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.

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New Releases

  • Nat Adderley Jr.: Took So Long (NAJ) [10-14] - jazz
  • Pheeroan akLaff/Scott Robinson/Julian Thayer: aRT (ScienSonic) - jazz
  • Matteo Alfonso/Giovanni Maier: Mingus Revisited (Caligola) [05-20] - jazz
  • Harry Allen/Rossano Sportiello/Bryan Carter: It Takes 3 (Night Is Alive) [02-07] - jazz
  • Roxana Amed: Todos Los Fuegos (Sony) [05-23] - jazz
  • Angles 11: Tell Them It's the Sound of Freedom (Fundacja Sluchaj) - jazz
  • Antonio Andrade: Here We Go! (Lifeshakes) [03-21]
  • Arcadia Dance Orchestra: St. Louis Jazz (Rivermont) - jazz
  • Arrested Development: Adult Contemporary Hip Hop () [07-04] - hip-hop
  • Atmosphere: Jestures (Rhymesayers) [09-19] - hip-hop
  • The Barlow: High Spirits () [04-25]
  • Al Basile: Blues in Hand (Sweetspot) [10-09] - blues
  • Beiggja: Morning (Hubro) - jazz
  • Shems Bendali Quintet: Casbah Qassioun (Jazz Family) [10-03] - jazz
  • Leif Berger: Secret, Normalization (Klaeng) [05-02] - jazz
  • Mohinder Kaur Bhamra: Punjabi Disco (Naya Beat) [10-31] - house
  • Ran Blake & Jared Sims: Night Harbor (self-released) - jazz
  • Jasper Blom Quartet + Metropole Orkest: Metropolarity (Whirlwind) [05-09] - jazz
  • Jaap Blonk: Kurt Schwitters: Ursonate (Corbett vs. Dempsey) [04-04] - jazz
  • Jane Ira Bloom/Brian Shankar Adler: Once Like a Spark (Adhyâropa) [11-21] - jazz
  • Anneleen Boehme: Eunoia (W.E.R.F.) [04-18] - jazz
  • Emil Brandqvist Trio: Poems for Travellers (Skip) - jazz
  • Gary Brunton: Spacecraft (Juste Une Trace) - jazz
  • John Butcher/John Edwards: This Is Not Speculation (Fundacja Słuchaj) [06-01] - jazz
  • Leandro Cardenas: Against the Jazz Police (577) [10-31] - jazz
  • Daniel Carter/Ayumi Ishito/George Draguns/Ed Wilcox: Makeshift Sprituals Vol. 1 (577) [05-16] - jazz
  • Chris Cochrane's Collapsible Shoulder Big Band: Live 2019: A Map of Books (Cuneiform) [03-28] - rock
  • Isaiah Collier/Tim Regis: Live in the Listening Room (Vinyl Factory -EP) [09-24] - jazz
  • Sylvie Courvoisier: To Be Other-Wise (Intakt) - jazz
  • Caroline Davis & Dustin Carlson: Sprites (Out of Your Head) [08-29] - jazz
  • Stephen Davis Unit: The Gleaming World (577) [02-14] - jazz
  • Michael Dease: City Life: Music of Greg Hill (Origin) [06-20] - jazz
  • Diva Jazz Orchestra: A Celebration of Maurice Hines: Tappin' Thru Life (self-released) [05-13] - jazz
  • Doreen's Jazz New Orleans: Vol. 33: Walkin' Through the Streets (self-released) - jazz
  • Edition Redux [Ken Vandermark]: Broadcast Transformer (Audiographic) [01-17] - jazz
  • Mats Eilertsen: 1 (Hemli) [03-28] - jazz
  • Eduardo Elia: Desvíos ( 577) [06-20] - jazz
  • Enji: Sonor (Squama) [05-02] - jazz
  • Entre Amigos: Magpie: The Music of Joe Clark (Entre Amigos) [06-13] - jazz
  • Jimmy Farace: Hours Fly, Flowers Die (Shifting Paradigm) [04-11] - jazz
  • Margherita Fava: Murrina (self-released) [10-03] - jazz
  • Flur: Plunge (Latency) [09-05] - jazz fusion
  • FWWU+: Duos Trios (4DaRecord) [10-10] - jazz
  • Raffi Garabedian/Ben Goldberg/Danny Lubin-Laden/Ben Davis/Gerald Cleaver: Insect Life (577) [11-07] - jazz
  • Violeta Garcia: IN/OUT (Bongo Joe) [03-07] - jazz
  • Margaret Glaspy: The Golden Heart Protector (ATO) [09-12]
  • GPS: Directions + Destinations (577) [06-06] - jazz
  • Devin Gray/Anthony Pirog/Dave Ballou: Live at FEMA (Out of Your Head) [09-05] - jazz
  • Michael Hampton: Into the Public Domain (SMN/So) [12-12] - funk guitar
  • Hedonist: Scapulimancy () [08-01] - death metal
