Red Norvo: World Broadcast Recordings (Circle/Jazzology) [ 01-28] - jazz
- Billy Parker's Fourth World: Freedom of Speech (1974, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [**]
- Jeff Parker: The New Breed (2016, International Anthem) [06-27] - jazz
- Joe Pass: Virtuoso (1973, Craft) [03-14] - jazz [[**]]
- Cecil Payne: Zodiac (1972, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [***]
- PAZ: Variation and Creation: The Story of PAZ (Jazz in Britain -3CD) - jazz
- Art Pepper: Geneva 1980 (Omnivore) [03-14] - jazz [***]
- Art Pepper: An Afternoon in Norway: The Kongsberg Concert (1980, Elemental Music) [05-09] - jazz [***]
- The Piano Choir: Handscapes (1972, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [B]
- The Piano Choir: Handscapes 2 (1974, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [*]
- Enrico Rava: Il Giro Del Giorno in Mondi 80 (1972, Eargong) [02-21] - jazz
- Max Roach: Deeds, Not Words (1958, Craft) - jazz
- Max Roach: We Insist: Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite (1960, Vinyl Me Please) - jazz [A-]]
- Charlie Rouse: Two Is One (1974, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [B]
- The Charlie Rouse Band: Cinnamon Flower (Resonance) [09-19] - jazz
- Pharaoh Sanders: Izipho Zam (My Gifts) (1973, Strata East/Mack Avenue) [04-25] - jazz
- Pharoah Sanders: The Complete Pharoah Sanders Theresa Recordings (1980-87, Mosaic -7CD) [07-16] - jazz
- Manfred Schoof Ochestra: European Echoes (1969, FMP) [02-28] - jazz
- Irène Schweizer/Rüdiger Carl/Johnny Dyani/Han Bennink: Irène's Hot Four (1981, Intakt) [05-24] - jazz [A-]
- Toshiyuki Sekine Trio: Strode Rode (1978, Craftman) [04-23] - jazz
- Archie Shepp and the Full Moon Ensemble: The Complete Live at Antibes (1970, BYG/Actuel) [04-12] - jazz
- Wayne Shorter: Introducing Wayne Shorter (1960, Craft) [08-29] - jazz
- Sloth Racket: Ten Years of Live Sloths (2015-24, Luminous Label) [02-03] - jazz
- Snakeoil [Tim Berne]: Snakeoil OK (2013, Screwgun) [03-07] - jazz
- Soft Machine: Floating World Live [Remastered] (1975, MoonJune) [01-08] - jazz
- Soft Machine: Drop [Remastered] (1971, MoonJune) [01-08] - jazz
- Soft Works: Abracadabra (2002, MoonJune) [06-13] - jazz [***]
- Larry Stabbins/Keith Tippett/Louis Moholo-Moholo: Live in Foggia (1985, Ogun) [07-25] - jazz
- Louis Stewart: I Thought About You (1977, Livia) [05-29] - jazz [**]
- Sun Ra: Nuits De La Fondation Maeght (1970, Strut) [04-16] - jazz [***]
- Sun Ra: Uncharted Passages: New York Piano Soliloquies 1977-79 (Modern Marmonic) [03-14] - jazz
- Sun Ra: Stray Voltage (1970s-80s, Modern Harmonic) [06-27] - jazz [**]
- Sun Ra: On Jupiter (1979, Saturn/Strut) [06-13] - jazz
- John Surman: Flashpoints and Undercurrents (1969, Cuneiform) [01-31] - jazz [***]
- Masayuki Takayanagi: Holy Holy (1985, Jinya Disc) [06-18] - jazz
- Masayuki Takayanagi: Stardust (1979, Jinya Disc) [06-18] - jazz
- Horace Tapscott's Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra: Live at Widney High December 26th, 1971 (The Village) [05-09] - jazz [A-]
- Cecil Taylor Unit: Live at Fat Tuesday's February 9, 1980 First Visit (Ezz-Thetics) [02-27] - jazz
- Cecil Taylor Unit: Live at Fat Tuesday's February 10, 1980 First Visit (Ezz-Thetics) [02-02] - jazz
- Cecil Taylor/Tony Oxley: Flashing Spirits (1988, Burning Ambulance) [07-11] - jazz [A-]
- Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia: Live at Leverkusen 1994 (Repertoire) - jazz
- Clifford Thornton: Ketchaoua (1969, BYG Actuel) [02-21] - jazz [**]
- Masahiko Togashi: Session in Paris Vol. 1: Song of Soil (1979, We Want Sounds) [02-28] - jazz [**]
- Masahiko Togashi: Session in Paris Vol. 2: Colour of Dream (1979, We Want Sounds) [02-28] - jazz [**]
- Charles Tolliver With Gary Bartz/Herbie Hancock/Ron Carter/Joe Chambers: Right Now . . . and Then (1968, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [A-]
- Charles Tolliver's Music Inc: Live at the Loosdrecht Jazz Festival (1972, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [***]
- Charles Tolliver Music Inc & Orchestra: Impact (1975, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [**]
- Charles Tolliver Music Inc: Compassion (1977, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [A-]
- Charles Tolliver: Live in Berlin: At the Quasimodo (1988, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [***]
- Trigger: John Zorn's Bagatelles: Vol. 3 (2019, Tzadik) [03-24] - jazz [*]
- Ryan Truesdell: Gil Evans Project Live at Jazz Standard, Vol. 2 (2014, Outside In Music) [05-30] - jazz [A-]
- François Tusques/Intercommunal Free Dance Music Orchestra: Vol. 4: Jo Maka (1977, Souffle Continu) [04-04] - jazz [A-]
- Harold Vick: Don't Look Back (1974, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [**]
- Kenny Wheeler: The Kenny Wheeler Big Band & Friends, Vol. 2 (1973-74, British Progressive Jazz) [05-02] - jazz
- Jack Wilkins: Opal (1983, CTI/King Japan) [03-12] - jazz
- Classic Vanguard Jazz Piano Sessions (1953-58, Mosaic -6CD) - jazz
- Music Is a Message From Space (Corbett vs. Dempsey) [03-28] - jazz [*]
- A New Awakening: Adventures in British Jazz 1966-1971 (Strawberry -3CD) [02-21] - jazz
- Salsa de la Bahia Vol. 3: A Colection of SF Bay Area Salsa and Latin Jazz: Renegade Queens (1991-2025, Patois, 2CD) [03-31] - Latin jazz [*]
- Scarborough Jazz Festival Present: 2024 Live Festival Compilation (self-released) - jazz
- Spiritual Jazz 18: Behind the Iron Curtain: Esoteric, Modal, and Progressive Jazz From Central and Eastern Europe (1962-1988) (Jazzman) [06-06] - jazz
- Strata-East: The Legacy Begins (1968-75, Strata-East) [04-25] - jazz [***]
Priority Counts
- Priority 1: 280
- Priority 2: 142
- Priority 3: 3
- Priority 4: 243
- Priority 5: 178
Total: 846
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