  • Felix Henkelhausen Quintet: The Excruciating Pain of Boredom (self-released) [05-16] - jazz
  • Lisa Hilton: Extended Daydream (Ruby Slippers) [11-28] - jazz
  • Makiko Hirabayashi Weavers: Gifts (Enja) [01-22] - jazz
  • Homeboy Sandman: Soli Deo Gloria () - hip-hop
  • Luis Ianes/Noël Akchoté: Seuil (self-released) [03-18] - jazz
  • Dieter Ilg Trio: Motherland (Jazzline) [02-28] - jazz
  • Sean Imboden Large Ensemble: Communal Heart (self-released) [04-18] - jazz
  • Kim Jung Jae: Shamanism (Relative Pitch) [06-20] - jazz
  • Naissam Jalal: Souffles (Les Couleurs Du Son) [05-30] - jazz
  • Kazzrie Jaxen & Don Messina: The Dance (New Artists) [04-11] - jazz
  • Barb Jungr and Her Trio Featuring Simon Wallace: Hallelujah on Desolation Row: The Songs of Bob Dylan & Leonard Cohen (Kristalyn) - vocal jazz
  • Juno 3 [Han-earl Park/Lara Jones/Pat Thomas]: Proxemics (Buster and Friends) [01-15] - jazz
  • Kristoff K.Roll: Les Ombres De La Nuit (Mazeto Square) [05-16] - jazz
  • Sylvain Kassap/Steve Swell/Benjamin Duboc/Chad Taylor: Edges (RogueArt) - jazz
  • Keelepeksjad: Kalev Tuli Koju (Ava Muusika) [03-23] - jazz
  • Dave Keyes: Two Trains (MoMojo) [10-24] - blues
  • Carla Kihlstedt: 26 Little Deaths (Cantaloupe Music) [03-28] - jazz
  • Mark Kirschenmann: Tonics: 7 Melodies for Trumpet With Bamboo Mouthpipe (Infrequent Seams) [01-17] - jazz
  • Alexey Kruglov: Transfiguration 100 Duos (Solyd) [02-12] - jazz
  • Mabel Kwan/Mauricio Pauly/Carrie Shaw Trio: Lunches for the Week (Out of Your Head) [06-27] - jazz
  • Joëlle Léandre/Evan Parker: Long Bright Summer (RogueArt) [11-10] - jazz
  • Led Bib: Hotel Pupik (Cuneiform) [08-29] - jazz
  • Brandon Lopez/DoYeon Kim: Syzygy Vol. 1 (577) [01-31] - jazz
  • Lord Sko: Piff () [03-28] - hip-hop
  • Igor Lumpert Quartet: Resistance of the Earth (Ears&Eyes) [10-24] - jazz
  • João Madeira/Miguel Mira: 21 07 12 - 02 05 24 (4DaRecord) [09-12] - jazz
  • Georgia Mancio/Alan Broadbent: A Story Left Untold (Roomspin) [05-05] - jazz
  • Gillian Margot/Geoffrey Keezer: Gillian Margot and Geoffrey Keezer (MarKeez) [05-23] - jazz
  • Marcin Masecki Trio: Monk (BMC) - jazz
  • Raúl Monsalve Y Los Forajidos: SOL (Olindo) [03-21] - jazz
  • Jason Moran/Trondheim Jazz Orchestra/Ole Morten Vagan: Go to Your North (Yes) [07-14] - jazz
  • Camila Nebbia/James Banner/Max Andrzejewski: Presencia (Ears & Eyes) [11-07] - jazz
  • Jef Neve & Teus Nobel: Esho Funi (Blue Keys Productions) [02-14] - jazz
  • Lou Nevins: The Fumes (Cavetone) [07-04] - rock
  • New Origin: The Poet's Walk (Fundacja Słuchaj) [04-05] - jazz
  • Eva Novoa: The Freedom Suite, Novoa/Carter/Mela Trio, Vol. 2 (577) [10-03] - jazz
  • Eva Novoa: Novoa/Gress/Gray Trio, Vol. 2 (577) - jazz
  • Organology [Gilad Atzmon/Ross Stanley/Joel Barford]: Organology (Aesthetiko) [11-28] - jazz
  • Ed Palermo Big Band: Prog vs Fusion: A War of the Ages (Sky Cat) [04-18] - jazz
  • Pan Amsterdam: Confines () [05-23] - hip-hop
  • Andrea Parkins/Eliad Wagner: Drag Drop Spin & Crawl () - jazz
  • Zeena Parkins: Modesty of the Magic Thing (Tzadik) [08-15] - jazz
  • Ivo Perelman/Tyshawn Sorey: Parallel Aesthetics (Fundacja Słuchaj) [02-04] - jazz
  • Ivo Perelman/Ray Anderson: 12 Stages of Spiritual Alchemy (Fundacja Słuchaj) [10-01] - jazz
  • Phill Most Chill: I'm (Volume One & Volume Two) () [04-29] - hip-hop
  • Zoe Pia & Mats Gustafsson: Rite (Parco Della Musica) [03-00] - jazz
  • Posi-Tone Swingtet: In Jazz We Trust (Posi-Tone) [02-28] - jazz

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